Chapter 41: Birthdays
Qingzhi glanced at Qingdai helplessly, "The Queen Mother's birthday gift is this, you owe it to you." ”
"What's wrong with sending this?" Qing Dai Zhenzhen said: "The Queen Mother has never seen any good things, the most important thing is the mind, the face wash and body incense used by the master are made by the master himself, who can compare this mind?" ”
"If it really doesn't work, isn't it okay for the master to send ten incense pills?"
"Go, go, don't make trouble." Qingzhi said: "If you have some bad ideas, the master should write a letter to the old lady and let the old lady find a way." ”
How can I say that the master is also a girl from the Hou Mansion, and it is inappropriate to give the Queen Mother's birthday gift, and it is not only the master's own face that is lost, but also the face of the Hou Mansion.
Besides, whether it is the Hou Mansion or the noble concubine, they should all hope that the master will be favored now, and they will definitely not shirk in this matter.
Lu Yuning listened to the end of the dispute between the two of them before he spoke: "I think what Qing Dai said is right, the Queen Mother has not seen any good things, and the birthday gift that the Hou Mansion can search for, even if it is precious, it is at most decent, it is better to give the Queen Mother a gift that can reflect her heart." ”
Qingzhi hesitated a little, "Master, you don't really want to give the Queen Mother the body cleansing incense and facial cleansing incense you use, right?" ”
Lu Yuning shook her head, "Naturally not." ”
Qingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't to send this.
Lu Yuning continued: "The Queen Mother believes in Buddhism, and I am going to embroider a scroll of the Diamond Sutra as the birthday gift of the Queen Mother. ”
Lu Yuning actually wanted to hand-copy a copy of the Huayan Sutra and give it to the Queen Mother as a birthday gift, but her words were really not good, but fortunately, her embroidery work was okay, and she embroidered a scroll of Buddhist scriptures by hand and gave it to the Queen Mother as a birthday gift.
It's just that the whole volume of the Huayan Sutra is too long, she just can't finish embroidering a Huayan Sutra for more than a month, and the full text of the Diamond Sutra is 5,000 words, and it is relatively easy to embroider it in more than a month at her speed.
Besides, after the Queen Mother's birthday, it was time for the emperor's birthday, and she had to prepare a birthday gift for the emperor.
Qingzhi and Qingdai nodded at the same time, "Master's idea is good, is the master going to start embroidering now?" The slaves and maids helped the master prepare things. ”
"Let's start embroidering now." Lu Yuning said.
This kind of thing is not too late, and after embroidering the Buddhist scriptures for the queen mother as soon as possible, she can also ponder the birthday gift for the emperor as soon as possible.
For the next period of time, Lu Yuning was concentrating on preparing for the birthday gift for the Queen Mother, and she went to the Queen Mother every day to go back to Linglong Pavilion to embroider her Buddhist scriptures.
Fortunately, she is not easy to sweat, otherwise she may not even be able to pinch the needle when she sweats when she sweats in this summer embroidery work.
In a hurry, Lu Yuning finally finished embroidering a Diamond Sutra at the end of July.
After moving his somewhat sore wrist, Lu Yuning handed the embroidered scripture to Qingzhi and said, "Put it away." ”
Qingzhi took the scriptures and said, "Master rest assured, the slave and maid will definitely be properly collected." ”
"Hmm." Lu Yuning responded, and suddenly remembered the lotus flowers that had not been appreciated before, so she asked Qing Dai: "Are the lotus flowers in Wenxin Lake still blooming?" ”
Qing Dai nodded and said, "Also, but there are relatively few that are still open now, and most of them have failed." ”
Lu Yuning was undiminished, and said: "The residual lotus and withered leaves also have a different taste, let's go, let's take a look." ”
Lu Yuning originally thought that there would be no one in Wenxin Lake at this time, but he didn't expect that Lu Yuning, who was far away, heard the sound of the pipa, and there was a faint sadness in the sound of the pipa.
Lu Yuning thought about it, stopped, turned to Qingzhi and Qingdai and said, "Forget it, let's go, it seems that I don't have the luck to reward the lotus this year." ”
Qingzhi and Qingdai also heard the sound of the pipa, and left with Lu Yuning without saying anything.
After returning to Linglong Pavilion, Qing Dai went out to inquire, only to know that it was the emperor and Zheng Meiren who were enjoying the lotus in Wenxin Lake.
Qing Dai said to Lu Yuning with some regret: "I knew that the emperor was there, and the master should have gone over." ”
Lu Yuning smiled and didn't say anything, Zheng Meiren is being favored now, with Zheng Meiren there, it is useless for her to go.
On this day, it was no surprise that Zheng Meiren was sleeping again.
Now, among the people who entered the palace, Zheng Meiren was the most favored, then Qu Cairen, and then Cui Jieyu, as for the first to win the favor and slept for five days in a row, Weng Jieyu, who was in the limelight, has become a passing cloud like the rest of the newcomers who have served once and were left behind by the emperor.
Of course, the worst thing is Lu Yuning, who has never slept once so far.
Lu Yuning thought that she had avoided the emperor and Zheng Meiren far away, and the matter of going to Wenxin Lake was over, who knew that when she asked the queen mother to say goodbye the next day, Zheng Meiren didn't know where she heard about her going to Wenxin Lake yesterday, and specially took it out to talk about it.
"I heard that Sister Lu went to Wenxin Lake yesterday to enjoy the lotus, and I knew that the emperor and I returned after Wenxin Lake?"
Lu Yuning smiled and said: "I didn't know that it was Zheng Meiren and the emperor enjoying the lotus in Wenxin Lake, I just thought that who was in a bad mood there and used the pipa sound to express my sorrows, so I avoided it from afar, if I had known that it was Zheng Meiren You and the emperor were there to enjoy the lotus, maybe I would have gone to join in the excitement." ”
Cui Jieyu on the side snorted coldly when she heard this, and said: "You are straightforward, for fear that others will not know your thoughts, and you still say it with such fanfare." ”
Lu Yuning blinked, looked directly at Cui Jieyu and said, "Cui Jieyu is interesting, what did I say?" ”
"You don't have to pretend here, do you still need me to say this?" Cui Jieyu said disdainfully.
Lu Yuning shook her head, "Cui Jieyu, are you playing dumb riddles with me?" It's a pity that I don't have such a good tacit understanding between me and you, I really can't understand your unclear words, if Cui Jieyu doesn't mind, please make your words clear in the future. ”
"You ......" Cui Jieyu's patience has always been bad, and she opened her mouth to scold Lu Yuning, but when she saw the concubine walking in, she stopped her mouth with hatred.
She is not afraid of offending an unfavored Lu beauty, but if she wants to confront the concubine, she doesn't have the courage yet.
Not long after the concubine arrived, the queen also came.
Recently, the queen was busy preparing for the queen mother's birthday banquet, and after the routine greeting, she directly let everyone disperse.
Out of Fengyi Palace, the concubine stopped Lu Yuning at the intersection and asked her, "Are you ready for the birthday gift for the Queen Mother?" ”
Lu Yuning said: "The concubine is still preparing. ”
"What do you have in store?" The concubine said: "If you really don't have any good things there, I can prepare them for you, and you can't take anything to make up the numbers." ”
He looked very uneasy.