Myths and Dharma, starting from Erlang Shen

Chapter 174 Difficulties from the Queen Mother

"Come, let me tell you, this is Daqi's harem, the place with the most beauties in the world."

Daqi's harem was originally a forbidden area for all men except the emperor and princes. However, today, Zhang Jingshou led a large group of brothers to walk swaggering on the palace road, pointing out the country with high spirits.

On the palace road, from time to time there were groups of beautiful and graceful palace maids passing by.

Zhang Gan and this group of teenagers who were at the peak of their hormones had intense eyes. They seemed to have fallen into the flowers and were dazzled, especially the Daqi palace skirts, which were similar to the Tang Dynasty palace skirts. As they walked around, they were covered with white flowers. A group of teenagers were even blushing and couldn't help but look at them a few more times.

When this group of palace maids saw Zhang Jingshou and the adult men, they couldn't help but blush, and their steps moved a little faster, as if they were a little panicked.

After Ji Ren and others were far away, they talked and laughed softly, talking about the young boy who blushed just now and looked so childish. The more bold one said how many young boys looked at her and looked extremely proud.

It's just that except for Ji Ren, who has extraordinary hearing, no other young man can hear this gesture.

However, these young men probably don't need to know that it is the first time in their lives to see so many beauties, and they are all so satisfying for their eyes.

Of course, it’s only limited to eye addiction.

Firstly, young people are young people, but everyone is qualified and there is no need to seriously tease them. Secondly, the palace maid is a slave, but she is the emperor's slave, and she is also the object of the emperor's fortune at any time, so They just looked at it.

"This is the Clothing Bureau. As the name suggests, it's a place where clothes are made. You can take a look. Normally, you can't come in at all. Today's New Year's Eve banquet is special. You can take a look, but don't go too far. Deep, otherwise, you can enter the palace and stay with me for the rest of your life."

Walking to the Clothing Bureau, Zhang Jingshou introduced in more detail, and a group of people listened attentively.

After all, the harem is a place where men only stay. Today is the palace banquet on New Year's Eve, a disguised blind date meeting, so it is a bit special.

But Zhang Jingshou still needs to be led by the eunuch, and there are fixed routes wherever he goes.

But even so, everyone still found it very enjoyable.

After all, being able to come here is a chance to see the world.

Most people, even the powerful Heavenly King, have no chance to come in.

After all, coming here could easily threaten the purity of the royal bloodline.

Everyone followed Zhang Jingshou and walked all the way.

On the other side of the palace passage, a graceful and kind-hearted old woman was sitting on a carriage, being carried by a group of eunuchs. She saw Zhang Jingshou's group of people from a distance, and asked the eunuchs beside her in surprise: "Who attracted the attention?" Such a group of people walking around the palace?"

When the eunuch beside the old woman heard this, he immediately looked far into the distance. After a while, he saw clearly the appearance of Ji Ren and others, and immediately said: "Back to the Queen Mother, those are His Royal Highness Prince Ming and Prince Anle. I think the rest of them belong to them." Be friends.”

"It's Jing Shou's child. So that Ji Ren must be inside?" The old woman, the Queen Mother, frowned and said.

"It is rumored that His Highness King Ming and Uncle Qing Yong have a close relationship. I guess they should be among them." The old eunuch replied.

"Invite them two to come over." The Queen Mother's face was slightly solemn, and she naturally showed a sense of majesty.

"No." The old eunuch agreed immediately and hurried forward to announce Jiren and his party.

Ji Ren and his party did not expect to bump into the Queen Mother. Except for Zhang Jingshou, all of them looked solemn and walked forward quickly, saying in unison that they would see the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother calmly nodded slightly, then glanced majestically at the group of people and said, "Which one of you is Ji Ren?"

"The minister is here."

Ji Ren, who was suddenly called by name, secretly wondered where he had attracted the Queen Mother's attention, and he was thinking about the Queen Mother's information rapidly in his mind.

Born into a poor family, she was selected into the harem because of her beauty. However, there were so many beauties in the harem that she was forgotten by the father of Emperor Qi after she became too fresh. She was an inconspicuous one among the concubines in the harem. However, she was calm by nature and believed in Taoism, so she didn't take it seriously.

But no one expected that Xiliang rebelled and the imperial city was bloody. The first emperor was gone and the queen mother died. Then she survived because she was not taken seriously. Later, when Emperor Qi ascended the throne, she naturally became the queen mother. After becoming the Queen Mother, she didn't do anything out of the ordinary. She had mediocre cultivation, average talent, and failed to successfully condense the Dharma. She just believed in Taoism.

Looking at Ji Ren who walked out, he was tall and tall, with a jade-like face, rich and handsome, and his body was as tall and straight as a green pine. Standing among the crowd, he stood out like a chicken among the crowd. At this moment, he walked out openly, and the Queen Mother couldn't help but look at her. As soon as he lit up, his original tone of accountability also softened a bit subconsciously: "You are Ji Ren, do you know what Tao is?"

"road?"

Ji Ren suddenly heard the doubt, raised his head, looked at the Queen Mother, and suddenly asked him this question. Is the Queen Mother confused?
  "What? You can't even answer here?"

Seeing the doubtful look on Ji Ren's face, the Queen Mother frowned again.

The reason why she heard Ji Ren's name was because she believed that although the Queen Mother could not become a Taoist monk, she could do things that ordinary Taoist nuns could do, and she could also do things that Taoist nuns could not do. Daqi Taoism She knew almost everything about the matter, so she soon knew that Ji Ren became the only righteous Taoist priest in Daqi.

It’s just that I don’t know whether it was the old immortal Nanhua who gave the instruction, nor do I know Ji Ren’s specific seniority.

The former is because the old immortal Nanhua is too tall, and the latter is because no one in the know wants everyone to know that they have such an elder.

In line with the principle of hiding something if you can, hide it first.

And after finding out, her first reaction was anger.

First, Ji Ren did not pass the examination to become a Taoist priest, which is an injustice to all those who have worked diligently and passed the examination to become a Taoist priest, and trampled on Daqi's Taoist ideal of impartiality;
  Secondly, Ji Ren practiced a righteous way and could get married. In the eyes of the Queen Mother, this was deviant. She didn't understand all her emotions and desires. What was she doing as a monk here?
  However, although the Queen Mother was of ordinary origin and had never experienced any palace battles, she was still the Queen Mother and knew her priorities. She first investigated Ji Ren and found out that she had something to do with the Prime Minister's Mansion, so she was patient and planned to wait. I asked him carefully during the palace banquet. I didn't expect to bump into him earlier than expected, so I wanted to take a closer look at what he is capable of.

You can directly become a Daqi Taoist priest without passing the examination.

If she really has the ability, that's it. If she deceives the world and steals her reputation, even if the Zhuge family is there, she will punish Ji Ren for the crime of deceiving the world and stealing his reputation. After all, as a devout Taoist believer, if someone tarnishes Taoism, this is more important than killing her. Angry.

"Royal Grandma, why do you ask Lao Ji this question so politely? What are you asking suddenly? What's your answer?" Zhang Jingshou saw that the atmosphere was not right, so he quickly spoke to calm the atmosphere.

"You monkey, you still know that I am your grandmother. You have been fooling around outside all day long, and you don't even know when you come home. You must have been deceived by others. Stand aside." The Queen Mother looked at Zhang Jingshou majestically. In fact, among the five sons of Emperor Qi, the one she loved the most was Zhang Jingshou, the youngest son of Emperor Qi. After all, although she was the Queen Mother, she was not constrained by many ideas of court etiquette. It was more the doting mentality of the people who loved Yao'er. But today's matter is unusual, and you can't get away with it by acting coquettishly.

This was the first time that Zhang Jingshou saw his grandmother showing such an expression. He could only give Ji Ren a helpless look, and then stepped aside and said to Emperor Qi, he dared to rush forward, but the Queen Mother said that he really didn't dare.

"Let me ask you, do you know what Tao is?" The Queen Mother looked at Ji Ren, with a pair of slightly cloudy eyes revealing a compelling intimidation.

I thought that he was good-looking and talented, but he didn't expect that it was an embroidered pillow that looked useless. The kid Jing Shou has been acting more and more mischievously recently. I guess it has something to do with him.

Ji Ren frowned. He didn't know what was wrong with the old lady. She asked him suddenly. But even if the old lady was not smart, the Queen Mother had to give her face. To be honest, it was really difficult to answer this question. Disaster.

After all, Ji Ren was someone who had planned to take the Taoist examination.

And his master is Zhuge Yuquan.

Although Jiren was not required to meet the standards of a Taoist priest, he was often educated in Taoist scriptures. Jiren did not study it specifically, but Taoism was integrated into all of his spiritual life.

Thinking of this, Ji Ren said loudly: "The great road is invisible, giving birth to the world; the great road is ruthless, moving the sun and the moon; the great road is nameless, nourishing all things; I don't know its name, so I call it Tao..."

At the beginning of the chapter, Taishang Laojun preached the Chang Qingjing Sutra, which shocked everyone.

The Queen Mother was slightly stunned when she heard this. She didn't expect that Ji Ren had actually read Taishang Laojun's Chang Qingjing Sutra. This sutra was something that only a few people in Daqi could borrow, and even fewer could understand it.

It so happened that the Queen Mother was one of them.

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother wanted to take the exam, but the more she listened to Ji Ren's explanation, the more profound and profound she felt. As she went deeper, her attitude changed from the original assessment to threatening the old eunuch with her eyes, word for word. Write down everything.

　Before 13 o'clock.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)