Chapter 119 Gift

Chapter 119 Gift

Speaking of which, this was Qian Jiujiu's first official meeting with the Empress Dowager, and the last time she hadn't had time to speak, even the gift Qian Jiujiu prepared was handed over by Concubine Qing.

The queen mother looked at Qian Jiujiu, and was very dissatisfied with Qian Jiujiu, but in such a good day, she felt that she should not make things difficult for this junior.

So the queen mother's complexion is still very good: "Get up."

Only then did Qian Jiujiu get up: "Thank you, Grandmother."

The Empress Dowager no longer cared about Qian Jiujiu, and did not look at Concubine Qing, Mu Yexiao and others. She just looked at the Empress, and then heard the eunuch's voice: "The Emperor is here."

Everyone knows that the emperor is here, and this is going to the banquet, and all of them looked at the queen mother with bright eyes, hoping that the queen mother would let him accompany him to the banquet.

When the emperor saw Concubine Qing, he walked towards Concubine Qing, and the queen happened to be standing beside Concubine Qing, looking at the two of them: "Let's go, let's go to the banquet."

Huang He and Concubine Qing looked at each other, and then looked at the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager looked at Concubine Qing, but her face darkened for a while, and soon changed, and she walked forward angrily.

Concubine Xian also has a black face. It doesn't mean that the emperor can't go to the banquet without the emperor, but those who are brought by the emperor are naturally the ones who are favored in the harem.

The Empress Dowager walked in front, stopped suddenly, and looked at Concubine Xian: "Concubine Xian, come and help Aijia."

The emperor frowned, his empress mother was really confused, she knew that the Liu family was his enemy, and she only wanted to make the enemy look good.

The Empress Dowager didn't know at all because she was getting more and more active, and there was already some eccentricity between her and the emperor. The Empress Dowager's palace was not far from the place where the dinner was held, and the group arrived within a short walk.

But today it was still Qian Jiujiu who pushed Mu Yexiao and followed the emperor to the Hall of Supreme Harmony where the dinner was held.

The eunuch shouted loudly: "The emperor is here, the queen is here..."

Qian Jiujiu heard the voice of the eunuch calling for everyone to come one by one, without panting, and couldn't help admiring the eunuch's vital capacity.

It's really not easy for an eunuch to do this step. The eunuch just watched Princess Xiao looking at him, but he didn't know the reason, so he couldn't help being a little curious.

But Qian Jiujiu had already passed by, and he didn't dare to think about it anymore, he just stood there obediently. The emperor sat on the dragon chair in the middle.

On the chair on the left is the Empress Dowager, but on the right are two chairs, one for the Empress and one for the Imperial Concubine Qing, while the other concubines are sitting in their seats.

Mu Yexiao also took Qian Jiujiu to their seats. After everyone was seated, the officials stood up and knelt down: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live."

"The empress dowager is a thousand years old, the empress is a thousand years old..."

"Everyone is in peace."

After standing up and sitting down again, the Queen spoke: "Today is the Queen Mother's birthday..."

Qian Jiujiu couldn't help curling her lips when she heard the emperor's words on it. It's really not tiring to hold such a banquet every year. She sighed, but realized that it was soon time to present the birthday ceremony.

The birthday presents of those concubines were naturally not given here, but by their descendants. First, the emperor loosened a Jade Buddha, followed by the third prince, who stood up.

"The grandson has met the imperial grandmother, and the grandson knows that the imperial grandmother likes beautiful things, so he bought a beautiful red coral at a high price."

Qian Jiujiu looked at the third prince Mu Yecheng's gift of a red coral with great interest. It was really a big deal. He glanced at Mu Yexiao: "My lord, what is your gift?"

It's true, Qian Jiujiu didn't even think about asking Mu Yexiao what gift he had prepared?

When the empress dowager over there saw this red coral, her eyes gleamed with great satisfaction, and she looked at Mu Yecheng with more and more kind eyes, looking at Mu Yecheng: "It's still Cheng'er who has filial piety."

The emperor's face changed when he heard this sentence, the next was the gift from the fourth prince Mu Yezhe, he was not a caring one, he stood up and looked at the empress dowager.

"Grandmother, my grandson also drew a picture of Guanyin for you and gave it to Grandmother. I hope that Grandmother will have the present day every year, and today every year."

Looking at the picture of Avalokitesvara, the Empress Dowager just hummed: "Zhe'er has a heart."

The fifth prince, Mu Yexing, is a fool. The empress dowager never thought about what gift he would give, so when she saw Mu Yexing come out, the empress dowager was a little surprised.

"Xing'er also has a present to give to the imperial grandmother?"

Mu Yexing nodded, and then gave the Empress Dowager the Ye Mingzhu in her hand: "This is for the imperial grandmother, and the imperial grandmother likes it."

Seeing that Ye Mingzhu looked pretty good, he was also satisfied, and looked at Mu Yexing: "Xing'er is a good boy, let's go down first."

After Mu Yexing went down, it was Mu Yexiao's turn to appear, and Mu Yexiao naturally pushed Qian Jiujiu out: "Grandmother An, the birthday gift my grandson prepared for you is a scripture."

Scripture? The Empress Dowager glanced at Mu Yexiao, then at Qian Jiujiu, and Qian Jiujiu looked at the Empress Dowager with a smile: "Emperor Grandmother, this is the manuscript copy of the Buddhist scriptures given to you by your granddaughter-in-law. It is the Ksitigarbha."

As soon as the three words Ksitigarbha came out, everyone in the room was surprised. Qian Jiujiu smiled and looked at the Empress Dowager: "Grandmother, King Xiao spent a lot of energy on this Ksitigarbha."

"The few Ksitigarbha scriptures I found were incomplete, so my daughter-in-law edited them and finally compiled a complete Ksitigarbha scripture."

When the Empress Dowager heard this, she looked at Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao with a smile: "You guys have a heart, this Ksitigarbha, the Empress Dowager will accept it."

Seeing that the Ksitigarbha Sutra was about to be taken away by the Empress Dowager, one of the ministers finally couldn't help but stood up and looked at the Empress Dowager: "Empress Dowager, can I take a look at the Ksitigarbha Sutra compiled by Princess Xiao?"

Qian Jiujiu looked at the minister who spoke, it was a cabinet minister, but Qian Jiujiu didn't know him, glanced at Mu Yexiao, Mu Yexiao smiled at Qian Jiujiu.

He signaled her not to worry about it, this old man is also a person who prefers to study scriptures, Concubine Xian finally couldn't help talking when she heard that someone stood up and wanted to read it.

"That's right, Empress Dowager, they say it's the Ksitigarbha, it's the Ksitigarbha, you still have to be firm, otherwise, some people will pretend to be real with fake ones, and that's not good."

Qian Jiujiu couldn't help raising her eyebrows when she heard Concubine Xian's words, so she said it on such an occasion, did she have no scruples at all?

Still completely out of my mind? Unable to figure this out, Qian Jiujiu looked at Mu Yexiao, but Mu Yexiao looked at Concubine Xian with a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

"Then according to Concubine Xian, the presents presented by the king and concubine are fake?"

When Concubine Xian was questioned like this by Mu Yexiao, her face was of course a little unwilling: "I'm not saying it's a fake, why did King Xiao come out and say it now, is he worried?"

Mu Yexiao smiled: "What is this king worried about?"

"No matter how this gift is arranged by the princess, it is all in the heart of the princess, and there is no room for the concubine Xian to be so twisted."

Concubine Xian's expression was ugly: "Hmph, if it's not the Ksitigarbha Sutra, it must be called the Ksitigarbha Sutra. This is the distortion."

The cabinet minister obviously didn't expect that he just opened his mouth and wanted to borrow the Ksitigarbha, which actually caused a big fight between Mu Yexiao and Concubine Xian.

Concubine Qing was listening, and also snorted coldly: "What is Xianfei doing? Then she is an elder, so she bullies my son? It doesn't matter if this is the complete Ksitigarbha or not."

"It's still the Ksitigarbha Sutra compiled by the princess. It's all in one's mind. Why did it get distorted? Did you explain it to me?"

The emperor watched the situation develop into what it is now, and looked at Qian Jiujiu with a calm expression, it seemed that he had an idea in his heart.

Glancing at the cabinet minister: "My queen, since Li Aiqing wants to read it, you can borrow it."

The empress dowager heard the emperor said so, so it was the same, and asked someone to take the Tibetan scriptures to the cabinet minister, Mr. Li. Master Li took over the Ksitigarbha Sutra.

I started to read it immediately, no matter where it is, but the more I read it, the more surprised I became, and I suddenly understood some coherent and different places before.

After Mr. Li read all the Ksitigarbha, he held the Ksitigarb with both hands and looked at the emperor: "My lord, this should be the last complete Ksitigarb in this world."

"But with this book, there will be more Ksitigarbha scriptures in the future."

When Concubine Xian heard this, she undoubtedly proved that the gift from Qian Jiujiu was actually real, so wasn't her behavior just now a slap in the face?

Thinking that the Ksitigarbha Sutra has been destroyed for so many years, who knows if it is true? Looking at Master Li: "I don't know how Master Li is sure that this is the complete Ksitigarbha Sutra?"

"How can I remember that this Ksitigarbha Sutra has not been completely preserved in the world?"

Lord Li frowned, Concubine Xian's words, are you saying that he also cheated along with her? Looking at the emperor: "Report to the emperor, when I was young."

"I studied this Ksitigarbha with my grandfather. At that time, I had the opportunity to read a complete Ksitigarbha. Later, I also tried to write a complete Ksitigarbha."

"It's a pity that there are many places that I can't remember. Today, I checked Princess Duxiao's Ksitigarbha Sutra, so I can confirm that this is the complete Ksitigarbha Sutra."

The emperor hummed: "I really believe in Aiqing, hahaha, today the Buddhist treasures like the Ksitigarbha can be returned in the hands of my royal family."

"This is also a good thing, because Princess Xiao has a heart."

Qian Jiujiu just had a faint smile on his face: "Father and the emperor praised her, and the daughter-in-law just wants to do her filial piety to the emperor's grandmother and make her happy."

When the Queen Mother heard this, she naturally laughed too. Although she was unhappy, she still wanted to praise Qian Jiujiu: "Princess Xiao has a heart."