In the Heavenly Court and the Lingxiao Palace, as three jade-like divine sounds spread throughout the Great Luotian, the Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting officially began.
The Jade Emperor, the Great Heavenly Lord, rode a Nine-Dragon Agarwood Jade Chariot above the sky of the Lingxiao Palace, and ascended to the throne of the Great Heavenly Lord under the worship of heaven, Taoism and Buddha.
At this Zhengdan Great Court Meeting, Taoist Supreme Laojun, Ji Zhen'e and a group of Da Luo Jinxian were all present.
As for Buddhism, the Ancient Buddha of Lantern, Tathagata Maitreya Buddha and other Buddhas, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, Manjusri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva are all here.
After the worship of the gods was completed, the Jade Emperor and the Great Heavenly Lord spoke and granted him a flat body. All the gods thanked him and stood up.
Then Master Dingxiang, the heavenly judge of the Heavenly Court, walked out of the immortal class and came to the palace in front of the gods and immortal officials under the sky. He said with a majestic face: "Lingxiao Palace, the center of the three realms, the court meeting is solemn, the heavenly law is majestic, the gods and immortals Officials, uphold their authority and etiquette, report matters in front of the palace, report them first and then report them, if they disrupt the court proceedings, they will be severely punished without mercy!"
Judge Tian officially began to fulfill his mission. Maintaining the etiquette and court etiquette of Lingxiao Palace is naturally one of Judge Tian's responsibilities.
After Dingxiang Zhenren announced the rituals of the court meeting, all the gods present were solemn and solemn, not daring to go overboard in the slightest.
Later, Taibai Jinxing announced the start of the Zhengdan Dynasty meeting. At this time, Ji Zhen'e, the leader of the Taoist sect, and Tathagata Maitreya Buddha came out at the same time, one on the left and one on the right, and reported to the Jade Emperor: "Start the Jade Emperor, all the saints of Taoism and Buddha" Everyone comes to see you and pay respect to the heaven."
The Jade Emperor nodded and said, "It's accurate."
Later, under the leadership of Ji Zhen'e, Taishang Laojun and the Taoists flew down the immortal class behind Ji Zhen'e, landed on the main hall, and stood on the left side of the main hall.
For the Buddhists, under the leadership of Donglai Buddha, the ancient Buddha and other Buddhas and Bodhisattvas on the burning lantern flew down the immortal class behind Donglai Buddha and landed on the right side of the main hall.
In this way, the situation of the Taoist and Buddhist families is clear at a glance. The Taoist sect is now led by Ji Zhen'e, and the Buddhist sect is led by Donglai Buddha.
Although at the previous Immortal Banquet, the Taoist and Buddhist families, as well as the demon sect, Xuan sect and leaders of other religions, congratulated and presented gifts to the Great Heavenly Lord, the meaning of today's blessing ceremony is different.
First, Taoism and Buddhism have different statuses. There are three major religions in the three realms, Taoism, Buddhism, and Demonism. Now Taoism and Buddhism meet separately in the Zhengdan Dynasty to pay homage to the Jade Emperor. The attitude of the Goddess.
Second, the status of the leaders of the two families is formally established. Today, Ji Zhen'e leads the Taoist sect, and Donglai Buddha leads the Buddhist sect. This exactly shows the identity of the leaders of the two families.
Later, Ji Zhen'e represented Taoism, and Buddha from the East represented Buddhism. They led the saints of the two religions to pay homage to the Jade Emperor, and presented extremely rich tributes and congratulations.
After the Jade Emperor ordered his people to accept the tributes and congratulations from the two families, he began to follow the procedures to give the Taoist and Buddhist families recognition of their honorable status.
I saw the Jade Emperor setting up two thrones on each side of the Qiongxiao throne where the Five Emperors were. The one on the left was the throne of the Taoist Gate. One belonged to Ji Zhen'e and the other belonged to Taishang Laojun.
The two thrones on the right are Buddhist thrones, one belongs to the Buddha from the East, and the other belongs to the ancient Buddha of Ran Deng.
In the sky where the five elders of the five directions are located, there are the honorary positions of Taoist kings and Buddhist Buddhas. As for the Buddhist Bodhisattvas, they are ranked with the righteous gods, true kings and immortals in the heaven.
In this way, the Jade Emperor ascended the throne for the first time, and the Taoist and Buddhist families expressed their support, and the overall situation in the Three Realms was stabilized.
As long as Taoism and Buddhism support the Heavenly Court and do not cause trouble, then no matter how violent the evil god of chaos makes trouble, the Heavenly Court can calmly deal with it.
As the Taoist and Buddhist families returned to their respective positions of honor and immortality, the court meeting in heaven began.
The first one to perform was Fang Jian. He held a jade wat in his hand, stood on the sky, and worshiped the Jade Emperor: "Your Majesty Fang Jian is here to report to the Jade Emperor. I have the virtue of the Immortal Cultivator of the Lower Realm. He is outstanding, has good intentions and upholds the enlightenment, and also has the merit of supporting the Goddess Mother. I consider it as a reward to appease the meritorious officials."
When the Jade Emperor heard this, he immediately nodded and said: "The Taiwei Yuqing Palace still lacks the position of a minister, so let Jing Huan fill this position. As for the reward, how does the Hongqing Emperor think it should be rewarded?"
Fang Jian immediately bowed and said: "I think I should reward Jing Huan Fairy Girl one hundred thousand pieces of robbery jade, one piece of each kind of elixir, and ten pieces of each kind of precious material."
"It's accurate." The Jade Emperor nodded and said.
Then Taibai Jinxing officially walked out of the hall to deliver the edict. Soon after, the Jinghuan Fairy Girl wearing a first-grade immortal official robe followed Taibai Jinxing into the Lingxiao Hall from outside the hall, and then came to the center of the hall to pay homage to the Jade Emperor. .
"Ping Sheng." The Jade Emperor said, "I hope you will be loyal to your duties and live up to my expectations."
Hearing this, Fairy Jing Huan bowed and sang again, and was then led by a ray of fairy light to fly into the class of first-grade immortals.
Later, Tieguai Li, who also had meritorious service, was named the 'Hongyang Immortal' and was included in the class of 'Eight Immortals of Shangdong'.
Venerable Kayapa returned to Buddhism, became an Arhat, and was granted the rank of Immortal Official of the first rank in Heaven.
The two of them went into the hall to thank them, and then returned to their immortal classes.
At this time, everything had been arranged. The Jade Emperor glanced at the Lingxiao Palace, and then said: "I have now ascended to the imperial throne. Thanks to the support and protection of all the immortals, I should give you a generous reward. To reward all the immortals for their merits."
As soon as the Jade Emperor finished speaking, the Nine-Tian Xuannv held a scepter and worshiped: "I, the Nine-Tian Xuannv, start to play to His Majesty the Jade Emperor, the Jade Emperor, the Great Deity. Now that the Jade Emperor has ascended to the throne for the first time, the three realms have not yet been determined, evil gods are raging. It is time to rectify the throne and eradicate it as soon as possible." The evil god can be rewarded later, but at the moment, the evil god has not been eliminated and the three realms are not at peace, so it is not appropriate to give a large reward."
When Empress Yuxiao heard this, she immediately opened her eyes and looked at Jiutian Xuannv. She couldn't believe that Jiutian Xuannv had stood up so openly to refute her husband, the Jade Emperor!
Empress Yuxiao looked around again, but saw that all the emperors and immortals around her were indifferent, with not even a trace of strange color on their faces, and she was suddenly shocked.
There seemed to be silence in the Lingxiao Palace. Empress Yuxiao looked left and right and found that no one came out to refute Jiutian Xuannv. She suddenly couldn't sit still.
I saw Empress Yuxiao directly speaking to Jiutian Xuannv: "What you said is wrong. The Great Heavenly Lord has just ascended the throne and wants to thank the immortals and gods in heaven for their support. Isn't this normal?"
No one was surprised when Jiutian Xuannv came out to refute the Jade Emperor, but when Empress Yuxiao spoke, the atmosphere in the entire Lingxiao Palace suddenly condensed.
Empress Yuxiao noticed that all the eyes in the Lingxiao Palace were on her, and she suddenly felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere. She quickly glanced left and right, and then said with some anxiety: "What? Am I right?"
At this time, no one spoke. Only the Heavenly Judge Dingxiang stood up and reported to the Jade Emperor: "To the Jade Emperor, I have been ordered to supervise the official court rituals of the gods and immortals. Today, there is the Goddess Xuanqiong." The Great Yuanjun of the Purple Qing Dynasty does not respect the etiquette, fails to start the performance, refuses to worship when he speaks, and disrupts the imperial court. The ministers are enforcing the law and do not dare to engage in favoritism. I hereby impeach the Great Yuanzi of the Xuanqiong Goddess and ask the Jade Emperor to punish him. punish."
"What?!" Empress Yuxiao was shocked, "You want to punish me?"
Master Dingxiang already wanted to die. Why did he encounter this kind of thing today when he was on duty for the first time? So he could only bite the bullet and report again: "I would like to inform the Jade Emperor, the Great Heavenly Lord, that I will impeach the Xuanqiong Goddess Ziqing Great Yuanjun for disrupting the court ceremony for the second time, and ask the Jade Emperor, the Great Heavenly Lord, to punish her."
Empress Yuxiao was immediately furious, why is it okay for others to speak, but you want to impeach me for speaking for yourself? Are you looking down on me?
But just when Empress Yuxiao was about to confront Master Dingxiang directly, the Jade Emperor finally spoke up and scolded: "Yuxiao, why are you disturbing the court ceremony?"
Empress Yuxiao looked at the Jade Emperor with disbelief and said, "I am your wife, and I am speaking for you!"
The Jade Emperor said: "There are rituals for the court meeting, how can you just say whatever you want! Didn't you hear the court meeting etiquette announced by the Heavenly Judge earlier?"
"As your wife, can't I even speak?" Empress Yuxiao asked directly to the Great Heavenly Lord.
The Jade Emperor: "This is the Great Court Meeting at Lingxiao Palace, not in your own backyard! There are only immortals, gods, monarchs and ministers here, not husbands and wives, fathers and sons!"
After saying that, the Great Heavenly Lord did not give Empress Yuxiao another chance to speak, but directly said to Fang Jian: "Emperor Hongqing, Goddess of Xuanqiong, Ziqing Great Yuanjun, ignored the court rituals and disturbed the imperial court. What crime should you do?"
When Fang Jian heard this, he immediately reported to the Great Heavenly Lord: "To the Great Heavenly Lord, the Jade Emperor, today is the first time that Empress Yuxiao attends the Great Court Meeting. She may not be familiar with the laws and etiquette of the Heavenly Court. A small punishment but a big admonition, the Lady Yuxiao will be punished to stay in seclusion for ten years and learn the laws and rituals of heaven. After ten years, she can only go to court again after she is familiar with the laws, decrees and rituals."
The Great Jade Emperor immediately said: "Accurately, we will deal with it according to the instructions of the Hongqing Emperor."
After saying this, the Jade Emperor looked towards Master Dingxiang. Master Dingxiang immediately bowed and sang: "I sincerely abide by the law."
Then the Jade Emperor Great Heavenly Lord said to Fairy Jinghuan: "Where is the person in Taiwei Yuqing Palace?"
Fairy Jing Huan immediately walked out of the immortal class in response, holding a jade tablet and bowing before saying, "I'm here."
The Great Heavenly Lord of the Jade Emperor said: "Take the Goddess Yuxiao down to the palace, and return to the Taiwei Yuqing Palace to close the door for ten years to learn the laws of heaven and the court etiquette without making any mistakes."
"I sincerely obey the decree of the Great Heavenly Lord." Fairy Jinghuan bowed to receive her order, then came to the throne where Empress Yuxiao was and bowed to wait.
Empress Yuxiao's face turned green and white. She looked at Jiutian Xuannv, then turned to look at the Jade Emperor, her face was extremely unconvinced.
At this time, Taibai Jinxing hurriedly came to Yuxiao Empress, bowed her hands and worshiped: "Empress and the Great Heavenly Lord are husband and wife. It is normal for husband and wife to have verbal disputes. But now it is the Zhengdan Great Court, and all the saints from Taoism and Buddhism are here. Look, your Majesty, it’s better to go back to the palace first.”
I have to say that there is a reason why Taibai Jinxing is so popular. With his words, he turned the embarrassing situation of being kicked out of the palace of the Empress Yuxiao into a quarrel with the Great Heavenly Lord and his wife and then returning to the palace in anger. At least he was doing well in terms of face. .
Therefore, Empress Yuxiao had no choice but to use the steps given by Taibai Jinxing to go down and slowly fly down. At this time, Fairy Jinghuan immediately called two fairies from Taiwei Yuqing Palace and helped Empress Yuxiao out of the Lingxiao Palace.
The two brothers Jiang Yidao and Jiang Yide in the Immortal Class didn't know what happened. Why did their parents suddenly quarrel? But when they saw their mother going down to the palace, they immediately left the immortal class and followed her.
But just as the two brothers and sisters were about to take a step forward to call their mothers, they were grabbed by the Giant Spirit God and He Xiangu on both sides. The Giant Spirit God grabbed Jiang Yidao, and He Xiangu grabbed Jiang Yide, and then looked at the two of them with doubtful eyes. After whispering a few words, the brother and sister did not behave inappropriately in front of the palace, but stood quietly in the immortal class with their heads lowered.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see the current situation. The Jade Emperor wants to confer the title of Immortal Official to all the gods in heaven, but Jiutian Xuannv does not agree. This is a power struggle.
No matter who dares to get involved at this moment, there will definitely be no good results. But the Yuxiao Empress made such a fuss, which gave everyone a clue, that is, Fang Jian may be on the side of the Great Heavenly Lord.
Otherwise, Empress Yuxiao would never receive such a small punishment. She would have to sit in front of the wall for ten years and learn the laws and rituals. This would not be painful at all.
As for the Great Heavenly Lord who wants to reward the immortal officials of the gods in heaven, the reason is very simple. It is not really to thank them for their support and protection. After all, the only ones who have the merit of support and protection are Fang Jian, Jinghuan Fairy, Tieguaili and Kasyapa. For example, the Great Heavenly Lord wants to establish his majesty through rewards.
What does a person's majesty come from? Quite simply, it comes from power. So what exactly is power? Answer: The power to award rewards and the power to punish crimes.
If you have the power to award rewards, everyone will serve you and obey your orders. If you have the power to punish crimes, then everyone will fear you and dare not resist your will.
Therefore, the Jade Emperor wants to reward all gods and immortal officials precisely because he wants to establish the majesty of his right to reward others. This is what Jiutian Xuannu refutes.
The Jade Heaven Empress didn't even understand the most basic point and directly criticized the Nine Heavens Xuannv. This only shows that she is too inexperienced and lacks understanding of the heaven. Not only can she not help the Jade Emperor, but it will also undermine Ling Xiao. In the treasure hall, they quarreled with the Great Deity like a couple quarreling, which further damaged the majesty of the Great Deity.
Therefore, after Empress Yuxiao went down to the palace, the court ceremony returned to business, and the Nine Heavens Xuannv once again started to play: "The Great Heavenly Lord will give you a clear guide. After the evil gods have been eliminated and the three realms have been pacified, I will personally present a book of 10,000 yuan in merit, and ask the Great Heavenly Lord to reward you."
What Jiutian Xuannv said is very obvious. Now is not the time for Daxing to award rewards. When the evil gods are annihilated and the Three Realms are stabilized, I will personally hold the merit book of the gods and immortals in heaven to ask you to award rewards.
Nezha and Sun Wukong looked at each other. What Jiutian Xuannv said was really beautiful. There is a huge difference between the Great Heavenly Lord rewarding others and you holding the merit book and asking the Great Heavenly Lord to reward others.
If the Great Heavenly Lord awards the reward himself, then everyone must be thanking the Great Heavenly Lord. If you come to ask the Great Heavenly Lord to award the reward with your merit book, then who should everyone thank you or the Great Heavenly Lord?
However, the two of them, like all the emperors and immortal officials around them, did not speak without permission. It was not the time for them to take a stand yet.
Seeing this scene, the Jade Emperor had no choice but to ask: "What do the immortals think of what Emperor Juntian said?"
After the Jade Emperor Heavenly Lord finished speaking, Queen Mother Xi was the first to stand up, "I, Queen Mother Xi, begin to report to the Jade Emperor Heavenly Lord. What the Great Emperor Juntian said is very reasonable, and I second my opinion."
Then Prince Dong also stood up and reported: "I also agree with what Emperor Juntian said."
All the emperors saw that the East Prince and the West Queen Mother stood up and seconded the proposal. You must know that four of the five emperors were on the list and ignored worldly affairs. Now these three people have unified opinions on the existence of Tianzun, and everyone also agrees.
The emperors and monarchs seconded the proposal not to act according to the prevailing situation, but to give the Great Heavenly Lord a step up. If any of them stood up to express their support for the Great Heavenly Lord, then the Great Heavenly Lord would not be able to get off the stage in this Zhengdan meeting. He would have to fight with the Nine Heavens Xuannv. They fight to win or lose, which is not a good thing for either the Great Heavenly Lord himself or the Heavenly Court.
Now seeing that everyone agreed with Jiutian Xuannv's memorial, the Jade Emperor said: "Since all the immortal ministers think that what Emperor Juntian has said is reasonable, then I will take it back."
Jiutian Xuannv, Dongwanggong and Xiwangmu immediately worshiped: "Great Heavenly Lord is wise."
All the emperors and gods said: "The Great Heavenly Lord is wise."
The Jade Emperor Tianzun smiled slightly, and there was no trace of displeasure on his face. He granted everyone a flat body, and then said after Jiutian Xuannv and others had just stood up: "However, although it is not appropriate for heaven to award large amounts of awards at the moment, I still want to award one person. This person has done a great job of helping me go through all my tribulations and protect me, and he is it."
"Emperor Hongqing, Fang Jian!"
(End of chapter)
