Chapter 185 Ascending to the Five Grades
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"Bai Xiuxi, you are really not modest, you think that you are really a sixth-grade female official before your official ceremony is carried out? It's a bit too arrogant. Qiu Manhua, who was sitting in the back, said in a weird way.
And these words happened to be in line with the princess's mind, and she also added fuel and vinegar and said: "That is, even if you seal it now, you have to be more restrained." Said to embroider for the palace maidens, are you no one in the embroidery department? β
Zhirong sighed, saying a word can be misinterpreted like this, and there are really people who believe it. The embroidery department, led by Wen Xin, expressed dissatisfaction with several female officials against Zhirong in private.
And Wen Xin just listened silently, Yubi was not far away, and she didn't want to be scolded by her master again. However, Zhirong's harassment is indeed something she likes to see.
In fact, Wen Xin's personality was originally a little like a boy before she entered the palace, but in the women's pile, she generally showed everyone's beautiful demeanor, and she was extremely arrogant and conceited, so she disdained to talk about her behind her back.
"Niangniang, the crown princess must have misunderstood me, and I dare not forget to practice diligently on the first day of worship for the teachings that Niangniang gave to the students. I think it's not just me, but every female officer and student who will feel honored to embroider each palace lady. β
Zhirong bowed humbly, and her tone was very natural, and she was not afraid of the two-sided attack of the crown princess and Qiu Manhua.
Seeing that Murong Guifei was not displeased, she continued: "Which of the female officials of the embroidery department did not make embroidery screens for the embroidery of the ladies of the palace? As long as the people who stay in the Shanggong Bureau, no matter how big or small the official position is, they are all useful talents. β
Murong Guifei nodded slightly, and glanced at the crown princess and Qiu Manhua coldly, "Bai Xiuxi just embroidered an embroidered screen, how can it be like you said, and besides, although she has not yet been sealed, but the emperor's golden mouth and jade words, that is the holy decree!" β
The discussion stopped abruptly, and Murong Guifei said this very powerfully, and she looked at the crown princess and the future princess Ming, and said that she dared to speak again.
The crown princess gritted her teeth in anger, Murong Guifei used to see her almost in the past, but now she turned her face after she was pregnant.
She stared at Murong Guifei's lower abdomen. What kind of ability is pregnancy, it is the ability to be born and raised, which of the emperor's current princes has not been poisoned and assassinated?
"Since Niangniang likes Bai Xiu Xi so much, it's better to let Bai Xiu Xi embroider one for you." Princess Cheng said with a smile.
Murong Guifei's eyes lit up, she really loved this embroidered screen. But then I think about plum blossoms, which the jade concubine likes. What's the meaning of embroidering the same, you may think that you are imitating the jade concubine, and you still like the gorgeous flowers of peonies and peonies.
"Forget it, it will take a lot of time to embroider such a thing, so let Bai Xiu learn embroidery well, and then embroider good products."
"Niangniang, please wait." Qiu Manhua stepped forward and bowed.
". On the day of Bai Xiuxi's practice, he embroidered a hundred flowers on the spot in the main hall of the Shanggong Bureau, which was amazing. Today, I can't embroider on the spot, I think Bai Xiuxi is willing to serve Niangniang, not to mention that she also said that it is an honor. β
Although Concubine Murong didn't like Qiu Manhua, she was very interested in her proposal. On weekdays, she always heard people talk about Zhirong's embroidery of flowers that day, but she was really curious.
"I also heard about this, my sister likes peonies the most, so it is better to let Bai Xiu practice embroidering a peony picture. Let the sisters open their eyes and see Bai Xiu's demeanor. Concubine Yu, who had never spoken, suddenly spoke at this time.
Wei Ting looked at Concubine Yu suspiciously, this lady has not been in the palace for a long time and has never liked words. I don't like to meddle either. Zhirong embroidered for her to look for plums, but it was strange that she was biased towards Qiu Manhua at this time.
The other concubines also spoke, wanting to see how Zhirong embroidered exquisite embroideries without any preparation.
Murong Guifei was already a little interested, so her interest was even stronger: "Bai Xiuxi, give you an hour, you can try to embroider a simple picture, the palace will be rewarded for embroidering well, and the palace will not blame you for the bad embroidery." β
Zhirong had no choice but to receive the order, and Pushang Palace ordered someone to prepare embroidery tools and various embroidery threads, and then the female official of the medical department checked and confirmed that there was no problem before taking them to Zhirong.
The same was true when I embroidered plum blossoms for Concubine Yu, there were too many battles in the harem to ensure that someone would not do anything in these affairs. In addition, Concubine Wen Guifei was inexplicably poisoned and died, and all palace ladies hated to bring a female medical officer to test for poison at any time day and night.
It's too hot. Murong Guifei sent someone to fetch more ice cubes for everyone to cool off, and everyone's eyes were focused on Zhirong at this time. I saw her standing there in a daze.
Qiu Manhua was slightly proud, it was just luck that you Bai Zhirong was able to stay last time, I want to see if you are still favored by God today.
And the crown princess's anger has also eased a little. Looking forward to Zhirong's best embroidery mess, and then get out of the palace. Although Murong Guifei said that she would not be punished, if Zhirong embroidered badly, it would be disrespectful and could not be denied.
Wen Xin carefully observed Zhirong's expression, and saw that the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned imperceptibly, and there seemed to be light flowing in her eyes. I know it.
"Wenxin, do you think she can embroider well?" A woman with a pretty and lovely face dressed in a pale pink palace dress walked over and asked.
Wen Xin nodded: "I think she can." Almost unconsciously, she blurted out, and even she herself was surprised that she would actually affirm the strongest competitor.
The woman in pink smiled playfully: "Oh? The princess should take a good look at it. β
Zhi Yao, like Qiu Manhua, was looking forward to Zhirong's mistakes, and lamented why no one appreciated her talent, she wanted to be the general's wife, but she didn't want to be told that she had no achievements in the Shanggong Bureau in the future.
It's all to blame for this third sister who stole her limelight, otherwise she must be the most outstanding student. Where is the turn to get that sister who is not as good as himself.
After a while, everyone thought that Zhirong had given up, but they saw her pick up the gold needle, let the Chunhua brocade match the thread, thread the needle, and then start embroidering on the blank golden screen.
Yubi was afraid that her hand would hurt, so she sent two little female officials who admired Zhirong very much to help.
The cloud-piercing embroidery needle method Zhirong has been used like a fire, and the golden needle shuttles extremely fast, and the girls below exclaimed, they have never seen such a fast one, and they only use one arm.
The person who embroidered on the screen was unwilling to only embroider through the clouds, and a thought suddenly flashed in her mind, what would be the effect of the two stitches in a picture?
This idea is too bold and will be scrapped once it is not embroidered. However, Zhirong has always been a bold person, and only one thought flashed before changing the needle. She wasn't very skilled in this stitch, so her speed gradually slowed down.
Most of the people below know how to embroider. Originally, the embroidery of the cloud was already dazzling, and now there is an unknown stitch. A mix of two stitches? Impossible. Is this girl crazy? Bring about one's own destruction.
Zhirong was already completely immersed in her own creativity, and she didn't notice the sweat dripping, and the four helpers were busy and anxious for her.
An hour has passed, and Zhirong is not finished. Qiu Manhua thought that Murong Guifei Dao Zhirong should be punished if she did not finish it. Murong Guifei scolded her very unhappily.
Most of the peony pictures have already come out, and Murong Guifei is already stupid, but at this time, Qiu Manhua came to annoy her. What if a good embroidery lasts longer.
However, Zhirong didn't let everyone wait too long and less than half an hour passed, and the peony picture was embroidered, and there were four words on it: National color and heavenly fragrance.
Concubine Murong was overjoyed. This picture is exactly what should be matched with her.
"Bring it and let Hongu take a look." Murong Guifei ordered someone to lift the screen over, and she touched this picture with her fingers, which was indescribable for a while.
After watching it carefully for a long time, she said: "The embroidery of this picture is not inferior to the plum blossom picture, this is the best embroidery that this palace has ever seen." Reward! β
Zhirong thanked her, and then looked at the expressions of the female officials of the Shanggong Bureau, they all had intoxicated looks, and most of the female officials of the embroidery department looked at her with admiration.
Dare to try a new stitch on such an occasion, and combine the two stitches, is not something that ordinary people dare to do. Yubi is more emotional, and the embroidery department finally has a successor.
"She really embroidered, how can she embroider so well." The ninth princess pulled Wen Xin's sleeve: "I like her so much." Let's embroider one with her another day. β
"Aifei, you look like a person in the painting next to this picture, very beautiful!" A rich male voice reached everyone's ears, and a man in a dragon robe was seen pacing over slowly, it was Li Ji.
"Long live the emperor!" Everyone quickly knelt down and said goodbye.
"Let's all be flat." Li Ji came to Murong Guifei and felt that Murong Guifei had never been as beautiful as she was today. In the gorgeous, there is the beauty of the youngest daughter's family.
And the jade concubine stood next to the plum blossom picture, as if she was really stepping in the snow, dancing lightly under the flying plum tree.
Li Ji turned to look at Zhirong: "You are Bai Zhirong?" β
Zhirong bowed his head and said, "The student is practicing Bai Zhirong. β
"Well, yes, the Shanggong Bureau needs a talent like you. According to my message, from today onwards, Bai Zhirong will be promoted to the fifth-grade female official of the Shanggong Bureau. Entered the embroidery department. Tomorrow will be the envelope ceremony! β
This time everyone was stunned, Wupin! Not Liupin? This is unprecedented among trainees of all ages. Bai Zhirong will eventually become another figure after Shen Zhihua and Xia Yunsheng.
From today onwards, she will be famous in Beijing, and perhaps in the near future she will become the object of worship and study of the embroidered women of the Tang Dynasty in Quanjing.
Zhirong barely believed her ears, she never thought that she would be promoted so quickly.
The cherry blossom viewing festival ends. The focus of everyone's conversation is all Zhirong's embroidery. The female officials of the embroidery department collectively asked Zhirong for advice on wearing cloud embroidery, and even the female officials of the big rank were very humble and did not have the slightest shelf.
"I've never wanted to have this kind of stitching alone, but if you don't dislike it, I'm willing to teach it all to adults. I also hope that you will give me guidance and teach me. β
Zhirong is not hypocritical. She really hopes that more people can master the embroidery embroidery, so that this set of stitches will not be lost, and it will be recorded in the embroidery book.
The female officials couldn't help but be moved when they saw her so open-minded. Therefore, the female officials of the embroidery department organized two hours of free time every day to learn cloud embroidery, exchange and discuss various stitches with each other, and teach each other skills.
Zhirong likes to learn and discuss embroidery with female officials, and her cloud-piercing embroidery has been completed, and now she has begun to practice other stitches. Zhi Yao rarely spoke to her, but every time she had a gloomy face.
And every time I meet Qiu Manhua, it is even more miserable, and the other party will always laugh at her. It's no wonder that her fiancΓ© always ran to the palace bureau but didn't go to see her once.
On this day, Qiu Manhua went to ask Concubine Wen to come out, and when she arrived at the gate of the Shanggong Bureau, she suddenly changed her mind and went to another place.
"Why are you free to come here today?" The woman in white on the seat asked lightly.
Qiu Manhua's eyes showed a fierce light: "I really regret that the medicine was less at the beginning, I don't know if Niangniang still has it?" β
"It's about to get married, what's going on?" Concubine Yu knew what happened during the day, but she still pretended to be stupid: "You are the future Ming Wang and Concubine Zheng and no one will shake you." β
Qiu Manhua gritted his teeth angrily: "What about the concubine, I can't keep the concubine of King Ming in the future, and it will be difficult to ensure that my position will not be threatened at that time." Not only was she not expelled, but now she is becoming more and more proud. Thanks to your embroidered screen, she didn't have to take the big exam, and she had the peony screen that day, so she was promoted to a fifth-grade female official. β
This has the meaning of complaining about the jade concubine. However, Qiu Manhua has always regarded herself very highly, and her status as a future princess is not as bad as that of a jade concubine, so she doesn't think there's anything wrong with saying this at all.
Today's saint is old, and the jade concubine who dies in the future is the concubine. The princes, on the other hand, will become the emperor and the prince who really hold the power.
She spoke so rudely, and Concubine Yu didn't seem to care, she ate a spoonful of bird's nest elegantly, and looked at the embroidered screen in the room casually. "That's it. It was all given to you at the beginning. β
"Jade Concubine Niangniang, I want Bai Zhi to die!" When Qiu Manhua heard that there was no poison, he became anxious. "She is now a fifth-grade person, and it is very possible that she will be promoted to a fourth-grade Sicai in another half a year."
The person on the seat is the Jade Concubine, she still looks cold, but at this time she looks lazy, "Not only from the fourth grade, but also from the third grade for another year." It will not be too late to become a Shanggong with her skills, I have always used her talent to determine the official position of the Shanggong Bureau, Wei Ting is not also a four-grade Shanggong at a young age. β
"What then?"
Qiu Manhua was even more anxious. If Zhirong's official position is above the fourth grade, wouldn't it be more likely that he will be accepted as a side concubine with Li You's thoughts about Zhirong? And in the past, Concubine Wen seemed to like her very much when she was still there, and now the emperor also appreciates her skills.
The Jade Concubine smiled, and in an instant, the hall was dazzling.
"What are you afraid of? Don't worry, Bai Zhirong has a lot of enemies, you have to be good at using it, not poisoning yourself. Being seen through at a glance. Didn't the crown princess hate her too?"
"How can I take advantage of it? After all, the Bai family has dealings with the prince's party, and the crown princess will inevitably change her opinion in the future. Qiu Manhua began to complain again.
"She doesn't go out of the palace now, and in addition to studying, she practices some weird stitches every day."
Qiu Manhua suddenly paused, and those needles of Zhirong suddenly flashed in his mind, thinking about it, were those needles really created by Zhirong himself, or did he steal the hidden needles in the Treasure Pavilion of the Shanggong Bureau?
Concubine Yu looked at her expression and smiled coldly, thinking that this Qiu Manhua was not stupid. "In the past few days, I have been tired and weak for some reason, and after saying a few words, I feel weak and need to rest."
Qiu Manhua said goodbye happily, and began to think about how to start along the way. (To be continued.) )