Yinxiang took the brocade box held by his entourage and stood up and said: "I know that among the elder brothers, I am the poorest, so I don't have any good things. I only found a pair of jade cups dedicated to the longevity of a hundred sons and presented them to the empress. I wish you the best."
The longevity is as long as the evergreen pines in the southern mountains, and the blessings are as long as the flowing water of the East China Sea."
Concubine De took the brocade box and opened it. She saw a pair of emerald-green jade cups inside. The bodies of the cups were carefully carved with the pattern of a hundred sons offering their birthdays. The carving was so delicate and vivid that one could clearly see the faces of a hundred sons in such a small area.
The different expressions on the carvings show the depth of craftsmanship of the carvers. Even though Concubine De had lived in the palace for a long time and was used to seeing rare treasures, she was still amazed by them.
"It is said that Sun Zi Jin, the most skillful craftsman in the world, is good at carving people and can carve tiny figures on grains of rice. The figures on the thirteenth brother's pair of jade cups are so numerous and yet so lifelike. Could it be that they were made by his hand?" Nala asked curiously.
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"Fourth sister-in-law has good eyesight. Even if she misses the mark, she's still not far behind." At this point, Yinxiang said with some regret: "Sun Tzu Jin sealed his sword and retired to seclusion a few years ago. He no longer carves for others. I asked him several times and he refused.
He refused, and finally agreed to let his apprentice carve for me this pair of jade cups dedicated to the longevity of a hundred sons."
Concubine De liked the pair of jade cups very much and said with a smile: "The palace also has several works by Sun Tzu Jin. I have seen them before. This pair of jade cups is comparable to them in terms of carving work, but it still lacks a little heat.
It seems that the apprentice has at least 70% to 80% of his true heritage. Thirteen is interested, the jade cup is very good, and I like it very much." She handed the jade cup to the palace servants and kept it.
Yinzhen took out a scroll from the long brocade box that Gou'er had been holding in his hand, and handed it to Concubine De himself: "My son, who has been fasting for ten days, wrote this character longevity with his own hands, wishing Eniang good health and longevity.
"When saying this, Yinzhen's eyes showed deep admiration.
"Longevity of a thousand years? If I can live to a hundred years, I will be satisfied." Concubine De smiled and said curiously: "Why should the word "longevity" be written for ten days for so long?"
Not only Concubine De, but also Nala and others were curious. None of them had seen Yinzhen's birthday gift. Only Ling Ruo, who had served in the study before, knew something about it.
As she spoke, she opened the scroll in her hand, and saw a golden word "Da Shou" written on the scroll with a vermilion background. This word combines the four methods of Zheng, Seal, Li, and Xing into one. The four methods are blended, and there is no solution or attack.
, it is unique in craftsmanship and smooth and natural, appearing solemn, solemn, simple and rounded. Although Yinzhen is quite accomplished in calligraphy, it is not easy to write such a word "longevity".
But this is not the most rare thing. The most rare thing is the hundred characters Xiaoshou embedded in the strokes of the character "Dashou". They are juxtaposed and colorful. There are small seal scripts, oracle bone inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, etc., all of which are in different styles, and none of them are the same.
There are even fire writings, like flames burning; water writings, like twists and turns; tree writings, like a vast forest; phoenix writings, like colorful phoenixes dancing, etc., all of which have both form and spirit, and are ready to come out.
This is not a picture of longevity, but a picture of a hundred years of longevity. Although there is no gold, silver, pearls and jade, in terms of thoughts and filial piety, it is actually a hundred times more valuable than a thousand pieces of gold.
Concubine De was also deeply moved. This picture of a hundred years of life reminded her of something, and her eyes softened when she looked at Yinzhen. "On the birthday of Concubine Rong, the third elder brother Yinzhi once wrote a birthday with both hands.
This letter is addressed to Concubine Rong. I remember that you were also present at that time, right?"
"Yes, although E Niang didn't say it at the time, I could tell that E Niang liked the longevity calligraphy very much. Unfortunately, Er Chen was never as good as the third brother in terms of calligraphy and could not write such calligraphy, so he could only write it elsewhere.
Please put some thought into it, I hope you won’t find it objectionable.”
She waved for Yinzhen to come over. When Yinzhen came closer, she took a closer look at her first son. She vaguely remembered how happy she was when she gave birth to Yinzhen. That was her son! What a pity she was there.
At that time, she was just a nobleman and was not qualified to raise children at all. In addition, Queen Xiaoyiren, who was a noble concubine at the time, lost her son due to illness. In order to comfort her pain of losing her son, Kangxi took Yinzhen to his palace to raise her until Xiaoyi
When Queen Ren passed away, she took Yinzhen back after she was promoted to Concubine De. At that time, Yinzhen was already nine years old; and at that time, she was busy taking care of the infant Yinzhen and neglected to take care of him, so she and Yinzhen
Far from being as close as she was to Yinzhen, there were few personal words between mother and son apart from the usual greetings. Yinzhen always thought that Queen Xiao Yiren was his biological mother in his heart, but he never thought that he would be remembered like this.
"I didn't expect that after so many years, you would always be in my heart. I have already forgotten it." She stood up and gently touched Yinzhen's face with her hand wearing a tortoise shell and jewel-embedded flower and butterfly armor. She was surprised to find that Yinzhen
Zhen's body was trembling slightly, and there was a deep feeling of nostalgia in his eyes...
Yes, I almost forgot that this is also her biological son, with her blood flowing in his body just like Yinzhen!
In fact, if you look closely, you can see that Yinzhen and Yinzhen look very similar, with the same bright eyebrows and starry eyes, but Yinzhen's eyelids are more slender and his lips are thinner, which also makes his temperament more cold and sinister.
"So fast, in the blink of an eye, my son has grown so big, he is half a head taller than me." Concubine De swallowed the sobs in her throat and nodded: "It's hard for you to be so thoughtful. This picture of a hundred years of life is for me.
The palace received the most precious birthday gift."
Nian said sweetly: "Master Beile has always been very kind to E Niang. Usually when there is any good thing, the first thing that comes to mind is E Niang. He never forgets to teach people to send people to the palace to honor E Niang." She was sideways.
Fujin, so she can be called the Concubine of Virtue.
Concubine De nodded and handed the hundred-year-old picture to the palace servant beside her and said: "Take it to the inner hall and hang it up." After the palace servant left, she said to Yinzhen: "When you have free time in the future, come to the palace to accompany you more often.
Accompanying mother, and Lao Shisan too, I treat you as half a son."
"My son, I obey." Yinzhen concealed his inner excitement and bowed to agree. With these words, he finally felt that his hard work was not in vain.
After Yinzhen sat down, Nala stood up with a slight cough and said: "I am ashamed, I don't have the thoughts of Master Beile and Thirteenth Brother. Knowing that E Niang believed in Buddhism, I copied the Guanyin Sutra and the Wonderful Dharma by hand.
"Lotus Sutra", "Huayan Sutra", "Diamond Sutra" and "Pharmacist Sutra" each are presented to E Niang. I wish E Niang that the sun and moon will be prosperous and her blessings will be boundless in the future."
"Okay, everything is fine." Concubine De nodded repeatedly as she looked at the neat and graceful handwriting on the Buddhist scriptures, "It is not easy for someone at your age to calm down and copy this Buddhist scripture word for word. This birthday gift book
Gong also likes it very much." She raised her head and smiled and said, "How is it? Is your health improving?"
Nala hurriedly replied: "Thank you for your concern, Mother. I'm much better now. There's nothing serious except for a few coughs occasionally. But I'm afraid the root cause of the disease cannot be eliminated."
"Oh, it's so hard for you." Concubine De knew the whole story. The root cause of the disease was found when she gave birth to Honghui. Now that Honghui has died, it is a big blow to her. It is not easy to be able to stand here today.
, now half of the root causes of this disease are heart diseases, and unless Honghui is resurrected, there will be no way he can be cured.
Lily incense is burning in the Boshan stove, and the misty smoke brings out bursts of fragrance, which floats in the main hall. The fragrance is subtle and unobtrusive, just like the concubine De.
The tortoise shell inlaid jeweled flower and butterfly armor gently tapped on the celadon wrapped branches, making a soft tinkling sound. Concubine De raised her eyes and said softly: "The doctors outside may not be good, so let the imperial doctor take a look at it.
Recently, a new imperial physician came to the palace. Although he is not very young, he has excellent medical skills. My headache has been much improved after acupuncture with him. Tomorrow, I will return to the emperor and ask him to go to your palace to treat you.
Take a look."
"Thank you so much, Niang." After thanking Nala, she helped the chair and sat down. After standing for so long, she was slightly out of breath. Jade gently patted her back to comfort her.
Concubine De looked at it with pity in her heart. She sighed silently and turned her gaze to the pretty and pretty Nian. She was no stranger to Xiang Fujin, whom Yinzhen had just married. She smiled slightly and said, "Su Yan,
What about you, do you have any good things to give me?"
Nian Shi smiled sweetly and said softly: "Master Beile and the others all give unique gifts. Compared with them, this gift from Er Chen is much vulgar. When E Niang sees it, she will definitely say that Er Chen is a common person. Er Chen
I don’t even dare to take it out.”
[Author's digression]: I've kept everyone waiting for a long time. I have to go to work starting today and I can't do it during the day, so the update can only be done after get off work. I will update one chapter first, and then another chapter around 11 o'clock in the evening. Although I can't promise to keep updating, but I will try my best to let everyone have new chapters to read. Thank you for your support.
In addition, I would like to thank one of my book friends for pointing out a clerical error in the previous chapter. I mistakenly wrote the eldest brother Yinti instead of the fourteenth elder brother Yinzhen. Please point out any mistakes for me in the future. I have been reviewing books.