Quick Travel: Dream Hunt

Soon, more than twenty palace maids filled the inner hall, silencing the empress dowager's anger that had not yet been expressed.

The empress dowager stared angrily at Tinghe, who was smiling like a flower. She felt indescribably aggrieved in her heart, but when she looked at the gifts on the trays of each palace maid, her thoughts were suddenly diverted.

Tinghe blinked her eyes mischievously, walked quickly forward, pushed the angry Nanny Kang away, took the empress dowager's hand and walked to the gifts, introducing them one by one.

"Your Majesty, I heard that you love to go to Foguang Temple to worship Buddha. I am afraid that you will have to travel back and forth, so I specially sent people to search for the sacred Buddha relics and beads from all over the country. I hope that you will like them and can often offer them in the small Buddhist temple in the palace."

"This is the imperial green bracelet that I specially selected. There is only one in the world. And this, the spring-colored Buddha amulet, and the violet bead string. They are all made of the only old pit material in the world. This is the best string selected from the ten thousand best items. It must be worthy of the status of the queen mother."

"I heard that the Queen Mother loves glass products very much, so I sent someone to the border within three days to bring back a complete set of glass tea bowls and tea sets for you."

"and this……"

"Look at this..."

After a while, dozens of unique treasures were introduced, which made the empress dowager's anger disappear completely. She followed Tinghe's gaze and looked up and down. You know, there are all kinds of rare items in the palace. If it can win the favor of the empress dowager, it must be a rare treasure.

After all the introductions were finished, Ting Heke's throat was smoking. After thinking for a long time, he decided to establish a straightforward personality. He picked up the cup used by the empress dowager, drank it all in one gulp, and did not forget to praise the deliciousness of the tea.

The Empress Dowager and Nanny Kang looked at the outspoken Concubine with disdain, their eyes rolling up to the sky. After all the gifts were collected by Nanny Kang without any concern, she finally reacted and hurried to find the Empress Dowager.

The Queen Mother held the Buddha's relics and beads, as well as the Spring-colored Buddha amulet and the violet beads, and suddenly fell silent. After reacting, the Queen Mother could not help but angrily scolded:

"What a cunning Concubine Xian! She first established her authority over me, and then sent me candy. She is so abominable and hateful. It is so infuriating. Someone, send the Diamond Sutra and the Bodhisattva Sutra to Concubine Xian, and ask her to copy them ten times overnight. Then send them back and help me get up and wash tomorrow."

The Queen Mother gave the order angrily, and then her mood improved. She stroked the pile of treasures, brought them to the small Buddhist hall personally, and enshrined the precious Buddhist relics and Buddha amulets as if they were treasures.

……

Ting He was completely stunned after receiving the "reward". She gave away hundreds of thousands of taels of treasure, and only got these two books in return? She had to copy them all in one night. Could it be that the Queen Mother was mad at her? Oh, she shot herself in the foot.

Woo woo woo, Ting He sobbed helplessly while eating melon seeds. Then she bought an auxiliary pen from the system space and let it copy Buddhist scriptures by itself.

Upon learning that His Majesty was about to arrive at the door, he immediately grabbed the brush and began to copy it seriously.

Your Majesty has already learned from Eunuch Wang what Concubine Xian did today, and he couldn't suppress the smile in his heart. What a funny thing! Concubine Xian is probably the only one who could make the Queen Mother so angry. And afterward, she could show off her bribery and flattery to the fullest, and I'm afraid only Concubine Xian dared to do that. What a funny thing!

Seeing Concubine Xian sitting upright and carefully copying the Buddhist scriptures, His Majesty's expression changed slightly. After watching for a while, he touched Concubine Xian's head and said:

"Thank you for your hard work, He'er. Mother must love you. Copying books is just a minor punishment. When you finish copying the books, mother will be happy."

Ting He turned his head and said doubtfully:

"Really? The Queen Mother only gave me a severe punishment and didn't get jealous of me?"

His Majesty nodded and explained:

"I understand my mother. If she is really angry, I am afraid you will no longer be a virtuous concubine today. I am afraid I will not be able to protect you."

Ting He's eyes flickered slightly, and she asked uncertainly:

"What if I said something mean to the Queen Mother and made her break the cup? Wouldn't that count as being angry?"

His Majesty hesitated for a moment, then said with care and comfort:

"Don't worry, I'm busy protecting you, so how could I really let the Queen Mother bully you? Besides, haven't you already tried to curry favor with the Queen Mother? It can be seen that the Queen Mother is very fond of your tricks."

With your majesty's guidance, Tinghe regained his confidence and wrote frantically, without even having the chance to pay attention to your majesty, for fear that he would not be able to finish the work in time.

After His Majesty reluctantly left Changqiu Palace, Tinghe returned to her nonchalant look of eating melon seeds, while the assistant pen was writing furiously instead of her.

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On the second day, Tinghe came to the Cining Palace early in the morning with dark circles under her eyes, carrying a scripture, under the pretext that after finishing it she had to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager every morning and evening, and help her get up and wash.

The Queen Mother still ignored her for two hours, and she stood there unmoved for two hours before being welcomed in.

He no longer had the domineering look of yesterday, but instead was busy like a lackey, and even sat down to draw the blueprints himself. Knowing that the Empress Dowager loved glass products, he showed off and said that he would study the production method as soon as possible when he returned so that the Empress Dowager could realize the freedom of glass products as soon as possible.

The empress dowager looked on in displeasure as this scoundrel turned the Cining Palace upside down, and she chased her away without even giving her any food to eat.

Ting He was not annoyed. Capturing the empress dowager's hobby was equivalent to capturing the empress dowager as a person, which was always a good thing for her.

……

In the days that followed, Ting He used the excuse of concentrating on studying glass products to shut out all the concubines and His Majesty, and quietly wrote furiously.

Equipped with modern knowledge, she used local materials and, based on the differences in materials used in ancient products, she actually studied the simple techniques of making glass products.

The system couldn't stand it and urged her to buy the finished book directly from the system store without doing any research. However, Ting He refused and said that relying on the finished products and methods of later generations in the backward ancient times would affect the course of history and would not necessarily be a good thing.

Only by putting forward ideas and through the efforts and research of generations can it have a long history. Otherwise, it would be like forcing things to grow. On the surface, it may seem much higher than other countries, but in fact it has no foundation at all. Only by personally experiencing, researching and producing it can it be called the condensation of a dynasty.

Well, there is nothing the system can do if it can’t fool Tinghe. Anyway, she is quite favored now, and it’s only half a year before her death, so let her have her time.

After she had thoroughly studied the tools available in ancient times and found that glass products could be fired at any time, she handed the drawings to His Majesty and asked the Ministry of Works to add materials and make adjustments as appropriate.

His Majesty could not persuade her, and personally took her to the Ministry of Works to practice. In order to be able to make a satisfactory treasure by herself, Tinghe also went to the Queen Mother's place and visited the small Buddhist temple. She also stole a handful of incense ash before leaving.