Chapter 105, no regrets
Yu Yunqing and Li Yun had dealt with each other a few times, and she had also been to the Zhenguo Mansion twice, so she recognized each other at a glance.
"When did Miss Li come? I'm sorry to bother you to come here in person, just send someone to call me if there's anything. Yu Yunqing said while inviting Li Xun to the East Wing.
"Shopkeeper Yu, I came to find Miss Zeng, I want to ask Miss Zeng to help me embroider a few things, but unfortunately Miss Zeng rejected me, it seems that Miss Zeng's reputation is really not small, and the work at hand is too busy." After Li Xun finished speaking, he smiled at Zeng Rongwan.
"Looking for us Ah Rong?" Yu Yunqing was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, she remembered Li Man three days ago.
"Miss Li, if there is anything you can talk to our shopkeeper, I am really in a hurry to do the work in my hands, and I ask Miss Li to take care of one or two." Zeng Rong received the glance that Yu Yunqing threw over, and said on his knees.
There are only two days left before the screening in the palace, Zeng Rong's embroidery has not yet been completed, not to mention that she is in a hurry, even Yu Yunqing is in a hurry.
Therefore, seeing that she took the initiative to leave, Yu Yunqing responded.
Li Xun saw that Zeng Rong was too wary, and it was difficult to find anything out of her mouth, so he didn't stop her from leaving, just as she was still thinking about asking Yu Yunqing something.
Although Yu Yunqing did not inform Li Yun that Zeng Rong was going to enter the palace to be an embroidery maid, she told that Zeng Rong was a distant relative of Mrs. Xu, and also said that Zeng Rong was personally brought into Beijing by Mrs. Xu, and this job was also arranged by Mrs. Xu.
Speaking of this, Li Xun also understood that Zeng Rong didn't need her help, so he sat down and said goodbye.
And when Li Man learned about the relationship between Zeng Rong and the Xu family, he also completely let go of Zeng Rong, because he knew that it was impossible for such Zeng Rong to be small for him.
After two days of work, Zeng Rong finally drove out this embroidery, this time Yu Yunqing was quite interesting, presumably knowing that she wanted to settle her family, gave her a salary of one hundred taels of silver, and cleared the previous accounts in a dozen.
After getting this money, Zeng Rong did not rush home, but went to see Amei with Yu Yunqing, who has been studying and practicing calligraphy these days, and also learning some rules and etiquette.
Seeing Zeng Rong, he got carried away for a while, Amei pulled Zeng Rong to jump up first, was reprimanded by Yu Yunqing on the side, stood up in a hurry and manners, and gave Zeng Rong a formal greeting salute.
"Auntie, I just haven't seen Ah Rong for too long, and I will forget the rules when I forget my form, and I won't in the future." Ah Mei mischievously admitted her mistake to Yu Yunqing.
It turned out that at first, Amei's original intention was to resist entering the palace, especially to resist herself entering the palace under Zeng Rong's reputation, because she knew her strength very well, and she was worried that she would be exposed after entering, and she was also worried that she was not smart enough to deal with these open and secret battles.
Helplessly, the family couldn't listen to her words, but took turns to persuade her one by one, saying that it was up to her whether the Yu family could get rid of the slavery from the Bai family, saying that there was Liu Gonggong to take care of her, and strive to transfer her to the queen mother after a while, and what did she really can't say, after two or three years, she will find a sick person to take her out of the palace, because embroidered palace maids are not as troublesome as ordinary palace maids, as long as they are really diagnosed and sick and can't do things, they can leave the palace, after all, there are no idlers in the palace.
In this way, I reluctantly moved Amei, but I always felt that I was pressing a stone in my heart, and I was not happy.
Later, when I learned that Zeng Rong entered the palace with her, the stone on Amei's chest really landed.
Although she and Zeng Rong were a little cautious when they were in the embroidery workshop, it was also based on her jealousy of Zeng Rong's talent and ability, not that there was really any holiday between the two, and after these days of getting along, she thought she knew what kind of person Zeng Rong was, so with Zeng Rong by her side, she was really at ease.
This is also the reason why she forgot for a while when she saw Zeng Ronghui.
"Okay, you two don't be busy with the old days first, tomorrow morning will enter the palace, I heard that other embroidery workshops also recommend people to participate in the screening, this time there are a total of six people in the palace, there are twelve people who signed up, you don't have to be careless, it is said that the assessment of the day is a silk handkerchief, sachet and purse three kinds, the subject matter is not very clear, nothing more than a few kinds of plum orchid bamboo chrysanthemum, draw lots to decide what to embroider, so you must first think about these few colors to paint." Yu Yunqing said.
This is the reason why she brought Zeng Rong to see Amei, she wanted Zeng Rong to design a few patterns for Amei that had not been used before, and let Amei practice depicting them first.
In fact, during this period of time, the family also asked someone to teach Danqing to Amei, but the time was still short, and Amei was not the kind of person with high talent, so it did not have much effect.
Zeng Rong had already guessed the purpose of Yu Yunqing bringing her here, so after hearing this, without saying a word, he followed Ah Mei into her house, the west wing.
Amei's house is similar to Zhao's mother's house, it is also an independent small courtyard, three upper rooms, one ear room, two side rooms with east and west, the house is slightly smaller and slightly older than Zhao's mother's house, the location is not as good as Zhao's house, close to the market area in the south, it is quite lively, the shouts of all kinds of vendors and pawns are endless, and the frolicking of children outside the door is also endless.
"I kept forgetting to ask, where do you live?" Yu Yunqing saw Zeng Rong looking at the environment in the courtyard and asked.
"It's similar to yours, and it's also the place where the people of the Xu family live, just around the back street of Xu's house."
While talking, the three of them entered Amei's house, and the furnishings in the room were similar to Zeng Rong's, a big kang, there were several boxes at the end of the kang, and there were two kang tables in the middle, and there were a lot of pen, ink, paper, and inkstones on the kang table, because he was worried about going home early to see Zeng Hua, Zeng Rong was not polite with the two aunts and nephews, sat on the kang, and picked up the pen to paint after a little thought.
Painting is actually not the key, the key is to have verses that match the painting, which is an important reason for Zeng Rong in Yu Yunqing's appearance, therefore, this time it is not equal to Yunqing's command, Zeng Rong took the initiative to inscribe two lines of poetry on each painting.
Seeing this, Yu Yunqing nodded with satisfaction, and really praised her a few words.
Coming out of the Bai family, Yu Yunqing suddenly grabbed Zeng Rong, who was about to get into the carriage, "It's too late for you to regret it now." ”
This was a bit inexplicable, Zeng Rong's mind turned around before he thought of the matter of the Zhenguo Mansion, shook his head, and smiled, "Don't regret it, choose the road and go forward." ”
"The Wang family is not good, the Li family is really good, that Li Gongzi is comparable...
"Shopkeeper Yu, my sister is still waiting for me at home, I should go back, don't worry, I will definitely do what I promised you." Zeng Rong interrupted her.
Seeing this, Yu Yunqing had to let go of her hand, helped Zeng Rong into her carriage, and watched the carriage leave, she shook her head and sighed.