When the eldest prince told Concubine Li about the results of his meeting with his husband, and Concubine Li told the second prince, mother and son finally gave up on this idea and felt relieved.
Even mother and son don't know how many more years of practice it will take to reach the level where the Emperor can ascend.
With Concubine Li's current state of the third level of distraction, she would not be able to reach that state without twenty to thirty years of hard training, let alone the second prince's late-stage Nascent Soul state.
On the contrary, she now envied Jiang Ruoyu. She left the palace and went to practice on her own. She didn't know how much higher than she was.
Looking back now, I think that what I was fighting for was not worth mentioning now.
His unmarried daughter-in-law was only attracted by the worldly masters, but she left this world early due to her late Jindan cultivation.
What happened to Dongfang Haotian's family made her want to leave the world and practice cultivation.
Even the second prince had thoughts of leaving the dynasty to practice cultivation.
In the face of ascending to immortality, the so-called imperial power and wealth are just a passing cloud.
...
Less than ten days after this incident, another major event occurred in the five regions, which once again made the ministers of the DPRK and Central Government look at the emperor in a new light.
The reason is that Zhuge Ming, the original master of the Xuan Palace in the Southern Region, was transferred to the Dongxuan Region as the master of the palace, and Yang Kaiyi, the master of Nanyun City in the southern region, became the master of the Nanxuan Region.
The announcement of this appointment shocked not only the palace masters in the region, but also the ministers of the court and the central government wrote to the emperor one after another, asking about the intention of this matter.
No matter how hard the courtiers tried, Zhuge Ming finally took office, and Yang Kaiyi happily took over the post of Zhuge Ming's palace master.
Only then did the two of them realize that following the eldest prince was the wisest decision of their lives.
Although Zhuge Ming was reluctant to part with the Nanxuan Territory, when he thought of the Dongxuan Territory's vast territory and rich resources, he finally made up his mind and took his family and his master to Sifang City.
For this matter, Yang Kaiyi specially sent his master to bring a lot of specialties from southern Xinjiang to the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion in the Imperial City. Although the Imperial Preceptor was not there, he knew that the Imperial Preceptor's husband and mother were there, and that was enough.
The palace masters of the two regions took office amidst the noise of the ministers in the court, and the emperor did not have a single explanation for this.
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Southern Xinjiang is a place where the emperor has stayed. Promoting his own meritorious officials is a matter of course no matter who thinks it is.
When Ye Zhiqiu and Tang Qiuyu learned from their husband about the sudden disappearance of Dongfang Yu'er's family, they were also in tears.
Ye Zhiqiu looked at Li Hongxiu who was leaning aside to bask in the sun and said with a smile: "That little one played with Ye'er all day long and almost became our daughter-in-law. I didn't expect that she actually left this world."
Li Hongxiu glanced at the two of them and smiled lightly: "I didn't expect it either, let alone my heartless sister, who would leave here before me."
Tang Qiuyu glared at her, smiled and cursed: "She just backed out of Li Ye's marriage, she is not a bad person."
Li Hongxiu looked at what her husband said about the killer, and didn't want to explain it to Tang Qiuyu, so she smiled and said, "I wish you a long life!"
When Ye Zhiqiu heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "I really didn't expect you to actually learn to recite poetry since you married your husband."
Li Hongxiu looked at her and smiled: "I learned this from your Li Ye."
When Tang Qiuyu heard Li Hongxiu talking about Li Ye, he couldn't help but look up to the west and said softly: "I don't know what happened to that little guy in Fangcun Mountain. He defeated Yeluqi in the late Nascent Soul Realm in southern Xinjiang. No. Do you know what will happen when you go down again?”
Li Hongxiu thought for a while and said softly: "I have to ask his husband about this. Only he knows, but he refuses to tell me."
Tang Qiuyu was deeply shocked and said with an angry smile: "Did you ask me to ask him?"
Li Hongxiu looked at her and smiled: "It doesn't seem impossible, right?"
That means, I let you go a long time ago. It's because you have been reserved and refused to try. What can I do?
Seeing the ill-intentioned looks of the two of them, Tang Qiuyu couldn't help but laugh and asked: "How about General Nalan's marriage in Hua Tianxia? Jiang Huo will probably be back soon after going to southern Xinjiang to propose marriage."
Thinking of Yeluyan, Tang Qiuyu couldn't help but ask.
Li Hongxiu looked at the two of them and smiled and said: "I heard from Hua Tianxia that her marriage to Nalan Yu would have to be held by the Tianshan Sword Sect. They would probably treat us all to a meal and drink in the imperial city."
Tang Qiuyu nodded: "It seems that we can only wait for the emperor's wedding."
Li Hongxiu looked at her and smiled and said, "How about we all go to Qingcheng to stay for a few months together after the emperor's wedding, and then come back when it snows?"
Tang Qiuyu was stunned. She didn't expect that Li Hongxiu really wanted to go to Qingcheng.
After thinking about it, she hadn't gone back for a long time. Staying in the imperial city would not be of much benefit to her cultivation of Xia Wutong.
"Discuss it with Queen Jiang. She agrees. I have no objection." Tang Qiuyu thought that she would have to discuss this matter with Jiang Ruoyu. After all, she was staying in this world for less and less time, and she didn't know when she would ascend and leave.
Li Hongxiu smiled and said, "That's OK, I'll ask her tonight."
...
In the late summer of the 203rd year of Xia Xuanli, the eldest prince and Yelu Yan got married in the imperial city. Yelu Chucai's family came to the imperial city accompanied by Jiang Huo. Nalan Yu and Hua Tianxia met Nalan Kun after the eldest prince's wedding. Xuan went back to Tianshan to get married.
Mr. Li Ye and his family, together with master and apprentice Tang Qiuyu, left the Imperial City for temporary cultivation in Qingcheng.
Jiang Ruoyu returned to the palace at the strong request of the eldest prince, because she wanted to see Yeluyan give birth to a grandson or granddaughter for her before she left. This was her last wish in this world.
Concubine Li was not surprised by Jiang Ruoyu's return to the palace, but she often went to the place where she lived to ask for advice on her spiritual problems. Jiang Ruoyu would also patiently communicate with her. After all, the grievances between the two had passed for many years.
The people involved have already ascended and left, so why can they be angry.
After Yang Kaiyi established the trading markets in the three towns in southern Xinjiang and handed them over to the city lords of the three towns for management, he fulfilled his original promise to the eldest prince and Li Ye.
The grassland tribes were able to trade the supplies they needed from the three towns. Both parties went to Haowai. The prosperity of transactions in southern Xinjiang also allowed Yang Kaiyi to sit comfortably as the head of the palace.
Everything has entered a stable period.
Only the second prince and a group of people quietly left the imperial city.
Before leaving, he told Concubine Li that he would leave the imperial city for a while and go to Dragon Island in the North Sea to practice cultivation.
Although Concubine Li was reluctant to let him leave, she also knew that it was really difficult for the second prince to break through his current state in the imperial city.
If Jiang Ruoyu hadn't returned to the palace, she would have wanted to leave and go to Qingcheng to find Su Qingyue.
...
On Fangcun Mountain, it is autumn again.
Mu Mu took Nangong Ruyu, Xiaoqing, and Xiaohua to pick all the autumn pears from the trees on the back mountain. Li Ye went to the dining hall to find a large water tank, and collected some honey from the mountains. A large vat of autumn pears was pickled all over the floor.
Seeing Nangong Ruyu standing by, her mouth was watering, and she kept reaching for a spoonful of honey to eat.
Li Ye touched her little head and said, "When I send you home in winter, I will bring it with you so that you will have something to eat throughout the winter."
Nangong Ruyu was stunned, looked at Li Ye and said, "Master, are you going back to your home at the foot of the mountain with Yu'er in winter?"
Li Ye looked at her, shook his head, and said with a smile: "Master is not going. Let Sister Mumu and Xiaohua accompany you back. When the snow melts in spring, Master will ask them to take you up the mountain."
"Then will daddy go home with Yu'er?" Nangong Ruyu thought of Wu Xin who was practicing in the temple.
Li Ye was stunned, thought for a while and replied: "When he comes over tomorrow, you can ask him yourself, okay?"
In Li Ye's opinion, it would be good if he could convince Wu Xin to return to the Nangong family before he went down the mountain. After all, seeing his most beloved person pass away was an unforgettable blow to him.
Nangong Ruyu nodded, thinking that she would ask her father carefully when she saw him.
In the third month of March in Fangcun Mountain, Li Ye took Yu'er back and forth between Xuantian Temple and Prajna Temple three times.
Under Qingxu's guidance, Mu Mu's sword skills have gradually become more advanced. In Qingxu's words, it only takes two people to practice his unique "Lihuo Sword Technique" to great perfection.
Li Ye and Mu Mu also made progress in refining medicine. After returning to Prajna Temple from Xuantian Temple for the third time, they were able to extract and purify the medicinal herbs to 80%.
Even Qingxu himself could only purify the medicinal herbs to a little over 90%. He was very satisfied with the progress of their practice, and would be in a daze for a while while watching Li Ye refining the medicine.
Li Ye's epee was ready to strike, but Li Ye wanted to cast more fire and did not rush to strike. He had already started to build an iron armor for Nangong Yu'er.
Unlike himself, he planned to cast a weight of about thirty pounds for her, and did not want her to suffer as much as he did.
However, despite Kuzuo meditating on the ninth level of the formless Dharma body in front of the Buddha in the main hall of Prajna Temple for many days, he was unable to enter it.
He felt a little upset that day and couldn't help but come to Minghui to find a solution.
Minghui couldn't help but laugh when she saw Li Ye, who looked troubled, entering her Buddhist hall.
Li Ye looked at him in a daze and asked blankly, "Senior brother, why are you laughing?"
Minghui continued to laugh and said: "What I'm laughing at is that even someone like my junior brother who can see through the method of life and death and cultivate his heart to the point where his heart is as still as water, will still be troubled because he can't get started in practicing the method."
"Does senior brother have no worries?" Li Ye looked at Minghui and asked in a daze.
"Who says there are no worries? Anyone who lives in this world without worries is just like a Bodhisattva who is worried about the worries of the world." Minghui looked at him and said calmly.
Li Ye was stunned, looked at him and asked, "Brother, did you say that Bodhisattvas also have troubles?"
Minghui smiled and said nothing, but continued: "The ninth level of mind is the appearance of a lifeless person. What is the appearance of a lifeless person? Why there is no you and me, and no sentient beings? It is because all dharmas are the laws of birth and death."
Li Ye was startled and asked: "Is there no concept of time, no length to measure?"
Minghui shook his head and said: "Time is just a concept. There has never been a short-term rule of life. In the boundless void realm, no matter how long your life is, it can only be achieved with the flick of a finger..."
Li Ye was deeply shocked by Minghui's words. He had already made a great estimate of his Buddhist practice, but after listening to Minghui's words, he realized that he was really as insignificant as that grain of dust. .
Minghui looked at him who was shocked and continued: "So the appearance of longevity is in the name of time to facilitate the world's understanding of the Dharma...I, people, sentient beings, longevity, all fall into the law, With these four characteristics in tangible knowledge, boundless troubles arise, and it is impossible to save people and sentient beings, and it is impossible to arouse bodhicitta."
Hearing this, Li Ye lowered his head and was silent in thought.
"If you can't even raise the bodhicitta, how can you practice Buddhism? The essence of the ninth level of "The Formless Dharmakaya" is to train your mind. Instead of letting you sit in the main hall every day and watch the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, you should sit in the main hall. at the door to see all sentient beings.”
After Minghui said these words, he stopped talking. Instead, he stood up and lit a column of incense, sat in front of the Buddhist altar and started chanting sutras.
The sutra he chanted was the "Lotus Sutra" copied by Li Ye. For a while, Li Ye was meditating in the Buddhist hall and Minghui was chanting the sutra. Both of them were silent. For a while, only the sound of Minghui's sutra chanting echoed in the Buddhist hall.
Li Ye always thought that his state of mind had been cultivated very well, but after listening to Minghui's words, he realized that it was still not enough. At least he had not yet understood the relationship between time and space. Three of the four phases had been eliminated, and only this last phase was left. He still needs to understand.
Minghui didn't expect Li Ye to understand this truth overnight. He just told him his knowledge of Buddhism.
What the Buddha said cannot be said, but due to people's different understandings of the Buddha's teachings, there are differences in words.
Inadvertently misleading others and yourself.
Minghui didn't want to delay Li Ye.
