Chapter 65 Yao Guangxiao is confused
Chapter 65: Yao Guangxiao is confused
In order to avoid being harassed by Yao Guangxiao, Ye Xuan stopped looking at the scenery outside the temple and quickly walked into the Buddhist temple.

Inside the temple, Anqing was kneeling properly under the Buddha statue, chanting something in a low voice.

Looking at Anqing's small body compared to the huge Buddha statue, he looks quite pious.

After burning incense, under the guidance of the abbot monk wearing a brocade blue cassock, Ye Xuan and his group of Jinyiwei escorted Princess Anqing to the dining hall in the backyard of Qixia Temple, ready to enjoy the vegetarian dishes of Qixia Temple that were famous in Yingtian Prefecture.

"This is Dinghu vegetarian, this is honey-baked vegetarian sea cucumber, this is jade lion's head..."

The abbot personally served the dishes to Anqing while earnestly introducing the names and cooking methods of the dishes.

Although Anqing had come to Qixia Temple to burn incense before, this was the first time he came alone.

In the past, under the leadership of Empress Ma, people would usually return to the palace after burning incense, and rarely stayed in Qixia Temple for fasting.

So looking at the various vegetarian dishes, I couldn’t help but become curious.

"Aren't they saying that monks can only eat vegetarian food? Why are all of them sea cucumbers, abalones and lion's heads?"

Upon hearing this, the abbot quickly picked up a piece of sea cucumber with chopsticks and explained with a rather flattering smile, "Your Highness, you may not know that these are all vegetarian dishes from our Qixia Temple, which are famous in Yingtian Prefecture. Although the names contain some ginseng and fish, they are actually made of vegetarian dishes."

“So that’s how it is!” Anqing picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and tasted it, seemingly not quite understanding what it meant. It tasted indeed good.

"It's pretty good," An Qing said, turning his head to look at Ye Xuan and waving, "Ye Xuan, come and try it too!"

As he spoke, An Qing pointed to the chair beside him and motioned Ye Xuan to sit down.

The female official behind him frowned when she saw this, leaned over and whispered in Anqing's ear: "Your Highness, this is not in accordance with etiquette!"

Unexpectedly, this sentence actually annoyed her. An Qing threw down the chopsticks, crossed his arms and pouted, saying, "No, I want Ye Xuan to eat with me."

The female official's face suddenly showed embarrassment, "Your Highness, this..."

Seeing that the female official disagreed, An Qing became even more unwilling. In front of dozens of Jinyiwei and monks, he jumped off the chair and pulled Ye Xuan's hand to press it on the chair.

Helplessly, Ye Xuan had to sit down and tried to comfort her: "Your Highness, I am not hungry yet. How about you eat first, and then I will accompany you to visit the garden later?"

"Really?" An Qing looked at Ye Xuan with some suspicion.

According to the original arrangement, Anqing needed to return to the palace immediately after eating the vegetarian meal.

Now that Ye Xuan said this, An Qing immediately became happy, but the faces of the two female officials behind her became a little ugly again.

Ye Xuan was too lazy to care about so many things. If he didn't appease the little ancestor in front of him, who knew what An Qing would do next.

After all, it was in public, so Anqing would not do anything out of line and would not be heard by Zhu Yuanzhang.

I don’t know whether the impact is good or bad, but the lower the profile, the better.

At this moment, Ye Xuan began to regret that he had taken Anqing horseback riding before, and now the child was too dependent on him.

But now he could only helplessly say: "How dare I deceive Your Highness?"

Only then did Anqing happily sit back in his chair and start enjoying his vegetarian meal.

Qixia Temple naturally arranged separate seats for Ye Xuan and others, and the group had a vegetarian meal.

An Qing ran over, took Ye Xuan's hand and asked him to accompany them to the garden. Seeing this, the abbot came over with a very attentive look on his face and said, "Your Highness, it's rare for you to have such a refined mood. Let me take you for a walk in my Qixia Temple."

An Qing nodded indifferently. He simply didn't want to go back to the palace so early. He didn't care about anything else.

Along the way, the abbot kept introducing the scenery in Qixia Temple, talking incessantly.

To be fair, this host has a good eloquence. Even if it is just an ordinary scene, when he adds some allusions and Buddhist principles from nowhere, it becomes interesting and humorous.

It’s a pity that the people visiting the garden were not truly devout believers, but just a seven or eight-year-old child and a Jinyiwei who didn’t care at all.

So even though the abbot was talking until his mouth was dry, he didn't get any response from Anqing's face.

But even so, the abbot did not seem discouraged at all and still had a smile on his face.

Ye Xuan was laughing secretly as he watched from the side. The way he hosted the event really looked like the lackeys who accompanied the leaders on inspections in later generations. No matter whether the leader reacted or not, he always looked extremely enthusiastic.

Thinking of this, Ye Xuan couldn't help but think of the monk Daoyan outside the Buddhist temple. Look at his realm.

It seems that even though they are all Buddhists, not all of them have achieved the state of emptiness of the four elements.

Although Anqing ignored the abbot's enthusiastic explanation, he kept asking Ye Xuan questions.

"Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan, is it hard for you to be a Jinyiwei?"

"Ye Xuan Ye Xuan, do you have a wife?"

"Ye Xuan Ye Xuan, do you like maltose? I like it very much."

"Ye Xuan Ye Xuan..."

Ye Xuan no longer found An Qing cute. His head was filled with buzzing sounds that made him want to plug his ears.

Until An Qing pulled Ye Xuan's hand again and asked in a tangled manner: "Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan, do you also squat when you pee? I heard..."

Ye Xuan's old face suddenly turned red, and he quickly squatted down and covered An Qing's mouth with his hands, and said with a wry smile: "My little aunt, these are the questions a little girl like you should ask?"

When he turned his head again, he saw that Wang Feihu, Song Zhenshan and other Jinyiwei who were following behind him were all covering their mouths, looking like they wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.

He glared at them fiercely, then let go of Anqing and said sternly: "Your humble servant... that, is standing, only women and eunuchs squat. Also, don't ask this kind of question again in the future!"

"Okay..." Anqing nodded reluctantly.

At the same time, Ye Xuan also looked at the two Anqing personal maids unhappily and asked, "You two are the personal maids of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and you also have the responsibility to teach her on a daily basis. How can you allow the Princess to be so outspoken?"

"Today, Her Royal Highness the Princess was joking with me. If you had asked such an inappropriate question in front of His Majesty the Emperor or other princes, I'm afraid you two would have been punished."

The two female officials looked at each other, and a trace of panic appeared on their faces at the same time, and then they looked at Ye Xuan with some gratitude.

"Thank you for your reminder, my lord. This is my fault. I will teach Your Highness well in the future and this kind of chaos will not happen again."

Ye Xuan did not take advantage of the situation and nodded, saying, "I am just reminding you with good intentions. As long as you two sisters do not mind my intrusion, there is no need to thank me."

(End of this chapter)