Chapter 158, the queen is invited
After learning the ins and outs of the matter, Qin Chuxue muttered for a long time and did not speak, obviously quite embarrassed.
In her opinion, this matter is not at all about whether to change the embroidery thread, even if the embroidery thread is changed to achieve the previous effect, but the missing gold leaf thread is always a hidden danger, if someone uses this matter to slander Zeng Rong in the future, Zeng Rong is very likely to fall into a crime of bullying.
If the embroidery thread cannot achieve the previous effect, the problem will be equally troublesome, affecting the 60th birthday of the Queen Mother, and Zeng Rong will have to be stripped of his skin if he does not die.
"Auntie, I actually have an idea."
Zeng Rong thought of an idea on the way here, she planned to take advantage of the Lantern Festival to go back to Xu's house, and ask Mrs. Xu to help find the Bai family to buy a roll of gold leaf thread, but how to bring it into the palace was a little troublesome.
There is another point, she can't delay these ten days, and if she delays any longer, she really won't have time to finish this regular dress, and she can't escape death at that time, so she can only take the risk of changing the embroidery thread, and then use gold leaf thread to intersperse it, and she can also outline a few hollow laces.
As for Qin Chuxue's fear of slander in the future, Zeng Rong was not very afraid, because this matter was not publicized, and the other party dared to take it out to say something, wouldn't it be true that she didn't have three hundred taels of silver here?
At that time, Zeng Rong's failure was a crime of concealment, but the other party was not easy to say, even the Queen Mother's birthday dared to steal, I am afraid that it is not only a dead word, but also her family and the embroidery workshop that recommended her, and she cannot be unclear about this crime.
"At present, I can't do anything, just do as you say, but are you sure that the Xu family can help you buy a roll of gold leaf thread? There is only one workshop in the whole capital to make gold foil threads, and the gold foil threads are uniformly distributed in the palace, and the embroidery workshop outside is rare to have one or two rolls a year. Qin Chuxue asked.
"It's so hard?" Zeng Rong took a breath.
This is really not something that can be solved with money, no wonder the other party will start from here.
"Also, it is not the best policy to involve the Xu family in this matter, if it is turned out in the future, the Xu family also has the crime of deception and cover-up, you have to think about these carefully." Qin Chuxue mentioned again.
In the end, her suggestion was to change the embroidery thread, let Zeng Rong go to Liu Chunmiao to get a new roll of embroidery thread, she would assign Liu Chunmiao another embroidery job, and the purse used to reward the juniors on the Queen Mother's birthday was also embroidered with a longevity word with gold foil thread, which could be regarded as sending some blessings to the younger generations.
But there is one point, these purses are also embroidered with gold embroidery thread, and finally handed over to Zeng Rong to be interspersed with gold leaf thread, which matches the queen mother's regular clothes, so that others cannot find out how much gold leaf thread Zeng Rong used.
"Auntie, am I going to hurt you?" Zeng Rong asked reproachfully.
"No, if you can't pay the errand, that's what hurts me, and besides, my aunt is already like this, how bad can it be?" Qin Chuxue touched Zeng Rong's head and squeezed out a wry smile.
Zeng Rong's nose was sour, and he took a deep breath, "Auntie, don't worry, I will be very careful in the future and try not to cause trouble to you." ”
"Son, you've done well enough, much better than your aunt did when she was younger." Qin Chuxue smiled at Zeng Rong again, this time with a smile of relief.
Coming out of Qin Chuxue's place, Zeng Rong hurriedly went to find Liu Chunmiao, Liu Chunmiao seemed a little surprised to learn that Qin Chuxue agreed to change the embroidery thread, but he didn't say anything, but smiled after hearing the idea of embroidering a purse, "In the end, she can come up with such a two-way strategy." ”
Is it really the best of both worlds? Zeng Rong was skeptical.
Because from now on, even if Liu Chunmiao holds her and Qin Chuxue, especially Zeng Rong, if she doesn't live again, she can't be grateful to Liu Chunmiao and repay her life and death?
But what the truth is, Zeng Rong doesn't know.
She only knew that she had been coerced into the whirlpool of harem battles, and the days to come would not be as peaceful as before.
Sure enough, a few days later, when Zeng Rong was immersed in embroidery, he saw Liu Chuxue leading a palace maid over, saying that the queen was invited.
As soon as Zeng Rong heard the queen's invitation, he quickly thought of the Wang family, and on the first day of the new year, he was ordered to enter the palace to worship, and the royal family was indispensable, and Mrs. Wang might not put Zeng Rong in her eyes, but Wang Chuchu was different, with her temperament of retribution, if she knew that Zeng Rong had entered the palace, she would definitely complain to her aunt.
For this reason, Zeng Rong followed the palace maid into Kunning Palace with trepidation, and along the way, at the request of the palace maid, Zeng Rong kept his head down, cautious in his words and deeds, and did not even pay much attention to the signs and buildings on the side of the road.
Standing outside the gate of Kunning Palace, the palace maid asked her to wait, Zeng Rong had to stand obediently, and after touching half a burnt incense, the palace maid came out to lead her in, still with her head down, only to feel that the courtyard is not small, the road is very long, the end is three layers of steps, the middle part is a stone carving, the pattern is a dragon and phoenix, this common sense Zeng Rong still has, she has been following the palace maid to go sideways.
went up the steps, the palace maid on duty at the door lifted the curtain for Zeng Rong, Zeng Rong still followed the previous palace maid into the house, no, to be precise, he entered the palace, but he did not stay in the palace and entered a room in the east, there was also a big kang in the house, a young woman in bright yellow clothes sat on the kang, and there were two palace maids in their twenties standing next to them, Zeng Rong didn't have time to take a closer look, and knelt down first, "The slave maid Zeng Rong knocked on the queen, the queen is a thousand years old." ”
"You are Zeng Rong? Raise your head and take a look. "The voice is neither high nor low, neither hurried nor slow, neither cold nor hot.
Zeng Rong hurriedly raised his head to look at the other party when he heard this, and when he saw the cold in the other party's eyes, he lowered his head in fear, and his body couldn't help but tremble.
"Look up." The other party said it again, and this time his voice sounded a little dissatisfied.
Zeng Rong had to raise his head again and look up at the other party.
This time, she noticed that this woman's eyebrows and eyes were two or three points similar to Wang Chuchu in adulthood, but because of the difference in identity, the woman in front of her was a little more graceful and noble than Wang Chuchu, and she was also a little more calm and calm, and at the same time, she was a little more cold and alienated, in short, she could only watch from a distance.
Queen Wang also glanced at Zeng Rong, her eyebrows slightly locked, "How old is this year?" ”
"Back to the queen, the slave is twelve, no, it's time to say thirteen for the New Year." Zeng Rong deliberately made a small mistake, in order to match her age and identity.
"When did you enter the palace?"
"Back to the Queen, three months ago."
"How long have you been learning embroidery?"
"Back to the Queen, a year."
"A year?" The other party repeated these two words, looking at Zeng Rong with a bit of scrutiny in his eyes.
A year, a year's embroidery skills are actually stronger than what others have done for more than ten years, not only that, but also to create their own stitches.
Is it possible?