Chapter 81 The Jade Emperor’s Plan
In the Lingxiao Hall, the Jade Emperor sat high on the dragon chair, looking deeply at the Taibai Venus below.
"Taibai, has that monkey done anything recently?" asked the Jade Emperor.
Taibai Venus cupped his hands:
"Reporting to the Jade Emperor, Sun Wukong is still drinking, eating meat and walking dogs in the Royal Horse Prison every day, doing nothing."
"Well, it seems that he is determined to fight to the end."
Taibai Jinxing nodded and said:
"Your Majesty, the Buddhist community seems to be a little anxious. Tathagata Buddha has discussed with Venerable Guanyin to ask your Majesty to try to make Sun Wukong cause trouble."
The Jade Emperor stroked his beard and said:
"Of course I know their thoughts, but this monkey is of great use to me. How can I easily let him fall into the Buddhist scheme?"
At this time, the Jade Emperor secretly thought:
This monkey has the great merit of repairing the sky. If it can be used by me, it will definitely help me stabilize my position in the heaven.
Tathagata wants him to cause trouble early so that Buddhism can take the initiative in the journey to the west, but I will not let them get their wish.
Taibai Jinxing said: "It's just that if this happens, Buddhism will probably be dissatisfied."
"So what if you are dissatisfied? Although the calamity of Journey to the West was agreed upon by all parties, I will not let them control me.
That monkey is greedy, and the flat peaches in the flat peach garden are very tempting to him. I want to see if he can resist it. ”
Taibai Jinxing suddenly realized: "Your Majesty is smart. If Sun Wukong eats the flat peach secretly, we will have a handle in our hands, and then your Majesty can take advantage of the situation."
The Jade Emperor nodded and said: "That's it. Just go ahead and make arrangements."
"Yes, I obey my orders."
Taibai Jinxing took the order and left.
……
In the Royal Horse Prison, Sun Wukong was lying on a chair basking in the sun when he suddenly heard the voice of Taibai Jinxing.
"Wukong, quickly accept the order."
Sun Wukong was so excited that he stood up and knelt down.
Taibai Jinxing read out the imperial edict:
"By God's blessing, the Jade Emperor issued an edict saying that in view of the fact that Sun Wukong performed his duties during his tenure as the Royal Horse Supervisor, he has been specially appointed as the steward of Pantaoyuan and will take office from now on."
Sun Wukong was overjoyed and said:
"Thank you, Jade Emperor, for your kindness."
After receiving the imperial edict, Sun Wukong secretly calculated in his heart:
"The Jade Emperor suddenly promoted me. Is there some conspiracy? But the Peach Garden is a good place. If you have a chance, you should try those flat peaches. Hmph, what the hell, eat it first."
Thinking of this, Sun Wukong took Dahuang and Dahei to Pantaoyuan.
When he came to the peach garden, Sun Wukong saw the garden full of peaches hanging on the branches, and the fruity fragrance overflowed, and his mouth watered.
"Wow, so many flat peaches, it's really great!"
Sun Wukong said excitedly.
He ordered his warriors and the land: "You all should stand down. I will personally inspect the Pantaoyuan."
The strong men and the land did not dare to disobey and retreated one after another.
When Sun Wukong saw no one around, he prepared to pick a flat peach and eat it.
But he suddenly thought that he had a system to give away an ordinary flat peach every day. Although it could only increase his life span by a few decades, he would become resistant to flat peaches if he ate too much.
And he knew that blindly eating peaches would be punished, so he had a plan in mind.
Sun Wukong secretly used his ordinary flat peaches to replace some of the nine-thousand-year-old and three-thousand-year-old flat peaches in the flat peach garden with ordinary flat peaches, making them look fake.
Since he had the BUFF that blocked the secrets of heaven, in the eyes of the Jade Emperor and Taibai Jinxing, he didn't touch Tao Zi at all.
The Jade Emperor looked at Sun Wukong in the crystal mirror, originally expecting him to enjoy the peaches.
But I found that when he passed by Pantaoyuan, he didn't look sideways, just like Tian Boguang didn't go whoring when he entered a brothel. He looked like a gentleman.
I was filled with doubts.
"What's going on with this monkey? Doesn't he like eating peaches?" The Jade Emperor frowned.
Taibai Jinxing also felt strange: "Your Majesty, maybe Sun Wukong has some scruples and dare not eat peaches easily." The Jade Emperor snorted: "He will always be unable to bear it, let's observe and observe."
However, a few days passed, and Sun Wukong still showed no sign of eating the peaches, which puzzled the Jade Emperor.
He sat on the dragon chair, holding the armrests with both hands, staring at the picture in the crystal mirror, his brows furrowed, with a look of confusion and depression on his face.
"This monkey, what's going on with him!"
Taibai Jinxing consoled him: "Your Majesty, maybe we can think of other ways to lure him into eating peaches."
The Jade Emperor gritted his teeth and said: "If you wait any longer, I don't believe he can hold it back forever."
Taibai Jinxing stood aside with doubts on his face. He stroked his beard and said thoughtfully:
"Your Majesty, this matter is indeed strange. Sun Wukong's performance is completely beyond our expectations. Maybe we can use another method to test him and see if he can really resist eating flat peaches."
The Jade Emperor nodded:
"Well, you go ahead and make arrangements. We have to be more careful this time and not let the monkey notice our intentions."
Taibai Jinxing took the order and left, secretly thinking about how to create a more realistic illusion to test Sun Wukong.
Soon after, when Sun Wukong passed by Pantaoyuan alone.
Suddenly, a breeze blew by, and the peaches on the tree seemed to be pulled by some force, and they ripened and fell one after another.
They drew beautiful arcs in the air and finally landed on the ground, exuding an alluring aroma.
Sun Wukong sneered when he saw this scene.
He really thinks he is a country bumpkin from the lower world.
In the past few days, he had already understood the habits of Pantao clearly.
This thing blooms every three thousand years, bears fruit every three thousand years, and matures every three thousand years.
It has the same effect as the ginseng fruit in Zhenyuan Immortal's house.
When picking, ginseng fruits need to be hammered with gold.
Flat peaches must also be picked with special tools, otherwise the fruit will be easily damaged.
Moreover, the ripening time of flat peaches also has a fixed pattern, and it is impossible for all of them to become ripe and fall off suddenly.
He stepped forward, picked up a flat peach, and looked at it carefully.
I saw that some of the flat peaches had smooth surfaces and not bright colors. Sun Wukong immediately noticed something strange.
This flat peach is not old enough, only 8,500 years old.
"Huh, as expected, someone did something again."
Sun Wukong sneered, and he pretended to be nonchalant and called his warriors:
"Register these fallen peaches in a book and send them to the Queen Mother quickly. Make sure there are no mistakes. This is a treasure from heaven, and we cannot waste any of it."
The warriors responded quickly. They quickly picked up the fallen peaches, carefully registered them in a book, and then hurried away.
After doing this, Sun Wukong nodded and continued walking with his hands behind his back.
Haha, just show off.
If you want me to eat some flat peaches secretly, no way!
The Jade Emperor felt even more depressed when he saw that Sun Wukong was still unmoved.
"This monkey is so insufferable!"
Taibai Jinxing saw this and said:
"Your Majesty, maybe we can try other methods."
"What do you mean?"
"This Sun Wukong is indeed different. Maybe Sun Wukong doesn't know the deliciousness of flat peaches. Let's see if he can really resist eating flat peaches."
"The Peach Conference is about to begin. According to the monkey's rank, he can't go. Why not let him taste the sweetness"
The Jade Emperor turned his head and stared at Taibai Jinxing, with a smile gradually blooming at the corner of his mouth.
The Jade Emperor pondered for a moment and nodded:
"Okay, then let's try again. You go arrange a peach feast and invite all the gods to taste it. I don't believe that under such a feast, Sun Wukong can still keep his guard down and resist eating."
(End of chapter)