Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 629: The Great Illusionary Realm

Jia Rui received a report from his subordinates and learned that the arrangements at Rongguo Mansion had been disrupted by a monk and a Taoist priest.

At this time, Jia Rui was sitting on the kang in the Yangxin Palace, holding a string of beads in his hand and slowly winding them.

After a long while, Jia Rui finally said, "It seems that when I destroyed Buddhism, I did not scare these people!"

After saying this, Jia Rui immediately issued an edict: "From now on, all monks and Taoists must be approved by the court, otherwise they will be regarded as traitors."

Then Jia Rui stood up and said to Zhao Zhong who was waiting beside him:
"Prepare the guard of honor. I am going to the Temple of Heaven."

Zhao Zhong hurried out to prepare, and soon Jia Rui's carriage for travel was ready.

Then, surrounded by the crowd, Jia Rui left the palace and headed straight for the Temple of Heaven.

You know, the emperor's sacrifice to heaven is not a trivial matter. As soon as Jia Rui took action, the cabinet knew the news.

Therefore, when Jia Rui was halfway there, he was caught up by several cabinet ministers.

The leader Shen Wen Ce, along with four cabinet ministers, knelt on the ground and stood in front of Jia Rui's sedan chair.

"Your Highness, I bow to you and wish you a long life for your Majesty. Long live your Majesty."

Jia Rui looked at the people from the carriage and asked in a deep voice, "Why are you blocking my way?"

"Your Majesty, offering sacrifices to heaven is a major event of the court. It should be arranged by the Ministry of Rites and held on an auspicious day. Your Majesty, please return to the palace temporarily and issue an order to the Ministry of Rites to conduct the ceremony according to the etiquette." Shen Wen Ce said in a loud voice.

Jia Rui looked at him and said coldly: "Do you think of me as a puppet?"

Shen Wen Ce was so frightened by Jia Rui's words that he was sweating all over and knelt there, not daring to look up.
Then Jia Rui said, "Today I must go to the Temple of Heaven to offer sacrifices to the heavens. You do not need to persuade me any more."

After saying this, Jia Rui immediately ordered Zhao Zhong to set off with the imperial carriage.

Following Jia Rui's order, the imperial carriage moved slowly again. This time, several cabinet ministers did not dare to stop it. They could only kneel on the side of the road and watch Jia Rui's imperial carriage leave.

When Jia Rui's carriage disappeared, Jia Yucun complained:
"Sir Shen, I told you not to stop the emperor, but you insisted on coming. What's wrong? The emperor must be angry!"

Xu Biao also nodded and agreed, "Your Majesty is the ruler of a country. If he violates etiquette, we as subjects can only remedy it. How can we stop him?"

Originally, Xu Biao leaned towards Shen Wen Ce, but as Xu Biao became the Prince's Tutor, he no longer considered himself a member of Shen Wen Ce's camp.

Now Xu Biao's mind is full of assisting the prince. In order to make the prince more pleasing to Jia Rui, he does not want the anger of Shen Wen Ce to be taken out on himself because of Shen Wen Ce's affairs.

Shen Wen Ce looked at the two men, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, then he stood up, patted the dirt off his body, and walked back to the cabinet in a square step.

Jia Yucun and Xu Biao didn't understand what Shen Wen Ce was up to, so they could only look at each other and follow Shen Wen Ce.

Wang Wenhuan, who had been silent all this time, looked at the three people in front of him and shook his head slightly.

The previous ministers had begun to split and were no longer as united as they had been when the emperor first ascended the throne.

But it’s better this way, so I don’t have to take sides.

Not to mention that a few ministers were teasing each other here, Jia Rui and everyone else soon arrived at the Temple of Heaven.

After arriving at the Temple of Heaven, Jia Rui got off the imperial carriage and came to the altar with the help of eunuchs and palace maids.

Jia Rui asked people to prepare writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone, and then he quickly wrote a letter.

Then Jia Rui knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times and nine times, then prayed silently in his heart, and finally burned the petition in his hand.

From a perspective that ordinary people cannot see, the table burned by Jia Rui turned into a wisp of smoke and went straight into the sky.

The sorrow in the sky, the sorrow in the sea, the spring mountain and the fragrant cave in the illusory world of Taixu.

It is a peaceful place with green mountains, clear waters, carved railings and jade bricks. Fairies live on it and magical birds dance. It is a holy place of immortals.

But suddenly a black cloud flashed across the sky, followed by lightning bolts falling from the sky.

The entire holy land of immortals was struck into chaos.

At this time, Fairy Jinghuan who was in the hall had already left the hall and looked up at the sky.

This sight gave her a great fright.

It turned out that there were several gods vaguely visible in the sky. These gods had eyes like lightning, held magical weapons in their hands, and continuously sent down bursts of thunder.

As these thunder and lightning fell, the entire Taixu illusory world began to shake.

Fairy Jinghuan hurriedly shouted upwards, "Which immortal is above? Why are you invading my Grand Illusionary Realm?"

A woman holding a mirror in the black cloud looked down and said, "The emperor of the human world is accusing you of not following the law in the illusory world and interfering in the emperor's affairs."

After hearing this, Fairy Jinghuan understood what had happened, so she quickly knelt on the ground and said:
"Exalted Immortal, this matter is not about me in the Great Void Realm rebelling against the Emperor, but about the servant Shenying from the Red Cloud Palace coming down to earth to experience tribulations. We cannot allow him to annihilate his divinity, so we resorted to this desperate measure."

"It's no use saying this. The emperor on earth has already reported you to the emperor of heaven."

After he finished speaking, there was a loud sound of thunder, and then the Taixu Illusionary Land, the holy land of immortals, was actually struck in half by thunder.

Fairy Jinghuan only felt that her origin was damaged, and then she spat out a mouthful of golden blood.

Seeing this, the gods above nodded to each other, then rode away on the clouds, and the dark clouds in the sky also dissipated.

At this time, Fairy Jinghuan had collapsed to the ground, unable to move. The maids beside her quickly helped Fairy Jinghuan back to the main hall.

After sitting firmly, Fairy Jinghuan let out a long sigh.

"Go and tell the Great Master Mangmang and the True Man Miaomiao to temporarily leave the human world and not to interfere in the affairs of the royal family anymore."

The maid beside her was about to go out to report after hearing this, but stopped again.

"Your Majesty, if this is the case, how can we interact with the Chixia Palace?"

"Go tell them that my origin has been damaged and I am no longer able to help the attendant Shen Ying with his tribulation. Tell them to seek help from someone else."

After saying this, Fairy Jinghuan closed her eyes.

The monk and the Taoist priest who received the news were also terrified. They had not expected that the emperor on earth would be so bold as to report the matter to the Emperor of Heaven.

Now because of his complaint, the origin of the Taixu Illusionary Realm has been damaged. I am afraid that this karma will spread to them in the future.

The two men sighed to each other and could only retreat back to the cave, no longer content with royal affairs.

Back at the Rongguo Mansion at this time, Lady Jia's health began to recover thanks to a monk and a Taoist priest.

Just as she felt better, Lady Jia turned her attention back to Wang Xifeng.

Grandmother Jia was convinced that she was seriously ill and almost died this time, and that it was all Wang Xifeng's fault behind it.

At this point, Grandmother Jia began to miss Lady Wang.

Although Mrs. Wang is cruel, she is not as bold as Wang Xifeng.

In addition, Mrs. Wang is also a resourceful person. With her around, Wang Xifeng would not dare to be so arrogant.

It seems that we can no longer keep this granddaughter-in-law. Let her go to the underworld to meet her ancestors.

(End of this chapter)