Empress Dowager Empress Dowager

Chapter 54
Prince Baili Jingqi turned his head and glanced at Cao An, seeing his expression of begging for rewards, he was quite proud of his clumsy behavior.

Baili Jingqi shook his head helplessly, but followed Cao An's reminder and looked at Huo Mingzhu who was on the side.If that person was there, it would be really difficult to be alone with her, and she had never seen him in her eyes.

The side of the release pool was shimmering, and the morning sun shone in the pool, making Huo Mingzhu squint her eyes. The big Buddha in the water blocked her view, and she couldn't see the scenery on the other side of the pool at all.

Cao An waited attentively, put down the big urn, picked up a koi from it and gave it to Huo Mingzhu, and another one to the prince.Seeing the two squatting on the steps, ready to release the animals, Cao An took a step back, giggling.

The steps by the release pool are only two feet wide. Huo Mingzhu and the prince squatted together, and no one else could squeeze in. In front of him was the clear water of the pool.

Prince Baili Jingqi pondered in his heart for a long time, but he still didn't know where to start, but saw that Huo Mingzhu's white palms had already submerged into the pond, and the koi that had left the urn panicked and swam into the pond, halfway there in a blink of an eye. Zhang Yuan.

In this way, the release of life is considered complete, Huo Mingzhu immediately wanted to get up, and planned to find a reason to find Huo Huaiyu and Yu Tong, Baili Zonglu would not arrest her again, right?She really didn't want to stay with their uncle and nephew anymore.

"Miss Huo..."

Suddenly hearing a call, Huo Mingzhu turned her head to look, and saw that the silly prince was looking at her, seemingly hesitating to speak.

"Huh? What's your Highness..." Huo Mingzhu was only halfway out of her mouth when her eyes suddenly fell on the silly prince's hand. The koi in his hand was held too tightly by him, and he was opening his cheeks in pain, unable to move. His fish eyes stared at Huo Mingzhu dully, it was pitiful.

Huo Mingzhu instinctively held the silly prince's hand, and took the fish into the water: "Your Highness, if you hold on tighter, the fish will die..."

"Oh? Oh... Gu Yi forgot for a while, it's too slippery, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch it..." The silly prince replied, stuttering.

As soon as the poor koi touched the water, it jumped violently, and fled far away in a fright, it was so frightened that it lost its mind.Where is this release?It's almost like killing a life.

As soon as the fish was released, Huo Mingzhu withdrew his hand, leaving only the prince's hand in the pool.The prince lowered his eyelids, looked at the reflection in the pool, played with the water boredly, clenched and loosened his fingers, loosened and clenched again, and said with a nonsense smile: "Hehe, thanks to Miss Huo's presence, otherwise I would be alone." going to do something wrong."

Huo Mingzhu had very little impression of this silly prince, now seeing him like this, he is even more convinced that he is a fool, how old he is and still playing in the water, he can't even catch a fish...

She looked at him coldly, and said with a smirk: "Why? The prince has only been in the palace for a long time, and he has just entered the common people, so he is not used to these small things?"

She found him under the steps, her face was sad and happy, she still didn't meet his eyes, and she was about to say goodbye soon.

"Your Highness, if..."

"If Miss Huo is not busy, why don't you chat with Gu? As Miss Huo said, Gu has stayed in the palace for a long time and has no playmates. Even these little things can't be done well. It's really boring."

When Huo Mingzhu opened her mouth, Baili Jingqi cut her off at the right time. Huo Mingzhu almost thought that this silly prince could read her mind, and discussed with her in such a pitiful tone, no matter how disdainful she was, she couldn't say I don't want to accompany you!
Facing Baili Jingqi's star eyes, he is calm and pure, containing the innocence of young people and the weakness of chronically ill people.

Huo Mingzhu had no choice but to be patient, and replied: "It is a great honor for Mingzhu to be able to chat with His Highness."

After hearing this, Baili Jingqi laughed, facing the big Buddha not far from the pool, and asked childishly: "Do you think the face of that Bodhisattva is carved well? It is said that it was made by craftsmen from the West more than ten years ago." It took us several years to build it. Those craftsmen are all monks with high cultivation. They made every pattern of the Buddha statue meticulously. If you look closely, you can even see the eyelashes of the Buddha statue..."

Huo Mingzhu listened with a smile, and did not express any opinions, but was anxious to the side of Cao An... His Royal Highness, the dignified prince, finally had the opportunity to be alone with the young lady, and his heart was broken. He didn't seize the opportunity to talk more about romantic poems Song Fu, but boasting about the casting process of Buddha statues, from the Buddha's body to the Buddha's head to the eyebrows, this deserves a lonely life!

Cao An raised his forehead, and looked at Miss Huo's face shamelessly, scratching his heart and liver for the prince's stupidity and sincerity.

"His Royal Highness is very knowledgeable, and Mingzhu admires it." Huo Mingzhu listened to the prince's long speech calmly, and there was no ridicule in her heart, only pity for him.

This silly prince devoted himself to studying Buddhism, but he didn't know that two years later, the whole Dayong would be ruled by Taoism, and his father, the emperor, would expel all the monks from the territory of Dayong. Can't escape the fate of being destroyed.

She is like an outsider who has no prophecy, looking at the poor fool with cold eyes and talking about his doomed dream, whether it is Buddhism or the throne, this silly prince will not get it.Some people are ridiculously stupid, but he is pitifully stupid.

(End of this chapter)