Chapter 368, the Empress Dowager who believes in Buddhism

Since the departure of the previous emperor, the contradiction between Chu Taifu and Zhang Cheng has deepened. He also had eyeliners in the palace and knew that Prime Minister Zhang said that he was good in front of the empress dowager. At present, this matter has happened again. Chu Taifu can't ignore it or directly advise it. He went to King Liang first.

King Liang just came out of the palace with tears on his face. After listening to Chu Taifu, King Liang said, "I also know that people can't come back to life and can't inquire about state affairs. However, the Empress Dowager told me that she was full of missing the emperor. Lord Taifu, even if a woman misses her dead husband, she can also do a magic thing more and more. The Empress Dowager and the women of the people are no different in thinking about them.

"That's not the case. The Empress Dowager is not a civilian woman. The behavior of a folk woman is just her own business. Recently, the empress dowager has become more and more fond of monks and Taoism. The empress dowager is the mother of a country. In doing so, she will be taken advantage of by others. Chu Taifu said bitterly: "The Empress Dowager likes monks for only two months, and monks from all over the world have sent them to Beijing. Last month, when there was a fight in the canal, Fujian soldiers and Shanxi soldiers sent a ship of monks to Beijing. The two ships had to pass in the canal first. They were all said to be summoned by the empress dowager and had to see the empress dowager first. Lord, there have been more than three such things in the past two months, and more than five.

King Liang hesitated and said in embarrassment, "I understand that you are loyal to the king, but after all, the Empress Dowager is a woman, and her knowledge is only a woman's opinion. Will she be happy to tell her not to do it now? Besides, she doesn't participate in state affairs. She just has this little request about the memorial of the emperor. Taifu, I'll forget it. This time it's up to her.

"Your Highness!" Chu Taifu was anxious: "You have to see the mystery behind this matter!" King Liang was also anxious: "You can't figure out about me. Don't worry, I'm staring at his Zhang family with one eye. I just miss the matter of letting the people burn incense too much. I won't talk about it.

Chu Taifu said seriously, "Then I'll talk about it." Shi Li said that he turned around and left. King Liang followed and wanted to dissuade Chu Taifu: "You don't have to go. Really, oh, it's useless for you to go."

"I am a minister, and I am entrusted by the emperor, and I can't do my best." Chu Taifu said it well. King Liang had no choice but to call someone: "Get a sedan chair, and I'll go together."

Two people got off the sedan chair outside the palace gate, and many of the people who went in were monks. Chu Taifu looked at the king of Liang. King Liang was embarrassed: "This is not just these three days. After these three days, it will not be like this again."

It doesn't look like a palace or a temple.

The eunuch led them to the empress dowager, and Chu Taifu sighed: "In the past, the emperors who believed in the Buddhas did not disturb the people for a long time. The empress dowager missed the former emperor with sincerity and had the heart to ignore the people? Now every family wants to have Buddhist monks on the street, and every family wants to visit the temple. Mones come to the door to turn fate. If they don't give it, they can open their mouth to scold them, and if they don't give it, they can beat them. The Empress Dowager's words and deeds are related to the national system. Please think twice before acting.

Empress dowager Zhang was stopped with great interest, and her mouth trembling with anger: "Am I not as good as a folk woman? Lord Taifu, since the emperor went to the west, you have never been lenient!" Turn your face and wipe your tears at the emperor: "Is it wrong to miss your father?"

The emperor was young and felt that what Chu Taifu said was reasonable. Seeing that Chu Taifu stood with angrily, Empress Dowager Zhang cried and refused to agree.

"Huiyuan, come here," the emperor called Huiyuan, a soul-tempting monk, "Only this time, if you can come, I will give you a title and start a temple in Beijing for you; or if you don't, you don't have to say these words to the Empress Dowager next time."

Huiyuan hurriedly put his hands together and said, "The poor monk obeyed. Emperor, since you want to invite, you have to be pious and not disturbed. He looked at Chu Taifu, and the Empress Dowager Zhang cried again: "The late emperor, you left our orphans and widows, so that we have no idea."

The emperor was also full of tears and came to persuade Chu Taifu in person: "Master, let it go this time."

Chu Taifu sighed and left with the emperor, went to the imperial study with him, and told several subjugated emperors of the previous dynasty who believed in Buddhism one by one, and the emperor also understood: "What the master said." But he also said, "This time, forget it."

After they left, Huiyuan said to the empress dowager: "The empress dowager wants to recruit souls, and it is still the soul of the former emperor. Everyone in Beijing must be sincere.

Empress Dowager Zhang cried and said, "What can I do for such a stubborn minister?" Huiyuan and Wang's father-in-law both received the advice of Prime Minister Zhang and persuaded Empress Dowager Zhang one by one: "People are selfish, and the Empress Dowager doesn't have to blame Lord Fu. Taifu was entrusted with the former emperor's state affairs. This was the time when he asked for fame. At this time, he came out to persuade him, which was a good reputation.

"If you are not a minister entrusted by the emperor, it doesn't matter if you are a minister who is famous like this." Empress Dowager Zhang was furious and scolded Chu Taifu: "What an ungrateful thing, how much trust the late emperor was when he was there, and how kind he was to him."

The prince persuaded again: "Please silence the Empress Dowager. If others hear the discord between Lord Taifu and the Empress Dowager, what will other ministers think? When Taifu sees the abandonment of the empress dowager, the ministers will look down on Lord Taifu. It will be difficult for him to teach the emperor in the future.

When the prince's father-in-law, who was familiar with the words of the Empress Dowager Zhang, was even more angry and scolded: "He came to persuade me like this, not only a good name, but also intended to embarrass me. The emperor's courtiers knew that Taifu was at peace with me. Won't they blame me for not keeping the will of the previous emperor? Empress Dowager Zhang was persuaded by the two people and cried loudly for an hour.

The next day, Chu Taifu came to welcome the Empress Dowager Zhang. Empress Dowager Zhang sent a message: "We will invite the soul of the former emperor at night. It's good that Lord Fu won't come. If it crashes, who can afford it."

Chu Taifu came back sullenly, not because he was unhappy to close the door, but to think that the young woman, the young woman, had not seen it, and the future was annoying.

On this day, the whole city of Beijing was swept away, and every family burned incense. Except for the monks proudly walking around the street with their coats and chanting Buddha names, there are only soldiers and horses patrolling the city on the street.

Chu Taifu looked up at the bright moon at home, thinking about the previous emperor, and tears came out of the corners of his eyes. Behind him were his son Chu Huaixian and more than a dozen students waiting quietly.

"It's late at night, father, go to bed." Chu Huaixian replied respectfully. Chu Taifu sighed and sighed, took a veil to wipe his tears, and said to the students behind him, "You break up."

The students came to persuade one by one: "Teacher, don't worry. The emperor is smart and understands the teacher's heart." Chu Taifu heard it and asked Chu Huaixian to send them away.

When Lord Taifu himself was there, he said alone sadly, "Mother, Zhuangzi is young, alas..." It will be pestered in the future.

Chu Huaixian returned to the room, and Xiaochu was still waiting for him: "What's wrong with your father? The whole family has not dared to speak loudly these days. Brother Yu was so young that he secretly told me that his grandfather didn't like it.

"Nothing, just take care of yourself." Chu Huaixian knew the details of this, and he was also depressed about his father.

When he came back the next day, Chu Huaixian had a black face. Xiaochu didn't need a girl. She came to serve Chu Huaixian to change clothes and wash her clothes. When the two of them fell asleep, they carefully asked him, "What are you talking to me about? It's not good to be bored alone." Open Chu Huaixian's heart again: "What can I do if you are sick?"

Chu Huaixian was so angry that he could only persuade him not to be angry in front of his father Chu Taifu. Seeing Xiaochu's delicate attachment, Chu Huaixian comforted him and reluctantly joked: "You smart man, Prince Zhao is praising your manger. Maybe you have an idea."

Xiaochu pretended to be proud and raised his head like a rooster: "Say, I must have an idea."

Chu Huaixian smiled and said sadly, "Please invite the soul of the late emperor in the empress palace," Xiaochu came and interrupted in a hurry: "Is there any? Will there really be?" Chu Huaixian looked at her and said, "Do you think there will be?" Xiaochu really dares not say anything. No, how did she come here in ancient times?

Seeing Chu Huaixian's burning eyes, Xiaochu hurriedly said, "Go on." Chu Huaixian sighed again, "Of course I didn't invite you. The demon monk Huiyuan said to the empress dowager that someone was full of resentment that prevented the emperor's soul from coming. Guess who the Empress Dowager thought this resentful person was?

Xiaochu felt a chill on his back: "Is this like a good trap?" Chu Huaixian said, "Yes, but it is impossible for my father not to persuade him to do so. I know it's a trap, but I have to persuade it. Because she offended the empress dowager, today, the empress dowager announced that her father entered the palace and said that the spirit of the late emperor was not enough, and it was all his father's fault.

"It doesn't make sense!" Xiaochu sat up straight and said to Chu Huaixian, "Is there any way to save it?" Chu Huaixian frowned: "I'm in a dilemma. I was very sad when my father came back. When I saw him sad, I felt really uncomfortable.

Xiaochu also frowned, and Chu Huaixian also frowned. After a while, Xiaochu's eyes lit up: "Yes!" Chu Huaixian: "Ah?" Concerned, "What do you have?" He glanced at Xiaochu's abdomen.

"The prince is thinking wrong." Xiaochu slapped Chu Huaixian with a smile. Chu Huaixian took the fist and said, "Don't hit anyone. Have you forgotten?" Xiaochu smiled like a flower: "I'm an exception." Then he said to Chu Huaixian, "I have an idea."

Chu Huaixian also smiled: "I know you have an idea, just say it." Xiaochu turned his eyes and said, "You don't listen attentively." Chu Huaixian took the silk handkerchief by the pillow and wiped his ears: "Say it quickly. As soon as you say it, I seem to feel much more comfortable.

Xiaochu grabbed Chu Huaixian's neck and muttered a few words in his ear. Chu Huaixian shook his head: "This method doesn't work. My father has always believed in gods and Buddhas. Now that she suddenly believes it, the Empress Dowager will not let it go.

"I think it's okay. Father, don't believe it, just come out with a gesture." Xiaochu is in high spirit: "If you don't believe it, you can ask your father and see what he says." Look outside and look at the stars and moon: "It's late. Let's talk about it tomorrow."

Chu Huaixian came to the spirit and dragged Xiaochu up: "It's not too late. My father goes to bed late every night, and this thing comes out again. He must not have slept yet. Let's go with me."

"I'll go too?" Xiaochu was timid: "I dare not go. Go by yourself. If I'm wrong, stop it yourself, don't say it's me.

Chu Huaixian pulled Xiaochu to the hanger, took Xiaochu's clothes and put them on her, and then encouraged her: "This is a good idea. I was so angry that I didn't expect that my father never believed in Buddha. I guess he hasn't turned this corner. Go, you ugly daughter-in-law, it's not that you haven't seen your parents-in-law.

Xiaochu also helped Chu Huaixian get his clothes and thought about it. Suddenly, he smiled again and hugged Chu Huaixian and kissed him and said, "Take me there. I've changed it again."

The girls thought they were asleep, and they all slept separately. Seeing that the prince and the young lady were neatly dressed, they came out hand in hand and shoulder, and hurriedly followed.

"No need to follow. Let's go out to see the moon and come back in a moment." Chu Huaixian doesn't want to be known by too many people. It's not that I don't want people to know that Xiaochu is smart, but that such things should be hidden.

Outside, the moon is clear and the stars are clear. Chu Huaixian thinks about it again. Xiaochu's words are right. People should be changeable. The Empress Dowager likes monks, so let her like them. There are also ideas in this. He smiled and played with Xiaochu's hand. This girl is so smart.

When I met someone last night, everyone saluted. Chu Huaixian and Xiaochu came outside Chu Taifu's room and saw that the candlelight was still bright. As Chu Huaixian said, Chu Taifu did not sleep.

How can Lord Taifu sleep in such a big thing?

I heard the outside reply: "The prince and the young lady came to see the master." Lord Fu was surprised that it's okay for Huaixian to come to see him so late. Why did Brother Yu's mother also come?

Lord Taifu is puzzled.