~ ROBBED AGAIN? ~
After solving a big concern, Mu Yunyao ate half a bowl of f dumplings, making Su Qing smile. She helped her fill the bow because she feared Mu Yunyao would hold on, “If you still want to eat more. I will make more in two days. Please, you don’t need to hold....”
After Su Qing finished speaking, she felt something wasn’t right and quickly added, “You also need to eat your fill. You seem to have lost some weight these past few days.”
Mu Yunyao blinked and touched her cheek. She turned to look at Jin Lan, “Have I become thinner in these two days?” Su Qing has been cooking and eating nourishing food in the past few days. Even the ginseng sent by Steward Qin had stewed in half. She felt that her cheeks had become a lot rounder. Jin Lan nodded quickly, “Miss, you’ve lost weight after working so hard daily.” Young Miss was a slender woman. Now that she had been sitting in front of the embroidery rack daily, her wrists and neck often felt so much pain that she couldn’t lift them. Especially her wrists and fingers. The fingers always warmed every night. Otherwise, they will swell up the next day, making people feel distressed to look at it.
“Alright.” Knowing they were worried about her, Mu Yunyao didn’t try to differentiate between them. After drinking half a bowl of soup, she returned to her room to continue embroidering the New Year’s gift.
Time flies day by day. Outside of Yuxi City, a caravan finally saw the Yuxi City Gate in the distance after nearly twenty days. Just as they breathed relief, a loud sound of horse hooves approached, and masked bandits appeared unexpectedly like last time. After completing snatch things, they hurry up to leave.
When they finally reached the entrance of Yuxi City, they didn’t even have a single copper coin on them.
When the guards who defended the city saw them, their eyes widened. “It’s you guys again? Are you guys got robbed again?” The last time the bandits stole his tea leaves, he heard the merchant caravan’s owner say he didn’t believe in evil and insisted on transporting it for another time. At that time, he thought that he was feeling wrong. He didn’t expect that it would really end up like this, and they robbed again.
The merchant group’s owner sat on the ground and wailed, “We reported to the officials last time. Why hasn’t Lord Qingtian captured these bandits yet?” The city guards could not help but feel sympathy for them and went forward to help them up, “Don’t give up. The bandits are so bold that the government is unable to capture them. In the future, you will hire more people to accompany the caravan. It will help you play some role or not come to Yuxi City. After doing business, the poor birds here don’t lay eggs. Even if you send the tea leaves over, no one can afford to buy it.”
“But my old rival sent tea leaves to Yuxi City, saying he had made a great profit?”
“You’ve probably been tricked. Who would still be here to do business these days?”
The merchant caravan’s owner cried for a long time. He removed the gold ring on his finger and forced the merchant caravan’s men to stay in Yuxi City for the night. The next day, he left with his men. When they left, the soldiers guarding the city shook their heads against their backs, only to feel that these people were unlucky.
Unexpectedly, almost twenty days later, another caravan approached Yuxi City, this time even closer to the city gates. Just as they were about to enter the city, the bandits seemed to have descended from the sky. They swept all the goods in less than a quarter of an hour.
The city guards waited until the bandits left before they trembled as they walked out of the city gate. Seeing someone crying loudly in the caravan, they hurriedly stepped forward, “Huh? You guys are not from the Wang family?” He thought that the unlucky fellow who had robbed twice had returned. He didn’t expect the person to be different this time.
Hearing that he mentions the Wang family, the people in the caravan cried even louder. “When the Wang family’s caravan returned, they said that they made a large amount of silver in Yuxi City, which is why we followed them here in hopes of opening up a road for a trade route. Who would have known it would snatched away before entering the city? Why is the Heavens so unfair to us and so good to the Wang family?!”
The city guard thought for a moment. “You and the Wang family are enemies, right?”
“Yes. Our Zhang family and the Wang family are irreconcilable!”
The soldier sighed, “Ah, no wonder!” Since they are enemies who cannot be separated, then who are you trying to screw over then? However, the bandits of Yuxi City had never been so rampant in the past. Now that the bandits come here to wander around twice in three days, is it an addiction to the robbery?
Mu Yunyao didn’t know it was lively outside Yuxi City, a few thousand miles away. Currently, she accompanies Lady Jin as she measures the embroidery in her hand. “What does Madam think?” After spending nearly three months, this magnificent piece of embroidery was finally going to complete.
Lady Jin looked at the embroidery on the table, so excited that her face turned red, “Yunyao, I really don’t know how to describe it. It’s great. It’s really great!”
The embroidery in front of her was nine feet long and five feet wide. The edges are embroidered with a bright yellow embroidery thread, the golden characters on the red ground, and the four characters Fu, Shou, An, and Kang shine brightly. At first glance, the momentum is thick and majestic under the clouds of Xiangyun.
Mu Yunyao heaved a heavy sigh of relief. “I felt relieved when I heard Madam say good. I feared my lack of skills would delay the New Year’s gift for the Emperor.”
“Don’t be modest. I dare to say that I can’t find a second person in the Dali Dynasty who can match up to you in embroidery techniques!”
“Madam, you are too kind.”
Lady Jin carefully measured the time it took to brew tea before reluctantly withdrawing her gaze, “Yunyao, you’ve worked hard these past few days. I’ve heard you haven’t even celebrated your birthday and have been busy with this New Year’s gift....”
“I’m young. Where did I use any birthday? Besides, didn’t Madam ask sister Yin Hong to send me a set of headdresses? I have never seen a pure ruby of color. I only look at it. I can’t put it down and can’t bear to wear it on my head.”
October 15 is Mu Yun Yao’s birthday. She hadn’t thought of having a birthday in the first place. That day, she only ate a bowl of hand-rolled noodles made by her mother and felt abnormally satisfied. There was nothing that made her feel happier than this bowl of noodles.
Su Qing also nodded when she heard this, “That’s right. It’s inconvenient for Madam to be in such a condition right now. But she still remembers Yunyao’s birthday. It’s really spoilt her.” She and Lady Jin seemed to be close friends, so she didn’t have many scruples when she spoke.
On the other hand, Lady Jin looked at Mu Yunyao with a face full of smiles. “If I really can spoil her, I’ll find ten sets of eight ruby heads and send them over. Yunyao is really too sensible, causing one’s heart to ache.” Her wrist and fingers were slightly red and swollen, especially her fingers. Because it was pinching the embroidery needles. The tip of her fingers was red and had a layer of callus on them, which made people’s heartache even more when compared to the fingers of her left hand. “In the following days, you rest well and don’t leave any hidden dangers behind.”
Mu Yunyao smiled and nodded. “Don’t worry, Madam. Everything will be fine in two days.” The wounds on her body healed so quickly. Not to mention the high-quality ointment she applied every day. After a few days, her body would return to normal. Otherwise, she wouldn’t dare to go all out like this. She was extremely protective of her own body in her past life.
After Su Qing finished speaking, she felt something wasn’t right and quickly added, “You also need to eat your fill. You seem to have lost some weight these past few days.”
Mu Yunyao blinked and touched her cheek. She turned to look at Jin Lan, “Have I become thinner in these two days?” Su Qing has been cooking and eating nourishing food in the past few days. Even the ginseng sent by Steward Qin had stewed in half. She felt that her cheeks had become a lot rounder. Jin Lan nodded quickly, “Miss, you’ve lost weight after working so hard daily.” Young Miss was a slender woman. Now that she had been sitting in front of the embroidery rack daily, her wrists and neck often felt so much pain that she couldn’t lift them. Especially her wrists and fingers. The fingers always warmed every night. Otherwise, they will swell up the next day, making people feel distressed to look at it.
“Alright.” Knowing they were worried about her, Mu Yunyao didn’t try to differentiate between them. After drinking half a bowl of soup, she returned to her room to continue embroidering the New Year’s gift.
Time flies day by day. Outside of Yuxi City, a caravan finally saw the Yuxi City Gate in the distance after nearly twenty days. Just as they breathed relief, a loud sound of horse hooves approached, and masked bandits appeared unexpectedly like last time. After completing snatch things, they hurry up to leave.
When they finally reached the entrance of Yuxi City, they didn’t even have a single copper coin on them.
When the guards who defended the city saw them, their eyes widened. “It’s you guys again? Are you guys got robbed again?” The last time the bandits stole his tea leaves, he heard the merchant caravan’s owner say he didn’t believe in evil and insisted on transporting it for another time. At that time, he thought that he was feeling wrong. He didn’t expect that it would really end up like this, and they robbed again.
The merchant group’s owner sat on the ground and wailed, “We reported to the officials last time. Why hasn’t Lord Qingtian captured these bandits yet?” The city guards could not help but feel sympathy for them and went forward to help them up, “Don’t give up. The bandits are so bold that the government is unable to capture them. In the future, you will hire more people to accompany the caravan. It will help you play some role or not come to Yuxi City. After doing business, the poor birds here don’t lay eggs. Even if you send the tea leaves over, no one can afford to buy it.”
“But my old rival sent tea leaves to Yuxi City, saying he had made a great profit?”
“You’ve probably been tricked. Who would still be here to do business these days?”
The merchant caravan’s owner cried for a long time. He removed the gold ring on his finger and forced the merchant caravan’s men to stay in Yuxi City for the night. The next day, he left with his men. When they left, the soldiers guarding the city shook their heads against their backs, only to feel that these people were unlucky.
Unexpectedly, almost twenty days later, another caravan approached Yuxi City, this time even closer to the city gates. Just as they were about to enter the city, the bandits seemed to have descended from the sky. They swept all the goods in less than a quarter of an hour.
The city guards waited until the bandits left before they trembled as they walked out of the city gate. Seeing someone crying loudly in the caravan, they hurriedly stepped forward, “Huh? You guys are not from the Wang family?” He thought that the unlucky fellow who had robbed twice had returned. He didn’t expect the person to be different this time.
Hearing that he mentions the Wang family, the people in the caravan cried even louder. “When the Wang family’s caravan returned, they said that they made a large amount of silver in Yuxi City, which is why we followed them here in hopes of opening up a road for a trade route. Who would have known it would snatched away before entering the city? Why is the Heavens so unfair to us and so good to the Wang family?!”
The city guard thought for a moment. “You and the Wang family are enemies, right?”
“Yes. Our Zhang family and the Wang family are irreconcilable!”
The soldier sighed, “Ah, no wonder!” Since they are enemies who cannot be separated, then who are you trying to screw over then? However, the bandits of Yuxi City had never been so rampant in the past. Now that the bandits come here to wander around twice in three days, is it an addiction to the robbery?
Mu Yunyao didn’t know it was lively outside Yuxi City, a few thousand miles away. Currently, she accompanies Lady Jin as she measures the embroidery in her hand. “What does Madam think?” After spending nearly three months, this magnificent piece of embroidery was finally going to complete.
Lady Jin looked at the embroidery on the table, so excited that her face turned red, “Yunyao, I really don’t know how to describe it. It’s great. It’s really great!”
The embroidery in front of her was nine feet long and five feet wide. The edges are embroidered with a bright yellow embroidery thread, the golden characters on the red ground, and the four characters Fu, Shou, An, and Kang shine brightly. At first glance, the momentum is thick and majestic under the clouds of Xiangyun.
Mu Yunyao heaved a heavy sigh of relief. “I felt relieved when I heard Madam say good. I feared my lack of skills would delay the New Year’s gift for the Emperor.”
“Don’t be modest. I dare to say that I can’t find a second person in the Dali Dynasty who can match up to you in embroidery techniques!”
“Madam, you are too kind.”
Lady Jin carefully measured the time it took to brew tea before reluctantly withdrawing her gaze, “Yunyao, you’ve worked hard these past few days. I’ve heard you haven’t even celebrated your birthday and have been busy with this New Year’s gift....”
“I’m young. Where did I use any birthday? Besides, didn’t Madam ask sister Yin Hong to send me a set of headdresses? I have never seen a pure ruby of color. I only look at it. I can’t put it down and can’t bear to wear it on my head.”
October 15 is Mu Yun Yao’s birthday. She hadn’t thought of having a birthday in the first place. That day, she only ate a bowl of hand-rolled noodles made by her mother and felt abnormally satisfied. There was nothing that made her feel happier than this bowl of noodles.
Su Qing also nodded when she heard this, “That’s right. It’s inconvenient for Madam to be in such a condition right now. But she still remembers Yunyao’s birthday. It’s really spoilt her.” She and Lady Jin seemed to be close friends, so she didn’t have many scruples when she spoke.
On the other hand, Lady Jin looked at Mu Yunyao with a face full of smiles. “If I really can spoil her, I’ll find ten sets of eight ruby heads and send them over. Yunyao is really too sensible, causing one’s heart to ache.” Her wrist and fingers were slightly red and swollen, especially her fingers. Because it was pinching the embroidery needles. The tip of her fingers was red and had a layer of callus on them, which made people’s heartache even more when compared to the fingers of her left hand. “In the following days, you rest well and don’t leave any hidden dangers behind.”
Mu Yunyao smiled and nodded. “Don’t worry, Madam. Everything will be fine in two days.” The wounds on her body healed so quickly. Not to mention the high-quality ointment she applied every day. After a few days, her body would return to normal. Otherwise, she wouldn’t dare to go all out like this. She was extremely protective of her own body in her past life.
Thanks for the chapter!
ReplyDeleteI hope nothing funny happens to the embroidered screen(? hanging?) on the way to the palace o.o
Stay safe!