The monarch and ministers came to the king's hall, but they saw a potbellied Maitreya in the middle of the hall, his chest was bare, and he was watching them laugh. Qianlong asked, "Why does this Buddha laugh at me?"

Ji Xiaolan calmly replied: "This Put Lolerk smiled at the Buddha."

Gan Long asked, "How do you say this?"

Ji Xiaolan said: "The Holy One is the reincarnation of Manjusri Bodhisattva, the living Buddha today. Now he comes to the Buddhist temple to worship Buddha, so it is said that Buddha smiles when he sees Buddha."

Qianlong secretly approved it and turned to leave. Suddenly, he saw Maitreya, a big-bellied Buddha, smiling at Ji Xiaolan. He turned and asked, "Why does the Buddha see the smile clearly?"

Ji Xiaolan said, "Your Majesty, a Buddha smiles at a minister, but a smiling minister cannot become a Buddha."

Gan Long praised Ji Xiaolan's eloquence.