[Comprehensive] Cannon Fodder Terminator

Shanyu didn't change his clothes, just walked towards the gate of the palace with Taomi, Taomi knew that Shanyu would definitely be able to go in, otherwise he wouldn't be so confident, as if he was stopped by the waiter in the restaurant a few years ago It's the same when you wear it.

Sure enough, after being stopped by the guards at the gate of the palace, Shanyu took out a token, and the guards immediately knelt down and let it go.

It makes sense to let her go, but she doesn't understand Taomi kneeling down.

The guards in the palace also have official positions, and those who can make the guards kneel down are naturally the masters of the palace, but Shanyu is not wearing clothes now, just this upstart dress, if it is not because of her love for He was familiar with it and couldn't tell it was Shanyu. What happened to those guards?

Or who is Shanyu?

"Master, what was your token just now?"

Shanyu looked at Taomi, she was still as smart as ever, and any action he made could cause her to think deeply, "I will tell you later."

Tao Mi nodded, okay, tell me later, then she will listen later.

Shanyu arrived at Qianqing Palace unimpeded along the way, and now the empress dowager was discussing something with the emperor inside, Shanyu just came in with peach honey without any notification.

"Who are you, that you dare to break into Qianqing Palace so boldly?" The emperor was already in a bad mood, so he sternly shouted.

When it was the empress dowager, she stared at Shanyu, especially when she saw Taomi behind Shanyu, she smiled and said, "It turned out to be the emperor's uncle. I don't know how the emperor's uncle has time to visit the palace today." ?”

Shanyu didn't answer the Empress Dowager's words, but looked at the stunned emperor and said, "Your father wasn't even born when I trespassed on Qianqing Palace."

"Hehe, children are ignorant, please don't blame the emperor." The empress dowager gave the emperor a wink and smiled twice.

"Come on, hurry up and show the seat to the emperor."

"No, I'll just sit and go." Saying that, Shanyu sat on a chair beside him.

Today's Shanyu was really beyond her expectations. He turned out to be a member of the royal family, and he seemed to have a high status. Even the empress dowager flattered her so much.

Immediately, a court lady came over to serve tea to Shanyu, but Shanyu didn't even look at it, and said directly to the Empress Dowager, "Let's open the skylight and tell the truth, I know that the Japanese come to Datang to want a master of the game."

"Yes, I know that the emperor's uncle's chess skills are very good. Now that the emperor's uncle is back, I don't need to worry about it." The empress dowager said with a smile.

Taomi and the Empress Dowager thought the same thing, they all thought that Shanyu came back this time to defeat Japan. Although she had never watched him play chess, but a person as good as him would not know how to play chess if he wanted to. Poor.

But I never expected that Shanyu would look at her, and then everyone would also look at her, hehe, it wouldn't be for her to come.

Thinking about it this way, Shanyu didn't expect to show a smile in the next second, "It's just a small country, why do I need to do it myself, just let my apprentice do it."

"Since the emperor said so, then there must be Miss Laowan." Taomi looked at Shanyu, but Shanyu lowered his head and went to drink tea.

Well, let her come and she will come, "That master, what if I lose?"

He couldn't guarantee that he would win.

"Expelled from the division!"

ah?And this good thing.

Shanyu didn't look at Taomi, but he knew her thoughts clearly, and then said lightly, "Of course it's impossible. If you lose, you will be your junior sister and let Xianyang be your senior brother."

Everyone in the empress dowager looked at this scene and felt that they didn't know what they were going through. Why did it seem like Taomi liked being kicked out of the teacher so much?

"Uncle Master must have been exhausted all the way here, why not let them take you to rest and prepare for the future game of chess." If Taomi loses, there is still a rescuer.

The empress dowager Shanyu was very clear about her thoughts, "No need, you don't need to call me when you play chess in the future, let's go first."

Taomi wanted to go out with Shanyu, he hadn't told her these things she didn't know, but he stopped him with his eyes, it seemed that he might not be able to leave the palace for a while.

"Come here, arrange a place for Ms. Wan to take good care of you. Ms. Wan, you should also take a good rest these few days, and prepare for the promotion of my Tang Dynasty in the future."

"Obey!" Tao Mi gritted her teeth and said two words.

What she dislikes the most is being ordered by others. Now the Empress Dowager is clearly ordering her. Is she so easy to order?

When I went to the chess club, several chess doctors were already there. Three old chess doctors included Gao Xianyang's father, Gao Yao'an. There was only one young chess doctor, so naturally it was Gao Xianyang.

They have been studying chess these days, and have made great progress in the game. Although they dare not beat the chess player sent by Japan, they must be better than a fledgling little girl like Taomi.

The empress dowager obviously couldn't agree with this idea. What Gao Xianyang wanted to say was stopped by Taomi. On such matters, only absolute ability has the right to speak.

Sure enough, when she defeated the three chess doctors with a chess game, they had nothing to say.

Tao Mi looked at Gao Xianyang, "Now you can talk about my great achievements."

"To tell you the truth, when I followed Master before, Xianyang asked himself that his chess skills were very good, but when he played games with senior sisters, he was defeated without exception." Although he was talking about his own defeat, but Gao Xianyang was not ashamed.

Outsiders have mountains and mountains, and the game is all about the game. It is the best thing to have challenges. There is no need to become No.1. In fact, there is no eternal number one. Only by constantly challenging yourself is enough. Is the most successful.

"Mother Concubine, you said that Miss Wan is going to play against Japanese chess players?" Li Yi was very surprised when he heard the news from Concubine Zheng. He would never have thought that it would be Taomi who played in the end. There are so many chess players in the chess club. , and those chess doctors are all no match for a little girl?

"Yes, that's what I heard from the Empress Dowager today. I heard that someone like the Empress Dowager vouched for her. The Empress Dowager hadn't made an agreement in the past two days, and now she can take a good rest, and in case Miss went to the chess club and won three chess doctors one after another, which shows that she has outstanding ability."

Concubine Zheng said that she also felt that it was not good for girls to show off so much, but now there is no other way. After all, Japan's Onizuka Kojiro is very powerful. Even if he can't promote the Tang Dynasty this time, he must keep the Tang Dynasty's face of.

And Taomi was able to defeat the Chess Doctor of the Chess Club, which must have a certain strength, so this matter really belongs to her.

What Li Yi thought was completely different from Concubine Zheng. As a woman, Concubine Zheng felt that there was no need for a girl to show her face like this, while Li Yi felt the power of peach honey again.

He knew before that she was very powerful. Although she didn't do anything special in front of him, he could feel that she was very powerful. Otherwise, why would he have been dreaming of her in his dreams these days? she.

Although the scene in the dream was blurry except for the first time it was clear, he was able to clearly remember every movement and every word.

Two days ago, Tao Mi was not called into the palace by the Empress Dowager, and he was glad for a while, but now that she is here, she is still in such a capacity, which seems to make his mood even more blocked.

And now knowing that she was going to represent Datang against Go player Onizuka Kojiro from Japan, this also shocked him. He didn't expect Taomi to have this ability.

And now after knowing it, it seems that everything is going with the flow.

But if she fights, will she definitely win?

Thinking of Li Yi's face here is a bit ugly, I have to say that the empress dowager's move is really beautiful. If she wins, then of course she can say anything. To the outside world, it can also be said that a 16-year-old girl in Datang won the ghost Tsuka Kojiro, but if she lost, then it can be said that Onizuka Kojiro won because of his age and rich experience.

And peach honey naturally won't get any benefits.

Maybe it's not just her, even the person who recommended her at the beginning may be dealt with.

Thinking of this, Li Yi became more and more worried. He desperately wanted to think of a way to get Taomi out of this situation where she was being attacked, but after thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't think of anything.

Now he can't help but resent his current status as a foolish prince. If he is a normal prince, at least he can say a few words for Taomi.

But having said that, if he is really not a foolish prince, then he probably won't be staying in this palace now, let alone have any right to speak.

Li Yi showed a wry smile unconsciously, only for a moment, and then took it back, isn't that how life is, there are gains and losses, how can such a thing happen?

Taomi doesn't have as many worries as Li Yi thinks, she will do her best, but if she fails to win after trying her best, then it's not her problem.

Since it's not her problem, then naturally there's no need to bear the consequences, so everything should go with the flow.

"Miss Liu, why are you here? Is there something wrong?"

Tao Mi looked over, just in time to see Gao Xianyang talking to Liu Sanhao, and then turned her gaze to the chessboard in front of her. These three stubborn old men said that they wanted her to have a better chance of defeating Kojiro Onitsuka, and gave her To set up a chess game, several people come here a day.

I don't know if it's really to train her or to get back the face they lost before.

"Bao Xian, Envoy Liu said she needs to find you."

Tao Mi raised her head and looked over, Gao Xianyang did not know when she had already arrived in front of her, and looked at the position where she was just now, Liu Sanhao was standing there, I have to say that Liu Sanhao is a very beautiful woman.

"What are you doing?" She and Liu Sanhao didn't meet each other.

"Miss Liu said it was because there were some problems with the pattern you showed Ruan Sizhen some time ago. Ruan Sizhen invites you to go over."

For this answer, Tao Mi certainly didn't believe it. Based on the relationship between Ruan Cuiyun and Wan Jianfeng, she would definitely not take the initiative to find her, and if she remembered correctly, Liu Sanhao was the secretary of the house. How could he follow Ruan Cuiyun's words and come to her?

I stood up and exercised my body. I watched the chess game all morning. Although it was not difficult, I was a little tired. It would be good to go for a walk.

"Miss Wan, please follow me."

Taomi followed Liu Sanhao on the road to the imperial palace, and it became more and more remote. It didn't look like the way to Sizhen's house. Halfway through, Liu Sanhao saw that Taomi hadn't asked, so he couldn't help asking, " Miss Wan is not surprised why Sanhao came to you?"

"Of course you will know when you arrive at the destination, so why bother to ask so many times?" The person who can make Liu Sanhao so cautious, and even let Ruan Cuiyun out without hesitation must be a very important person. After walking so far to find a remote place, now it seems that Li Yi is the only one left.

Sure enough, when we arrived at the rockery beside the city wall, few people came here, even the green grass had already grown and there was no gardener to take care of it. Li Yi was standing not far from the rockery.

"Fortunately, Sanhao did not disgrace her life and brought Miss Wan. If you have anything to say, you can just say it. Sanhao will watch over Wang Ye and Miss Wan not far away." Liu Sanhao walked away, where he could see The situation here, but I can't hear what they are saying.

"I don't know why His Highness King Guang has so much time today, and he specially asked Envoy Liu to come to me?" Tao Mi looked at Li Yi and asked in a leisurely manner.

Don't think that she doesn't know that she has been avoiding her these days, but now that she took the initiative to look for her, there must be something going on inside.

"I heard that you are going to play against Kojiro Onizuka from Japan in two days. I wonder how your preparations are going?" Li Yi said directly without talking nonsense with Taomi.

Tao Mi smiled, "Do you still need to prepare? That's not something that can be easily grasped."

"I know you are very powerful, but can you not be so arrogant, Onizuka Kojiro used to fight against hundreds of people without a single defeat, even if he is not a master of decision-making, he is still a very powerful person, you should still be careful A little."

"Oh? King Guang understands this matter so clearly, but has he already started to care about me?"

"I'm just concerned about the national prestige of the Tang Dynasty." Li Yi raised her chin and said very naturally, as if she didn't mean what Tao Mi said at all, and it was really just a very pure meaning.

Tao Mi took a step closer, making the distance between the two of them closer, Li Yi was in a daze, the images in his recent dreams had clearly disappeared, but this time they really came back to his mind.

The smiling face of Tao Mi in front of him coincided with the beautiful picture in the dream, making him confused for a moment whether it was in the dream or in reality.

Tao Mi didn't know about Li Yi's brain holes, let alone Li Yi's dream about her, so she said to herself, "His Royal Highness, you see that you care about me so much, then you fall in love with me, What can't be done?"

Tao Mi's words made Li Yi wake up in an instant, and she couldn't help looking at Liu Sanhao in the distance, "I already have someone I like, so how could I fall in love with you? It doesn't matter to you or her. fair."

Following Li Yi's gaze, Tao Mi couldn't help but smile, "So you like Miss Liu, but she is not as beautiful as I am, nor as smart as I am, and not as good at martial arts as I am. What do you like about her?"

"Like someone, it has nothing to do with what you said." Li Yi said seriously, beautiful, smart, good martial arts, these are just some external conditions, he likes people, not these.

"Oh."

Seeing that Taomi didn't ask any further questions, Li Yi also felt a little uncomfortable. Shouldn't she argue with him next time? What's the situation now?

After clearing out those distracting thoughts in his head, Li Yi looked at Taomi and started to talk about business, "That Kojiro Onizuka had a headache, but it has been cured now, I think he shouldn't be in the game with you." Will do my best."

"Why are you telling me this?" Even if Onitsuka Kojiro had a headache, it should have been cured, and it would not affect his performance in the game field.

Li Yi looked at Tao Mi, he knew she must understand him, sighed and said, "Then do you know how good he is?"

"I don't need to know, all I know is that whether his headache is serious or not, whether it can affect the game with me, it doesn't matter to me, because I will definitely win."

Li Yi looked at such a peachy girl, suddenly she was a little strange, but it can also be said that she was very familiar. She has always been so confident and flamboyant, and she has never been afraid of anyone. Now even if she is facing a She has never been defeated by an opponent, and she can be so confident.

As if she was sure to win.

"You..." Why do you have this confidence?

Li Yi could see that Taomi's self-confidence was not just talking about it, but a kind of self-confidence, but why was she so confident? Didn't she think about what would happen if she lost?

"I think it's not suitable for us to talk about such a heavy topic now, let's talk about it another way, for example, when will you fall in love with me?"

Seeing Tao Mi's sly smile, Li Yi closed her eyes, "Didn't I make it very clear just now, I already have someone I like."

"A person can like many people in his life. Just because you like someone else doesn't mean you won't fall in love with me. I'll give you time. If you fall in love with me, then I'll help you keep a secret for the rest of your life, okay?"

"If you're going to keep talking about this topic, I don't think we need to go any further."

"Then I'm leaving." Said Tao Mi, she turned and left, she turned and left resolutely, without a trace of nostalgia.

Li Yi couldn't help frowning, didn't she want him to fall in love with her?Why did she just talk and didn't take any action, just now, and now.

Heh, this woman is not only smart, but also cruel enough.

Strange, doesn't he dislike her?Why do you say she is cruel now?

"My lord, don't be too sad. Sanhao knows that the lord will be able to feel proud one day, and then he will be able to be with Miss Wan in a fair and honest manner."

At this time Liu Sanhao came over and said, Li Yi looked at her, "I don't understand what Sanhao you mean."

"My lord, you understand, but you don't want to talk to Miyoshi. Sanhao understands everything." Liu San smiled, "Miss Wan and the lord are very suitable for Sanhao. If one day the lord raises his eyebrows and is with Miss Wan, it's really a good idea." A couple made in heaven."

Li Yi understood that Liu Sanhao was going to be a matchmaker for him and Taomi, but he had no feelings for her at all, "Sanhao, you don't understand, in fact, I don't like Miss Wan, but someone else."

"Uh..." Someone else? "It's Miyoshi who is confused, and I hope the prince will forgive me."

I was so happy, I thought it was just a story of two people getting married in the temple and promised each other for life, but they couldn't be together due to various reasons outside. It seems that in real life, there are really no beautiful stories in the storybook.

"However, Sanhao still wants to congratulate the prince for having someone he likes. Human life is very short. It is not easy for the prince to meet someone he likes. Miyoshi's heartfelt Xinwang prince can get the happiness he wants. "

The happiness you want?

The happiness he wants is very simple, to have no worries with his mother and concubine, and to spend the rest of his life with the person he likes. This is the happiness he wants.

"Miyoshi, in fact, the person I like..."

"Huh?" Liu Sanhao looked at Li Yi, waiting for his next words.

Li Yi looked at this kind of gaze, and suddenly Taomi's face appeared in his mind, and suddenly he was a little speechless, "Actually, you also know the person I like."

"Oh? Then I wonder who is so lucky to be able to know the prince in heart?" Liu Sanhao said happily, she didn't see anything strange about Li Yi just now.

"It's just that we still don't know each other by heart." Li Yi said this with a bit of bitterness. Although Liu Sanhao's identity is only a female envoy, he doesn't want to wrong her, so he can't say it yet.

"Then three good wishes in advance to wish the prince a successful embrace of the beauty."

"I would like to borrow your good words." If you disagree, how can you embrace the beauty?

As soon as this idea came out, Li Yi felt a bit of heartache, but it was different from the heartache that he liked and couldn't explain clearly, but because he thought of peach honey.

That woman has always wanted him to love her, so naturally he won't love her anymore.

but……

It's different than ever!

Unlike everyone's worries, Taomi easily won the game with Onitsuka Kojiro. Although this move was expected by Taomi, everyone was really relieved.

They knew Taomi was amazing before, but they never saw it in person, so they are still very excited now.

As a small country, Japan dared to provoke, and now it is beyond recognition that a little girl was killed, what a shame it is.

Although this little girl is already considered a master level with them, it can even be said that no one of them can play games in the past, but even so, it is their own housework, and naturally they cannot lose face in front of foreign countries. ah.

"Jin Ling, do you know? Miss Wan really won against Japan's Kojiro Onizuka just now. It's really amazing. Even Mr. Gao, he didn't win me with a full hug. Miss Wan actually did. When it arrived, it was still so easy, she is really too powerful."

Liu Sanhao thought that two days ago Li Yi was still worried about whether Taomi could win Kojiro Onizuka, but now it seems that his worry is completely unnecessary, Taomi is so powerful, there is no need for him to worry .

"I know, you've said it many times along the way, but even if you're happy, you don't have to keep saying it because you admire Miss Wan for having such a high level of gaming." It's not like she didn't see it just now, There is no need to use other people's mouths to know whether it is good or not?

"Yeah, you saw it just now. Didn't Kojiro Onizuka say before that he would put the lid on when he could win after one move? Just now Miss Wan grabbed a handful of chess pieces with her hand and directly put the lid on Covered, and when she actually worshiped Onizuka Kojiro, she happened to run out of chess pieces, which is much more powerful than Onizuka Kojiro's method." Liu Sanhao told what they saw just now.

Because this is a major event in the palace, they are also allowed to watch outside the palace. Although they can only stand far away and cannot get close, she can still see clearly.

In a word, it is really amazing.

Even Yao Jinling had always thought that Taomi's current achievements were all due to her status. If she was also Miss Everyone, she would definitely not do worse than her.

But now she has to really admit that there are really some things in Taomi that others cannot do.

Although she admitted it in her heart, on the surface she still wouldn't admit it with her own mouth. She, Yao Jinling, was never willing to admit defeat, and she must be like this this time.

"Miss Wan is able to defeat Onizuka Kojiro this time, how does the emperor plan to reward?" In the palace, the empress dowager is at the top, and below are the emperor Wang Guifei, Zheng Taifei and Li Yi, and three chess doctors from the chess club As well as Gao Xianyang, but Taomi was the only one missing.

"General Wan is good at teaching his daughter, Wan Baoxian is talented and intelligent, and he won an easy victory this time. Naturally, he will be rewarded heavily, but this is not a serious state matter after all, and there is still a reward for the Empress Dowager Lao to leave the harem." The emperor said. Said aside.

"Then Aijia can decide, it can't make the heroes feel bad."

The empress dowager's words are as false as they are. When Taomi didn't win, they were all ready to retreat. Now what they say is not to make the heroes feel cold. Then what they did before How did you say it?

It is precisely because Taomi knew this that she left the palace very early, and after talking with Sun Jia Biwan Jianfeng, she went to the temple on the outskirts of the city.

Although this temple is near the capital, it has been abandoned for a long time, and there are no monks in it, and gradually the houses are in disastrous failure.

Tao Mi didn't feel anything when she stood outside the door. After pushing the temple door open, the barren scene inside seemed like she was filming a ghost movie.

Overgrown with weeds and covered with cobwebs, there was only one winding path to go forward. Taomi walked along the path, walked for a while, and finally reached the inner room.

From the length of the road she just walked, it can be seen that this temple must have been very large in the past, and once it was destroyed, it became what it is now.

In the middle of the inner lobby, a monk wearing a thong sits on a futon. The huge Buddha statue in front of it is wiped clean and bright, as if it has been enshrined with incense and someone has been wiping it.

The monk sitting on the futon is knocking on the wooden fish and chanting scriptures.

Tao Mi walked behind him and stood still, looked around, and found that except for the place near the Buddha and where Shanyu was sitting, the other places were still covered with dust, as if they hadn't been taken care of for a long time just like the outside.

After reciting a passage of scriptures, Shanyu got up and turned around, looking at Taomi, "Sure enough, I live up to everyone's expectations, so the teacher will do what he says and will not expel you from the teacher."

Taomijiong, this is not what she wants, okay, "I want to know, who are you?"

"I am your master, Shanyu of Ciming Temple is the poor monk."

This is ready to play word games with her, ha ha!

"Then who is Shanyu?"

"Although few people have asked your question, you are not the first to ask it, but it has been more than 50 years since the last person who asked this question." Said melancholy.

Taomi could vaguely pick that he was a member of the royal family, otherwise a monk, no matter how virtuous and respected he was, would not let the empress dowager treat him like that, and even called him 'uncle emperor'.

When this title comes from the mouth of the current emperor, it is called Li Yi, but if it is said from the mouth of the empress dowager, who is it called again?

Shanyu's age can't be seen from the outside at all, but based on his immortal demeanor, he may be more than a hundred years old.

Shanyu looked at Taomi and smiled, "I always thought you were smart as a teacher, but in fact you are also smart. Now you have finally encountered something you don't know."

Why does she feel that Sunwoo is so cunning now?It's like a fox who has been stealing the fishy fish with great difficulty.

She actually felt the immortal spirit on his body just now, it must be an illusion, yes, it is an illusion.

"Actually, I really want to tell you, but the time has not yet come. When the time comes, I will tell you as a teacher myself." Shanyu said pretending to be profound.

"Then when is the time not yet?" It won't always be the time not yet.

"There are two lay disciples, you and Xianyang, as the teacher, and now you are the only one here. Is it unfair to Xianyang to tell you alone?" Shanyu looked at Taomi and said with a smile.

Ha ha!

"Master, I'm here. Why do you think senior sister chose such a place? There are so many weeds. I walked all the way and my clothes were melted." At this time, Gao Xianyang's voice pass it on.

Taomi looked at Shanyu, and Shanyu also looked at her, "Okay, now the time has come, I don't mean to lie to you as a teacher, you believe it now."

Gao Xianyang came in, dressed as a chivalrous man in white, no different from the appearance they had when they were walking in the rivers and lakes before, holding a long sword in his hand, with some grass clippings stuck to it, obviously he used the long sword to mow the grass, recklessly.

"Hi, Senior Sister!" After saluting with Shanyu, Gao Xianyang said politely to Taomi with a smile.

I have to say, just this smile, ignoring his Jianghu attire, is still very gentle as jade.

"Okay, everyone is here, I can speak now." What he disliked the most was Gao Xianyang's smirk when he saw Taomi.

However, the worst thing is that neither of these two people realizes that there is something wrong with this. Is it such a fun thing to get used to it?

"It is said that in a certain dynasty, the world was peaceful, the queen gave birth to a son, and auspicious clouds fell from the sky. The crown prince is three years old, the crown prince is gifted and intelligent, and he is already able to read the Four Books and Five Classics by the age of three."

"Originally, this should be a happy event, but during the few days when the queen gave birth suddenly, the crown prince slipped and fell into the pond. When he was rescued, his life was already in danger. When the queen knew about it, she ordered The fetus in the womb started early."

"For a while, there was chaos in the palace, and all the imperial doctors were called to the queen's palace to treat the queen and the crown prince. A miraculous scene happened on the heavenly palace outside the palace. The auspicious clouds descended again, but this time they left At the same time, the news that the prince fell to the ground and the queen successfully gave birth to the little prince spread throughout Chang'an City."

"For a while, everyone thought that the little prince was the reincarnation of the crown prince, even the emperor and queen thought so."

Speaking of this, Tao Mi looked at Gao Xianyang and saw that he didn't look surprised at all, obviously he already had a certain understanding of this matter, now it seems that she is the only one who doesn't know this matter at all?

Gao Xianyang also noticed the way Taomi looked at him, obviously he just knew what Taomi was thinking, he was a little embarrassed for a while, he didn't mean to know, but he felt suspicious when he saw Sunwoo in the palace before, after returning home He strongly urged his father to tell him, and he only said that he knew.

He swore he only knew about two or three days more than Taomi.

Shanyu didn't care about the relationship between Taomi and Gao Xianyang, and continued on his own, "But the little prince is not as smart as the crown prince. He can't even sit by himself when he is one year old, and he can't even sit by himself when he is three years old." Still won't speak."

"I thought it was reincarnation, and there were fewer and fewer speeches. It was not until one day that the emperor took the little prince to the temple to pray for blessings, and the reason for all this was unraveled."