Early the next morning, just after Su Qian had dinner, Lu Feng came to Su Qian's courtyard with a group of female guards.
Su Qian asked her curiously, "Lu Feng? Aren't you supervising the girls copying as punishment at Miss Jiang's house? Why are you here today?"
Lu Feng asked the group of female guards to stand in the corridor, and then reported to Su Qian, "Recently, a group of thieves appeared in the city. His Highness is investigating, but since the thieves have not been arrested yet, His Highness is very worried about the safety of the goddess, so he asked Fu Ge to dispatch a group of capable female guards to protect the goddess."
"Your Highness has given the order. I no longer need to watch the two Miss Jiangs copying as punishment. I only need to protect the goddess' safety."
Su Qian: "Okay, you can make the arrangements."
"yes."
Lu Feng turned around and said to the group of female guards, "You all! Stand apart. Stand one person every ten steps along the wall of the courtyard."
As a result, in less than a cup of tea, Su Qian's yard was crowded with female guards sent by Yan Xuanye to protect her safety.
Cuiwei was teaching Su Qian how to embroider a handkerchief. As she drew a pattern, she said, "Your Highness really cares about me. He sent a group of female guards here early this morning. I've never seen so many female guards before. I think they must have been hastily selected last night."
Su Qian didn't even raise her head. "You think you are the worm in Yan Xuanye's stomach? You can also know whether these female guards were selected last night."
Cui Wei looked at Su Qian coquettishly and said, "Young lady, you only know how to tease me. How can I be the worm in your Highness's stomach? It's just that I have never seen these female guards before."
"I was thinking, if there are so many female guards, why not send one more to keep an eye on the Jiang family girl? Why only let Lu Feng keep an eye on her? Wouldn't it be more convenient for two people to go together?
So I thought that they must not have enough manpower, so they only asked Miss Lu Feng to go.
Moreover, if there were so many female guards early in the morning, why didn't Your Highness let Miss Lu Feng bring them here yesterday afternoon? Why did you only bring them here this morning?
Therefore, I dare to guess that these people must have been gathered together last night."
Su Qian looked at the crooked stitches and sighed, "You do have a point."
In modern times, cross-stitch was particularly popular for a period of time. Every household was embroidering it, and her adoptive mother was no exception. She bought an embroidery piece called "A Harmonious Family Brings Good Fortune" and brought it home to embroider. However, she lost her patience after only two days and asked her, who was still in junior high school at the time, to embroider it instead.
Su Qian had to use her rest time at night to embroider. The thing was simple, with patterns and paths, so she just had to embroider it according to the instructions.
But the embroidery in ancient times was different. First of all, you had to have a picture in your mind, and it also required the embroiderer to have superb skills and patience.
It wouldn't work if none of them were missing, but Su Qian had none of them.
She had no good impression of embroidery work. She would rather listen to Lu Huan's sarcasm than be asked to sit here and embroider.
"Young lady, please don't sigh. Since ancient times, the red veil for a woman's wedding has always been embroidered by the bride herself. You don't have to worry about not being able to embroider it well. When the time comes, I will find an embroiderer with outstanding handwriting and have her add a few more strokes to your veil."
Cuiwei thought she was worried that her embroidery was so poor that she would make a fool of herself on her wedding day and be ridiculed by others for her clumsy embroidery that would be unsightly.
Actually, Su Qian just didn't want to embroider anymore...
These days, Yan Xuanye was busy catching Lu Huan and had not come to her yard. Su Qian felt a little bored. When he came on weekdays, he would always bring her some new and interesting gadgets or tell her some interesting things.
Now Lu Feng has brought a group of female guards to guard her yard. Whenever she wants to go out for a walk, dozens of people will follow her. Wherever she goes, she will be a strange sight and it is not convenient.
Su Qian simply didn't go out. She spent the whole day writing and embroidering in the yard. When she had nothing to do, she would discuss with Cuiwei how to make perfume and powder, trying to find something to do to pass the time.
"Oh, Miss, the tenth day has come and the eldest daughter of the Jiang family has stopped her punishment. I heard that she has often gone to the second daughter of the Jiang family's room to talk with her in the past two days.
I think the two of them are planning something that might be detrimental to you, so you better be careful."
Su Qian: "I understand."
Lu Feng stood at the door and knocked. Su Qian looked up.
Lu Feng said: "Goddess, His Highness is back."
"Where is he?"
"Your Highness has returned to his own courtyard to bathe and change clothes. Tell the goddess to go to His Highness's courtyard and have lunch together later."
"I understand. Let's go."
It was Su Qian's first time to visit Yan Xuanye's courtyard. It was completely different from her own courtyard. His courtyard was surprisingly simple and plain...
Some weapons such as flints, daggers, bows and arrows were casually placed on the rosewood table, full of masculine fierceness.
The maids put the food on the table, bowed and left, leaving Su Qian alone in his room.
The sound of water in the bathroom stopped, presumably because he had finished bathing and would be out soon. In this environment, Su Qian suddenly felt a little nervous for some reason, a feeling she attributed to the unfamiliarity of being in a man's room.
Maybe it's because... she has never been alone in a strange man's room... Yes! That must be it.
A creaking sound was heard behind her, and the door of the clean room was pushed open. The footsteps were heavy and powerful, coming towards her with an oppressive force that was difficult to ignore.
"Qianqian?" The voice seemed a little confused.
Su Qian turned around and saw Yan Xuanye who had just finished bathing. He was wearing a black long gown that was loose on his body, with his chest wide open, revealing his strong pectoral muscles.
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