Chapter 1038 Lotus Treasure Book and Sunflower Treasure Book

The time came to July.

Halloween is coming and the whole country is celebrating.

The ancient Halloween, different from the Western Halloween, was also called the Wanshou Festival, which mainly referred to the emperor’s birthday.

It's Halloween, and the whole country celebrates for three days.

On his birthday, Su Mingzhe accepted congratulations from his ministers and gifts from the people.

The rich and powerful sent all kinds of rare treasures, including corals several feet tall, hundreds of years old ginseng, several kilograms of Polygonatum, and so on.

The court officials presented various congratulatory messages and gifts, which were slightly inferior but still exquisite.

Since local officials are far away, they basically send gifts in advance and try to deliver them on the right day.

The gifts given by these local officials are basically various auspicious items.

For example, Ganoderma lucidum as big as a millstone, white mountain birds and beasts, etc.

Su Mingzhe naturally did not believe in these auspicious signs.

But because it was a birthday present, he couldn't refuse it. He could only accept it, put it in the treasury, or give it away.

After accepting the congratulations, Su Mingzhe also gave a banquet to all the ministers.

Not only Su Mingzhe will give a banquet, but Queen Zhu Xuan'an will also give a banquet to the ladies in the harem.

……

The dog days of summer in Nanjing are like a furnace.

It hadn't rained for half a month, and the sweat that fell on the ground was enough to make a small hole.

Sitting in the closed sedan, sisters Zhou Miaoxuan and Zhou Miaotong were already feeling very hot.

If it weren't for a piece of ice sent from the palace to reduce the temperature slightly, the two women would definitely have suffered from heatstroke.

The sedan chair passed through several gates for inspection. As it became quieter and quieter outside, with only the sound of cicadas, the two women guessed that they had entered the deep palace.

The palace maids who had been standing on both sides of the sedan finally waved their hands, signaling the sedan to stop:
"Girls, you can get out of the sedan now!"

Zhou Miaotong was the first to lift the curtain, and unexpectedly felt a cool breeze blowing towards her. She couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Madame Liu, where is this place?"

"Second Miss, this is the Imperial Garden. After the Empress accepts the ladies' greetings and gifts, she will give a banquet in the Imperial Garden."

Madam Liu explained and walked a few steps with the two sisters, gradually coming to the depths of the imperial garden. Seeing that there was only one eunuch left, she whispered, "This is already the harem. Remember what I said. You must be less talkative, less verbal, and less asking."

Seeing that Madam Liu looked serious, the two sisters did not dare to speak again.

The three of them walked through a corridor, passed through a door, and came to a clear green lake.

The emerald green color of the lake is set off by the green lotus.

In addition to the clear lake water, there are also towering rockery and quiet paths.

If you glance occasionally among the rockery, you can see pavilions and terraces.

Zhou Miaoxuan had never seen such a beautiful garden scenery before, and he was unable to walk for a moment.

She loves painting, painting mountains and water.

She loves to paint any beautiful scenery.

"Miss Miaoxuan..."

Nanny Liu noticed Zhou Miaoxuan's excited look and had to remind her again not to forget her identity.

Zhou Miaoxuan had to calm down, lowered his head and continued walking forward with Matron Liu.

Not long after.

The three of them suddenly heard a babbling sound coming from a distance.

"The Empress is entertaining all the ladies. She should be watching the famous actors in the capital sing Kunqu opera. The Empress loves to listen to Kunqu opera the most."

As a teaching nanny, Nanny Liu has been with the Zhou sisters for a long time, so she has something to say.

When the three of them came not far from the stage, Madam Liu signaled the two women to stop. She herself walked forward a few steps, bowed, and reported:

"Eunuch Cui, the Zhou sisters are here."

"Let them come."

Eunuch Cui was the chief eunuch of Kunning Palace. After picking up the Zhou sisters, he came to Zhu Xuan'an.

Zhu Xuanwei has been pregnant for seven or eight months. Her body is heavy and she can only half-lean.

There were a lot of ice cubes placed around her. As soon as the sisters Zhou Miaoxuan and Zhou Miaotong got close, they felt the heat quickly going away.

On both sides of the queen sat more than a dozen concubines.

These concubines were all beautiful and charming. The appearance that Zhou Miaoxuan and her sister were proud of was immediately lost in the crowd when compared with these concubines.

Below the concubines are the ladies of various families.

Zhou Miaoxuan and Zhou Miaotong both saw several sisters who were close friends, sitting in the audience and watching the show attentively.

I don’t know how long it took.

The Kunqu opera ended and the banquet was over.

The ladies of each family left in turn according to etiquette.

After sending away the ladies of honor, he asked the concubines to leave.

Zhu Xuan'ai covered her lips with her hands and yawned.

It's so hot today, and it would be too tiring to hold a banquet.

As a pregnant woman, Zhu Xuan'an was particularly sleepy now. She waved her hand and signaled the eunuchs to bring the phoenix sedan chair and return to Kunning Palace to rest.

Sister Zhou Miaoxuan was at a loss and followed the crowd back to Kunning Palace.

At this point, no one paid any attention to the sisters anymore.

The two sisters didn't dare to ask anyone, so they could only stand aside and pretend to be wooden.

On the other side, Zhu Xuanwei took a one-hour nap and woke up around 3 p.m.

When she saw two strange little girls standing at the entrance of the palace, she finally remembered to summon them and ask:
"Whose child is this? Why didn't he go back with his parents?"

Eunuch Cui quickly explained:

"Reporting to the queen, these two are the daughters of Lord Zhou Gong. They were summoned today and sent to the palace!"

"Come here."

Zhu Xuan'an heard this and waved her hand.

The two sisters lowered their heads, took a few steps closer, and then bowed:
"I, Zhou Miaoxuan (Zhou Miaotong), wish the Queen Her Majesty the best of health!"

"Get up, from now on you will be my palace ladies-in-waiting."

Zhu Xuan'an looked at the two women curiously.

Both sisters are tall and rare beauties.

The difference is that the elder sister Zhou Miaoxuan has a proud figure and slender branches with abundant fruits; the younger sister Zhou Miaotong has a cool temperament and is full of spirit, which makes people feel pity and love for her.

Zhu Xuan'an really didn't want such a pair of sisters to enter the palace.

However, since the emperor had spoken, Zhu Xuan'an had no choice but to accept it.

Turn around.

Halloween is over.

Dongfang Bubai 'escorted' Ren Woxing to Jinling City.

Su Mingzhe brought Ren Yingying and Lan Fenghuang out of the palace to meet Ren Woxing.

When Ren Woxing and Ren Yingying, father and daughter, meet, they naturally have something to talk about.

Su Mingzhe pulled the still heroic Dongfang Bubai to the side and started to tease:
"Brother Dongfang, I haven't seen you for two years. Have you taken the Bu Tian Pill?"

Dongfang Bubai smiled bitterly:
"You are right. My [Sunflower Manual] has already entered the realm of heaven and man. The Heaven-Repairing Pill has no effect on me."

Before Dongfang Bubai took it himself, he specially asked someone to try it.

After an ordinary eunuch takes the Bu Tian Dan, his ancestral hall can be regrown in less than three days.

However... because his realm of cultivation was too profound, the Bu Tian Pill lost its intended effect after taking it.

Seeing that 'Sister Qingxia' was so sad, Su Mingzhe stopped teasing her and started talking about business:
"Brother Dongfang, I've said before that I have a magical skill manual that can make you a real woman. Do you want to learn it?"

Faced with such "temptation", Dongfang Bubai had refused before.

But this time, Dongfang Bubai's pair of heroic phoenix eyes began to show signs of struggle.

After a long time, Dongfang Bubai finally spoke:

"Tell me the technique first. I need to think about it!"

"also."

Su Mingzhe immediately laughed and said:
"My magic skill is called [Lotus Manual], and it belongs to the same category as your [Sunflower Manual]. The first sentence of the opening is 'If you want to practice magic skills, you must first castrate yourself'."

"However, the reason why one must castrate oneself to practice the [Sunflower Manual] is that one needs to take dryness medicine when practicing this skill. If one does not castrate oneself, restlessness will grow in the body, and one will go astray."

"But when practicing the Lotus Sutra, you don't need to take any drying medicine, because this technique itself is about cultivating the most yin and soft energy..."

(End of this chapter)