After Li Chen finished speaking, he took out the half jade pendant from his arms and showed it to the old widower, "My brother said that I can find my relatives with this."
The old widower knew the jade pendant was worth a fortune as soon as he saw it. He must be the child of a wealthy family. He quickly stuffed the jade pendant back into Li Chen's arms and said, "You must hide this jade pendant and don't show it to anyone."
Li Chen nodded. The old widower felt sorry for Li Chen and took him in to look after him. He raised him while helping him find his relatives.
Many years passed, and Li Chen was already seven years old, but still had not found his relatives. The old widower added the word "Jing" to his name, hoping that he would have a bright future. From then on, Li Chen became Li Jingchen.
The old widower took Li Jingchen to travel around, and they would only stay in one place for a few years at most before having to leave, because they had no house or land. When there was work, they would earn money, and when there was no work, they would have to continue to move as refugees. If they were lucky, they could get an acre of land, but if they were unlucky, they would have to go hungry. However, the two of them did live a happy life.
The old widower told Li Jingchen not to resent the world, as all living beings suffer, and as long as he can live with his conscience before dying, everything will be fine.
Li Jingchen also asked the old widower where his children and relatives were. The old widower looked up at the sky and said with a sad face, "They are all watching from heaven."
During a famine escape, the old widower and Li Jingchen had not eaten for three days. When they finally reached Daping Village, the old widower starved to death, leaving only Li Jingchen. He was rescued by Jiang Dafeng and brought home. From then on, he stayed in the Jiang family and lived with the Jiang family.
After the old nanny finished talking about the past, she was already in tears. She took out the other half of the jade pendant from the cabinet, placed it on the table, wrote another letter, and then fell asleep forever.
Three days later, the head chef of the Shangshan Bureau found that the old maid had not come to get food. He felt a little strange and a little nervous, so he immediately sent a young eunuch to see what was going on. The young eunuch went there happily, thinking that he could take a break, but he saw the old maid lying on the ground and started shouting.
Only then did the emperor learn that the old nanny had passed away. After receiving half of the jade pendant, he opened the words on the envelope and learned that his own brother had the other half of the jade pendant. The emperor felt mixed emotions. This meant that it was possible to find him, but more than 20 years had passed. Finding someone now was like looking for a needle in a haystack, and the emperor was unwilling to uncover the past.
Keep the jade pendant and burn the letter. If we are destined to be together, we will meet again.
With the help of Dachun and Cuiping, the pomegranate skirt was finally completed. The moment Jiang Tuantuan got the skirt, she ran to the palace without stopping.
The guards were already familiar with Jiang Tuantuan and knew that she had a good relationship with Her Royal Highness the Princess, so they treated her with courtesy and let Jiang Tuantuan pass smoothly.
Jiang Tuantuan followed his memory and walked towards the Princess Palace, but as expected, he took the wrong road.
Ming Man was not in the palace at this time, but had gone to the Queen Mother's palace. She was not familiar with the Queen Mother. She only knew that the Queen Mother was in poor health and often had to see the imperial physician. Her father also did not allow her to get close to the Queen Mother. But today, a eunuch from the Queen Mother's palace ran over and said to Ming Man, "The Queen Mother misses you very much. She wants to see you one last time before she dies. That way, she will feel at peace after death."
Mingman was touched after hearing this. Thinking that it was her royal grandmother, she followed the eunuch and only brought Yu Shi and a palace maid with her.
Arriving at the Queen Mother's Palace, she discovered that there were very few palace maids and eunuchs. Entering the room, she saw the Queen Mother lying on the bed. Seeing Ming Man coming, the Queen Mother immediately asked the palace maids to serve tea and snacks. Lying on the bed, she held Ming Man's hand, with a kind look on her face. She looked at Ming Man and said, "My granddaughter, you have grown into such a beautiful young lady. You are so beautiful."
Ming Man's face flushed slightly as she looked at the Empress Dowager and said, "Grandmother, you should also take care of your health."
The Queen Mother smiled and nodded, then called the young eunuch and asked him to take out a gem from the cabinet. The gem was very colorful and carved into the shape of a horse. "Mingman, this gem is a gift from the Queen Mother. You can put it on the cabinet in your room as a decoration. It looks very beautiful."
When Mingman saw the horse, she really liked it and happily accepted it.
Coming out of the Empress Dowager's Palace, they bumped into the lost Jiang Tuantuan. The two of them stared at each other, "Wow, Tuantuan, you're here! You're here to look for my grandmother too."
Jiang Tuantuan quickly shook his head, "No, no, I came to find you."
"Then how did you know I was here? Did you go to my temple first and found I wasn't there, so you came looking for me? Tuantuan, you're so kind."
Jiang Tuantuan was actually lost, but Mingman thought so, so let it be!
"The dress I said I was going to give you a few days ago is ready. Let's go try it on."
Mingman and Jiang Tuantuan quickly returned to the hall, leaving the gem in Yu Shi's hand. After returning, Yu Shi casually placed it on the shelf in the outer room.
Mingman and Jiang Tuantuan changed their clothes and put on jewelry in the inner room. Jiang Tuantuan even gave her a new hairstyle, making her look refreshed.
When Mingman puts on the pomegranate skirt and takes a step, the bells will make a crisp clanging sound, which is very pleasing and beautiful.
Standing in front of the bronze mirror, Mingman was stunned by her own beauty. She turned around and around, and her skirt fluttered like a butterfly, very gorgeous.
It's simply the focus of the crowd.
Mingman kept praising Jiang Tuantuan for her talent and asked how she came up with such a great design. Jiang Tuantuan said, "I just gave the idea, but the biggest credit goes to my two excellent embroiderers, Dachun and Cuiping, who were able to make the pattern on the skirt so lifelike."
Ming Man said, "Congratulations on getting two more outstanding farmhands."
The first thing she did after getting the skirt was of course not to admire it alone. Taking advantage of the beautiful spring weather, Mingman held a flower-viewing banquet and invited young ladies from various families to attend. Although Jiang Tuantuan also received an invitation, she did not go because Mingman was the protagonist, so she did not want to join in the fun.
On the day of the banquet, Mingman appeared in front of everyone wearing a pomegranate skirt and a gold bracelet made by Jiangyue Pavilion, immediately attracting everyone's attention.
Someone said: "Isn't this the skirt that suddenly became popular some time ago? I didn't expect it to be so beautiful."
"I wanted to buy one, but I was a little hesitant. Seeing how beautiful the princess looked in it, I decided to order one too."
Mingman once again indirectly helped Jiang Tuantuan gain publicity.
After the banquet, Jiangyue Pavilion received many orders, so many that they were even lined up until after the New Year. Some rich young ladies also wanted a Hundred Birds Pomegranate Skirt with twelve bells, but they were all rejected because this one was only for Mingman.
Mingman also heard about this incident later and asked Jiang Tuantuan the reason.
She just said, "I designed this for you a long time ago. How could I let someone else wear it?"
Just one simple sentence made Mingman like Jiang Tuantuan even more.
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