From now on, the Son of Heaven does not come early

Chapter 48 Hungry Ghost Festival (1)

On the day of the Hungry Ghost Festival, senior members of the third rank and above accompanied the royal family to the Ci'en Temple to hold a ceremony. Everyone wore blue sacrificial attire, and the only royal family wore black crowns, cold and serious.

According to the usual practice, Fa Yuan, the abbot of Ci'en Temple, recited the Yulan basin scriptures in the Daxiong Hall, and the exquisite yellow flags stretched along the square outside the Daxiong Hall, and stretched all the way to the main gate of Ci'en Temple. Outside the Daxiong Hall, even the entrance of the Ci'en Temple is full of pots, and there are young monks giving bushes at the entrance.

Feng Jiang led all the civil and military officials to sit under the scorching sun, listening to the scriptures quietly. Behind him, the prince Feng Junran was dressed in a black prince's crown, black clothes with gold thread embroidered with dragon patterns, and the golden crown on his head was shining brightly, making people The background became more and more noble, and his brothers sat behind him. The Third Highness Feng Qingran had a cold expression, the Fourth Highness Feng Yiran had a calm expression, and the Fifth Highness Feng Yuran was very solemn, but his natural smile still gave people a hint of indecency. Afterwards, the younger brothers all had serious faces.

Empress Huang was sitting on the right side of Fengjiang, and the female relatives sat behind her. The princes were still single, so the position of the princess was vacant, and the first female relative was the old lady of the Ye family. The old lady Mrs. Zhang, behind her is her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Fang, and behind Mrs. Fang is the pink and tender rabbit Ye Xiaoxiao, so Feng Junran doesn't have to turn his head, and only uses the corner of his eye to look at her. Can catch a glimpse of the meat rabbit.

Fa Yuan sat cross-legged on a golden lotus seat as tall as a person, pinching one hundred and eight Buddhist beads with one hand, and making a cross with the other, his bald head shone like a mirror under the sunlight, very bright.

"At that time, the Buddha ordered all the monks in the ten directions to make a vow for the benefactor's family first, wishing the parents of the seventh generation to meditate and settle their minds, and then receive the food. When they first received the food, they first placed it in front of the Buddha or in front of the Buddha in the pagoda temple. When the vows of the monks are fulfilled, they will Eat yourself."

The boring scriptures and the scorching sun make the people who read them drowsy.

Everyone secretly bit their cheeks, pinched their thighs, and some even stabbed their thighs with an awl to avoid falling asleep. The only one waiting for the daughter of the public, with her chubby head hanging down, occasionally tapped suddenly, and the meat rabbit quickly woke up , looked around in horror with widened eyes, and saw that no one saw her, so she sat on the futon and continued to listen to the scriptures, but the good times didn't last long, she began to doze off again, and her head was pecked by chickens Mi Pian clicked back and forth, Feng Junran couldn't help but twitched his lips.

Feng Yiran sighed helplessly, while Dufeng Yuran couldn't help shaking her shoulders.

This rabbit is really fun, everyone is listening to the scriptures seriously, but she still dares to doze off in front of the emperor!
Due to the lack of official rank, Ye Qi and Ye Shu were not able to join the sacrificial line, but they still watched from a distance, seeing that their sister was about to fall asleep, the two thought it was funny, but at the same time worried Abnormal, I'm really afraid that if the girl inadvertently gets out after sleeping, it will be embarrassing!

As for why they were not worried about offending the emperor, the two elder brothers said that no one would bear to see such a cute rabbit.

Behind the first-class duke, sat the family members of the second-class Changqing uncle. Among a group of daughters, Wang Qian sat in the middle, the bruises on her face had disappeared without a trace, and her white and tender face was pretty and lively. A little bit charming.

She looked coldly at the pink and tender rabbit dozing off, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

Looking up and looking around, neither the emperor nor the ministers seemed to be paying attention, Wang Qian snorted coldly, quietly picked up a small stone, and threw it out.

The stone rolled to the middle of the people on the left and right, and the sound of grunting was very clear in the quiet and solemn hall. People all looked up, even Feng Jiang looked back, and then saw a small small The stone rolled to the feet of a small figure, and when one looked up, one could see that the lady of the first class was already drowsy.

Sure enough, Feng Jiang's face became a little more displeased, and the queen followed his line of sight, apparently also noticing the dozing rabbit.

She was just about to open her mouth to call people up when she heard Fa Yuan on the lotus seat say: "Female benefactor!"

When everyone heard the abbot's words, their eyes were attracted to them. The Buddha who had closed his eyes opened his eyes at some point. Those eyes, which were free from worldly distractions, were calm and clear, just like those enshrined in the Buddhist hall. Water without impurities.

"Female benefactor!" When Fa Yuan called for the second time, Ye Xiaoxiao only felt as if someone pushed her, and quickly opened her eyes to look up. Under the dazzling sunlight, the Buddha on the lotus seat was spotless. , with a peaceful demeanor, sitting upright, indifferent to the world.

Ye Xiaoxiao blushed, and suddenly lost all sleepiness, she had no choice but to stand up slowly, put her hands together and bowed to salute: "Buddha!"

At this time, everyone also looked back, and Feng Jiang also turned his head to look over, with a bit of displeasure in his expression.

Ye Xiaoxiao knew right away that she was noticed when she was sleeping, and then she looked at her feet, and at some point there was a small stone. She remembered that it was a stone dropped by a small stone brick road a few steps behind her.

Looking back, Wang Qi was looking up at herself, and around her was a whole road paved with small stone bricks.

Tsk, it's her again...

Tender Rabbit frowned, and his whole mood was in a bad mood.

"Buddha, the child is still too young. Under the scorching sun, he will naturally fall asleep." The queen said quickly, but everyone looked thoughtfully at the female family members of the second-class prince. It seemed that Wang Qian and Ye Xiaoxiao were not as good Not too much.

Wang Qi had a smile on her face, and she straightened herself up slightly.

Today's day is to worship the ancestors of the Feng family. To put it bluntly, it is to sacrifice to the founding emperor. Anyone's behavior is disrespectful to the late emperor. On such occasions, it must be very serious, otherwise the emperor will be annoyed and regarded as If you are disrespectful, you will probably lose your property and life, so everyone will think of a way to prevent themselves from falling asleep.

Although the Ye family is a first-class public, it is a serious crime to be disrespectful to the former emperor. Looking at the emperor's face, this young lady of the Ye family must be in trouble!
Everyone had their own thoughts, some were watching the fun, some had nothing to do with themselves, and some were worried about this little girl.

Feng Junran glanced back at Wang Qian in the crowd, frowning slightly.

It's just that Feng Jiang didn't speak, but Fa Yuan, who was interrupted from speaking, still looked at the standing rabbit calmly, and said with a smile: "Female benefactor, do you know what the poor monk is talking about?"

The tender rabbit blinked its eyes, tilted its head to look at this clean Buddha, and said numbly: "I know, the Yulan basin scripture, I can recite it!"

"Oh?" The Buddha seemed to be interested, turned over and jumped off the lotus seat. He hugged the tender rabbit while exhaling and brought it back to the lotus seat. When everyone saw it, they saw the Buddha holding the tender rabbit and sitting together on the lotus.

"Then ask the female benefactor to speak on behalf of the poor monk."

(End of this chapter)