Mysterious Tang Dynasty

Chapter 670
Li Jian was ashamed, but he still hesitated to answer her younger sister's question.

Li Dai followed the King of Sui to the Da Ci'en Temple to meditate, and at first he was honest for a while.Once, the king of Sui went to Jingying Temple in Dunhuafang to listen to Zen together with the eminent monks in the temple, and took him with him. I heard the news that the sage came to the Furong Garden for a spring outing.He started to move around, so relying on his father not paying attention, he dismissed the monks who were leading the way, slipped out of Jingying Temple alone, and went to the Furong Garden in the next door, hoping to find a chance to meet the saint.

It was also his luck that he really met the sage that day. The sage was sitting by the water and meditating. He didn't know what he was thinking about.The imperial concubine and sisters from the Yang family who were always by my side were not there, only Gao Lishi and young Gao Lishi were there.

Li Dai thought that when he was a child, Gao Lishi was very kind to him, and the little Gao Lishi was an acquaintance of his late wife Chen's natal family, so neither of them would forcefully stop him, so he approached him cheekily.Although little Gao Lishi stopped him, he didn't stop him. When the saint found out it was him, he called him to him.

Before Li Dai could say flattering words, the sage began to reprimand him, saying that he was ambitious, arrogant, without self-knowledge, and unfilial to his father. He didn't intend to let him interfere in local government affairs, but he not only interfered, but also made a mess of things. Seeing that he couldn't finish it, he flinched in fear and asked other officials to help clean up the mess.When the mess was almost cleaned up, he ran out to make trouble again, dragging other officials back.

In order to prevent him from causing more moths, the sage decreed that he should be dismissed from his post and hurriedly called him back to Beijing. From then on, everyone in the court knew that he was an idiot.But he is still stupid and doesn't know it. He only thinks that he has outstanding talents, and the reason why he can't be reused is because of his father's troubles. How can he know that he was cheated by his own stupidity? !
The sage scolded Li Dai, and said that the king of Sui loved his eldest son very much, and asked him to be the heir king, which made him even more arrogant and ignorant.Now that he has lost the title of heir king, he can finally take a good look at himself and reflect on what stupid things he has done.The sage asked him to repent honestly. Anyway, he is only in his 30s. Now that he knows his mistakes and can correct them, there is still time.

After scolding him, the saint drove him away without giving him a chance to speak from the beginning to the end.But he came back to his senses afterwards and felt that he still had a chance.The sage has been complaining that he is not filial to his father, so as long as he shows more filial piety, is there a chance for the sage to change his mind?Now he doesn't expect to be a high-ranking official anymore, as long as he can regain the title of heir king, even if it means making him a rich and idle person for the rest of his life, he is willing!

After that, Li Dai became "filial" to King Sui a lot.The king of the Sui Dynasty caught wind and cold, so he stayed in front of his father's bed day and night in undressed clothes. He also said that he would hold a blessing puja for his father in the Daci'en Temple, light the ever-burning lantern, and even suggested that the temple that his father built earlier should be restored. Doubling the size and calling more monks to pray for his father - this suggestion was returned by Princess Dou.Now that she has returned Zhao Chenji's proceeds to her little granddaughter Li Lijun, how could she still be willing to pay from the account of the Sui Palace to meet the extra expenses of the Sui King's ceremony?Not to mention putting money on his stepson's face.

After Li Dai did these things, he couldn't wait to let the saint know.He was afraid that his "filial deeds" would not be passed on to the palace, so he specially found someone to promote it for him.His wife, Mrs. Pei, was determined to have a baby and didn't want to interfere in his affairs, so he approached his eldest brother-in-law—Pei's elder brothers are also the sons of princesses, and they also have official positions, so they usually have the opportunity to enter the palace to face saints.He coaxed his elder brother to agree to pass the message for him, but who knew that Uncle Pei went to the palace and got angry at him when he came back—the sage didn't remember Li Dai as a nephew at all, let alone being in Furong Garden What encouraged him.Uncle Pei felt ashamed, so naturally he looked down on his brother-in-law's actions.

It was only at this time that Mrs. Pei realized that her husband had coaxed her elder brother to do things without telling her.She went to question Li Dai just in time for Li Dai to become furious, thinking that it is impossible for the sage to forget himself, it must be that Mrs. Pei spoke ill of herself in front of her natal brother, deliberately did not pass on his message, and even lied to him.In a fit of anger, he pushed Pei to the ground.

When Li Jianrang talked about these things, he also felt that his father was very unreliable: "Uncle Pei said it in detail, and my third uncle asked someone to inquire about it afterwards. The truth is just like what uncle Pei said. The saint really doesn't remember... In any case, Aye shouldn't take his anger out on his stepmother. The Pei family is annoyed with Aye now, if it wasn't for the fact that her stepmother is about to give birth, Princess Huo might take her stepmother back to her mother's house immediately..."

Li Dai still does not believe that the saint has forgotten what he said to him at the beginning, but he also knows that it will be difficult for him to have a chance to persuade the saint to change his mind.He used to look down on Donggong, and now Donggong doesn't like him either, so he can only think of a way from his younger generation - if his son can make good friends with Donggong's most hopeful King Guangping, who will be named the emperor's grandson, he will be able to inherit in the future Sui king's title, then his father still has the hope of making a comeback...

Li Jianrang said with a wry smile: "Aye tried his best to find out that King Guangping will bring his family to Da Ci'en Temple to worship the Buddha today, and he heard from the newspaper that the fourth sister also came to pray for his stepmother, so he ordered him to search for him. Under the banner of my younger sister, I came to 'encounter' with King Quang Binh..." He blushed more and more as he spoke, he was really embarrassed to say what his father ordered him to do.Although he was ordered to come to Da Ci'en Temple and met King Guangping, he never said a word of kindness to his father from the beginning to the end. , They chatted very well, and when they got home like this, they had an explanation to their father.As for interceding for his father... Didn't his grandfather, King Sui, also order him not to talk too much in front of King Guangping?

Li Lijun listened to his brother's bitterness in silence, looked up at King Guangping who had stood quietly for a while behind Li Jianrang, and said, "Did my cousin hear that too? Please don't blame my brother, he also has difficulties."

Li Jian was taken aback, and suddenly turned his head to see King Guangping, only to realize that he had leaked his father's ugly thoughts, and immediately blushed.

King Guangping was a tall and handsome young man. He patted Li Jianrang on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "Brother Jian, don't panic. In fact, I know it well. I have heard about Uncle Dai's daily behavior, so I won't misunderstand him because of it." You brothers and sisters. Besides, you and I have similar temperaments and are close cousins, why bother to delay the normal contact with each other because of the selfishness of the elders?"

Li Jianrang's face suddenly showed surprise and relief, and he admired King Guangping even more.

King Guangping turned his head to look at Li Lijun again: "I've heard some... rumors about cultivators. To tell you the truth, my fourth sister, in fact, I will go to Da Ci'en Temple to see Master Yuanguang today because I heard that the master is well-informed. , I have some doubts in my heart, and I want to ask him for advice."

He paused and lowered his voice: "Grandfather...it is true that he often forgets things recently, and he also behaves strangely from time to time, which makes people puzzled...It is very likely that the old man did say those things to Uncle Dai, but later on I forgot...Similar things have happened several times since April, and they became more and more serious a few days ago..."

Li Lijun raised his eyebrows: "April?" This day is very delicate... Patriarch Lin Yuan got out of trouble at the beginning of April, and Patriarch Li Neng went to the East China Sea before that.

She turned her head and asked Li Jianrang: "When did Aye meet the saint in Furong Garden? When did Uncle Pei enter the palace?"

(End of this chapter)