After being divorced, my identity as a poet was exposed

Aunt Rong followed Su Xiaoxiao holding a lantern.

She looked at Su Xiaoxiao's back, with a hint of sympathy in her eyes.

"Smile, after joining this industry, we have no other choice."

"This is the fate of women like us."

"Mommy knows that you are extremely talented. Such a talented person... always has more ideas."

"But you are a woman!"

"It's still the woman in this building!"

"Don't think about vain things. It's meaningless except adding trouble to yourself."

“Just live in the moment!”

"Serve those benefactors well and save more money for yourself. In the future... I hope that someone will redeem your life for you one day, or you can redeem yourself."

"Get out of this place of fireworks."

"Find a talented man, or marry into a rich family."

"That is already the best destination for girls in our profession."

The two of them continued to move forward one after the other, getting closer and closer to the Jinshui Tower.

Aunt Rong was afraid that Su Xiaoxiao would be emotional and offend the noble people inside!
She added:
"Anyway, the boss once said that as long as you don't want to, no one will dare to force you to go to bed in this Yihong Building!"

"The heads of the Chen family in Yingzhou and the Su family in Jiangnan... they are all old men. Even if they want to, they are powerless and can't do anything to you!"

"The most I can do is drink here and listen to the music you play."

"I've already got this money. This is the most practical thing!"

"As for you wanting to see the emperor... Let me tell you something that shouldn't be said. Our emperor has never been to a brothel!"

"Besides... you also know that the five girls around him are not the ones who are trying to attack you. Your appearance and talent are not inferior to theirs. Unfortunately... you were born in the wrong child!"

Su Xiaoxiao stopped in front of the door.

She looked up at the red lanterns hanging under the eaves. After a moment, she suddenly smiled:
"Mommy is right!"

"Actually... what I want to see is not the emperor."

Aunt Rong was startled: "Then who do you want to see?"

"What I want to see is the former Shixian of Ning Kingdom!"

"..."

"What a pity! He became the emperor, and it has been a long time since his poems were circulated in the world."

"Maybe Ningguo will have one more good emperor, but the world..."

She opened the door and took a step forward, "Who else in the world can write such a beautiful poem?"

She turned around and saluted Nanny Rong:
"Mommy, please come back."

"Please rest assured, grandma, Xiaoxiao knows the rules and will never make the guests angry!"

……

……

She climbed up the stairs.

When we reached the second floor, we heard laughter and chatter coming from inside:

"Little monk, you're crazy!"

"Buddhist scriptures are books, and women are also books."

"We ordinary people don't have to become a monk to read Buddhism for spiritual comfort, and you, a monk, don't need to return to secular life to read this book about women!"

"I vaguely remember a saying in the Avatamsaka Sutra, just like a lotus flower without water, just like the sun and moon without staying in the sky!"

"It means that the lotus comes from the water but does not touch the water, just like the sun and the moon move in the sky without stopping."

"Put on this cassock, it should not become your shackles."

"Taking off this cassock... may not free you."

Su Xiaoxiao's beautiful eyes flashed suddenly, she listened intently, and the voice came to her ears again:

"Form is not different from emptiness, and emptiness is not different from color; form is emptiness, emptiness is color, and the same is true for feelings, thoughts, and actions!" "When you see a girl, it's like seeing the Tathagata... I think that girl named Xian'er is probably the one in your heart. Buddha!"

"You can seek the true meaning of Buddha by worshiping the Tathagata, and you can also prove the cause and effect of Buddhism by worshiping the fairy girl in your heart..."

"Whether it's a Tathagata or a girl, it's just a sustenance for your thoughts. If you can see it clearly, you will know that everything is empty!"

"The so-called emptiness... this is more complicated. I'm afraid it can last for days and nights."

"You can read "The Northern Edition of Nirvana Sutra, Volume 25," "The Theory of Great Wisdom, Volume 38," "The Theory of Bodhicitta," "The Theory of Eighteen Emptinesses," and other Buddhist classics!"

Outside the door, Su Xiaoxiao's hand, ready to knock, stopped in mid-air.

She has never seen anyone preaching Buddhism in a brothel!
This man's voice doesn't sound like that of an old man, and hearing his gentle arrival makes me feel that this man's Dharma is profound -

Eminent monk!

Shouldn't we live in seclusion in a mountain forest monastery and sit and lie down to meditate?

Why did you end up in this earthly world?

Still came to this brothel!
What she didn't see was that everyone in the room on the second floor was looking at Li Chenan with wide eyes!
Everyone knew that Li Chenan was the best poet in the world, but at this moment, these people suddenly had the illusion that the young man sitting on top seemed to be bathed in a layer of Buddha's light!
Monk Bu Nian was the most surprised.
He opened his mouth wide, and after five breaths, he suddenly asked:
"Are you a monk or am I a monk?"

Li Chenan smiled calmly: "Of course you are the monk!"

Monk Bu Nian asked again:

"Since I am a monk, why have I never heard of these scriptures you are talking about?"

Li Chenan touched his nose, looked at Monk Bu Nian and said seriously:
"Because these scriptures are not in the Ning Kingdom, and of course, they are not in the Yue Kingdom either!"

Monk Bu Nian suddenly became curious:

"Where is that?"

"...Cianzhu!"

Monk Bu Nian suddenly became speechless. After three breaths, he asked:
"Where is Tianzhu?"

"Three thousand miles westward from Ningguo is Tianzhu... That is the origin of Buddhism, and there are countless Buddhist scriptures!"

"It's not comparable to the scriptures stored in the Zen sect of Yue State!"

"If you go, you may be able to obtain Buddhist scriptures, understand the true meaning of Buddha, and attain the status of Bodhisattva to save all sentient beings."

Monk Bu Nian's clean eyes suddenly burst into bright light!

He had a solemn treasure appearance and clasped his hands together, "Amitabha...!"

"When my mentor was still alive, he once said that Zen Buddhism came from the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss in the far west."

"Zen Buddhism has been searching for this place for thousands of years, but no one knows it yet."

"If what the young master said is true... the poor monk should go to Tianzhu no matter what. Maybe he can see the rumored Bodhi tree, maybe he can be under the Bodhi tree..."

Li Chenan thought he was going to talk about sitting quietly under the Bodhi tree, meditating and comprehending Buddhism. Unexpectedly, Monk Bu Nian said solemnly:
"The poor monk wants to give Miss Xian'er a blessing under the bodhi tree!"

Li Chenan just took a sip of tea, and as soon as he heard it, he squirted in Monk Bu Nian's face with a "poof!"
Monk Bu Nian wiped his face, his eyes wrinkled, "I heard that praying under the bodhi tree is very effective. When the time comes, the poor monk will take a few more people there. If the bodhi tree can be dug back..."

The door creaked open.

Su Xiaoxiao walked in with a smile on her face.

She glanced at it without leaving a trace.

The person in the room was not what she had imagined. At a glance, she could see:
A monk.

Two old people.

Three middle-aged people.

Four young people...!
Her eyes fell on the most conspicuous face of Monk Bu Nian.

Monk Bu Nian also turned to look at Su Xiaoxiao, who was coming all the way.

He seemed to have forgotten about digging the Bodhi tree again.

His eyes lit up again:

"Amitabha……!"

"What a beautiful female Bodhisattva... No wonder the master said that the poor monk was destined to be a peach blossom!" (End of Chapter)