Chapter 041 There is a problem with the embroidery

The embroiderers took great pains to finish the four embroideries that the Prime Minister's Mansion was going to bring to the palace, and it was already the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner.

Xia Xue felt uneasy and sent someone to call Xia Lu.

Xia Lu looked at it for a long time.

"The embroidery of these ladies is really exquisite. The patterns are lifelike and the embroidery on both sides is very good. However,

Xia Lu frowned.

"What's wrong?"

"I always feel that the combination of bamboo leaves in the second picture is a bit strange, and the combination of the third picture also seems to be inconsistent. This kind of inconsistency usually occurs in embroiderers who are just starting out. Looking at the overall embroidery, an embroiderer who embroiders these pictures should not have such problems."

Xia Xue pondered for a while.

"Let Xia Chun call a few people so we can put the picture back together again."

After a while, Xia Chun brought some people and stood in a line.

This is the original embroidery design. The four pictures put together form the four large characters “龙龍鳳現祥” (dragon and phoenix bring good luck).

But if you pick out each embroidery individually, you will find that the word "dragon" is made up of 9 dragons.

The same is true for the following few words.

"Stand apart. There should be one meter between the two embroideries."

The words were a little stretched, but there was nothing unusual.

“Two meters apart.”

"Three meters."

Xia Lu shook her head.

"There's no problem horizontally." Xia Xue muttered, and suddenly her eyes lit up.

"Go get some stools and put the picture vertically."

At this glance, it's settled.

The dragon on top swings its tail high, and the phoenix on the bottom turns into a chicken head the moment it stands up. But the most important thing is that from the side, the chicken's mouth is biting the dragon's lower body! The third picture has an incongruous bulge, and in the sun it looks like an egg!!!

"This is not a blessing from the dragon and the phoenix, this is simply a fight between a dragon and a phoenix!" Fu Yuqing said, "After fighting so much, an egg was laid."

Xia Xue didn't listen to Fu Yuqing's chatter, but thought of another thing.

The emperor's biological mother, Royal Consort Chenxi, was a woman of the Qiang ethnic group. At that time, the late emperor was poisoned at the base of his thigh, and it was Royal Consort Chenxi who sucked out the poison and saved the late emperor's life. From then on, the two of them became connected.

However, Qiang women are good at using poison. When Consort Chenxi was pregnant and about to give birth, the emperor was ready to promote the concubine, who was still a beauty, and sought the opinions of the ministers.

As a result, there was great opposition in the court. The most common reason was that the ancestors were not allowed to marry with outsiders. The emperor had already broken the taboo, so how could he promote a woman from a foreign race to above the nine concubines?

There was even an absurd minister who suggested that he suspected that Consort Chenxi had deliberately poisoned the emperor, and then used this "special" method to detoxify the late emperor, thus establishing an inseparable relationship with the late emperor.

Wei Yongsheng, the imperial teacher at the time, even made a special painting of a chicken biting the lower body of a dragon, with an egg under the chicken's butt.

Consort Chenxi and her unborn child became the laughing stock inside and outside the palace.

Later, the emperor grew up and became more and more outstanding, while several other princes of similar age as the emperor all had accidents one after another. Only the emperor, who was stupid and dull at the beginning and had never been recognized by the late emperor, became the focus of training.

The imperial teacher objected and tried to stop him in every way, but he could not stop the path of the prince.

As soon as the emperor ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to exterminate all nine generations of Wei Yongsheng's family.

Xia Xue broke out in a cold sweat.

If someone had suggested at the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner that the four paintings be put together vertically, the emperor would be disgusted when he saw it, and he might even be charged with disrespect.

“Is there still a chance to repair it?”

If it cannot be repaired, then just send gold bars to replenish the national treasury. I believe the emperor will be happier.

"I'll try." Xia Lu looked solemn.

Before I knew it, the whole night had passed.

Xia Lu finished the last stitch and smiled with satisfaction.

Xia Xue had asked the kitchen to prepare breakfast, including a serving of pumpkin porridge, a serving of loofah, a serving of coconut cake, an egg, and two side dishes.

Xia Lu couldn't help but laugh when she saw the eggs.

"My sister was almost killed by this egg, but she was still able to eat it."

"You are here, what are you afraid of?"

Xia Xue picked up the egg and rubbed it under Xia Lu's eyes.

"You are getting married today, so you should be the most beautiful."

"When we return to the Xia Mansion later, the old lady has already sent out the maid to serve you. She will definitely dress you up beautifully, so you don't have to worry. What's more, the emperor has even seen me without makeup, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

Xia Xue nodded. It was rare to have such a simple and open-minded Xia Lu. However, after entering the palace, if she wanted to survive, she would never have such a personality again.

Thinking of this, Xia Xue stepped forward and hugged Xia Lu.

After a pause, Xia Xue slowly spoke.

"I really want to keep you at home forever."

"If you miss me, please go to the palace and see me."

Xia Xue didn't answer her, but there was a faint smile on her lips.

"Let's eat."

"Sister, do you think the emperor will let me sleep with him tonight?" Xia Lu's voice was very low, with a blush on her face.

"If you want to live long in the palace, never be the first. Let's eat."

Xia Lu seemed to understand but not quite.

"How about I take a look at the embroidery first to see if there are any problems."

"Have breakfast first."

After breakfast, Xia Xue called Xia Chun and three others together to piece the four embroideries together again.

Seeing this, Xia Xue couldn't help but sigh that Xia Lu's embroidery skills were really amazing.

After working on it for a whole night, I actually just changed the colors of a few key positions on the embroidery and added a few small patterns. On the surface, I really can't see any changes, but when they are connected vertically, it becomes a perfect picture of dragons and phoenixes.

She believed that the people who plotted to harm her or the Prime Minister's Mansion had not discovered it. The rest would depend on tonight's Mid-Autumn Festival dinner. As long as someone made trouble, she would know whose work it was.

Xia Xue has always been a person who does not offend others unless they offend me. If someone offends me, I will show no mercy.

Before Xia Lu left, Xia Xue stuffed some silver into her hand.

"Sister? The old lady and mother have prepared silver for you."

"This is my sister's intention. After entering the palace, you need to take care of everything. You must be generous in your spending."

Xia Lu nodded and took the bag handed to her by Xia Xue with tears in her eyes.

"The palace is different from home. You must be careful in everything you do and say."

"I will ask the Prime Minister to arrange a few servants with clean backgrounds and nimble hands and feet for you. If there is anything difficult that you cannot handle, send Fang Die back to inform me, and I will find a way to enter the palace."

Xia Lu nodded repeatedly, her eyes already filled with tears.

Arriving at the gate of the Prime Minister's Residence, Xia Xue sighed and said in a heavy voice, "If the Emperor really asks you to sleep with him tonight, you should pretend to be sick."

Xia Lu's eyes widened, and she thought of what her sister said before the meal, and she seemed to understand a little.

After a pause, Xia Lu nodded heavily.

After seeing Xia Lu off, Xia Xue began to count the things she would bring into the palace later.

Chu Zhenxuan also came back at this time, followed by several people, carrying two three-foot boxes.