Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

Unfortunately, the prince was in a trance for only a quarter of an hour before he came to his senses. When he looked at the abbot, Le Yin, his eyes were a little strange.

He suddenly remembered that the ancestral temple under the name of his Consort Wang was the site of a terrible scandal.

Da Ci'en Temple is nearby...

The prince lowered his eyes.

The ritual was finally over. Queen Mo was extremely tired and went to the clean room to rest first. The concubines from the Eastern Palace who followed her went to the various halls to worship Buddha, especially the Guanyin Pavilion, where they lined up to burn incense and kowtow.

The abbot acted like a senior monk and dignifiedly invited the prince to the back hall for tea and lectures.

The prince was also polite and drank his tea, then asked, "The last time I accompanied the Crown Princess to burn incense for her late mother's death anniversary, Zen Master Liao Yin didn't seem to be there?"

Liao Yin was stunned for a moment, then he recalled carefully and said suddenly, "You mean the time four years ago? I was invited by the abbot of Luoyang White Horse Temple to debate sutras, and then I traveled outside for half a year before returning."

"There is a Jile Temple near the Da Ci'en Temple. I wonder if you have heard of it, Master?" The prince raised his eyebrows and studied the abbot's reaction carefully without any hesitation.

Liao Yin was a little stiff, and after trying for a long time he couldn't force a smile. He could only put his hands together, bow his head and chant the Buddha's name, saying repeatedly: "Sin, sin!"

There are only these four words, nothing else.

The imperial court managed the temples through the Monk Registration Department under the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Ancestral Temples. The officials at all levels of the Monk Registration Department were monks recommended by major temples.

The current Chief of the Monks' Registration Office, Benshan, came from the Da Ci'en Temple, and in terms of seniority, he is the nephew of Liao Yin.

If the prince were to say that Le Yin had never interfered in the selection of abbots or the issuance of certificates of ordination in various temples in the capital, he would be the first one to not believe it.

At that moment, the prince just raised his lips and did not ask any more questions. Instead, he made up a story to cover up the problem: "Just now, when I was listening to the Zen master's lecture, I felt in a trance that countless swords and guns were coming from the west, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.

"Please help me, Master. What does this mean?"

Liao Yin calculated quickly in his mind, frowned, and pondered for a long time before slowly and solemnly shaking his head: "This is a dangerous sign. Your Highness, please be careful of the troubles left by the deceased."

The prince's heart skipped a beat and his face darkened.

He just said it casually, but he didn't expect that this thief had seen through his hidden worries - he can be considered to have some ability.

The prince put away his contempt and nodded seriously: "As the master said, I will remember it."

As the two were talking, Qinghai came in from outside and told the prince with a smile on his face: "Liangyuan and Liangdi went to the Buddhist temple to burn incense. Fengyi woke up. The imperial physician said that he is well now. He doesn't need to take medicine. He just needs to be careful about his diet."

A smile appeared on the prince's face: "Excellent."

Then he turned to Yin, put his palms together and said: "Buddha has mercy on me. Please take a seat, Master. I must go see my mother."

Leave politely.

Queen Mo looked at the smiling prince who came to tell her excitedly that Zhou Fengyi had woken up. She couldn't help but feel annoyed and turned over on the couch, facing inwards:

"Okay. I'm tired. You can go out now."

The prince choked.

Nanny Hai was watching from the side, and Xiaoyi stepped forward to ease the situation: "Now that Zhou has woken up, our Tenth Miss will have fewer sins. I think after years of illness, she will hopefully recover."

In other words, if Zhou Fengyi's life was saved, then Mo Huaiyin would not be guilty of murder. This was a great thing for the reputation of the Mo family and the reputation of Queen Mo.

This is why the prince came happily to tell Queen Mo the news.

Queen Mo was filled with rage. She stood up, turned around and stared at the prince, and asked angrily in a low voice: "It's been three years, why hasn't Zhou died yet? Not only is she not dead, she even woke up!

"The daughter of the Mo family was domineering and vicious, and she beat and killed people with her own hands. Because of this, I was despised by the emperor, concubines, and royal family for three years!

"Now that you are about to ascend the throne as emperor, this matter has gradually stopped being mentioned.

"But at this time, you actually woke her up!

"Why wake up? Wake up to remind everyone that the Mo family still has such a basin of dirty water on them?

"What good does it do you to have such an outsider family?!"

The prince looked at her helplessly for a while, then laughed at himself and said, "Yes, mother, you also know how to ask me about this matter. What good will it do me?

"When my father was selecting new people for me to fill out the harem, my cousin Huaiyin was not included.

"How did she get into my East Palace?

"What kind of ethos is the Mohist school? My mother was able to personally drive my uncle back to his ancestral home. I'm sure she already knows it very well.

"In that case, why can't you, mother, persuade them to be patient for a few more years and wait to become the Duke of Cheng'en, the uncle of the emperor, and a proper relative of the emperor?

"Have you forgotten that Father never thought of abolishing me, but he spent a long time thinking about how to abolish you without affecting me?"

Queen Mo was furious: "You are unfilial!"

"Mother, your son is the crown prince. If the crown prince is unfilial, he should be deposed."

The prince's whole body exuded a sense of dejection and powerlessness.

He lowered his head and asked softly, "Earlier, you had stopped my father from abdicating in front of his son.

"Do you not want your son to be the emperor because you do not love him? Or do you not want your son to be the emperor because he is incompetent? Or do you want your seventeenth brother to be the emperor, so you want to stop me from becoming the emperor?"

Madam Hai's legs went limp, and she fell to her knees with a plop, crying and trembling, "Your Highness, please be careful with your words!"

The prince raised his head and looked at Queen Mo absentmindedly: "Mother, after my father abdicates, he will move to another palace to recuperate. I intend to beg my father to take others to another palace and leave you behind.

"Your son must be filial to you. I cannot let you only have your Seventeenth Brother in your heart and never have me."

Queen Mo panicked: "What do you mean by this? Do you believe that if I tell the emperor all this, he will really depose you?!"

"Seventeenth brother is reckless and irresponsible. Eleventh brother and fifteenth brother are physically handicapped. Nineteenth brother is too young.

"So the emperor will never abolish me no matter what. Maybe, because you have caused discord between us, he will even make you sick."

The prince spoke clearly and in a gentle voice, but his words were like those hardened with ice and brewed with poison. Every word he spoke was like a sharp knife, piercing deeply into Queen Mo's heart!

"Mother, please be at peace. There are many things I don't tell you, not because I don't know, but because I know that once I tell you, our mother-son relationship will come to an end."

The prince finished his words woodenly, then swayed, took a step back, lifted his robe, knelt down, and kowtowed gently, "In front of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, I have said everything I should and shouldn't say today.

"No matter what Mother wants to do in the future, I will never stop her, nor will I give her a word of advice.

"From now on, you will only perform the duties of the queen and queen mother, and you don't need to discuss mother and son with me anymore.

“Take care of yourself.

"My minister retire."

Queen Mo stared at him as he stood up calmly, opened the door and went out. She held her breath in her chest for a long time, and suddenly uttered a sentence from her throat: "Rebellious son..."

He closed his eyes and fell backwards!