When the wind is a little chilly, the flowers leave the branches, the leaves turn yellow, and it is time for the chrysanthemums to bloom.

The largest chrysanthemum banquet in Yucheng is still organized by the prefect's wife.

The prefect's wife will invite many ladies to participate, they will bring chrysanthemums, enjoy the flowers, drink tea, invite the servants to perform, and finally judge the best chrysanthemum of the year, and the owner of the chrysanthemum will get the prefect's wife's prize.

Of course, the prize is not important, the important thing is to be the person who stands out and is watched by everyone.

In fact, every year, when this person is who he is, when he walks into the banquet, everyone has a guess in their hearts.

That person will be greeted by the prefect's wife, will sit next to the prefect's wife, and will be surrounded by everyone and say a word or two.

This year, this person is Mrs. Lu.

This is, of course, because Mrs. Lu has a good son.

Of course, compared with the banquets held at the Lu family, there are more merchant women, and most of the wives, husbands or sons here are officials.

It's just that everyone values Mrs. Lu's son now because the future of Mrs. Lu's son is a matter of holy will.

In addition to the inheritance of family lineage, the imperial court will also raise virtuous people every year, but the candidates for evaluation and election are all decided by the state and county, and then recommended to the imperial court, and adopted as needed.

Now the emperor opened Taixue, abandoned the state and county inspections, and personally participated in the selection and examination of talents.

It is not uncommon for Lu Sangongzi to be outstanding in learning and to be an official, but when he caught up with this opportunity, he jumped into the capital, took the Taixue test, and the emperor's palace test, and his status as an official in the future will not be ordinary.

The official news is more well-informed, and a few days ago it came back that although Taixue has not yet started the exam, Yucheng Lu Yizhi has been summoned by Mr. Xiahou, a doctor of Taixue's Shangshu.

Although it seems to have nothing to do with learning, it was a show in the capital who had an accident, but Lu Yizhi was seen by Dr. Shangshu as a representative, which can be regarded as outstanding.

Mr. Xiahou is also the emperor's teacher, maybe the emperor will know about Lu Sangongzi before the exam.

Therefore, even if he sat next to the prefect's wife, several ladies came over to implicitly ask about Lu Sangongzi's relatives.

When asked about family affairs, Mrs. Lu did not have the restraint she had in the past, and responded generously, of course, it should be impossible to respond, her son has an unlimited future, and Mrs. Lu's vision is no longer in Yucheng.

As for the discussion that she would be elected the best chrysanthemum owner, Mrs. Lu also heard it, and she was not embarrassed.

"My son is amazing." She whispered to Mrs. Lu San, "The chrysanthemums we brought are also amazing." ”

It was a gem that she bought with a lot of real money and a rare gem in Yucheng.

This first, she should be at ease and confident.

Mrs. Lu San nodded, pointed to the courtyard, and whispered, "Our chrysanthemums have always been surrounded by people. ”

She has been sitting honestly next to Mrs. Lu, compared to Mrs. Lu, the third is much clumsy, if Mrs. Lu comes, she will definitely be talking and laughing on the chrysanthemum side at this moment.

Second Mrs. Lu will not be able to bring it out in the future, the Ning family will be convicted of raiding the house, and it will be dispersed, and the second Mrs. Lu does not need to ask for the guilt when she marries a daughter, but her face is disgraceful, and she can only follow the old lady in the village in the future.

"Sister-in-law, let's go over and have a look?" Mrs. Lu San whispered.

She didn't dare to go over herself, so many people, she didn't know what to say.

Mrs. Lu sighed in her heart, it's a pity, there is one less right-hand man who can be used handily, so she can only come by herself.

"Okay." She said, standing up and smiling at the ladies next to her, "I'm going to see the flowers too, this year's chrysanthemums are really good, and they are all beautiful." ”

The ladies next to them also got up with a smile, "Let's go, let's take a look." ”

Everyone gathered around Mrs. Lu to walk into the room, and suddenly someone lowered her head and babbled.

"Big lady, your dress is so beautiful, this embroidery is so beautiful." She said.

Everyone else was also busy looking over, and saw that the corners of Mrs. Lu's skirt were flying, and the clouds were embroidered on it, and it was like stepping on clouds when she walked.

It's so beautiful, compared to chrysanthemums, women actually prefer to look at clothes, and praise beautiful clothes is also more sincere.

"How is this done?"

"Why?"

"I've never seen this kind of embroidery."

Everyone didn't care about the flowers, and they talked and praised.

Mrs. Lu smiled at the corner of her mouth, and said politely in a light breeze: "The embroidery lady at home, blindly pondering and embroidering, is smiling." ”

The embroidery lady at home, such a good embroidery girl, it costs a lot of money to learn such a good skill, and the ladies can't hide their envy.

But when I passed by a flower stand, the women standing next to me also looked at it, and some of them babbled.

"The dress of the eldest lady is finally worn out again." The woman laughed and said, "When I saw it last year, I remember it now." ”

This sounds like a compliment, but ......

Last year?

It's not new clothes.

Of course, some good clothes are indeed cherished, and they are willing to wear them unless they encounter major occasions.

However, Mrs. Lu also needs this?

So rich, and with a skilled embroiderer at home, is it too late to make new autumn clothes?

The ladies' eyes became strange, and Mrs. Lu's face was slightly stiff, and she held the hand hidden in her sleeve in front of her and clenched it.

This dress is so good-looking, anyone who looks at it will be dazzled, but the eyes are bright and unforgettable.

The banquet I attended this time was different from the occasion I wore last year, but Yucheng was so small that I would inevitably meet someone who had seen this dress.

Mrs. Lu also knew that it might be inappropriate to wear this, but-

All the new clothes were placed in front of her, and they were eclipsed in front of this dress, and she couldn't give it up, so she gritted her teeth and wore it.

Alas, sure enough......

On the other side, although Mrs. Lu San noticed that the eldest lady's face was wrong, and knew that the atmosphere at this time was a little stagnant, she didn't know what to say to resolve it......

Is it nice to see? Thank you for remembering so clearly?

It doesn't seem appropriate.

Mrs. Lu San regretted a little that she shouldn't come, and the tip of her nose sweated slightly.

Thankfully, someone spoke up at this point.

"Speaking of good embroiderers, can you see the clothes that Mrs. Li is wearing?"

The remark was immediately answered.

"I see it."

"When I walked by, the corners of the skirt and the sleeves were like chrysanthemums falling down."

The stagnant atmosphere was suddenly broken, more people asked, and some people pointed to the courtyard ahead, where there were the most people.

"Let's see, Mrs. Li is over there."

"Everybody's all around her."

Over there, Mrs. Lu looked over, and that was where the chrysanthemums she brought, because she saw a lot of people looking around, so she also had to go over and have a look.

How? It turns out that it's not her chrysanthemum, but someone else's dress?

This chrysanthemum is yellow with purple, gorgeous and chic, at this time a person stands on the side of the flower, and is pulled by his sleeve.

"Let's see, which one looks better?"

How beautiful is it to compare with such a precious flower?

The woman with the sleeves pulled was in her thirties, her appearance was mediocre, the dress she wore was not very expensive, and the style was also common, and the uncommon was that the cuffs and corners of the skirt were faintly stacked with flower petals.

Mrs. Li's husband was just a scribe, and no one paid attention when he walked in the courtyard, but when he passed by a chrysanthemum, the person next to him reminded him, "Madam, you have flower petals on your sleeves, be careful." ”

There was some complaint in his tone, the chrysanthemums he brought today are all treasures, and they can't be bumped and broken at will.

Mrs. Li raised her sleeves with a slight restraint: "No." ”

When the man saw that she didn't recognize her, he was even more upset, and reached out to flick it: "Isn't it? ”

With a flick, the slender and curved petals are still there.

She babbled.

Mrs. Li had already smiled: "Ah, this, it's an embroidered petal, not a real flower." ”

The man was already pulling his sleeves, stroking the petals with his hand, and looked surprised: "This is too realistic." ”

She looked at Mrs. Li again, not only the cuffs, shoulders, sleeves, and skirt corners were faintly patterned, and as she walked, they shone in the sun, like petals falling all over her body.

"Oh, it's so chic, it's so beautiful." She exclaimed, attracting more onlookers.

Mrs. Li was surrounded and watched like this, and was pushed to compare beauty with flowers, and some people really think that they are more beautiful than flowers.

"How is this done?"

"I look like lock embroidery, but not quite like it."

"yes, I also thought it was quite special, so I bought it." Mrs. Li said, "I specifically asked, saying that it was to grab the needle." ”

Said with a smile.

"I don't really understand, my front is not good."

There are few good needlework here, and everyone doesn't want to be decorated with needlework, as long as they can appreciate needlework.

"I really didn't expect that there would be this new stitching."

"I've never seen it before."

"Mrs. Li said that the new embroidery girl is here."

The women here were talking about it, and Mrs. Lu, who was distracted for a moment, couldn't help but ask, "Where is the embroidery workshop?" ”

Since she had that maid at home, Mrs. Lu hadn't visited the embroidery village for four years—she couldn't look down on it.

Mrs. Li looked at it and said with a smile: "It's not us here, it's Xu Cheng." ”

Xu Cheng? Mrs. Lu was stunned, her heart jumped suddenly, and she stared at the embroidery on Mrs. Li's shoulder-

Mrs. Li's voice continued.

"I went to Xucheng that day to visit relatives, walked around with a few old sisters, and walked into Linglong Fang."

"I've been to Linglong Shop before, so it's nothing unusual."

"Shopkeeper Dong said that there was a new embroidery lady who had just made a flower embroidery."

"When I look at it, it's really chic......"

In fact, Mrs. Li's words were no longer heard by Mrs. Lu, and her ears were full of the word Xu Cheng.

It can't be that!