When there is something to do, time always flies, Xiaoman has been practicing needlework at home every day these days, and at the same time as picking up the embroidery of the year, the competition has also begun.

"Madame, are you wearing this peacock green or this garnet red today?" Early in the morning, Jade carried a piece of clothing in one hand and asked Xiao Man, who was grooming.

And Xiao Man didn't even look at it, and said directly: "Don't want it, just bring the most ordinary linen clothes, or bring the clothes I wore when I went out before, and I'll wear that one today." ”

As she spoke, she glanced at her hair from the bronze mirror, then frowned and shook her head, looked sideways at the pearl who was choosing jewelry, and said: "Don't wear so much jewelry, just wear an ordinary bun, not to mention gold and silver, and these earrings, also change to the most simple ones." ”

After giving this order, Pearl and Jade looked at each other, and froze in place for a while, not knowing what their wife was going to do.

Seeing that the two of them were stunned in place, not moving for a long time, Xiao Man couldn't help urging anxiously: "What are you doing?" Hurry up, sisters, or I'll be late later! ”

In this competition, she didn't make it when she signed up, and she didn't have time to see who the opponents were, and now that the competition is about to start, she must be the first to prepare as soon as possible.

Urged by Xiao Man like this, Pearl was the first to react, she responded, and hurriedly took off all the pearls on Xiao Man's head, spread her hair, put her hair in a bun again, and then picked out some simple hair accessories from the jewelry box.

While putting it on Xiaoman, she asked, "Madam, why do you suddenly want to dress up like this today?" It stands to reason that this is a big day, and you should dress up. ”

Jade also came up and said, "That's right, what about so many people participating in the competition, if the lady doesn't dress up and stand out, won't she be buried?" ”

Hearing this, Xiao Man couldn't help but sneer, and looked at the two of them in the bronze mirror helplessly and funny, explaining: "This is an embroidery competition, not a beauty pageant, what am I doing dressed up so beautiful?" Besides, when I went to sign up, I used a fake identity, and others didn't know it was me. Dressed up so eye-catchingly, it will only attract the attention of others. ”

Since the end of the last competition, she finally understood what Qin Chun meant when she didn't know her and advised herself not to be too showy. In order to learn the previous lesson, she naturally had to be as low-key as she could, and in the end, no one recognized her until the end of the game!

Jade nodded as if she didn't understand, turned around and picked out a beige shirt and a long cyan dress, with a pair of black cloth shoes, plus a few pearls on the pearl to Xiao Manwan's bun, it looked more and more beautiful and lovely, not at all like a woman who had given birth.

"Madam, the carriage has been prepared, are you going to Jiangfu after breakfast?" Jade squatted down to sort out Xiaoman's clothes and asked casually.

Xiao Man couldn't help frowning again when he heard this, "The carriage is not needed, wait until I have breakfast, go directly to Sister Qin, and then go to Jiangfu together." ”

He was so low-key, just not to attract attention, if he really took the carriage of the Guogong Mansion to Jiang Mansion to participate in the competition, wouldn't her previous preparations be in vain?

Jade's hand arranging her clothes paused slightly, and then responded: "Yes, the minions let them withdraw first." ”

"Madam, do you want to send a few secret guards when you go alone this time—" Pearl on the side asked worriedly.

"No, no, no, nothing." Xiao Man vetoed the other party's proposal and said: "This competition has always been in the Jiang Mansion, and you also know how strict the guards of the Jiang Mansion are, not to mention that I have such a good relationship with Lord Jiang, and I have Qin Chun as my companion, you don't have to worry." ”

As she spoke, she glanced at her skirt and ordered, "Okay, so be it." ”

Jade got up in response, stood aside and frowned at Xiao Man, her eyes were full of worry, and then she looked at the pearl, she was also full of sorrow, as if Xiao Man was going to the battlefield.

The master should keep a low profile, and he can't even ride the carriage, so naturally this servant girl can't follow, and when they think of this, the two of them are full of worries.

But also, since Xiaoman came to Beijing, they have been accompanying him, and Xiaoman is becoming more and more familiar, except for Xiaoman and his wife occasionally go out to play, the two maids have never been separated from Xiaoman at other times, and now for a competition, they have to stay at home and wait for news.

Although this competition is close to home, you can go home after the game every day, but what happened to the game a few years ago, what happened to Xiaoman's injury at that time, the two of them remember it clearly, although this time Xiaoman took precautions in advance, and the competition venue was in Jiangfu, and she was not as immature as she was back then, but the two maidservants were still worried.

Looking at the bitter and bitter appearance of the two, Xiao Man couldn't cry or laugh, she took a long breath, reached out and patted the shoulders of the two, leaned over slightly to stare at the two with their faces lowered, and said softly: "You don't have to worry, I'll come back as soon as the game is over, there will be no accident, don't worry." ”

"That's... Be careful, lady. Jade bit her lip and said reluctantly.

Xiao Man raised a brisk smile and rubbed the other party's head, "Don't worry! ”

After comforting the two little girls, Xiaoman went to the dining room for breakfast, and after everything was ready, she left the Guogong Mansion alone and walked straight to Qin Chun's house on Liuye Street.

Xu had something to do before, and the Qin family didn't dare to be weird this time, Qin Chun went out smoothly, and walked in the direction of Jiangfu with Xiao Man.

This competition is not as comprehensive as the competition, and because it was held by Jiang Qiming alone, the scale is not large, so there is no need to go out of the city to compete. But Rao was like this, when Qin Chun and Xiaoman arrived at the gate of the Jiang Mansion where the game was played together, they were still surprised.

I saw that the queue in front of the Jiangfu Gate almost filled a street, and at a glance it was all women, old and young, but most of them were women between 20 and 30 years old.

As the saying goes, three women in one play, but there are so many women gathered on this street today, I don't know how many plays I have to sing.

"It's such a long line, let's go too!" Qin Chun took Xiao Man's hand and hurriedly ran to the back of the team.

At the end of the team, listening to the enthusiastic discussions of the little girls in front of him, the energetic voice lingered in his ears, Xiaoman didn't feel noisy, but became excited.

Qin Chun quietly poked Xiao Man's arm and whispered, "Xiao Man, this line is so long, we are so far back, will the game be affected later?" ”

She knows that Jiang Qiming and Xiaoman are good friends, but at the same time, Jiang Qiming's strictness and fairness are also well-known in Shangjing, and he will never favor anyone because he has a good relationship with anyone, and the rules he has formulated a long time ago will be followed even if the emperor comes.

"Probably not...... Xiao Man looked around with some hesitation, seeing that there were still people coming to line up one after another in the distance, which confirmed the idea in her heart more and more, she turned around, leaned forward and whispered: "You see that there are so many people lined up behind us, don't worry, it shouldn't be affected." ”

Hearing this, Qin Chun couldn't help but glance back with Xiao Man's gaze, the two of them had just stood still for only a quarter of an hour, but there was already a long queue behind them, most of them were girls, three or two of them were talking together, and it was very lively.

She finally breathed a sigh of relief, and her eyebrows stretched out and she raised a smile, "I didn't expect that so many people would come to this competition." ”

"After all, it is Lord Jiang who wants to select an embroidery girl for himself, whether it is assigned to the shop below, or to make clothes for the people in the palace, the treatment is better than the ordinary shops outside, who is not impressed?" Xiao Man said while looking at the people around him.

Qin Chun nodded, thinking: Also, Jiang Qiming's degree of favor in front of the emperor, the entire Donglan Kingdom knows that if he can work under him, not to mention the monthly money, even the promotion space is greater than working in an ordinary shop.

A few years ago, I tried my best to participate in the competition, wasn't it also for this?

Thinking about it, Qin Chun's heart suddenly became nervous, he has been in charge of the store all these years, although he has also dealt with this embroidery and needlework every day, but it is far less than the daily work before, this time there are so many people here, everyone is running for the top of the list, these people around him are younger and more energetic than himself, can he really cross them?

Xiao Man turned around and was about to speak, but Qin Chun, who had just come to be excited, frowned again at this time, she couldn't help patting the other party's shoulder, and asked softly, "Qin Chun, what do you want?" ”

"Shopkeeper, you said I could ...... this time" Qin Chun bit his lower lip, full of hesitation and uncertainty.

"Don't think about it, according to your craft, don't say that you enter the final competition, even if you win the top of the list." Xiao Man deliberately lowered his voice and comforted.

Qin Chun breathed a long sigh of relief, pursed his lips and nodded, but before he could speak, he suddenly remembered a yin and yang strange female voice behind him: "Yo, look at people, before the game started, you said that you want to win the top spot, I don't know whether to say that you are too confident or too frivolous!" ”

As soon as this remark came out, I thought of unbridled laughter and occasional stumbling discussions, which was very arrogant.

Xiao Man frowned, he lowered his voice so low, he was still heard, and I don't know if this person just supported his ears to listen to the conversation between himself and Qin Chun!

Come to think of it, this person deliberately bullied, and he is not a person who can bear it! Therefore, Xiao Man turned around unhappily, stared at the slightly plump young woman in red in front of him, and said coldly: "Girl, I whispered to my friend, do you want to care?" ”

This woman is good-looking, and she also has a bit of charm, and the clothes and fabrics she wears are even better, but Xiao Man can see at a glance that this dress is made by Manrou Ready-to-Wear Workshop.