Chapter 793: The Daughter of the Concubine
The little snowmen are decorated with small lanterns in various colors with different embroidery patterns, including animals, flowers, and beauties. The base is made of silk as thin as a cicada's wing. One can imagine how exquisite and elegant such lanterns are when the candles inside are lit.
Hong Zhuo was also attracted when she saw such small lanterns.
"Princess, the embroidery on these lanterns is so exquisite. I have never seen such fine needlework."
She couldn't help but want to pick one up and take a closer look, but Fu Zhaoning stood there without moving, so she didn't dare to move.
"The Lantern Festival is coming soon. If we take these little lanterns out, I guess everyone will fight over them."
She had never seen such embroidered lanterns in the capital of Zhaoguo. They were very special and she liked them very much.
Fu Zhaoning's gaze shifted from the small lanterns to Chen Haobing, who was surrounded by several girls in front.
These little lanterns must have been carefully prepared by Mrs. Chen.
When she heard Hong Zhuo mention it, she thought of the upcoming Lantern Festival.
The Lantern Festival here in the capital of Zhaoguo is still very lively.
As far as I can remember, there were various kinds of lanterns in Zhaoguo, but I had never seen an embroidered lantern like this one.
This extremely thin, translucent silk is expensive to begin with, and embroidering lifelike animals, flowers, and people on it is extremely labor-intensive and time-consuming. If it is accidentally touched by candlelight, it will burn instantly.
So such lanterns should be expensive.
But for the girls in the powerful circle, it doesn’t matter if it’s expensive, as long as it’s special.
Such little lanterns would probably be very popular if given as gifts.
It seems that Mrs. Chen had already made preparations a long time ago. After all, such lanterns could not be prepared in a day or two.
In order to integrate into the circle of powerful people in the capital, she used this method, which was indeed a surprising success and able to showcase Chen Haobing's talents in one go.
Those ladies would probably be happy to associate with a girl who has such unique embroidery skills.
"It is indeed very exquisite." Fu Zhaoning nodded.
She really admired the embroidery of Mrs. Chen and her daughter, but she couldn't do this.
In the open space in front, there were several charcoal stoves with earthenware pots on them and maids watching the charcoal fire. At a distance there was a round table with twelve porcelain cups and several plates of exquisite snacks on it.
Fortunately there was sunshine, they were able to sit here, otherwise they would have been freezing.
There was no wind today, so it was a good day to get some fresh air. The burning charcoal stoves also drove away some of the chill.
Chen Haobing was wearing a crescent-white dress embroidered with crabapple flowers, with a white fox fur around her neck, and was talking to a few girls.
Those girls all seemed to be from prominent families and had maids with them.
Yun Shu was also among them, but she sat there looking at Chen Haobing without saying anything.
Fu Zhaoning looked at the two of them and thought it was a bit strange that these two people suddenly got together. He didn't know whether they knew the relationship between them.
Both were daughters of King Qiong's concubines.
Sisters.
They were standing here, and there were a few trees in front of them, but Chen Haobing and the others didn't notice them.
Chen Haobing was talking to them while holding a few silk flowers.
"I don't usually do anything else except embroidering and making some silk flowers. I made these myself. Take a look and see if you like any of them."
"Miss Chen, you are so skillful. Those little lanterns are so delicately made. The silk flowers are also so well made. We have never seen these styles before."
"I like this. What kind of flower is this? This silver-blue color is so pretty."
"Look at this one. There are crystal dewdrops on it! What are these dewdrops made of?"
Chen Haobing smiled gently, "This is made from a kind of ground gum. After the gum is processed, it is soaked in water and boiled. Add some pears and brown sugar. It tastes good and is good for us women."
She was very happy.
It seemed that these noble ladies in the capital had never seen many things before, so it was worth it for her and her mother to prepare these things.
Mother is right. If you impress them with these things, you can become their friends.
Fortunately, Uncle Dong was willing to help. He found some families who often came to the Medicine Alliance to get medicinal materials and sent notices to their daughters.
Although only seven ladies came after fifteen notices were posted, it was still okay. As long as these seven ladies took the products back, there was no need to worry that they would not help promote the product.
When the Lantern Festival comes, their little lanterns will surely be very popular.
Uncle Dong said that he would help my mother open a shop when the time comes.
Everything they made was exquisite and expensive, and their future customers were only wealthy and powerful ladies who could earn money and make friends with them.
If you plan slowly, you will definitely be able to find a good marriage.
Chen Haobing tried hard to suppress the pride in her heart. See, she could do it without Fu Zhaoning’s help!
When she has established herself in the capital, she will definitely let Fu Zhaoning see it.
"Yunshu, why don't you pick one too? You are so fair, this dark green silk flower suits you very well." A round-faced girl picked up a silk flower and handed it to Yunshu.
Yun Shu took a look.
"I'm not interested," she said coldly.
When these words came out, everyone else was silent. Wasn't this too disrespectful?
Chen Haobing had noticed Yun Shu a long time ago. After all, her beauty could not be ignored. However, she had not figured out Yun Shu's identity yet. It seemed that there was no one with the last name Yun in the post.
But if I hadn't received the post, I wouldn't have come here at all.
Now that you're here, why should you lose face for her?
"Sister, don't you like these silk flowers? What style do you like? You can also tell me, I can make more for you--"
Chen Haobing felt that he should be a master with a vision.
Yun Shu glanced at her.
"You want to bribe people with these little things? Who are you to the Medicine Alliance? I came here just to know, are you Dong Huanzhi's daughter?"
King Qiong asked her to come.
She didn't want to come, and she didn't know why her father knew about the medicinal tea banquet hosted by Chen Haobing. She didn't know why her father asked her to come and make friends with a little girl who had no reputation.
But this is the Medicine Alliance, and Fu Zhaoning's master is here, so she wanted to come and see if this Chen Haobing has any relationship with Fu Zhaoning.
"Uncle Dong treats me as his daughter--" said Chen Haobing.
"Is he friends with your father?" Yun Shu asked again.
Chen Haobing paused.
She doesn't even know where her father is!
Yun Shu has been a little gloomy since she was thrown out of Prince Jun's Mansion by Fu Zhaoning. She was also sick after coming out of the prison. She became thinner and looked less energetic. Seeing that Chen Haobing was hesitant even about such a question, she couldn't help but laugh sarcastically.
"Why, this is not easy to answer? Are you the daughter that Master Dong keeps outside?"
That is, the daughter of a concubine.
Just like her.
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