The Crown Prince in the Jade Pendant

Chu Jinyao was lost and was looking for Qin Yi for directions.　　 One piece of brocade is ten feet long, just one set of clothes outside, one thirty percent has been used up. Chu Jinyao felt very sorry for it, but she also knew that the skirts of the noble ladies were all made extremely large, and she was going to see her grandma. The skirts were made into seven pieces and the pleats had to be finely punched. Counting it down, it will cost three feet to complete the calculation. If there are some mistakes in the cutting, it will only be more.

"Let's do it ourselves, and we have to be more refined when we deal with it ourselves."

"Okay." Dingxiang and Camellia took out the scissors as they said, but Chu Jinyao called them: "Wait. Cut from the middle, the materials on the last two sides are wasted. Once cut up, you can only make some purses. Give me the ruler." Chu Jinyao took the ruler, gestured diagonally, and said, "Try this."

Camellia hesitated: "All right? Good material, don't cut it badly in the end."

"No, I tried it before." Chu Jinyao turned out to be in a bad situation at home. It takes many years to use a piece of cloth. She is sewing and modifying the clothes at home. Slowly, Chu Jinyao has a good grasp of it. sewing. She knows how to save materials and look good.

Camellia still refused to make it, it was still cloves. According to Chu Jinyao's statement, it was marked and cut. Chu Jinyao and Dingxiang paired up, and a few second-class maids also came to fight, and after a while, the jacket was cut out.

The second-class girl, Kikyo, praised: "It really saves a lot. The most important thing is that the remaining materials are still whole, and it is convenient to do everything in the future. If it is cut up, it can only be made into small gadgets such as kerchiefs and purses."

Chu Jinyao said: "This is just the shiny surface on the outside, and the inner lining needs to be cut separately. Lilac, you go get the piece of plain spun yarn, I remember there are some left."

After Lilac hugged him, several maids gathered around, weighed the fabric with their hands, and asked, "Girl, is this enough?"

Chu Jinyao touched her hand and said affirmatively: "Enough."

Dingxiang and Platycodon don’t know what to do anymore, they just do what Chu Jinyao said, and in the end, they were just cut off.

Kikyo sighed sincerely, "Girl, you are so clever."

Next is the cut horse skirt. Camellia asked: "This is a white-bottomed purple-flowered material. It's nothing more than a jacket. Is the color too light for a horse-faced skirt?"

Chu Jinyao was also worried about this. She took a close look at the pattern on the fabric and said, "Cut it out first, and then think of a solution when it's pleated."

After the cloth was cut, Chu Jinyao took a piece of it by herself and sat on one side of the seam. She pressed it with her hand, tried to make a few folds, then pulled out a strip of satin from the fabric, and gestured.

Several people of Lilac Platycodonis were sewing the edges, and suddenly Platycodon grandiflorum called out: "Girl!"

The maids all looked up, and the bellflower gathered around, picked up the pleats that Chu Jinyao had locked and looked at it. Chu Jinyao sewed purple satin on the folds, extending it to the knee, then cut the satin into a pointed end, lined it with a piece of harder cloth, and finally decorated it with tassels. Kikyo couldn’t put it down, and said: “It looks so good, just like the tail feathers of a peacock. When the pleats are finished, these hard ribbons will be pressed one by one. They must look like a peacock on the screen. It’s so beautiful!”

The maids all gathered around to watch, Chu Jinyao demonstrated how to sew in front of them, and then closed the edges. The dexterous maid will read it once, but she's a bit clumsy, and she has to look around Chu Jinyao again. From time to time, a maid brings her skirt over and asks, "Girl, isn't it like this?"

Chu Jinyao pointed out one by one, and Baoxia was very lively for a while. Chu Jinyao got his hands fast and finished a skirt in a short while. She was worried that Qin Yi was bored watching these things. She took a piece of cloud brocade and used Xiao Lou to pretend what she needed. She said, "I'm a little tired sitting outside. I'll take a rest inside."

"I'll take care of the girl." Kikyo stood up and said, "Girl, since you are tired, you don't need to take the basket. Let us."

"It's okay, I'll just sew two stitches at will." Kikyo took the basket in Chu Jinyao's hand, and followed Chu Jinyao into the western room and placed it on the kang near the window. Chu Jinyao said, "I just need to rest here by myself. You can go out and do needlework with them."

Kikyo hesitated, but was finally sent away by Chu Jinyao. When there was finally no one in the house, Chu Jinyao said quietly, "Are you still there?"

Where else could he go... Qin Yi said helplessly: "Yes. What's wrong?"

"There were so many people just now, I can't talk to you. Are you bored looking at these?"

Although the jade pendant fell on Chu Jinyao's chest, Chu Jinyao could not stay in the house without seeing people all day. So when Chu Jinyao went out and talked to others, Qin Yi had to stay by himself, except for waiting. can not do.

Qin Yi also felt bored. When did he care about women making clothes and other trivial things, let alone watching them do sewing. But he can't go back now, so he can only stay with Chu Jinyao. What else can he say?

Chu Jinyao said: "I think everyone's days are too idle for ladies. I am making clothes today, and I have things to do. I sit and sit as I did the other day. It's really too idle."

Qin Yi agreed. He has been thinking about how to get back to his body along the way. He still has a lot of things to do in Datong, but he can only stay here and spend time with a group of backyard women. Qin Yi was impetuous, but now he watched Chu Jinyao's slender wrist fly back and forth among the gorgeous brocades, his hands were dexterous and brisk, and he took care of the fabric in a moment. Qin Yi looked at it like this, and saw some beauty with a special rhythm, and the dryness in his heart subsided.

Chu Jinyao turned the skirt aside, and in a moment, she locked one side again. Qin Yi looked at it for a while and said, "You are indeed better than them, with neat stitches and faster speed."

"What's the matter?" Chu Jinyao said, "I am used to sewing clothes. On the contrary, it is embroidering. I think I'm going to make a fool of myself. If I can't tell if I sew clothes, wait until my grandmother comes. She asked us to embroider the square veil, and I'm going to show off the stuffing. The eldest girls have all learned embroidery since childhood, what can I do?"

Chu Jinyao suddenly asked Qin Yi: "Can you embroider?"

Qin Yi was caught off guard by the question. He smiled and asked slowly, "What do you think?"

Chu Jinyao was not frightened by Qin Yi's whistling air-conditioning tone, but smiled and said, "I think you can ask anything, but I thought nothing could bother you."

Qin Yi rolled his eyes secretly and didn't want to pay attention to her. But when Chu Jinyao interrupted him like this, Qin Yi's mood was much better.

Chu Jinyao put all the scissors and needles back into the basket, took off the jade pendant, and placed it on the Kang table upright. Her current identity is Miss Hou Men, making her own clothes is just to kill time. If she gets bored, she can throw it to the maids anytime, anywhere. She looked at Yupei and asked, "Have you been in a bad mood these days?"

Qin Yi didn't expect that even Chu Jinyao could see it. His kung fu for raising qi is really getting better and better.

Now that Chu Jinyao could see it, Qin Yi didn't want to deliberately tell lies to lie to her, he sighed in a low voice: "Yes."

Chu Jinyao's heart is very complicated. Qin Yi has been teaching her what to say and what to do these days. She never thought that when Qin Yi helped her, she also had something on her mind.

Chu Jinyao was very moved. She took out the jade pendant from the Luozi, and was about to ask about it. Suddenly she said in surprise, "Why is there only half of the red silk in Yuli?"

"This is what I am worried about." Qin Yi said, "I have a hunch that once all the red flocks disappear, and I have not raised them, I am afraid that I will not be able to live."

After Chu Jinyao listened, she lost her voice: "How come?"

Qin Yi sighed exhaustedly, no longer the way he was holding the winning ticket before: "Why did I think about it? But I have a hunch, most of it is like this."

Chu Jinyao was dumb, she hurriedly lifted the jade pendant to take a closer look. Indeed, the red flocks were sparsely sparse. This is just a guess, maybe nothing will happen after all the red flocks disappear, but what if?

Chu Jinyao was speechless. Although she had only met Qin Yi for a few days, she had already treated Qin Yi as a close relative in her heart. When she was in the most difficult time, only Qin Yi was willing to stretch out and pull her, she had nowhere to go in the house, and it was Qin Yi who spoke with her. Although he has no body shape or even a person, in Chu Jinyao's heart, he is more important than her blood relatives. Chu Jinyao felt that it was good for her and Qin Yi to talk, laugh, and break each other. She never thought that Qin Yi would leave her one day.

The air suddenly became heavy and made people breathless. After a while of silence, Chu Jinyao said softly, "Can I help you?"

Qin Yi was surprised when he heard this. After a while, he laughed: "It has nothing to do with you."

"How can it be okay?" Chu Jinyao said, "Since you were born in my Yu Perito, then we are a family. We have been together for so long. How can it be okay to say that it’s okay? If I have nothing to help you That’s all, but now you clearly need, if I still don’t do anything, then who am I?"

Qin Yi frowned when he heard these words: "Do you know who I am? You dare to talk nonsense like this?" No one in the world dared to say such things.

"I know. You are the heaven and earth elves born from Jade Perry. Since you wake up in my Jade Perry, then this is the fate between us."

The first sentence shocked Qin Yi, but this person's last sentence could anger him to death. Qin Yi gritted his teeth and said, "I said, I'm not a spirit." What spirit dared to get on his body?

"Then what are you?"

"..." Qin Yi was finally defeated, "Yes, what you say is what you say."

Chu Jinyao still felt that this person was inexplicable. She muttered in a low voice, "I said you are a ghost, you don't admit it, and you don't say it if you ask. It's nothing to be ashamed of being a ghost. You think I'm still growing up in a poor family. Well, I never feel embarrassed."

Qin Yiquan regarded himself as deaf, unable to hear or speak. He has improved too much recently. If it were in the past, who would dare to say that he is not a human being in front of him, and dare to blame him as a prince?

That's right, Qin Yi is the foundation of the kingdom. His Royal Highness became famous because of the shooting incident two days ago.

Yesterday Chu Zhu returned to the house. Chu Jinyao wore new clothes to meet the guests. She and Chu Jinxian were in the warm pavilion of Mrs. Chu to do needlework. Then the Seventh girl came, and when she went out, the Seventh girl was not careful. He bumped a cup of tea on Chu Jinyao.

It's really careless enough.

Chu Jinyao had to change her clothes even if she had a thousand words. When she came back, she was already late. Therefore, most people didn't see Chu Jinyao's newly cut skirt yesterday. Today, she put on the cleaned skirt. When the people in the hall saw it, their eyes flashed with surprise and surprise.

Chu Jinyao has been doing farm work since she was a child, and has a lot more exercise than these daughters who don't get out of the gate. She is in good health and taller. She wore a cross-collared right gusset and wide-sleeved jacket, and the cuffs were embroidered with large pink hibiscus flowers. Underneath she was wearing a white background and purple tufted cloud brocade horse dress. The folds on both sides of the skirt were sewn with purple silk and lace. The upper end is close to the skirt pleats, the lower end is a crisp, naturally falling ribbon, and the lower end is also decorated with tassels. The ribbon is a little darker than the purple of the skirt pattern, one piece pressed against one piece, and the tassels sway lightly when walking, like a peacock on the screen. Chu Jinyao is tall, wearing a short jacket and a horse-faced skirt, and his waist becomes more slender and slim.

Old Madam Chu saw Chu Jinyao's dress, took a look at it carefully, and said nothing. The old lady thought, although the five girls are the best, but the rules are far inferior to the girls who grew up in the Houfu, which is a pity. But after Chu Zhu looked at it, she couldn't help asking: "Which embroidery workshop made this dress...?"

Chu Jinyao said: "It was cut by the maid." Chu Jinyao thought a lot and didn't say it was herself. If not, what should she do if she has to be cross-examined, and someone will show her the door in the future?

When Chu Zhu heard that the maid did it, she nodded and said, "My sister-in-law has arranged a few handy maids for you." This skirt is really beautiful.

Chu Jinmiao was still beautiful just now, overwhelming all the sisters, but when Chu Jinyao came in, everyone's eyes were attracted away. In terms of preciousness, Chu Jinyao's dress is naturally far less than Chu Jinmiao, but the clothes that can't stand others are cut well and have new ideas.

Chu Jinmiao was really stunned to death.

Especially after Lin Xining and Chu Jinyao came in, Chu Jinmiao was sure that Lin Xining's eyes lighted up. Chu Jinmiao bit her handkerchief bitterly. Sure enough, men are all virtuous. Regardless of what they say, they just like good colors!

Chu Jinmiao and Lin Xining are cousins ​​when they were young, and Chu Zhu also liked Chu Jinmiao very much. When they were young, Chu Zhu laughed and joked with Zhao, saying that Chu Jinmiao and Lin Xining had a good time, so it’s better to do it later. To the happy enemy. The Zhao clan smiled at the time, but he remembered it in his heart. When there was no one, the Zhao clan even asked Chu Jinmiao secretly.

At that time, Chu Jinmiao couldn't tell why. She was naturally different to Lin Xining, but if she said how much she liked it, even if she didn't marry, she wouldn't be guilty of it. In this way, Chu Jinmiao and Lin Xining got along as close cousins, planning to let the flow go and watch the changes in the future, Zhao's thoughts were the same. But now seeing Lin Xining turn his head to look at Chu Jinyao, Chu Jinmiao suddenly burst into a strong discomfort. Even if she didn't like Lin Xining, Lin Xining shouldn't see other women in front of her. At the moment, Chu Jinmiao is more and more sure to win a companion.

Her identity in the Changxing Hou's Mansion is too embarrassing. Although the Zhao clan still spoils her as always, what will happen in the future? Changxing Hou was more and more plain to her, and the old lady was aloof and didn't care much about her granddaughter. The next person gradually dared to relax her instructions because she was not the decent master of the Hou Mansion. Chu Jinmiao has been at the forefront for thirteen years, so he can swallow this breath. But if she changed the palace, it would be completely different, maybe she could still have great luck.

Seeing that everyone was there, Mrs. Chu cleared her throat softly, and the lively Rongning Hall immediately calmed down.

Today, the girls wear brightly in the same clothes. Of course, there is a reason why Chu Zhu is there, but the root of it lies in the old lady.

Yesterday, the old lady learned that the palace was going to choose a companion for the county head, so she wanted to make her granddaughters dress up and don't lose her face. Although the old lady didn't say it clearly, there were different ways in the back house, and the news soon spread from Rongning Hall to Dafang, No. 2 and No. 3 bedrooms. Yan heard something to tell the girls to tidy up and be more attentive. Although she didn't understand why, she deliberately gave her two daughters a good dress. When he arrived at Rongning Hall, Yan clan secretly said in his heart. Sure enough, every one of them had come prepared.

Among all the people present, I am afraid that only Chu Jinyao went out without knowing it. She lives far away, has no news, and doesn't have her mother to mention it like other girls, so she doesn't know anything. She saw the sisters' clothes today and found it very strange. She was deliberately tricked by the Seven Girls yesterday, so she dragged the big clothes to wear until today. But why do other people want to do this?

Now that the old lady cleared her throat, she saw that there was an important announcement. Chu Jinyao knew what he might have missed again. As for what he had missed, he would know soon. She gathered her mind and listened carefully to what the old lady said next.

Mrs. Chu slowly said: "Your aunt came back from the palace of Huailing County all the way back, one is to visit relatives, and the other is a big thing to do. This thing is related to the future of many people, and even has something to do with it. The respect of the Changxing Hou Mansion, now, this major event is about to fall on you."

Chu Jinyao was very puzzled, since it was a major event related to the Hou Mansion, why did it fall on them? Chu Zhu sat next to the old lady. When she heard this, she smiled and said: "It was also the mother-in-law and the princess who trusted me so that they handed this matter to me. The county lord of the palace is twelve years old this year. When I was in school, the county owner was too boring to go to school alone, and there were few girls in the mansion, and no one was able to talk to the county owner. Our Changxing Hou Mansion is one of the best decent people in Taiyuan, and the girls are well-mannered. The palace is still relatives in-laws and knows everything. Therefore, the princess meant to pick two girls from our house and read them to the county lord as a companion."

Chu Zhu's voice fell behind, she looked down triumphantly, and as expected, the girl and several sister-in-laws were all surprised. I live at home and go back and forth every day. I see these few people. But when I go to the prefectural palace, the people I meet are completely different. Moreover, the prefectural palace is not far away from the Changxing Hou’s palace. The communication is very convenient, so I won’t just go out. See you again. The ladies thought about it again, and they all felt that this was a great thing and worth fighting for.

This is the most important part that Chu Zhu has concealed. If the wives know that the county magistrate is studying to prepare for the election of the princess, they may be crazy. Obviously there will not be only one concubine in the East Palace. After the county lord becomes the prince, what about Liangdi and Liangyuan? The county princes and princesses chose to read as the county head, and most of them also considered these. Women in the East Palace are indispensable, and the county owner is not a virtuous person. Instead of being counted by women from other families, it is better to arrange a few familiar ones at the beginning, and they will unite, at least have a companion in the future.

Of course, this is just the wishful thinking of the prefectural mansion, and now whether it can be chosen or not. It's just that the people in the Royal Mansion of Huailing County are all ready to run for the election, but they are dismissive of another possibility.

The ladies' eyes were bright, and the girls turned their heads, whispering to the close maids. Old Madam Chu looked at the audience, coughed, and said, "It's all quiet."

The girls suddenly stopped talking and looked up at the old lady.

Mrs. Chu took over Chu Zhu's words and continued to play a black face: "Although the princess said that she wanted to choose two girls from our family, she was not accurate yet. There are so many people in Taiyuan. If there are suitable girls in other families, the princess will definitely do it. Leave us alone. In the next few days, when the Huailing County Prince's Mansion holds a banquet, the princess will choose the most suitable two from the many ladies, so you must not be complacent and slacken. The county lord is twelve years old, since he is a companion. It was to accompany the county owner to study, and the age difference is too big, so the eldest girl and the eighth girl do not have to participate."

The eldest girl Chu Jinxian stood up and saluted the old lady to show her obedience. She is seventeen and she is still the eldest daughter of the family. She has a noble status. Even if she is of the right age, the old lady will not let Chu Jinxian go to study with someone else's family. If you are not a princess, how can you work with the eldest daughter? As for the eight girls, Chu Jinzi, she is only six years old this year, which is of course impossible. Therefore, the suitable people are concentrated in the fifteenth to twelve group of people, and among them, the twelve-three people like Chu Jinyao are the best.

Old Madam Chu paused, and said, "I found two mothers for you to come back. From now on, you can no longer be as loose as you were before. You must follow the mothers to learn the rules every day, and don't lose the face of our Changxing Hou Mansion. . Do you understand?"

The girls all stood up, bowed their heads and answered with solemn eyes: "My child understands."

The old lady then asked the two mothers to come out to meet the girls. After a group of people met each other, the mother took the girls away and went to teach the rules in a courtyard behind Rongning Hall.

The two mothers, one surnamed Hua, and the other Xing Deng, were both extremely strict people. Mother Hua taught the rules of sitting and lying, and Mother Deng taught calligraphy, calligraphy and other talents. Mother Hua and the other girls said: "The girls just listened to me. Mrs. Chu asked us to teach the girls how to behave. They all said that there is no rule to make a circle, and the saint also preached that the teacher is lazy. We are strict with the girls. For your good girls, please forgive me."

"Don't dare." Chu Jinyao mixed among the sisters and said softly.

Madam Hua was very satisfied with the obedience of the Chu girls. She gave a few more reprimands, and then asked the girls to demonstrate the invitation to An Li.

An ceremony is the most basic and common etiquette in the high gate compound. The girls of the Chu family have grown up since they were young, and they have long been as natural as drinking water and eating. However, Mother Hua was a grandmother released from the palace. She was very strict. She walked all the way and constantly beat the girls' waists, hands and other parts with the ruler.

"Be upright, don't lean forward."

"Squat down a little bit more, hold on, don't shake."

"Hands!" Mother Hua hit the back of Girl Seven's hand with a ruler. She hung a pair of eyes and said unceremoniously, "Girl Seven, I have reminded you several times, how come your hands are always Isn't it the right place?"

Seventh girl is the second daughter of the second room, calling Chu Jinjiao, with a shrewd temperament like Yan's. Seventh girl was also raised up to be arrogant and lawless. Chu Jinxian was able to criticize her among the sisters, and the others would not go. Provoke this demon king. The Seven Girls had always been competitive and wanted to be among the top sisters everywhere, but now she was beaten and scolded in front of everyone by the Huamao, the Seven Girls risked not to stand up and reply. She thought of her future position as a companion in the palace, and then she managed to suppress her temper, and replied in an angrily: "I know."