After another palace attendant passed by, A Luo said softly: "Concubine Hui really went to great lengths to please the Queen Mother."
Xianyue shook her head and said: "No matter how busy she is, it is difficult for the Queen Mother to change her opinion. Over the years, I have been careful in front of the Queen Mother, and finally changed my mind. However, Zhichun's words aroused suspicion without saying a word.
"These days, the Queen Mother's attitude towards me is obviously not as good as before."
Zhichun said guiltily: "It's all my fault. I talk too much. Master..."
Xianyue interrupted her and said: "I just said it casually. I don't want to blame you for anything. I have said long ago that as long as you are loyal, I will not blame you for the biggest mistake. Okay.
, don’t talk about this anymore, let’s go.”
Xianyue led the two to Kunning Palace. For some reason, Mingyu was a little distracted today. When he saw Xianyue saluting, he didn't let her get up in time. It wasn't until Shuiyue quietly reminded her that she came back to her senses; then in
While embroidering, she accidentally pricked her finger. She was fine, but Xianyue was startled. She quickly put down the needle and thread in her hand and said, "Is it important? I, my concubine, will ask someone to get some medicine."
Mingyu waved his hand and said, "It's just a small wound. It doesn't matter. I don't know what happened. I had a headache last night and I can't concentrate today."
Xianyue nodded and said, "In that case, please stop embroidering and rest."
Mingyu didn't force himself and rested aside, occasionally saying a few words to Xianyue. When the sky was getting dark and Xianyue was about to take the embroidered pictures away, Mingyu said: "I'm much better. The rest,
Just leave it here, I will be responsible for finishing it."
On the picture of a hundred cranes, there are still more than half of the cranes left to embroider. Although it is not many, it is not an easy task for Mingyu who usually embroiders a few stitches and takes a break, so Xia Yue said without thinking:
"Your Majesty is not in good health. You must not work too hard. It is better for me to take it back and embroider it."
Mingyu took her hand and said: "These days, I have troubled my sister a lot. In fact, I know very well that this embroidery picture is said to be co-embroidered by our sisters, but in fact, most of it is embroidered by you. Now this last part,
No matter what, I must finish the embroidery by myself, otherwise it will be really unjustifiable."
Xianyue said uneasily: "But my queen's body..."
"I told you it's okay. Don't worry. It's really not okay. You can come here early tomorrow. If the embroidery fails, you can help make up for it. That's all right."
Seeing that Mingyu insisted on doing this, Xianyue could only say: "Okay, Madam, please be careful not to be too tired. I will try to come over as early as possible tomorrow."
Mingyu nodded and said: "Okay, go back quickly and go to bed early. Look at you, your eyes are all dark now. It must be because you have been busy embroidering pictures these days and you haven't slept well."
"My concubine, please leave." After Xianyue saluted, she turned and left. Behind her, there was Mingyu's complicated gaze, which was only slowly withdrawn after she disappeared from sight.
Mingyu took the embroidery needle and the embroidery thread as thin as hair, but failed to put it through several times. Shuiyue said at the side: "Master, why don't you let the slave wear it."
Mingyu nodded and handed the needle and thread to her, and then said: "You can go to the kitchen later and ask them to prepare a lighter dinner. I don't have much appetite today."
"My slave, I've written it down." After Shuiyue threaded her needle and thread, she went to the small kitchen to explain what she was told. She felt uneasy, so she simply stayed and chose the dishes in person, and watched them put them on plates and send them over before returning to the side.
He went to the palace and knelt down and said: "Master, dinner has been prepared. The dishes I have chosen are all light dishes that suit your taste. If you don't like them, I will ask them to make them again."
When Shui Yue was talking, Mingyu kept staring at the embroidery picture. After she finished speaking, he waved and said, "Shui Yue, come here and take a look. This embroidery picture... looks a little wet."
Shuiyue walked over strangely and saw that the direction of Mingyu's fingers was a little wet. Those places happened to be the parts embroidered with black thread. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't tell at all. "It's really strange. Where did this come from?"
I came from nowhere and it never rained outside.”
Xiao Liuzi interjected from the side: "Could it be that Concubine Xian accidentally got it wet when she was doing embroidery yesterday?"
"No." Mingyu shook his head and said: "It has been one day and one night since last night. How can there be any reason not to do it? If you say that I got wet early today, I still believe it."
At this time, Xiao Liuzi took a closer look and said, "Master, that's not right. It's not just the places you pointed out that are wet. Look, these cranes are also wet."
Mingyu and Shuiyue looked at what they were told and saw that at least a dozen of the previously embroidered black wings were wet. Shuiyue was very strange and said: "To say that I accidentally got it wet, there are a few more."
Possibly, but why did it get so wet, and it happened to be in similar places, Concubine Xian, what are you doing so early this morning?"
Mingyu said: "Isn't it strange? If I hadn't taken a sideways look just now, I wouldn't have noticed it. Fortunately it's not obvious, otherwise if the embroidery was stained, the two months of work would have been in vain.
"
"Slave, go get a clean handkerchief to wipe off the water on the embroidery. Let it dry overnight, and it should be fine. But what exactly is this?" At this point, Shuiyue was a little curious.
Stretch out your hand to touch the wet place.
Mingyu's expression changed and he blurted out: "No!"
Shuiyue stopped her hand subconsciously and said strangely: "Master, what's wrong?"
Mingyu had already reached out to cover his mouth. When Shuiyue asked, he quickly put down his hand and said uncomfortably: "It's nothing. Didn't you say you were going to get the handkerchief? Why don't you go quickly? Besides, this embroidery thread is wet."
, try not to touch it, otherwise it will be troublesome if it fades or something happens."
Shuiyue retracted her hand as she was told. She never saw that at the moment she retracted her hand, Mingyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. However, some things... cannot be avoided. Maybe they are destined to be like this!
After Shuiyue came in with a few clean handkerchiefs, he carefully wiped the water stains on the embroidered pictures. During this process, Xiao Liuzi stood beside him and never stepped forward to help. If Shuiyue had paid attention, he would have discovered
, there was a lingering fear in Xiao Liuzi's eyes.
When Shuiyue was wiping, she accidentally touched some with her fingers. Seeing that the embroidery thread had not faded, she did not tell Mingyu, but gently twisted it and found that her fingers were a little sticky, not like ordinary water, but a little sticky.
Like goat's milk or cow's milk. It's strange. Did Concubine Xian accidentally pour the rice she was drinking on it when she was embroidering it? But if so, why did she only pour it on the places embroidered with black silk thread, and not on other places?
Damn, not at all?
Shuiyue put her fingers under her nose and sniffed, and found that the smell was somewhat foul, not at all like the goat's milk she had thought at first. She was curious, what on earth was this?