Chapter 18 Striving for Blessings

Zhou Xuanlin is always the most outspoken one. He approached Su Jinyu and proposed, "Jinyu, it's all your sisters." Second sister Su, what do you think of this embroiderer? ”

Su Jinyu has always been bad at ornaments. He hung the sachet embroidered by Su Zhenyi on his waist, which was nothing more than the heart of An's younger brother Su Jinxuan. Now that Su Zhaoning also came over with a sachet, Zhou Xuanlin also bluntly said that he wanted him to compare, and Su Jinyu had a headache.

He has always shirked such unimportant things.

Untied the original sachet on his waist, Su Jinyu put the two sachets into Zhou Xuanlin's hands and said, "I don't understand this, you can compare it yourself." The one on the left was embroidered by my third sister. ”

Zhou Xuanlin thought of Su Zhenyi's alluring beauty, and couldn't help but say sourly: "It's still Jinyu, your life is good, there are many girls in the family." My brother and brother didn't give me anything but their fists and feet. ”

Su Jinyu was teased a little uncomfortable, and hurriedly pulled Hou Nan Huaixin of Dingyuan on the side over, and said, "Please also take a look at Hou Ye." ”

Nan Huaixin listened but didn't look at the sachet first, but looked at Su Zhaoning in front of him.

I saw that this second girl Su was dressed in plain clothes, and she didn't have a hairpin on her head. When I saw her writing before, her fingers were like green onions and her hands were like soft wattles, but they were simple and simple, without any ornaments.

This must be an unlucky girl. Nan Huaixin thought of the scene when Su Zhaoning ran into the old lady in the house before he got out of the carriage last time, and couldn't help but chuckle.

Zhou Xuanlin and Su Jinyu's eyes were on the sachet and did not notice this subtle movement. Su Zhaoning was aware of the gaze from the Marquis of Dingyuan.

Dingyuan Hou stared at himself for a long time, and laughed out loud, is he so ridiculous?

Su Zhaoning looked down at his toes a little depressed.

The embroidered shoes are quite old, but they are not rude.

Fortunately, the silence was soon broken by a voice.

I only heard a man's voice at the door: "Huaixin, how's it, have you found someone who can embroider Que Beiwen?" ”

Nan Huaixin looked at Zhou Xuanlin, and Zhou Xuanlin hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Your Royal Highness, the second girl of the Marquis of Chang'an Mansion can indeed embroider Beiwen. Look, this is the sachet she embroidered for Jinyu. ”

Su Zhaoning looked up at the door, and saw that on the lacquer-colored black boots, there was a moon-white moire regular clothes, and the inky black hair was tied up by a crown of fine white marble hair.

She didn't dare to look directly at the appearance of the four princes, but subconsciously thought about why the four princes didn't appear in the study since they came to the Hou Mansion. But as soon as Su Zhaoning's gaze shifted slightly, he understood the reason.

I saw that a shoulder behind the fourth prince was put down, and it was Su Zhenyi, the third girl of the Hou Mansion, who was sitting on the shoulder.

When Zhou Xuanlin saw Su Zhenyi, his eyes immediately sparkled, but he didn't step forward because of the presence of the four princes.

However, Su Jinyu frowned slightly and asked, "I heard someone tell me before, third sister, you hurt your foot, why do you still want to go out?" ”

The fourth prince replied for Su Zhenyi: "The third girl Su is very blessed, and she received three boxes of cloud snow cream at once. She thanked me, one of the donors, and she had to come and thank the other two. ”

Su Zhenyi was supported by the maid, and added softly: "Zhenyi is really ashamed, let the second sister worry about her sister as soon as she returns home." ”

"Big brother, Jin Xuan collided with big brother because he cared about me, please don't blame him." Su Zhenyi said to Su Jinyu again.

Su Jinyu's eyes fell on Su Zhenyi's bandaged feet, and seeing that there were still blood stains hidden under the white cloth, she said in a rare tone with a hint of softness: "It's all a family, you don't have to be so polite." Jinxuan didn't rush at me either, I listened to what the next person said, so I sent you medicine. It's only right that you take good care of your body. ”

After listening to these words, Su Zhaoning felt a lot of turmoil in his heart. She only treats Su Jinyu as the eldest young master, and she disdains to worry about the children in the outer room, so she treats Su Zhenyi and Su Jinxuan generously. But now it seems that this eldest young master is a bit like the old lady Hou at the beginning, and he has gradually become interested in Su Zhenyi.

It was only an hour after returning to the Marquis Mansion of Chang'an, and Su Zhaoning saw clearly the changes in the status of Su Zhenyi's two sisters and brothers. She didn't worry too much about this, but breathed a sigh of relief.

"The third sister is not in good health, and she is showing a lot of air tonight, so you better go back and rest early." Su Zhaoning stepped forward to pull Su Zhenyi's hand.

Su Zhenyi avoided it quietly, but her eyes looked at Zhou Xuanlin's side.

Zhou Xuanlin, who was favored by the beauty, hurriedly straightened his chest and quietly moved to the side.

"Big brother, don't you like the sachet I embroidered for you, why is that sachet ......" Su Zhenyi stopped talking.

Seeing that the beauty was a little sad, Zhou Xuanlin hurriedly replied for Su Jinyu: "Just now we were looking at the embroidery of you and Su Ergirl." ”

Su Zhaoning stood beside him and moved his steps slightly, as if he had blocked the two sachets.

Seeing this, Su Zhenyi looked up at the four princes beside him and said, "I heard from His Highness earlier that you should look for someone who can embroider Que Beiwen. Now it seems that the second sister can help. I just don't know, can Zhenyi also contribute to His Royal Highness? ”

The fourth prince stretched out his hand, took the two sachets in his hand and looked at them. The one embroidered by Su Zhenyi is exquisitely embroidered, but it is a beautiful jade pattern on it. The Four Princes quickly put it back.

What remained in his hand was the sachet embroidered by Su Zhaoning.

"This is a blessing word?" The fourth prince finally set his sights on Su Zhaoning's side.

Su Zhaoning bowed his head and replied, "Yes." ”

The fourth prince looked at Su Zhenyi next to him again, there was a smile in his eyes, and he asked her gently: "You can also embroider Que Beiwen?" ”

"Zhenyi also brought the chopsticks from His Royal Highness, and saw Que Beiwen for the first time. However, Zhenyi will embroider on both sides, and as for the words, Zhenyi can learn. Su Zhenyi reached out to take the sachet she had made.

Without waiting for her to get closer, Zhou Xuanlin took the initiative to hand over the sachet.

Su Zhenyi carefully opened the sachet, took out the spices wrapped in a thin cloth inside, and then flipped the sachet over.

I saw a new, delicate new sachet embroidered with a beautiful jade pattern appear in front of me.

"Miss Su San is really a good craft." The fourth prince praised, he put Su Zhaoning's sachet in Su Zhenyi's hand, and said, "Then you and your sister will help His Royal Highness embroider congratulatory gifts." ”

Hearing this, the smile on Su Zhenyi's face became even brighter and more moving. There was joy in her voice, too, crisp enough to make people feel equally happy and happy. She said, "Thank you, Your Highness." ”

Zhou Xuanlin was originally a little worried, after all, there are so many exquisite embroiderers in the palace, all because they don't know Que Beiwen, they are always lacking in embroidery than words. Miss Su San shot halfway like this, can she really embroider well?

He wanted to question it, but before he said a word, he was blocked back by Su Zhenyi's sweet voice.

"This ......"

"Second sister, you will teach me Que Beiwen, right?" Su Zhenyi bent her eyebrows and looked at Su Zhaoning.

Su Zhaoning took two steps back, her figure hidden in the shadow of the candle flame, and she replied, "Of course." My third sister and I used an embroidered paper pattern. ”

Su Jinyu looked at the two younger sisters with a somewhat complicated expression, and he arched his hand to the fourth prince and said, "The first time my sister has done such an important thing, please ask Your Highness to test it first." ”

The fourth prince looked at the two sachets in Su Zhenyi's hands again, and said, "Then let's embroider a veil of Fu Lewen first." Three days later, His Highness came to see. ”

"Miss Susan, don't let Your Highness down." After saying this, the fourth prince did not linger any longer, turned around and walked out.

In the study, Zhou Xuanlin remembered for the first time his official position as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites. He explained to Su Zhaoning and Su Zhenyi: "Concubine Zhenniang, who is about to give birth in the palace, is the princess of Quebei. According to the custom of Quebei, all the objects of washing three must be embroidered with the blessing text of Quebei. But none of the embroiderers in the palace know Que Beiwen, even if they embroider according to what Concubine Zhen wrote, the effect is always unsatisfactory. ”

"Now that Concubine Zhen is about to give birth, the saint is quite concerned about this. His Royal Highness is the Son of Man, so he naturally attaches great importance to this matter. Zhou Xuanlin didn't say much about the things in the court. But Su Zhaoning and Su Zhenyi both immediately understood very thoroughly.

Today, there is more than one adult prince under the knees of the saint. Now Concubine Zhen is favored, even if she gives birth to a little prince, she is still young. If the princes want to win the holy favor, they naturally bother to discuss this matter.

It seems that the four princes are really concerned about this matter.

"Third Sister Su, if you don't study well, it's okay. There are so many embroidery girls in the palace, even the eldest princess of Chaoyang has also found many embroidery girls with exquisite craftsmanship, but they are still embroidered very ordinary. Zhou Xuanlin took pity on the beauty and couldn't help but persuade partially.

Su Jinyu glanced at the two younger sisters, and then admonished together: "You two do your best, it's really not good, and you can understand it if you want to come to Your Highness." ”

On the contrary, Dingyuan Hou, who had been hiding in the shadow of the candle flame, walked to Su Zhaoning's side, lowered his voice, and told her alone: "Unlucky girl, don't let the blessing flow through this matter." ”

When Su Zhaoning first saw Dingyuan Marquis approaching him, he felt uneasy in his heart. But after listening to the other party's words, he couldn't cry or laugh.

said it was a blessing, but he called himself an unlucky girl, Master Hou, are you really helping me?

What kind of calculation Su Zhenyi made, Su Zhaoning knew it from the moment she walked into the study. Since they all chose to embroider sachets for Su Jinyu, the future ruler of the Hou Mansion. So this time, they naturally saw the importance to Su Jinyu.

If the four princes can win the favor of the saints through this, Su Jinyu's stay in Beijing will naturally be a matter of course.

Whoever can help the eldest young master of the Chang'an Hou Mansion will naturally be able to gain a firm foothold in the Chang'an Hou Mansion.

In this matter, Su Zhaoning will never back down.

The same is true for Su Zhenyi.

Out of Su Jinyu's study, Su Zhenyi's sarcastic voice reached Su Zhaoning's ears: "Second sister is really a good means, stepping on my sister's way back home, is it easy to walk?" ”

She sat on her shoulder, threw the pair of wooden chopsticks in her arms in front of Su Zhaoning, and sneered: "It's a pity that you have exhausted your calculations, and whose blessing should be still anyone's." ”

"Thank you for the 'blessing' of the second sister." Su Zhenyi punned on it.