My brother is wicked in the five elements

Chapter 139 The Completely Fallen Eldest Princess
After three days and three nights, the princess's guard of honor resisted Chang'an.

Regarding the bed on the carriage, Li Shishi naturally prepared it.

The journey was boring, and she wanted to be with Xu Tianming, so she had someone build this fun carriage.

In the past two months, Li Shishi has been familiar with the three adult books, and he already knows some games well, and can even improve on this basis.

From her initial resistance, she later felt that this book was so exciting, she couldn't help but sneak a few more glances, especially that one, which made Li Shishi hide under the covers and read it at night for several nights.

Although Li Shishi didn't want to admit it, he was really interested in the content described in these books, but as soon as he had such thoughts, he would feel guilty in his heart and fell into a struggle.
But now she let go completely, after all, she has been completely played by Xu Tianming in the applause.

To be honest, Xu Tianming has already taken away her body and mind. Without Xu Tianming, she felt that she would not be able to live.
The dignity of the eldest princess, the women's morals that must be followed before leaving the cabinet, and all the etiquette, justice and shame have all been left behind by her, and now she just wants to spend time happily with her brother Tianming.
The carriage stopped in front of Lin'an Mansion.

Xu Tianming helped Mu Jianyin get off the carriage.

Mu Jianyin's wrists and ankles were red and swollen, and Mu Jianyin's pretty blushing face was full of satisfaction.

It can be seen how much the two of them played on the road.

"Brother Tianming, I'm going to the latrine." Mu Jianyin snuggled into Xu Tianming's arms and said with a smile.

"How about I go with you?" Xu Tianming suggested.

Mu Jianyin shook her head, "No need, I'll go by myself."

After that, she limped into Lin'an Mansion.

Not long after, the eldest princess came out of Lin'an mansion with the support of two nuns.

Xu Tianming looked puzzled.

'Huh?When did the eldest princess get off the carriage, why didn't I see it? '

At this time, the eldest princess also had a bright smile on her face, and her steps were cautious. Although the palace skirt was thick, she could still vaguely see her belly cocked.
"Master Tianxu, the journey is exhausting, you should go back and rest first. If there is anything else, I will send someone to look for you." After Li Shishi ordered his servants to carry the luggage, he said calmly to Xu Tianming.

"Okay, then thank you Your Highness."

Xu Tianming saluted slightly, and led the two junior sisters towards Zhuque Street.

Chang'an today.

It's spring and the grass grows.

The Guozijian Academy next to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda looks peaceful and peaceful in the hazy spring.

At the gate of the school, there are layers of veils made of old pear wood that are swayed by the spring breeze. The picture is extremely beautiful. More than a hundred young male and female students are leaning on the railings with smiles, or walking around the lake with smiles, or lifting the veils. It is a wonderful place for youth to sing.

A man with a handsome face and a murderous look between his thick brows was standing in an inconspicuous corner, holding a small teapot in his hand, calmly looking at the students who were happily playing in the spring breeze, thinking about what to do later I probably didn't see any enthusiastic faces on the palace banquet, most of them were the faces of flattering officials. I guessed that I would leave early in the middle of the banquet, so I inadvertently sighed.

This man is the eldest prince of Tang Dynasty, Li You.

Li You watched the talented students who were in the limelight choose the most elegant barside wine table, and the student couples who were in love chose a quiet place in the bamboo forest behind the mantle, and the large terrace by the lake gradually quieted down.

Suddenly, Li You's eyes lit up.

At some point, a middle-aged man in a blue-black coat appeared on the big terrace.His body is dignified, his face is a little old, and there are some subtle and visible wrinkles, his hair is combed back meticulously, and there are a few clumps of gray on his beard and temples.

The middle-aged man walked up to Li You and stopped to salute, and said in a flat tone: "I heard that His Highness is here to relax, so I came to have a look."

"Master Jiang has a heart." Li You also bowed to him with a humble demeanor.

The reason why Li You respected this person so much was that he was the first prime minister of the dynasty, Jiang Houlu.

Everyone knows that Jiang Houlu's power is in the court and the public. If Li You wants to win the throne smoothly, he needs his help.

"The imperial doctor said that the emperor's old man is very ill, and he should not make it through the beginning of next month." Jiang Houlu squinted his eyes, looked at the lively place on the other side of the veil expressionlessly, and said leisurely, "As long as there are no accidents, this big Tang's country belongs to His Highness."

Li You nodded slightly: "That would be the best. Just relying on the means of my brothers and sisters, I'm afraid I won't just sit and wait for death."

Jiang Houlu said with a smile: "Your Highness, you don't need to worry too much. Compared with the other princes and princesses, His Highness's popularity is much better. From the ruling and opposition parties, down to the common people, most of them support His Highness."

What Jiang Houlu said was right, he had already used his contacts and spent tens of millions of silver taels to clear up the relationship between the government and the opposition.

He dared to say that as soon as the old emperor left, most of the officials would support Li You as the new emperor.

In addition, in the hearts of the people, Li You is also in the lead.

"In the past few months, the second prince has raised taxes and raised interest rates in his fiefdom, and forced the militia, which has caused complaints from the people; the sixth prince doesn't care about anything, drinking and having fun all day long; as for the ninth prince, he is still a humble minister It seems that they have long lost the ability to compete with His Highness." Jiang Houlu told Li You the poor performance of the princes in his fief.

Li You was not surprised at all.

With his second brother's tough temper of wanting to fight for everything, I'm afraid he wanted to let go of his hands and feet for a long time, but he is still too immature, and he doesn't know how to impose taxes and militias. Being rich and becoming powerful will make him completely lose the trust of the people.

As for Li You's sixth younger brother, he is actually a smart man. He has long seen that his prestige is not enough, his temperament is not suitable for being an emperor, and he can't compete with his elder brothers for imperial power anyway, so he let himself go early and let Li You The eyeliner of other princes and princesses is placed around him, and he doesn't clean it up, so as to prove that he has no ambitions.He also wrote a poem in Dongting, "If I were not born in the emperor's family, I would be happy with my brothers" to express my friendship with my brothers and sisters.

The implication is that I don't care who among you becomes the emperor, I just hope that in the end you can look at the brotherhood and spare my life.

In the history of the Central Plains, after the registration of the new emperor, there were not a few brothers and sisters who were slaughtered.

Affection is a rare commodity in the emperor's house
As for Li You's ninth brother, he was 12 years old, and his mother was only as old as Li You. Unless Li You and his elder brothers were all dead, it would be impossible for him to be the new emperor.

After a moment of silence, Li You said, "I'm not worried about my second brother and them. What I'm worried about is someone else."

Jiang Houlu squinted his eyes and thought of someone.

"It's Princess Lin'an."

Li You nodded silently.

Jiang Houlu said with a chuckle: "Princess Lin'an has performed really well recently. Even the barren land of Youzhou, which is thousands of miles away, is managed by her in an orderly manner. However, Princess Lin'an is always a woman, no matter how ambitious she is. Revenge, after all, is difficult to escape the shackles of gender."

Although Datang advocated the improvement of women's status and reversed the previous ideology that men were superior to women, how could the deep-rooted ideological confinement left over from history be so easily changed?
If a woman wants to be emperor, the people will not accept it easily.
Including Jiang Houlu, all the courtiers are not very optimistic about this Lin'an princess who has been ambitious since she was a child. Of course, some ministers have a good relationship with Lin'an, but in fact there are more or less interests in it.And the eldest prince Li You is the most famous figure in the Tang Dynasty's royal family. He is a virtuous and virtuous monarch who has always been widely praised. I never thought of comparing it with Lin'an.Moreover, the heavenly girl who once conquered Chang'an City with her talent and made thousands of young men and scholars full of spring thoughts, these days she lives in a remote area like Youzhou, and she can't even find an excuse to attend the palace banquet. It can be said that she is completely lost. social skills.

"I heard that near Lin'an, there is a crouching dragon wizard assisting her." Li You said, frowning, looking at the anxiously swimming fish in the lake.

"This person not only knows the world, but also has a great talent. He seems to be a practitioner. He is proficient in formations and has a lot of research on the planting industry. I really don't know where Lin'an invited such a wise man." Li You's tone was a little envious mean.

After all, who doesn't love the talent of a general?
Jiang Houlu looked at the top of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, squinted his eyes, and let out a breath, the white turbid breath dissipated in the spring breeze.

"Princess Lin'an likes to pay respects to the Buddha. Maybe it's a helper that the national teacher has found, but it doesn't matter. The national teacher has said that she will not participate in the struggle of the royal family. As long as the national teacher does not participate, other practitioners have nothing to fear."

Li You smiled heartily and agreed.

"Yeah, Datang's country is still mine after all, I just regret that he chose the wrong person."

At this moment, an attendant ran over from outside and whispered a few words in Jiang Houlu's ear.

After hearing this, Jiang Houlu's expression became obviously solemn. He bowed to Li You and said in a low tone, "Your Highness, something happened in the capital again. The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment consulted with Weichen about countermeasures. Weichen, I will leave first."

"The recent Chang'an is really not peaceful." Li You said with emotion, and then saluted Jiang Houlu, "Master Jiang, please do what you want."

Jiang Houlu responded and left in a hurry.

Li You admired the spring scenery for a while, drank a few cups of good tea, and then walked to the palace.

He has to attend a court banquet for a while.

When Xu Tianming returned to the house on Zhuque Street, he felt uneasy again. Even though he reawakened the protective formation in the house, he still felt unsafe.

It was probably the psychological shadow left by the assassination last time. He felt that he might be in danger at all times.

After thinking about it again and again, Xu Tianming felt that it was better to have the cheek to meet the young monk and ask if he could eat fast and recite the Buddha's name at the White Horse Temple for a few days, not for any other reason, but because he felt that the master's Buddha light was shining everywhere, and he wanted to follow the master to understand the Buddha's teachings.

When I came to Baima Temple, the temple was full of incense burners. There were students who offered incense in front of the Manjushri Temple to pray for a smooth test, some wealthy daughters who were praying to Guanyin Bodhisattva for a good relationship, and others who simply lived in the temple. A big injustice who is richer than anyone else.

I don't know where the dudes came from. The two of them hugged two sticks of incense that were taller and thicker than their own waist, and kept yelling, verbally comparing whose incense was more precious, which meant that whose heart was more sincere, and whose It will be more able to win the heart of Princess Lin'an.

'Unexpectedly, the eldest princess has so many suitors. 'Xu Tianming was a little surprised.

But thinking about it, the eldest princess has a good temperament and image, she looks like a royal sister, she is also knowledgeable and talented, and there must be many men who dream of her.

Just when Xu Tianming was thinking this way, an elderly monk came out of the Qingyuan, walked quickly to the side of the two dudes, and said that the Zen master was taking a lunch break, and he asked the two benefactors not to make too much noise.

As soon as they heard Zen Zi's name, the two dudes fell silent.

After all, Zen Zi was regarded as the Great Tang National Teacher, highly respected, and loved by the people of the Tang Dynasty. It was not something the two of them could offend.
After seeing the two of them off, the elderly monk suddenly walked up to Xu Tianming, said "O Amitabha Buddha" to him.

"Master Xu, my uncle is here to invite you."

Uncle Shi refers to the seniority of Zen Zi.

'This little monk is really clever, how did he know I'm here? '

When Xu Tianming was muttering to himself, the elder monk had already stepped out, so he could only follow behind quickly.

All the facilities in Qingyuan are extremely simple, a small pool, an old tree, and a table.

Zenzi sat cross-legged at the table, looked at the chessboard on the table with clear eyes, and said without raising his head: "You are here."

When Zenzi was speaking, the elder monk had put his palms together and retreated facing Zenzi.

Only Chanzi and Xu Tianming were left in the yard.

A gust of wind blows.

Zen Zi raised his head, his eyes were calm, and his smile was flat: "Sit down."

"Hey." Xu Tianming sat obediently on the futon opposite Chanzi, thought for a while, and asked.

"Master, I want to ask about the last Buddha mantra"

Zenzi replied calmly: "I saw the word "death" engraved on your forehead that day, so I knew you were in a bloody disaster, so I rescued you."

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'Carved a dead letter? '

Xu Tianming touched his forehead, wondering if the little monk was fooling himself.

"Don't worry, it's gone now." Zenzi added with a smile.

Xu Tianming breathed a sigh of relief, and then as if thinking of something, he suddenly showed a fawning smile.

"Hahaha master, actually, I feel that I am very close to Buddhism, so I just think about when I can come to the temple to edify. Master, look, can I come to your place for two days?"

Zen Zi still looked at Xu Tianming calmly, shook his head with a smile, and directly pointed him straight: "You don't believe in Buddhism, you are just afraid of death."

hiss--

Xu Tianming gasped, wondering if he should be so shameless.

"It's nothing to be ashamed of being afraid of death. Everyone is afraid of death." Chanzi said, brushing the sleeve of his cassock over the table, and a small bowl appeared on the table.

The small bowl was about the size of a fist, and was covered with rust spots, which seemed to be old.

"This is the heart-guarding bowl, which was given to me by an old friend. When it was intact before, I could use my spiritual energy to activate it to form a protective shield, which can block attacks that exceed my own two great realms for half a stick of incense. Now, You should be able to hold on for about a quarter of an hour." Chanzi introduced.

"Half a stick of incense has become a quarter of an hour, it seems that it has shrunk a lot. Well, this is a powerful treasure!" ' Xu Tianming thought so.

　Chapters 1-8 of the second volume have completed the plot
　　
　
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