After wearing lotus essence

Until he sat in the emperor's car with the little lotus cub in his arms, Rong Mu still hadn't realized why he was about to be abducted by Shang Cizhou to meet Minkong.

The incident of the Flower Festival last time made him feel a lump in his heart, because Shang Cizhou was too unpredictable, how could he, a stupid flower, have played tricks and schemes with the chosen son who ascended to the throne.

But fortunately, since he moved into the East Palace, Shang Cizhou took care of him and protected him everywhere, which gave Rong Mu a subtle feeling of training this vicious dog into a house flower... Although this is most likely only in front of him.

But it's also much better than before when he was itchy by this anger.

"Ah Zhou, Li Suichuan said, do we still have to go on a mountain road?"

Shang Cizhou hummed, and explained to him: "That's right, the ups and downs ladder of Huguo Temple has existed since the temple was built. It is recorded in the history books of the Great Shang Dynasty that Emperor Tai-zu did it because there were too many casualties when he conquered the world. This ladder was built to comfort the souls of the dead, and it is rumored that as long as you walk on this stone ladder with a sincere heart, your voice will be heard by the gods and Buddhas, and you will see the person you want to see in your dreams."

Rong Mu's eyes widened: "There is such a legend!"

Shang Cizhou raised his hand and stroked his cheek slowly: "The Floating Ladder has more than a thousand steps, if you don't want to walk, you can be alone for a while—"

Rong Mu quickly waved his hands and shook his head.

It's all on the door of others, how can you be so arrogant?In an important place of Buddhism, Bi Jiangxue is considered half a Buddha lotus, so she has to give some face.

The sound of Li Suichuan driving was heard in front, Rong Mu thought of something, and suddenly asked softly: "Then did you—"

Shang Cizhou interrupted him: "How could Gu do such a childish thing? Only children would believe it."

Rong Mu breathed a sigh of relief: "Let me just say, with His Majesty's temperament, how can you believe such illusory things."

Shang Cizhou smiled: "You are right."

He unwrapped the pastry and handed the boy a crystal-clear green ball decorated with goji berries. The red, green and green colors are really pretty. Rong Mu took a look at it and let out a stomach cry. He took it embarrassingly, and said vaguely while eating : "It's all your fault for speaking too hastily, I didn't even come to eat."

Shang Cizhou raised his hand and poured him a glass of dew: "Be careful next time."

Rong Mu choked and swallowed the food in his mouth: "...You, don't be too kind to me. Although I like to be raised by others, you are too kind to me. I always feel that I have to give you something back. , otherwise you won’t be able to lie down with peace of mind.”

Shang Cizhou turned his head to look at him, the car bumped a stone, causing the morning dew in the glass to spill out.

"Why can't you lie down at ease, Gu treats you well, you just enjoy it, you don't need to give Gu anything, Gu is the emperor has everything, but I haven't experienced the taste of feeding small things for many years, Tingzhi is so easy to raise, She is so well-behaved when she eats and sleeps, and she is so happy with her lonely heart."

Rong Mu's face was a little shy, but because he was a "vegetative person", he couldn't tell when he blushed, but he was pure and pure, and his appearance of pursing his lips and smiling was extremely aura.

Just looking at him during the day, Shang Ci felt that the air around him became fresher.

After a while, Li Suichuan's voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, Mr. Rong, you have arrived at the foot of Huguo Temple."

Shang Cizhou opened the curtain, his eyes looked out from the car window, and the thousand-story ups and downs of the Huguo Temple appeared in front of him one after another. There was a little novice cleaning the fallen leaves on it with a broom. Shang Cizhou took a look. Without moving, he lowered the curtain again.

He got out of the car, stretched out his hand, and after a few breaths, a jade-white palm that was a little smaller came up. That hand was as warm and cool as a fine jade. It was very difficult for Shang Cizhou to hold Rong Mu openly. The two of them clasped their hands, which made him feel a slight tightening in his heart.

I was afraid that my strength would be too light and I would not be able to support him, and I was afraid that my strength would be too heavy and I would hurt him.

This force was so difficult to grasp that after Rong Mu got out of the car and retracted his hand, a thin layer of sweat broke out on Shang Cizhou's palm.

He squeezed it tightly, and then turned to Li Suichuan and said: "Take the rest of you and go back first, I'm afraid it will take three to five days to worship the Buddha alone."

Li Suichuan glanced at the two of them, the shadows of the trees in the temple were dancing, the young man looked around curiously, half unaware that the Son of Heaven has come to a conclusion on the doubts in his heart these days.

This trip to Huguo Temple is just to put on the last lock.

During this period of time, Li Suichuan always dreamed about the past, and he vaguely knew how important this matter was to Shang Cizhou. May your majesty's trip go smoothly, and the gods and Buddhas will take care of you."

After saying that, he bowed, got up neatly and left with the escorting Tian Ziwei on his horse.

Shang Cizhou looked at Tian Ziwei's leaving figure, and suddenly said to Rong Mu: "Ting Zhi, look at their clothes, don't they look good?"

Rong Mu was stunned for a moment: "...her majesty is very handsome, very convenient, and the black color shows the favor of the Tian family. It is really beautiful. Your Majesty has a good taste."

Shang Cizhou laughed suddenly, "I accept this compliment for the time being."

The little novice who was sweeping the floor saw the two people at the foot of the mountain, and hurried over and said, "Master said this morning that there are magpies calling outside the temple, fearing that some distinguished guests will come to the door, the two benefactors, please go up—"

Rong Mu squeezed his eyes towards Shang Cizhou: He didn't know you were the emperor?

Shang Cizhou shook his head: Not everyone knows what the emperor looks like.

It was rare to see him like this, Rong Mu ran a few steps up the floating ladder with a puff, and the flourishing leaves on both sides twirled around him, after a few steps, he realized that Shang Cizhou was still looking at him, so he went back Jumped down, grabbed the emperor's hand: "Why are you in a daze, I can tell you in advance, you take the lotus to find that kind of minkong, I won't accompany you, I will play in this temple when the time comes, what do you want to find?" Me, just go out and shout, and I'll hear you!"

Shang Ci Zhou: "Tingzhi."

Rong Mu: "Yes."

"Tingzhi, Tingzhi." Shang Cizhou took no trouble.

Rong Mu was a little amused: "What are you shouting now, am I not by your side now?"

Shang Cizhou breathed a sigh of relief: "Gu is just that when some enjoyment calls your name, you will agree."

Rong Mu gave him a strange look: "I'm not deaf."

Shang Cizhou slowly stretched out his hand and held the young man's palm again: "You are deaf and dumb, sometimes you don't answer no matter how you shout, but Ting Zhi is much better now and will treat you well. By Gu's side, when I'm in a good mood, I will occasionally give Gu Chong lotus root powder to eat, Gu is really happy."

Rong Mu didn't know what disease the tyrant was suffering from, so he could only pat him on the arm comfortingly: "How can I live like that, let the monk read scriptures for you these few days, although state affairs are important, you should also combine work and rest. ah."

Shang Cizhou just nodded slightly, he took Rong Mu, looked at the long stairs in front of him, his expression didn't change a bit, as if what he was doing with the people around him was just a very ordinary thing.

Rong Mu was a little tired when he walked halfway, and Shang Cizhou couldn't see him being tired, so he asked him to sit beside him.

Rong Mu didn't pay much attention to it, he just swept his hand on the first step, and then sat down. After sitting down, he took in the scenery halfway up the mountain.

Shang Cizhou didn't sit down, he didn't look tired at all, he just stood behind him and said: "The scenery here is very beautiful, especially in winter, the mountains are covered with silver, and even the dead leaves will be frozen into white, There are many stone steps, and when the snow falls, people will occasionally get dazzled and mistake the steps in front of them for a smooth slope, and if they walk poorly, they will fall."

Rong Mu laughed and said, "Climbing the ladder is risky!"

Shang Cizhou didn't speak, looked at him, reached out and took off the leaves on his shoulders, the bell that was sent out that day returned to the boy's hairband at some point, he seemed to like this belt very much, and he had never seen it before. He changed other hair accessories.

Rong Mu rested for a while, and didn't want to drag Shang Cizhou's hind legs, so he patted his knees and stood up neatly. His feet were slightly numb, so he stomped on the spot.

No matter what he was doing, Shang Cizhou would not rush him, just waiting for him to finish dawdling, as if he had endless patience.

Rong Mu tidied himself up, and was about to turn around and run up a few steps, when the stone steps under his feet seemed a little rough, tripping him slightly.

Shang Cizhou quickly reached out to support him, Rong Mu turned his head subconsciously, and saw two inconspicuous marks where he stepped on just now, the marks have been polished for many years and are about to disappear, but it can still be seen that they were The appearance of people stepping on it.

Rong Mu exclaimed: "It seems that all living beings are suffering, there are quite a few pilgrims who want to dream of the person they want to see!"

Shang Cizhou's eyes moved slightly, as if he was thinking about something, and he responded after a long while: "The incense in the Huguo Temple is strong."

After this episode, the two climbed straight to the gate of Huguo Temple without further delay.

With his hips akimbo, Rong Mu gasped slightly as he looked at the wide lintel, and sighed that it deserves to be a national temple, but it is magnificently built.

After entering the temple, a little novice came to guide him. This little novice seemed to know Shang Cizhou, and when he met him, he said, "Amitabha, Your Majesty Wanan, the master has been waiting inside for a long time."

Shang Cizhou nodded, and handed the little lotus in his hand to the novice monk: "Didn't Mi Kong say that you can come to find him if you feed the lotus, and if you count the days, it will be almost three months, and this trip is just right."

The little novice took the little lotus in surprise. Buddhism loves lotus, and it is even more precious and rare at this time.

He clasped his hands together, raised his eyes slightly, and then saw a young man in green behind the emperor, the little novice blinked his eyes, and the young man smiled gently at him.

The little novice was shocked, and quickly bowed his head and recited a few Buddhist words.

Amitabha, he is not a monk, but he is really a benefactor, as if he has merits and virtues all over his body... just looking at it, I feel palpitations in my heart.

He didn't dare to look any more, the emperor's aura was also a little subtle, the little novice quickly bent down and made a gesture of invitation.

Before Shang Cizhou left, he handed Rong Mu a Yulong jade pendant on his body: "You can go to play anywhere in Huguo Temple with this."

Rong Mu took the things in his hands: "Then how long will I have to wait for you?"

Shang Cizhou raised his eyes and looked at him: "I won't make you wait for a long time, we will live here tonight, the branches of the pavilion have a fragrance of flowers, if you follow the smell alone, you will be found."

Rong Mu thought this was a bit funny, but he could only accept it: "Don't worry, I won't run far."

Shang Cizhou patted his head before turning around and leaving.

Seeing his figure disappear, Rong Mu took the jade pendant and looked at it under the sun curiously. The emperor's jade pendant is round and translucent, made of top-notch craftsmanship.

Shang Cizhou's one is like being coiled by a long dragon. The dragon's head is in the middle, and the dragon's tail is around the periphery. There is also a hollow carving in the middle. At a certain angle, the hollowed out light is like a flower. The shape of the flower is slightly held by the fangs of the dragon's head.

It's just that before he could see clearly, the jade pendant was snatched away by one hand.

Rong Mu frowned and turned around, and saw a familiar red color sitting on the treetop, the other party's braids hanging on his chest, tied with a random red lucky rope.

Lianyu raised her eyes, her pupils were light in color, she looked at Rong Mu without blinking.

"You are..." The little assassin of the East Palace that night?How could this person be in Huguo Temple? ?

Lianyu didn't seem to be afraid that Rong Mu would recognize him at all, he played with the jade pendant and threw it back, Rong Mu caught it in a hurry, and threw a small note in the palm of his hand together.

The mountain wind blew past, and the note was light and fluttering, and was almost taken away by the wind. Rong Mu hurriedly grabbed it, and saw a line of crooked characters on it, as if it was written with a firewood stick.

"Do you know why Shang Cizhou called you Tingzhi?"

Rong Mu looked at the note, then raised his head to look at Lianyu on the tree, the other party did not speak strangely, but motioned him to turn over the note.

"I was also the dumb one at Rihua Chaojie. I didn't eat what you gave me. I don't know how to eat anything about Lian, but compared to Shang Cizhou, you seem to be a good person."

When Rong Mu saw this, his eyes were still smiling until he saw the next line——

"So I want to tell you that Shang Cizhou didn't call you 'Ting Zhi' casually. Ting Zhi is my master's name. He and my master met each other by chance, and my master has been dead for ten years. gone."