"My Lady, your embroidered duck is quite unique, but how could I not have known that ducks, like mandarin ducks, come in pairs? Could it be that I have misremembered it?"
Lingran's eyes were full of confusion. In her impression, the animals that came in pairs were clearly mandarin ducks, but what Mu Sili embroidered were ducks. Could it be that ducks really came in pairs?
Mu Sili blushed. She was embroidering mandarin ducks, but you couldn’t even tell. Bad review!
"These ducks naturally come in pairs. It's normal that you didn't know. Okay, go back. I'm tired."
Mu Sili took away the handkerchief embroidered with "mandarin ducks". She didn't want anyone to know that she embroidered the mandarin ducks as ducks. It was really embarrassing.
When Lingran saw this scene, he also realized that Mu Sili had embroidered mandarin ducks.
But as a slave, how could she laugh at her master?
"Your Majesty's embroidery is quite good. At least you can tell they are a pair, right? Your Majesty must have not used a needle and thread for a long time, so your hands are not very good at it. Once you get used to it, won't these mandarin ducks be a piece of cake?"
However, Lingran's words did not win Mu Sili's approval, but instead earned her a sad look, and the punishment of having her embroidered with a brocade handkerchief that looked like a mandarin duck from a distance but a duck up close.
Lingran looked at Mu Sili with a headache. Her mistress seemed to have become a lot dumber since she gave birth to triplets.
This kind of request for an embroidered handkerchief is simply an insult to her embroidery skills. These are just child's work and not worth mentioning.
But how could she hurt her master? She was a good maid.
"Yes, I understand. I will start embroidering right away."
Mu Sili, who was about to leave, saw her sit down and start embroidering, so she went behind her to learn from her.
"Huh? Embroidered gold?"
Lingran paused. She didn't expect that her master, who was not very good at embroidery, could recognize this embroidery method.
"My mother taught me, but I'm stupid and only learned half of it."
Mu Sili looked at her with resentment and said nothing. She had only learned three-tenths of the skills. She wanted to steal their skills, but she wouldn't be able to do it until next year!
Lingran quickly embroidered the handkerchief that Mu Sili requested. When Mu Sili took it in her hand, she suddenly didn't want this embroidery method to be lost after hundreds of years.
"Is your mother still in the capital? I want to open an embroidery workshop and I would like to ask your mother to be the manager."
Lingran looked at Mu Sili in surprise. She didn't quite understand what this meant. Her mother was almost sixty years old, and the job of manager seemed a bit difficult for her.
"But it's difficult?"
"My lady, my servant's mother is nearly sixty years old, and her eyesight is not as sharp as before. If she becomes the manager, I'm afraid it will bring disaster to the reputation of the embroidery workshop."
"Don't worry. I know this embroidery skill is not to be passed on to outsiders, but I can give you some pointers. If possible, I can ask your mother to take in one or two apprentices to pass on the embroidery skill."
After hearing this, Lingran suddenly remembered that Mam had always said that her embroidery skills were likely to be lost, and she always felt very sorry. If she could find one or two apprentices for Mam, she would definitely be happy.
"My Lady, wait for me to ask Mam's opinion. If she is willing, how about you open this embroidery workshop?"
"good."
Lingran left the palace. When she returned home and saw Mam touching her old embroidery with a look of regret on her face, she felt a strong desire to not let the art of gold embroidery be lost.
"Why did Lingran leave the palace? Did the Queen ask you to do something?"
"Mamu, my granddaughter left the palace this time with a mission."
After Lingran told her mother about Mu Sili's idea, her face was full of emotion.
"If Your Majesty doesn't mind, I will personally go to the embroidery workshop and take charge. If a suitable embroiderer appears, I will accept her as my apprentice."
Seeing that Mam was full of energy again, Lingran's eyes were full of smiles.
After returning to the palace, Lingran told Mu Sili about this matter. Mu Sili also reported it to Kangxi and asked Xiaozhuang to open an embroidery workshop together.
No matter what, Empress Xiaozhuang treated her well, so how could she eat alone without inviting her?
As Mu Sili had expected, Empress Xiaozhuang was indeed very interested in this. She had seen the works of gold embroidery, but the embroidery art had long been lost. She did not expect that the palace maid next to Mu Sili was actually the granddaughter of the inheritor of gold embroidery.
It would be such a pity if such exquisite embroidery skills had no successor.
Soon, the embroidery workshop opened. Knowing that the manager of the workshop was the successor of Zhujin embroidery, many embroiderers went to the workshop, and Lingran's Mam also successfully selected two women with superb embroidery skills and eagerness to learn to be her apprentices.
After learning that the art of gold embroidery would not be lost, Mu Sili was very happy. She drank too much and spent a wonderful night with Kangxi.
No one expected that just two years after giving birth to triplets, Mu Sili would be pregnant again.
"What's wrong, Madam? Why do I look at you in a trance?"
"Lingran, did I hear you wrong just now? How come I'm pregnant so soon?"
"Imperial Mother, your son and my brothers have come to see you. Aunt Lingran, how is your health?"
"This servant pays respects to the young masters. The queen is in good health, but she hasn't reacted yet."
"Empress Mother, you are nearly thirty years old, not young anymore. You must pay more attention to your health. My son and my third brother will take good care of Xiao Si and the others, so you can rest assured."
Yinzhi suddenly said that Mu Sili was nearly thirty years old, which shocked her. If she remembered correctly, she was only twenty-seven or twenty-eight, so how could she be nearly thirty years old!
Seeing that she was about to lose her temper, Chengqing quickly protected the culprit behind him.
"Empress Mother, I was just joking. You are so beautiful, how could you be nearly thirty? I think you are in your early twenties at most. If you didn't already have six children, I would have thought you were only 28, don't you agree?"
Yinzhi looked at Mu Sili, then at Chengqing who was full of flattery, and couldn't help but let out a series of clicking sounds.
"Third brother, did you see that? Our eldest brother is actually flattering me, and telling lies with his eyes open. The Empress Dowager doesn't look like a 28-year-old at all. Only eldest brother can say that."
"Yinzhi!!!"
When Mu Sili heard this, she was furious. Why was she not worthy of being 28 years old?
Seeing that he had angered Mu Sili, Yinzhi grabbed Yinreng and slipped away in an instant, not forgetting to tell her where they were going.
"Empress Mother, a princess from Khorchin has arrived from our ancestors' side. I heard she looks delicate and frail, not at all like a Khorchin noblewoman. Your son is taking your third brother to see her. They will be having dinner in the Cining Palace soon. You don't have to wait for your sons."
"A noble lady from Khorchin? Lingran, how come I don't know about this? Is it because I'm out of touch with the news, or are you deliberately hiding it and not reporting it?"
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