The Queen Mother of the East said: "It's about the summer solstice sacrifice. Originally, the Ai family has now lived in Cining Palace and should not worry about it anymore. However, there is one thing that must be explained to you personally."
Di Hanxin: "What's the matter?"
Two palace maids stood beside Queen Mother Du, one on each side, carrying a scroll two or three meters long.
Empress Dowager Dong motioned for them to open it, which was a picture.
"This is a map of the Five Mountains, Five Towns and Five Grains that the late Emperor himself painted. He once hung this map in Qianyang Palace. Does the Emperor still remember it?"
Di Hanxin looked at the picture with a sad look in his eyes: "Yeah."
The Queen Mother of the East: "The Ai family made a wish to the late emperor last year to embroider this picture with their own hands, and ask the late emperor to sacrifice it to the gods during the summer solstice this year. Unexpectedly... the late emperor did not wait until this summer solstice..."
As she spoke, she choked up, took out a handkerchief and wiped her eyes, calmed down her mood, and continued: "In the past few days, I have been immersed in grief. I have only gotten better recently, and suddenly I remembered this matter. The Aijia thought that since the late emperor was gone, having the emperor offer sacrifices on his behalf would satisfy the wishes of the Aijia and the late emperor, so they tried embroidery."
She sighed slightly: "I never thought that I might have cried too much these days and my eyes were so dazzled that I couldn't do this delicate work! I wanted the queen to help me embroider, but she made a mistake. Waiting for sin. I just thought that when Concubine Chun came over after finishing preparations for the sacrifice, the Ai family would ask her to help with the embroidery, but they never waited until she came. Seeing that the Summer Solstice sacrifice was just around the corner, the Ai family couldn't wait any longer , I’ll ask you to come over and discuss it.”
Di Hanxin looked at Concubine Chun: "Didn't I tell you that in the past years, all kinds of sacrifices and matters in the palace were handled by the queen. I asked you to ask the queen for advice on everything. But for such a big thing as the sacrifice, you didn't do it. come over?"
Naturally, she asked the Queen Mother for advice, but she went to the Queen Mother of the West.
Only then did Concubine Chun panic, and she knelt down to plead guilty: "I wanted to prepare everything and come back tomorrow to ask the Queen Mother for instructions. I didn't expect that the Queen Mother still had something to explain. It was my lack of consideration! In the future, I will definitely Come and ask the Queen Mother for advice in advance!"
"Look what you said! I am already old and it is time to take care of myself. How can I take care of so much? I just want to fulfill my wish to the late emperor. The Aijia thought, maybe he can still You haven’t gone far, so you may not be able to see it…”
Empress Dowager Dong said, her sad tone suddenly changed, full of unquestionable authority: "Concubine Chun, since you are in charge of the harem affairs now, take this painting back and make it into an embroidery, and make it beautiful. , during the summer solstice sacrifice time, give it to the emperor and let him sacrifice it to the altar of earth!"
Concubine Chun: "Yes."
"The summer solstice sacrifices to the earth. The earth is Kun and the harem. You must complete this embroidery with your own hands. You must not borrow the hands of those embroiderers. Otherwise, it will be blasphemy!" The Queen Mother of the East said in a solemn tone: "The consequences of blasphemy, you and You Shen family together can’t afford it!”
Concubine Chun's face changed: "But Queen Mother, there are only three days until the summer solstice! How can I complete such a large piece of embroidery in three days by myself?"
Queen Mother Dong: "Then what have you been doing?"
Concubine Chun: "..."
"The Ai family knows that I'm afraid it will be hard on you." Empress Dowager Dong said calmly, "But who asked you to take the power of the middle palace? The late emperor often said that with great honor comes great responsibility. Compared with this The Ai family has also encountered more difficult things, and there is no obstacle that cannot be overcome!"
"But, even if I stay awake, it's still impossible!" Concubine Chun looked at Di Hanxin with pleading eyes: "Your Majesty..."
When she looked around, she found that the emperor was staring at Min Yiyi next to her.
Min Yiyi, on the other hand, was staring at the painting in trance, with her mouth slightly open and her eyes bright, as if she had seen gold.
"Your Majesty?" Concubine Chun called again.
Di Hanxin said: "Queen, what do you think?"
At this moment, Min Yiyi thought in her heart: [What a powerful and artistic painting!I seem to have seen the thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in my great summer!If this painting was made into an embroidery hanging painting, it would be beautiful!Tsk tsk, so beautiful! "Queen!" Dongqing reminded her in a low voice behind her, "The Emperor is asking you a question!"
Min Yiyi came back to her senses: "Huh?"
"What are you thinking about? Are you so lost in thought?" Di Hanxin asked her.
Min Yiyi: "I am thinking, this painting is so good! If it is made into an embroidery, it will be very beautiful!"
"The Queen likes it so much?" Chun Fei heard this and took the opportunity to blame, "Why don't you do the embroidery?"
The Queen Mother of the East said: "No! The Queen is a body to be punished and cannot embroider sacrificial things."
"The Queen Mother, the emperor has long forgiven the Queen Mother for her mistakes! The ban was lifted the day after the ban in Kunhua Palace!" Concubine Chun said.
"If that's the case, why are you still in charge of the Sixth Palace?" Queen Mother Dong asked, "The middle palace is still there, but the palace power is shifted. What's the reason?"
Concubine Chun felt choked in her heart and had nothing to say, so she had to look at Di Hanxin again asking for help.
Min Yiyi saw that the embroidery was an excuse, and the Queen Mother was trying to help her get back the palace power.
But she was here for vacation and didn't want to worry about the trivial matters in the palace.
There are thousands of people in this palace, how many things can happen in a day?There are three giant Buddhas pressing down on it. She can't decide on big things, and she will make mistakes if she doesn't pay attention. She is not willing to do this errand!
Min Yiyi was afraid that Emperor Hanxin would say that he wanted to return the power of the middle palace to her, so as soon as she rolled her eyes, she came up with a good idea to kill two birds with one stone, and said: "Mother, this painting is as big as half a wall, no matter who it is, It would be impossible for one person to complete the embroidery in three days. I happen to have fabrics with this background color, so we don’t need to embroider the background part. We can only embroider the five mountains and five towns and grains. Then we can ask the manufacturing office to get a large embroidery stand. The eight sisters in the harem embroider together, so the embroidery can be completed in three days!"
"Very good!" Di Hanxin immediately agreed, "Then leave this matter to the Queen!"
Min Yiyi happily agreed: "Okay, Your Majesty!"
In this way, she can learn several embroidery techniques at the same time, haha!
Di Hanxin looked at the Queen Mother: "Mother, the Queen has volunteered, please give her a chance!"
The Queen Mother was silent for a moment and said, "Send the painting to Kunhua Palace."
"Yes!" The two palace maids carried the painting out, and Min Yiyi asked Lu Jun and Zixuan to follow them to make arrangements.
"The Queen is staying here. I have a few more instructions for the Ai family." The Queen Mother said again, "Emperor, you go back first!"
Emperor Hanxin left with Concubine Chun. The Queen Mother Dong asked Min Yiyi to sit over and asked her in a reproachful tone: "Yiyi, you haven't come to visit the Queen Mother for several days! What are you busy with?"
Min Yiyi recalled the relationship between her and Empress Dowager Dong from the memory of the original owner, and found that Empress Dowager Dong was indeed as good to her as written in the book.
(End of this chapter)