Chapter Twenty-Five: Planned and Unplanned
No way!
Su Jingzheng quickly denied his idea. In his opinion, compared with the three girls with outstanding appearances, his own big girl is simply more like a fish than a pearl.
After leading Nan Huaixin to his study, Su Jingzheng rarely had a clear mind and did not go to the courtyard to find his daughter in person, but found a reason for his urgency, and asked Su Zhaoning to call over.
Su Zhaoning was led by the maid and walked all the way into Su Jingzheng's study.
In the study, Nan Huaixin stood with his hands in his hands, his back to her.
This time, she didn't recognize the wrong person again.
"Master Hou."
Nan Huaixin turned around, looked at Su Zhaoning in front of him, and nodded and said, "Second Miss Su." ”
Almost subconsciously, Nan Huaixin's gaze involuntarily moved down, looking at Su Zhaoning's hands.
It was still the same clean pair of hands without any jewelry, but compared to the green onions and white tenderness I saw that time, it seemed that the fingertips were slightly red.
Ninety-nine pieces of embroidery really take a lot of effort.
"How much have you embroidered?" Nan Huaixin did not hide his knowledge.
Su Zhaoning didn't show a surprised look, and replied, "Thirty-eight pieces." It's only ten days. ”
Give favor before you ask for help. Nan Huaixin told Su Zhaoning about his plan: "In fifteen days, you only embroidered less than half of the embroidery pieces. In the remaining ten days, even if you don't sleep, you may not be able to complete all the embroidery pieces. Ben Hou thinks that you may be able to take a trick. ”
"Of the 99 pieces of embroidery in the Jiujiu Ruyi piece, except for 38 pieces of clothing that are overcoar, the remaining 61 pieces contain small items such as shoes, hats, and laces. The blessing text of each embroidery piece is not set by Concubine Zhen herself, and you can pray for the small pieces in the back. ”
Compared with the mistakes that cannot be completed, Nan Huaixin believes that the four princes are more willing to receive a long-term wishful letter that is brief but cannot be faulted.
Approaching the final date, Su Zhaoning was indeed a little anxious. She was going to stay up and finish the sixty-one pieces of embroidery. However, if it is too strong, the quality of the embroidery piece will inevitably decline.
Compared with the two, what Dingyuan Hou said is not a good way.
Su Zhaoning immediately appreciated and said: "Thank you Hou Ye for your advice, don't bother the two masters, can you ask Hou Ye to point out which sizes of embroidery pieces are prepared for small pieces, and which sizes of embroidery pieces are not slight?" ”
Nan Huaixin had already prepared for this, and immediately took out a piece of rice paper from his sleeve with the difference written in detail and handed it to Su Zhaoning. When he took the blank paper, he worked very hard, trying to bring out the jade pendant in his sleeve unintentionally.
It's a pity that the action was too "unintentional", and the jade pendant couldn't bring it out. Nan Huaixin shook his sleeves again, wanting to show the jade pendant. But this time, the strength was too great, and the jade pendant fell straight out.
Nan Huaixin hurriedly held the jade pendant, and reflected in his heart, whether the help provided to the second girl Su was not enough, so that the bad luck was still correct.
Su Zhaoning pretended not to see Nan Huaixin's deliberateness, caught the rice paper with both hands, and thanked: "Thank you, Master Hou." ”
Nan Huaixin shook the jade pendant in his hand and did not let go of the rice paper.
Su Zhaoning tugged, and seeing that the rice paper still couldn't be pulled out, he could only pretend to be surprised and looked at the jade pendant in Nan Huaixin's hand: "Master Hou, this jade pendant is really beautiful, but a good jade should be worn with you." If there is a rope on it, Hou Ye can easily carry it. ”
Nan Huai breathed a sigh of relief in confidence and replied: "As Miss Su said, it's just a thousand knots that Ben Hou likes, but since Xian Yan passed away, no one knows how to weave them anymore. ”
Su Zhaoning firmly grasped the topic and said: "If the Hou Ye does not dislike it, the little woman is willing to weave a thousand knots for the Hou Ye." ”
"Second Miss Su is busy now, isn't Ben Hou embarrassed?" Nan Huaixin said kind words in his mouth, but before the words fell, the jade pendant had already been stuffed into Su Zhaoning's hand.
It seems that this rope is really of great significance to Dingyuan Hou, and it is not in vain that he has devoted himself to learning since he noticed the pattern of the rope on his waist on the day he fell into the water.
Su Zhaoning took out the red rope from the sachet on his waist, sat down and knitted it straight. While knitting, she said, "Please wait a while." ”
"Ben Hou is not in a hurry." Nan Huaixin continued to speak duplicity. He looked at Su Zhaoning's ten slender fingers, flexibly shuttling the red rope. This scene, somehow, reminded Nan Huaixin of before he was six years old, when he was not so unlucky.
At that time, he carefreely led his younger siblings to play under his parents' knees. My father practiced swordsmanship, and my mother played the rope on the scabbard for my father under the pear blossom tree.
Su Zhaoning was a little surprised to find that this jade pendant was not the one that Dingyuan Hou wore on his waist that day.
The jade pendant on the waist of the Marquis of Dingyuan that day was a single jade, and the carved on it was a lush green bamboo. Now what is handed over is a warm jade double pendant. One of the jade carvings is a lifelike rabbit, and the other jade is carved with plump pomegranates.
Is such an aspiring jade pendant suitable for wearing on the waist of Dingyuan Hou?
Su Zhaoning's gaze shifted slightly to the side, and quietly looked at Nan Huaixin's waist.
Sensing Su Zhaoning's gaze, Nan Huaixin was a little misunderstood. He comforted Su Zhaoning and said, "Regarding the sachet, Second Miss Su doesn't have to worry. That's really not in a hurry, you don't have time these days, and you have a good rest after being busy for a while. ”
Have I promised to give the Yuanhou embroidered sachets?
Su Zhaoning was confused.
"In fact, whether it is a sachet or a bookbag, it doesn't matter. Whatever the second girl Su likes to give at that time, Ben Hou will accept it. Nan Huaixin only thought that Su Jingzheng, the second master of the Chang'an Hou Mansion, had already told his daughter about the promise of the day, so he thought he was very understanding and added.
Su Zhaoning, who didn't understand the reason at all, was inexplicably concerned by Nan Huaixin's gaze, so he could only hurriedly bow his head and concentrate on weaving the strings, not daring to look at this Dingyuan Marquis again.
Luozi is a good thing she has planned for a long time.
Sachets, book bags, she never planned to give this Dingyuan Marquis.
If you look at Dingyuan Hou again, Su Zhaoning doesn't know if he is going to take over the next adult version of Jiujiu Ruyi.
In the study, the atmosphere fell silent. Nan Huaixin looked at the second girl Su and thought it was pleasing to the eye.
Su Zhaoning felt Nan Huaixin's gaze, and he didn't dare to raise his head even more.
Time passed little by little, and although the knots were very complicated, Su Zhaoning, who had practiced thousands of times behind his back and had long been able to practice makes perfect, still completed the thousands of knots relatively quickly.
She visually measured Nan Huaixin's length and left a suitable length to tie it to the jade pendant.
After tying the strings, Su Zhaoning took out the silk thread from the sachet again, and made a tassel more neatly and quickly to hang under the jade pendant.
"Master Hou, please take a look."
Nan Huaixin had already stared carefully at the side, and the thousands of knots were really the same as what his mother did.
If it weren't for seeing Su Zhaoning weave it with his own eyes, and the new red rope was more colorful, Nan Huaixin really couldn't believe that he could find a network that hundreds of thousands of people couldn't do, and it would be completed in the hands of such a little girl in the Hou Mansion of Chang'an.
After taking the jade pendant, Nan Huaixin couldn't help but look at it several times before he raised his head and praised Su Zhaoning and said, "Second Miss Su is really a pair of skillful hands. When this matter is over, Ben Hou still has one more thing to ask Second Miss Su for help, and Second Miss Su must not shirk when the time comes. ”
"The little girl doesn't dare to disobey." Su Zhaoning bowed his head and replied.
Outside the study, Su Jingzheng, who praised Haikou for a while and did what he said, had already paced back and forth hundreds of times.
When he saw his daughter come out, he hurriedly greeted him.
"Master Hou." Su Jingzheng swept past Su Zhaoning and walked directly towards Nan Huaixin.
Su Zhaoning saluted Su Jingzheng beside him, and went straight back to the embroidery courtyard over there.
It wasn't the first time her father couldn't see herself.
However, Nan Huaixin saw the father and daughter getting along, and couldn't help but reaffirm the hard life of the second girl Su in his heart.
Back at the embroidery courtyard, Su Zhenyi was already waiting anxiously.
When she saw Su Zhaoning enter the inner courtyard, she stepped forward and scolded: "Second sister, why is your heart so big, it's only been ten days, and you still go out for a stroll!" ”
Su Zhaoning glanced at Su Zhenyi, and replied coldly: "My heart is far less than that of my third sister, and my father and mother can also be left behind." ”
When Su Zhenyi heard this, she knew that Su Zhaoning must have been called by Xiao Huang or Su Jingzheng. But in her opinion, what could be more important than the affairs of the four princes? Or, what could be more important than her Su Zhenyi's interests?
Gritting her teeth and swallowing her dissatisfaction, Su Zhenyi twisted a steaming handkerchief for Su Zhaoning, and she said, "You have been out for so long, don't soak your hands, wipe it with a handkerchief." ”
Su Zhaoning's fingers were very sour and uncomfortable due to a large number of continuous embroidery. Every day, she would ask Su Zhenyi to fetch hot water several times and soak her fingers in it for a while.
These days, Su Zhenyi has been forced to develop this habit of fetching water for Su Zhaoning.
It's not that she didn't think about taking the burden and ignoring Su Zhaoning. But since the four princes came that day, Mrs. Hou has been more strict with the courtyard here. Not to mention the inner courtyard, even the outer courtyard does not allow any subordinates to enter. The trivial things of serving tea and pouring water should all belong to Su Zhenyi!
What Su Zhenyi thought in her heart, Su Zhaoning didn't bother to pay attention to it. She stretched out her hand to take the handkerchief, applied it with her hands alternately, and said, "Isn't the third sister going to teach me double-sided embroidery, let's teach me from today." ”
"Where do you have time to learn double-sided embroidery?" Su Zhenyi looked at the pile of unfinished embroidery pieces, and her head hurt.
Su Zhaoning went back to the couch, put his hand in the hot water to test the water temperature, and then put it into the water to stretch and rest. She pointed to Su Zhenyi and said, "At this time, I can watch it." The third sister hurry up and embroider it for me. ”
"You're still soaking your hands, where do you have enough time!" Su Zhenyi was so annoyed that she just wanted to pull Su Zhaoning's hand out of the hot water directly.
But Mrs. Hou personally explained, let Su Zhenyi follow Su Zhaoning for this time, don't make the other party disheartened, and completely stop embroidering.
Although Su Zhaoning didn't hear it with his own ears, he guessed this advice. Yes, she said very calmly now: "Isn't it, I have a tight schedule, and my third sister has a tight schedule." Hurry up and embroider, if the third sister doesn't teach well, I learn too slowly, and I delay the work here, then it's not good. ”
"After all, compared to the third sister, the second sister's skills and understanding are not good. The iron rod cannot be sharpened into an embroidery needle in a day. Su Zhaoning said with a smile.
During the time she spent with Su Zhaoning, Su Zhenyi was annoyed with each other like a stuffy gourd many times, and she didn't say a word for a long time. But what makes Su Zhenyi even more troubled is that this second sister either doesn't speak, or when she speaks, she can always be angry with her!
"No, second sister, you have a good understanding, you are good at embroidery, you are good at everything!" Su Zhenyi grabbed the other embroidered cloths next to her, and replied heavily while threading the needle.
Fortunately, it was only ten days, and if she was any longer, she would be tortured to death by Su Zhaoning's body and mind!