Five-year enthronement three-year simulation

The ghost knows how the two of them got back to Misty Water Pavilion.

Ming Tan was in a daze all the way, sticking to Lin Shurong like a dog's skin plaster and not letting go, only remembering that he was being served by the other party all the way back, and he didn't know anything else.

Soaking in hot springs can actually soak into fragments, she guesses it is No. 1 in all ages.

The next day, Mallow served Ming Tan to get up, and Lin Shurong had breakfast with her.During the period, I don't know why, but I didn't respond to her, and I was actively implementing the principle of never saying anything during the whole process, which made Ming Tan confused. When I didn't pay attention, half an egg fell into the porridge bowl. Rice grains splashed all over her face.

Ming Tan: "..." How unlucky it is.

Fortunately, Lin Shurong still had a conscience, and immediately picked up the handkerchief to help her wipe it off.After twisting the last piece of white rice, Ming Tan puffed his face, grabbed the other's wrist, and frowned, "You—"

Before the words could be spoken, there were two knocks on the door outside, followed by Mallow's inquiry: "Your Highness, is your meal ready? Eunuch Sheng An is here to report. Your Majesty wants to invite you and the Empress to Miaoshan Going to worship in the Buddhist hall!"

"—cough cough cough!"

Ming Tan's question immediately stuck in his throat, neither up nor down, almost choking himself to death.

And Mallow was already urging her, she couldn't continue the topic, she could only look at Shanglin Shurong's calm eyes, and said bitterly: "You wait! I'll settle the score with you when I come back!"

After saying the harsh words, he turned around and rushed towards the inner room in a hurry.

She was covered in porridge just now, and she still needs to hurry up and wash it off!

"..."

Lin Shurong threw the handkerchief on the corner of the table, looked down at the pattern of sycamore flowers on it, and reached out to gently rub the forehead.

If she doesn't keep a distance from His Highness, she is really afraid that she will accidentally cross the line according to the other party's teasing method; but if she shows a slight estrangement, the little princess will immediately fry the pot again, clamoring to settle accounts with herself...

Ugh.

Lin Shurong sighed deeply.

It's really a dilemma, and I'm so worried.

……

The Miaoshan Buddhist Hall is different from those temples outside the Chunzhou Palace. It was built by decree to enshrine Ming Yi's biological mother when he ascended the throne.

The first emperor loved Shu Huang's noble concubine Shen Shi, and had no emotion at all for his late wife Fa.Not only did she treat her coldly during her lifetime, but after her death, at Shen's request, in the name of "thriftiness", the funeral specifications were greatly halved, and she was never given the honor she deserved.

Therefore, after witnessing the fickleness of the first emperor, the first thing Ming Yi did when he ascended the throne was to follow his mother's last wish, move her coffin out of the imperial mausoleum, and re-bury her in Chunzhou in a grand manner.

After finishing all these things, Ming Yi immediately decreed that the former empress should be crowned as Empress Dowager Duanci, and also specially built a Buddhist hall in her favorite Chunzhou Palace, only to enshrine her spiritual tablet and the ever-burning lamp , Completely draw a clear relationship with the first emperor.

From then on, whenever he came to the palace, Ming Yi would always bring Gu Ying with him, and personally offer a stick of incense to the Empress Dowager Duanci.

This time is no exception.

Ming Tan knelt on the futon, his heart turned to the sky, and he kowtowed three times to the emperor's grandmother's tablet reverently and respectfully.

She also came to the Miaoshan Buddhist Hall last time, and she is already familiar with the way of worship.After straightening up, she gently recited a section of the Ksitigarbha Sutra taught to her by Lin Shurong, with the intention of returning merit.

When the emperor saw Mingtan chanting sutras for the first time, he felt very strange and asked her: "Longlin still understands the transcendence of Buddhism?"

"Longlin doesn't understand." Ming Tan shook his head and said honestly, "Longlin is just willing to chant Buddhist sutras for the imperial grandmother, to accumulate blessings, and hope that the imperial grandmother can be reborn in a good way."

"...Well, good boy."

The emperor smiled and stroked her hair, "If your imperial grandmother knew about it, she would be very happy. She can have such a filial imperial granddaughter."

……

After coming out of the Miaoshan Buddhist Hall, the emperor's mood was not so low, but very peaceful. He also asked Ming Tan what he would like to have for dinner today, and if he wanted the dining room to cook some famous local dishes of Chunzhou.

"The dead are gone, why should the living add to the sadness?"

Facing Ming Tan's worried eyes, the emperor just smiled openly and said, "If after a hundred years from the father, Longlin wants to cry in front of the tomb, it will really hurt my heart!"

"Bah, bah, dad is talking nonsense again!"

Ever since he crossed over, Ming Tan has been convinced of these ghosts and gods, and hastily patted his mouth with taboo, shouting: "It's good, say something unlucky... why don't you discuss what to eat for dinner!"

"Hahaha, okay, father is wrong," the emperor followed her with a good temper, and said with a smile, "I will serve you a steamed goose with Longjing bamboo shoots tonight. How about making an apology?"

"Okay!" Ming Tan nodded briskly, then remembered something, and told him, "Father, remember to tell them to put more tea leaves to cover the taste of the bamboo shoots... Well, or don't add bamboo shoots at all, Lin Shurong eats it." I'm not used to it."

Hearing this, the queen couldn't help covering her lips and smiling, then turned her head and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, look, my concubine is right? Tan'er has been thinking about her companion every day!"

Ming Tan was stunned for a moment, his cheeks were blushing for some reason, and he said angrily: "The queen mother is talking nonsense! How can I think about her all day long!"

"What Zitong said is true!" The emperor pretended not to hear his daughter's rebuttal, ignored her, and echoed with his palms, "Everyone said, 'The water poured out by a married daughter', you see, this dragon scale has not yet When you get married, it has already been thrown out, how can this happen!"

The queen smiled happily and nodded repeatedly.

Ming Tan was jumping aside, his face was as red as a boiled teapot, he didn't know whether he was angry or ashamed, and said angrily, "Father!"

"Hey, why don't you kill your queen mother?"

The emperor complained helplessly, but seeing that Ming Tan really turned his head away, and refused to talk to him after saying anything, he could only do a little low-key, leaned towards his daughter, thought for a while and said, "Long Lin, you Do you want to... go outside the palace?"

"……Outside?"

Ming Tan was stunned for a moment, narrowed his eyes, and looked at the emperor suspiciously.

Couldn't it be drawing cakes for her?

"What are you thinking?" The emperor couldn't help laughing when he understood his daughter's eyes, and stretched out his hand to slap her head. Play it, I don't worry."

After finishing speaking, he narrowed his eyes slightly as if he had thought of something, "When I was young, every time I came to the palace to escape the summer heat, I would wait until nightfall before quietly..."

"Cough!" The Queen interrupted displeasedly, "Your Majesty!"

"Oh," the emperor knew he had made a slip of the tongue, quickly waved his hand, and changed his words as if begging for mercy, "Wrong, wrong, I just went to bed at night! I didn't do anything!"

Ming Tan: "..." I believe you are a ghost.

But in order to go out to play smoothly, she still pretended not to understand, followed by nodding for a while, and finally showed a smile on her face, and asked impatiently: "Then can Lin Shurong go out with Erchen?" ?”

"..."

The emperor gave her a meaningful look, with "he also said that he was not the water that was thrown out" written all over his face.

But he didn't dare to make his daughter angry anymore, so he could only swallow the words back to his stomach, waved his big hand and said, "Okay, she's coming too, are you satisfied?"

Ming Tan raised his eyebrows, his eyes sparkled, and obediently moved to the emperor's side to help him hammer his shoulders, with a smile that could not be concealed in his tone, "Thank you, father!"

"Bring enough people, don't run around," the queen instructed, "Just take a stroll nearby, and you must return to the palace before Haishi, remember?"

"Yes, yes, yes," Ming Tan agreed immediately, as if he was afraid that they would go back on their word, and said quickly, "I'm sure I won't worry you two!"

Right now, she had already forgotten about finding Lin Shurong to settle the score, instead she began to think about where to go to have fun.

……

For the convenience of traveling, the two of them changed into more ordinary attire. They looked like a pair of ladies from a rich family. Although they were extravagant, they were not too eye-catching.

The commodity economy in Chunzhou is very developed, even better than that of the capital city. The streets and alleys are full of shops that are open to welcome customers: jewelry stores, cosmetic shops, teahouses, silk shops, academies, pastry shops, restaurants, noodle stalls, and medicine shops. ... People come and go in an endless stream, and the business of each family is very prosperous.

Half an hour later, Ming Tan was holding a bag of crispy mooncakes in his left hand and a bright red flower tin in his right hand. He looked at Lin Shurong's exquisite hairstyle for a long while, and then he stretched out his hand and inserted it casually on the top of the person's head. Very satisfied: "Not bad! Looks good!"

"..." Lin Shurong touched her hair which was much disheveled than before, and sighed, but she didn't take off the flowers, but let a bright red sway on her head.

That's it.

She looked at Ming Tan who was smiling at her limply, shook her head helplessly, and slightly lowered her eyes.

After all, no matter how well-planned she is in her heart, or how indifferent she is on the surface... In the end, as long as Ming Tan acts coquettishly or gets close, she will immediately throw away her armor and lose to this little princess again.

Lin Shurong's mind in this side was complicated, but Ming Tan in the other side didn't realize it.She was a little tired after wandering around for a while, and happened to see a tea shed in front of her, she immediately became interested, and stretched out her hand to grab Lin Shurong, "Let's sit in front for a while!"

The latter naturally followed her, "Okay."

The street was bustling with people, and the business of the tea shed was surprisingly good. The boss wore a sweat towel around his neck and walked back and forth between the tables and chairs. He served Mingtan and Lin Shurong a pot of tea, said "Dear guest, take it easy" and hurriedly ran away.

The tea in the tea shed is naturally not as good as Lin Shurong's brewing by himself, but it is superior in quantity, the round-bellied teapot is heavy, each of them poured a cup, the weight is still the same, just enough to quench their thirst.

The business was booming, there were no empty seats, and the tables and chairs in the shed were very close together, so there was no need to concentrate on listening. The conversations of a few scholars sitting next to him came over, which just caught Ming Tan's attention.

"This summer is so hot again, and it hasn't rained for a long time. It really complies with Dai Shiping's phrase 'the world is a big kiln'..."

"Brother Gao is still a native of Chunzhou, so it's too hot? I went back to Yuanzhou to worship my ancestors a few years ago. It happened that the place was in a drought, and the cicadas were breathing heavily. Not to mention people, even the vegetation was wilted by the heat. Head drooping—that’s the real scene of drought and cruelty!”

"Yuanzhou, the severe drought that year was a long-awaited name..."

"Fan Xiandi doesn't need to mention the past, but now: our harvest in the south is good, but Yuanzhou is not; the last time there was a severe drought, the royal family dragged their feet and waited until the roots of the land were damaged, and everything they planted would bear fruit. Not a few fruits... Hey, this summer is so dry again, I'm afraid it won't even be able to collect taxes."

"That's not true! I have a relative in Yuanzhou who works so hard every day, but he can't even eat enough... Although the imperial court provides financial support, he won't sell his sons and daughters, but his life is always miserable."

"Brother Liu's relative is a mulberry farmer, so that's fine; it's the grain farmer who suffers. If you grow good grain, you can still pay taxes, but if you grow bad grain, you can't eat it yourself, and you can't pay the tax... Alas, it's hard Nah, it's difficult."

"I've also heard that in order to survive, some people have to bite the bullet and swallow even mildewed and wormy rice... Those who don't get sick are lucky, but if they get sick, what should they do? "

"..."

Ming Tan sat on the seat, listened carefully to every sentence, put down his cup, looked at the lively cheers around him, and imagined the scene described by the words of the scholars, and a sudden feeling came out. Ridiculous sense of reality fragmentation.

"Qingqing, they..."

"They are telling the truth, Your Highness."

Lin Shurong lowered his eyes and sighed softly.

"I took a long breath to cover my tears, mourning how difficult people's lives are."