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?The bright and dark tides that have been circulating in the palace for several days seem to have calmed down a little on the eighth day. Nuo Xu and Huai Jun rarely appeared together in the main hall to assist Prime Minister Mo in preparing for the late emperor's funeral.The two of them each occupied one side and read the order of rituals, funerals, etc. submitted by the officials of the Ministry of Rites, big and small, and then handed them over to Prime Minister Mo for the final review.

Since then, it has been made clear that everything in the royal family should not be extravagant, even the emperor's funeral should be simple, so as not to disturb the people and waste money, and repeat the same mistakes of the previous dynasty.

However, although Prime Minister Mo has been busy preparing for the funeral these days, when it comes to preparations, Prime Minister Mo seems to be doing his best to reduce the funeral.For example, in the past concubines were supposed to send the late emperor to the funeral in person, but the late emperor's harem had long been useless, so Prime Minister Mo stood alone and canceled this rule.Another example is that in the past, more than 50 monks and nuns were invited to knock scriptures and chant Buddhist scriptures, but Prime Minister Mo insisted on turning these 50 people into ten people.

Although Huai Jun and Nuo Xu were puzzled by Prime Minister Mo's move, when they saw Prime Minister Mo's sad and haggard appearance, they all agreed that this was the best for the late emperor.

In the whole country, who doesn't know that Prime Minister Mo is the late emperor's best friend?

After a morning, the order of the funeral was roughly prepared, but when Nuo Xu and Huai Jun were about to leave, Prime Minister Mo stopped them.

"Wang Wang." Prime Minister Mo said with a hoarse voice, "A few years ago, the late emperor gave you a jade plaque. The old minister knows that the jade plaque is of great significance to the late emperor, so I implore Wang Wang to give you up."

Nuo Xu was stunned for a moment before reacting.Regarding the jade plaque, Nuo Xu only knew that it was given to Chen Yiyun by the late emperor two or three years ago, so Nuo Xu didn't wear it anymore.

He said: "I will order someone to bring it to the prime minister later." After that, he left first.

Prime Minister Mo said to Huai Jun again: "In terms of legal affairs, I wonder if His Highness can invite Master Mingxin from Yongning Temple to preside over it?"

Huai Jun nodded immediately, "I'll go to Yongning Temple later, Prime Minister Lao Mo is here for a few days."

Prime Minister Mo smiled slightly and said, "Don't bother."

There was bitterness in his smile.From Chen Yiyun, to Fan Wenhou, to the funeral of the late emperor, he only wanted his friends to go well.

It was the only thing he could do.

After saying goodbye to Prime Minister Mo, Huai Jun also left the main hall.At that time, Nuo Xu was about a hundred paces away from him, Huai Jun thought for a while, then strode up to Nuo Xu's side, and said: "Two days later, Brother Huang, do you have any plans?"

Nuo Xu looked at Huai Jun curiously, wondering whether he was here to provoke or what.

He asked back, "Then what are your plans, Your Highness?"

"What should I plan?" Huai Jun couldn't help feeling ridiculous when he saw Nuo Xu's confident appearance so far.He snorted coldly: "The time has come, does the emperor still think he has a chance of winning?"

Nuo Xu and Huai Jun walked side by side, listening to his sarcasm, he didn't feel irritable, instead he smiled and said, "Whether there is a chance of winning is not up to you."

"Then why does the emperor think that he is sitting on the throne of God?" Huai Jun suddenly stopped, approached Nuo Xu's ear, and asked in a low voice: "If the name is not right, how can you say it well?"

The wind in early summer is warm, but when it blows on Nuo Xu's body, it seems to bring a little chill, leaving his head blank, leaving Huai Jun's words to haunt him.

After a while, he came back to his senses a little bit, knowing that Huai Jun knew about it.However, Nuo Xu knew that this matter would not be hidden for long since the death of the first emperor, and now that Huai Jun knew about it, he had no other emotions except surprise.

He asked calmly: "Is Your Highness planning to announce to the world?"

Huai Jun thought that Nuo Xu was just pretending to be calm, and thought that this was something that would shame the late emperor and the dynasty, so he couldn't help sneering, and asked, "How does the emperor think this matter should be announced to the world?"

Nuo Xu shrugged and said with a smile: "Since His Highness doesn't intend to let the world know, then what does His Highness want me to do?"

"Brother Huang, if I were you, I should be thinking about how to get out of the body, instead of still dreaming and trying to do something!"

"So it sounds like your Highness is thinking of me?" Nuo Xu smiled lightly, "Please trouble Your Highness. But if I want to get out, will Your Highness let me go?"

The birds in early summer were chirping joyously, and Huaijun was disturbed by their singing.He thought of the past few years, knowing that Nuoxu's identity could not threaten him, but he still had a bad breath in his heart, and the poisonous python in his heart was screaming again, which made him unwilling to let Nuoxu go. I don't want to either.

He said: "Brother Huang should regret what he has done all these years. After all, Emperor Father can protect you for a while, but he cannot protect you forever."

"It's true that I didn't think thoroughly." Nuo Xu paused, and then said: "I hope His Highness is more considerate than I am. Min Luo's incident made Pu'er leave you once, and I don't want to do it because of it." I broke your relationship."

Huai Jun couldn't help laughing, thinking that Nuo Xu had no choice but to use such despicable means to make him let him go, so he didn't answer.

Nuo Xu patted Huai Jun on the shoulder, changed the subject, and said arrogantly: "However, I've never been afraid of making this known to the world. Your Highness, you know far less than you think."

After he cast these words, he walked away calmly.

Huai Jun looked at his back as he went away, but he didn't expect that he would weaken his spirit, and the bird's cry seemed to be mocking him.He couldn't figure out why Nuo Xu didn't plead with him after the matter had come to this point, but also wanted to compete with him for the throne.

Seeing how confident he is, is there really something he doesn't know?

It took a while for Huai Jun to settle down, thinking to himself—he was just pretending to be calm, and those words were just scaring me.

Huai Jun spent lunch with Dong Jing in Renfu Palace before going to Zhaohe Hall, and asked Chen Pu to go to Yongning Temple with him.As soon as Chen Pu heard about Yongning Temple, he agreed immediately, tidied up and left the palace with Huai Jun.

Before leaving the palace, Chen Pu picked up a magnolia flower that had just withered from the ground, thinking in his heart that the flowering period of the magnolia flower was about to end, so he should bring one to Concubine Jun.

Yongning Temple is still peaceful, but there is a warm breeze in early summer.When Chen Pu stepped into the temple, the fragrance of flowers came to his nostrils, and what caught his eyes were yellow flowers in full bloom, and a few butterflies fluttering among the flowers.

These few days the palace has been stuck in a lifeless white, Chen Pu felt more or less depressed, and when he came here, he felt a little relieved.Huai Jun also felt that it was very comfortable here, maybe it was because Concubine Jun was buried here forever.

They went to Master Mingxin first, but they were informed that he was explaining Buddhist scriptures to some disciples, so Huai Jun left him alone and went to the western suburbs with Chen Pu to visit Concubine Jun.

Huai Jun held Chen Pu's hand and stood in front of Concubine Jun's grave.

Chen Pu took out the magnolia flower from his bosom, put it on the grave, and said in a low voice, "Madam, Huai Jun and I have come to see you."

"Queen, I have reconciled with Pu'er, I will have a good life, don't worry."

"En." Chen Pu responded, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, don't worry."

Chen Pu's gentle words caused Huai Jun to turn his head sideways, staring at Chen Pu, a warm current penetrated into his heart.In an instant, he felt that they had never been separated at all, and Chen Pu was still the same Chen Pu who was willing to stand firmly by his side three years ago.

Those feelings of being lost disappeared with the smile on Chen Pu's face. At this moment, Huai Jun was sure that Chen Pu would be with him for the rest of his life and never be separated again.

He took a deep breath, and then said: "Queen Mother, Emperor Father has passed away." When he said this sentence, he felt that Chen Pu was holding him tightly, as if injecting courage into him, making his heart feel better.

"Empress, will father look for you? I know something, and I also understand the grievances that my mother suffered in the past." Huai Jun paused, and then said: "Mother, in the next life you will find someone who treats you better , I will be your son again, we will have a good family, right, Pu'er."

"Yes." Chen Pu replied in a low voice, thinking to himself, if he really had another life, he would definitely choose to be reincarnated as a woman, then he could be with Huai Jun openly and aboveboard, and they wouldn't be separated for three years.

"I will have a good time with Pu'er. Queen Mother, if you want to watch me ascend the throne of God, I will definitely wash away your stigma." Huai Jun swore frankly, and then secretly said: "I will definitely do better than Emperor Father , I will treat Jinger well."

There was the sound of Xisu stepping on the grass behind him, Huai Jun looked back and saw Master Mingxin striding towards him.

He separated Chen Pu's hand and said, "I'm going to see Master Mingxin, and you can chat with the queen mother here for a while."

Huai Jun and Ming Xin came to a pavilion in the distance, he clasped his hands together, and called out respectfully: "Master Ming Xin."

Master Mingxin also put his hands together, bent slightly and said: "See Your Highness the Crown Prince."

"Master, you don't need to be too polite." Huai Jun didn't say much, and immediately expressed his intentions: "Father, the emperor, the funeral will be held in two days, and the master is specially invited to preside over the ritual."

Mingxin thought for a while before agreeing: "This is what poor monks should do."

The breeze blew and lifted a lock of Huai Jun's hair. He plucked it and said politely, "Thank you, Master."

Ming Xin looked at Huai Jun's thin cheeks, which seemed haggard than when he saw him last time, and remembered that the death of Concubine Jun still haunted him, so he could only comfort him and said: "Since the mountain has collapsed, Your Highness, please don't be too sad."

Huai Jun had a smile on his face, but he didn't respond.The next moment, he slowly shifted his gaze to Chen Pu in the distance, looking at his slender figure, the smile on his face became more obvious.

The truth is, Master Mingxin will not understand the joy and sorrow in this, but Chen Pu is enough for him to understand.

Suddenly, two sparrows flew from the tree to the ground, one of them held a leaf in its beak, and then put the leaf on the ground, pecking a few holes.

"Ye Luo weighs a thousand catties." Ming Xin said suddenly: "Your Highness, do you want to understand the meaning of this sentence?"

Huai Jun quickly retracted his gaze and shook his head, "The leaf is already light, why is it so heavy?" He said humbly, "I hope the master will give you some guidance."

"Everyone in the world knows Ye Qing, but one leaf makes life miserable." Ming Xin put his hands together, his eyes compassionate, "Amitabha."

"Master, pardon my ignorance, please give me some advice."

"It's normal for leaves to grow and fall." Ming Xin looked at Huai Jun and nodded, and then said: "So what if there are gains and losses, life and death?"

Huai Jun finally understood Ming Xin's words, frowned, and asked, "How can a human life compare with a leaf?"

"For a tree, a leaf is a life.

"Master, if this is the case, will the tree hurt?" Without waiting for Mingxin to answer, Huai Jun replied: "No. Because the tree has no heart, no emotions, and six desires, the leaves are naturally light. But people are different. , Gaining and living is like adding a piece of meat; losing and dying is like cutting a piece of flesh, how can it not be heavy? How can it not be painful?"

"So much suffering in the world of mortals is due to the suffering and attachment of the world. The gains and losses of life and death are originally made by the laws of heaven. Since they are the laws of heaven, the tree is not unintentional, nor is it painless, but it is important to see through and let go."

Another ray of warm wind was blowing on Huai Jun's face, softly, reminding him of the kind eyes of the Buddha, as if advising him to let go, let go of hatred for them, let go of power, and stay away from this place of right and wrong. .

However, Huai Jun still can't forget the tragic death of Concubine Jun, and he can't give up the throne that he will get.

He clenched his hands tightly, and seeing that Concubine Yu Jun was kind to Concubine Yu Jun, he didn't lose his temper. He just suppressed his smile and said, "Thank you, master, for your concern. The words of master are not unreasonable, but in this world, people are precious, isn't it just like this?" Seven emotions and six desires?"

Ming Xin saw Huai Jun's displeasure, so he didn't say any more, but thought to himself—it's because of the seven emotions and six desires that people are trapped in the sea of ​​suffering.However, when he brought up this matter today, besides hoping that Huai Jun would let go of his attachment, it was also because of Huai Jun's a little hostility that he had to say one thing.

"Back then, Mingjing left a sentence for His Highness not to be attached, I hope His Highness will remember it well." Ming Xin said bluntly: "Please Your Highness be a wise king and benefit the people."

He didn't know about the struggle in the palace, and decided that Huai Jun would ascend to the throne as the crown prince. He only wanted him to let go of his hostility and take the well-being of the people as the premise, not to forget the public for personal reasons.

When Huai Jun heard this, he was overjoyed and immediately responded, "Of course."

They parted ways after chatting for a few more words.Huai Jun walked towards Chen Pu with a relaxed pace, forgetting the words of Master Ming Xin just now, now he is focused on success, Ye Zhong or Ye Qing's words are meaningless to him.

Seeing the smile on his face, Chen Pu asked, "What good thing happened?"

"No." Huai Jun said in a low voice, "Master Mingxin reminded me to be a good emperor."

"It's for sure, isn't it?" Chen Pu asked rhetorically.

Seeing that Chen Pu believed in him so much, Huai Jun felt even better, and immediately said, "Yes!"

After leaving Yongning Temple, Huai Jun stretched out his hand to hold Chen Pu.Suddenly a butterfly flew over, Huai Jun took a closer look, and said in his heart - queen mother, I will live a good life!Then they held hands all the way and walked slowly back to the palace.