Zhang Yingxue held a piece of wood in her hand and was trying to carve a plum blossom with a carving knife.
Qin Wanrong was still sitting under the eaves, sewing the embroidery in her hand by the natural light. After so many days, the embroidery in her hand had taken shape. Presumably, she would finish it in a few more days.
Su Yuanyuan had an idea.
Last night, Cang Xuan gave her a set of life - saving sleeve arrows. She always felt that she should also give him some gifts in return.
How about embroidering a scent pouch for him? In this way, he could carry the gift she gave with him all the time, and let those noble young ladies out there know that the Prince Cang already had someone in his heart. She hoped they would stop having any thoughts about him.
Su Yuanyuan leaned over and hugged Qin Wanrong's arm. "Sister Wanrong, I also want to learn how to embroider a scent pouch. Can you teach me?"
Qin Wanrong looked up at her and asked with a smile, "You didn't want to learn before. Why do you want to learn now? Who are you going to give it to?"
"I want to give it to Father, Mother, my three elder brothers, my sisters - in - law, and... and my adopted elder brother." Su Yuanyuan counted on her fingers. Her expression was natural and serious, leaving no room for criticism.
Hearing this, Zhang Yingxue put down the carving knife and leaned over too. "I want to, too! I also want to embroider scent pouches for my father and my elder sister and younger brother at home!"
Qin Wanrong smiled. "Okay, I'll teach you. What pattern do you want to embroider?"
What pattern would not reveal her feelings?
Su Yuanyuan thought for a while and whispered, "Lucky clouds and cranes."
Qin Wanrong said, "Yingxue, what about you?"
Zhang Yingxue blushed and stammered, "Mandarin ducks playing in the water."
Qin Wanrong and Su Yuanyuan burst out laughing immediately. Zhang Yingxue pinched them and said angrily, "What's so funny about mandarin ducks playing in the water?"
Su Yuanyuan joked, "Only those whose hearts are touched by love would embroider mandarin ducks playing in the water. Sister Yingxue, do you have someone you like? Who is it? Can you tell us?"
Afraid that others would see her feelings, Su Yuanyuan didn't dare to embroider anything like mandarin ducks, intertwined branches or peonies. But Zhang Yingxue wanted mandarin ducks playing in the water directly. It was obvious that there was something going on.
Zhang Yingxue was awkward. "No, I don't have someone I like. Don't talk nonsense."
Su Yuanyuan snorted. "You're just being stubborn."
Soon, the maids found suitable needles, threads and cloth for them. Then the three of them sat together, heads close, and started to embroider.
Like Su Yuanyuan, Zhang Yingxue was not very good at female handicrafts. However, Qin Wanrong was very patient. Her teaching voice was very gentle and her explanation was very detailed. For example, where the needle should start and how to insert it. As long as one was not stupid, they could learn.
However...
Su Yuanyuan looked at the crooked lines in her hand and sighed.
She really wasn't cut out for this.
However, even so, she was very happy while embroidering.
After noon, another guest came to stay at the Prince Qing's Mansion for a while. It was Zhuo Shu.
Today was the tenth day that Su Yuanyuan had been giving acupuncture to Qin Wanrong. According to the previous agreement, Qin Wanrong should go to the Zhuo Mansion to stay for a few days later. But Zhuo Shu learned that Zhang Yingxue was staying at the Prince Qing's Mansion, so she packed her luggage early and came to the Prince Qing's Mansion on her own initiative.
As soon as Zhuo Shu entered the Mingzhu Garden, she saw the three young girls sitting under the eaves, embroidering together.
After ten days of detoxification, Qin Wanrong had already got rid of her sickly appearance. Her cheeks and lips were rosy, and her eyes were much brighter. She seemed to have been reborn.
Zhuo Shu looked surprised. "Wanrong, you look just like a normal person now!"
Qin Wanrong covered her lips and laughed. "Thanks to Sister Yuanbao. She is like Hua Tuo reincarnated."
Su Yuanyuan looked at the embroidery in her hand, which was hardly recognizable, and sighed. "It's a pity that this 'Hua Tuo' is now facing an extremely difficult problem. Why is it so difficult to embroider a scent pouch?"
Zhuo Shu leaned over and took a look at the embroidery in Su Yuanyuan's hand. She frowned. "What did you embroider?"
Su Yuanyuan said seriously, "Lucky clouds and cranes."
Then Zhuo Shu looked at Zhang Yingxue's. Her eyebrows frowned even more. "What is this of yours?"
Zhang Yingxue also said seriously, "Mandarin ducks playing in the water."
Zhuo Shu: "Pfft."
She exchanged a look with Qin Wanrong, and they both burst out laughing involuntarily.
When the sun was at its strongest at noon, it was time for Su Yuanyuan to give acupuncture to Qin Wanrong again.
This time, the color of the blood that Qin Wanrong spat out was almost the same as that of a normal person. After spitting out the blood, she was no longer so weak that she fainted. She could even wipe the blood from the acupuncture points calmly and change into clean clothes.
Su Yuanyuan used her special eyesight and saw that the white halo between Qin Wanrong's eyebrows had almost replaced the green one. Only a few strands of faint green light were mixed in it, which was a sign that there was still some residual poison in her body. However, the residual poison was no longer a threat to her life.
In the next few days, another acupuncture technique needed to be used to completely remove the residual poison in her body. Then, she needed to take good care of herself to replenish her vitality, and she would be completely cured.
Having seen Su Yuanyuan's medical skills with her own eyes, Zhang Yingxue was no longer surprised, but Zhuo Shu was shocked again.
"I always heard people say before that Su Qingyu from the Marquis of Pingyang's Mansion was highly skilled in medicine and cured the Prince Jin's legs. But now it seems that your medical skills are even better, Yuanbao."
Zhang Yingxue immediately said, "Don't compare Yuanbao with that sycophantic and two - faced bitch. I always thought she was so fake before. I disdained to be with her. Only people like Jiang Lanyi were willing to flatter her. In my opinion, Su Yuanyuan shouldn't have argued with that bitch back then. It just lowered her own level, and in the end, she even lost her life. She was really stupid."
After scolding Su Qingyu, Zhang Yingxue quickly said to Su Yuanyuan, "Yuanbao, I'm not talking about you."
Su Yuanyuan smiled indifferently. "It's okay. Yuanbao knows that you sisters are all doing this for my sake."
"By the way, before I came, I heard from my family that the candidates for the Princess Jin and the two concubines of the Prince Jin were all decided in the morning court today. Guess who they are?" Zhuo Shu kept them in suspense.
Zhang Yingxue and Qin Wanrong shook their heads. Su Yuanyuan clearly knew but pretended to look blank. "Who are they?"
Zhuo Shu said, "The main concubine is Jiang Lanyi, and the concubines are Mu Chunjun and Zhou Runyue respectively."
"The main concubine is actually her?" Zhang Yingxue frowned, and then relaxed. She sighed, "Well, that's okay. As long as it's not one of us. It's really unexpected. We all thought that Su Yuanyuan would marry into the Prince Jin's Mansion as the Princess Jin, but in the end, she ended up like that. Now it's cheaper for Jiang Lanyi. I wonder if Su Yuanyuan will be so angry that she spits blood if she knows this in the afterlife?"
Cough cough, Su Yuanyuan wouldn't be angry enough to spit blood. She would only clap her hands and cheer, hoping that they would be entangled with each other forever and never separate.
Su Yuanyuan was mentioned several times today, and since she once had a marriage contract with the Prince Jin, the few of them naturally remembered the farce at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet.
Zhuo Shu hesitated for a moment and said to them, "Do you really think that Su Yuanyuan was willing to be with that man at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet?"