Chapter 21: A genius in cultivation? Qingfeng
"Qingfeng, please accompany His Majesty well when we get to the palace."
"If you need anything in your life, just ask Shifan to help you. He will arrange it for you."
"You have no relatives down here, so the Yan family is your support. If anyone bullies you or you feel offended, just tell me."
Outside the gate of Xiyuan Palace, next to the carriage.
The old and frail Yan Song looked at Qingfeng with a kind face and gave him earnest instructions.
Yan Shifan, who was standing next to him with a serious face, looked at Qingfeng encouragingly with a fatherly look.
The thick snow in front of the gate of Xiyuan Palace had been cleared by the eunuchs, and the ground was now covered with a light layer of white.
The wind and snow are strong, but the snow is not heavy.
Several people had a thin layer of snow on their shoulders.
Qingfeng looked at the old man in front of him, and Yan Shifan beside him, whose eyes revealed majesty and encouragement, and he was moved.
Although I only stayed in Yan's mansion for a few short days.
But the Yan family took great care of her, making her feel different from being in the mountains and being with her master and brothers.
This feeling is like the feeling of home in the secular world. Well, she has never experienced it, but she thinks that this is what home should be like.
There is a kind grandfather and a majestic father!
"Yes, Qingfeng understands. Elder, Young Elder, the wind and snow are getting heavier, you should go back too." Qingfeng bowed.
"Go ahead, we'll watch you go in before we leave." Yan Song said, motioning Qingfeng to go in first. He never mentioned his elders and relatives in a single sentence, but he behaved like them everywhere.
Seeing Yan Song's insistence, Qingfeng no longer insisted. He nodded slightly, turned around and walked towards the gate of Xiyuan Palace.
At this moment, a eunuch in red came to greet them at the door. It was Huang Jin, the chief eunuch who received the news.
Seeing that Yan Song and Yan Shifan actually came in person to see people off, Huang Jin glanced at Qingfeng imperceptibly and looked towards Yan Song and the other two.
He bowed and saluted from a distance.
"Go, go." Looking at Qingfeng who turned back, Yan Song waved his hand with a kind smile on his face.
"Thank you, Taoist priest." Huang Jin knew that this pretty Taoist girl without makeup was picked up by her godfather and sent to her master's Yuxi Palace, so he was naturally courteous.
"I am the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department. I am here to take you to Yuxi Palace to meet the emperor on the orders of my master."
Hearing Huang Jin's words, Qing Feng did not hesitate and bowed and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Huang."
At the same time, he looked at Huang Jin with some curiosity.
Well, is this the eunuch?
During these days, she had learned a lot of palace rules in Yan's residence, and also knew everything about some of the people in power in the palace.
The Silijian is of utmost importance.
As a little girl who has lived in the mountains since childhood, I was also full of curiosity about the eunuchs mentioned by others in the dialogue book.
"Everything is for His Majesty," Huang Jin smiled and returned the greeting, then made a gesture of invitation, "Master, let's go."
"Okay." Qingfeng followed Huang Jin and disappeared behind the gate of Xiyuan Palace.
The snow gradually got heavier.
Yan Song, who was slightly hunched over, stared at the building hidden under the gloomy sky and in the misty snow for a long time without saying a word.
"Shifan, have you asked your young wife to teach Qingfeng the art of sex?" Yan Shifan turned and looked at his radical son.
"Dad, that girl is as white as a rabbit and knows nothing. How can she serve the emperor well if she enters the palace?" Seeing that his father seemed to be blaming him, Yan Shifan immediately explained.
"I'm doing this for her own good, and for the sake of our Yan family..." Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Yan Song's low growl.
"Don't waste your time!" The voice was drawn out, the eyes were wide open, and it burst out with infinite power, which scared Yan Shifan so much that he took a step back and stood there in a daze, not daring to breathe.
He didn't expect that his old and frail father could still be so powerful. He felt as if he had seen an extremely ferocious tiger.
"Father, father, don't get excited," Yan Shifan swallowed his saliva and stepped forward to support Yan Song, "Listen to me in detail."
"This girl is an outstanding person in Taoism. She is more familiar with classics such as 'Su Nu Jing' and 'Dong Xuan Zi' than she, a casual cultivator who specializes in this field, according to my wife."
Yan Shifan spoke in a depressed tone again, saying, "She also told my little wife that the key to spiritual practice in the bedroom is abstinence."
"She also warned me, 'Senior officers should have separate beds, and sergeants should have different quilts. It is better to sleep alone than to take thousands of pills.'" As he spoke, Yan Shifan slapped his palms with the back of his hands and said angrily, "Isn't this just a dangerous statement?"
"Yesterday, my wife wanted to sleep on a separate bed from me, and she even said it was for my life. This is totally outrageous!"
"If I don't sleep in separate beds from women, I am not well-mannered? If I sleep in the same bed with my wife, I am not even middle-class? How can a little girl who has never been involved in sex understand the joy of sex?"
"When she enters the palace, she will understand what is meant by yin and yang, what is meant by solitary yang and no life, and what is meant by the law of nature!"
Yan Song's eyelids twitched after hearing such a fallacious argument. Is this how you understand Taoism?
In your eyes, Yan Shifan, is Taoism really that dirty?
"In short, from now on, you should be a qualified elder in front of Qingfeng and don't do anything that would damage your reputation!"
Yan Song was too lazy to listen to his nonsense and got into the carriage with the help of the coachman.
Seeing his father's tough attitude, Yan Shifan felt unhappy, but he could only respond dejectedly and followed him.
Inside Yuxi Palace.
After meditating for a while to get rid of the fatigue from staying up late, Jiajing let out a light breath and felt a lot more relaxed all over.
I was busy all night last night and now I don’t have the heart to continue practicing.
The Qi-inducing Art states that the way to practice cultivation is to relax in a proper way. Practicing hard all the time will actually be harmful to your body and mind.
"Long live the master, your majesty. This servant Huang Jin," a familiar voice sounded, and Huang Jin knelt respectfully outside the temple. "Master, Taoist Qingfeng of the Zhengyi sect is already waiting outside the palace."
"Yeah." Just in time to relax, Jiajing nodded and said, "Let her in."
"Yes." Huang Jin stood up, bowed and left the hall. After a while, he led a girl in a dark blue Taoist robe in. The girl looked thin and delicate.
She had an oval face that looked a little chubby. She wore no makeup and had her hair tied in a bun at the back with a wooden hairpin.
His eyes were large and bright, like gems that had not been polluted by the world, clear and somewhat curious.
When he saw Jiajing, there was a look of scrutiny in his eyes.
Well, when she was in the mountain, she also heard her senior brothers talk about what the emperor was like. It was her first time seeing the emperor, so she was naturally curious.
Seeing that the little nun actually went to see the Saint head-on, Huang Jin coughed lightly to remind herself.
"My name is Qingfeng. My secular name is Zhang Qingwu. I am here to meet Your Majesty. May Your Majesty live forever." After hearing Huang Jin's reminder, Qingfeng was quite smart. He immediately lowered his head and began to salute.
"Please take a seat." Jiajing said calmly. Huang Jin immediately brought a small stool for Qingfeng to sit on, and he stood by with his hands hanging down.
"Speaking of which, I have a deep connection with Taoism," Jiajing sat in the upper hall and glanced at the girl below, blinking her clear eyes. "In the third year of Jiajing, I and Master Shao Yuanjie hit it off at first sight."
"Do you know Shao Yuanjie, Master Shao?"
"Yes," Qingfeng nodded slightly, "I know."
"Master Shao of Shangqing Palace is Qingfeng's senior brother according to seniority."
Senior brother? This time it was Jiajing's turn to be surprised.
This little girl, judging from her age, is just a virgin, definitely no more than sixteen years old.
It was unexpected that he was of the same generation as Shao Yuanjie.
"So, you and Master Tao are of the same generation? Then the previous Heavenly Master Zhang Yanqi is..." Jiajing became a little interested.
"Yeah." Qingfeng didn't understand why the emperor laughed so strangely, but he still explained: "He is the master."
"After the passing of our great master, Master was of the same generation as Senior Brothers Shao and Tao, so he accepted disciples on behalf of Master."
"Then you should call him senior brother, why call him master?" Jiajing was puzzled. Are the seniority structures in Longhu Mountain messed up?
"Your Majesty, although I am your senior brother in terms of seniority, I am actually your master. My master has brought me up since I was young, and he has never corrected me. After I got used to it, I have been calling him that."
"Ha, ha ha..." Hearing Qingfeng say this, Jiajing thought of a figure in his mind. He looked at Qingfeng with a smile and said, "Your master is too narrow-minded."
"This, well, seems like something he could do."
"Master is very kind-hearted..." Qingfeng took a sip, lowered his head, and frowned slightly when his respected master was said to be not kind-hearted.
"You are still young, so you don't understand the reason." Jiajing saw the girl's emotions and regarded it as a joke after practicing and governing the country, so he was willing to say a few more words.
"Your master is venting his anger on your great master."
Venting? Qingfeng blinked, with a puzzled look on his face.
"Back then, Shao Yuanjie was just a subordinate of your master, not even a disciple. He was able to rise to prominence only with the recommendation of your master."
"After that, I let Shao Yuanjie lead the Taoist sect and govern the three palaces of Chaotian, Xianling, and Lingji.
His status is growing day by day, and he is even higher than the leader of all generations of your Zhengyi Sect, Zhang Tianshi of Mount Longhu.
At that time, your master was the Heavenly Master. How would your master feel about this in the eyes of your narrow-minded master? "
"It's all right now. He finally got some relief."
"You two were supposed to be master and disciple, but he insisted on accepting a disciple on behalf of the master, making you the same generation as Shao Yuanjie and Tao Zhongwen. Tao Zhongwen must have been pissed off before he died."
"But now Shao and Tao have both passed away. Death is the greatest thing. Your master wants to send you to the court for such a thing. What will Tao Zhongwen's disciples think?"
"Isn't it that I have suffered a setback myself, and I want to let others have a taste of it?"
"You say, isn't he a little narrow-minded?"
As he spoke, Jiajing glanced at Huang Jin with a smile and said, "It seems that this Taoist master has a bad temper and his cultivation is not good enough."
"Master is right," Huang Jin could hear Jiajing's teasing and immediately agreed with a smile, "Not everyone can reach the master's level."
Your Majesty, what you said is unreasonable. Shouldn't you be blamed for this? Besides, there is nothing wrong with taking revenge when there is revenge and complaining when there is a complaint? We, the generation of Taoists, emphasize an open-minded mind, and we don't repay complaints with virtue.
By the way, is there still such grudge between Master and Senior Brothers Shao and Tao?
No wonder Master always looks indignant when he mentions them.
The breeze blows through my heart, and my thoughts are in turmoil.
"Let's not talk about them," Jiajing waved his hand, supported his knee with one hand, leaned forward slightly, and said, "Among the five schools of talismans, alchemy, accumulation of good deeds, divination and classics, which one do you specialize in?"
Although Zhengyi Dao is the representative of the talisman school, it is not entirely true. There is internal integration and communication within Taoism, and Taoists of Zhengyi Dao may major in other "majors" in addition to their "main major".
"I major in talismans, alchemy, divination and classics." What surprised Jiajing was that the girl said without hesitation that she specialized in four schools.
Huang Jin also showed a look of surprise.
I had heard before that this time Yan Song found a Taoist genius, but I didn’t expect him to be so extraordinary.
It is surprising that he majored in four schools at the same time.
"A genius?" Jiajing looked at the thin girl in front of him with clear eyes, his eyes surging.
I also thought of some of the people and things I saw when I was watching the world yesterday.
Suddenly, an idea came to my mind.
This girl is naive and simple, maybe she can be used by me.
As soon as a thought arises, thousands of calculations are already brewing in the mind.
"..."
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