Chapter 91 Stunning Everyone
Shen Qingtan said calmly, "I did nothing wrong, why should I admit it?"
"You are not wrong?" Mrs. Shen sneered: "Let me ask you, did you embroider this embroidery?"
Shen Qingtan replied: "Not entirely."
"You mean someone framed you?" Mrs. Shen asked.
"Big sister, don't make mother angry. Today is my aunt's birthday. Just kowtow and the matter will be over." Shen Mingzhu said hypocritically, "Many officials' families have come to the mansion. If you continue to make a fuss, it will damage your reputation."
Shen Qingtan sneered in her heart. If she really knelt down and admitted her mistake today, her reputation would be ruined in less than half a day.
She curled her lips and said, "Second sister, you are right. This embroidery really does have a story behind it."
Shen Mingzhu was stunned, but quickly came to her senses. She wanted to see how Shen Qingtan would talk nonsense.
The Second Madam and Madam Shen curled their lips, waiting to see how Shen Qingtan would argue.
People disagreed. It was a pheasant, no matter what. It was still a pheasant.
Can it turn into a phoenix?
Shen Qingtan looked around at everyone with a cold gaze. "When I got married, my aunt said that patterns embroidered with gold and silver threads were beautiful. I took her words to heart and specially embroidered a peacock picture with these two colors of silk threads for my aunt's birthday."
Shen Mingzhu was stunned. She never expected that Shen Qingtan would accept this embroidery.
Shen Qingtan had previously prepared a double-sided embroidered picture of a hundred blessings and a hundred longevity for the wife of the Earl of Yongyi.
Shen Mingzhu changed it out specially.
At this moment, she saw Shen Qingtan calmly and calmly arguing, and she couldn't help but say, "Just now, mother asked you if you embroidered this embroidery, and you said you didn't embroider it yourself."
"I drew the pattern for this embroidery myself. Because time was tight, I couldn't finish it by myself, so I asked an embroiderer to help me. So it's not all mine, and I don't want to take any credit for it."
Shen Qingtan glanced at Shen Mingzhu and asked in an ambiguous tone, "Second sister, do you have any questions?"
Shen Mingzhu glanced at the embroidery and said, "Big sister, then... this pheasant... peacock, is it not finished yet?"
Shen Qingtan said: "It's finished."
Everyone looked at the embroidery thrown on the ground. No matter how they looked at it, it was a white-feathered pheasant.
Shen Qingtan actually dared to make up a story about a peacock. Did she think that everyone present was a fool?
Maybe she didn't marry her ideal husband, but married a sickly man by mistake, and was so hurt that she gave up and completely disregarded her reputation?
Yes, everyone attributed Shen Qingtan's abnormality to marrying the wrong person, which led to her going insane.
So what if she was named the Crown Princess?
No one envied her.
One is that Zhao Yi will not live long.
The second is that Shen Qingtan is now a widow, and she will have to live her life with a chastity arch in the future.
That's why she specially gave a pheasant embroidery to Lady Yongyi to deliberately vent her resentment.
Shen Qingtan ignored what everyone was thinking. She picked up the embroidery on the ground and placed it in the sunlight.
The original embroidery changed, immediately attracting everyone's attention.
They stared at the embroidery with wide eyes, and saw the white peacock's tail feathers appear on the plum blossom branches, and then spread out in layers. The beautiful feathers shimmered in the sunlight, shining with a golden and silver light.
Everyone's eyes were filled with amazement. The peacock seemed to be alive, and the gems inlaid in the position of its eyes actually emitted a cold light, as if revealing a hint of arrogance that looked down on all living beings.
"This... this is..." Everyone stared at the embroidery intently, unable to blink, muttering to themselves, "This is really strange. It was clearly without tail feathers just now, so how come they appear in the light?"
Because they were not in the light, they thought the tail feathers were a random stitch embroidery background and could not see the hidden mystery at all.
“Ladies, if gold and silver threads are to be used for embroidery, the silk threads must be as thin as a hair to produce a more perfect effect.
However, the craftsmanship of this silk thread is so delicate and mass-produced that even if I spent a fortune, the silk thread I collected during this period would not be enough to embroider a complete work. I only have enough to embroider this little tail. As a last resort, I used silk to embroider the body, so you can see the peacock's body.
Because of this flaw, I took some time to use double-sided embroidery, and the pattern on the back is a peacock perched on the moon.
However, this pattern is entirely made of gold and silver silk threads, and the embroidery is smaller than the one you just saw. When the oil lamp is extinguished at night, the moonlight shining on it is even more artistic than before."
Shen Qingtan finished introducing the embroidery and then looked at everyone: "I planned to give my aunt a surprise, but I didn't expect my cousin to open the birthday gift first. You only saw the surface and misunderstood my intentions."
Shen Mingzhu couldn't believe it and stared at the embroidery. She had clearly changed it.
how so?
Everyone's face was burning. Shen Qingtan clearly didn't say anything accusing, but they felt embarrassed.
Not only did he not find out the whole story, but he also criticized her indiscriminately, which was a loss of status and manners.
It’s because they don’t know the value of things!
Thinking of this, they looked at the embroidery again, wanting to see how stunning the embroidery would look at night.
It's a pity they couldn't wait until night to leave.
Therefore, they looked at Lady Yongyi with envy.
The wife of the Earl of Yongyi's expression relaxed a lot, and she really enjoyed the envious looks of everyone.
This was a treatment she had never received before, but she often envied others.
Today, because of Shen Qingtan, she experienced this wonderful feeling.
"Tan'er, it's your aunt's fault today. I almost ruined your kindness." Lady Bo's face lit up, and her attitude towards Shen Qingtan became much better: "Your second sister is so impulsive and noisy. She has no manners and has caused you so much injustice."
Shen Mingzhu looked at Mrs. Bo in surprise, as if she didn't expect her to put the blame on herself.
The eldest lady glanced at them and said, "Do you ladies still remember what my second sister-in-law said just now?"
The ladies' expressions froze, and they couldn't help but apologize to Shen Qingtan.
At this time, a voice came from behind the screen: "Madams, you are all models of female virtue, but now you dare not do anything?"
Everyone's expression suddenly changed, and they quickly stood up to apologize to Shen Qingtan: "Second Madam Zhao, we were shortsighted just now, please don't take it to heart."
They complimented him again, "We have only heard of your embroidery skills in the past, but today we see that they are truly worthy of your reputation."
Shen Qingtan accepted their gifts and turned to look at the Second Madam, Shen Mingzhu, Liu Ruojiao, Madam Shen and others who were silent on the side. The meaning was very obvious.
Mrs. Shen naturally would not apologize, and could not help but give a look to the wife of the Yongyi Earl.
The wife of the Earl of Yongyi felt a little unhappy when she thought about the promise she had made to the Marquis' Mansion, all because Shen Mingzhu called her a pheasant.
But she couldn't openly offend the Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion. Just as she was about to speak, someone spoke before her.
This person was the lady who had just apologized. She had sharp eyes and saw the eye-to-eye exchange between Madam Shen and the wife of the Earl of Yongyi.
She said slowly, "It's really unfortunate. I have two night-shining pearls in my house, which were given to the master by the royal family. The pair of night-shining pearls given by Madam Zhao San look quite different from the ones in my house."
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