Early the next morning, Zeng Rong sent Zeng Hua to the street, and after seeing her leave, he stood at the street for half an hour, Yu Yunqing's carriage came, and Amei was also in the car.

After touching two incense sticks, the carriage stopped, Zeng Rong got out of the carriage, looked up, and found them standing in front of an inconspicuous small door, if it were not for this long red wall, no one would have thought that this gate would be a big palace that people kept secret.

The small door was still closed, and Zeng Rong couldn't get in, because it was late autumn at that time, and the cold hit people, Yu Yunqing ordered Zeng Rong and Amei to get into the carriage, and she walked to another carriage parked next to her, which was someone from another embroidery workshop.

When Zeng Rong helped Amei to get into the carriage, another carriage came, Zeng Rong glanced at the other party's logo, it was also an embroidery workshop with the same name as the Splendid Workshop, this carriage stopped next to Zeng Rong, Zeng Rong was hesitating whether to get into the carriage first or say hello to the other party first, when the curtain of the carriage was opened, and the face of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl leaned out with a smile, and when she saw Zeng Rong, the smile on her face quickly turned into suspicion, "You, you are also here to participate in the screening?" ”

As soon as the words fell, another face was revealed, "Hongling, who are you talking to?" ”

Without waiting for Zeng Rong to reply, the girl named Hongling suddenly became excited, pointed at Zeng Rong and shouted: "I remember, you are the Zeng Rong, the one who embroidered the purse?" ”

This movement quickly alarmed Amei, and she also lifted the curtain and poked out, "Do you know them?" ”

Zeng Rong shook his head.

"But we've heard of you, and we know that you're only twelve years old, don't look like you're from the countryside, but you've studied, you're talented, you know a lot of poetry, and you can draw your own patterns, right? Am I right? Hongling said as she jumped out of the carriage and walked in front of Zeng Rong.

Zeng Rong saw that this person was easy-going and smiled, and he also replied to the other party with a smile, "It's true that my name is Zeng Rong, but it's not as good as you say, just skimming a few books and reciting a few lines of poetry, and it really has nothing to do with talent." ”

"Are you really Zeng Rong?" The second girl who showed up also got out of the carriage and walked to Zeng Rong's side.

"That's right, I just confirmed, it's like a fake." Hongling raised her chin proudly, looking proud.

"Little fart, that's all you have to offer?" The other girl rolled her eyes back.

It can be seen that these two people usually tease each other, otherwise they wouldn't talk so casually.

Seeing this, Zeng Rong was a little envious of the interaction between the two, she and Ah Tao were not bad, but they would not talk to each other so arbitrarily.

"By the way, I forgot to tell you, my name is Hongling, her name is Green Lotus, and we are all from Hongxiu Pavilion." Hongling saw Zeng Rong looking at them, and hurriedly introduced.

"The names of the two of you are so good, one is called Hongling and the other is called Luhe, both of them grow in the water, I guess you two must be very good at ordinary times, right?" Zeng Rong asked with a smile.

"Who's good with her? If you're fine, you know how to bully me, why don't I mess with you in the future? Hongling shook off the green beads and reached out to hug Zeng Rong.

"What do you mean? How dare you betray me? You wait. The girl named Luzhu gritted her teeth and smiled at Hongling, who quickly let go of Zeng Rong and hugged Luzhu again.

"You two are weird and funny." Ame couldn't help but laugh.

"Okay, you two don't make a fuss, and don't look at what this place is?" A woman in her twenties got out of the car.

Without waiting for Zeng Rong to say hello, Yu Yunqing came over, and the woman greeted her with a smile.

Zeng Rong guessed the identity of this woman from the conversation between the two, the shopkeeper of the Red Embroidery Pavilion.

As he spoke, another carriage came, and at this point, the people of the four major embroidery workshops were gathered, except for two people each from the Splendid Workshop and the Red Embroidery Pavilion, the other two embroidery workshops had four people.

Everyone saw each other, and after touching a stick of incense, the small door opened, and two eunuchs dressed in blue came out, and then, I saw Gonggong Liu accompany a woman in her thirties wearing bean green clothes to come out.

The four shopkeepers hurriedly stepped forward to meet people, and when Zeng Rong heard them call this woman Aunt Liu, he knew that this person should be an aunt in charge of the Shanggong Bureau, and she was also one of the chief examiners today.

After confirming the identities of the twelve embroidery girls from the four shopkeepers, Zeng Rong and his entourage were led into the door, after entering the door, there was a vacant land on the right hand, and a wooden fence wall on the left.

Passing through this clearing, there is another wall, and there is also a door to enter, and there are still eunuchs on duty at the door, when passing through this door, Zeng Rong and several people were searched, and the four shopkeepers were stopped outside this door.

After entering the door, there is a hollow-shaped building, surrounded by a row of houses, and in the middle is a courtyard, there are no trees in the yard, but there are two flower beds, and a few chrysanthemums bloom sporadically.

Zeng Rong and his entourage were led into a room in the west, two rows of embroidery frames had been placed in the room, and there was an embroidery bandage and a basket on the embroidery frame, and the basket was embroidery thread, embroidery needles and thimbles and other supporting supplies, and the two palace maids in their twenties stood in the middle of the room, and when they saw Aunt Liu and Father-in-law Liu, they hurriedly bowed down and said: "Go back to Grandpa Liu and Aunt Liu, they are all ready." ”

Aunt Liu nodded, turned to Zeng Rong and said, "You go find a place to sit down, the first question is to embroider a silk handkerchief, pick your own best embroidery, remember, embroider your name in the lower left corner, the time is two incense." ”

After Aunt Liu finished speaking, Zeng Rong and his party each found their own places, and after they sat down, one of the palace maids went to light the incense.

After Zeng Rong sat down, she didn't rush to draw with a paintbrush, but closed her eyes and thought for a while, then opened her eyes and picked up the brush.

Because she had embroidered too many orchids before, so she sketched the initial shape of the orchid with a few strokes, and the color matching was also quite skillful, so it only took a column of half-incense to embroider the silk handkerchief, and after checking it again and again, she embroidered her name in the lower left corner, but she was not in a hurry to deliver the goods, but waited for others to hand it over before she got up.

Immediately afterwards, it was a lottery to determine the exam questions, this time it was an embroidered purse or sachet, which lasted two hours, therefore, before the lottery, a palace maid sent a plate of snacks and a cup of hot tea, and after everyone finished eating, this was the next round of the examination.

Zeng Rong drew a purse, embroidered peony, this is not difficult for her, before the Mid-Autumn Festival, she just made a purse embroidered with peony for Mrs. Xu, the inscription on it is "rich and rich", this time she plans to copy this.

The purse on the left and right was also designed by herself, and no one should plagiarize it.