After Prince Yuxian proposed marriage and left, Qiu's mother, Qinghui, took the midnight snack and went down to her daughter's bedroom. She put the midnight snack on the table and pulled her daughter back and forth to look at her carefully.
"Let's see, my dear daughter, I said that dragons and pythons in this world are unworthy of imagination, but I never thought that you would have the fate of a princess. I want to take a closer look to see what attracted the python in the court to the daughter I gave birth to."
Qiu Yan was looked over and over by her mother. She grabbed her hair and said, "How is it, mother, can you tell what attracted the miracle doctor?"
Qiu's mother looked at it for about a quarter of an hour, "Well, you can't tell from the appearance, after all, the lines are thick. I know that it's the inner beauty that attracted the prince."
Qiu Yan said angrily: "Mother, you are really."
Qing Hui sneered, "Use your late night snack quickly. We will go to court tomorrow morning. That old thief Tong Changtuo is insidious. Your father said that he is very likely to preemptively strike at court. You have to be careful and act righteously."
Don't be afraid of him if you sit upright. Don't lose your grace in men's officialdom. Many men in this world look down on women, and women should constantly strive to improve themselves."
"I'm not afraid of him. Although he is an elder, everyone in the court is a minister, and the emperor only appoints people on their merits. And I am the daughter of Qiu Zhengyou and Qinghui. Our Qiu family is no longer inferior to his Tong family.
." Qiu Yan replied.
Qinghui touched her daughter's cheek and said, "Tomorrow is still a good day for you to be granted the title of Lord Protector. Go to bed early and refresh yourself!"
"Okay." Qiu Yan remembered something, pulled her mother's sleeves, and said softly: "Mom, can you teach me how to embroider purses?"
Qinghui heard the word "embroidery" coming out of her daughter's mouth. She was so excited that she almost fell down. She quickly touched her daughter's forehead to check the temperature, "I don't have a fever. You are talking about the kind that hangs in the waist."
A pouch that can hold spices and herbs, or a poached egg in your belly?"
"...Oh, mother, I'm not joking, I'm serious. Your Majesty was miserable when he was a child. He has wanted to have a purse to hang around his waist since he was a child. I want to embroider it all night and send it to him tomorrow morning before the court.
Give it to him." Qiu Yan said frankly.
"My little piece of wood has learned a lot. I'm very happy for my mother." After listening to her daughter's wishes, Qinghui tapped her forehead with her index finger, "Mom, I'll teach you. What pattern do you plan to embroider?"
"Little Tiger Pouch. The miracle doctor is born in the year of Tiger." Qiu Yan said seriously.
"Cerebellar axe. It's so complicated to embroider at the beginning. If you think about it again, you can also embroider the word '一'. One word purse." Qinghui then brought needles and threads, cloth, and embroidery stretchers.
Qiuyan understood that her mother was teasing her, saying that the word "tiger" was easier to embroider than "tiger", so she added: "Oh, I'm not too enthusiastic. I really want to embroider."
Qinghui smiled lovingly and carefully explained to Qiu Yan: "When you hold the flower stretcher, use less strength. It is made of wood and is easy to break."
"I... know. I'm not strong in everything. You have to be good at discovering my gentle side." Qiuyan worked very hard to learn embroidery from her mother, but her posture when holding the needle was very awkward, as if she was being tortured.
This was the first time she picked up an embroidery needle. She picked up the needle and thread for the sake of her sweetheart. Her heart was full of sweetness and expectation, but her skills were poor and she pricked dozens of needle holes in her ten fingers, causing her pain.
Tears, "It's really not easy. It's much harder than practicing martial arts. This is a delicate job. The Queen can embroider dragon robes, which is amazing."
"The queen's piece belongs to the national embroidery. Your cerebellum ax belongs to the small Qiu family's independent embroidery. But don't be discouraged. You are not a good embroidery worker, but you are definitely the first in a fight among women." Qing Hui was quite impressed.
Proudly said, "The Queen Mother, the Empress, can't stand up to a single finger of yours."
Qiu Yan: "...I don't dare to lift a finger against the person I'm talking about. Besides, the Queen treats me very well, and I don't like her as much as she does."
Qiu's mother began to explain embroidery methods and stitches to Qiu Yan very patiently. She encouraged her every step of the way. Good girls are the best. She even taught Qiu Yan embroidery step by step. However, Qiu Yan was very slow to learn how to use needle and thread for the first time.
The mother gradually lost patience, and finally when Qiuyan embroidered the cloth, it shrank into a ball of unknown shape.
Qiu Mu lost her hand and said out of control: "Please let me go, you are not made for embroidery!"
Qiu Yan looked at the colorful scent-seeking bird that had been perching next to her, sighed, took out the tumbler and looked at it, and then said confidently: "Mom, please don't be so fierce. No one knows how to embroider at the beginning."
Yes. On the first day I embroidered, you attacked me."
"My dear daughter, don't be disappointed. Mom is impatient. Come on, let's start from the beginning again." Qiu Mu calmed down the surging blood, and then tried to teach Qiu Yan all over again. Within half an hour, Qiu Mu
He collapsed again, "Whatever you want to embroider, I'll embroider it for you. Leave your cerebellum and purse to your mother. You can go to bed. You have to get up early tomorrow."
Qiu Yan insisted: "I want to embroider this little tiger purse with my own hands. If I can't embroider it well, I won't sleep."
Qiu's mother looked at her daughter's red and swollen fingers that were pricked into honeycombs. She felt distressed and funny at the same time. After spending more than ten rounds with her daughter, Qinghui's temper was also worn away. Only tenderness and love were left in her body. She touched her daughter's head and said: "
Okay. Then you come and embroider, and my mother will accompany you."
Qiu Yan stayed up all night, and persevered under the oil lamp... pricking her fingers, no, embroidering a purse, and finally embroidered it into a little tiger purse early in the morning.
The purse itself is navy blue, the little tiger is dark yellow, the character "王" on the tiger's forehead and the pattern on its body are black, with a dark yellow tassel hanging wrinkled underneath.
This is the first purse she has embroidered in her life, and she hopes the miracle doctor will like it.
The miracle doctor had wanted a purse since she was a child. The Emperor and Prince Rong both had it, but the miracle doctor alone didn't have one. She wanted him to be happy, and she couldn't wait to give the little tiger purse to the miracle doctor.
She lowered her head and looked at her fingers. There were probably a hundred or so needle holes, but they were really... painful.
Qiu Yan put on her court clothes and left the palace without even using the breakfast made by her mother.
In the early morning, the air was fresh, so she went out quite early, intending to go to the Medicine Pavilion first. She saw from a distance that in the April morning light, the Medicine King Palace was not far away, so she stepped up her steps to see her.
...fiancé.
The figure in front of him flashed, and he saw Errong, the maid whom Princess Xuanyi taught her, coming out from the direction of the main hall of the Medicine Pavilion. She walked gracefully and her figure was swaying.
Qiu Yan was startled and paused. It was only around nine o'clock in the morning when the princess unexpectedly came out from the direction of the miracle doctor's palace. She stood there with her hands tied and retreated to the roadside to make way for the princess.
Xuan came in quick steps and stood in front of her, looking straight ahead, waiting for her subordinate Qiu Yan to salute her.
Qiu Yan clasped her hands and said, "I have met the princess."
Xuanyi had seen Qiuyan from afar. She had been waiting for Qiuyan here for a long time. She came here just to see Qiuyan, the little goblin who stole her lover.
Xuan Yi heard the salute, smiled, and warmly took Qiu Yan's hand, "Sister Qiu Yan, good sister, let me take a good look at you. I am a bride, and I feel happy when I look at her.
The corners of the eyebrows and eyes."
As he spoke, he intentionally exposed the side of his waist where the Cangmiao jade pendant was hanging to Qiu Yan's eyes.
Qiu Yan saw that she had changed from her previous bad words and was actually extra gentle today, so she took her hand and looked at it carefully until she saw the jade pendant of Prince Yu Xian on Xuan Yi's waist, and her heart suddenly
It hurt. Last night at Qiu Mansion, when she and the miracle doctor were sitting under the porch talking, she was still holding on to the tassel of this jade pendant.
When Xuanyi saw that she had seen the jade pendant, she shouted softly and quickly covered the jade pendant, "My sister is staring at the jade pendant, but do you recognize this jade pendant?"
Qiu Yan nodded, "It's the jade pendant of Prince Yuxian."
Xuanyi said in a panic: "No, it's not from Prince Yuxian. Sister, don't think too much about it! I didn't come out of the inner hall of the Medicine Pavilion today. I...I really just passed by here."
Qiu Yan saw that her expression was obscure and full of meaning. She had been taught by the miracle doctor orally, and she knew a little bit about men and women.
The eye of the needle hurt again, and she said softly: "Oh, I understand. If the princess has not given instructions, I will leave first."
With that said, Qiu Yan took her hand away from Xuan Yi's palm and prepared to enter the inner courtyard of the medicine pavilion.
As if in a panic, Xuan Yi quickly grabbed Qiu Yan's sleeves and stopped her, "Sister, are you going to ask Prince Yuxian about the jade pendant?"
Qiu Yan pursed her lips and did not speak to Xuan Yi. He was honest with her. She would know the truth as soon as she asked. She wanted to know the whole story. She was always straightforward and could not hide things.
This jade pendant was a full-moon gift from his mother when Prince Yuxian was born. She was his fiancée. He didn't even give it to her as a token. She really wanted to know why such an important jade pendant was on Xuan Yi's waist.
Hanging inside.
Xuanyi looked at Qiu Yan's cheek and saw that she looked sad, and then said: "I never thought I would be bumped into by my sister. I... I will tell the truth."
"True?" Qiu Yan's heart sank, "What do you mean, princess?"
"Sister, actually this is all my fault. I begged Prince Yuxian last night to let me stay in the palace overnight and beg him to give me a child. In exchange, I left his life forever. I even left in front of him.
I have been begging him for...a long time, but men usually cannot resist. When a woman pursues a man, there is a veil between them." Xuan Yi said, sighing slightly, "It's all my fault."
Qiu Yan's eyes were filled with tears, and her hands could not help but tremble. She recalled how the miracle doctor could not control her emotions when he was close to her several times. She believed Xuan Yi five or six times, and would she ask Xuan Yi, "What should I do?"
"Princess, you...take off your clothes."
"yes."
"Master...Master, did he really give you a child?"
"Yes. You know how to give me a child, right? Do you want me to tell you the story?"
Qiu Yan lowered her eyes. It was hard to talk about such a thing, "No need."
There was color in Xuanyi's eyes, but she was also deeply stung. Qiuyan must have been close to Cangmiao, otherwise how would she know how to conceive. But Qiuyan is young and emotionally simple, and she handles Qiuyan with ease.
Now, seeing Qiuyan looking like she was about to cry, she felt very comfortable. Why do I always cry? Why?
"Prince Yuxian loves you wholeheartedly and has no interest in me. But in order to be with you forever, he agreed to spend one night with me. Let me have sex a few times to ensure that we will have an heir. This night."
, Xuan Yi stopped.
Qiu Yan said coldly: "That's enough."
Xuanyi continued: "Moreover, he can't be controlled when he gets angry. You know, he is gentle on the surface and well-versed in private. I told you before that he is extravagant. Last night, my maid Errong and I stayed with him.
I'm going to bed. I hope you don't blame him for this, because he also wants to get rid of me and be with you better."
Qiu Yan's eyes were red. She felt uncomfortable just hearing what Xuan Yi said. Being with the princess already made her heartbroken. How could she still have beauty? She had always heard that the royal family was in chaos, but the miracle doctor always kept himself clean. How could this happen?
"He...he rested with you and Errong. He is not...such a person."
Er Rong, who was standing by, reconsidered, "We slaves dare not disobey the master's wishes."
Qiu Yan clasped her hands.
Xuan Yi smiled warmly at Qiu Yan and said, "I am a princess of a country, and there is no need for me to make fun of my reputation. Sister, you must not break off the engagement with Prince Yuxian because of this. He is doing it all for peace.
You are together. Besides, it’s not a big deal if a man goes off on a business trip or cheats on you once. Doesn’t your father also have multiple concubines?”
Qiu Yan's heart ached with pain, "Why did you tell me this?"
"I confess because I told you that if I teach you, he will kill me and my unborn child. You bumped into the jade pendant today, so I have to tell you the truth." Xuan Yi looked at the end of her eyes.
Eyes on Qiuyan, "Sister, I wish you and Prince Yuxian a happy marriage. The child in my belly and I will leave forever. I will quit to fulfill your happiness."
The autumn face is staring at the flowers, but there is nothing to say.
Xuanyi sternly said, "Please! Please do me a favor and let me and the child in my belly live. Don't shamelessly pretend to be pitiful in front of Cangmiao and say that you know the whereabouts of the jade pendant and let him kill me."
You are very vicious and despicable like that, you know that!"
Qiu Yan looked at Xuan Yi's abdomen and the miracle doctor... He really put the baby into Xuan Yi's belly. Can Errong also get his baby? Is that possible? Doesn't it mean that only
Can I.
"Guo Guo Gong, why don't you speak?"
Put things to rest and reconcile with me in this way, right?"
"I'm not a vicious person. I don't want to expose you and make it difficult for you, and I don't want to kill you. If I promise you a jade pendant, I have nothing to say." Qiu Yan felt the smell of salty rust in her throat, and she was quiet.
After a moment, he buried the matter deep in his heart, "I didn't want to ask you about it. I won't mention it to him."
"Then thank you for not killing me." Xuanyi raised her armored hand as a farewell gift to Qiu Yan, and then left. What kind of marriage was she thinking, if Qiu Yan didn't die of illness?
It's weird, if this princess is not happy, everyone will be unhappy.
Qiu Yan had a faint feeling of stomachache, an unbearable astringency in her throat, and a faint redness in her eyes. In addition, she had been up all night studying embroidery, and she felt dizzy.
She stepped into the medicine pavilion. As soon as she reached the door of the bedroom, she heard voices inside. She stopped outside the door and was about to knock on the door. Before the knock came, she heard Ziqin's voice: "Master
In order to marry the Lord Protector, the three of you worked all night long last night, and the two of you didn't leave until early in the morning. You must be exhausted."
Qiu Yan's legs immediately felt like they were filled with lead. The three of them, namely Ye Ye and Xuan Yi, do you still have Er Rong?
Cangmiao's gentle voice was full of exhaustion, "Don't say stay up all night for one night, you can work for two nights. As long as you can marry a lovely wife, what can't you do?"
Qiu Yan's breath was suffocated, as if her heart was being stabbed.