Ma'am, she only wants to be promoted

Chapter 41 Birthday Ceremony

Qingzhi gave Qingdai a helpless look, "It's the Empress Dowager's birthday gift, you're lucky to have thought of it."

"What's the matter with sending this?" Qing Dai plausibly said: "The Empress Dowager has never seen such a good thing, the most important thing is her heart, the facial cleansing incense and body purification incense used by the master are all made by the master himself, who can compare with this kind of heart? "

"If it's really not possible, can't the master give Shixiangwan?"

"Go, go, don't make trouble." Qingzhi said: "There are some bad ideas, master should write to the old lady and let the old lady find a way."

How can you say that the master is also a girl from the Hou family, so she gave the empress dowager an inappropriate birthday gift, not only losing the master's own face, but also the face of the Hou family.

Besides, no matter whether it is the Hou's mansion or the noble concubine, they should all hope that the master will be favored now, and they will definitely not shirk this matter.

After hearing the dispute between the two of them, Lu Wanning said: "I think what Qing Dai said is right. The Empress Dowager has never seen any good things. Even if the birthday gifts that the Hou Mansion can search for are precious, they are at most well-behaved. Why don't you give them to me?" It's a gift for the Empress Dowager that can reflect her heart."

Qingzhi was a little hesitant, "Master, you don't really want to give the Queen Mother the incense for your body and face, do you?"

Lu Wanning shook her head, "Of course not."

Qingzhi heaved a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't for this gift.

Lu Wanning continued: "The empress dowager believes in Buddhism, I am going to embroider a scroll of the Diamond Sutra as the empress dowager's birthday gift."

Lu Wanning actually wanted to copy a Huayan Sutra by hand and give it to the Empress Dowager as a birthday gift, but her handwriting was really hard to come by. Fortunately, she was good at embroidery, so she personally embroidered a roll of Buddhist scriptures and gave it to the Empress Dowager as a birthday gift It can be considered a shot.

It's just that the entire volume of the Huayan Sutra is too long, and she can't finish embroidering a single Huayan Sutra even if she doesn't sleep for more than a month. For the Diamond Sutra, the full text is only [-] words, and it is relatively easy to finish embroidering it in more than a month at her speed.

Besides, after the queen mother's birthday, it will be the emperor's birthday, and she has to prepare the birthday gift for the emperor.

Both Qingzhi and Qingdai nodded at the same time, "Master, this is a good idea. Do you want to start embroidering now? The slaves help the master prepare things."

"Let's embroider now." Lu Wanning said.

This kind of thing should be done sooner rather than later, as soon as she finished embroidering the Buddhist scriptures for the Empress Dowager, she could also think about the birthday gift for the emperor as soon as possible.

For the next period of time, Lu Wanning was concentrating on preparing the birthday gift for the Empress Dowager. She went to greet the Empress Dowager every day and then returned to Linglong Pavilion to embroider her Buddhist scriptures.

It is also fortunate that she is not prone to sweating, otherwise she might not even be able to hold the needle when she sweats during the embroidery work in the summer.

In a hurry, Lu Wanning finally finished embroidering a copy of the Diamond Sutra at the end of July.

After moving her sore wrist, Lu Wanning handed the embroidered scriptures to Qingzhi and said, "Put it away."

Qingzhi took the scriptures and said: "Master, don't worry, the servants will definitely keep them properly."

"En." Lu Wanning responded, and suddenly remembered the lotus that hadn't been rewarded before, so she asked Qing Dai, "Are there any lotus in Wenxin Lake?"

Qing Dai nodded, and said: "There are still, but now there are relatively few open ones, and most of them have already failed."

Lu Wanning's interest remained undiminished, and she said, "Residual lotuses and dead leaves are also quite interesting, let's go and have a look."

Lu Wanning originally thought that there would be no one in Wenxin Lake at this time, but unexpectedly, Lu Wanning heard the sound of the pipa from a distance, and there was a touch of sadness in the sound of the pipa.

Lu Wanning thought for a while, then stopped, turned to Qingzhi and Qingdai and said, "Forget it, let's go, it seems that I don't have the luck to appreciate the lotus this year."

Both Qingzhi and Qingdai also heard the sound of the pipa, they followed Lu Wanning and left without saying anything.

After returning to Linglong Pavilion, Qing Dai went out to inquire about it, only to find out that the emperor and Zheng Meiren were admiring the lotus in Wenxin Lake.

Qing Dai regretted and said to Lu Wanning: "If I had known the emperor was there, my master should have gone there."

Lu Wanning smiled and didn't say anything. Zheng Meiren is being favored now. With Zheng Meiren there, it is useless even if she goes.

Today, no accident, it was Zheng Meiren who was sleeping at the bedside again.

Now, among their group of people entering the palace, it turns out that Zheng Meiren is the most favored, followed by Qu Cairen, and then Cui Jieyu. Weng Jieyu has become a passing memory just like the rest of the newcomers who were ignored by the emperor after serving him once.

Of course, the worst thing was Lu Wanning, who had never served a single bed so far.

Lu Wanning thought that she avoided the emperor and Zheng Meiren far away, and the matter of going to Wenxin Lake was over. Who knew that when she greeted the empress the next day, Zheng Meiren didn't know where she heard that she went to Wenxin Lake yesterday I even took it out to talk about it.

"I heard that younger sister Lu went to Wenxin Lake yesterday to admire the lotus, did you know that the emperor and I turned back after Wenxin Lake?"

Lu Wanning smiled and said: "I didn't know that it was Zheng Meiren, you and the emperor were admiring the lotus in Wenxin Lake, I just thought it was someone who was in a bad mood and expressed his sorrow with the sound of a pipa, so I avoided it from a distance. If I had known that it was Zheng Meiren, you and the emperor were there admiring the lotus, I might have gone to join in the fun."

Cui Jieyu who was on the side snorted coldly and said, "You are being straightforward. I am afraid that others will not know what you are thinking, so you still say it with such fanfare."

Lu Wanning blinked, looked directly at Cui Jieyu and said, "What Cui Jieyu said is interesting, what did I say?"

"Stop pretending here, do I need to say that?" Cui Jieyu said disdainfully.

Lu Wanning shook her head, "Cui Jieyu, are you trying to play charades with me? It's a pity that I don't have such a good understanding with you, and I really can't understand your vague words. Please speak clearly."

"You..." Cui Jieyu's patience has never been good, she opened her mouth to scold Lu Wanning, but seeing the noble concubine walking in, she stopped her mouth in resentment.

She is not afraid of offending an unfavored Lu beauty, but she still doesn't have the courage to confront the imperial concubine.

Not long after the imperial concubine arrived, the queen also came.

Recently, the empress was busy preparing for the empress dowager's birthday banquet, so after the routine greetings, everyone left immediately.

After leaving Fengyi Palace, the noble concubine stopped Lu Wanning at the intersection, and asked her: "Have you prepared the birthday gift for the Empress Dowager?"

Lu Wanning said: "The concubine is still preparing."

"What have you prepared?" The imperial concubine said: "If you really don't have any good things there, I can prepare them for you. You must not use random things to make up the number."

A very worried look.

(End of this chapter)