"Ms. Qu, it shouldn't be a big deal."
This wedding gown is intricately crafted, and given the tight timeline, there's a chance that the embroidery needle might get lost.
"Take off your wedding gown."
Qu Li's eyes were extremely deep, like an ancient well with no bottom to its eyes.
Tianqing took off her wedding gown tremblingly.
Qu Li took the wedding gown and went to the high priest's study angrily.
At this time, the high priest was also trying on the wedding gown. After hearing the report, he frowned slightly, a faint light flashed in his eyes, and then he asked someone to invite her in.
"Is there something wrong with the wedding gown?"
Qu Li threw the wedding gown to him and he reached out to grab it.
"Is this the Nishang Pavilion, one of the best in the Imperial City?"
The high priest frowned, "What exactly are you dissatisfied with?"
"Look for yourself, even an embroidery needle can be left in the collar."
"Are you injured?"
He was about to stand up to check the back of her neck, but she deftly dodged him.
Although he looked calm at the moment, she still felt that something was amiss.
"No need."
"I'll ask Zhenniang to come over tomorrow and apologize to you in person."
Qu Li sneered: "It's up to you."
The moment she turned to leave, the high priest's eyes were fixed on the back of her neck.
Leaving the study, the evening breeze blew, and my back felt cool.
Qu Li couldn't help but shudder.
She carefully recalled the high priest's expression just now, trying to discover something.
Except that his gaze on the back of her neck was too deep!
Nothing.
Tian Qing waited for her anxiously. Seeing her frown, she quickly persuaded her, "Miss Qu, I'm really fine. It's just an embroidery needle."
"I'll take a closer look after I get back."
Tianqing nodded like pounding garlic.
Back at Lanyuan, Qu Li took her pulse and found nothing abnormal.
She took out the Gu King, and the little bugs crawled all over her body, but there was nothing strange about it.
"Miss Qu, I'm really fine, don't worry!" Tianqing raised the corner of his mouth.
She took out a handful of candy and said, "This is for you."
"Thank you Miss Qu for the reward." Tianqing stuffed the candies into his sleeves as if he had found a treasure.
Qu Li lay down, tossing and turning. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was full of conspiracy.
Before I knew it, a tall figure appeared in the room.
Her eyebrows twitched, and with the dim candlelight outside the window, she saw clearly who the person was, and her restless heart finally calmed down.
"Why are you here?"
Feng Yi walked to the bedside and lowered his voice: "After all, I lived here for a while before, so I know where to avoid these guards!"
Qu Li leaned on his shoulder and poked his cheek with her finger: "Not modest at all."
He grabbed her hand and bit it gently a few times.
A dense and tingling sensation flowed towards her heart at the fastest speed, and she pulled her hand away shyly.
His palms suddenly felt empty, and he felt a little lost. He lowered his eyebrows and looked at her, changing the subject: "Why were you frowning just now? Did something happen again?"
She sat up straight and briefly told him that there was an embroidery needle hidden in the collar of her wedding gown.
"Do you think such a low-level mistake would occur in Nishang Pavilion?"
"It's not impossible!"
“I trust my instincts.”
"I'll have someone check it out."
"good!"
The two chatted for a few more words before reluctantly parting.
The next day, as soon as she arrived at the dining room, she directly asked the high priest what he planned to do.
The high priest said calmly, "Zhen Niang will be here soon. It's up to you how you want to punish her."
As they were talking, the housekeeper came to report that Zhenniang had arrived.
As soon as Zhenniang came in, she knelt down immediately.
That shrewd face was full of apology.
"Miss Qu, the high priest sent someone over yesterday, and I just found out what happened! Don't worry, I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter."
Qu Li crossed his arms and said, "Luckily it's an embroidery needle. If it was something else, wouldn't it be the end of me?"
"You are getting married to the high priest tomorrow, so you can't say such unlucky words." Zhenniang smiled awkwardly.
"There's also a rule that the bride and groom can't see each other three days before the wedding. Don't we eat together every day?" She retorted sarcastically.
Zhenniang's expression froze and she looked at the high priest.
The high priest said indifferently: "Since this embroiderer can't even do this well, she doesn't need to be an embroiderer anymore."
When the embroiderer who came with Zhenniang heard this, her face, which was already pale, became even paler than gold paper.
"Ms. Qu, please forgive me! I have no idea how the embroidery needle ended up in the wedding gown."
The embroiderer cried until she was hoarse, and even hugged Qu Li's legs and begged desperately.
Zhenniang's expression changed several times. "High Priest, isn't this punishment too severe?"
The high priest lowered the corners of his lips and said nothing.
Qu Li's mood changed rapidly.
Is it really that she is thinking too much?
"Ms. Qu, I have children at home, and I was counting on being able to do needlework in Nishang Pavilion. If these hands are crippled, our whole family will have no way out!" The embroiderer's eyes were filled with tears.
The high priest's patience was almost exhausted. He shouted, "Now that we've figured it out, please leave! You're really noisy."
"High Priest! You are trying to kill me!"
Seeing that no matter how she begged Qu Li, it was useless, the embroiderer simply turned her attention to the high priest.
The high priest's eyes were filled with anger. "That's all your own fault! You made the mistake yourself, so shouldn't you bear all the consequences?"
"But I checked carefully, and there's no embroidery needle left behind."
The high priest was too lazy to say any more to her, "Come, drag him away."
"High Priest, you can't do this!"
The guards ignored the embroiderer's screams and pleas and dragged her out.
Zhenniang shook her head and sighed, fearing that she would be angered, so she quickly bent her body and retreated.
The atmosphere in the dining room was very depressing. Qu Li glanced at the high priest, stood up and was about to leave.
"You haven't eaten anything yet!" The high priest looked at her dimly.
"No appetite."
"Do you think I was too cruel to that embroiderer?"
"As you said, anyone who makes a mistake must have the courage to bear all the consequences. I just don't want to eat it."
The high priest sneered but said nothing more.
Qu Li frowned and returned to Lanyuan.
The desperate look of the embroiderer as she was dragged away kept replaying in my mind.
She felt that since the safety of the whole family depended on the embroiderer, she would naturally not make such a mistake.
"Tianqing, was it Zhenniang who personally delivered the wedding gown yesterday?"
"yes."
Qu Li frowned and thought to himself: Am I overthinking again?
"That's not right! I heard that Zhenniang took the wedding gown to see the high priest, and then the high priest sent someone to deliver it to me."
Qu Li's pupils suddenly shrank, and he stood up suddenly: "Ha! You really have me fooled!"
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