"Young master, this material is excellent; it's perfect for making short jackets."
Liao Ziwan took a piece of fabric from the embroiderer's table and showed it to Yun Duoduo. Yun Duoduo touched it and found that it was indeed a very soft material.
It must be very comfortable to wear.
"However, there isn't much material left, but we can still make two more pieces."
Liao Ziwan looked at the remaining materials and made some calculations.
"Can you make two more?"
Yun Duoduo hesitated again.
The prince only has a few sets of clothes, and they're all torn and worn out. The servants just mend them, and he doesn't have time to make himself any new clothes.
Qingdai's words echoed in her mind.
[Well, since it's fate, let's make one for him too!]
It's just making a piece of clothing on the side, nothing special, just something I do casually.
Yun Duoduo tried to convince herself.
"Young Master?"
Seeing that she was in a daze, Liao Ziwan gently patted her shoulder.
"ah?"
"Sister Ziwan, use this fabric to make two short jackets!"
Yun Duoduo looked at Liao Ziwan as if she had made up her mind and said.
"Let's also make a few clothes based on the latest trendy styles!"
"Oh? Does the young master have someone he likes?"
Liao Ziwan looked at Yun Duoduo with a gossipy expression. In her eyes, Yun Duoduo was so beautiful and cute that the man she had her eye on must be amazing.
"No, I... I made it for my brother!"
Yun Duoduo vehemently denied it. She avoided Liao Ziwan's gaze, wrote down Jin Jinzhi's measurements on the paper, and then she was somewhat troubled.
Jin Jinzhi, she had hugged him many times, so she roughly knew his size.
However, the Left Prime Minister...
She doesn't even know the Left Prime Minister's measurements?
She recalled that the Left Chancellor Xue Guangjin was a head shorter and a bit fatter than Jin Jinzhi.
Yun Duoduo estimated and wrote down the size of the Left Prime Minister. She wrote it a little too big, so that the clothes could be worn as loose coats, but if it were too small, they wouldn't be able to wear them.
"Sister Ziwan, please make a few more clothes in this size, and also make a short jacket of the best material in this size."
Yun Duoduo handed the two sizes to Liao Ziwan, and then went to the women's clothing section to pick out clothes for herself.
After selecting a few clothes, Liao Ziwan came over and said, "I've already instructed the embroiderers to make them."
"Let's go upstairs to eat. We can leave the embroiderers to make the clothes."
Yun Duoduo followed Liao Ziwan upstairs.
"When you first came in, I had the kitchen make your favorite crystal winter melon dumplings and jujube paste cake, and I also had them buy peach blossom wine from the restaurant."
"Wow, that's great! Thank you, Sister Ziwan!"
Yun Duoduo looked at Liao Ziwan happily.
Men are unreliable; friends and besties are much more dependable!
"Xiao Liao!"
Hearing the shouts from downstairs, Liao Ziwan looked down and saw that it was Manager Wen from the Wen's Cloth Shop.
"Sister Wen, come upstairs quickly!"
Shopkeeper Wen was from the same hometown as Liao Ziwan. Ever since the incident of preparing clothes for the palace guards, Shopkeeper Wen had been even more grateful to Liao Ziwan, always saying that it was thanks to her that her son's marriage was finally settled.
"Oh, your employer's sister is here too!"
Yun Duoduo also stood up and took two steps forward to greet Manager Wen who was coming over.
"You haven't had lunch yet, have you? I brought you spicy tofu skin, stir-fried chicken, plum blossom-shaped pancakes, and acacia soup."
As he spoke, Manager Wen placed the food box on the table, took out the dishes one by one, and arranged them on the round black walnut dining table.
The waiter brought over chopsticks, bowls, plates, and wine glasses, and the group prepared to start eating.
"Sister Ziwan!"
Another shout came from downstairs. The group looked down from the stairwell and saw Pei Xiuer.
Pei Xiuer wore a light pink dress, her eyes revealing her cleverness. She was young and was the manager of a weaving workshop in the west of the city. She had previously worked with Liao Ziwan and the others to make clothes for the palace guards.
"What a coincidence that everyone's here today! It's great, it's lively with so many people."
Pei Xiuer walked up and was very happy to see that everyone was there.
"I brought steamed pork ribs with maple leaves, and some side dishes."
Pei Xiuer took out hot dishes from the food box, including steamed pork ribs with maple leaves, vegetable and meat porridge, spicy stir-fried dried tofu, spicy beef, egg and vegetable pancakes, as well as desserts such as auspicious fruit, pearl and jade glutinous rice balls, and lotus leaf soup.
"Sit down and eat, the food is still steaming hot!"
Shopkeeper Wen looked at Pei Xiuer warmly, moved his chair so that she could sit down next to him.
"good."
"Little sister, have some of this, it's a new dish."
Liao Ziwan picked up a piece of spare rib and placed it in Yun Duoduo's bowl.
Smelling the spicy aroma of the tripe and the sweet and sour scent of the auspicious fruit, Yun Duoduo, who was already very hungry, felt her stomach rumbling. She picked up a rib and took a bite.
Mmm, it smells delicious!
"Anything new happening lately?" Wen asked the booth manager.
When Wen, the shopkeeper, had nothing to do, he would come to sit at Liao Ziwan's place. Pei Xiuer did the same. The group would get together to chat about the gossip in the capital and share the latest happenings in the shop.
"Hey, you know what, there really is something new."
After taking a big bite of pork rib, Liao Ziwan wiped her hands and continued, "A while ago, a customer came to the silk shop to order a wedding dress for his wife."
"So, what did the guest look like?"
Pei Xiuer was very curious; she was not yet married and was very excited to hear such gossip.
"Oh my, he's so handsome! It's a real treat to look at, like a gentle breeze on your face or the bright moon in your arms."
Liao Ziwan blushed as she spoke.
A gentle breeze caresses my face, the bright moon embraces me...
[This adjective... it looks so familiar!]
Yun Duoduo stopped thinking about it and continued listening to Liao Ziwan's story.
"Xiao Liao, you're married now!"
"You can't have anyone else in your heart but Xiao Chu!"
Shopkeeper Wen, with a serious expression, reminded them that people of her generation seemed unable to understand that Liao Ziwan's generation could separate their lovers from handsome men.
Liao Ziwan has someone she loves, but that doesn't stop her from liking to look at handsome men. She firmly believes that if she looks at handsome men often, the children she gives birth to will also be good-looking.
"Sister Wen, you haven't seen it, haven't you? You've seen the list of handsome men, haven't you? He's even more handsome than the top one!"
Shopkeeper Wen curled his lip in disbelief, "If that's really the case, why isn't he on the list of handsome men?"
"This shows that they don't flaunt their wealth."
“These days, which of the top men on the handsome men list doesn’t flaunt their good looks?” Liao Ziwan retorted.
"He was either playing the zither at dusk, reciting poetry under the full moon, or patrolling the streets of the capital with a long spear."
“A man of such exceptional talent and gentle nature would not be so ostentatious.”
Pei Xiuer nodded in agreement.
"Where's the bride? Is she pretty?" Yun Duoduo asked, intrigued.
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