Chapter 88: New Opportunities (1) (3rd Update)
Shopkeeper Yu does have something to say to Zeng Rong.
These words were held back in her heart for several days, but it was only because of Old Madam Xu's face and Bai's face, coupled with her selfishness, that she didn't come to trouble Zeng Rong.
Seeing that Zeng Rong encountered difficulties, her mind was alive again.
It turned out that the orchid silk handkerchief embroidered by Zeng Rong when he first entered the embroidery workshop was indeed taken by Liu Gonggong, and then Zeng Rong's embroidered purse was also brought back to the palace by Liu Gonggong, but at that time, Liu Gonggong was only interested in embroidery, and Yu Yunqing naturally would not have much to do.
Who knew that at the beginning of August, Liu Gonggong was moved by Zeng Rong's set of cicada series purses again, so he took the initiative to ask about the identity, age and nationality of the embroidery girl, and learned that it was the Shanggong Bureau in the palace that wanted to recruit a few embroiderers and tailors, Yu Yunqing kept an eye, and she pushed Amei out, because Amei did embroider a lot of purses and silk handkerchiefs with poems during that time, and Amei's embroidery skills were no worse than Zeng Rong, and the difference was that Amei read fewer books, and she couldn't draw pictures and design patterns.
And the reason why Yu Yunqing has the courage to bully the monarch is because she knows one thing clearly, the emperor's dragon robe, court clothes and other large clothes are customized by the Jiangnan Weaving Department or specially selected from Jiangnan embroidery girls to complete, and the person Liu Gonggong is looking for in his mouth to put it bluntly, he is miscellaneous, and is responsible for the daily small items of the masters in the palace.
But miscellaneous is not the same as miscellaneous work, doing miscellaneous work in the palace, if it once enters the eyes of the emperor, not to mention one step to the sky, if you can mix a female official to do it, it is better than being a slave for a lifetime, not to mention, if it is mixed well, what if you change the lintel of the Yu family?
For this reason, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yu Yunqing did not let Amei come to the embroidery workshop, and found a female gentleman at home to teach Amei's poems and simple Danqing, and did not point to her to become a talented girl, at least she could draw some simple tricks by herself and memorize some simple poems.
Originally, she hid this from the Bai family, but it was so unfortunate that after the Mid-Autumn Festival, those sets of purses embroidered with cicadas, grasshoppers and grasshoppers suddenly spread in Taixue, and then soon spread into these family circles, and the Bai family also knew.
Yu Yunqing dared to hide from Gonggong Liu but didn't dare to hide it from the Bai family, and even informed the Bai family about wanting to send Amei to the Shanggong Bureau, because she was only a female worker and needed to be screened, the Bai family didn't care much about it.
What really surprised her was Zeng Rong, a girl from the countryside, just twelve years old, who had never studied, and actually had such ability?
For this reason, she specially took Zeng Rongxiu's purse to the Yang family for identification, and originally wanted to send it to the old lady, but was interrupted by the Yang family, saying that the old lady was unhappy in those days, and she was afraid of annoying her, so it was not too late to send it in a few days.
And Yu Yunqing learned from the Bai family that Zeng Rong was Xu Jing's life-saving benefactor, and she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in her heart, firstly, she was afraid that Zeng Rong's edge would not be able to cover it, and sooner or later she would be discovered by Gonggong Liu; Second, she is also worried about Amei's limited ability, in case she reveals the consequences after entering the palace, she can't bear it.
After thinking about it, Yu Yunqing really had an idea, she wanted Zeng Rong to take Amei into the palace together, but she was not very sure how to persuade Zeng Rong.
When she was in a dilemma, the Marquis Mansion of Zhenyuan actually came to the door and wanted to buy Zeng Rong, if Zeng Rong was willing to enter the Hou Mansion, she would have also gone to a heart disease, but Zeng Rong was a high-spirited person, and had an idea, not to mention having a holiday with Miss Wang, even if there was no such thing, she guessed that she would not be willing to be this minion.
However, this incident also gave Yu Yunqing an opportunity, an opportunity to persuade Zeng Rong.
Therefore, seeing off the Wang family, she quickly returned to the east wing, and when she saw Zeng Rong standing honestly in the middle of the room, she smiled.
She appreciates Zeng Rong's cleverness.
It's just that if this wisdom is used well, it will be a help, otherwise, it will be a curse.
"Why didn't you do anything?" Yu Yunqing sat down and asked slowly.
"I'm impetuous, I'm afraid that the embroidery will be wrong." Zeng Rong sat across from her.
"Hey, didn't you just say that the cold is afraid of the wind cold? Are you afraid to give me the sickness? Yu Yunqing asked pretending to be angry.
Zeng Rong also smiled, "The shopkeeper Yu is his own person, and he is also an understanding person, I don't hide it from you, although you haven't seen the festival between me and Miss Wang, but you must have heard about it, so I will never enter the Wang family, and I won't accept any work from the Wang family, and I will ask the shopkeeper Yu to help me turn around." ”
"This is really stumped for me, if I had the ability to compete with the Wang family, I wouldn't be sitting here today." After Yu Yunqing finished speaking, she found a clean cup and poured Zeng Rong a cup of tea.
Zeng Rong took the tea and took a sip, "Don't worry, I won't embarrass the shopkeeper, I only have one request, I hope the shopkeeper can inform me in advance, don't let me be sold and count the silver for her." ”
"Don't worry, although I am not talented, I am still a good person, and I will never do such shameless things as being abducted and deceived." Yu Yunqing put down the cup and said, but the confidence was inevitably lacking.
"That's good, it's so hard." Zeng Ran smiled again, drank all the tea in the cup, got up to leave, and dropped a sentence, "This tea is really good." ”
"Oh, sit down, don't be in a hurry to go, can you taste the quality of this tea?" Yu Yunqing grabbed Zeng Rong.
Zeng Rong didn't really want to leave, otherwise she wouldn't have dropped this sentence, so when she saw that the other party was staying, she was not hypocritical, and sat down again.
"I can taste a little bit, and I've drunk tea a few times in Xufu." This is not a lie, it is true that the tea tasting learned in Xu Mansion is not in this life.
"Very close to Mrs. Xu?" Yu Yunqing threw out the first question.
"The old lady has the grace of reinvention for me, I didn't come alone in Beijing this time, and there is a six-year-old sister with me, in order to relieve my worries, she allowed my sister to enter the Xu Mansion attached to the school, and several Miss Sun of the Xu Mansion together. If I didn't insist on going out to work, I could also stay in Xu Mansion to live a stable life, but this is contrary to my original intention of entering Beijing, I am here to earn money to support my family, no matter how brazen I am, I can't hand over my family to the Xu family to raise. Zeng Rong revealed a little bit about his family background.
These words made Yu Yunqing's eyes light up, it was easy to make money, and the problems that could be solved with silver were nothing to her, let alone a small amount of money.
"Oh, then today's matter is going to be dealt with by the old lady? But as far as I know, although Lord Xu is a first-class civil official, the Wang family is a hereditary first-class marquis, even if there is no queen, it is difficult for the Xu family to compete with the Wang family. Yu Yunqing threw out the second question.
"Listening to the shopkeeper, it seems that you have a better idea? Ah Rong would like to hear about it. Zeng Rong said tentatively.
She didn't know what Yu Yunqing wanted to do, but she knew a little that Yu Yunqing didn't like to meddle in things, and if there was no benefit, she wouldn't keep her.