Becoming a Saint by Leisure Reading - Chapter 18

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Midnight.

When the lights in Wan’an County gradually went out and everyone fell asleep, Zhongjing, thousands of miles away, was still dimly lit. The painting boats on the Ziwei River are full of brilliance, and the Banfan Building at the end of Tianjie was full of singing and dancing.

In the center of Zhongjing, the inextinguishable lanterns of Changming Palace shone like the light of day. Viewed from a high altitude, the entire Zhongjing City is like a plate of dazzling jewels, and the Changming Palace is the most dazzling pearl among them.

　　Behind this pearl, there is a small black mass, and the light of Changming Palace shines in all directions, but cannot illuminate the adjacent palace. Compared with the light of Changming Palace, the darkness is not abrupt, on the contrary, it seems to be unusually integrated.

　　Outside the Jingsi Hall, a row of women stood silently under the long porch, monitoring each other with their eyes, not allowing a little noise. His Majesty, who has always been kind, rarely encountered troubles, so he ran to the meditation hall to try to be quiet, and he must not be disturbed by anyone.

　　A row of honor guards meanders, and the center of the honor guard is a conspicuous phoenix chariot. The golden phoenix feathers on the phoenix chariot are like a raging fire. This was not made by human craftsmen, but was personally pulled from the body of the patriarch of the Phoenix Clan of the Wan Yao Kingdom and presented to Da Xuan.

　　The first eunuch Hou An, who was standing outside the Jingsi Hall, immediately had a smile on his face, and walked quickly to the front of the phoenix chariot, “Welcoming the Empress.”

　　When the phoenix chariot reached the ground, a woman in luxurious palace attire stepped down from the phoenix chariot and glanced at the meals held in the hands of the few guards outside the Jingsi Hall, frowning slightly: “Your Majesty hasn’t eaten yet?”

　　”Answering Her Highness, Your Majesty has refused to eat since he came to court, and the servant has already arranged for the imperial pantry to be available from time to time.”

　　The queen shook her head slightly, took a plate of cakes and a pot of good wine from the dinner plate, pushed open the door of the Jingsi Hall, and walked in. Hou An hurriedly closed the temple door again from the outside, standing guard at the temple door.

　　The Queen walked into the Jingsi Hall, where several candles flickered, and human figures swayed in the candles. She saw the Emperor of Daxuan sitting in front of a short side, holding a scroll of scriptures and reading. The queen covered her mouth and chuckled: “Your Majesty’s book is reversed!”

　　The emperor sighed, put down the book in his hand, glanced at the charming queen who was approaching, and said, “Zitong, don’t laugh at me, my heart hurts.”

　　”But for that immortal heart?”

　　The emperor smiled bitterly: “The one who knows me best, Zitong. It’s funny to think about it. I have been the emperor of Daxuan for forty years, but because of a treasure, I am unable to eat properly. The late emperor was right, I have a narrow mindset and don’t have an ounce of imperial pride.”

　　The queen walked up to the emperor, sat down, and snuggled against the Emperor. She poured a glass of the wine she had just brought in, and said comfortingly, “Your Majesty is so young, it is naturally not comparable to the momentum that the late emperor grew up under Emperor Lin’s knees; not to mention these forty years. if it weren’t for His Majesty’s diligence, how would the Great Xuan Dynasty be so stable now, His Majesty must not belittle yourself.”

　　”As for the immortal literary heart, it is not an ordinary treasure. It takes the great Confucian realm to cultivate the three immortal great deeds of merit, morality, and speech before it can be condensed. Daxuan has been established for 800 years, and the total condensed literary heart is only eighty six…”

　　The emperor drank the wine in front of him, exhaled a long breath, and then nodded: “Yes. These eighty-six literary hearts, either inherited from teachers or families, really belong to the imperial court, but it can be numbered with only ten fingers. It’s rare to see an unowned literary heart, and it’s really reluctant to send it out like this.”

　　”In that case, why did Your Majesty promise the Minister of Education  to let the immortal heart choose its own master?”

　　”That old minister of education is dedicated to the country and has protected me for a long time. How can I refute him when he speaks in person? Besides, if there is no master, the literary heart will just choose another master again. This is the case with ancient rituals, and I can’t stop it.” Read the most updated version of this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at Novel Multiverse – “NovelMultiverse dot com”

　　The queen smiled again and said, “Your Majesty is too worried. The matter of choosing a master with a literary heart has not happened in my court, but how many real successes have been made? The Kong family’s literate heart has been 500 years old. How many times during this period, the world’s talents were widely invited to participate in the selection of the officiating ceremony of re-choosing the master, but isn’t it still being worshiped in their home temple today? The minister of education said that if there is no choice of master, the literary heart will be placed in a Confucian Temple. “

　　”What is the difference between this Confucian Temple and the imperial court?”

　　”Take a step back and say that if there is really a virtuous person that makes the literary heart choose them as its master, it means that my Daxuan will add another great Confucian seed. It is also difficult to judge which will become more beneficial to the dynasty, the Great Confucian or the literary heart.”

　　The emperor nodded slightly: “Yes, Zitong’s words are reasonable.” But the frowning between his brows did not ease.

　　Seeing this, the Queen thought for a while, “Does Your Majesty have other concerns?”

　　The emperor stood up, took two steps, and said, “I do have a little thought.”

　　After speaking, the emperor walked to a stone screen in the Jingsi Hall, waved his sleeve, and a white air shot out of the emperor’s hand, hitting the stone screen. The screen flashes white light, and the pattern of nine giant cauldrons slowly appeared on it, but only six cauldrons were filled with white light, the seventh cauldron only had about one-third of the white light, and the rest and the remaining two cauldrons showed a bleak color.

　　”Your Majesty!” The Queen stood up in surprise.

　　This wall of national fortune is the treasure of the Daxuan royal family, and it can see the fortune of the Daxuan.

　　”The prosperous age of the nine cauldrons, the dynasty of the eight cauldrons, the power of the seven cauldrons!” The emperor looked at the wall of fortunes in front of him and said softly, “When Emperor Lin was on the throne, luck overflowed from the nine cauldrons, and the demons dared not be kings, and all tribes came to the dynasty. He died and the luck of the two cauldrons went with him; the previous emperor succeeded the throne, worked hard, made five northern expeditions and three southern expeditions, and finally made one cauldron light up again.

　　”When I succeeded to the throne and worked diligently for 40 years, I only had six and a half of the luck left, barely maintaining the appearance of peace. If the luck drops again, there is a danger that the country will be precarious.”

　　The queen walked up to the emperor, stretched out her hand to hold the other person’s palm, and said softly: “The first emperor’s expedition to the north and the south would have overdrawn the country’s fortunes, but the sudden collapse also damaged the foundation of luck. After the three kings seized the throne, Huo Xiangran had power. This world has been in chaos for another ten years. I heard from my father that when Your Majesty ascended the throne, there were only four cauldrons left in the country, which already was showing the instability of the country. Your majesty ruled and put the country into order, tens of years have passed by so quickly, only then was he able to give Daxuan from four cauldrons to five cauldrons, and eventually from the five cauldrons to the six cauldrons. In the eyes of the ministers and concubines, your majesty is no less than the first emperor of Lin Huang!”

　　The sincerity of the queen’s words made the emperor’s heart warm, and shook his head: “I have no talent in becoming the emperor, nor the arrogance to be likened to the first emperor, only with diligence, was I barely able to be a successful king. I am worried about the prince… “

　　The queen’s expression turned solemn, thinking of her troublesome prince, she quickly explained: “The prince has been working hard recently…”

　　The emperor waved his hand slightly, lifted the queen up, and said, “I don’t blame him. It’s just that if I die, my qi movement will fluctuate, and if the royal family has more literacy to help govern, the qi luck will be more stable. This is my selfishness. “

　　The Empress was startled and said quickly, “Your Majesty will be prosperous in the future, and you must never say such unfavorable words again.”

　　”The emperor has his own number of days.” The emperor said indifferently, “But there is a day when the literary heart is just a supplement. Those we can really rely on are those important officials.”

After saying this, the emperor looked at the wall of national fortune, “If the qi can be a little bit more, then it would be better…”

　　After the emperor finished speaking, the Jingsi Hall fell into silence.

　　…

　　The scream of the first eunuch Hou An rang outside the hall door: “Your Majesty, the minister of education asks to see you.”

　　The queen’s voice came from the hall: “Your Majesty is tired, let the minister of education go back, and tell him His Majesty will see him in the court tomorrow.”

　　Hou An seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then replied: “The Prime Minister specifically said, there is a way to increase the luck of the dynasty!”

　　There was a rush of footsteps in the hall, the door of the hall was suddenly opened, and the emperor rushed out.

　　The queen followed behind, carrying a pair of shoes, and shouted, “Your Majesty, your shoes…” Read the most updated version of this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at Novel Multiverse – “NovelMultiverse dot com”