Early the next morning, Princess Dai took her maid to Bodhi Temple.
Princess Dai had never come to Bodhi Temple to pray. She often goes to Hulong Temple to pray.
Hulong Temple is a royal temple. Basically, the emperor's relatives and ministers went to Hulong Temple to burn incense. As for Bodhi Temple, more ordinary people go there to pray.
Princess Dai disguised herself as the wife of an ordinary wealthy businessman and came to Bodhi Temple to beg for a son.
The nuns at Bodhi Temple had no doubts. Because the money donated on behalf of the princess was relatively large, the host of Bodhi Temple personally came out to entertain her.
Princess Dai was lucky. When she was chatting with the host, Jing'an, that is, Kong Yao, came to the host for something.
The host apologized and told Princess Dai that she had to leave beforehand and asked Princess Dai to wait for a moment.
After Jing'an left with the host, a master came and brought two plates of snacks, temporarily replacing the host to entertain Princess Dai.
Princess Dai did not rush to ask about Kong Yao, but chatted with the master about where the nuns at Bodhi Temple came from. Are they all from the capital, or are there outsiders? How about the incense at Bodhi Temple on weekdays?
When the master saw that the princess had donated a lot of money to them, he naturally said everything.
Princess Dai then asked where the master was originally from, when he became a monk, whether he had any relatives at home, and why he became a monk.
This master didn't have any scheming, and Princess Dai told Princess Dai everything about his situation.
Princess Dai pretended to be casual and asked who the master who came to preside over just now was. She also said that the master just now was handsome, and the master in front of her was beautiful. She jokingly asked if all the masters in Bodhi Temple were so good-looking.
Although I have become a monk, it is still a pleasant thing to be praised for my beauty.
She told Princess Dai that the master just now was called Jing'an and was their youngest junior sister. As for other things, she didn't say much.
The host had ordered them not to talk more about Jing'an. If anyone asks, they will say that Jing'an is their youngest junior sister. She has no father or mother since she was a child, and was picked up from other places by the host.
Princess Dai didn't ask any more questions and immediately changed the subject to talk about other things.
After a while, the host came back, first apologized to Princess Dai, and then gave Princess Dai a string of Buddhist beads. He said that if she keeps wearing it and chanting sutras every day, whatever Princess Dai wishes in her mind will definitely succeed.
The acting princess chatted with the host for a while and then left. The host took several apprentices and personally delivered Princess Dai to the door. Jing'an is not among them.
After King Dai left the court, he returned to the palace and waited for Princess Dai to return.
Seeing that Princess Dai finally returned, he couldn't wait to ask: "Have you met Kong Taichang's little daughter?"
"Yes, she has indeed become a monk. Her current Buddhist name is Jing'an." Princess Dai had met Kong Yao before, but Kong Yao had never met Princess Dai, so when they met at Bodhi Temple, Kong Yao did not recognize Dai. princess.
King Dai's face instantly turned gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and cursed: "Damn it! How dare the Kong family really tease me!"
"Your Highness, you can go into the palace now and tell your father about this."
"I will enter the palace immediately."
King Dai angrily entered the palace and asked to see Emperor Wu of Zhou.
In the imperial study, Emperor Wu of Zhou was reviewing the memorials. When he saw King Dai walking in with an angry and aggrieved look on his face, he asked with concern: "What's wrong with you?"
King Dai said with a look of resentment: "Father, Kong Taichang let his little daughter secretly become a monk in Bodhi Temple."
"What?" When Emperor Zhou Wu heard this, he raised his eyes and looked at King Dai in surprise, "Say it again."
King Dai's face showed the anger of being humiliated. He gritted his teeth and said, "Mrs. Kong asked his little daughter to become a monk in Bodhi Temple!"
Emperor Zhou Wu's face turned gloomy for a moment, "Is the news true?"
"It's true. Today the princess went to Bodhi Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings and met her. Her current name is Jing'an." The king was so angry that he clenched his hands into fists. "Father, Kong Taichang did not let me go, nor did he let you go." In my eyes, they are really too arrogant and they are stepping on our royal family’s face!”
"Go and call Mrs. Kong."
Sun Kui took the order and went to Lanyuan Pavilion in person and invited Kong Taichang to the imperial study.
As soon as Kong Taichang walked into the imperial study, he saw King Dai walking towards him angrily. His heart suddenly skipped a beat, and then he was grabbed by the collar by Dai Wang.
"Kong Taichang, you dare to play tricks on me and let your little daughter secretly become a monk in Bodhi Temple." The veins on Dai Wang's forehead popped out, and he directly picked up Kong Taichang. He looked at Kong Taichang with a very fierce look, "You are so brave!"
Kong Taichang did not expect that this matter would be known to King Dai so quickly. He had known for a long time that this matter could not be hidden from the King of Dai, and he had already thought of the wording, but now facing the King of Dai who was so angry that he wanted to kill him, he was so scared that his mind went blank.
King Dai swung it hard, and with a bang, Kong Taichang was thrown to the ground by King Dai. He unconsciously let out a cry of pain.
"Father, Mrs. Kong has often deceived you, so the Nine Tribes should be punished."
Kong Taichang hurriedly got up, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed three times to Emperor Wu of Zhou.
"Your Majesty, forgive me."
Emperor Wu of Zhou looked at Kong Taichang, his tone was very calm, but in Kong Taichang's ears it was very scary.
"Kong Taichang, do you really not want to be my in-laws?"
Kong Taichang was so frightened that he trembled. He wanted to say something, but because he was too scared, he trembled for a long time without saying a word.
"I would rather let my daughter become a monk than become my in-laws. Kong Taichang, if you do this, where will my face be at stake?" Emperor Wu of Zhou's tone was still neither happy nor angry.
Kong Taichang only felt creepy, and his forehead, face and back were covered with cold sweat.
"I...don't...dare..."
King Dai said from the side: "I think you are quite brave."
"Chen..." Cold sweat dripped from Kong Taichang's forehead and face to the ground.
"This is my first time being humiliated." Emperor Zhou Wu chuckled.
His chuckle made Kong Taichang's body shake violently.
"Your Majesty, I deserve death for my crime!"
"Father, you must not let him go, otherwise he will be arrogant and ignore you in the future!"
"Your Majesty, everything is my fault. I am willing to take the blame and ask the Emperor to spare my family."
"If you deceive the king and ignore the superiors, you will be punished by the nine clans." Dai Wang sneered, "Don't think that because your Kong family is respected by scholars all over the world, you can ignore your father."
“I don’t dare, I absolutely don’t dare!” Kong Taichang’s forehead was bleeding because he knelt so hard just now, “I never thought so!”
"Really?" Emperor Zhou Wu said with a smile, "I think you are quite brave." But there was no smile at all in his eyes.
"I am guilty!" Kong Taichang kowtowed vigorously again.
King Dai felt happy when he saw Kong Taichang's fearful look, and his anger at being humiliated by Kong Taichang was a little out of control.
"What's your crime? You just don't want to marry me." Emperor Wu of Zhou said, sighing slightly, "Oh, I shouldn't have granted you the marriage. It was me who favored your Kong family."
Hearing Emperor Zhou Wu say this, Kong Taichang's body trembled even more. If he hadn't bit the tip of his tongue hard, he would have fainted from shock.
"I deserve death for my crime!"
"You are not guilty, you just don't want to marry your daughter." Emperor Wu of Zhou said in a consultative tone, "Let's do this. I decree to cancel the marriage and say that I am not worthy to be your in-law of the Kong family. Do you think it's okay? Don’t let your daughter become a monk in Bodhi Temple.”
These words were like a thunderbolt, and Kong Taichang could no longer suppress the horror in his heart and fainted from fear.
Emperor Wu of Zhou saw that Kong Taichang fainted from fright, and said with an innocent face: "What did I do to make Kong Taichang faint?"
Sun Kui said silently in his heart: It is normal for Mrs. Kong to be frightened and faint, but it is abnormal not to faint.
Not to mention Kong Taichang, even he was so frightened that he almost fainted.
Kong Taichang was so courageous that he dared to tease and deceive the emperor like this. Who gave him the heart of a bear and the gall of a leopard?
"Go to jail first."
"Father, do you only care about Kong Taichang? Where is Kong Taichang's little daughter?"
Emperor Zhou Wu said very thoughtfully: "Then let them stay together as a family."
Sun Kui understood and planned to take people to the Kong family to pick up people, and to Bodhi Temple to capture Miss Kong.
"Father, just putting them in prison would be too easy for them."
"What do you want?"
"Hit them a hundred times first." King Dai wanted to let Kong Taichang and the others die, but Kong Taichang and the others were still useful to him, so he had to keep them for now. However, the anger of being humiliated must come out.
"With their fragile bodies, they would be dead if they were hit with a hundred blows." Emperor Wu of Zhou said, "If they were hit with fifty blows."
"It's a real bargain for them."
Soon, the former harem found out that Kong Taichang secretly asked his youngest daughter to become a monk to avoid the marriage. For a time, there was a lot of discussion.
"Kong Taichang is so bold and dares to deceive the emperor!"
"Did Kong Taichang eat the courage of a bear's heart and a leopard's gall?"
"Mrs. Kong must be impatient with life."
"He must have lost his mind."
"By doing this, he trampled on the royal family's face."
"He is slapping the emperor in the face."
"Where does he get the courage?"
The ministers all felt that Kong Taichang was out of his mind, otherwise he would not have done such a horrific thing.
In the study room of the Zhenguo Duke's mansion, the Zhenguo Duke was talking about this matter with the ministers who supported the prince.
"The emperor will definitely not let Kong Taichang go. So can Kong Taichang's daughter still marry the king?"
"My lord, if Kong Taichang's youngest daughter doesn't marry the king, what will happen to our plan?"
"Isn't it a good thing for us that Kong Taichang's youngest daughter doesn't marry the king?"
"Only when Kong Taichang's youngest daughter marries the acting king can the relationship between Xuan Pinghou and Kong Taichang be instigated."
"How will the emperor punish Kong Taichang?"
"If this matter gets serious, the nine tribes will be killed."
"The Kong family has been inferior to the Li family in recent years, but now they are seeking death."
"No matter what, after this incident, the reputation and status of the Kong family will decline again."
"To think of such a stupid way to become a monk, Kong Taichang's brain must have been eaten by a dog."
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