Poor Lady Chapter 36: Snow shadow (1)
Half a month later, Liu Qian'er gradually realized that something was wrong.
The people sent to monitor Qi's family brought back the same news every day. Even if Qi Surong has nothing to do, it is impossible to give up and find another way. She only knows how to buy embroidery thread every day, how much time does she have to waste?
Liu Qian'er didn't think Qi Surong would be so stupid. She also sent everyone to inquire about the situation in Qi's house, and after a few days, she found something strange. The Qi family has been reclusive and low-key in recent days. Apart from sending people to buy embroidery thread every day, there is no other abnormality. There was no anxiety on the servant's face, even a little careless.
Liu Qian'er is dark, could it be that Qi Surong has already bought all the embroidery threads? Soon, she denied this guess again. This piece of embroidery is embroidered for foreign envoys. It is related to the prestige of the country and there is no room for any mistakes. With Qi Surong's personality, she would never take it lightly and embroider a simple small picture. That being the case, the embroidery thread she needs is not a small amount.
How can she buy all the materials in such a short time?
Or, she doesn't need blue, green, and purple embroidery threads at all? But before, she had been buying these kinds of embroidery threads, and it was unlikely that she would suddenly no longer need them.
She has studied her double-sided embroidery. To achieve a unified double-sided and seamless garment, the color of the embroidery thread must be consistent from front to back and end to end. If there is no lack of one color, is there no shortage of three colors?
"There's no need to monitor those servants." Just when Liu Qian'er was puzzled, Luo Yanyi told her, "Qi Surong is not at Qi's house at all."
"What?" Liu Qian'er was surprised.
Luo Yanyi said angrily: "We were all deceived by her. She left Qi's house at some point and hid somewhere else."
"How did you know?" Liu Qian'er asked suspiciously.
"I had someone arrest a girl from the Qi family, and I asked her out of it."
"Then did she say where Qi Surong is now?"
"No." Luo Yan said negatively, "I'm afraid no one in the Qi family knows her whereabouts."
Liu Qianer frowned in thought.
Qi Surong is not at home, so where did she go? And how did it disappear without anyone noticing?
Looking at Liu Qian'er, Luo Yanyi said with dissatisfaction: "I think your way of handling things is too gentle. If you ask me, it's better to find someone to break her fingers and see how she embroiders."
Liu Qian'er glanced at her lightly: "If you have a way to break her finger without leaving a trace, I have no objection."
Luo Yanyi smiled and said: "Just wait and see. She Qi Surong is powerless now, isn't it easy to deal with her? But the most important thing right now is to find her hiding place and destroy her embroidery. If Let her embroider it, and we will just make wedding dresses for others."
They were the ones who spread rumors everywhere before, forcing Qi Surong to accept this job.
Liu Qian'er murmured: "Even if she hides her whereabouts, but without embroidery thread, how can she embroider?"
"You underestimate Qi Surong too much." Luo Yanyi was very smart for a while, "She has never been a person who is willing to admit defeat. If she really had no choice, she would not deliberately hide and send someone to pretend They pretend to be buying embroidery thread everywhere to confuse us."
"What you said is reasonable." Liu Qian'er said coldly, "Then we will find a way to find her!"
Liu Qian'er and the others began to search for Qi Surong, but they never expected that she would be hiding in the backyard of Yingshu Pavilion.
The environment of Yingshu Pavilion is quiet and quiet. Apart from Xu Chen's students, there are only a few loyal old servants in the pavilion. They are all Xu Chen's servants, and they never heard anything outside the window. Moreover, Qi Surong moved in as Zhuo Fan, and the person serving her was Yuan Xi, outsiders would not doubt it at all.
Xu Chen is also a person who is not afraid of things. At that time, he agreed to Qi Surong's request without saying a word.
No one would have thought that Qi Surong would hide in Yingshu Pavilion. Although his younger brother is Xu Chen's student, there is a difference between men and women after all. Liu Qian'er and Luo Yanyi did not expect her to be so bold.
The materials Qi Surong needed were provided by Gu Jinyun, and she didn't step out of the room for more than a month, only knowing how to concentrate on embroidery.
She understands better than anyone else that there is absolutely no room for mistakes in this matter.
Embroidery is the first thing to do when you wake up every day. Apart from eating, sleeping, bathing and going to the toilet, you are all in the private courtyard, which was absolutely impossible for the former Qi Surong. This not only requires great patience and perseverance, but also must endure boring and lonely.
Seeing the embroidery being completed bit by bit, she felt neither joy nor sorrow, and poured all her mind into the embroidery needle like an old monk in meditation.
During this period, only Yuan Xi was with her, but Yuan Xi was taciturn and spent most of the time reading.
It is rare to enter Yingshu Pavilion, and seeing such a rich collection of books, how can he not be tempted?
Gu Jinyun occasionally comes to deliver materials, and when he comes, he will sit in Qi Surong's room for a long time, quietly watching her embroider.
When Qi Surong was embroidering, she was calm and focused, so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off it. Although he is only sixteen years old, he is so strong, wise and mature.
Gu Jinyun felt that he might not see enough of her in this life, and really wanted to marry her as soon as possible, take her under his wing, and prevent anyone from hurting her at all.
There are constant disputes outside, how much pressure can this little shoulder bear? The only thing Gu Jinyun could do was to help her silently and lighten her burden as much as possible.
On the other side, Liu Qian'er and the others were angry at not being able to find Qi Surong's whereabouts. Seeing that the deadline was approaching, they were completely helpless. Qi Surong hid her so thoroughly that even the Qi family didn't know her whereabouts, and even had no contact at all during the period.
Liu Qian'er checked all the people related to the Qi family, but there was still no result.
In the capital, who else would spare no effort to help Qi Surong?
From this point of view, the Qi family may be more difficult to deal with than she imagined, and they still have hidden strength.
There was a glint of sinisterness in Liu Qian'er's eyes, she sneered and said, "The emperor should be interested in this."
She contacted a distant relative of the Liu family, and through him, persuaded an official to mention the matter to the emperor in a veiled manner. Through that embroidered picture, it is impossible to even know where she is.
The emperor was naturally suspicious when he heard this. How could the daughter of the Qi family escape the eyes and ears of the guards and hide her whereabouts?
Although he has doubts, he will not embarrass Qi's family when the foreign envoy is still in the capital.
Let's see what this Qi family girl is capable of, can she embroider embroidery that satisfies foreign envoys?
A few days later, the day for handing over the embroidery finally arrived.
Foreign envoys were announced into the palace, waiting for Qi Surong to bring the embroidery, but Liu Qian'er and others wanted to intercept them on the way, but they didn't know who the **** was and where they would start from. He had no choice but to hope that Qi Surong's embroidery could not meet the requirements of the envoys. Since he had missed the best opportunity, it would be futile to obstruct it now.
"Stop, pass order." A carriage stopped at the gate of the palace, and the palace servant immediately stopped it.
"Yunrong Xiuzhuang was ordered to **** the embroidery." An attendant beside the carriage cupped his hands and replied, "Please inform Lord Feng."
"Wait a moment." The palace attendant immediately went to inform Feng Zhan.
Feng Zhan had received a letter from Qi Surong earlier, asking him to meet him outside the palace.
Now that the item has arrived, not only is there a look of joy on his face. At the same time, I was also a little apprehensive, worried that Qi Surong's embroidery would not be favored by foreign envoys.
"Sir, please let the villain follow." The attendant ordered the embroidery to be carried out while saluting.
"You?" Feng Zhan said, "The important part of the palace does not allow outsiders to enter at will."
The attendant said: "This is to better display the embroidery, please accommodate me."
Is there any mystery in displaying embroidery better?
Feng Zhan only hesitated for a moment before agreeing to his request, and took him into the palace together.
The emperor and foreign envoys had already been waiting in the palace, and when they heard the guards' report, they were announced immediately.
Feng Zhan entered the palace first, followed by two attendants carrying an object covered with white brocade.
Several people saluted the emperor together.
The emperor waved his hand: "Excuse me, let me and the envoys open their eyes now, what kind of embroidery does this 'Master Yun Rong' embroider?"
"I obey the order." Feng Zhan turned around and motioned to the people behind him.
The two attendants did not lift the embroidery to the center, but placed it on the dark side.
The emperor felt strange, but did not question him.
The brocade was lifted, and the embroidery finally revealed its true appearance.
This is a single fan screen with a height of half a person, carved in mahogany, simple and exquisite in shape. In the middle of the screen is the embroidery that everyone has been looking forward to. However, unexpectedly, the pattern of this embroidery is extremely simple. It is a picture of winter snow and cold plum blossoms.
Its embroidery is so delicate that it can almost be confused with the real one, which makes people want to break the branches with their hands.
If such an embroidery picture were placed elsewhere, it would naturally be regarded as an excellent work, but if it is used as a gift to foreign envoys, it will lose some vitality and charm.
Foreign envoys also love this embroidery, but it seems that they are not qualified to dedicate it to their queen.
"Look at the other side," said an envoy.
"Don't worry, my lord envoy, the display has not been completed yet." An attendant said respectfully.
"The display is not finished yet?" The envoys looked carefully, and there seemed to be nothing to see.
The attendant smiled, took a palace lantern from the hand of the maid at the side, lit it, and walked slowly behind the screen.
With the input of light, the original map of plum blossoms has gradually changed.
Everyone stared wide-eyed, watching this incredible scene with bated breath.
The emperor couldn't help but stepped down from the dragon chair and came to the front.
What kind of strange embroidery is this...?