Royal Kindergarten

Chapter 48 Dongyue Temple

Dongyue Temple is located in Changrenli, the east gate of the capital. It is only half an hour away from the imperial palace, but it took more than an hour to walk.

When Xiao Ziyi got off the sedan chair in a daze, she was no longer in the mood to see whether the Dongyue Temple was round or flat. She followed the people in front into the hall in a daze, and then knelt in the corner following the crowd. inside.Smelling the pungent sandalwood fragrance and hearing the noise of chanting in her ears, Xiao Ziyi felt that she should not suffer.

She secretly raised her head to look at the Emperor Dongyue enshrined in the center of the hall, Xiao Ziyi was surprised to find that although it was called Dongyue Temple, it was a Taoist temple.The people standing in front are all dressed in Taoist costumes, all with white hair and five strands of beard fluttering.

Quietly moving her numb feet, Xiao Ziyi found that no one looked up in the hall, and even the emperor at the front closed his eyes reverently and prayed for something.

Uh, no matter how I look at it, I feel that no one will pay attention to her even if she goes out now.

As soon as Xiao Ziyi thought about it, he couldn't restrain himself from thinking about how feasible it could be.It looks like this ceremony will take N long to finish. She can't kneel for that long, and her leg will be broken after a while.

Xiao Ziyi bit her lower lip, looked up and found that kneeling behind the emperor was the queen, and on the other side was the prince Xiao Jingyang, and even the little Xiao Zhan was also kneeling on the other side of Xiao Jingyang.It can be said that the first two rows are full of princes or concubines of various palaces, and she, Xiao Ziyi, seems to be placed in the corner of the third row for some reason.

Isn't she the most favored?Xiao Ziyi tilted her head and thought for a while, but found that it seemed to be because she was a girl.The first two rows were kneeling princes, and the prince heard that she was the only one who was not married, so she was arranged in the corner?
Really patriarchal.Xiao Ziyi complained a little inwardly, but secretly rejoiced that this position is really a good place to slip away.After a few seconds of intense ideological struggle, Xiao Ziyi couldn't help but quietly got up and walked out from the side door beside her.

Xiao Ziyi was terrified at first that someone would tell her, but it turned out that none of the guards standing guard looked sideways and didn't care that she was walking around in the temple. They wandered around from temple to temple.

The main hall of Dongyue Temple is Daiyue Hall, which is also the main hall for practicing rituals.There are 76 divisions under the official office of Emperor Dongyue, so there are 76 halls in this Dongyue Temple.Today, it was all taken over by the royal family, and the other halls were deserted, with only one or two Taoist priests waiting.

After Xiao Ziyi visited Emperor Wenchang, the god of imperial examinations, the God of Wealth and Martial Arts who bless people to get rich, and the Temple of Five Plagues, which eliminates plagues and diseases, she felt that they were all the same, so she was so bored that she kept walking to the depths of the temple.Walking along the stele inscriptions scattered all over the place, we arrived in a forest of steles in a short while.

Xiao Ziyi took a deep breath of fresh air, finally sobered up her mind that was a little confused by the sandalwood, and stretched comfortably.

"It's so boring, I knew I wouldn't be here." Xiao Ziyi looked up at the blue sky and sighed softly.

"Then don't come." A hoarse voice sounded suddenly, so scared that Xiao Ziyi almost stopped.

"Who is it?" Xiao Ziyi felt that she must have heard this voice before, but she didn't react for a while.

Watching a half-sized figure turn out from the forest of steles, Xiao Ziyi heaved a sigh of relief.It turned out that it was Xiao Ce who was in the period of changing his voice. Also, who else has such a special voice besides him?Xiao Ziyi looked at Xiao Ce with a cool face, and teased with the corner of her mouth slightly raised: "You didn't escape too, did you?"

"Hmph, that's not true. I asked for leave with my father specially to come out to look at these inscriptions." Xiao Ce said with his hands behind his back, his voice in the voice-changing period was as if it had been ground on sandpaper, and Xiao Ziyi couldn't help but frowned.

Her small movements did not escape Xiao Ce's gaze, which made him take a few steps closer and increased his voice, "What's wrong? Do you think my voice is annoying? Don't you like to hear it?"

Xiao Ziyi looked at Xiao Ce's angry face from a close distance, and found that under the mature mask he had pretended was actually a childish heart.Her heart softened, knowing that he probably also found his voice harsh when he was in contact with others.Children in the voice-changing period will feel a little inferior to some extent. She still remembers that the boy who grew up with her hardly said a word during the voice-changing period, because he was afraid of being laughed at.

But it was rare for Xiao Ce to be able to confidently ask people if his voice was unpleasant.It's really hard to hear...

Xiao Ziyi sighed, and replied: "No, I have a headache for a while. If someone finds out, how should I make up a reason?"

"Hmph, you're the one who escaped!" Xiao Ce snorted, but his hostility towards Xiao Ziyi decreased a bit.He looked at the embarrassed expression on Xiao Ziyi's face, hesitated for a while, and finally murmured: "Actually, you can tell Father that you don't have to suffer that crime."

"Ah?" Xiao Ziyi was really stunned this time, so what he said about asking for leave was the truth?

Xiao Ce glanced at her disdainfully, turned his gaze to a stele in front of them, and said indifferently: "Do you think my father really believes that praying to gods and worshiping Buddha can protect the country and the people? If this is the case, then not My respected father."

Xiao Ziyi raised her eyebrows.It turned out that this offering of incense was just an act!It's just going through the motions to appease the superstitious officials and people in the court, and it is also a custom that has been passed down for many years.How many complaints might there be in the heart of the seemingly pious emperor in front of him!
However, atheists were really rare in ancient times. Could it be that her father is really a wise king?
Xiao Ziyi followed Xiao Ce's line of sight to look at the inscription in front of them.This inscription is fully taller than their height, and on it are words of praise and virtue written in beautiful official script.

People are indeed very sad. If there is no belief in the existence of gods in this world, I don't know how many people will not be able to survive.Even she had to wonder, what god sent her here?What is it for?

The two stood side by side silently for a while, only to hear the melodious bell from a distance.

Xiao Ce was silent for a while, then finally turned his head and frowned and asked, "You can't really understand it, can you?"

The endless words made Xiao Ziyi stunned for a moment before realizing that he was referring to the inscription in front of them.Xiao Ziyi smiled faintly, and slowly read the words on the stele.

"It turns out that Xiao Zhan is right. I never thought you could read." Xiao Ce looked Xiao Ziyi up and down with his scrutinizing eyes, with a thoughtful look on his face.

Xiao Ziyi felt secretly refreshed, she never thought that one day she would become someone else's bragging rights, it was really not easy.

I hope Zhan'er didn't say anything more to this humble Xiao Ce...

(End of this chapter)