The Crown Prince in the Jade Pendant

Chapter 76

Chu Jinyao is lost and is looking for Qin Yi to ask for directions. A piece of brocade is ten feet long. It's only a set of clothes outside. It's already used up one third. Chu Jinyao was very fond of her, but she also knew that the women's skirts of noble families were extremely made. She had to go to see her aunt again. The skirts had to be made into seven pieces, and the pleats needed to be made fine. In this way, it would take three feet to calculate the whole. If there were some mistakes in cutting, there would only be more.

"Let's do it ourselves. We always have to be more careful."

"OK." lilac and Camellia said and took out the scissors, but Chu Jinyao shouted to them, "wait. Cut from the middle, and finally the materials on both sides are wasted. Once they are cut into pieces, they can only make some purse. Give me the ruler." Chu Jinyao took the ruler, made an oblique gesture and said, "try it like this."

Camellia hesitated: "OK? Good material. Don't cut it at last."

"No, I've tried before." Chu Jinyao used to be in a bad situation at home. A piece of cloth had to be used for many years. She was sewing and changing clothes at home. Slowly, Chu Jinyao mastered a good hand of sewing. She has deep experience in how to save materials and look good.

Camellia still refused to make, or cloves. According to Chu Jinyao, it was crossed and cut. Chu Jinyao and clove matched each other, and several second-class servant girls came to fight. After a while, the upper jacket was cut out.

The second-class girl Kikyo exclaimed, "it's really saved a lot. The most important thing is that the rest of the material is still whole. It's convenient to do anything in the future. If it's cut to pieces, it can only be used as a gadget like a handkerchief purse."

Chu Jinyao said, "it's just the bright surface on the outside, and the inner lining needs to be cut. Clove, go and get the plain yarn material. I remember there's still some left."

After clove came over, several servant girls gathered around, weighed the cloth with their hands, and asked, "girl, is this enough?"

Chu Jinyao touched it and said definitely, "enough."

Clove and Platycodon grandiflorum didn't know what to do. They did what Chu Jinyao said. Finally, they were just cut out.

Kikyo sincerely sighed, "girl, your hands are so clever."

Then came the cut Maxine skirt. Camellia asked, "this is the material with purple flowers on a white background. It's just to make a jacket. Is it too light to make a horse face skirt?"

Chu Jinyao was also worried about this. She looked carefully at the patterns on the cloth and said, "cut them out first and find a way when pleating."

After the cloth was cut, Chu Jinyao took a piece of it and sat locking it. She pressed her hand, tried to make some folds, pulled out a satin from the cloth floor and made a gesture.

Lilac Platycodon grandiflorum was sewing. Suddenly Platycodon grandiflorum shouted, "girl!"

The servant girls looked up. Kikyo came around and picked up the pleats locked by Chu Jinyao. Chu Jinyao sewed Purple Satin on the pleat, extending to the knee, then interrupted the satin, cut the lowest end into a pointed end, lined it with a harder cloth, and finally decorated it with tassels. Kikyo couldn't put it down and said, "it's like a peacock's tail feather. When the pleats are finished, one of these hard ribbons must be as beautiful as a peacock's opening screen!"

The servant girls gathered around to see. Chu Jinyao demonstrated how to sew in front of them, and then closed the side. The handy servant girl would look at it once. She was too stupid to remember. She had to look around Chu Jinyao again. From time to time, a servant girl took her skirt and asked, "girl, is that right?"

Chu Jinyao gave instructions one by one. The Baoxia was very lively for a while. Chu Jinyao was quick and finished a skirt in a short time. Worried about Qin Yi's boredom, she took a piece of cloud brocade satin, filled Xiao Lou with what she needed, and said, "I'm a little tired sitting outside. I'll go inside and have a rest."

"I'll serve the girl." Kikyo stood up and said, "girl, since you're tired, you don't have to take the cloth basket. Give it to us."

"Nothing, I'll just sew two stitches." Kikyo took the basket in Chu Jinyao's hand, followed Chu Jinyao into the west room and put it on the Kang near the window. Chu Jinyao said, "I'll just rest here myself. Go out and make stitches with them."

Kikyo hesitated, but was finally sent away by Chu Jinyao. When there was no one in the room, Chu Jinyao whispered, "are you still there?"

Where else could he go... Qin Yi said helplessly, "yes. What's the matter?"

"There were so many people just now that I can't talk to you. Are you bored looking at these?"

Although the jade pendant fell on Chu Jinyao's chest, Chu Jinyao could not stay in the house without seeing anyone all day. Therefore, when Chu Jinyao went out and talked to others, Qin Yi had to stay by himself. He could do nothing but wait.

Qin Yi also felt bored. When did he care about women's trivial and boring things such as making clothes, let alone watching them do sewing. But he can't go back now. He can only stay with Chu Jinyao. What else can he say?

Chu Jinyao said, "I think the days of a great lady are too busy. Today, at any rate, we should make clothes. We have something to do on our hands. Sitting in the same way as we did the other day is too busy."

Qin Yi agreed. He was thinking about how to get back to his body all the way. He still had many things to do in Datong, but he had to stay here and spend time with a group of backyard women. Qin Yi is impetuous, but now he looks at Chu Jinyao's slender wrists flying back and forth and shuttling through the gorgeous brocade. His hands are smart and light. He takes care of the cloth in a moment. Qin Yi looked at it like this and saw some beauty with special rhythm, and his dryness subsided.

Chu Jinyao turned the skirt to one side. After a while, she locked one side again. Qin Yi looked at it for a while and said, "you are really more skillful than them, with neat stitches and fast speed."

"What's the matter?" Chu Jinyao said. "I'm used to sewing clothes. Instead, I'm going to make a fool of myself by embroidery. If I can't see it when I sew clothes, I'll show my stuffiness when my aunt comes. If she asks us to embroider square handkerchiefs, I'll show my stuffiness. Big girl, they all learn embroidery from childhood. What can I do?"

Chu Jinyao suddenly asked Qin Yi, "can you embroider?"

Qin Yi was caught off guard when asked. He smiled and asked slowly, "what do you think?"

Chu Jinyao was not frightened by Qin Yi's cool tone, but smiled and said, "I think you can ask anything. I thought nothing could embarrass you."

Qin Yi secretly rolled his eyes and didn't want to talk to her. However, being interrupted by Chu Jinyao, Qin Yi's mood was much better.

Chu Jinyao put the scissors, needles and thread back into the basket, took off the jade pendant and put it on the Kang Table. Her current identity is Miss Hou men. Making her own clothes is to kill time. If she is bored, she can throw it to the servant girls anytime and anywhere. She looked at the jade pendant and asked, "have you been in a bad mood these days?"

Qin Yi didn't expect that even Chu Jinyao could see it. He's really getting more and more energetic.

Since Chu Jinyao saw it, Qin Yi didn't want to deliberately lie to her. He sighed: "yes."

Chu Jinyao's heart is very complicated. Qin Yi has been teaching her how to say and do these days. She never thought that she had something on her mind when Qin Yi helped her.

Chu Jinyao was very moved. She took the jade pendant out of the complex and was about to ask about it. Suddenly, she was surprised and said, "why is there only half of the red catkins in the jade?"

"That's what I'm worried about," Qin Yi said. "I have a hunch that once all the red catkins disappear and I haven't been cured, I'm afraid I can't live."

After hearing this, Chu Jinyao lost his voice and said, "how can it?"

Qin Yi rarely sighed wearily. He was no longer holding the winning ticket in the past: "why did I ever think about it? But I have a hunch that it is mostly like this."

Chu Jinyao was dumbfounded. She quickly raised her jade pendant to have a closer look. Indeed, the red catkins were sparse. It's just a guess. Maybe everything will be fine after all the red catkins disappear, but what if?

Chu Jinyao is speechless. Although she has only known Qin Yi for a few days, she has treated Qin Yi as a close relative in her heart. When she was in the most difficult time, only Qin Yi was willing to reach out and pull her. She had nowhere to go in the house. Qin Yi spoke with her. Although he has no body shape and is not even a person, Chu Jinyao feels that he is more important than her blood relatives. Chu Jinyao thought it was good for her and Qin Yi to talk and laugh and break each other. She never thought that Qin Yi would leave her one day.

The air was suddenly heavy and breathless. After being silent for a while, Chu Jinyao said gently, "can I help you?"

Qin Yi was surprised when he heard this. After a while, he laughed: "it has nothing to do with you."

"How can it be okay?" Chu Jinyao said. "Since you are living in my jade pendant, we are a family. We have been together for so long, how can we say it's okay? If I have nothing to help you, it's all right, but now you clearly need it. If I still don't do anything, who am I?"

After hearing this, Qin Yi frowned: "do you know who I am? Dare you say such things?" no one dares to say such things in the world.

"I know. You are the spirit of heaven and earth born in the jade pendant. Since you wake up in my jade pendant, this is our fate."

The former sentence startled Qin Yi, but the latter sentence of the man could kill him. Qin Yi said with gnashing teeth, "I said, I'm not a monster." what monster dares to hit him?

"What are you?"

"..." Qin Yi finally lost, "well, what you say is what you say."

Chu Jinyao also felt that the man was inexplicable. She muttered in a low voice: "I said you were a monster, you don't admit it, and you don't say it when I asked you. It's nothing to be ashamed of being a monster. You see, I grew up in a poor family, and I never feel embarrassed."

Qin Yiquan thought he was deaf and could not hear or speak. He has made too much progress in self-cultivation recently. If in the past, who dared to say that he was not human in front of him, and dare to complain about his prince?

That's right. Qin Yi is the foundation of the current state. His Highness the crown prince was famous for the shooting two days ago.

When Chu Zhu returned to the house yesterday, Chu Jinyao met the guests in her new clothes. At that time, she and Chu Jinxian stayed in the warm Pavilion of the old lady of Chu to do sewing. Later, seven girls came. When she went out, seven girls accidentally bumped a cup of tea into Chu Jinyao.

It was careless enough.

Chu Jinyao has a thousand words and has to change her clothes. When she comes back, she is already late. Therefore, most people didn't see Chu Jinyao's newly cut skirt yesterday. Today, she wore the washed skirt. When the people in the main hall saw it, they were surprised and surprised.

Chu Jinyao did farm work since childhood. She exercised a lot more, was in good health and was tall than these young ladies. She was wearing a cross collar right Lapel wide sleeved jacket with large clusters of pink hibiscus flowers embroidered on the cuffs, and a purple cloud brocade horse face skirt with white background. On the pleats on both sides of the skirt, she sewed lace with purple silk and satin, the upper end was close to the skirt pleat, the lower end was a crisp and naturally falling ribbon, and the bottom was decorated with tassels. The ribbon is a little deeper than the purple of the skirt pattern, pressing one by one. When walking, the tassels shake gently, just like a peacock opening the screen. Chu Jinyao is tall, wearing a short jacket and a horse face skirt, which makes her waist more slender and graceful.

Old lady Chu saw Chu Jinyao's dress and looked carefully. She didn't say anything. The old lady thought, although the fifth girl looks the best, the rules are far worse than the girls who grew up in Hou's house. It's a pity. After Chu Zhu saw it, she couldn't help asking, "which embroidery workshop made this dress?"

Chu Jinyao said, "it was cut by the servant girl." Chu Jinyao was worried and didn't say it was herself. If not, she may have to be questioned, and what should she do if someone asks her to come to the door in the future?

Chu Zhu nodded when she heard that the servant girl had made it. "Sister-in-law has arranged some skillful servant girls for you." this skirt is really good-looking.

Chu Jinmiao just had a beautiful scene and pressed the sisters. However, as soon as Chu Jinyao came in, everyone's eyes were attracted away. In terms of value, Chu Jinyao's clothes are naturally far less wonderful than Chu Jinyao's, but they can't stand others' clothes. They are well cut and have new ideas.

Chu Jinmiao is dying.

Especially Lin Xining. After Chu Jinyao came in, Chu Jinmiao was sure that Lin Xining's eyes lit up. Chu Jinmiao tugged at his handkerchief. Sure enough, men are virtuous. Don't care what they say. They just like good colors!

Chu Jinmiao and Lin Xining are cousins since childhood. Chu Zhu also likes Chu Jinmiao very much. When she was young, Chu Zhu joked with Zhao with a smile and said that Chu Jinmiao and Lin Xining had a good time. It's better to be a happy enemy in the future. Zhao laughed off at that time, but he wrote it down in his heart. When there was no one, Zhao secretly asked Chu Jinmiao.

At that time, Chu Jinmiao couldn't tell why. She was naturally different from Lin Xining, but if she said how much she liked Lin Xining, she couldn't even make a mistake if she didn't marry him. Chu Jinmiao gets along with Lin Xining as a close cousin. He plans to let nature take its course and watch its change in the future. Zhao's mind is the same. But now seeing Lin Xining turning to see Chu Jinyao, Chu Jinmiao suddenly burst out a strong discomfort. Even if she doesn't like Lin Xining, Lin Xining shouldn't go to see other women in front of her. At present, Chu Jinmiao is more and more likely to win the accompanying reader.

Her identity in Changxing Hou's house is too embarrassing. Although Zhao still dotes on her as always, what will happen in the future? Changxing Hou was more and more insipid to her, and the old lady was high above her and didn't care much about her granddaughter. The subordinates gradually dared to relax her instructions because she was not the serious master of the Hou house. Chu Jinmiao has been at the top for 13 years, so she can swallow this tone. But if you change the palace, it will be completely different. Maybe she can have great fortune.

Seeing that everyone was together, old lady Chu cleared her throat quietly, and the bustling rongning hall immediately quieted down.

Today, the girls all wear bright clothes. Of course, there are reasons for Chu Zhu's presence, but the root cause lies in the old lady.

The old lady learned yesterday that the Royal Palace was going to choose a companion for the county Lord, so she wanted her granddaughters to dress up and don't lose her face. Although the old lady didn't say it clearly, there were different ways in the back house. The news soon spread from rongning hall to the big room, the second room and the third room. Yan Shi was told to let the girls clean up tomorrow. Although she didn't understand why, she specially dressed up her two daughters. When he arrived at rongning hall, Yan said secretly in his heart that, sure enough, all of them came prepared.

Of all the people present, I'm afraid only Chu Jinyao went out without feeling it. She lived far away, had no news, and didn't have her mother's advice like other girls. As a result, she didn't know anything. She looked at the sisters' clothes today and felt very strange. She was deliberately tricked by seven girls yesterday, which dragged her big clothes to wear today. But why do others do this?

Now that I have cleared my throat, it seems that there is a big announcement. Chu Jinyao knew what she might have missed. As for what she had missed, she would know right away. She gathered her mind and listened carefully to the old lady's next words.

The old lady of Chu said slowly, "your aunt came all the way back from the prince's residence of huailing. One is to visit relatives, and the other is to do a big thing. This thing is related to the future of many people, and even the dignity of the Marquis of Changxing. Now, this big thing will fall on you."

Chu Jinyao was puzzled. Since it was a major event related to the Marquis, why did it fall on them? Chu Zhuduan sat beside the old lady. When she heard this, she smiled and said: "My mother-in-law and the princess trusted me, so they put this matter to me. The county head of the royal residence is 12 years old. It's the time to go to boudoir school, but the county head is too boring to go to school alone, and there are few girls in the residence. No one can talk with the county head. We Changxing Marquis residence is one of the best decent families in Taiyuan. The girls have good rules. We are still in laws with the royal residence and know the truth, Therefore, the princess means to pick two girls from our family and serve as the accompaniment to the county Lord. "

Chu Zhu's voice fell behind. She looked down proudly. As expected, the girl and her sister-in-law were surprised. Living at home, I toss and turn every day. I see these people, but after I go to the princess's house, the people I contact are completely different. Moreover, the princess's house is not far from Changxing Hou's house, and the communication is very convenient. I won't never see them again as soon as I go out. The ladies thought it over and thought it was a good thing and worth fighting for.

This is the most important part Chu Zhu concealed. If you let the ladies know that the county Lord's study is to prepare for the election of the crown princess, they may not know how crazy it is. Obviously, there will not be only one imperial concubine in the east palace. After the county Lord becomes the crown princess, what about Liangdi and Liangyuan? The princes and princesses chose accompanying reading for the county Lord, and most of them also considered these. The women in the East Palace are indispensable. The county leader is not a virtuous Huirong person. Instead of being calculated by the women of other families at that time, it's better to arrange several familiar people at the beginning. They will unite and at least have a partner in the future.

Of course, this is just the wishful thinking of the princess's house. Now, whether we can choose it or not. It's just that people in the huailing Prefecture are all ready to run, but they don't care about another possibility.

The ladies' eyes were bright, and the girls turned their heads and whispered with their close servant girls. Old lady Chu looked at the audience, coughed and said, "it's all quiet."

The girls suddenly stopped and looked up at the old lady.

Old lady Chu took Chu Zhu's words and continued to play a black face: "Although the princess said she wanted to choose two girls from our family, it's not accurate. There are so many people in Taiyuan. If there are suitable girls in other families, the princess will certainly give us away and choose others. When the huailing princess's house holds a banquet a few days later, the princess will choose the most suitable two from many girls, so you can't be complacent and slack off. Since the county Lord is 12 years old, since Accompanying reading is to accompany the county leader to study. The age difference is too big, so the big girl and eight girls don't have to participate. "

Chu Jinxian, the eldest girl, stood up and saluted the old lady to show her compliance. She was seventeen years old. She was still the eldest daughter of the family and had a noble status. Even if she was the right age, the old lady wouldn't let Chu Jinxian accompany others. She wasn't accompanied by a princess. How could she work for her eldest daughter? As for Chu JINZI, the eighth girl, she was only six years old. Of course, it's impossible. Therefore, the right people are concentrated in the group of 15 to 12, of which Chu Jinyao is the best.

Old lady Chu paused and said, "I've found two mammies for you. In the future, you can't be as loose as before. You should learn the rules with mammy every day. Don't lose the face of our Changxing Marquis house. Do you understand?"

The girls all stood up, bowed their heads and said, "I understand."

The old lady asked the two mammies to come out and meet the girls. After a group of people saluted each other, Mammy took the girls away and taught the rules in a yard behind rongning hall.

The two sisters, one surnamed Hua and the other Deng, are very strict people. Mother Hua teaches sitting and lying rules, and mother Deng teaches calligraphy, painting, needlework and other talents. Mother Hua and the girls say: "The girls have just heard that old lady Chu asked us to teach her rules. They all say that without rules, there is no place. The saints also say that there is no laziness of strict teachers. We are strict with the girls for your good. Please forgive me."

"No." Chu Jinyao said softly, mingling with her sisters.

Mother Hua was very satisfied with the obedience of the Chu girls. She reprimanded them a few more words, and then asked the girls to demonstrate an Li.

Please salute is the most basic and common etiquette in the high gate courtyard. The girls of the Chu family have been big since childhood and have long been as natural as drinking and eating. However, mother Hua is a mother released from the palace. She is very strict. She walks all the way and constantly beats the girls' waist, hands and other parts with a ruler.

"Keep your waist straight and don't lean forward."

"Squat down a little more, steady, don't shake."

"Hands!" mother Hua beat the back of seven girls' hands with a ruler. She hung a pair of eyes and said impolitely, "seven girls, I have reminded you several times. Why do you always put your hands in the wrong place?"

Miss seven is the legitimate daughter of the second room. She calls Chu Jinjiao. With Yan's shrewd nature of protecting her weaknesses, she is also arrogant and lawless. Among her sisters, Chu Jinxian can drink and scold her, and the rest will not provoke the devil. Miss seven has always been competitive and wants to be the best among her sisters. Now she is beaten and scolded by mother Hua in front of everyone. Miss seven narrowly didn't stand up Answer back. She thought of being the reading companion of the royal residence in the future. Only then did she try to suppress her temper and replied angrily, "I know."