I have a book to play

Monks can travel the world with a benevolent heart.Being an official is different.

To be an official, one needs to be clean and honest, one needs to be in charge of one's own affairs, benevolence is indispensable, but benevolence cannot be the only one.Sun Peng's heart is too kind, which is what the old man has always worried about.

I only hope that he can understand the truth that when he should be cruel, he should not be merciful.

At least the next time you retaliate against someone behind your back, don't just make a random sack, it's as simple as a beating.

Sun Peng didn't know at all that he taught Mou San outside the palace, not only Sun Xian knew about it, but even the elders in the family knew it all.

Today's shift, he came out of the study and hurried to the East Palace.What happened at the birthday banquet last night obviously had a great impact. When he arrived at the East Palace, Sun Peng clearly noticed that there was something strange about the atmosphere in the palace.

Those Yingying Yanyans in Xie Zhang Palace used to like to wander around the East Palace, or go together two or three times, you look at the flowers, she looks at the butterflies, or one after another they hold a big cup and a small cup at the same time, euphemistically saying that they will go down in person. The nourishing and nourishing soup from the kitchen ran to the chess room in the study.

Even the guards would more or less tease the maids who occasionally passed by in the palace.

But today, everyone tensed their faces and stood obediently at their posts. No one dared to move casually or leave their posts without authorization.

Even if the most beloved little palace lady passed by crying, with bright red palm prints on her face, no one dared to step forward and ask "what's the matter" with concern.

what happened?

Was angered.

When Sun Peng was resting after his shift, he was invited to drink tea by the maid next to the princess.When the talent walked to the front of the hall, he heard a crackling sound inside, but it was crying like a pig being killed.

With a thump in his heart, he rushed up the steps with a brisk step, the door opened from the inside with a "squeak", and a little maid was dragged out crying.Sun Peng looked carefully, the little maid's face was covered with blood, obviously she was in trouble inside.

"Sister!"

Sun Peng yelled, and was about to rush into the hall in a few steps, almost bumping into Xie Zhang who suddenly came striding from the side.The latter's face was gloomy, and the servants following behind him bowed and knelt, trembling.

"His Royal Highness." Sun Peng stood still and saluted immediately. With his arm supported, he straightened his waist, "Your Highness, just now..."

"It's nothing." Xie Zhang waved his hands coldly, "Go and accompany your sister, go for a walk alone."

Seeing Xie Zhang walking away, Sun Peng turned around and called "Sister" in a hurry.The maid beside her was also very anxious, she lifted her skirt and ran inside.

Sun Xian was sitting in the warm pavilion, and the court maid knelt down on the ground, and there was a pool of blood and a broken teacup at her feet.

"Sister, what's the matter?"

Sun Peng was a little anxious. He walked up to Sun Xian in a few steps, pushed away the broken porcelain, and squatted down: "Sister, tell Qilang, what's going on?"

"Sister is fine." Sun Xian seemed to have finally come to her senses, tilted her head and smiled at him, "Qilang, sister is fine, sister is fine."

How could Sun Peng believe it? He looked at the maids and servants beside him, paused, and sighed: "Go out, I want to talk to the princess for a while."

With the consent of the Crown Princess, the maids and servants did not dare to stay, and immediately walked out of the warm pavilion with bowed bodies and backwards.

In the house, only two siblings are left.

"Sister, tell me the truth, did the prince beat you just now?" Sun Peng asked through gritted teeth.

Xie Zhang is a man who never refuses women who come to him.In the previous life, he was a skinny man, half a life of acting, and deceived Sun Peng until something happened to the Sun family, and then he saw his true face.Now that Xie Zhang has known about Xie Zhang's vicious behavior against women from time to time outside the palace, if he wants to believe that Sun Xian has not been wronged after marrying into the East Palace, it is impossible even if the king of heaven comes.

What's more, although Sun Xian has a straightforward temperament, she is not a cruel person. No one in the East Palace would say that the Crown Princess is benevolent.Even Xie Zhang's Liangdi Fengyi, who would dare to disrespect Sun Xian.

Sun Xian shook her head with a smile, and reached out to touch Sun Peng's ear: "Qilang, do you still remember Brother Pei?"

Sun Peng was slightly stunned, and nodded slowly.

The Pei family and the Sun family had a marriage contract in the early years, and it was Sun Xian and Pei's patriarch Sun Pei who made the marriage contract.It's a pity that the Pei family was later exiled to Xizhou. Although the two families still had an agreement, they were no match for the emperor's order...

Sun Xian's eyes turned red with a smile: "Qilang, I miss him. I really want to get out of this East Palace. Even if I am an ordinary citizen, I don't want to be married to this beastly guy again."

Sun Peng really wanted to say "I will help you".

But this is the East Palace, and he couldn't say something casually, he could only choose to hold Sun Xian's hand tightly, without saying a word, but nodded solemnly.

He will help Auntie get out of this devil's den.

What kind of princess, what kind of future queen, this stagnant palace has some advantages, it can make people design the Pei family with ulterior motives.

And Xie Zhang, what a shit prince!

How the Sun family was forced to be tied to the ship of the East Palace back then, and how they are going to break free now!

No one can stop it!

*****

A few days have passed since the incident of the blood book happened on the birthday.

Inside Jingming Temple, dark figures came and went.

The Yamen sent by Jing Zhaoyin to investigate the Avalokitesvara Avalokitesvara statue followed the officials of Dali Temple down the mountain. Not long after, Jingming Temple welcomed another visitor who did not know how to deal with it.

Xie Yu, the nine-year-old third prince, sat on a shoulder chariot and looked at Xie Chen happily. When he saw that he just glanced at him, he turned his eyes back and turned away without looking at anyone else. He was a little anxious immediately.

"Brother Huang! Brother Huang!"

Xie Yu was still young and came from a noble family, so he was anxious and angry when he saw that the palace servants carrying the chariot were motionless.

"Don't carry me there yet! Hurry up! Haven't you eaten yet!"

Xie Chen stopped in his footsteps, and glanced at the little man on the chariot behind him—how long has it been since he saw this younger brother born of one mother?

In the second year of Yifeng, he was ordained and became a monk in Jingming Temple, and the ancient Buddha was illuminated all day long, as if there was no Grand Master Sun, he would not even know a single bit of news from the palace.

That year, the queen mother gave birth to the third younger brother in Lenggong, and before he even had time to take a look at him, he was taken away by the queen to be raised.

Then, his younger brother, who was a direct relative, grew up under the hands of the queen, with no merits and no faults. Prince.

But it was such a person, in the ninth year of Baoying, he raised his troops to rebel, killed his brother and father, even forced him to go to Jingming Temple, threatened the lives of all the monks in the temple, forced him to commit suicide, and removed all obstacles that might prevent him from ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor.

Perhaps it is the rebirth in this life in exchange for the piety of those years before the Buddha.

After Xie Chen was reborn, not only for himself, but also for Qilang, who died on a mass grave in the fifth year of Baoying. He was destined not to stay in the temple again.

Xie Chen thought about it, and subconsciously touched his waist.

There should have been a bone china piccolo that never left her body, but now it was empty, empty.

He calmed down slightly, and his eyes fell on Xie Yu again.

Fearing that Xie Chen would turn around and ignore him again, Xie Yu quickly ordered someone to put down his shoulders, and ran to him in a few steps: "Brother Huang, I woke up early in the morning and came to you after seeing my father and mother. Brother Huang, you Do you miss me, Emperor..."

Xu Shi noticed that Xie Chen's expression was neither sad nor happy, Xie Yu was a little flustered, and said hesitantly: "Brother Huang, I'm Xie Yu... Does Brother Huang not know me? I, I am the younger brother of Brother Huang and his mother , kinship!"

Xie Chen has seen this younger brother before, especially in the ninth year of Baoying, when he led his troops to besiege the mountain, Xie Chen will always remember the fierce appearance of Xie Yuxuan in black armor and holding a sharp sword that day.

But Xie Yu had never seen him as the eldest brother until he killed his brother and father.Even if there is an impression, it is estimated that it is from some of the portraits that are still preserved in the palace.

The meeting this time was unprecedented in the previous life. It was a little unexpected, but it was also reasonable.

Xie Chen lowered his eyes and pushed a few Buddhist beads with his fingertips. Facing Xie Yu's innocent and sad appearance, his heart was at peace.

"It turned out to be the third prince, poor monk, you're being rude." He avoided Xie Yu's gaze, folded his hands together, and made a salute.

"Brother Huang, how can you salute me!" Xie Yu anxiously stretched out his hand to grab his sleeve, but Xie Chen dodged it calmly, "Brother Huang has never seen me, but I have been looking at the emperor since I can remember. Brother's portrait. The emperor's brother is Fengshen and handsome, and the person himself is even more beautiful than the portrait!"

Xie Chen frowned slightly, and soon stretched it out again: "The poor monk has already become a monk, so he can't be called 'Emperor brother' by the third prince."

Xie Yu pursed his lips, he was not willing to agree, but he still yelled a series of "brother emperor".

Xie Chen let him shout after him, took a step, turned around and left.Xie Yu followed closely behind, followed by a string of long tails composed of servants, court ladies and bodyguards.

The monks in the temple passed by all looked at him, Xie Chen had no choice but to turn a corner and take him to the back mountain.

"I heard that you were ill not long ago, but now you are fine?"

When the footsteps stopped, Xie Chen lowered his head and glanced at Xie Yu's face.His face was full of red, and there was no trace of residual sickness.

However, not long ago, he went back to the palace twice with an excuse. The queen and the king did not agree to let him visit the third brother on the grounds that the third brother was sick.

But now it seems that his third brother is doing very well.

Xie Yu followed all the way, feeling a little unhappy at first, kicked a stone by his feet angrily, stood still at the sound, twisted his body with his hands behind his back, and said in embarrassment: "Well, I got up before Two rashes, red and itchy, very uncomfortable. The queen mother said that the emperor's brother went to the palace before, and wanted to see me on the way, so I got sick and missed it. Emperor's brother, don't be angry, I am here to see you ."

When Xie Yu spoke, he still looked pitiful.Xie Chen lowered his head and glanced at him stretching out his arms, pulling away half of his sleeves, but there were still sporadic red spots on his arms that hadn't completely faded away. It really looked like a rash and couldn't be seen by others. look.

But so what?

Xie Chen looked back, not missing the resentment that flashed across the eyes of the nine-year-old child because of his indifferent attitude.

"Come here today, does the Third Prince have anything to ask?"

"..."

Xie Chen cut straight to the point, but made Xie Yu stand there in a daze, a little at a loss.

Maybe he came back to his senses, Xie Yu jumped forward and grabbed Xie Chen's sleeve, with a hint of annoyance on his face, he turned his head and shouted at his tail: "Get away from me, don't eavesdrop!"

The maid in the palace was trembling, and ran away decisively and obediently when she heard the sound.The guards refused to go far, but they really didn't want to be sued by the third prince when they returned to the palace, so they took two steps back.

Xie Yu cursed a few words angrily, turned around and immediately looked aggrieved, and faltered: "Actually... Actually, I really want to see the emperor's brother. The concubine Xian said that I have a brother who is a direct relative who became a monk in Jingming Temple , I've always wanted to come and see Brother Huang!"

Xie Chen remained silent, Xie Yu stomped his feet anxiously, looked behind him, and made sure that the maids in the court could not hear him because they were too far away, so he lowered his voice and said, "Brother Emperor, actually...it is actually the queen mother who wants me to come. Yes, the queen mother wants me to test the emperor's brother, what people from Dali Temple asked about the Guanyin statue when they came to the temple."

Xie Chen was not surprised by Xie Yu's motives.

It's like he secretly yelled at the maids in the court to go away, it was just a show, and all the actions he showed in front of Xie Chen were just brothers and sisters in the play.

Off-screen, he is the prince raised by the queen. He has a deposed biological mother who cannot be relied on, and an elder brother who cannot be relied on to become a monk.His ambition, before he grows up, can only be suppressed, forcing himself to bow down and attach himself to the royal family.

Xie Chen said: "If the empress wants to know, you might as well ask Dali Temple. Except for chanting scriptures and Buddha, the poor monk knows nothing about it."

Xie Yu obviously didn't expect to get such a reply, his face flashed with astonishment for a moment, he quickly lowered his head, and said in a muffled voice, "Brother Huang..."

"It's getting late, since the third prince woke up early, he should return to the palace earlier, so that His Majesty and Empress will not miss him."

After Xie Chen finished speaking, he immediately called the little monk named Huan Chenyi and asked him to send the third prince down the mountain.

Although Xie Yu was unwilling, he begged to stay a little longer, but Xie Chen refused to give in, and asked Chen Yi to send him down the mountain. After saying that, he clasped his hands together and bowed slightly.

Xie Yu bit his lip and reached out to grab his hand, but Xie Chen avoided it lightly. The Buddhist beads wrapped around his wrist lightly tapped on the back of Xie Yu's hand, clearly expressing his rejection.