mesbooks Chapter 413: Trip to Ciguang Temple 2
Chapter 413: Trip to Ciguang Temple 2
Along the way, they met many pilgrims who were traveling with them, and naturally they also met dignitaries. They wanted to pay their respects, but Pei Yu waved his hand to indicate that it was not necessary, and then he took Shen Li away.
Along the way, Shen Li attracted a lot of attention, both overtly and covertly, but neither of them cared.
They were already an engaged couple, not to mention that the Emperor would grant them a marriage soon, so it would be nothing if they were seen traveling together.
If they think Shen Li is a soft persimmon and want to pick on her, then I'm sorry, I will beat them until they beg for mercy.
"Hey, Prime Minister Zhu will be disappointed now!"
This tone was full of gloating. Shen Li was quite interested in the Prime Minister Zhu he mentioned, and whispered to Pei Yu who was standing beside her.
Pei Yu raised his lips with a sarcastic smile, "Prime Minister Zhu was the prime minister in the previous dynasty, and now he is just an old man with a high opinion of himself. He has a granddaughter at home, who is 28 years old. He wanted to send her to the palace to be the queen, but was rejected by the emperor."
"Afterwards, after I was crowned king, he wanted to give me his granddaughter to be the Princess of Jingnan, but I refused."
Shen Li frowned slightly, "The granddaughter of the Prime Minister should not have trouble finding a husband, right?"
Prime Minister Zhu's behavior undoubtedly put his granddaughter in dire straits. Is this his own granddaughter? If you don't know, you might think there is some grudge or resentment?
"Well, but Prime Minister Zhu is old, and he doesn't have any capable people behind him. He is afraid that after he retires, no one will protect the Zhu family, so he did this. He just did it in a covert way. As long as no one finds out, it won't hurt his reputation."
What is this? Self-deception?
Shen Li shook her head. "Okay, we'll be there soon. Let's not talk about this any more."
"Ah."
The last step was a bit high. Shen Li was wearing a skirt, so Pei Yu went up first and then pulled her up.
Ciguang Temple is located in the capital city, so it has no shortage of dignitaries coming to burn incense, so the temple was built in a grand and magnificent manner, and it looks even more magnificent when viewed from a high vantage point.
"Ah Yu, this Ciguang Temple is actually a Buddha statue when we look down from here?"
"Well, it took a lot of effort when the temple was first built, so it was made into a Buddha statue in this way."
"That's quite stressful."
After all, this is ancient times, not like modern times where everything can be done with just one phone call. If you want to build it like that, there must be someone paying attention all the time. If a mistake is made, it will take more time, and you can imagine the manpower and material resources required for the project.
The view from here is great. From here you can see the entire Ciguang Temple and the foot of the mountain, as well as the magnificent forest in the distance.
"Miss Zhu, I am honored to meet you today."
The person who spoke was a young man, who was dressed quite luxuriously, but had an ugly face. It cannot be said that he was ugly, but the expression on his face made people feel uncomfortable, it was really too vulgar.
"Who are you? How dare you speak to my young lady like that? How rude!" Nanny Yan beside Zhu Yun scolded.
The young man glanced at Nanny Yan and said frivolously, "I am talking to the young lady, what does an old slave like you have to do with me?"
Zhu Yun had a pink scarf covering half of her face, leaving her eyebrows and eyes particularly delicate.
"Mammy, don't say any more to him. He is so rude. Just go down the mountain so as not to disturb the pilgrims around."
"Yes, ma'am."
Nanny Yan waved her hand and asked the two guards behind her to drive the people down the mountain.
Zhu Yun turned around, and Shen Li was able to see her face. Her eyebrows and eyes were delicate, and she exuded a gentle and graceful temperament. Her every move was elegant, and her heart and actions were decisive and measured, worthy of being a lady raised by an official family.
However, her brows were slightly furrowed, which meant that she was worried about something. Thinking about what Pei Yu had just said, it seemed that she was worried about this matter.
"Miss, it seems that's Prince Jingnan over there." Her maid walked up to him and whispered.
Zhu Yun raised her eyes to take a look, then walked over slowly with light lotus steps.
"My daughter has met King Jingnan."
"No need to be polite. I am out for fun today and don't want to be disturbed."
Zhu Yun nodded slightly, and when she stood up, she inadvertently glanced at the two people in front of her, then walked aside with the maid and the nanny.
"Miss……"
The maid beside her wanted to say something but was stopped by her. Prince Jingnan is knowledgeable in martial arts, so his hearing must be better than that of ordinary people.
Not to mention that there are so many people here and they all have big mouths, if these words get out of her maid's mouth and spread more and more outrageously, it will be troublesome.
Pei Yu took Shen Li to stay on the top of the mountain for a while, until more and more pilgrims came and more people recognized Pei Yu, then he took Shen Li down the mountain.
"Where to go now?"
We chose a new path to go down the mountain. This path was a little steeper, so there were fewer pilgrims.
The capital city gets cold early, especially in the mountains. Now everyone has put on cotton-padded jackets and cloaks.
Shen Li and Pei Yu were only wearing thicker autumn clothes, so they stood out among the crowd just now.
"It's almost noon now. I've asked someone to prepare some vegetarian food. It should be ready by now."
"Okay, let's go."
The two of them moved very quickly and soon arrived at Ci Guang Temple. Pei Yu was a regular pilgrim to the temple and would give a sum of money to the temple every month.
Therefore, he has a yard here, which is specially reserved for him by the temple and is only for his personal use. Of course, if he agrees to let others use it, the temple will have no objection.
This small courtyard is in the back mountain. It has a good location and beautiful scenery around it. There are more than a dozen courtyards nearby, none of which are very close to each other. Pei Yu's courtyard is in the middle, neither good nor bad.
This depends on his previous status. As for now, he can naturally move to a better courtyard, but Pei Yu is too lazy to bother.
The courtyards of the temples are relatively ordinary, with some Sanskrit inscriptions on the pillars and houses, which is in line with the characteristics of the temples.
"Donor Pei, your vegetarian meal has been delivered."
Not long after the two returned to the yard, two young monks came outside. They had brand new bald heads and must have just joined the temple not long ago.
"Thank you."
After sending the little monk away, Pei Yu waved to Shen Li: "A Li, come quickly."
Shen Li walked over and saw four dishes on the table. They were all made with cabbage and tofu. The colors looked very nice.
“Try it, it’s not only good looking, but the mock meat here tastes great too.”
Pei Yu picked up a piece of vegetarian meat with chopsticks and put it into Shen Li's bowl. From the appearance, it looked no different from braised pork.
When I put it in my mouth and chewed it carefully, I found that it was actually vegetarian meat made from bean skin, tofu and winter melon.
"Is it tasty?"
Shen Li nodded, "I didn't expect it to taste so good. You should eat it quickly, or it will get cold soon."
"it is good."
"Ayu, where are we going this afternoon?"
Pei Yu picked up a few dishes for her before saying, "It's a rare visit, do you want to ask for a fortune?"
"No, there's nothing to ask for right now."
"Well, let's go to the market at the foot of the mountain this afternoon."
"it is good."