In the blink of an eye, it was October 20, the birthday of the Queen Mother.

There is an attendant who went to Xinglin Hutong two days in advance to deliver the decree, and Cui Keyin must enter the palace to congratulate.

On the same day, Cui Keyin brought the copied Buddhist scriptures and came to the palace gate with Jiang.

There were many carriages and sedan chairs at the entrance of the palace, and the ladies were led by the attendants and walked towards the palace in turn. Many people raised their eyes to look at her, and many people smiled at each other with Jiang, which could be regarded as greetings.

When they arrived at Kunning Palace, Cui Keyin and Jiang were taken to the side hall respectively, and Aunt Rong rushed over and said to Cui Keyin: "Miss Cui, wait a minute, it's your turn to invite the slave and maid." ”

Cui Keyin thanked him and handed over a big red seal.

Aunt Rong refused to accept it and said, "Miss Cui is polite." ”

Cui Keyin smiled and stuffed the red seal to her, and said, "The Queen Mother Qianqiu, there are many things to be busy, and my aunt has worked hard." ”

Aunt Rong said: "What should a slave and maid do, where do you dare to use the word 'hard'?" ”

Soon after Zhou Hengjin rewarded the concubines who gave birth to the prince, Li Xiuxiu diagnosed the happy pulse, and the queen mother felt that because of the reward, the Buddha would give the fetus when he saw her sincerity. And Zhou Heng looked forward to Emperor An having a prince, obviously no ambition, his wariness of him has been reduced a lot, and even with Cui Keyin, there is also a little difference, when there is no one in private, he once said to Aunt Rong: "I wanted to find a stupid one for Ah Heng, so as not to be his help, but I didn't expect that he not only did not covet the great treasure, but also treated the emperor sincerely." In this way, I am a little sorry for him. ”

Aunt Rong listened, the Queen Mother regretted telling Zhou Heng about Cui Keyin's family, so she had to keep persuading. said that Cui Keyin is just quiet, doesn't like to talk, and has no regrets in intelligence.

Cui Keyin naturally didn't know this, but felt that Aunt Rong's smile was much more sincere than before.

Aunt Rong arranged for the palace people to wait, and she went to get busy. In a large side hall, only Cui Keyin sat alone, and the sound of the inner servant kept coming from outside, first Emperor An led hundreds of civil and military officials, clans, and nobles to pay homage to the Queen Mother, and then the queen, princesses, and concubines paid homage to the Queen Mother. Then the chamberlain came to invite Cui Keyin. Said it was her turn.

The Queen Mother wore a full set of Queen Mother clothes and sat on the Luohan bed.

Cui Keyin bowed respectfully and said, "The courtiers wish the Queen Mother a blessing like the East China Sea, and a longevity better than Nanshan." ”

The Queen Mother smiled. Beckoned, "Come here." ”

Cui Keyin put the rosewood box in his hand in the red lacquer painted gold peony flower tray brought by the palace people. Walked over with his hands down.

The Queen Mother looked at Cui Keyin. There was some love and pity in his eyes, and he said: "You are from a big family. The rules are naturally understood, so I won't say more. Your eldest uncle is loyal to the emperor and is also a loyal minister. I only hope that after you get married, you can respect each other as guests. ”

Well? What does that mean? Cui Keyin looked at the Queen Mother with big black and white eyes, looking dazed.

"Hehe," the Queen Mother laughed to herself, and said, "It's that I've thought too much, Heng'er has a lot of protection for you, and you will naturally respect each other like guests." ”

The Queen Mother, what people want is to love each other, not to respect each other. Cui Keyin couldn't cry or laugh a little.

The Queen Mother seemed to be very interested in what gift Cui Keyin would give her, so she beckoned to the inner attendant, who bowed forward and presented the box in the tray.

"What did you send to the mourning family?" The Queen Mother is in a good mood.

A hint of strangeness flashed in the waiter's eyes, and he lowered his head again, returning to his respectful appearance.

Cui Keyin said: "I heard that the mother sincerely worships the Buddha, and the courtiers hand-copied a copy of the "Diamond Sutra" to offer the mother. ”

"Oh?" The Queen Mother took out the "Diamond Sutra" from the box with the hand of Ko Dan, looked at the three italic "Diamond Sutras" on the cover, which were strong and dangerous, and the font was fluttering, raised her eyes and looked at Cui Keyin for a while, and said, "You copied it by hand?" ”

"Yes." Cui Keyin said respectfully.

The Queen Mother opened it, and the handwriting was the same as the words on the cover, but it was copied in small letters.

After reading it slowly, the Queen Mother's face became solemn and said, "How can you learn such a good handful of words at such a young age?" ”

Cui Keyin said: "The courtiers are quiet, they are at home every day, and most of the time they spend practicing calligraphy. ”

The Queen Mother suddenly sighed with emotion: "Sure enough, God rewards hard work." ”

Such a good handwriting, don't say that it comes from the hand of a boudoir woman, even if a man writes such a good hand, he can also leave a good impression on the examiner in the imperial examination and get a better ranking.

When the Queen Mother looked at Cui Keyin again, she had a sense that although this child was a little stupid, fortunately, he had patience in it.

Cui Keyin met the Queen Mother several times, and always felt that she was just kind on the surface, with a faint smile, and did not reach the bottom of her eyes.

The palace people came, and the foreign women waited for the audience. The Queen Mother said to Cui Keyin: "You go to Fengyi Garden first." ”

Fengyi Garden is not a big place, but there is a large room, which can accommodate 200 people. At this time, the earth dragon was burning warm, and the seats and watching the play were all arranged here.

Cui Keyin retired, came out of the hall, and had his own palace people lead the way in front and went to Fengyi Garden.

At the intersection in front, a seven or eight-year-old palace man squatted on the ground and didn't know what to draw, and when he saw Cui Keyin and his party coming this way, he dropped the branch in his hand and turned his head and ran.

Cui Keyin's footsteps paused slightly, and asked the palace person who led the way: "Go to Fengyi Garden, is there any other way to go?" ”

The palace man hesitated: "This road is the closest, and the other roads are farther away, and this road is not as lively." ”

Everyone went to Fengyi Garden after their birthdays, and they all took this road, but it was not the most lively road.

Cui Keyin said: "It's okay to stay away. ”

The palace man bowed his head and said, "In this way, Miss Cui will go with the slave and maid." ”

led Cui Keyin, Zilan, and Lu Yingkankan to the intersection, and wanted to go to the left, when a voice suddenly came from the right: "Is it Miss Cui?" Long time no see. ”

Cui Keyin frowned almost invisibly.

Li Xiuxiu, who was dressed in the imperial concubine's dress, walked out from behind a cypress tree with the help of two palace people.

Lu Ying pursed her lips, if she didn't hide here in advance and wait for Cui Keyin to arrive, Lu Ying wouldn't believe it anyway.

Cui Keyin saluted: "See Concubine Kang." ”

Li Xiuxiu looked at Cui Keyin with fire in her eyes, just thinking, if she poisons people, why can't she poison her?

She didn't scream, Cui Keyin had to keep squatting and posing in a posture of saluting. There are many noble ladies in front of them who walked over under the guidance of the palace people, if there is anything here, they can't hide from their eyes, Cui Keyin will not give someone a handle.

Li Xiuxiu circled around Cui Keyin, turned around again, and said, "I heard that you were almost poisoned?" Why didn't you die? ”

Cui Keyin's neck stood as elegantly as a swan, and she said without arrogance or humility: "Concubine Xie Kang cares, and the courtier's family is blessed by the Buddha, and she will live a hundred years old." ”

"Oh, really?" Li Xiuxiu sneered, suddenly let go of his steps and rushed over.

The two were only three or four steps apart, and Cui Keyin saluted again, looking at it and couldn't avoid it.

The noble lady in front gradually walked away, and not far away, two ladies of the edict came over under the guidance of the palace people, and when they saw that the two were about to collide, they all exclaimed. (To be continued......)

PS: PS: Describe Ouyang Xun's regular script.