49 Welcome to His Holiness in front of the abbey (2/2)
The Crown Prince shook his head, ”This son doesn't dare. It's just that I don't dare. It's just that today, An Jinyam has accompanied her mother to offer incense.”
The Shizong said, ”Is today the day of incense?”
The Crown Prince smiled and said, ”An Jinyan said that she missed her mother and sister, so I allowed her to leave the palace.”
”Sister?” The first person that came to the mind of the Emperor was An Jinge, whose etiquette was unknown. With a darkened face, he said, ” Zhen knows her little sister. It's better for the Crown Princess not to meet spoiled girls.”
The crown prince hurriedly asked, ”Father, are you talking about Miss An Jinge? The Crown Prince's wife was having a headache for her little sister, but this time, the one she wanted to see was her little sister who was married off, what was her name? ”The Crown Prince pretended to think about it, then said,” I can't remember her name.
Shizong's face turned back to him. ”An Jinxiu,” he said to the crown prince.
The Crown Prince laughed, ”Yes, it's that name. I was too stupid to recall it.”
”Let's go to An's monastery,” said the Shizong.
The crown prince hurriedly said, ”This son will lead the way for royal father.”
At this time, the raindrops had already started to drip from the sky. As the rain began to fall, Eunuch Xie was about to put on the raincoat, but was rejected by the crown prince. He then said, ”Spring rain is as precious as oil, what is there to hide from?”
As the Crown Prince listened to the auspicious words of Eunuch Xie, his heart sank to the bottom. Talking about An Jin to the Emperor was actually the final attempt of the crown prince. If the latter had no impression of this little concubine born, Ah Jin, then no matter how many plans the crown prince had made beforehand, the Emperor would persuade him to return to the palace because of the slippery roads in the rain.
However, from the looks of it now, what Eunuch Xie and An Jinyan said was not wrong. His Imperial Father truly cared about An Jinxiu. There was no way for him to turn back now. He could only go on to the end.
In his heart, the Crown Prince apologized to An Jinxiu. A little girl's life was insignificant compared to the Crown Prince's position and the lives of the people behind him.
When the Shizong arrived at the gate of the An clan's monastery, he was disappointed that he didn't see An Jinxiu in the crowd. Just as the Shizong was about to say ”go back to the palace”, he saw An Jinxiu hurrying out from the gate. Perhaps it was because he had walked a little faster, but when An Jin appeared before the Emperor, she was slightly out of breath.
”Father,” The Crown Prince saw that An Jin and took a look at the Shizong's appearance. Although he knew what was going on, he remained calm and said to the Shizong, ”Would you like to rest in the main hall?”
The Shi Zong acknowledged and dismounted himself without the help of the guards.
An Jin did not raise her head to look at the Emperor and instead knelt down behind the Qin family to receive the emperor's carriage.
”You may rise now.” At this point, the Emperor stopped looking at An Jin and raised his hand towards the kneeling figure in front of the entrance.
After An Jinyan stood up, she smiled at the Emperor, ”Why is father here?”
Shizong went to the main hall and said, ”Why, can't I come to the main hall?”
An Jinyan hurriedly said, ”Imperial Father, this temple is only a domestic temple, and has always been treated as a place for my grandma to rest in her retirement. This time, it will be extraordinary.”
”What a mouth you have,” Shizong laughed at An Jinyan's coaxing. The Shizong had heard of this monastery in the An clan, but it was his first time here and had seen it with his own eyes. It was only then that he believed the words of the ministers. An's home nunnery was not at all inferior to those burning temples. At the north and south of the hall, there was a central line going from south to north through the gate. There was a buddhist temple surrounded by galleries and pavilions, and as one raised one's head to look at the corner of the eaves, it covered up the entire sky. Because it was a hall, it was less grand and more refined.
”Father is tired,” the crown prince said to An Jinyan from behind. ”Lead the way.”
The Emepror walked under the eaves of the buddhist hall. At this time, his clothes were already half wet, but the Emepror didn't care.
An Jinyan smiled and said, ”This was built after a few generations of the An family. Father, your daughter-in-law's family all believes in the Buddha.”
The Shizong turned around and entered the buddhist hall behind him, saying, ”Believing in Buddha is a good thing.”
The Crown Prince followed behind him and asked, ”Does royal father want an incense stick to burn?”
The Shizong looked at the Buddha statue in the buddhist hall and said, ”Does I still need to pray to God?”
The Crown Prince hurriedly apologized to the Shi Zong.
An Jinxiu and Madam Qin stood outside the buddhist hall, listening to the conversation between the Emperor and Crown prince. Just by listening to the words of the crown prince praising the Emperor, An Jinxiu was not comparable to Bai Chengze in terms of words, and it would not be wrong for him to lose to him in this life.
An Jinyan said to the Shizong, ”Father, are you going to rest in the quiet room?” Listening to the rain in the buddhist hall is still a very elegant thing to do. ”
When Madam Qin heard the people in the buddhist hall walk to the back of the hall, she turned back to An Jin and said, ”If you can talk to His Majesty in a while, say something nice. It's also for the good of your general.”