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Chapter 54 Entering the Temple

Ming Luo, the lord of Gu'an County, and a group of palace attendants accompanied Emperor Shengce to the temple.

After that came the civil and military officials in court uniforms and some heads of noble clans.

The family members of the officials and the young sons of the noble families followed at the end.

"...My father didn't come, so my mother pushed me out. This time I have to stay for seven days. Seven days, isn't this going to cost me my life?" A young man in brocade clothes complained.

Cui Tang was too lazy to pay attention to his second brother. He looked across the crowd and looked at the figure who was leading his subordinates to arrange for the Xuance Army to guard Dayun Temple.

During this saint's trip, the Xuance Army was responsible for guarding the safety of the emperor.

Cui Lang followed her line of sight and nodded with satisfaction: "Every time I see my eldest brother with such an outstanding appearance and majestic appearance, I can't help but sigh, he really deserves to be born to the same father -"

Cui Tang calmly answered: "But there is a huge difference."

"How are you talking?" Cui Lang glared: "You and I are twins. I am soil, what are you?"

"So what if we have twins? You and I don't share the same brain."

"What do you mean by that?" Cui Lang reacted, and his head was so angry that he was about to hit his sister with the folding fan in his hand.

Cui Tang took two steps quickly. Cui Lang rushed to catch up and bumped into someone accidentally.

The one who was hit was a girl wearing a brown-white cloak. She looked frightened. She quickly supported the maid next to her and exclaimed uneasily: "Xiaoqiu!"

The maid hurriedly protected the person: "My maid is here, don't be afraid, girl!"

Cui Lang wanted to apologize, but when he saw that the girl was so flustered and frightened, as if the master and servant were setting up a stage to sing a show, he couldn't help but said: "It was just a slight bump, is that all?"

Why are the ladies in the capital so pretentious now?

"Mr. Sir... you bumped into someone, why are you still talking like this?" The maid's face turned red with anger, but she couldn't say anything unpleasant.

The girl held her arm tightly, not daring to let go.

"What, are you trying to extort money from me, or are you saying that Hun'er is scared off and I have to call him Hun'er?" Cui Lang was a well-known **** at first, and at this moment he took on the attitude of being generous.

"you…"

The girl seemed to have calmed down and said to the maid: "Xiaoqiu, let him go.

Cui Lang made a sound, waved his fan and walked away.

Cui Tang stepped forward and said, "My brother is rude, I will apologize on his behalf."

The girl nodded lightly and said in a very soft voice: "It doesn't matter..."

Cui Tang noticed something strange about the girl, but out of courtesy did not take a closer look. After Yifu died, he left with the female envoy.

"Where's brother?" The girl said, "We'd better wait for brother before going in."

The female envoy who called Xiaoqiu looked at the young man who was approaching: "Mr. Lang is here!"

The young man seemed to have seen the scene just now, and walked over quickly, asking with concern: "Mianmian, are you okay?"

"I'm fine." The girl shook her head and asked, "Where did brother go?"

"Just now, an adult from the Hanlin Academy came to talk to me and asked about my father's current situation, so I answered a few questions." Qiao Yubai said, looked forward, and said with a smile: "Ning Ning is here!"

It was indeed Chang Suining who came over with Xi'er: "Second brother."

Qiao Yubai smiled and nodded: "I thought I was wrong before, but I didn't expect that Ning Ning was really here."

The girl next to him subconsciously stretched out her hand: "Ning Ning?"

Chang Sui Ning was slightly startled. He guessed her identity, but -

She took a step forward, took the hand that was stretched out to her, and called out, "Sister Mianmian."

"Since you can come out to pray, you must be in good health?" Qiao Yumian asked in a low voice: "I heard from my brother and my mother that they were also injured on the head... Are they all healed now?"

"It's not serious." Chang Suining answered, holding her hand and walking forward slowly, but he was confused in his heart. Only then did she realize that when she first returned to Changfu, when she asked why Qiao Yumian didn't come, what did Qiao Yubai mean when she said, "It's not convenient for Mianmian to go out."

But it was clearly fine when I was young, so why can't my eyes see it now?

After entering the temple, the Holy Emperor led his ministers to the main hall to offer incense.

Mingluo took the three sticks of green incense handed over by the female envoy, lit them on top of the sesame oil, and handed them back to the Holy Emperor.

The Holy Emperor held the incense and closed his eyes. After worshiping in front of the Buddha statue, he firmly inserted the green incense into the incense burner.

After offering incense, the Holy Emperor, accompanied by Abbot Wujue, left the main hall. Chang Sui Ning lowered his eyes in the crowd to see him off. In his peripheral vision, he could only see the corner of his robe slowly drifting away as he was surrounded by people.

After the Holy Emperor walked away, everyone straightened up.

Chang Suining looked in the direction where Emperor Shengce and Master Wujue were leaving, and saw Cui Jing following them. When he looked up, he saw a towering spire appearing in front of him.

"The saint is about to enter the Tower of the Goddess... We can't follow him there."

"Let's go, let's go to the palace to burn incense."

Several female family members chatted and entered the hall together.

"Sister Chang!"

A joyful call came into his ears. Chang Sui Ning turned his head and looked over, showing a smile: "Mrs. Yao Er."

Yao Xia and a group of Yao family members came over.

Yao Ran also nodded with Chang Suining.

"Grandma, Aniang, this is the sister of the Chang family that I often call!" Yao Xia said to Mrs. Yao and Mrs. Zeng.

"No wonder our A-Xia talks about it all the time." Mrs. Yao smiled and nodded, and Mrs. Zeng also praised her.

Yao Gui on the side looked dazed. He was pinched secretly by Yao Xia before he came back to his senses.

"Old madam, it's time to enter the palace and offer incense." Ms. Pei reminded her with no expression on her face.

Mrs. Yao nodded kindly: "Let's all go in."

"Sister Chang, I heard that you can go see the sacred elephant later. Let's go there together then." Yao Xia whispered to Chang Suining before entering the palace.

Chang Suining nodded in agreement.

There is an elephant garden in the Dasheng Palace, where several white elephants are raised. Because elephants have always been regarded as the embodiment of auspiciousness by Dasheng people, the elephants raised in the palace are called divine elephants.

It is said that the Holy Emperor ordered craftsmen to build a giant cauldron to pray for this occasion, which would be transported to Dayun Temple on an elephant cart later.

The prayer ceremony is scheduled for tomorrow, and today I just came early to prepare for tomorrow's ceremony, so after offering incense in the main hall, the officials, their families, and their servants went to various meditation rooms to settle down under the guidance of the monks in the temple.

Under the arrangement of Wu Jue, the abbot of the temple, Chang Sui Ning and Qiao Yumian were allocated a separate monastery, and a monk sent some Xinzhai meals in advance.

Chang Sui Ning looked at it and couldn't help but feel that Wu Jue, as the abbot of Dayun Temple, had no noble consciousness of treating all living beings equally -

Conscience-wise, she disapproved of the other party's behavior, which was well versed in backdoor and open-door ways. But emotionally, she was very pleased.

Qiao Yumian was not in good health, so after finishing her fast meal, she went back to her room to sleep.

Xi'er originally wanted to ask his girl if she wanted to take a nap, but seeing that her girl was full of energy and seemed to be able to run around Dayun Temple ten times at once, she swallowed the unnecessary words.

It was also at this time that Chang Sui Ning was able to ask: "Did Sister Mianmian's eyes suffer any injuries?"

I’ve been groggy for a day today, so please forgive me for the late update.

There is a second update, later~

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