At this point, Mrs. Meng suddenly covered her mouth and looked around cautiously: "Oh no! I didn't mean to let it slip. I said I would keep this in my stomach. Hongru, don't blame me."
Mu Yunhan seemed to hear his ears "buzzing". He had a special status, good looks, and outstanding embroidery skills. The world didn't know his existence. These features together made him feel very familiar.
Coupled with the fact that the Prince of Xian County later committed a serious crime of treason and had his house confiscated and disappeared, she had some vague guesses.
She smiled and held Mrs. Meng's hand, and whispered: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, my mother won't blame you, she also mentioned that she wanted to tell me these things.
But something happened to her before it was too late, so you should tell me about it. Otherwise, as time goes by, I will almost forget her."
Mrs. Meng was so happy that she coaxed her, and she held her hand like a child and shook her hand: "Hongru, the embroidery master, was picked up by her when she went to the village in the countryside.
At that time, this man was very sick and was about to die. His body was covered with maggots and the smell was terrible. Hong Ru had been raised delicately since she was a child, and she would have felt dirty in the eyes just by looking at such a person.
But she picked this man up and asked someone to treat him. She also asked him where his home was and wanted to send him back.
This man said that he was from Qi State and was raised by a young wife. His father died and his mother was buried as a sacrifice. The eldest brother of the family bullied him and wanted to kill him.
He also said that his eldest brother, his legitimate mother, was so powerful that he could not stay in Qi State any longer, so he had to flee to Zhao State, losing all his old servants and money along the way.
He also fell ill and became like this, unable to return home. He begged Hongru to give him a way to survive so that he could work to support himself and repay his kindness.
When asked what he knew, he said he knew embroidery. Hongru gave him a piece of white cloth and some silk thread, and he actually embroidered a double-sided picture of a squirrel playing.
Such embroidery workers were very rare in the entire Zhao Kingdom, not to mention the entire Lanjing. So Hongru begged the princess to let him be her embroidery master.
Of course, the entire county and prince's palace, except for Hongru, don't know that he is a descendant of a big family in Qi, they only know that he is a native of Qi."
"After all, which kid from a big family can do such good embroidery work? Either humble or poor."
Mrs. Meng smiled like the gossipy lady next door said: "Hongru told me that he was really good-looking. She was obsessed with him at the time. She felt soft-hearted when she saw his eyes and always wanted to help him."
"What is this man's name? How old is he? Have you seen him?"
Mu Yunhan's whole body became excited. The puzzle that had been unsolved for a long time suddenly seemed to have a clue.
"It seems that the surname is An, called An... An what... An Xiao! Yes, that's the name!
I have never seen him before, but when I heard about this man, he had already left the Xianjun Prince’s Mansion.”
Mrs. Meng sighed: "Your mother had some ignorant thoughts about him, so she was not very happy to marry the eldest son of the Muhou Mansion. Master An was driven away, and there has been no news since."
Mu Yunhan remembered Madam Mu's embroidery skills. It would be no exaggeration to say that they were superb.
She must have been quite old when she met An Xiao. She thought she had only been learning embroidery from An Xiao for a few years. She was able to learn like that because she was talented and willing to work hard, and he taught her everything he had.
I used all my strength.
What kind of young man can actually do embroidery?