Chapter 7 Rivals
When I first arrived, the sky was slightly bright, and Lan Yue quietly got up, got dressed and came to the courtyard.
The early autumn morning was already a little cool, and the blue moon stretched her waist and moved her legs and feet.
When she learned that she was selected for the embroidery workshop, Lan Yue was also very surprised, she had learned so many things with the imperial master since she was a child, but she didn't know how to be a female red, this Zilang country was really compatible with her!
She knew very well that with her father's methods, there must be a lot of secret agents of the Yan Yun Dynasty here right now, and as long as she wanted, she could restore her status as a princess at any time.
But what to do after that, she hasn't figured out yet!
According to the usual practice, the first month or two of the apprentices have to start from chores, so the five apprentices of Blue Moon not only have to sweep the courtyard, but also serve the housekeeper of the embroidery workshop and the high-level embroidery girl.
After about a quarter of an hour, the other four apprentices came out of the house.
"Pan Xiaoyue, why do you get up so early every day!" Lan Xiang muttered sleepily.
Lan Yue picked up the broom and walked towards the courtyard, "I've always gotten up early, I'm used to it!" ”
"Ah, what are you doing so early?" Xiaohui was a little surprised.
Lan Yuexin said: "If it was in the Yanyun Dynasty before, at this hour, my father and emperor would have already gone to the court, where would they, the princes and princesses, sleep lazy, and be busy practicing, reading, and saying goodbye." ”
"You can finish your work sooner!" Blue Moon has begun to sweep the floor.
Several of the other apprentices also picked up their brooms and began to clean separately, cleaning all the courtyards and rooms and preparing tea before the others got up.
Just after the hour, the embroidery girls got up one after another to freshen up, and the embroidery workshop gradually resumed its daytime liveliness.
Li Ying will go to the embroidery workshop at four o'clock every day, and today she is worried about the number of embroidery counts, which is earlier than in the past.
The front yard is the main hall and embroidery room, and the embroidery girls live in the backyard.
She just walked through the weeping flower door, saw a few embroidery girls coming out of the backyard, bowed their heads and talked about something, and saw Li Ying from a distance, and they were all busy going into the embroidery room to do things.
Since the embroidery workshop is basically women, for fear of causing trouble, Lord Lin personally arranged for people to guard, and Bai Hong, the guard of his house, is in charge here, and safety should not be a problem.
Li Ying walked a few steps to the backyard, and a woman's coquettish and shrill voice came: "Pan Xiaoyue, you are an apprentice, aren't you just serving us!" What happened to making you wash your face in a basin? ”
Another woman's angry voice sounded: "Even if Xiaoyue is an apprentice, she will only serve the tea of the master and the senior embroiderer, when will she make a face wash for you?" ”
The woman smiled contemptuously: "Chunlan, you yourself are just a low-level embroidery girl, really make trouble, go and ask the master, do you want to keep you or me?" ”
Li Ying frowned, and was about to enter the backyard when she heard the voice of "Pan Xiaoyue", "Chunlan, give me the basin, why don't you give Jiao Xing a basin of face wash, as for it?" And you, don't you go to work anymore, do you all watch us do it? ”
Subsequently, the embroidery girls looked different and walked out of the backyard in twos and threes.
Li Ying hesitated, turned around and went back to the main hall......
The number of embroideries was huge, Li Ying and the principal finished counting, and looked up to see that it was almost noon.
Lan Yue took Lan Xiang and Xiaohui to set up the table cloth dishes in the main hall, and there was no unhappiness on her face, as if she was not the one who was bullied in the morning.
"Pan Xiaoyue," Li Ying called, "you ......"
"Director Li, what's the matter?" Lan Yue stopped halfway through Li Ying's words, and said strangely.
"You...... How old is it? Looking at Lan Yue's clear and calm eyes, Li Ying still changed her words when she said it.
"It's almost nineteen!"
"Oh, do you have a mother-in-law?" Li Ying asked casually, in her impression, even if the girls of this age in the village were not married, they all promised others.
Who knew that this simple question, Li Ying saw a trace of amazement in Lan Yue's eyes, and the topic stopped, but what she saw and heard today made her feel different about this girl who was one year younger than herself.
There are naturally a lot of gossip in places where there are many women, and the embroidery girls have only been in the embroidery workshop for more than ten days, and they have exchanged various gossip and learned about the situation of people from all walks of life.
"I didn't expect that Li Jiaoxi was so beautiful, and he didn't get married!"
"Isn't it? She should be thirty! But if people live well with their craft, what does it matter if they don't get married? ”
"If a woman doesn't get married, it's called a woman! Tut-tut......"
"Women are not the same as women, do you know, I heard that Director Li is the daughter of Shangshu!"
"What kind of book is Shangshu?" A silly girl suddenly burst out.
Everyone laughed, and an embroidery girl slapped the stupid girl on the head, "Fool, Shangshu is a big official, much more than the county order!" ”
"No wonder Director Li hasn't married yet, what does it matter if he marries or not! As long as people want to marry, how many people are waiting behind! ”
Everyone responded, "Yes, it's ......"
Suddenly, someone remembered a person and said timidly: "Then has Lord Lin become married?" ”
Everyone looked at each other, and these women were well-informed, as if they knew this Lord Lin...... Just stay in his last name!
This cold-faced and mysterious Lord Lin seems to have not shown up for many days......
The front yard of the embroidery workshop extends from the main hall to both sides, is an embroidery room, and outside the window of the embroidery room is a hand-copying verandah.
The courtyard is planted with pomegranates, osmanthus and other flowers and trees, the environment is quite elegant, and the high-grade embroidery girl is an embroidery room for four people.
At this time, it is August, the whole embroidery workshop is shrouded in the graceful aroma of osmanthus, Jiao Xing sits by the window, turns her head to see the beautiful scenery of the courtyard, and raises her hand to drink the tea served by the apprentice.
Jiao Xing felt that this kind of glory was not publicized in Linjiazhuang, it was a pity! It can also add weight to the selection of in-laws for yourself in the future.
A figure walked by outside the window, holding tea in his hand, which should be sent to the embroidery room next door.
"Pan Xiaoyue!" Jiao Xing screamed.
Lan Yue stopped and asked through the open carved window, "What's the matter?" ”
"Come in and change a cup of tea for me, this cup is cold!"
The other three embroiderers in the embroidery room looked up at each other, shook their heads and continued to embroider what they were doing.
Lan Yue carried the tea tray into the embroidery room, came to Jiao Xing, put a hot tea on the low table next to the embroidery with an expressionless face, and picked up the residual tea and put it in the tea tray.
Just as she turned around and was about to leave, Jiao Xing picked up the hot tea in her right hand, stood up and said to Lan Yue, "Look at what's in here?" ”
Lan Yue looked closer, and Jiao Xing's left hand was hidden under the tea tray and moved slightly.
Hearing only the sound of "ah", the tea tray in Lan Yue's hand fell, and it landed on the embroidered clothes, the tea cup scattered, and the tea spilled all over the embroidered bandage.
"Pan Xiaoyue, you did it on purpose!"
Hearing such a loud movement and Jiao Xing's scream, the other three embroidery girls hurriedly raised their heads, and when they saw this scene, everyone was dumbfounded.
At this time, no one noticed that there were two other people in the verandah.
Lord Lin and Qingshuang saw it clearly from this angle, Jiao Xing stabbed Lan Yue with something in her left hand, and only then did Lan Yue miss the tea tray.
Qingshuang raised his feet and wanted to enter the embroidery room, but Lord Lin stopped him with his eyes and turned to the main hall.