Why does this person have to thank him for even the smallest favor, and even insist on having a belt embroidered on him?
Does he know how long it takes to embroider a belt?
Does he need a belt?
Wearing the belt she embroidered, he wasn't afraid his sweetheart would be jealous if she saw it.
I've never lied in my entire life.
Shen Wan looked at Chen Yu, "When your master said he had never lied, did he blush?"
Chen Yu's lips twitched slightly, and she replied truthfully, "No."
Not daring to speak ill of her master, Chen Yu finished speaking and leaped up into the tree, leaving Shen Wan standing there dejected.
Embroidering a belt isn't difficult, it just takes some time. She doesn't dare not embroider it, after all, she needs his help. What if she doesn't do as he asks and he refuses to help her next time? Right now, she can only rely on him for help. But for such a small favor, she has to embroider a belt as a thank you. She's afraid she won't be able to afford the thank-you gift he wants later.
If it weren't for the fact that what happened to her was so absurd and bizarre that she dared not tell them for fear of frightening her father and elder brother, she could have easily asked them for help. She felt more and more like she had been tricked.
Shen Wan took a deep breath. It was just embroidering a belt. She would do it. Once her older cousin invited Doctor Tao to the capital to cure his leg, she would definitely make a hefty profit from it.
Having made up her mind, Shen Wan went to the storeroom to choose silk. Not knowing what color Xie Jingyan liked, Shen Wan thought he would look good in a lake-blue brocade robe, so she chose lake-blue silk and embroidered five auspicious clouds with silver thread.
Her mother taught her how to conduct herself in the world: if you don't do something, then don't do it; but if you do it, you can't be perfunctory, you have to put your heart into it.
Shen Wan spent the entire afternoon embroidering a belt. In the evening, Shen Wei came to visit her and, knowing that she was embroidering a belt for Prince Ling, smiled and said, "If Prince Ling knew how much care his elder sister put into him, he would definitely be very moved."
move?
She was content as long as he didn't criticize her embroidery as bad.
But Shen Wan only dared to mutter these words to herself, not daring to say them aloud. "I'm just doing some needlework to pass the time when I have nothing to do."
Shen Wan put down the embroidery frame and rubbed her sore hands. Shen Wei started talking about Shen Ying, "The Prince of Jin refused to give Second Sister the position of principal wife. Second Sister cried loudly and smashed all the teacups in the room."
Shen Ying has always been proud and arrogant, so how could she be willing to be someone's concubine? But being the principal wife of Prince Jin is far from enough. She was unwilling but powerless, so she could only smash things to vent her anger.
Shen Wei only stayed for a quarter of an hour before returning home, while Shen Wan continued embroidering the belt after finishing her dinner.
The next day, Shen Du brought Shen Wan's favorite chestnut pastries to Qinglan Garden. Seeing Shen Wan embroidering a belt, Shen Du smiled and asked, "Embroidering it for your elder brother?"
Shen Wan shook her head. "It's for Prince Ling."
It wasn't for his older brother, Shen Du, who was unhappy that it wasn't for him. It was one thing if he was getting married, but his younger sister was still a while away from her wedding. She absolutely couldn't be outdone by that brat, Prince Ling. Shen Du asked Shen Wan, "Sister, are you closer to Prince Ling or to me, your older brother?"
Without a second thought, Shen Wan blurted out, "Is that even a question? Of course, I'm closer to my eldest brother."
Shen Du then said, "Since you are closer to your elder brother, then this belt should be given to him."
Shen Wan, "..."
There was no rebuttal.
She couldn't very well tell her older brother that the belt wasn't a gift from her to Xie Jingyan, but rather that Xie Jingyan had asked her for it.
Since it was rare for her older brother to ask her for something, Shen Wan couldn't bear to refuse. She decided to give it to him first and then embroider one for Xie Jingyan later, since he hadn't specified when he would ask for it.
Seeing Shen Wan nod, Shen Du was happy. "Don't tire yourself out. Take your time with the embroidery. There's no rush, brother."
Shen Wan verbally agreed, but spent almost all of her free time embroidering the belt.
The next day, the sky was a clear, cloudless blue.
After breakfast, Shen Wan took Yin Shuang to Qinghui Courtyard to pay their respects to the old lady. When they passed the garden, they saw the second mistress walking hurriedly forward, heading not towards Qinghui Courtyard, but towards leaving the mansion.
She left in such a hurry, and it was outside the manor, that Shen Wan glanced at her several times, curious about what the Second Madam was going to do.
Shen Wan couldn't guess, but she knew what the Second Madam was doing when she arrived at Qinghui Courtyard.
As soon as Shen Wan reached the screen, she heard the Third Madam say, "It's been three days since Ying'er and Prince Jin had their incident at the Changshan Prince's Mansion, and there's still no conclusion. Second Sister-in-law went to the palace to see the Empress; shouldn't it be settled today?"
The old lady also hoped to settle things as soon as possible, but the premise for settling things was that Shen Ying would become the principal wife.
Because of this, the old lady hasn't slept well for three days and looks visibly haggard.
Upon seeing Shen Wan enter, the Third Madam's face darkened. Shen Wan had gone to the Buddhist hall to copy Buddhist scriptures to reflect on her actions, and the Third Madam and her daughter Shen Rong had knelt for two or three hours, their knees only recovering today. Naturally, they wouldn't give Shen Wan a kind look.
Whether the Third Madam gave her a friendly look or not, Shen Wan didn't care at all. She stepped forward, curtsied to the old lady, and then sat down.
After sitting for a quarter of an hour, Shen Wan was about to leave when a young maid with her hair in double buns came in and announced, "Madam, Madam Sun from the residence of the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel has arrived."
The old lady was fiddling with her prayer beads in thought when she heard the maid's report and stopped in her tracks.
How did Lady Sun come to the Pingyang Marquis's residence?
"Please invite Madam Sun in."
The maidservant withdrew and soon led Madam Sun in.
Upon seeing the old lady, Madam Sun stepped forward with a smile and bowed, saying, "It's been quite a while since I've come to pay my respects to Madam Shen."
The old lady couldn't remember when she last saw Madam Sun, so she became even more curious about what Madam Sun was doing at the Pingyang Marquis's residence today. She smiled and said, "It has been a while since we last met. What brings Madam Sun to our Pingyang Marquis's residence today?"
The old lady invited Mrs. Sun to sit down.
Since the visitor was a guest, Madam Sun sat down on the other side of the daybed. She exchanged a few pleasantries, praised Shen Wan, and then looked at Shen Wei with a deeper smile, saying, "Fourth Miss is gentle and quiet, and she is also humble and polite. She is very likable."
Upon hearing this, not only the old lady and the others, but even Shen Wan understood Madam Sun's intentions. She had come to propose marriage, but she didn't know whether she was doing so on behalf of her own son or at someone else's request.
Shen Wan remembered that a few days ago at the Changshan Prince's Mansion, the one who found Shen Wei's embroidered handkerchief that had been blown away by the wind was none other than the third young master of the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who was the second legitimate son of Madam Sun.
Since it was inappropriate for Shen Wan and Shen Wei to stay and listen to such matters as marriage proposals, they curtsied and took their leave.
Shen Wan remained calm, while Shen Wei, with her thin skin, would blush easily when praised, let alone when someone came to propose to her. Her face turned as red as if she had spilled her rouge box.
After Shen Wan and Shen Wei went out, Shen Wei was about to go down the steps when Shen Wan pulled her to the flower hall next door. The soundproofing in the room was not good, and even from inside the flower hall, they could hear what was being said next door.
The voices in the main hall could be faintly heard. After listening for a while, Shen Wan realized that Madam Sun had indeed come to ask for Shen Wei's hand in marriage on behalf of her son. She praised Shen Wei to the skies, so much so that even Fourth Madam couldn't stand it and said, "My daughter is timid and doesn't talk much. She doesn't deserve such praise from Madam Sun."
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