It is currently summer, and the emperor's summer robes and shoes are made of various materials such as gauze, satin, silk, and kesi, with gauze being the most common. Gauze is the most sparse and lightest of the silk fabrics, with evenly distributed holes, hence the saying "light gauze as thin as air".
Although it will be quite cool in the summer, it can easily be torn if you are not careful.
Wei Jiaying, who had just entered the Fourth Treasury, tore the emperor's trousers again, and the tearing sound was quite jarring in the Fourth Treasury.
Wei Jiaying stared at the tear in the trousers, her expression freezing. The head maid, who had come at the sound, glared at Wei Jiaying with a fierce look, "You wretched servant, you actually tore the Emperor's trousers!"
Upon hearing the old woman's words, Wei Jiaying immediately knelt down and begged for forgiveness, "Old woman, this servant knows she was wrong."
Hearing this, the stern look on the old woman's face did not disappear. Looking at the pretty Wei Jiaying, the old woman's anger flared up even more. She stepped forward and slapped Wei Jiaying, saying, "You won't be eating today. You'd better make sure she's well."
Wei Jiaying's eyes immediately reddened after being slapped in the face by the nanny, but she dared not let the tears fall, fearing that it would make the nanny even angrier. So she quickly said, "Yes."
Upon hearing this, the old woman snorted and left. Wei Jiaying watched the old woman's departing figure and the palace maids and eunuchs around her who were sneering. Tears slowly streamed down her face.
So Wei Jiaying stayed there alone, mending the emperor's trousers, watching sadly as the others went to eat.
That night, after everyone else had gone to sleep, Suololi Qing secretly went to Wei Jiaying Wan and stuffed two steamed buns into her hands, saying, "Eat up, you must be hungry too."
"I'm not hungry, you eat it." Wei Jiaying knew that this steamed bun was specially saved for her by Suoluo Liqing, and she probably hadn't eaten much either.
But as soon as she finished speaking, a gurgling sound came from Wei Jiaying's stomach.
Sololi smiled and said, "Hurry up and eat, I don't eat much."
Upon hearing Sololiqing's words, Wei Jiaying was very grateful and did not refuse. She accepted the steamed bun from Sololiqing and ate it while crying, saying, "Thank you."
Solo Liqing reached out and wiped away Wei Jiaying's tears, teasingly saying, "Don't cry. If your eyes are red from crying tomorrow, you won't look good. I'll fix them for you."
Upon hearing Sololi's words, Wei Jiaying burst into laughter through her tears, nodded, and said, "I won't cry anymore."
But looking at the night sky and the pants in front of her, Wei Jiaying felt even more dejected and said sadly, "It's all because we come from bad backgrounds and don't have the money to bribe them."
Upon hearing Wei Jiaying's words, Suololi Qing sighed, picked up the trousers and began mending them, gently comforting her, "It's alright, once we've saved enough monthly interest, we'll ask someone to help us get transferred to an easier job. Once we're twenty-five, we can leave the palace."
Wei Jiaying sighed inwardly. If it weren't for her family's poor financial situation, she wouldn't have had to come to the palace as a maid. She had to endure this until she was twenty-five. When would it ever end?
However, Wei Jiaying did not voice her thoughts, but simply nodded and said, "Okay."
After finishing her steamed bun, Wei Jiaying and Suoluo Liqing worked together to mend trousers with lamp oil.
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