The most beautiful lady in the harem

The Empress Dowager Cixi had not yet recovered. She coughed twice and turned a few pages of the Buddhist scripture. Soon she could see other pages that were also covered with cloth strips.

"Why are several pages of this book torn?" The Empress Dowager Cixi did not react as much as Zhu Cui. Instead, she frowned slightly and asked while flipping through the Buddhist scriptures.

"Your Majesty, that's exactly what happened." Qin Liuse had not intended to hide it, but her frankness surprised others.

For a moment, the maids around the Empress Dowager Cixi looked at each other, wondering why Qin Liuse wanted to fool the Empress Dowager like this. The paper of the Buddhist prayer scripture was torn, which was a serious crime of disrespect.

It was difficult to find such a rough piece of cloth in such a huge palace. Even if it was used to wipe the feet of a noble, it would be considered too rough.

"Then why did you use this piece of cloth from various families to fool me?" After the Empress Dowager Cixi finished reading the scripture, she closed it. She felt that there might be something to say, so she opened her mouth to ask, but the expression on her face became indifferent, making it impossible to tell whether she was happy or angry.

When Qin Liuse saw the expression of the Queen Mother West, she knew that she was indeed different from the Queen Mother East.

The Empress Dowager Dong is not very old. She was once favored by the late emperor. She is competitive and difficult to get along with. She appears to be easy to get along with, but that is just because she is pretending.

However, the Empress Dowager Cixi was not favored because of her poor family background. For many years, before her son became emperor, she had to live her life according to the moods of people who were higher than her in status. As a result, she developed a temperament that was not surprised by praise or criticism, and her expression would not change much.

But Qin Liuse understood that she was putting herself on the spot. You have to know that the Empress Dowager Cixi was originally of a poor family. If she used this kind of material, it would be interpreted by them as deliberately using inferior material to insult the Empress Dowager and thinking that she was only worthy of using this kind of coarse cloth. That would be bad.

Qin Liuse took a deep breath and decided to act according to the original plan. Although the Empress Dowager Cixi was of humble origin, she had another characteristic, which was her kindness.

Qin Liuse pursed her lips, knelt her forehead, and then raised her head to reply, "Replying to the Empress Dowager, the page of this book was indeed accidentally damaged, but this is a gift from the emperor, and it is also a filial piety of the emperor to the Empress Dowager, so I dare not replace it casually. When I followed Master Mingjing to appreciate other Diamond Sutras, I heard that it was a sutra copied by the people for the Empress Dowager during the Thousand Years Banquet. At that time, this piece of cloth happened to fall out, and I felt that it was God's will."

"It is the heavens who are guiding me to pray for the Empress. I have heard that parents in the folks like to use the cloth to pray for their children's health and well-being. I thought that if I use the cloth to wrap the sutra for the Empress Dowager, the Buddha will know what I am asking for. The Empress Dowager cares about the world and doesn't like extravagance. Paper is precious. I thought that if I re-copy the sutra, it would be abandoning the original intention of the Emperor and the Empress Dowager."

"I dare to ask the Queen Mother to punish me."

Qin Liuse kept talking without stopping. Her words were well-reasoned and easy to understand. Even Emperor Yongjia took them into account. Zhu Cui, who had just wanted to curse, was dizzy with her words and didn't know how to start again.

The Empress Dowager Cixi was indeed low-key and kind, and she cared about the world. Zhu Cui couldn't say anything, otherwise it would mean that the Empress Dowager was not like that.

"There must be a reason why the emperor likes you." The empress dowager thought that the emperor would not send someone to her for no reason. Either the person he likes or the person has a very good character.

Although the Queen Mother believed in her son, as a mother, she also wanted to test her son's true colors to see if she was truly kind or just pretending to be a good person.

You have to know that although the women in the harem are not born as singers, their pretending skills are much better than those of the singers.

The Queen Mother has survived all these years in this harem where people sing songs to each other.

Thanks to her son's hard work, she no longer has to look at other people's faces.

The Queen Mother's voice came from her seat with a smile. Qin Liuse breathed a sigh of relief, as if a big stone had been lifted off her shoulders, knowing that this hurdle was probably over.

"You are so thoughtful. Come, get up quickly and let me take a closer look." The Queen Mother waved at Qin Liuse. She seemed to like her very much.