After being dressed as Wu Zetian's daughter, she was favored by the group

In the early morning, white sails were hung high in the Wu Mansion and the lights were brightly lit.

The housekeeper Yao Yuan ordered the kitchen to light a fire early and cooked more than a dozen sumptuous meals. Everyone in the house finished their breakfast in advance and then performed their duties to prepare for the funeral of the old lady.

Li Lingyue accompanied Empress Wu to stay in the mourning hall all night. The mother and daughter had a simple meal and continued to watch the mourning.

During this period, Helan Minzhi came to the house again to ask for an audience with Empress Wu. He had no other purpose than to be able to see the old lady on her last journey as her grandson. Under Li Lingyue's persuasion, Empress Wu remembered the relationship between him and Yang's ancestors and grandsons. Love is no longer driven away.

At dawn, the gate of Wu Mansion opened. Four boys held wooden boxes filled with paper money and kept throwing paper money into the sky. A group of monks chanted Buddhist scriptures and came out of the courtyard.

Empress Wu wore sackcloth and mourning, holding Yang's memorial tablet in her hand, supported by Li Lingyue, and walked in front of the coffin bearers.

The funeral procession lined up in a long line, leaving the Wu Mansion, arriving at the Wu family's fiefdom, and finally being buried in the grave.

After the funeral, Empress Wu awarded rewards to the servants in the mansion, and then rushed to Qianxi Temple in the west mountain of Longmen. One was to invite the Yang family to have a lantern, and the other was to preside over Lu Shena at the invitation of Abbot Huijue. The excavation ceremony of the Giant Buddha.

Li Lingyue, on the other hand, put on Taoist robes, took Yang's memorial tablet, and went to Taiping Temple with Gong'er.

Li Lingyue's trip to the Eastern Capital was not to enjoy the mountains and rivers, but to observe filial piety for her mother. Therefore, according to the procedure, after entering the Taoist sect, she would enshrine the Yang family's tablet as a Taoist priest and abide by the rules and regulations until three years. Expiration.

Therefore, apart from the personal palace queen Gong'er, Empress Wu arranged no other servants for her. After a few simple greetings, the mother and daughter parted ways.

The Taiping Temple that Li Lingyue went to was actually the Qingyun Temple located in the eastern suburbs of Luoyang. Because the imperial court decreed that it should be provided for the princess to practice Taoism, and because the princess' Taoist name was "Taiping", she temporarily changed it to "Taiping Temple" and became the royal princess. The royal dojo!
Nominally, Li Lingyue was the Taoist temple's master, but Li Zhi had told her that time that Shi Qingfeng, a disciple of the Tiandao Sect who was responsible for protecting her, was the real temple master.

There is no way, all Taoist temples in the world come from Tiandao Sect. Since Taiping Temple is a Taoist temple, the jurisdiction is naturally in the hands of Tiandao Sect.

When Li Lingyue and Gong'er arrived at Taiping Temple, it was already after noon.

The door of the Taoist temple was closed tightly, and the surroundings were deserted. Gong'er took the initiative to step forward, pulled the door knocker and gently clicked it a few times. After a while, the door slowly opened, and a little Taoist priest stretched out half of his body and looked outside. The visitor was a little girl, so she gave a Taoist hand-over-hand salute and said apologetically:
"I'm really sorry. There is an important ceremony in the temple today. I respect the master and order and refuse to allow pilgrims to enter. I also ask the girl to come back another day!"

Gong'er pointed to his clothes and explained with a smile: "Little Taoist priest, you can see clearly, we are wearing Taoist robes, and we came to this Taoist temple specifically to practice Taoism!" Then he pointed to Li Lingyue: "Look at it. Come on, this is the princess of the dynasty, why don’t you come forward and salute!”

The little Taoist priest was shocked when he heard this, and then he looked at Li Lingyue behind Gong'er. He quickly stepped out of the threshold, gave a Taoist salute to Li Lingyue, and said kindly:

"It turns out to be Her Royal Highness the Princess. Master gave instructions early this morning. If the Princess comes to the temple, the disciples must receive her well and don't neglect her!"

Li Lingyue was a little confused when she heard what she said. She still couldn't figure out whether the 'master' the little Taoist priest was talking about was Shi Qingfeng. She didn't bother to ask. They would have to meet each other sooner or later anyway, so she bowed her hands and said with a smile:

"Thank you, little junior brother, please take us into the temple to settle down!"

Unexpectedly, the little Taoist priest glanced at her Taoist robe, seemed to remember something, and said apologetically: "Back to the princess, Master also said that before the princess has received the ordination, she is not allowed to wear Taoist robes unless she is a member of our Taoist sect. otherwise……"

Having said this, the little Taoist priest looked a little embarrassed and did not dare to continue talking!
"Hey! Little Taoist, 'what else'? You tell me!" Gong'er on the side put his hands on his hips and sounded very dissatisfied.

The little Taoist priest replied hesitantly: "Otherwise, Master will take away the princess' Taoist title and will never be included in the Heavenly Dao Sect!"

Li Lingyue was stunned for a moment, and then she realized the profound meaning of this sentence. If it had been a few days ago, even if the head of the Tiandao Sect knelt on the ground and begged her, she would not have become such a bad Taoist priest.

But at this time, she urgently needed to stay in Luoyang as a Taoist priest. Once she could not enter the Taoist sect, Empress Wu would be in a dilemma.

Behind the threatening words, it seemed that he was targeting her, but in fact he was targeting Empress Wu.

Li Lingyue immediately guessed that the master mentioned by the little Taoist priest was definitely not the iceberg man Shi Qingfeng. Although that guy was ruthless, he would not resort to such destructive tricks.

Furthermore, his entry into the Taoist sect has been confirmed for a long time, and with Li Zhi’s endorsement, he, as a disciple of the Tiandao sect, naturally has no right to change it, unless...

"Junior brother, who is the master you are talking about?" Li Lingyue anxiously asked her doubts.

The little Taoist priest nodded and replied respectfully: "Back to the princess, my master is the Natural Heavenly Dao Sect's Zhangyin Heavenly Master Yu Zhenzi!"

Sure enough, we are really on the wrong road!

As soon as Li Lingyue heard the word "zhangyin", she knew that this Yu Zhenzi must be the Taoist nun who forced her to kneel down.

The expression on her face immediately darkened. When she came to Luoyang, Empress Wu had already explained that even if she was a relative of the emperor, there were some people she could not afford to offend for the time being.

What's more, she came here today to pay homage to the mountain gate, send someone under her, and beg them to take her in.

As she thought about it, a great sense of humiliation arose spontaneously. If it weren't for her mother, she would have turned around and left. But thinking of the current situation, she couldn't help but be a little willful.Li Lingyue took a deep breath and slowly relaxed her clenched fists. She suppressed her anger, forced a smile, cupped her hands and said:

"Since it is Master's order, we must obey it! Gong'er! Take off your clothes!"

"Ah!" Gong'er exclaimed in surprise and looked at Li Lingyue with some surprise: "Princess, do you really need to take off your clothes? But where can I change my clothes?"

"Whatever clothes you want to change into, just take them off here and follow me into the viewing area wearing plain clothes!"

Li Lingyue glared at her angrily, and without Gong'er's help, she unbuttoned her clothes and began to take them off in front of the little Taoist priest.

The little Taoist priest had never seen such a bold and bold princess. He was so frightened that he quickly turned his back. Gong'er was holding on to the skirt of her clothes with bare hands and did not move for a long time. Two blushes appeared on her chubby face.

After all, she was a woman from the feudal era. This act of taking off her clothes in broad daylight was somewhat embarrassing for a conservative daughter's family like hers.

Li Lingyue was not like that. She came from a later generation and this kind of taking off clothes was common in her time. Besides, she was not completely naked. She was still wearing a plain skirt underneath, so there was nothing to worry about.

Taking off her coat, taking off her hair crown, and throwing away the dust, Li Lingyue was dressed in plain white, with long hair shawl, and all the Taoist accessories on her body were thrown away. She glanced at Gong'er next to her, walked to her angrily, stretched out her hand and Go grab her skirt.

"Princess, no!" Gong'er's little hands held on to the buttons of her clothes, shyly begging for mercy.

"If you don't take off your clothes, go back to Chang'an and stay there. I'll go in alone!" Li Lingyue snorted coldly.

"No!" Gong'er hurriedly shook her head, pursed her lips and stammered: "Then...then...then slave, do it yourself!"

Seeing that Gong'er had made up her mind, Li Lingyue withdrew her hand, patted the little Taoist priest on the shoulder, and asked calmly: "Little brother, I have already taken off my clothes, can I go in now?"

The little Taoist priest's ears were red and he did not dare to turn around to look at her. He lowered his head and replied hastily: "Princess, please come with me!"

Having said that, he took the lead in escaping through the door.

Li Lingyue and Gong'er followed the little Taoist priest, crossed the threshold of the Taoist temple, passed through the front porch, entered the bluestone path on the right, and headed to their residence in the west.

Taoist temples are different from Buddhist temples in that there is no distinction between men and women. Disciples usually live in Taoist temples, but the dormitories are divided into two courtyards, the east and west. The east courtyard houses male Taoist priests, and the west courtyard houses female Taoist priests.

The little Taoist priest who led the way took Li Lingyue and the two of them to the outside of the west courtyard, whispered a few words to the female Taoist priest on duty at the door, and left in a hurry.

The female Taoist priest on duty walked up to Li Lingyue and Li Lingyue with Fuchen in her hand, cupped her hands and said, "Lingyun, a disciple of Taiping Temple, has met the princess!"

"Senior brother, there is no need to be polite!" Li Lingyue returned the gesture!
Taoist men and women do not have the title of senior brother or sister. Lingyun calls Li Lingyue 'princess' according to the lay people's title, while Li Lingyue calls her 'senior brother' according to the Taoist title! '

After saying a simple hello, Lingyun led the two of them into the inner courtyard.

There are more than a dozen houses of the same size in the inner courtyard, each of which is occupied by a disciple. It is close to the largest house inside. In addition to the bedroom, there is an additional side room, which is used for Li Lingyue to enshrine the Yang family tablet. , the inner hall for mourning and worshiping. Other than that, the place where she slept was almost the same as that of other disciples. There was a wooden bed inside, and a square table with green lanterns and lamps placed on it. The tea set can be described as extremely crude.

Li Lingyue had no complaints about this arrangement, but it made Gong'er very angry. While helping to pack her luggage, she pouted and complained:

"Princess, how can anyone live in this poor place? I think they are deliberately targeting you!"

While Li Lingyue carefully placed the Yang family's memorial tablet, she smiled nonchalantly and said, "We are here to clean things up. There is nothing we should not target. As long as we can stay here, it doesn't matter if we suffer a little grievance!"

After a pause, he corrected: "Also, don't call yourself 'slave' anymore, and don't call me princess anymore. When you enter this Taoist temple, you have to call me Senior Brother Taiping!"

"That won't work!" Gong'er said solemnly: "My mother-in-law warned me that Gong'er will always be the princess's slave. She must serve the princess with all her heart and soul. She must not be arrogant due to favor, must not be arrogant, and must not... …!”

"Okay!" Li Lingyue interrupted him impatiently and tapped her forehead with her finger: "Since I have become a Taoist priest, I can no longer have a maid around me. If outsiders see it, I must not make people laugh to death. !”

"How dare they!" Gong'er continued to argue. Lingyun, who had already left, walked in again, cupped his hands to Li Lingyue and said:

"Princess, Master has an order to hold a crowning ceremony for you. Princess, please follow your disciples to wait outside the palace immediately!"

"So fast?" Li Lingyue muttered easily, having a bad feeling in her mind that this ceremony was not that simple.

But after thinking about it, I quickly felt relieved. At this moment, how much waves could she make if she was living under someone else's roof? !