Confused country poison concubine

Chapter 350
Qiu Yebai lowered her eyes and did not speak. She can understand the suffering of the emperor, but she will never understand that a man sacrifices the one he loves so thoroughly. If this is love, compared to Emperor Zhenwu's Empress Yuanchen, Concubine Chen's life is really pitiful and ridiculous.

Lao Zhen sighed: "The next thing, you may have heard among the people. Her Royal Highness still had an accident when she was six years old, and she couldn't be saved."

She raised her eyebrows: "Then, did you remember that there is such a son?"

Lao Zhen was silent for a while, and then said: "Our family was in charge of a small family temple dedicated to the unknown general, far away from the royal hunting garden. Some brothers and abbots have some contacts, but it makes the small temple a little more incense, and life is considered peaceful and passable."

His expression became distant, and the corners of his lips curled into a gentle smile: "When Master Keats of Mount Wutai traveled to the small temple, he polished the roof for Ah Chu, and they all asserted that this son's wisdom roots are very deep, the Buddha's relationship is very strong, and he has devoted himself Cultivation will surely become a master of a generation, and the world will be blessed. Originally, our family thought that Ah Chu would never return to the royal family in this lifetime, so we accepted the child as a closed disciple, and made an agreement with Senior Brother Keats to wait for Ah Chu. When I was a little older, I was sent to Mount Wutai to practice Buddhism with Brother Keats, but I didn't want to..."

"The "Diamond Sutra" once said that all conditioned dharmas are like dreams and bubbles. When Ah Chu was six years old, someone suddenly came to the palace, and it was His Majesty himself. Although he has converted to Buddhism, is there any king in the world? The soil, the shore of the soil, could it be the king's minister, not to mention that it is His Majesty's own flesh and blood, so what can we do if we don't want to part with it?" Lao Zhen closed his eyes, and a deep pain flashed in his expression, and he smiled wryly.

"Our family was still thinking that if His Majesty loves the princess so much, he will love this child even more, whom he has never been able to hold in his own hands, and whom he has not met in six years. The boy before the Buddha, no matter whether it is a village woman at the foot of the mountain or a rich lady who has seen him, none of them dislike him, and it has never been a bad thing to return to the palace. Ronghua, our family always thought that Ah Chu was going back to enjoy the blessings."

When Lao Zhen said that at the end, his voice couldn't help trembling, and he put his hand on his forehead: "But I never thought..."

"But I never thought that although the princess passed away, His Majesty the Emperor kept the funeral secret and took Ah Chu over without giving him the status he deserved. In order to let his son live in the palace 'safely', he let him replace the princess. What is your identity?" Qiu Yebai glanced at Bai Lichu who was sleeping next to him, he was restless in the coma, his brows were frowning, and a blush gradually appeared on his pale face.

She knew that it was because she had been drowning for too long, so she started to have a fever. After hesitating for a moment, she silently reached out and took a towel from the washbasin on one side, wrung it out, and put it on Bailichu's forehead.

Shuangbai had given him medicine earlier, so as long as he helps him perspire and keep his body temperature from getting too high, it should be fine.

However, Lao Zhen didn't notice her movements, and only stared straight at Bai Lichu who was unconscious on the bed with his slender eyes. The expression on his face seemed to be confused and painful because he was caught in some distant memories.

"Old Zhen?" When Qiu Yebai put down the towel, she suddenly noticed the strange look on his face, and she blurted out, "What is the incense ceremony in the Mantra Palace?"

This was a question she had buried in her heart for a long time. Later, after she knew that Bailichu and Yuanze were the same person, she recalled that moonlit night on the boat, and always suspected that the person who answered her question was not Yuanze at all, but Baili. At the beginning of the year.

Because later she asked Yuan Ze tentatively, but Yuan Ze looked ignorant and dazed.

And Bailichu didn't tell her what the incense ceremony was at that time, and he didn't mean to mention it at all later.

But she always felt that this mysterious "incense ceremony" must be the most crucial point of everything.

When Lao Zhen heard this, the muscles on his face twitched twice, as if he had mentioned something unbearable to him, he subconsciously pinched the handle of the stool on one side: "Master Qiu, you must have heard something. "

After a while, he seemed to be recovering, with a strange and rough voice: "Our family originally heard the news, just like Master Qiuye, thinking that His Majesty has worked hard, and he wanted to make Ah Chu live a better life." Go down', announced that the princess was seriously injured and weak and needed to go to the fairy mountain outside the palace to recuperate, but in fact, people secretly forged Ah Chu's identity, and sent Ah Chu to the Palace of Mantras to participate in the selection of the soul boy... In this way, His Majesty is indeed Work hard!"

Lao Zhen's last words were almost squeezed out between his teeth.

"What exactly does His Majesty want to do?" Qiu Yebai frowned slightly, she felt more and more that His Majesty the Emperor was not simple, maybe he never gave up the idea of ​​bringing down the Du family.

That night, even though Bailichu didn't tell her what the ceremony of conferring incense was, he did reveal that the Palace of Mantras was mysterious and unpredictable, and that all previous national teachers were selected by the Palace of Mantras, and that they had no relationship with the Du family, whether it was the royal family or the government. There are countless connections, and even affect the selection of the last few generations of emperors!
Lao Zhen closed his eyes: "Your Majesty wants to pry into the secrets of the Palace of Mantras and control the Palace of Mantras, but he doesn't know at all... he doesn't know what it takes to become a 'reincarnated soul boy' or a 'national teacher' who controls the fate of the country. The incense ceremony is simply the most inhuman existence in this world, or..."

He looked at Qiu Yebai and showed a strange and ferocious smile: "It is an endless hell where people become demons and evil spirits, so... Ah Chu never told Master Qiu!"

Lao Zhen's last sentence was light and cold, but it made people feel strangely cold.

Inexplicably, Qiu Yebai only felt a chill down his back, and at that moment, he didn't want to listen to Lao Zhen anymore.

"What they believe in is the Lord of the Three Thousand Great Thousand Worlds, the Great Freedom of Heaven, the altar sage of Mahayana Buddhism in the Central Plains, but in terms of the Tianzhu Holy Religion, it is the great god Shiva who dominates the survival and creation of all things , also dominates destruction, and also dominates all sorrows, joys, honors and disgraces in the world. According to the teachings of the Mantra Palace, all candidate soul boys who may be selected as the reincarnation of Da Zi Zai Tian are "precious treasures", how precious are they?"

The old Zhen seemed to be a different person, with a strange look on his face and a 'hehe' smile: "It's so precious, the soul boy who was finally selected, the soul boy who was recognized as the reincarnation of the living Buddha had to eat all the other precious soul boys to reveal the authenticity of all Buddha spirits. Get together and become a Buddha immediately!"

Qiu Yebai's face was a little pale, and he didn't react a little bit: "What does this mean?"

Lao Zhen narrowed his eyes, took the handkerchief and wiped Bailichu's hands carefully: "It literally means that a flower blooms with two sides, among the demons and Buddhas of life, among the codes, the god Shiva or Da Zizaitian is originally the most terrifying But he is also the most generous Buddha, and also the god and Buddha closest to human beings. He is both good and evil. According to legends that have been passed down for thousands of years, Shiva, as the cruel and terrible "lord of demons", accepts "living sacrifices" and commands hell. Ghosts and demons, as a loving 'king of gods and Buddhas', accept the world's worship incense; they are both handsome gods who indulge their desires, and ascetics who are pure and ascetic."

(End of this chapter)