"The emperor, the emperor said that my skin is beautiful and smooth as satin!" Miss Li suddenly raised her head and shouted to the maids who were around her and said harsh words: "The emperor really said it, he really said it. ."

"What did you say? Just relying on the way you are now, still expecting to be your presence again?"

"Oh, Li Changzai's skin is also very special now. Who can compare to this roughness? It's the only one in the palace."

"I'm afraid that if the emperor sees you now, he will not just be disgusted."

"You guys, you have never seen me the way I am. The emperor likes me very much. He only called me to sleep for three days." Miss Li eagerly defended, looking at the unkind smiles of the people around. He shouted almost desperately: "He likes me wearing that lotus green and peach blossom dress the most, and I have to wear that one every time."

"No work, what are you doing?" A sharp shout came from the gate of the courtyard, Zhiqiu, with one hand on his hips and an angry face.

"Li, it's you again, don't you work well, standing here yelling and wanting to be beaten?" Zhiqiu didn't look at the people around Miss Li, but came up and said that Li Chang was not.

"I...I...they..." Miss Li seemed to be at a loss as to how to argue, her face was impatient but unable to speak.

"What are you?" Zhiqiu sneered: "I have been standing outside the door for a long time, and then I heard your voice. Why, do you still treat yourself as always?"

There were bursts of laughter around, Miss Li's face flushed, and tears rolled in her eyes. She bit her lip for a while before saying: "The emperor did say it, believe it or not, anyway he said it. "

Seemingly dissatisfied with her daring to talk back, Zhiqiu sneered and twisted Miss Li's arm. There was a cry of pain, and everyone gasped.

"Do you really think the emperor likes you?" Zhiqiu's ridiculous voice came, and everyone's heart was chilling: "Why should the emperor call you if it wasn't for the dress that you wore when you saw it! It's spread all over the palace." Up."

"You said it yourself, the emperor called you fortunately, all he wanted you to wear that dress. Do you want to ask, does the emperor like you or your dress?" Su Ye said to help.

Everyone let out a harsh laugh, almost bursting my eardrums, I looked around, and everyone's faces were sneered. Only the woman who was determined and at a loss stood stubbornly with tears of hate.

I couldn't help but blurt out: "The emperor is the emperor, how can you summon the concubine for a dress? You say that but you are disrespectful to the emperor." My voice was calm and gentle, and I took a few steps forward, and continued to say amidst everyone's surprised eyes: "Compared to us, the Li family has always seen the emperor accept the emperor's grace. The emperor Jinkou said, how can he praise a woman plainly, he must think that. It is only that the Li family has inadvertently offended the emperor to be demoted here. What to say Others are always false."

Li looked at me with grateful eyes, but Zhiqiu's face turned red and his breathing quickened.

"You..." She glared at me, but she didn't know what to say for a while.

"How dare you hit me!" One of her hands was raised high, and I closed my eyes, waiting for the humiliating slap to fall on my face.

For a while, the atmosphere was tense and the situation was urgent, everyone calmed down, looking at me and Zhiqiu with a panic expression. Among them, there is no lack of women with sneers at the corners of their mouths.

A soft but majestic voice came from the door: "Aunt Zhiqiu, what is this doing?"

She also likes plain colors. At this time, an amethyst-colored compound gauze skirt lined her elegant eyebrows a little more noble, and she also had a mature charm that was slightly inconsistent with her young appearance.

Everyone hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said respectfully: "See Empress Zhaorong."

Yi Zhaorong only raised his hand, not looking at Zhiqiu, but said: "Aunt Zhiqiu, I heard you were angry when I came in just now, but Xie Nyonya are you upset?"

Zhiqiu shook his head quickly: "How come, Niang Zhao Rong, Niang Xie works very hard here, and the clothes are washed well. I like her very much."

"Really?" Yi Zhaorong smiled faintly, the smile was like flowing clouds, which looked very comfortable.

Zhiqiu Nuonuo nodded.

"But how do I think you are going to hit Xie Niang?" Hui'er stared at Zhiqiu and said, "If my mother didn't stop you, you must have shot up."

"This..." Zhiqiu looked around and didn't know how to answer.

I didn't want her to make trouble, and when I came back to retaliate on me, I knelt down and said to Yi Zhaorong, "Hui Zhaorong, it is the slave and the maidservant that are not good. They soiled the freshly washed clothes. That is what Fugui will use today. Aunt Zhiqiu was in a hurry for a while and exhorted me a few words, but she didn't mean anything else."

Zhiqiu glanced at me gratefully, "Yes, yes, just like Xie Niang said."

"Obviously she is going to hit you!" Hui'er was reluctant, a trace of blame flashed across Yi Zhaorong's face, but Hui'er didn't see it.

I pulled the corner of La Huier's clothes: "Girl Huier, it's really like this."

Huier looked down at me, I shook my head gently at her, she gritted her teeth and said nothing. Looking at Yi Zhaorong again, she smiled at me: "Get up quickly."

"Manny Zhaorong, please come in for a cup of tea." Zhiqiu's face was flattering, and her voice was extremely gentle, and she couldn't hear the slightest rudeness and viciousness of her usual days.

"No need." Yi Zhaorong waved her hand and looked at me with a smile in her eyes: "Xie Niang, have you finished your work today?"

I glanced at the half of the clothes left in my basin, and said softly, "There are two or three more."

Yi Zhaorong glanced at Zhiqiu, who had been bending slightly, and gave Hui'er a wink. Huier immediately stepped forward and said something in Zhiqiu's ear. Zhiqiu glanced at me and nodded repeatedly. I looked at Yi Zhaorong for some unknown reasons. Her face was only with a faint smile, and her eyes fell on me.

"Xie Niang, you will listen to Niang Niang today. As for those clothes, someone will wash them for you." Zhiqiu rarely said to me in a very gentle tone.

I hurriedly offered Yi Zhaorong a little salute: "Let her give orders."

"Then let me go." Yi Zhaorong held Hui'er's hand and left the dressing bureau.

I followed her until I walked to a corridor in a remote place beside Yuhuayuan Lake. Yi Zhaorong didn't stop, but didn't say a word. I just looked at the silver light dots on the smooth, mirror-like lake in front of me, slightly surprised.

Huier quickly wiped the wide stone fence several times carefully before asking Yi Zhaorong to sit down. I stood beside Yi Zhaorong, guessing that she only brought Hui'er out today, and called me to such a remote place. There must be something important.

Sure enough, Yi Zhaorong looked at the sparkling lake for a while, and finally sighed. The light expression on his face faded, hesitated and embarrassed.

"Is there anything I need to thank my mother?" I turned my mind and asked softly.

Concubine Yi raised her head to look at me, then she laughed out loud, and looked at Huier: "When will you have Xie Niang half of the way to observe your words and colors."

Hui'er curled her lips: "I knew the empress disliked me."

Yi Zhaorong shook his head: "It's not that I dislike you, but you sometimes speak too quickly."

"Huh?" Huier said: "Manny, I..." Then she looked at me sadly.

I walked up to Yi Zhaorong and looked at Hui'er with a smile and said, "Girl Hui'er has a chivalrous heart. This is rare in the palace."

Yi Zhaorong touched Hui'er's arm and smiled: "No, I was used to it at home before." She looked at Hui'er with gentle eyes, thinking that Hui'er was a close-knit maid she brought from home. It is the most trustworthy and trustworthy. It's just... I thought of Haoyue, and it was inevitable that I felt sad.

"Okay, I'm going to be serious." Yi Zhaorong looked at me: "Xie Niang, can you see if this purse can be made up?" Then she took out a bright yellow purse with a golden dragon embroidered.

I only glanced at the purse and froze in place. I am afraid that no one is more familiar with this purse than I am. That was when I was in harmony with Shen Xi and the dragon and the phoenix, with a joyful heart, I embroidered with fine stitches and stitches. Also because of this purse, I was taken back to the palace by Shen Xiyao.

"Look, I accidentally hooked up this silk thread." Yi Zhaorong looked sad: "I really can't do my stitching and threading. Simple embroidering is fine, but this purse is too delicate and it fits the emperor. Things, I'm afraid..."

There was a thin layer of water vapor in her eyes when she looked at me, full of anxiety, self-blame, and worry.

"Xie Niang, do you have a way?" Her tone was full of expectations.

I took the purse and took a closer look. Several parts of the golden dragon's body were caught by some of the scales and came out of silk. They were loosened a lot. You can use hook needles to hook back where the thread has fallen off, but the loose areas cannot be covered. If Shen Xiyao really wears on her body every day, she will see the damage at a glance and will inevitably blame Yi Zhaorong. The only way is to remove it and embroider it again.

"Manny, when do you want it?" I thought about it and asked.

Yi Zhaorong's eyes lit up when she heard what I said, and her complexion became bright.

"Can you make it up?" There was excitement in her tone.

I nodded, wondering whether I removed all the embroideries or only the scales. If only the scales are removed, other parts of the dragon body will be implicated. At the beginning, I had nothing to do, and I used multiple embroidery methods one-stop, but now I am embarrassed. However, as long as there is enough time, it can still be embroidered back to its original shape.

"Today, is it all right?" Yi Zhaorong's eyes were full of expectation and trust.

My hand holding my purse trembled, and said, "You mother, this dragon scale is the method of Beijing embroidery. To repair this dragon scale, you must remove the lower paw, but the paw is a needle made by Yue embroidery. Method. In this place, the bottom layer of embroidery thread is hooked out, and both layers have to be removed. This will inevitably involve other places." I looked more carefully, and felt that repairing is not as fast as re-embroidering. .

"But..." Yi Zhaorong pursed her lips, her face was covered by the shadow of clouds, and her eyebrows frowned: "This purse was accidentally caught by the emperor's armour in the Changchun Palace this morning. I dare not dare. I went to the Xiulan Pavilion, afraid of spreading it, so I came to you. This purse is used by the emperor. He will come to me to find it at the latest tonight, so..." Yi Zhaorong looked at me: "You must be here. Fix it for me before tonight, okay?"

Her word "Will it" is not a question, but a faint pressure, and I can't help but agree.

I hesitated and nodded. After all, at this moment, I am just a maid of the coat of arms, and she is the emperor's favorite concubine.

"I wonder if the empress has silk thread?" I looked at Yi Zhaorong and then around. It was not suitable for work here.

The gloom on Yi Zhaorong's face was swept away, and she took my hand: "You follow me back to the Changchun Palace, and no one disturbs me in the side hall. You have everything you want."

I was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Manny, the maidservant in Huanyi cannot enter the Sixth House of East and West."

"What are you afraid of, my mother will take you there, who would dare to intervene?" Hui Er hid her mouth and smiled: "You have never been to the Sixth Palace, go and open your eyes. Maybe you can see the emperor there again. Besides, let's It's impossible to stay here with you."

"Hui'er!" Yi Zhaorong snorted softly.

Hui Er quickly silenced, but I couldn't help laughing. I don't want to go to Changchun Palace because I am afraid of meeting Shen Xiyao. But at this time, only Changchun Palace is the best place to repair.