"I know you are good at embroidery. But how many days do you have to work alone to embroider a portrait?" Mrs. Lu asked.
"Actually, the needlework and embroidery skills are not much different. The key is to be similar." Xu Chunjun said, "Aren't there several good embroidery people in my aunt's house?
I drew the pattern, put it on the embroidery stand, and then several people began to embroider it together.
It's not yet noon yet, so if we get there tomorrow morning, we'll be able to get out in no time."
"If that's the case, it's okay." Mrs. Lu said, "It's just that you worked a little too hard."
Xu Chunjun smiled and said: "What's the point? If I can really get a good marriage through this gang encounter, I will be willing to embroider a few more paintings."
Mrs. Lu couldn't help but sigh: "Mr. Chun, you are such a harmonious and promising child. It is said that good causes produce good results. How can you not get good results if you always plant good causes everywhere?"
"Auntie, please stop praising me. It's just because this is our family's business that I dare to take over everything.
It was my aunt who trusted me and was willing to let me give it a try.
If it were someone else's business, how could I dare to say anything? Besides, how can there be a foolproof plan for anything in the world?
If something goes wrong, no one can blame me."
"You, you have to make people feel better when you help them." Mrs. Lu really liked Xu Chunjun so much that she chose the youngest daughter of the Duke of Yining because there were some similarities between that girl and Xu Chunjun.
"Aunt, please find a room for us alone. Time waits for no one." After Xu Chunjun said this, he stopped chatting with Mrs. Lu and hurriedly asked someone to clean up the room and prepare things.
"Let's finish cooking after dinner!" Mrs. Lu felt a little sorry, "I'll send someone back later to tell you that you're staying here tonight."
"There's still almost an hour before dinner, and we can do a lot of things seriously." Xu Chunjun said, "Let's hurry up early instead of late."
After hearing this, Mrs. Lu couldn't help but hurriedly asked people to clean up the room and choose materials.
Xu Chunjun sketched a portrait of Aunt Zhuang on a seven-foot piece of inner-fu plain silk, making sure she was as tall as a real person.
Then I assigned it to several other people, each of whom had to embroider where to do it, what stitching method to use, and what color of silk thread to use.
It was all agreed upon, and the six people sat on four sides and started embroidering stitch by stitch.
When it was time for lunch, the maid in front of Mrs. Lu came over to invite Xu Chunjun.
Said: "Grandma, please take a rest! Madam invites you to come over for dinner!"
"Then you all should have a rest first, my aunt specially asked the kitchen to cook some delicious dishes for you.
Although this work is a bit urgent, you still have to eat and drink well, otherwise how can you survive in the future?" Xu Chunjun said to several other people with a smile.
Those people all said: "Working with grandma, we feel confident, and we don't feel tired even when we are talking and laughing."
"Then let's eat first and then cook after eating." Xu Chunjun said as he stood up and came to Mrs. Lu's side.
The Marquis has some entertainment and won't come back for lunch.
Xu Chunjun accompanied his aunt to have dinner together.
"Look, I've hurt you so much that you can't even stop eating." Mrs. Lu saw that Xu Chunjun was eating much faster than usual, and knew that she was in a hurry, "Wuji should feel distressed again after seeing this."
"What's this? When I was at my parents' house, which day was I not busy doing embroidery work until midnight?" Xu Chunjun didn't care.
She is someone who can endure hardships and never takes these things to heart.
After lunch, I continued to work. The sky was still short at this time, and it got dark soon after noon.
Bright tallow candles were lit in the room, illuminating the whole room as if it were daytime.
Mrs. Lu also sent someone to bring refreshing ginseng tea and eye-clearing dew in a jade bottle. She dipped a jade hairpin into the eyes and put the drops in her eyes to relieve swelling and pain in the eyes.
By the time we had dinner, one-third of the embroidery was completed.
Mrs. Lu said to Xu Chunjun: "I sent someone to Yining's palace during the day to deliver the memorial ceremony, and when I came back I said that his father-in-law still refused to bury him tomorrow.
No matter how many people try to pull her away, it is useless to persuade her.
Mrs. Yining was so anxious that her mouth blistered, and her liver ached with anger."
"The embroidery will be finished tomorrow morning. Then let us, the Marquis, give it a try!"
Xu Chunjun was not completely sure, but no matter what, it was always good to show his sincerity and let the Xu family see it.
I was busy until the fifth day of the night, and finally finished the embroidery of the statue.
Everyone put a lot of effort into this beautiful portrait, except for Xu Chunjun, everyone was exhausted.
Xu Chunjun's eyes were just a little red, but everything else was fine.
Everyone couldn't help but praise: "It's really as much energy as it is talent."
Xu Chunjun said with a smile: "It's really hard for my sisters and sisters-in-law. It's not yet dawn, so you should go back and have a rest! My aunt said I'll give you three days' leave."
"Grandma asked for this for us, we have to thank you!" those people said hurriedly.
"My aunt has always been a generous person. She will definitely be rewarded when she comes back. If this happens, she will be rewarded even more." Xu Chunjun can still guarantee this.
Mrs. Lu was also concerned about this matter and sent her maid to come and see it.
Xu Chunjun said to her: "The embroidery is complete. If my aunt gets up, take it over and show it to her. Is it still good?"
The maid said: "Master Hou rested in the study last night. Madam has already gotten up and dressed now. Grandma, please come with me!"
Xu Chunjun then brought the portrait to the upper room. Mrs. Lu took the portrait, opened it, and said, "Oh my God! What kind of stitching did you use? How come the embroidery looks like a living person?"
Not only are they similar in appearance but also in spirit. I have seen countless embroidered portraits, and although few are real people, few can embroider them so realistically."
Then he hurriedly said to Xu Chunjun: "My son, you have worked so hard for you, you must be exhausted! I asked them to clean up your bedroom. You should lie down and have a rest."
Let's go back and wait until daybreak, and the two of us will have breakfast together."
"Then I'm not polite, I'll go back and catch up on some sleep first," Xu Chunjun said.
After the Marquis got up, Mrs. Lu sent someone to the study to invite him over.
"You should take a rest today and go to Yining Palace to have a look." Mrs. Lu said to her husband.
"Didn't you already send someone to pay a memorial ceremony?" asked the Marquis. "Besides, if I go, it would be bad if Duke Yining thinks I'm just there to watch the excitement."
"I've thought about this too, but if you bring something good, maybe he won't blame you and will even be grateful to you." Mrs. Lu said with a smile.
"So Madam has a magic weapon?" The Marquis also smiled, "But I don't know what it is?"
"It all comes down to Chunjun, the child. She led others to embroider an embroidered portrait of Duke Yining's concubine." Mrs. Lu said, unfolding the embroidered portrait for the Marquis to take a look at.
"The people on this embroidered statue are alive. When Mr. Yining sees this, he probably won't hold on to the dead person and not let go," Mrs. Lu said.
