Chapter 24: The first is none other than me
As soon as King Huai's words came out, Xiao Ziming really had the heart to strangle him, originally Gu Yunxin was very cold to him these days, and he still wanted to get himself involved with that Gu Yunzhi.
This is also to blame himself, it is not good to find any helper, but he wants to find Gu Yunzhi, a fool. In the final analysis, Hongxuan is just a cheap maid, and when she marries Yun Xin, it will be too late to clean her up, if he hadn't been dizzy, he wouldn't have made trouble to this point.
The last competition, of course, is the female red, in the Great Zhou female red is a necessary skill for women, because, the custom of the Great Zhou believes that women must sew their own wedding dresses when they get married, then they will be happy, not only that, in addition to their own wedding clothes, but also their own and husband's bed clothes are all sewn by women before marriage.
Gu Yunxin's best embroidery technique is double-sided embroidery, double-sided embroidery, as the name suggests, is on the same base material, in the same embroidery process, embroider the front and back of the image, the outline is exactly the same, the pattern is different but the same exquisite embroidery.
In order to save time, the examiner just gave everyone a handkerchief-sized base material, in this last competition, everyone is showing their own powers, some are Hunan embroidery, some Suzhou embroidery, and Guangdong embroidery Shu embroidery, the pattern, it depends on the young lady's own thoughts.
The time for a stick of incense passed quickly, and the moment the examiner struck the gong, Gu Yunxin was able to finish the embroidery in his hand.
The chief examiner took the grandmother in the palace to look at the embroidery in Gu Yunxin's hand, and the two couldn't help but admire, they had such exquisite skills at such a young age.
"Miss's embroidery is exquisite, but I don't know who this double-sided embroiderer is?" Mama said respectfully.
"My mother taught me embroidery." Gu Yunxin said with a light smile.
"Miss is the daughter of the eldest lady of the Dingguo Mansion?" Mama was surprised.
"Exactly."
"No wonder, Miss's embroidery skills don't have to be bad at all. At the beginning, Miss Zhan's embroidery skills were very famous in Kyoto, and it was difficult for many people to find clothes and embroidery. The old slave was fortunate to see the double-sided embroidered birthday gift given to the Queen Mother by Miss Zhan at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet. Mama said with a smile.
"Okay, okay, today is an embroidery competition, but it's not a place for you to pull homely, Mama praised Gu Yunxin's double-sided embroidery so much, just to say that the embroidery of the county lord is not as good as her?" Xiao Sirui said coldly.
"The county lord is angry, this embroidery is naturally to be seen one by one, double-sided embroidery is very rare, the old slave is also telling the truth, as long as the county lord's embroidery is of high quality, it will naturally be selected." Mama is neither humble nor arrogant.
The people who serve in the palace, if they can't even handle this little thing well, then they will be in vain in the palace, not to mention, this grandmother said that she had seen double-sided embroidery at the queen mother's birthday banquet, which shows that she is not an ordinary palace grandmother.
"Okay, you old Diao slave, you dare to contradict the county lord, when the county lord tells the queen, you must make your old Diao slave look good." Xiao Sirui said angrily.
Hearing this, the grandmother did not refute anything, but only bowed respectfully, and then checked the embroidery of her other boudoir ladies.
Gu Yunxin's double-sided embroidery is more than every year, and on the other hand, the rich flowers are blooming, the meaning is excellent, and Zhan Xinyue's is a pair of proud snow and cold plums, which is very in line with Zhan Xinyue's temperament.
The palace mother has seen all the embroidery of the boudoir ladies, and she is very satisfied, and the queen mother asked her to come to see these embroideries, just to choose a few of these boudoir ladies to be the princess of the prince, and these young ladies today are all good candidates.
When she saw Xiao Sirui's embroidery, Mama frowned inadvertently, although Xiao Sirui's embroidery was also good, but the embroidery was a picture of mandarin ducks playing in the water, which showed that there was nothing else in her heart except for the love of her children.
"How? Is the main embroidery of this county good? Xiao Sirui looked at the grandmother and raised her eyebrows.
"The county lord's embroidery is naturally good, but the old slave thinks that Miss Gu's double-sided embroidery is more outstanding."
"Hmph, this double-sided embroidery in the whole of Kyoto is also her and her mother's meeting, she uses her own good embroidery to compete with us, it is unfair, the county lord thinks, her qualification should be cancelled."
As soon as these words came out, everyone present couldn't help frowning, this Xiao Sirui, is she afraid that the Xiao family will lose face? is so blatant to disqualify people who are better than her.
How can you say that this Gu Yunxin will be her sister-in-law in the future, how can she bully others like this, this is already like this before joining the Xiao family, if she really marries, it may not be what will happen. Thinking of this, many people have begun to feel sorry for Gu Yun.
"The county lord of Lauder is really majestic, this king doesn't know, this big week embroidery competition has become your Xiao family's back garden, you can do whatever you want?" King Huai sneered.
"Why does His Royal Highness King Huai need to say this about me, this competition is originally unfair, and the county lord is naturally the first." Xiao Sirui said proudly.
"His Royal Highness King Huai, Gu Yunxin has always been reluctant to compete with others, since the county lord of Lauder likes it, then she is it, why bother to make His Royal Highness King Huai unhappy for the title of the first place in a mere area." Gu Yunxin said softly.
Seeing Gu Yunxin like this, King Huai immediately looked at King Rui on the side, only to see King Rui's eyes slightly constricted, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Seeing this, King Huai couldn't help but sigh in his heart, his fifth brother used to be so radiant, but now he doesn't like to say much.
"No matter what, since Miss Gu is willing to give up the first place, the first place is Xiao Sirui, Miss Gu is second, and Miss Zhanjia is third, so be it. The king was tired, and went back to his house to rest. After finishing speaking, King Huai got up and pushed King Rui's wheelchair and left Yuzhu Garden.
According to the rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the top three in this embroidery contest are also to enter the palace to face the saint, the only difference is that the emperor will set up a banquet in the palace, and there are civil and military officials and harem concubines present.
Since Xiao Sirui is the county lord, this first place naturally belongs to her, otherwise Lord Chen, a minor official of the five grades, will end this career path.
On the day she entered the palace, Gu Yunxin was still wearing the same lilac dress, the only difference was that even if the patterns on her skirt were different, this time she chose a skirt embroidered with falling cherry blossom petals. The long hair is pulled up, just a pearl hairpin, although it is simple but luxurious.
"Miss, are you too plain to dress up like this, the slave maid heard that the Lauder county lord made a dress and a face." Xiangzhi said worriedly.
The Lauder County Lord originally liked to dress up with brilliance, wouldn't it be a pity that the saint who entered the palace didn't dress himself up brightly?
"Lauder likes to swagger through the market, our master is different from her, our master is naturally beautiful, even this plain dress can't hide the brilliance, if you dress up, then Lauder won't have another chance to stir up trouble? Besides, the master has no intention of arguing with her for anything, which is sometimes, not fighting, but a good thing. Hongxuan smiled lightly.
Hearing this, Gu Yunxin smiled lightly, don't look at Hongxuan who has been by her side for only a few days, but she didn't expect her to feel her thoughts so thoroughly.
"Hongxuan, you've only been with me for a few days, and you actually have such a deep understanding of me, your master sent you to me, wouldn't it have some other purpose?"
"Master, Hongxuan shouldn't speculate on the master's mind, it's just ...... Slaves and maids are sincere in protecting their masters, and our lords have no ill will towards their masters. Hongxuan hurriedly knelt on the ground and said hurriedly.
"Okay, get up quickly, I'll just ask casually, I don't know how Hongling has been doing with my mother these days." Gu Yunxin said lightly.
"Master, Hongling is here, just waiting outside the door." Laneige said softly.
It's really Cao Cao, Cao Cao has arrived, Gu Yunxin has been letting Hongling stay with her mother for the past few days, and there has been no news back, she thought that she had thought about all this too much, but now it seems that Hongling has only discovered something in the past few days.
"Let Hongling come in." Gu Yunxin said lightly.
After a while, I saw Hongling walking in in a cyan dress, "The slave and maid have seen the master, and the master has asked the slave and maid to accompany the eldest lady for the past few days, and the slave and maid have checked all the food, clothing, and daily life of the eldest lady in the past few days, and the slave and maid found that there are some problems in the eldest lady's diet." ”
"What? Is it toxic? Gu Yunxin said anxiously.
"It's not poison, but the eldest lady has been eating contraceptive things, but the slave knocked on the side, and it seems that the eldest lady doesn't know that there is contraception in her diet."
What are the ingredients of contraception? Gu Yunxin frowned slightly, no wonder her mother never got pregnant after giving birth to her, she always thought that her mother's body had not been recuperated, but she didn't want someone to secretly move her hands and feet.
Think about it carefully, now in the father's house, only the Feng family has a son, and the other aunts are at most one daughter, and the housewife has no son-in-law, and this huge inheritance can only be handed over to this concubine in the future. And if you can do this, there will naturally be no one else besides Feng.
Before, my mother encountered the mountain bandits, although the clues found the Zhang family, but also found out that all this was related to the Feng family.
The Zhang family has only one daughter, and she has nothing to rely on, and the Feng family has her own support in the back house, so it is no wonder that the Zhang family will obey her.
Since someone has already done something to her mother, why shouldn't she treat her in the same way as others? Feng's reliance in the mansion is her son, and then there is her father, who has just been promoted to the waiter of the Sanpin Criminal Department.
She is a weak woman in the court, and she is not easy to do, but she has lived a new life, is it possible that she still doesn't know the means in the backyard?
"Hongling, my mother's body may be well adjusted?"
"Naturally, it's okay, as long as the eldest lady eats a few meals of medicinal food made by the slave maid, it will be fine." Hongling said respectfully.
"Okay, you will take good care of my mother in Zuixia Garden first, and you will find out the black hand that drugged my mother."
"Don't worry, the slave and maid already have eyebrows for the person who did it, and I came here today to ask the master if I want to deal with the servant girl."
Gu Yunxin didn't expect that Hongxuan and Hongling were so efficient, thinking about it carefully, did the lord in their mouth send the two of them to him, was it a bit of a loss?
"Don't do it yet, keep an eye on her, I'll enter the palace to face the saint today, and it's not too late to clean her up when I come back." Gu Yunxin said lightly.
Now, she is just a daughter, not like Xiao Sirui has the identity of a county lord, if she can also have an identity, it will be more handy to deal with these people in the backyard......