The courtyard where Chu Jinyao lived also had five upper rooms in a row in front, with side rooms on the east and west sides, and a row of back rooms on the south. Three small curved sheds were built on the front eaves of the main house, called the wing. Chu Jinyao lived in the main house, with a study on the east and a bedroom on the west. Chu Jinyao slept in the westernmost room, and the west side room was where she lived. The main hall in the middle was rarely used, but the wing was where Chu Jinyao did her needlework and met with the servants.

Now Dingxiang and Qiuju brought in the needlework basket and stood in the east wing waiting for Chu Jinyao. Qiuju's fingers lingeringly brushed the brocade and asked, "Miss, this piece of brocade is ten feet long. The clothes are for meeting guests, so the pleats must be fine, about at least two feet, and the upper part must be ten feet. This is just the outer clothes, the lining needs to be cut separately. Should we make it ourselves or give it to the sewing room to make it?"

A piece of brocade is ten feet long, and one third of it is already used for the outer clothes. Chu Jinyao felt very sorry for her, but she also knew that the skirts of women from noble families were made very large, and she was going to meet her aunt, so the skirt had to be made into seven pieces, and the pleats also needed to be fine. In this way, it would take three feet in total, and if there were some mistakes when cutting, it would only be more.

"Let's do it ourselves. We have to be more meticulous when we do it ourselves."

"Okay." Dingxiang and Shancha took out the scissors, but Chu Jinyao stopped them: "Wait a minute. If we cut it from the middle, the material on both sides will be wasted. Once it is cut into pieces, it can only be used to make some purses. Give me the ruler." Chu Jinyao took the ruler, gestured diagonally, and said: "Try it like this."

Shancha hesitated: "Is it okay? Don't ruin the good material in the end."

"No, I've tried it before." Chu Jinyao's family was originally in a bad situation. A piece of cloth had to be used for many years. She was the one who sewed and altered the clothes at home. Slowly, Chu Jinyao mastered the needlework. She had a deep understanding of how to save material and make it look good.

Shancha still refused to do it, so Dingxiang followed Chu Jinyao's instructions to draw the lines and cut. Chu Jinyao and Dingxiang worked together, and several second-class maids also came to help. After a while, the upper garment was cut out.

The second-class maid Jiejing exclaimed, "We really saved a lot. The most important thing is that the remaining material is whole, which will be convenient for making anything in the future. If it is cut into pieces, we can only make small things like handkerchiefs and purses."

Chu Jinyao said, "This is just the shiny surface on the outside. The lining inside needs to be cut separately. Dingxiang, go get that piece of plain gauze material. I remember there is some left."

After Dingxiang brought it over, several maids gathered together, weighed the fabric in their hands, and asked, "Miss, is this enough?"

Chu Jinyao touched it and said affirmatively, "Enough."

Dingxiang, Jiejing and the others didn't know what to do. They did whatever Chu Jinyao said, and in the end, they actually cut it out just right.

Kikyo exclaimed sincerely, "Miss, you are so skillful."

Then she cut the horse-faced skirt. Shancha asked, "This is a piece of material with purple flowers on a white background. It can be used to make a blouse, but not a horse-faced skirt. Is the color too light to be pressed?"

Chu Jinyao was also worried about this. She looked at the pattern on the fabric carefully and said, "Cut it out first, and then think of a way to make pleats."

After the fabric was cut, Chu Jinyao took a piece and sat aside to lock the edges. She pressed it with her hands and tried to make a few pleats. She also pulled out a piece of satin from the fabric and gestured.

Dingxiang, Platycodon and several others were sewing the hem. Suddenly, Platycodon called out, "Miss!"

The maids all looked up. Platycodon came over and took up the pleats that Chu Jinyao had finished. Chu Jinyao sewed purple gauze on the pleats, extending all the way to the knees. Then she cut the gauze into points at the bottom, lined it with a piece of harder fabric, and finally tied it with tassels. Platycodon couldn't let it go and said, "It looks so beautiful, just like the tail feathers of a peacock. When the pleats are all made, these hard ribbons will be pressed one by one, and it will look like a peacock spreading its tail. It will be very beautiful!"

The maids all came over to watch. Chu Jinyao demonstrated how to sew in front of them, and then hemmed it. The skilled maids would learn it after watching it once, while the dumb ones who couldn't remember it had to gather around Chu Jinyao to watch it again. From time to time, a maid would bring a skirt and ask, "Miss, is it like this?"

Chu Jinyao gave instructions one by one, and the hall was very lively. Chu Jinyao was quick and finished a skirt in a short while. She was worried that Qin Yi would be bored watching these things, so she took a piece of Yunjin satin, put the things she needed in a small bag, and said, "I'm a little tired sitting outside, I'll go inside to rest for a while."

"I'll serve the young lady." Platycodon stood up and said, "Young lady, since you are tired, you don't need to take the cloth basket, just give it to us."

"It's okay, I'll just sew two stitches." Platycodon took the basket from Chu Jinyao's hand, followed Chu Jinyao into the west room, and put it on the kang by the window. Chu Jinyao said, "I can rest here by myself, you go out and do needlework with them."

Platycodon hesitated, but was finally sent away by Chu Jinyao. When no one was in the room, Chu Jinyao whispered, "Are you still there?"

Where else could he go... Qin Yi said helplessly, "Yes. What's wrong?"

"There were so many people around just now that it was hard for me to talk to you. Are you bored of all this?"

Although the jade pendant fell on Chu Jinyao's chest, it was impossible for Chu Jinyao to stay in the house all day without seeing anyone, so when Chu Jinyao went out or talked to others, Qin Yi had to stay alone and could do nothing but wait.

Qin Yi also felt bored. When had he ever cared about such trivial and boring things as women making clothes, let alone watching them do needlework. But he couldn't go back now and could only stay by Chu Jinyao's side. What else could he say?

Chu Jinyao said, "I think the days of a lady from a rich family are too idle. At least I have to make clothes today, so I have something to do. It's too idle to just sit there like I did a few days ago."

Qin Yi agreed. He was thinking about how to get back to his body all the way. He still had a lot of things to do in Datong, but he could only stay here and spend time with a group of women in the backyard. Qin Yi was impatient, but now he watched Chu Jinyao's slender wrists flying back and forth, shuttling through the gorgeous clouds, her hands were deft and light, and she took care of the fabric in a moment. Qin Yi just watched like this, and he actually saw some beauty with a special rhythm, and the irritability in his heart subsided.

Chu Jinyao turned the hem of her skirt to one side, and in a moment, she had locked one side. Qin Yi watched for a while and said, "You are indeed more skillful than them, your stitches are neat and your speed is also fast."

"What's the big deal?" Chu Jinyao said, "I'm used to mending clothes. But I feel I'll make a fool of myself when it comes to embroidery. If I'm asked to sew clothes and it's not obvious, when my aunt comes and asks us to embroider a handkerchief, I'll be exposed. The older girls have learned embroidery since childhood, what should I do?"

Chu Jinyao suddenly asked Qin Yi, "Can you embroider?"

Qin Yi was caught off guard by the question. He smiled and asked slowly, "What do you think?"

Chu Jinyao was not frightened by Qin Yi's cold tone, but smiled and said, "I saw that you can answer any question, and I thought nothing could stump you."

Qin Yi rolled his eyes secretly and didn't want to pay attention to her. However, after being interrupted by Chu Jinyao, Qin Yi's mood improved a lot.

Chu Jinyao put the scissors, needle and thread back into the basket, took off the jade pendant and placed it neatly on the table. She is now a young lady from a marquis's family, and she makes clothes just to kill time. If she gets bored, she can throw it to the maids anytime and anywhere. She looked at the jade pendant and asked, "Have you been in a bad mood these days?"

Qin Yi didn't expect that even Chu Jinyao could see it. His skills in keeping fit are really getting worse as he grows older.

Since Chu Jinyao has seen it, Qin Yi doesn't want to lie to her deliberately, he sighed softly and said, "Yes."

Chu Jinyao felt very complicated. These days, Qin Yi has been teaching her what to say and what to do. She never thought that when Qin Yi was helping her, she also had something on her mind.

Chu Jinyao was very moved. She took the jade pendant out of the purse and was about to ask about this matter. Suddenly, she said in surprise, "Why is there only half of the red flocs in the jade?"

"This is what I am worried about." Qin Yi said, "I have a hunch that once all the red flocs disappear and I haven't recovered yet, I am afraid I will not be able to survive."

After hearing this, Chu Jinyao lost her voice and said, "How could it be?"

Qin Yi sighed tiredly, no longer looking confident as before: "How could I have thought about it? But I have a hunch that it is probably like this."

Chu Jinyao was speechless. She quickly lifted up the jade pendant to take a closer look. Indeed, the red flocs were much sparser. This is just a guess. Maybe everything will be fine after all the red flocs disappear, but what if?

Chu Jinyao was speechless. Although she had only known Qin Yi for a few days, she already treated Qin Yi as her closest relative. When she was in the most difficult time, only Qin Yi was willing to reach out and pull her. She had nowhere to go in the house, and it was Qin Yi who accompanied her to talk. Although he had no body and was not even a person, in Chu Jinyao's heart, he was more important than her blood relatives. Chu Jinyao thought it was good for her and Qin Yi to talk and laugh and torment each other. She never thought that Qin Yi would leave her one day.

The air suddenly became heavy and made people breathless. After a moment of silence, Chu Jinyao said softly: "Can I help you?"

Qin Yi was surprised when he heard this. After a while, he laughed: "It has nothing to do with you."

"How can it have nothing to do with you?" Chu Jinyao said, "Since you are reborn in my jade pendant, we are a family. We have been together for so long, how can you say it has nothing to do with you? If I can't help you, it's fine, but now you obviously need it, if I still do nothing, then what kind of person am I?"

Qin Yi frowned secretly after hearing this: "Do you know who I am? How dare you say such a thing?" Family, no one in the world dares to say such a thing.

"I know. You are the spirit of heaven and earth born in the jade pendant. Since you awakened in my jade pendant, this is the fate between us."

The first sentence scared Qin Yi, but the second sentence of this person could make him angry to death. Qin Yi gritted his teeth and said, "I said, I'm not a monster." What monster dares to possess him?

"Then what are you?"

"..." Qin Yi finally gave in, "Okay, whatever you say is what it is." Chu

Jinyao still felt that this person was inexplicable. She muttered in a low voice, "I said you are a monster, but you didn't admit it. I asked you and you didn't tell me. There is nothing shameful about being a monster. You see, I grew up in a poor family, and I never feel embarrassed."

Qin Yi just pretended to be a deaf person, unable to hear or speak. He has made a lot of progress in his self-cultivation recently. If it were in the past, who would dare to say that he was not a human in front of him, and dare to blame him, the prince?

That's right, Qin Yi is the foundation of the current dynasty, the prince who became famous for the shooting incident two days ago.

The author has something to say: Although everyone knows that Qin Yi is the prince, in fact, his identity has only been revealed now~

Let's pretend to be surprised.