I took it away that night.
Xia couldn't let go of the handkerchief in her hand. She placed it under the candle and examined it carefully. "What a unique orchid! This is the first time I've seen such beautiful embroidery. Ma'am, take a look."
Nanny Feng's eyes hadn't been clear these past few nights, so she squinted and took a look, then nodded, "It's indeed not bad."
"Wait a minute, when Ajian comes, ask about Master Wu's affairs. Didn't he say he would go to propose marriage? It's been a month already." Xia said with a smile.
"good."
At this time, Nanny Feng exclaimed, placed the handkerchief in her hand above the candle, and squinted her eyes to look at it.
"What's the matter, Mammy?"
"The stitches in this embroidery look familiar to me, as if I've seen them somewhere before." Madam Feng observed carefully. "This girl must have put a lot of effort into her needlework. She must have had at least two famous teachers teaching her."
Chen Heng also knew some simple needlework techniques in her mind, but the fact that the original owner hadn't learned much didn't stop her from appreciating it: "It's indeed beautiful." As for the famous teacher, thinking about the girl's clothes, it didn't seem like she could afford one.
Just as the three of them were chatting about handkerchiefs, they heard whispers coming from outside. It was the maid who swept the floor and Achan Zhenzhu talking. Occasionally, Liu Gang's voice could be heard, and the conversation was quite intense.
"What are you talking about?" Xia asked towards the door, "Come in and talk."
Soon, Liu Gang came in, bowed, and said, "Excuse me, Master, Madam Xia, and Madam. When I came here just now, I heard that a woman had not yet redressed her grievances, so I ran into the guards in front of the Dali Temple, spilling blood on the spot, and frightened an official there unconscious."
"There's such a thing?" Xia was shocked. Dali Temple? Min'er's father was also at the Dali Temple: "Is there anything wrong with that woman?"
Liu Gang shook his head: "I'm not sure about that."
Nanny Feng sighed. "This isn't the first time. A long time ago, a woman came to the Dali Temple to appeal for justice, and she ran into Bi'an Ershi. Just like now, she frightened a man so much that he fainted. You recognize that man, too. He's Master Tang, the son-in-law of the Yu State Commandery."
Xia was stunned for a moment: "Master Tang?"
"Yes. But he was a high-ranking official." That incident was widely circulated in the imperial capital, and Nanny Feng remembered it very clearly.
Liu Gang, who was standing by, thought for a moment and said, "It seems that the man who fainted this time also had the surname Tang, according to the people outside."
"Impossible, how could he be so timid?" Xia said subconsciously. When Min'er's father went into the mountains to hunt, he was not afraid of even wolves and big beasts.
Seeing that Nanny and Liu Gang were looking at the eldest sister-in-law in confusion, Chen Heng quickly smiled and said, "Yes, what kind of place is the Dali Temple? The prisoners tried there are all extremely evil. You must be very brave to be here."
Liu Gang nodded: "The boss said yes."
Nanny Feng usually goes to bed early, so she went to bed too.
Chen Heng asked Liu Gang some more questions before letting him leave.
Only she and Xia were left in the kitchen, and it was extremely quiet for a moment.
After an unknown amount of time, Xia finally moved her lips and said, "Aheng, what happened?"
Shen Heng didn't know what to say. Xie Jian hadn't hidden the affairs of the eldest brother of the Xie family from his sister-in-law, and he gritted his teeth and told her everything bit by bit.
When talking about Xie's mother, Xia was already in tears. When she talked about history repeating itself so that Xie's eldest brother could remember it, she kept beating her chest, because she felt too sad.
"Sister-in-law, don't be like this." Xia's reaction frightened Shen Heng: "Sister-in-law?"
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