Let's say that Yujun walked slowly with the colorful embroidery beads, the wind was blowing, and the octagonal glass lamp in the hand of the colored beads was fluttering and shaking, and the colorful embroidery was holding Yujun in one hand and holding the oil-paper umbrella in the other.

Yujun was wrapped in a cloak, and when she walked to the Peach Leaf Pavilion, she saw that there was not a single light in the Peach Leaf Pavilion.

Caixiu was so cold that she screamed, and Yujun turned her head to Caixiu and said, "Don't complain." You look at the peach leaf pavilion, there is not a single lamp, it can be seen that the lady has gone out with the personal maid, the lady got up earlier than us, I am afraid that she has already arrived at the old lady. Let's go faster, too. ”

In the Yongxiu Temple, Xu sat in the courtyard and waited for the old lady to see her.

In the seminary, the old lady wore a pajama and leaned on the back of her mouth alone, the maid held the mouthwash pot high, and the old lady spit a mouthful of tea into the mouthwasher.

Han Lian leaned over and said, "Yesterday, Petal Hong really inquired about the affairs of the house next door with Hua Zhe, it seems that Mrs. She really doesn't like the Ye family very much." ”

The old lady looked up, and Ah Lian stepped back. The maid outside Bi Ci ran over with a pair of foreheads and said, "Back to the old lady, the lady is waiting outside." I also gave a pair of embroidered orchids with a dark blue background to wipe the forehead. Mrs. also specially said that while the old lady was not dressed, she ordered the slave to send this forehead, she said that the weather was cold, and the old lady could wear a forehead wipe to protect against the cold. ”

When Han Lian heard this, she said curiously: "Madame used to come here at three o'clock in the past. It's only two o'clock today, why did you come so early! Do you want to wipe your forehead? We receive a lot of wipes from the palace every year, is there still a lack of her share? ”

The old lady put her mouth on the cushion in front of the dressing mirror, and then said indifferently: "Xu knew that there was a cushion embroidered by Aunt Xiao in my room, but there was no one from her, so I rushed to embroider a pair and sent it." ”

The old lady's eyes swept over the forehead wipes in Ah Lian's hand, and said with a smile: "The embroidery is so rough, far less dense than Aunt Xiao's embroidery, and the patterns on the cushions embroidered by Aunt Xiao are all delicate and vivid. Xu's embroidery is rough and sparse, that is, the fabric is of the highest quality, and the embroidery thread color is just bright. ”

Han Lian realized when she heard this, and she couldn't help but say contemptuously: "Madam, she is also an official eunuch and a businessman, and the female worker's needlework has been taught by a special person, so why do you still embroider her forehead like this, it is obviously for the old lady on the day of the ceremony." I want the old lady to wear it to show her filial piety to the old lady. Not sincere at all. ”

The old lady smiled: "Since she said that the weather is cold and she wants me to wear this forehead, then I will wear it first." ”

Han Lian sighed: "Which one of the forehead wipes worn by the old lady on weekdays is not exquisite embroidery and novel style?" Wearing her rough forehead, I have been wronged for the old lady. ”

"Since she wants to pretend to be filial, I will be an adult. It's just that I'm going to be her beauty, or I'm going to make her laugh. The old lady said, "Put this orchid on my forehead." ”

Han Lian was puzzled. When the maid heard this, she hurriedly came up to wipe the old lady's forehead.

The old lady raised her head, looked in the mirror, and then smiled: "It is indeed not delicate enough." ”

The old lady said and said proudly: "Bring the white-bottomed cloak embroidered by Aunt Xiao and put it on for me." ”

Hearing this, Han Lian hurriedly went to the side to take out the cloak embroidered by Aunt Xiao from the closet.

Originally, many years ago, the palace rewarded Wen Duan with a few fine sheepskins, which were as white as jade, and the literature was orderly.

Wen Du gave it all to Aunt Xiao. After Xu knew about it, he hinted at Aunt Ruan openly and secretly, saying that Aunt Xiao was used to grabbing favors and stealing things.

Aunt Ruan was very angry when she heard this, she is also a concubine, why do you have better things, so she secretly said a lot of bad things about Aunt Xiao.

After Wen Duan found out, she told Aunt Ruan that these sheepskins were not for Aunt Xiao, but for Aunt Xiao to embroider patterns on them for the old lady.

Aunt Ruan felt calm at this time.

Originally, this was just Wen Duan's excuse, but after Aunt Xiao found out, she insisted on embroidering a cloak for Mrs. Wen.

Because Wen Du said that the old lady likes to sprinkle gold flower embroidery, so Aunt Xiao deliberately and carefully embroidered the sheepskin cloak sprinkled with gold flowers for the old lady, but the old lady took care of Xu's face and refused to wear that cloak, and now Xu's true face has been revealed from the clouds and mist, and the old lady is completely tired of Xu's hypocrisy, so she no longer cares about Xu's face.

Han Lian took the cloak and put it on the old lady, and then smiled at the old lady in the mirror: "This cloak really flatters the old lady." ”

Mrs. Wen looked at the white sheepskin as white as jade and neatly embroidered with pale gold ten-petal flowers, golden flowers and white cotton, very magnanimous.

In particular, Aunt Xiao said that there are 10,000 golden flowers embroidered on it, named "Wanfang in the body", wrapped in 10,000 flowers, and the status is respected.

Old Madam Wen looked at this cloak lining her bearing extremely extraordinary, and saw that the vulgar appearance of the forehead weakened this bearing, and couldn't help but shake her head.

Han Lian helped the old lady to the outside, Xu was drinking tea, looked up and saw the old lady walking in, Xu saw the old lady wearing a rather noble cloak, very good bearing, and saw the old lady wearing her own embroidered forehead, couldn't help but feel relieved, hurriedly got up and smiled at the old lady: "Is the daughter-in-law's forehead still satisfied with the old lady?" This was specially embroidered by the daughter-in-law for the old lady, and it took ten days. ”

Xu deliberately exaggerated the effort it took to embroider this forehead. The old lady frowned slightly when she heard this. When Aunt Xiao embroidered this cloak, it took two whole months.

It's only been ten days, and it's nothing for the always leisurely Xu family.

The old lady smiled faintly, the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, but she still said to Xu in a deep voice: "Ten days? You've had a lot of work. ”

Xu pursed his lips and smiled.

Han Lian noticed that the old lady's voice was not very happy, so she said to Xu: "Madame doesn't know, our old lady is very moved when she sees this forehead wiping you sent." In particular, the orchid has a very good meaning, it is the flower of a gentleman, with a clear and lofty atmosphere, and it is the flower that our old lady loves very much. The old lady said Madame, you remember her, and the old lady was moved. The old lady said, the general things are not worthy of the forehead you embroidered together, the old lady's jewelry is mostly valuable, I am afraid that wearing it will lower the nobility of the forehead, think about it, or a few years ago the sheepskin cloak is the best match for this forehead, the sheepskin cloak is rewarded in the palace. The material is white, without a trace of flaws, and the writing is smooth, and it looks very shiny from a distance. The old lady said, "Your embroiderer is only worthy of this sheepskin cloak, so the slave and maid found it from the boxes and cabinets." Not for anything else, just to match the forehead embroidered by the lady herself. ”

Xu Shi heard that the old lady was deliberately looking for objects to match her embroidered forehead, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, the old lady had never praised herself like this. So even if he has been dignified for a long time, and there are traces of dignified everywhere on his face, the lines that are slightly hooked up at the corners of his eyes also symbolize the excitement in Xu's heart.

Hearing Han Lian say, Xu Shi looked at this cloak with admiration, looked at it, and suddenly remembered that the pale gold flower pattern on this cloak was embroidered by Aunt Xiao.

The pupils shrank sharply, and the heart seemed to be pricked by a needle, and Xu's whole person almost trembled, only to feel that his heart floating in the clouds suddenly fell heavily on the cold stone steps with a "chirp".

Xu Shi stretched out his hand and pointed to the corner of the old lady's cloak, and said with difficulty, as if his voice was withered: "This, the cloak is embroidered by Aunt Xiao." ”

When the old lady heard this, she hurriedly asked Han Lian: "Yes, is it embroidered by Aunt Xiao?" I'm too old to remember. Is it really embroidered by Aunt Xiao? ”

Seeing that the old lady was pretending to be stupid, Han Lian hurriedly smiled and said, "The slave and maid take a closer look, it seems to be." The slave and maid can't remember, there are so many things in the palace every year, and the things that are rewarded can't be put down in the entire Winter Warm Pavilion, who still remembers who embroidered this cloak. I'm not impressed. ”

The old lady and Han Lian looked at each other and smiled, both saying that the other party was a smart person pretending to be stupid.

The lady who was waiting behind the curtain had always been smart, and when she heard the old lady and Han Lian playing with each other, she came out to give a ladder and said, "Yes, the slave remembers that it was embroidered by Aunt Xiao, and the old lady also said at the time that Aunt Xiao embroidered these things and was also in a hurry." ”

Han Lian hurriedly smiled and said, "Ah, it turns out that Madame remembers it so clearly!" Sure enough, it was embroidered by Aunt Xiao, and it seems that Mrs. also likes Aunt Xiao very much! What we forgot, Madame remembers. ”

Xu hated Aunt Xiao the most, and when she heard Han Lian say that she liked Aunt Xiao, she felt more disgusting than eating flies, and her face suddenly changed.

The old lady said: "Since it is her embroidered cloak, it is inconvenient for me to wear it, and I have never worn anything that I made out of the side room." ”

As he was talking, a voice came from outside, "It's three o'clock." ”

The old lady hurriedly said: "That's it, it's three o'clock in the morning, and it's too late to change the cloak." ”

Xu Shi only felt dizzy, thinking about what the old lady said, his forehead wiping is only worthy of this cloak, and now it seems that he doesn't say that the embroidery style of his concubine can only be compared with the embroidery of the aunt in the side room?

Although the old lady didn't know that it was embroidered by Aunt Xiao, she still felt unwilling to think about it.

"Old lady, madam, Miss Yujun is here."

The old lady nodded, saw that Xu was on the side, and said, "You don't need to let her come in to say goodbye, just ask for peace outside the curtain." ”

The slave maid went down to inform her, and not long after, Yujun's glutinous voice came from outside the curtain: "Yujun to the old lady, Mrs. please be safe." Today is the day of the sacrifice of the aunt in the first side room of the house, and Yujun, as the concubine of the head of the Wen Mansion, respectfully invites the old lady and his wife to go to the side house of the ancestral hall with Yujun to participate in the ceremony. ”

Every year, there is a memorial ceremony for the women of Wenfu, and the daughter of the long house invites the elders in the house to participate in the ritual process, in the past, it was Yuyan who came to do this, but Yuyan relied on the identity of the eldest daughter, always arrogant, and there was a lot of impatience between words.

And Yujun's words today are stable and very respectful.

Mrs. Wen was very satisfied, raised her head at Han Lian, and said loudly: "This is the first time that Jun girl has accompanied her to participate in the ceremony, I have to give her a big gift, and I will reward her with a pair of jasper-inlaid gold bracelets later, and send them to the Pear Flower Pavilion." ”

Han Lian nodded her head.

When Xu saw the old lady say this, he didn't know what to say, but he had to follow the old lady to reward Yujun to show his bearing, so he said to the Liuzhu who was waiting behind him: "When Yujun moved into Bitao Courtyard, I didn't give her any gifts, and now I came to accompany the ceremony, which is very difficult, I have to get up at the right time, and at this hour, Yuyan is still sleeping lazily in the bed." Liuzhu, I'll give Miss Yujun a pair of golden hairpins later. I also sent it to Ewhikakaku. ”

Liuzhu nodded in agreement.

The old lady snorted silently, then stood up with Hanlian's hand, and said, "Let's go, the hour is almost up, let's go to the side room of the big ancestral hall at the back." ”

Xu agreed, outside the curtain, Miss Yujun got up slowly, two rows of maids outside the Yongxiu Monastery raised big umbrellas to block the wind, the old lady wore a cloak and walked slowly, Xu followed behind the old lady, and Yujun followed behind Xu.

Yu Jun glanced at the pattern of the cloak on the old lady's body, and felt quite familiar, and couldn't help but take a few more looks.

The group came to the side room of the ancestral hall.