~ LADY JIN TRICK ~
When Lady Jin saw Su Qing, her smile became even more genuine. “Why are there so many courtesies between us? Quickly get up and take a seat. I was just about to ask Yunyao to take my pulse. I just said I was greedy and wanted to eat your dishes.”
Su Qing was still nervous but did her best to restrain herself. She walked naturally to Lady Jin and sat down. “I heard from Si Qin that Madam is here, so I immediately ordered some people to prepare some food.”
“That’s great. I can have a hearty meal today.”
“Please take a rest for a moment, Madam. I will go to the kitchen and look, then let them prepare more carefully.”
“Thank you.”
“Madam is too polite.”
After Su Qing left, Mu Yunyao retracted her finger and helped Lady Jin arrange the clothes on her wrist. “Madam has really taken good care of herself. Her pulse is stable, so the child should be healthy.”
“That’s good, that’s good! I heard you took in a girl named Cai Qing from Ci You Bureau. How many children did you have?”
“Yes, they are extremely pitiful. Coincidentally, I don’t have enough people on my side, so I had them come here to help.”
Lady Jin could not help but sigh. “You are just a kindhearted person.” It would be simple if they wanted to find someone to help them, whether Ni Yun Fang or Bu Xian Luo. How could they use a few children?
Mu Yunyao only smiled lightly and didn’t explain anything further. Seeing this appearance in Lady Jin’s eyes confirmed her guess.
“Yunyao, I have also heard that the owner of Cai Yue Pavilion, Tan Lin, has visited you twice. He has not come looking for trouble with you, has he?”
“Initially, He wanted to speak up for Tan Bawang, but I spoke lightly, so how could I help? Later, when he heard I wanted to teach the embroidery needle technique, he offered to help me. I thought it would be good to have one more person to help so that more people could benefit.”
“What do you mean?” Lady Jin was stunned. “Do you want the embroidery needle technique you know transferred to other places?”
“If one place has spread, then many other places have also spread. Moreover, these techniques will spread to every part of the city sooner or later. If we add fuel to the fire, people will be grateful to our Jingling City.”
Lady Jin thought quickly. “You’re right, but isn’t it inappropriate for us to do this?”
If this news spread within a small area of Jingling City, it could still be considered a merit. However, if it involved other cities, it became a great deed to win over the people’s hearts, then they no longer qualified.
Mu Yunyao looked puzzled. “Didn’t the embroidery needle technique already spread throughout Jingling City? If I am going to impart knowledge to other places, it would just increase the scope of the training so that more women could benefit from it. How is that not appropriate?”
Lady Jin explained, “The influence we have in Jingling City is limited, but once it spreads to other places, it will involve more and more people. This matter will not be so simple. Especially because of the complicated situation in Jiangnan, who knew how many people were jealous of this kind of kindness? The best way is to summarize the embroidery needle technique into a book and submitted to the Emperor!”
Mu Yunyao’s eyes trembled slightly. Since Lady Jin could say those words, she knew she treated her as one of her own people and thought for her sake. Thinking about what Su Qing had taught her earlier, she couldn’t help but let down her guard. Then Mu Yunyao said to Lady Jin: “But I have already said yes to the owner of Cai Yu Pavillion and want to borrow the help of Cai Yue Pavilion to spread the embroidery needle technique even faster. This way, wouldn’t we be harming him....”
“Cai Yue Pavilion....” Lady Jin pondered momentarily before asking, “Do you have a written agreement with the Cai Yue Pavilion?”
“I signed it, but the owner of Cai Yue Pavilion prepared the written agreement. Because I was worried Tan Bawang would take revenge on me afterward, I intentionally used my left hand and didn’t sign it in my handwriting. The ink pads used to print handprints also have a special treatment. After a long time, it would be blurred and confused. Besides, the owner of Cai Yue Pavilion was afraid that the information would leak out and attract the attention of the other embroidery shops. He even asked me to conceal the news so that no one could find out that he had sent female embroiderers to study....”
Lady Jin couldn’t help but smile and lightly tapped Mu Yunyao’s forehead with her finger. “It’s said that there’s always a way to repay the kindness. Little girl, you’ve done many good deeds, and now the heavens are treating you well. Alright, that’s a good idea. In that case, we don’t need to worry about it. Had Cai Yue Pavilion told you when the female embroiderer would come over and let you teach the embroidery needle technique?
“From his looks, he’s in a hurry. It looks like it’ll only take a few days.”
“I will let people handle this matter. You can safely teach the embroidery needle technique and don’t have to do anything else. As for that written agreement, there are no traces of you on it, so it was naturally something that couldn’t count. Since it counts when others ask about it in the future, don’t say anything. Do you understand what I mean?”
Mu Yunyao pondered momentarily, then solemnly nodded, “Yes, I’ll listen to Madam. But if this happens, will it trouble you and Lord Cao?”
“Don’t worry. Even if there are some problems, we can smoothly get through them. In general, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.” Lady Jin thought momentarily, then added, “Regarding the embroidery needle technique, you still have to hurry up and finish the book. When the time is right, I will have someone take it out, send it to the Capital, and dedicate it to the Emperor.”
“Yes, from today onwards, I will begin to prepare. I will try my best to complete it as soon as possible!”
“There’s no need to rush. You can merely do it within one or two months.”
Mu Yunyao nodded, “Alright. That’s right. Madam said before that she wanted to prepare a gift for the Emperor. I wonder if there’s anything else?”
“I thought about it but couldn’t think of anything new, so I only thought about it. If it isn’t well, I’ll follow the usual practice.” However, this year, Jingling City received a reward from the Emperor. It would be even more beautiful if they could rely on their young age to stand out and make the Emperor pay more attention to them. The entire Jingling City had its benefits!
“I just heard from Madam that I must tidy up the embroidery needles technique. I suddenly think of a method, but I don’t know if it’ll work.” Mu Yunyao deliberated said.
“Tell me quickly.” Her thoughts were always different from others. She might have a good idea!
“Since we received the Emperor’s reward for our embroidery needle technique, we might as well give him an embroidery set.”
“Embroidery? Isn’t such a gift a bit too frivolous?”
“Even if it is frivolous, that’s fine. It still depends on how we will prepare it. What if we, the women of Jingling City, were to embroider a few needles and produce amazing work together?” Mu Yunyao smiled as she looked at Lady Jin with sparkling eyes.
“Cai Yue Pavilion....” Lady Jin pondered momentarily before asking, “Do you have a written agreement with the Cai Yue Pavilion?”
“I signed it, but the owner of Cai Yue Pavilion prepared the written agreement. Because I was worried Tan Bawang would take revenge on me afterward, I intentionally used my left hand and didn’t sign it in my handwriting. The ink pads used to print handprints also have a special treatment. After a long time, it would be blurred and confused. Besides, the owner of Cai Yue Pavilion was afraid that the information would leak out and attract the attention of the other embroidery shops. He even asked me to conceal the news so that no one could find out that he had sent female embroiderers to study....”
Lady Jin couldn’t help but smile and lightly tapped Mu Yunyao’s forehead with her finger. “It’s said that there’s always a way to repay the kindness. Little girl, you’ve done many good deeds, and now the heavens are treating you well. Alright, that’s a good idea. In that case, we don’t need to worry about it. Had Cai Yue Pavilion told you when the female embroiderer would come over and let you teach the embroidery needle technique?
“From his looks, he’s in a hurry. It looks like it’ll only take a few days.”
“I will let people handle this matter. You can safely teach the embroidery needle technique and don’t have to do anything else. As for that written agreement, there are no traces of you on it, so it was naturally something that couldn’t count. Since it counts when others ask about it in the future, don’t say anything. Do you understand what I mean?”
Mu Yunyao pondered momentarily, then solemnly nodded, “Yes, I’ll listen to Madam. But if this happens, will it trouble you and Lord Cao?”
“Don’t worry. Even if there are some problems, we can smoothly get through them. In general, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.” Lady Jin thought momentarily, then added, “Regarding the embroidery needle technique, you still have to hurry up and finish the book. When the time is right, I will have someone take it out, send it to the Capital, and dedicate it to the Emperor.”
“Yes, from today onwards, I will begin to prepare. I will try my best to complete it as soon as possible!”
“There’s no need to rush. You can merely do it within one or two months.”
Mu Yunyao nodded, “Alright. That’s right. Madam said before that she wanted to prepare a gift for the Emperor. I wonder if there’s anything else?”
“I thought about it but couldn’t think of anything new, so I only thought about it. If it isn’t well, I’ll follow the usual practice.” However, this year, Jingling City received a reward from the Emperor. It would be even more beautiful if they could rely on their young age to stand out and make the Emperor pay more attention to them. The entire Jingling City had its benefits!
“I just heard from Madam that I must tidy up the embroidery needles technique. I suddenly think of a method, but I don’t know if it’ll work.” Mu Yunyao deliberated said.
“Tell me quickly.” Her thoughts were always different from others. She might have a good idea!
“Since we received the Emperor’s reward for our embroidery needle technique, we might as well give him an embroidery set.”
“Embroidery? Isn’t such a gift a bit too frivolous?”
“Even if it is frivolous, that’s fine. It still depends on how we will prepare it. What if we, the women of Jingling City, were to embroider a few needles and produce amazing work together?” Mu Yunyao smiled as she looked at Lady Jin with sparkling eyes.
“If that’s the case, then it contains the blessings of all the females in the entire Jingling City to the Emperor. It naturally has an extraordinary and great meaning....”
Lady Jin’s eyes lit up. Mu Yunyao nodded with a smile. “I heard that a few years ago, the former Prefect of Yangzhou City had transferred to the pos. The people took note of his clean and honest achievements and then sent an umbrella to the Capital, which moved the Emperor’s heart. He praised the former Prefect of Yangzhou City and even broke the rules to raise his official position by three levels. Although the one we gave was not the umbrella, in a sense, it’s more or less the same.”
“That’s right, but....”
“Does Madam think that only women could complete this embroidery?”
“Indeed.” Lady Jin nodded.
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