The thin clouds make tricks, the flying stars spread hatred, and the silver man is far away in darkness. When gold, wind, jade and dew meet, they will defeat countless people in the world.
Tenderness is like water, good times are like dreams, and I can’t bear to look at the magpie bridge on my way back! If our love lasts for a long time, how can we stay together day and night?
——"Magpie Bridge Fairy·Xianyun Makes Clueless" Qin Guan (Song Dynasty)
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One day a few months later, the flowers and poems that were displayed every day suddenly disappeared. For several days, at dusk, the sound of Dou Qian playing the piano could no longer be heard.
Yuanxiao'er was disappointed and asked the maid of Kunning Palace: "Did Mr. Dou leave Chang'an?"
Little Lantern also went out of the palace to look for people. After finding out the news, he hurriedly returned to the palace.
The little lantern said to Yuan Xiao'er: "I have a relationship with Mr. Dou's personal maid An Xiang. She told me that Mr. Dou was so lovesick that he fell ill. In the past two days, his whole body had been burning hot. He kept dreaming.
He was gibbering and mumbling the name of His Highness.
Anxiang also said that your master is so cruel. Even if we can't be together, he doesn't have to be so heartless. Months have passed and he hasn't even said a word."
Yuan Xiaoer sighed and said: "Our Highness has always been kind-hearted and kind-hearted. He never pretends to be a princess. He treats us servants like sisters. He is not like this on weekdays. I wonder what happened this time?"
Just as he was talking, he heard someone coming from the small yellow gate outside the palace gate to report that a maid from the Dou Mansion was kneeling outside the palace gate, crying and shouting that she wanted to see Princess Qingluan.
Xiao Lantern and Yuan Xiaoer hurriedly went to check and found out that this maid was none other than An Xiang.
I saw An Xiang kneeling outside the palace gate, prostrate on the ground, crying and trembling, her face covered with tears.
Anxiang cried: "My young master is dying, and he only has one breath left. I implore Your Highness to come and see my young master for the last time, and fulfill his wish..."
Xiao Lantern and Yuan Xiao'er hurriedly pushed away the other court ladies and eunuchs who were watching, and brought An Xiang to Princess Qingluan's palace.
Princess Qingluan asked Xiao Lantern to drink a bowl of ginseng soup for Anxiang to calm down her shock. After hearing about Dou Qian's condition, Princess Qingluan asked with concern: "Have you ever asked a doctor for consultation?"
Anxiang sobbed: "The master has invited all the famous doctors in the capital, including the imperial doctor. He has been drinking the medicine for several days, but it has no effect. The imperial doctor said that the heart disease needs to be treated with heart medicine, and he is at his wits' end.
Now that we have taken measures, let us express our condolences and make preparations for the funeral.
My young master has been in a coma for three days and has been mumbling His Highness's name. This servant is brave enough to risk his own life to see His Highness. I also ask Your Highness, for the sake of my young master's infatuation, to take a look at him. Just one glance will do!"
Princess Qingluan stood up and walked around, looking at the blue sky outside the courtyard, and took a deep breath.
After a moment of silence, Princess Qingluan turned around and said calmly to Anxiang: "Anxiang, please go back, I won't go.
I will ask your Majesty's imperial doctor to consult again, and he will definitely find a way to save your young master, so don't worry."
No matter how Anxiang prayed, Princess Qingluan just refused to agree.
Seeing Princess Qingluan's resolute attitude, Anxiang stood up and left. When she crossed the threshold, Anxiang turned her head, a cold light flashed in her eyes, and gritted her teeth and said: "Bah! The young master is so blind that he would fall in love with such a heartless woman like you.
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If you have any shortcomings, I will never let you go!"
"How presumptuous! Give me a slap!" Yuan Xiaoer was furious and scolded Anxiang. She waved her hand and ordered the eunuch to slap Anxiang.
"That's all. She is a loyal person even if she sacrifices her life for the Lord. Let her go." Princess Qingluan waved her hands, extremely tired.
After Anxiang was taken away, Little Lantern couldn't bear it. Relying on Princess Qingluan's usual love for him, he cautiously asked: "Your Highness, you have always been generous to others, why are you so harsh this time?"
Princess Qingluan turned around and said solemnly: "Master Dou is ill because of me. If I go to visit him and he suddenly recovers, it will definitely make people think and make irresponsible remarks.
If he does something extraordinary again, everyone will mistakenly think that we are having an affair.
In the capital, there are already many people gossiping. If you accidentally lose everything, it will be difficult to explain.
By then, what will everyone in the capital think of me and General Bai?
Bodhisattvas fear causes, ordinary people fear consequences.
Some things must be clearly rejected from the beginning. If you take the first step, there will be a second step. If you refuse and continue to be confused, you will harm others and yourself!
Brother Fu has a deep love for me, and I will not marry him unless I am in this life. In this case, why should I worry about others and cause trouble for myself. Being ambiguous and hesitant, I am not only sorry for Mr. Dou, but also sorry for brother Fu.
If this matter is not decided decisively, it will definitely create a estrangement between me and Brother Fu. Therefore, I would rather be pointed at my nose and scolded, but I have to harden my heart. This is the safest way."
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The news of Dou's maid breaking into the palace quickly spread throughout Chang'an.
When the news reached Wang Xingchen's ears, Wang Xingchen secretly admired her and said: "Sister Luan's hand is really beautiful. She stopped the endless gossip in one fell swoop."
Cui Xunyan disagreed and said: "What Sister Luan did was too unkind. After all, Mr. Dou's illness was caused by her. What can we do if we visit him?"
Wang Xingchen smiled and said: "Sister Luan's move is a thunderous method to show the bodhisattva's heart.
If Sister Luan goes away and sees Mr. Dou pass away in her arms, she will definitely be left with a knot in her heart. If after the visit, Mr. Dou recovers from his serious illness, it will be confirmed that Mr. Dou's illness is caused by lovesickness. The two of them have a private relationship.
I must have some unexplained difficulties.
After all, although Dou Qian is the son of a relative, he is not Qingluan's family after all, so why must he go? There are so many children from aristocratic families in Chang'an thinking about Sister Luan day and night. Do they all need the condolences and comfort of the princess?
Therefore, the best way to defeat this plan is to ignore it and not go!"
"This plan?" Cui Xunyan was confused and asked quickly: "Is it possible that Mr. Dou is pretending to be ill?"
Wang Xingchen snorted softly and said: "If it's not a bitter trick, what is it?
This man plays the harp in Kunning Palace every evening, and the sound of the harp can actually be heard in the palace of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and he seduces her. How could he do it without profound inner strength?
After I heard about this, I was very suspicious. In my mansion, I calculated the same distance between the buildings and asked my brothers to imitate Dou Qian in playing the piano. Unexpectedly, even my third brother, a first-class master,
Neither can be done.
Think about it, if he has such profound internal strength, how could he be unable to get sick? He may get sick due to missing him, but to be unable to get sick and his life hanging by a thread seems a bit excessive.
After he came to Chang'an, he often recited poems, composed poems, played the piano and painted with the children of the aristocratic family. He was indeed literary and elegant, and had the graceful demeanor of famous people in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
My brother told me that this man has a very good temper and is as gentle as jade. He does not engage in excessive drinking or frivolous behavior. If there is a young lady attending the poetry party, he will speak elegantly, behave politely, and take good care of the young lady next to him.
It is easy to win the favor of all the girls.
I would like to ask, how could such a man, who has been surrounded by thousands of flowers and never touched his body, miss the princess so much?
This man is very scheming, I advise you not to associate with him."
When Cui Xunyan heard this, he remained silent and bit his fingernails lightly.
Seeing this, Wang Xingchen struck Cui Xunyan again and said: "Don't take it seriously. I suspect that the Queen is behind the whole thing.
Although Empress Zhang is not Sister Luan's mother, she is usually very nice to the Princess. I don't know why she is so abnormal this time. I can't see clearly. There must be something fishy.
In short, the water behind this is unfathomable and not something little girls like us can swim through."
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Although Princess Qingluan categorically refused to visit Dou Qian, she was kind-hearted and could not bear it.
The next day, she took a bath and fasted, and took several personal maids with her to Zhao Jinggong Temple in Changlefang, where she worshiped Buddha devoutly and prayed for Dou Qian.
Zhao Jinggong Temple was built by Dugu Jialuo, the empress of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, in memory of her father, Dugu Xin, the general of the Western Wei Dynasty.
The great Buddha statue of Lushena in the Huayan Courtyard of the temple is carved from gold and stone. It is six feet high and has a simple style. It is the treasure of the temple. It is said that there are three buckets and four liters of the real relics of the great Buddha Lushena underneath. In addition, there are also There are hundreds of large and small gold and silver Buddha statues, as well as scriptures made of gold and precious stones.
However, it is not these Buddha statues that make Zhao Jinggong Temple so popular, but a line drawing mural on the east wall of the third door in the south of the temple - the most outstanding mural "Hell Transformation" by Wu Daozi in his life.
That year, in order to prepare for the Bon Festival, Zen Master Guangxiao, the abbot of Zhao Jinggong Temple, invited Wu Daozi to paint "Hell Transformation", but Wu Daozi still had no intention of painting. Seeing that the time was approaching, Zen Master Guangxiao had no choice but to invite new stars in the painting world. Huangfu Zhen replaced Wu Daozi.
Huangfu Zhen came from a humble background, but he was extremely talented in painting, and he was young, handsome, and suave. At that time, the "Picture of Gods and Ghosts" painted by Huangfu Zhen at Jingyu Temple in Chang'an was as good as the "Picture of Gods and Ghosts" painted by Wu Daozi at Tianwang Temple in Luoyang. On the other hand, the "Pure Land Transformation" painted in the Bodhi Temple caused a huge sensation, leading to a huge increase in pilgrims to the temple.
Some people predict that within three years, Huangfu Zhen will take the lead and replace Wu Daozi as the number one painter in Chang'an.
After Huangfu Zhen was assassinated in the street, Wu Daozi was so stimulated that he completed the huge painting "Hell Transformation" in just one night on the day before the Bon Festival.
Not long after the death of Huangfu Zhen, Zen Master Guangxiao also passed away. Today, the abbot of Zhao Jinggong Temple is Zen Master Guangzang, the younger brother of Zen Master Guangxiao.
Princess Qingluan's master, Mrs. Gongsun, was a frequent visitor to Zhao Jinggong Temple. Princess Qingluan followed her master and often came here to burn incense and worship Buddha. She was quite familiar with the presiding Zen Master Guangzang.
Since the death of her mother, Concubine Wei, Princess Qingluan has no one to talk to. Whenever she is worried, she is willing to come here to listen to Zen Master Guangzang's sermons to comfort her soul.
In the main hall, a monk wearing moon-white robes is sitting cross-legged on a futon. Although he has reached the age of knowing his destiny, his eyes are like bright stars, his body is beautiful, and his expression is gentle and detached, giving people an infinite sense of trust.
His whole body looked spotless, as if he were hanging down from the clouds from the nine heavens. Even if Jiumo was reincarnated and Xuanzang was resurrected, it would only be like this.
Princess Qingluan told Zen Master Guangzang one by one about the things she was struggling with.
Zen Master Guangzang said with kind eyes and sincere words: "Your Highness, you are doing the right thing. As a princess of the Tang Dynasty, your every move affects the hearts of countless people.
General Bai is fighting abroad, so giving him peace of mind is to give peace of mind to the soldiers of the three armies. In the Jianghuai area, the lives of tens of millions of people depend on General Bai. If the morale of the army is unstable, I don't know how many more disturbances will arise.
You can write to him about this matter, so that he can stay in Jianghuai with peace of mind, handle the aftermath, and don't have to rush back to Chang'an. You are still young, and there will be plenty of time to stay together in the future."
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Zen Master Guangzang has superb Buddhist teachings, quotes from scriptures, and speaks eloquently, which speaks directly to people's hearts. He enlightens Princess Qingluan more firmly in her heart.
In the middle of the night, Princess Qingluan stood up in her clothes. She pushed open the flowered window and looked up at the stars.
In the night sky, the sky is like a dome, filled with stars. The stars are like diamonds, dotted on the blue velvet, as if they are blinking and saying the most touching words of love.
Princess Qingluan looked at the most dazzling star in the galaxy and burst into tears: "Brother Fu, I miss you so much. Please come back soon."