Chapter 18 How long has it been since I last took a bath?
Then, she carefully looked at Ye Yunchu's expression and met his gaze. Seeing that there was nothing unusual about him, and that there was some soothing and rare tenderness in his eyes when he looked at her.
She lowered her head in fear again, and saw that her dirty hand was held by him. She felt like the only stain on the white jade.
She tried to pull her hand out of his palm, but he held it even tighter. She trembled in fear but didn't dare move again.
Then her tears were wiped by a soft handkerchief. She hurriedly reached out to take it and looked at the prince who was wiping her tears. She was a little flattered.
She wiped her tears, then carefully took his clean and soft handkerchief. Not knowing where to put it, she carefully hid it in her sleeve.
Ye Yunchu looked at her little movements and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips.
There are so many little movements.
The old lady looked at Ye Qiaoqiao: "Oh? Is this your embroidery method, Qiao'er?"
Ye Qiaoqiao looked at Li Runrun and saw Li Runrun nodded at her.
Ye Qiaoqiao nodded: "Yes, it's an embroidery method that my aunt and I have newly developed."
The old lady took another look at it and then praised: "I remember that Aunt Zhang was a very famous embroiderer in the past. That's right, yes. It's really good. The embroidery is very good and beautiful. She is a clever girl."
The old lady held Ye Qiaoqiao's hand and patted it again and again: "Embroider well. If you need any good material, tell me and I'll get it for you from the warehouse. Su embroidery, right? It brings honor to our mansion."
Ye Qiaoqiao blushed. As a concubine's daughter with little presence in the mansion, she was the first time to be noticed and was very nervous.
Seeing Ye Qiaoqiao showing off, Ye Shuang quickly said, "Grandma, just because she said it was embroidered by her, does that mean it was embroidered by her? This was clearly bought by me. Grandma, don't be fooled by her."
Ye Qiaoqiao immediately said, "I have some unfinished embroidery patterns in my room. I'll bring them over for you to review. Since Suzhou embroidery is expensive, I can't afford it. I don't know how I've offended you enough to accuse me of theft."
"When did I ever accuse you of stealing? I......"
Ye Shuang pointed at Li Ruanruan: "She obviously stole it."
Li Ruanruan also said: "I don't have it, I stole it."
Ye Yunchu also spoke up: "You have so many servants in your yard, how could she have let her in to steal your things? You shouldn't have sold her out, you should have sold all your maids and servants. Come here!"
At the word "come here", the maids behind Ye Shuang all knelt down and begged for mercy: "Please, my lord, have mercy!"
The guards were already holding ropes and were about to tie people up. Ye Shuang was a little scared. The maid who was protecting her said, "She didn't steal it. I lost it. It's me who lost it, okay?"
Ye Yunchu scolded: "You're full of lies!"
Ye Shuang protected her maid and looked at the Marquis's wife pleadingly.
Mrs. Hou came over to smooth things over: "Okay, okay, Shuang'er is also ignorant, she is still young."
"How young is she, three?"
Ye Yunchu looked at Madam Hou.
The Marquis's wife then said cruelly, "Ye Shuang, you have really gone too far this time. I will punish you by making you kneel in the ancestral hall for three days and reflect on your mistakes. No one is allowed to plead for mercy."
Ye Shuang looked at the Marquis pitifully again.
The Marquis stroked his beard and looked down at the floor, obviously not being able to intervene any further.
Ye Shuang knelt on the ground and said, "Yes, but you can't sell my maids."
Ye Shuang didn't expect that she would be so miserable this time. She has always been domineering and has never suffered any loss.
Thinking about it, I still felt wronged and shed two tears.
But Ye Yunchu was so ruthless that he ordered the maidservant beside the Marquis' wife: "Take the eldest daughter to the ancestral hall."
The nanny looked at the marquis' wife, who had no choice but to nod.
Ye Shuang looked at Ye Yunchu, her eyes originally red with grievance, now she was really crying with anger.
Then she looked at Li Ruanruan with her head down, which made her look like a weak vixen in her eyes, and she became angry again.
It was all this damn concubine's fault. Just wait and see! She didn't believe that this concubine could remain in favor for much longer. She was just a lowly servant!
When my brother gets tired of the novelty after two days, he will fall into her hands and be tortured to death by her.
Ye Shuang thought angrily, and she felt less miserable.
Soon Cui'er brought the embroidery works of Ye Qiaoqiao and Li Runruan, as well as the semi-finished embroidery patterns.
The old lady's eyes lit up even more when she saw it. Holding up the crane embroidered among the rocks by Li Ruanruan, she praised Ye Qiaoqiao endlessly, "This is so beautifully embroidered, so vivid. Oh, the mountain is still there on the back, but the crane is gone. The artistic conception is really wonderful, so wonderful. What a spiritual embroidery method. I have lived a whole life and I didn't know that I could embroider like this."
The old lady's eyes were full of admiration for Ye Qiaoqiao, and she even invited Ye Qiaoqiao to have dinner.
This made Ye Qiaoqiao blush. You should know that she had only learned the basics of double-sided different-color embroidery. The embroidery pattern that the old lady praised so much was embroidered by Li Ruanruan.
Ye Qiaoqiao turned around to look at Li Ruanruan, but found that Li Ruanruan had been taken away by Ye Yunchu.
She had no choice but to follow the old lady to dinner alone.
Ye Yunchu refused the Marquis's invitation to stay for dinner and returned to the East Courtyard.
The Marquis and his wife were having dinner together. Seeing his wife's worried look, he picked up a piece of food for her with his chopsticks and said, "Shuang'er's temper really needs to be managed. Don't feel bad."
The Marquis's wife sighed, "It's cold, and she's being squeamish. Yun'er is the same way. She's just a maidservant, and you're giving her too much credit."
"Listen to what Shuang'er said. No matter how lowly that maid's background is, she is still Yun'er's. If you say that about her, it's an insult to Yun'er. If Yun'er doesn't scold Shuang'er, who else will she scold?"
"I'm afraid that the roommate I'm used to is spoiled."
"No matter how arrogant she is, she is just a concubine. How can she still cause trouble?"
"Too."
Mrs. Hou picked up the chopsticks.
After dinner, the Marquis got up and left.
After a while, the nanny who was accompanying her came back to report: "Madam, the Marquis went to Concubine Zhang's place."
The Marquis's wife put down her chopsticks heavily, then said with a cold face: "Mrs. Zhang has a good daughter. Her embroidery is liked by the imperial concubine. The Marquis has to give her honor."
The nanny rubbed the Marquis's shoulders to soothe her anger: "She's just a girl, she'll get married sooner or later, how can she compare to you, Madam?"
The Marquis's wife thought of her outstanding son and immediately felt more at ease: "He can go wherever he likes. I'm tired of him staying with me every day."
The nanny didn't dare say anything.
East Courtyard.
Ye Yunchu looked at Li Ruanruan and asked: "How long has it been since you last took a bath?"
Li Runrun's face turned red instantly. Is there something smelling on her body?
Her face turned even redder: "Yes, it's been a few days."
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