"The Sarira is indeed a great treasure of my Buddhist sect, but it is also a spiritual item. Whoever it is with, that person has affinity with it. Therefore, you don't need to send it to me; just keep it well. If you insist on thanking me, will you let your first child be my disciple?" Yuanjue asked.
Amur looked at Yuanjue vigilantly, "Master, what do you mean? Do you mean my first child with Xuanxuan will be a son? And if there's a first, there'll be a second? That won't do. You are a monk, and becoming my disciple means becoming a monk too. I don't want my son to be a monk!"
"Who says becoming my disciple means becoming a monk? Besides, even if one becomes a monk, one can still return to secular life. Your son and I have affinity!" Yuanjue persuaded him.
"Master, Xuanxuan and I are not even married yet, and the child is still a distant prospect. You haven't even met them, so how can you say there's affinity? Master, are you tricking me?" Amur became even more vigilant.
"Alright, we'll discuss this issue after you have a child," Yuanjue smiled. "As for whether there is affinity, it is naturally what the Buddha told me."
"Could it be that Master, you are a prophet?"
The Taka tribe had prophets, said to be able to predict the future.
Yuanjue merely smiled without speaking. Amur felt this master was increasingly mysterious and made up his mind that after the engagement, he would keep far away from the master.
How could Yuanjue not know what he was thinking? He smiled and didn't mind. He wrote a letter and handed it to Amur, "You should hurry and send this letter back. If you delay, someone might get there first. By then, you won't be able to marry the girl you love."
Amur was greatly alarmed. He tucked the letter into his embrace and ran off swiftly.
"Yi ge'er, Yi ge'er." Amur called out as he ran.
"Why are you running so fast? Are there fierce dogs chasing you?"
Fierce dogs were nothing to fear, but this was far more terrifying than fierce dogs.
"This is a letter the Master helped me write. Hurry and let the pigeons send it back," Amur said anxiously. "It also contains a letter from the Master to my uncle, so don't peek!"
Qi Yi rolled his eyes at him, "What's so interesting about it?"
Later, when Qi Yi learned the contents of Amur's letter, he deeply regretted not having taken a look at that moment.
It took half a day for the carriage to travel from Taihe Temple to the capital, but it was much faster for a pigeon to fly back, taking only an hour.
Prince Ding, Zhao Jin, finished reading the letter with a calm expression and summoned his son.
"Amur asked me to propose marriage at the Changping Marquis's residence. Do you know about this matter?" Zhao Jin asked with a stern face.
Zhao Qingcheng felt a little guilty. His younger cousin had a good relationship with him, and he knew some things. Last time, he had even spoken on his cousin's behalf to the wife of the Duke of Huguo's heir...
"Amur had met the third young lady of the Marquis's residence earlier. The dagger his aunt gave him was coincidentally obtained by the third young lady of the Qi family, and she returned it to him. Therefore, he gave the jade pendant left to him by his uncle to the third young lady," Zhao Qingcheng said cautiously.
That jade pendant was the token of the Taka chieftain. Amur had been pursued precisely because of that jade pendant.
At the same time, it was also the token of love between the Taka chieftain and the queen.
Each Taka chieftain, upon meeting someone they admired, would give the jade pendant to that person.
Prince Jin's calm expression revealed no emotion. Zhao Qingcheng felt a little worried for his younger cousin, as the Changping Marquis's residence might not quite meet his father's standards.
Just as Zhao Qingcheng thought there was no hope, Zhao Jin spoke, "Go and inventory the property your aunt left behind. Also, open the family treasury and prepare a betrothal gift. It must not be shabby."