Chapter 17: The Thorn
Who knew that the two of them sat for a long time, only said some kind words on the surface, and the tea was refilled cup after cup, Wang Erhan was so anxious that his face turned red, but Bai Jin'er still looked unhurried.
Bai Jin'er was calm, and the city was very deep.
Lu Ji thought that if she had something on her mind, she would not be able to be so calm and relaxed.
The words in Bai Jin'er's stomach, I don't know how many turns I have to make before I can say it.
"Yo, Lu Baolin also reads "Poems"?" Bai Jin'er caught a glimpse of the inky blue hidden by the horns on the side of the pillow, and was a little surprised.
Lu Ji smiled: "The white beauty has also read it?"
Generally, girls from large families only read "Women's Training", "Women's Commandments", and "The Biography of Women", know some words, learn some virtues, and learn some virtues. Lu Ji also begged his father for a long time to let him read other books.
She didn't believe that the Bai family would be an exception.
Bai Jin'er hadn't read "Poems", but her brother at home had read it, and she had heard it.
She didn't want to lose to Lu Ji, and she seemed to be ignorant, so she said: "I also read two sentences when I was at home," paused, and said, "Now I am almost forgotten." ”
Wang Erhan took the book, turned two pages, and threw it away boringly, "What 'unborn' and 'Yanyan', it's not very interesting." ”
Lu Ji knew that she had flipped to the two articles of "Tao Yao" and "Yan Yan", and her eyes rolled: "These two articles are good, aren't they, Bai Beauty?"
Bai Jin'er was very proud, "'The peach is dying, scorching its glory, the son is returning, and it is suitable for his family', I wish the bride, don't you know this?"
Wang Erhan's face flushed with annoyance, and Lu Ji smiled secretly in his heart.
Bai Jin'er is competitive and easy to her tail, these two people are really provocative.
"Sister Bai knows a lot, why don't you tell me about "Yanyan" too?" Wang Erhan said coldly.
Bai Jin'er was a little confused, she hadn't heard "Yanyan", so she coughed lightly and said quietly: "I read it in the early years, where do you remember so much......?"
Lu Ji raised her eyelids and waited for her next step.
"My daughter's family doesn't have to read too many poetry books, but the needle girl has to use some heart. Bai Jin'er said with a smile, looking at Wang Erhan.
Wang Erhan understood, Bai Jin'er was so attentive to finding out the news for herself, what kind of internal strife did she have! Doesn't she have to be unanimous with the outside world?
"Sister Bai is a good embroiderer, I can't compare. Wang Erhan bowed his head, "I don't know how Lu Baolin is?"
Lu Ji laughed: "The embroidery of the white beauty is a unique one in Beijing, how can we compare?"
This is true. Bai Jin'er was born in the weaving house, and each batch of sample satin entered the Bai family, it will always fall into Bai Jin'er's hands to embroider a little, and then sell it at a high price.
What the Bai family exchanged was not money, but the reputation of the Bai family's daughter.
"Lu Baolin has won the award!" Bai Jin'er listened very helpfully, "But this time I embroidered a purse for the county lord of Anhe, but it stumped me." ”
The four-year-old lord of Anhe is the daughter of Prince Gong, that is, the daughter of Mrs. Xiao, who had just had a smallpox, and finally escaped from danger, and it was precisely because she had to take care of her sick daughter that Mrs. Xiao could not come to the palace banquet.
There is a custom in Dagao that after a child recovers from illness for 100 days, he asks all sisters and mothers and aunts to give embroidered purses, and then puts the rune paper into the purse and presses it under the pillow, which is called "pressure disease".
The intimacy between Mrs. Xiao and Zhao Zhiyin is far better than that of the Queen Mother, and the county lord of Anhe is also Zhao Zhiyin's most painful sister, and pleasing them is also pleasing Zhao Zhiyin.
But how can you make your embroidered purse stand out? The county lord is young, and he can't embroider any phoenix-patterned beasts, what pattern is good?
Although Bai Jin'er is good at embroidery, the choice of this pattern really gives her a headache.
As soon as he heard that Lu Ji had a capable helper, he was even more anxious to jump up and down, and he couldn't wait to find out immediately.
Lu Ji knew that the two of them were starting to get to the point, and presumably the news of asking the waiter to help him had leaked out, so he simply said generously: "I'm not good at embroidery, so I asked the waiter to give me pointers these days." As for what to embroider, I think the county lord is too young to bear the heavy Fushou pattern, and my skills are limited, so I only plan to use wormwood. ”
Even when I asked the waiter to show them, there was only a small clump of blue-gray, and there was no stroke, so I couldn't even see the general appearance.
Bai Jin'er put her mind at ease.
Wormwood dispels diseases and avoids disasters, and Mrs. Xiao has repeatedly said that she has just had a serious illness and should be raised cheaply, this pattern is also simple and auspicious, but it is more ordinary.
Moreover, only the needle is used for flat embroidery, which is extremely ordinary, just a mundane thing.
Lu Ji is nothing more than that.
It's just that she sued them so lightly?
But Lu Ji smiled openly, his words had already been said so clearly, did he still want to ask?
Even if she didn't believe it, she had to shut up.
Wang Erhan was very happy, Lu Ji took the initiative to explain, and it didn't take much effort, knowing himself and knowing his opponent was the only way to win a hundred battles. So without saying a few words, he pulled Bai Jin'er to leave.
Bai Jin'er went down her steps.
After the two of them left, Lu Ji asked the waiter to help him sit up, "The pattern I embroidered has to be drawn with gold thread." ”
The waiter nodded and brought the sewing basket for her.
Lu Ji just lowered his head, as if he remembered something, "Shishu, go and see, have you brought in "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment" and "Thousand Character Text"?"
Listening to the chess, he was rubbing the black lacquer butterfly pattern Duobaoge, and immediately put the cloth under his feet, stepped on the pestle and turned it up, "These four words, is it "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment"?"
Lu Ji looked up at her hand and took a copy of "Horizontal Blowing Songs", and couldn't help laughing: "This is not "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment". ”
The waiter took it and looked at it, and patted her with a smile, "Come down, little ancestor!"
Tingqi jumped down from the pestle sullenly, threw away the rag, and knelt on the foot in front of the bed of the shelf, "Little master, why don't you wait for the county lord of Anhe to come, and the slave and maid will also recognize a few words?"
"Yo, how long are you going to study this time?" a day, an hour, a stick of incense?" the waiter came down with the book in his hand, "Little master, there is only "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment", not "Thousand Character Text". ”
Tingqi pouted for a while, and sat on the pedal.
It's not that Lu Ji hasn't taught them, but listening to chess is less than serving books, and he always fishes for three days and dries nets for two days.
If she doesn't like to listen to chess, she will also be literate. Her little master's right-hand man, one fat and one thin, can't do it.
Lu Ji smiled and said: "Just let you be the companion of the county lord of Anhe, how many words you can know, it's all up to you." ”
Listening to the chess, he smiled.
"Little lord, the Queen Mother and King Heping are here. Yinyi came in and said.
King Pingjun? Lu Ji locked his eyebrows.
Zhao Feiyin, the king of Pingjun, was born to the emperor and a palace maid, only two months younger than Zhao Zhiyin, who had no father or mother since he was a child, lacked discipline and education, and caused trouble on weekdays, which was even more stubborn than Zhao Tianyin, the king of Qijun.
The palace maid was blessed and could not enjoy it, so she gave birth to a son and went, and the emperor didn't like her, and he didn't like this son even more.
Indeed, people don't like these shameful accidents.
Even the Queen Mother didn't like him. A dancer is pregnant, and a palace maid is also pregnant, so what is she, the former crown princess and later queen?
Everyone in the palace avoided him, and Zhao Zhiyin couldn't see him if he could. If he was a little stronger, it would be good to reward him with a fief and go to the frontier to stay, but he is a useless one.
The royal family also has a scripture that is difficult to read, and it is difficult for him, the eldest brother, to do it.
But why did a county king go to the inner palace to visit the sick? Lu Ji Suri had no friendship with him.
He came with the Queen Mother and bypassed the emperor's pass.
Lu Ji was very puzzled, but the face of the waiter changed suddenly, and the book in his hand fell to the ground with a "snap".