Tyrant [Rebirth]

Soon it will be August, and before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Empress Dowager always goes to Donghua Temple to pray for the royal family and the common people, and this year is no exception.

"The meaning of Aijia, you will go with Aijia this year." The old lady believed in Buddhism, and firmly believed that no matter how many times she recited sutras for Chu Shaoling, she would not be as good as Chu Shaoling kowtowed by herself. Meditate and let the Buddha bless you."

It will take at least ten days to go, Chu Shaoling weighed it, now that Chu Shaoyang has gone to the south, it is too late for Concubine Li to compete for favor, Chu Shaoruan can't do anything alone, and it's okay to stay out of the palace for a few days, Chu Shaoling Nodding with a smile: "I listen to the emperor's grandmother."

The queen mother smiled with satisfaction: "The Ai family wanted to take Yang'er with them, but unfortunately he is not in the palace, how fast, now even Yang'er can do some errands."

Chu Shaoling smiled, and changed the subject without a trace: "Then the imperial grandmother only brought her grandson with her? Is there anyone else?"

The Empress Dowager shook her head, the other princes were not to her liking, Chu Shaoling smiled lightly: "Why don't you take the fourth sister with you, she is idle in the palace every day, if you don't go out to get some air."

The queen mother couldn't help but sigh: "You are the most honest child, just because the queen took care of their mother and daughter that day, and when the queen left, you always took care of her on behalf of the queen..." As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached, the old queen mother was particularly sentimental, Chu Shaoling laughed. He didn't look at Gu Fuyi and Ning Guiren just because Queen Ling had taken care of them before. Of course, it's not easy to tell the Queen Mother about these things. Chu Shaoling smiled: "Although they are not the same mother, Fuyi is my own sister after all. Their mother and daughter It's also pitiful, the grandson who can take care of her will naturally have to take care of her, speaking of it... Fu Yi is also 13 years old this year, among the unmarried princesses, Fu Yi is the oldest."

The Empress Dowager never cared about Fu Yi's marriage. Her mother's status was low, her status was not high, and she was not favored. Even Fu Yi was not paid attention to. The Empress Dowager nodded: "Well, who cares about her."

Chu Shaoling smiled lightly, and slowly said: "My grandson has always been thinking about it."

The queen mother laughed when she heard the words: "You are thoughtful as a big brother, what are you thinking about? Who are you thinking about?"

Chu Shaoling didn't answer, just smiled and said: "I don't know, but now I have a very useful person under my command. This person was originally promoted by Zi Junhou. I saw that he is really a talent, so I worked hard to promote him. He really is a useful person." People, my grandson will definitely use him in the future, but... his family background is not high, so if he is promoted, it will be a failure."

The queen mother frowned slightly: "Who are you talking about? Your grandfather was promoted, why doesn't the Ai family know?"

Chu Shaoling smiled lightly: "Qingji Du Wei Zhan."

The Empress Dowager had a vague impression, and Chu Shaoling elaborated on the family background of the Wei family, saying: "Speaking of which, Wei Zhan is a relative of the emperor, and his ancestors were once prominent, made military achievements, and surpassed the princess, but it was only passed down to this life. It's not doing well."

The Queen Mother relaxed a little, and said: "The Ze of a Gentleman will be killed in the fifth generation, so this Wei Zhan is not greedy for the inheritance of his ancestors, but knows how to make progress."

Chu Shaoling nodded: "When I come back from this errand, I can be named General Zhaoyong. If we make a marriage agreement, I can also be named General Hussar."

This is the person Chu Shaoling wants to use, and Fu Yi is a princess who I have never paid much attention to. Naturally, the queen mother has a scale in her heart, and the queen smiles lightly: "Forget it, since it is the person you want to use... Aijia naturally wants to Take a high look at him, fortunately Fu Yi's status is not so noble, but she deserves it. But don't mention this matter to your father, once you say it, your father refuses to agree, and if you say it to death, there is nothing you can do. I'd better wait for Ai's family to come back and slowly mention it to your father."

Fu Yi is dispensable in the Empress Dowager's heart, and it doesn't matter much in the Emperor's heart, as long as this matter is properly mentioned, it is not difficult, Chu Shaoling felt relieved, and chuckled: "Then it all depends on the imperial grandmother. "

Back in Bitao Garden, Chu Shaoling told Wei Ji that he was going to accompany the Queen Mother to pilgrimage. Wei Ji was stunned when he heard that he was going to Donghua Temple. Chu Shaoling smiled lightly: "What's wrong?"

Wei Ji shook his head and said, "It's okay, I... have been there before."

"I have been there too. At that time, I accompanied my mother to pilgrimage, but I didn't stay." Chu Shaoling leaned on the imperial concubine's couch, and sat beside Wei Ji, "It will take almost ten days to stay here. Just come back before, but there is no meat to eat in the temple, are you willing to go? Are you afraid of being wronged?"

Wei Ji smiled embarrassedly: "I...how can you be greedy for your appetite? It's okay to eat vegetarian food for a few days. The vegetarian food in Donghua Temple is delicious, so don't feel wronged."

Chu Shaoling couldn't help teasing: "Are you stubborn? Every day you eat meat and vegetables, so you have to ask me to pick up vegetables for you."

Wei Ji's face was a little red, and he said sternly: "The minister is too... I feel sorry that I can't finish eating, I will spoil it, eat more meat, and spoil less..."

Chu Shaoling couldn't help laughing, and pulled Wei Ji, who was sitting upright, into his arms, embraced him and kissed him: "So it's because I'm afraid of spoiling things... so obedient, I'm afraid I'll eat more after I'm afraid of ruining things, look at you now Lean……"

Chu Shaoling gently rubbed Weiji's body. Weiji grew a lot since he lived in Bitaoyuan, but his thinness became more and more distressing. Chu Shaoling sometimes wondered whether he had grown into a bone after eating those things ?

Wei Ji wasn't worried, his elder brother came here in the same way, but now that he's grown up, he's getting better.But Chu Shaoling looked distressed, and said: "I'll go tell Wang Muhan in a while, and I will prepare four meals for you every day. You are so thin, you can't bear the cold when winter comes, and it will be even more troublesome when you get sick."

Wei Ji originally wanted to persuade Chu Shaoling not to bother him so much, but after hearing this, he felt warm in his heart, so he agreed, and it would be good to eat more, lest he really get sick, and his own discomfort is second, just don't get involved Chu Shaoling.

Three days later, Chu Shaoling went out to Donghua Temple with the Queen Mother. Chu Shaoling accompanied the Queen Mother to offer incense and pray for blessings in the main hall.

Wang Muhan waited outside for a long time, when he saw Chu Shaoling finally came out, he quickly went up to greet him, and hurriedly said: "My lord, I have something important to do!"

Chu Shaoling followed Wang Muhan to avoid people, and said in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Wang Muhan looked to the left and right, except for Wei Ji who were standing far away, it's okay, so he whispered urgently: "The letter from the south, the fourth prince will hook up with a few local officials when he arrives... Well, there are many unspeakable things in it. Master Wei wrote to say that the local area is really tricky. The prince regards it as a life-saving straw, wishing to give all the family wealth to the fourth prince to save his life, Mr. Wei said, in the past few days, the fourth prince has received more than one hundred thousand silver, and after a few more days, I don’t know how much it will be..."

Chu Shaoling frowned slightly, and said: "How dare he accept so many banknotes? Will he be afraid of people checking him when he returns to change the banknotes for money?!" Chu Shaoyang is not so stupid.

Wang Muhan said bitterly: "That's the trouble here. The officials over there don't know what's going on here. The money given to the fourth prince is all real money. Where can I find out?"

Wang Muhan's head hurts when he thought of the news from Wei Zhan, and now the fourth prince has become more and more savvy, and he is very difficult to deal with, Wang Muhan continued; "The fourth prince is afraid that people will see his whereabouts, so he ordered those officials to send them all. At that time, the official bank will enter the capital together with the golden autumn tax, and there will be no trouble after checking through many cities! Who can check it out? After entering the city, it will be mixed with the soil instrument brought by the fourth prince and transported to other places. It will never come back.”

Chu Shaoling frowned after hearing this sentence, and smiled lightly: "Isn't this convenient? Tell Wei Zhan not to worry, and let Chu Shaoyang accept bribes, the more the better."

Wang Muhan was dumbfounded, and said urgently: "What is your Highness doing?! Your Highness is in charge of the taxes in the south this autumn, and only those that come up will be collected at that time. Your Majesty is still mad!" The bribes were received happily, but how would Chu Shaoling explain to the emperor and the Ministry of Households when he came back?

Chu Shaoling didn't want to make Wang Muhan anxious, so he smiled lightly and said, "Don't worry, father-in-law, that's all, let's tell Wei Zhan first, before entering the imperial city, find a way to burn the car with their tax accounts, and then the king will go to meet the four in person. Prince, there is no account, and the official money sent back is all taxes! This king personally watched the deposit, and he couldn’t take away even a tael of silver. This year’s taxes in the South will definitely be indispensable.”

Wang Muhan was stunned for a while before he understood, patted his forehead, and smiled: "Yes, yes... This is really, haha..."

Wang Muhan felt relieved, and hurriedly went to find the spies to explain the matter.

Wei Ji stared blankly at Chu Shaoling, Chu Shaoling turned around and said, "What, are you afraid?"

Wei Ji shook his head, he has a kind nature, but he will not tolerate people who are unfavorable to Chu Shaoling.

Chu Shaoling saw some incense ash on the hem of Wei Ji's shirt, patted him, and smiled lightly: "Where did you just go? Can't you just go with the soot?"

Wei Ji blushed, fortunately no one around saw him, he hesitated and said softly: "Just now... I went shopping too, I didn't pay attention."

Chu Shaoling raised his phoenix eyes slightly and looked at Wei Ji, but still didn't ask any further questions.

The Empress Dowager did not come out of the Buddhist hall until Youshi, and Chu Shaoling and Fu Yi accompanied the Empress Dowager to enter some vegetarian food. Afterwards, Chu Shaoling accompanied the Empress Dowager to the Qingfengyuan of Donghua Temple, and talked with the Empress Dowager for a while before going back to her own residence. Bodhi Garden.

After bathing, Chu Shaoling and Wei Ji leaned on the couch together to look at the moon outside the corridor, Chu Shaoling gently rubbed Wei Ji's stomach, and chuckled: "Why is it deflated?"

Wei Ji blushed a little, and said: "No..." Touched his belly, it wasn't deflated, but it wasn't as bulging as usual... Wei Ji didn't have enough confidence, he was well fed by Chu Shaoling in Bitao Garden for more than half a year Well, even if Wei Ji wasn't proud, his appetite had also been cultivated. He didn't really want to eat that table of vegetarian food just now.

Chu Shaoling smiled lightly, got up and took out a bag of food from the cage, handed it to Wei Ji, and smiled: "I know you won't be able to eat well."

Wei Ji opened the cloth bag, and inside was a bag of dried meat!Wei Ji quickly wrapped up the cloth, and whispered: "How can this be done! Here is..."

"Wine and meat have passed through the intestines, and the Buddha will keep them in his heart." Chu Shaoling rubbed Wei Ji's head, "We are not monks, so we must abide by the rules and regulations. Let's eat."

Wei Ji was half full from dinner, and now smelling the smell of dried meat, he was really hungry, so he pinched the smallest piece and ate it, Chu Shaoling smiled lightly, poured him a cup of tea, Wei Ji ate slowly, and asked: "Your Highness Don’t you believe in Buddhism? Then why do you still need to offer incense and chant scriptures?”

Chu Shaoling laughed: "It was for others to read, I don't... and I don't, but now I believe it."

Wei Ji looked at Chu Shaoling suspiciously, not understanding what he was talking about, and said: "I... have some faith. In the past, I listened to the great monk's lectures, saying that the Buddha knows the past, saves people's lives, and eliminates thousands of karma. , crossing animals and people crossing the world of mortals sounds reasonable."

Chu Shaoling lay down, took Wei Ji's hand, and nodded: "It's a pity that I have a lot of sins. Buddha can cross animals and people to cross the world, but not me." Chu Shaoling took Wei Ji's hand and put it on his heart, casually and again Very solemnly, he said softly, "The only one who can cross me is Wei Ji."

The ancient bell on the mountain rang, and there was a long silence, and Wei Ji's heart beat instantly.

When Wei Ji was in the palace, when he heard that it was Donghua Temple, his expression was wrong, and then he came back with incense ash for some reason. Wei Ji thought he was pretending to be good, but he couldn't hide anything from Chu Shaoling. Chu Shaoling couldn't bear that Wei Ji was hiding something from him, so he knew without much effort that Wei Ji had gone to worship in front of Donghua Temple.

The few temples in front of Donghua Temple are not exclusive to the royal family, and officials can also go to offer incense. Chu Shaoling called the monks there to ask and he knew it. Wei Ji went to kowtow a few times and muttered something himself.

Chu Shaoling originally thought that Wei Ji would worship the Buddha when he saw the Buddha, but he didn't expect the monk to say that Wei Ji had been here many times.

The monk said that Wei Ji came here for the first time two years ago. He listened to the monk preaching a scripture and donated all the money he had at that time, begging the monk to light an ever-burning lamp for each of them.

After that, Wei Ji would come to the mountain every once in a while, and every time he came, he would donate the everlasting lamp to bless one person with eternal peace and happiness.