Chapter 1358: New Year's Day Court Meeting
In the Lingxiao Palace in the Heavenly Palace, as the divine sounds of three jade chimes spread throughout Daluo Heaven, the New Year's Day court meeting officially began.
The Jade Emperor rode a nine-dragon agarwood jade chariot to the sky above the Lingxiao Palace, and ascended to the throne of the Great Heavenly Venerable under the worship of the gods in heaven, Taoism, and Buddhism.
At this New Year's Day court meeting, the Taoist Taishang Laojun, Ji Zhen'e and a group of Daluo Jinxian were all present.
As for Buddhism, the ancient Buddha Dipamkara, the Tathagata Maitreya Buddha and other Buddhas, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Manjushri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva were all present.
After the gods finished their worship, the Jade Emperor spoke and granted them the throne. All the gods and immortals bowed in thanks and stood up.
Then, Ding Xiang, the Heavenly Judge of the Heavenly Court, stepped out of the immortal team and came to the steps of the palace in front of the gods and immortal officials under the sky. He said with a dignified face, "The Lingxiao Palace is the center of the Three Realms. The court meeting is solemn and the law of heaven is majestic. All gods and immortal officials, uphold the authority and etiquette. Those who report matters before the palace and those who start first and then report later are disrupting the court meeting and will be severely punished!"
The Heavenly Judge officially began to fulfill his mission. Maintaining the etiquette and court ceremonies of the Lingxiao Palace was naturally one of the Heavenly Judge's duties.
After Dingxiang Zhenren announced the court ceremony, all the gods present stood up straight and solemnly, not daring to overstep the mark in the slightest.
Afterwards, Taibai Jinxing announced the start of the Zhengdan Grand Court Assembly. At this point, the Taoist leader Ji Zhen'e and the Tathagata Maitreya Buddha emerged simultaneously, one on each side. They addressed the Jade Emperor and said, "Your Highness, all the Taoist and Buddhist saints have come to pay homage to you. We pay our respects to you, Great Celestial Being."
The Jade Emperor nodded and said, "It is approved."
The seven people entered the hall to express their gratitude, and then each returned to their immortal group.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see the current situation. The Little Lord of Rites wants to confer titles on the gods and officials in the heavenly court, but the Four Mysterious Men of Heaven refuse. It is a struggle for power.
As long as Taoism and Buddhism support the Heavenly Court in causing trouble, then even if the Chaos Evil God causes more trouble, the Heavenly Court will be able to deal with it calmly.
Venerable Kashyapa returned to Buddhism, achieved the status of Arhat, and was granted the title of a first-rank immortal official in the heavenly court.
"Approved." The Little Lord of Ceremonies nodded and said.
Before Liu Yuan Xiao Tianzun ordered his men to accept the salutes and congratulations from the two families, he followed the procedure and gave the Taoist and Buddhist families the recognition of their honorific status.
After Taibai Jinxing formally walked out of the small hall to deliver the imperial edict, Fairy Jinghuan, who was wearing the robes of a first-rank fairy official, followed Taibai Jinxing out of the hall and retreated into Liu Yuangui Hall, then came to the center of the small hall to pay homage to the Little Heavenly Venerable and express her gratitude.
Fairy Jinghuan immediately stepped out of the immortal group, holding the jade scepter, and bowed, saying, "I am here."
The Little Heavenly Venerable of Etiquette said, "Take the Divine Mother Yuanjun to the palace. She should return to Liu Yuangui's Pure Palace and seclude herself for ten years to learn the laws and rituals of the Heavenly Court."
No one was surprised when the Four Heavenly Mysterious Men came out to refute the Little Heavenly Lord of Rites, but when Empress Yuanjun said that, the atmosphere in the entire Fubao Palace suddenly became tense.
After saying this, the Little Heavenly Venerable Yili looked towards Dingxiang Zhenren, who immediately bowed and said, "I will obey your command."
The Fubao Palace seemed to have fallen into silence. Empress Yuanjun looked around and found that no one came out to refute the Four Heavenly Mysterious Men, so she was suddenly unable to sit still.
"Stand up." The Little Heavenly Master of Ceremonies said, "I hope he will be loyal to his duties. He will fail me."
Following in front, Yu Xiao'e represented Taoism, and the Buddha from the East represented Buddhism. They led the Xiaoluo saints of the two religions to pay homage and blessings to Yili Xiaotianzun, and offered extremely generous tributes and congratulations.
I saw that the Little Lord of Rites set up two thrones on each side of the sky throne where the Little Emperor Qi Yu was. The one on the right was the Taoist throne, one for Yu Xiao'e and the other for Taixia Laojun.
In this way, when Yili Xiao Tianzun first ascended to the throne, Taoism and Buddhism expressed their support, and the situation in the Eight Realms was stabilized.
What Si Tian Xuan Nan said was very clear. Now is the time for Xiao Xing to be rewarded. After you have wiped out the evil gods and stabilized the eight realms, you can personally bring the merit book of all the gods in the heavenly court to ask Xiao Tianzun for rewards.
At that time, Taibai Jinxing hurried to the side of Empress Yuanjun, bowed and said respectfully, "Your Majesty and the Little Heavenly Venerable are husband and wife. Sparring between husband and wife is not uncommon, but now is the New Year's Day court meeting, and the saints of Taoism and Buddhism are watching. Your Majesty should return to the palace first."
After saying this, the Little Heavenly Venerable did not give Empress Liu Yuan another chance to speak, but instead addressed Liu Yuan directly, "Emperor Hongqing, what is the crime of the Little Jade Emperor, the Mysterious Sky God, Lingxiao Bao, who disregarded court etiquette and disrupted the government?"
It must be said that there is no reason why Taibai Jinxing has a bad reputation. With just a few words, I turned the embarrassing situation of Empress Yuanjun being chased into the palace for being disrespectful at the end of the night into one where she had a quarrel with Xiao Tianzun and his wife and returned to the palace in anger. At most, she could have saved her face.
When Empress Yuanjun heard that, she immediately widened her eyes and looked at Si Tian Xuan Nan. "Can you believe that Si Tian Xuan Nan would be so dark and timid as to stand up and refute her husband, Yili Xiao Tianzun?"
But just as the two siblings were about to take a step forward and call for their mother, they were stopped by the Giant Spirit and He Xiangu on both sides. The Giant Spirit grabbed Jiang Yidao and He Xiangu grabbed Jiang Yide, and then they spoke a few words in the seven people's puzzled eyes. Only then did the brother and sister not lose their manners and stood quietly with their heads held high among the immortals.
Nezha and Sun Wukong looked at each other. What Si Tian Xuan Nan said was quite nice. There was a huge difference between the little Tianzun rewarding others himself and him holding the merit book to ask the little Tianzun for reward.
Ding Xiang Zhenren wanted to die. How could he encounter such a thing on his first duty today? So he could only bite the bullet and report again: "Your Majesty, Little Heavenly Venerable Yili, I once again impeach Xuanqiong Shen Lingxiao Bao Xiao Liu Yuan for disrupting court ceremonies seven times. Please punish me."
He certainly has no power to reward, so even such a small family would serve him and obey his orders. He certainly has no power to punish, so even such a small family would fear him and dare to resist his will.
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