Time flies, spring is getting old, Mingyu has nothing to do, and falls in love with embroidery. She often asks Xianyue to go to her palace to accompany her on the embroidery, and together they finish embroidering a picture of peacocks and peonies. Embroidery is the same as transcribing scriptures.
It requires a lot of effort and must not be distracted at all, otherwise mistakes will occur. Although it is a joint embroidery, Mingyu is weak and often embroiders for a while before taking a break, so most of them are embroidered by Xia Yue.
On this day, Xianyue was summoned to Kunning Palace. As soon as she entered the side hall, she saw Mingyu directing several palace people to place an embroidery frame that was as long as a person in the appropriate position.
Yue came in and chuckled: "Sister, look where you should put it. I asked them to place it in a few places just now. I always feel that it is not suitable. Either it is blocked somewhere or the location is a little smaller."
After Xianyue helped point to a place for placing the embroidery stand, she asked: "With such a big embroidery stand, what are you going to embroider this time?"
"The painting of peacocks and peonies I embroidered before was given to Princess Cheng. When I told the Queen Mother about it, she was also very interested. I wanted to embroider a painting of hundreds of cranes on the Queen's forehead.
I gave it to my mother on her birthday in May, as a congratulatory gift from us sisters, what do you think, sister?"
Xianyue gently stroked the embroidery frame with her fingers and said with a smile: "I have been thinking about what gifts to send these days, but I didn't expect that the empress has already made an idea."
Mingyu took her hand and said with a smile: "Then are you willing to accompany me to embroider this picture of a hundred cranes?"
Xianyue knelt down and said jokingly: "Your Majesty has your orders, how dare I disobey you? Otherwise, your Majesty will complain to the Emperor and say that I disobey you. How can I do that?"
Mingyu tapped her forehead and spat: "Your mouth is getting more and more cunning. I can't speak to you."
Smiling like this, it seems like I have returned to the time in the dormitory, but... people's hearts have changed after all. The past is the past, and we can never go back to the past.
When the palace servants were putting up the embroidered picture, Xianyue took a closer look and said sadly: "Now there are only two months left before the birthday of the emperor. Now that I am embroidering this picture of hundreds of cranes, I am worried about the time."
It will be a little too late."
Mingyu said: "I have calculated it. If you hurry up, you will be in time." After a pause, she said: "If my sister finds it hard, forget it."
Xianyue explained: "I don't mean that. I am worried about your health. After all, your health has not been very good."
Mingyu's eyes relaxed and she said: "I'm not in the way. If my sister is really worried about me, just help me embroider more."
Xianyue agreed, and then sat face to face with Mingyu in front of the embroidery stand that had been set up, took the needle and threaded it, and started embroidering stitch by stitch according to the painted pattern.
The Hundred Cranes Picture is known as the Hundred Cranes, but in fact there are only ninety-nine cranes on the embroidered picture. The word nine means the greatest, just like the emperor also called the "Nine-Five Lord". However, the one hundred cranes still exist, which is nine.
The shape formed by the nineteen cranes, if embroidered well, will even be more lifelike than the cranes actually embroidered.
From this day on, Xianyue would go to Kunning Palace to embroider hundreds of cranes whenever she had free time. However, as before, Mingyu often embroidered a few stitches before taking a break, so when it came to May, she only embroidered.
He killed more than sixty animals. If he continued at this speed, Ling Ruo would definitely not be able to catch up with his birthday.
Mingyu embroidered a few stitches and said with a frown: "There are only about ten days left, but there are still nearly thirty cranes left to embroider. It's too late to think of other gifts now. What should I do? It's all my fault.
I am in poor health, so I have only embroidered a few pieces in all these days."
Xianyue said while embroidering: "I did rush a little, but I should still be able to do it in time. If it doesn't work, I can just embroider three pieces every day and then go back."
"How does this mean that these days, we can only embroider two pieces until almost dusk every time. If we embroider three pieces, wouldn't it be midnight? It will be dark by then, how are you going to go back?"
Xianyue took the silver scissors, cut off only a short length of thread, took another one and put it on and said, "Just shine it with a lamp. It's not far from the left and right, so it won't be in the way."
Mingyu thought for a while, shook his head and said, "It still doesn't work. If I accidentally fall and knock myself, I will feel very sorry. I will think of other ways."
Xiaoliu interrupted: "Master, otherwise, let Concubine Xian take the embroidery pictures back. In this way, we can finish the work on time and we don't have to worry about Concubine Xian being in danger on the way."
Mingyu nodded and said, "This is a good idea. I wonder what my sister thinks?"
Xianyue was busy embroidering the crane and said without raising her head: "I, my concubine, listen to your Majesty's instructions."
Mingyu stared at the embroidery needle she was twisting in her hand and said softly: "Okay, from now on, my sister will bring it back every day and bring it back the next day."
The movements in Xianyue's hands stopped for a moment, then she raised her head and said, "No need to go to such trouble. I will embroider it in the Yanxi Palace. I will take it to the empress after I finish the embroidery."
Mingyu immediately said: "How good is this? I said it is a gift that you and I will present to the emperor's mother. How can I let you embroider it alone? Besides, although I am slower, I can help relieve some of my sister's burden."
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Seeing what she said, Xianyue had no choice but to agree, and took the unfinished picture of a hundred cranes back that night. Because the cranes had to be embroidered so finely that they were lifelike, so it took a lot of time, and she waited until the second watch was finished outside.
Not finished embroidering yet.
Zhichun yawned and said, "Master, it's very late. You'd better go to bed quickly and just do the rest tomorrow."
Xianyue took the wet face towel lying aside and applied it to her sore eyes, saying: "I'll finish today's work today, otherwise it will be delayed until tomorrow and the embroidery will be endless. Then I won't be able to make it to the Queen Mother's birthday, so what should I do?"
"Even if the embroidery is not finished, it is the queen's business. The most you can do is prepare a new gift." At this point, Zhichun curled his lips and said: "Obviously the queen came up with the Hundred Cranes Picture, but the result is almost all the master's.
She is embroidering alone, and if there is no master, she may not be able to finish the embroidery until the Queen Mother's sixtieth birthday."
Xianyue took off her scarf, opened her eyes that were more comfortable, and said coldly: "Have you forgotten what I said to you before? No matter what she did, she is the queen and the master of this harem. I
You can't be disrespectful to her, and you can't do that either."
Normally, Zhichun would have lowered her head and remained silent, but this time, she frowned and said: "I know my fault, but I am really worthless for my master. It's obviously all your fault, but you still have to share half of it with her."
of credit."
Xianyue twisted the embroidery needle inserted aside and said in a low voice: "A loss today may not be a blessing tomorrow. When doing things, you should take a long-term view, and don't always remember the gains and losses in the moment."
: There may be another chapter later. Don’t wait to read it tomorrow. Also, I’m already home. Starting from tomorrow, the updates will return to normal. Thank you for your understanding these days. Thank you very much.