Song Jinyin ate the last piece of pancake, wiped the crumbs from her mouth, and then spread her hands.
"But I don't have any balm on me."
"I guessed you didn't have one, so I brought it."
Lianxiang took out a small sapphire blue carved round box. As soon as she opened it, a faint floral fragrance came from inside.
"It's okay if you don't wipe it off on weekdays. Today we are going to get close to that big girl, so we'd better be more careful."
The small round box was handed over.
When it comes to noble people, Lianxiang is more concerned about it than usual.
And she could see clearly in her heart that Song Ci could not be afraid, but she could not.
What she wants is to get ahead, to become famous in the embroidery workshop, so that she can have a better future.
Therefore, no matter who is accompanying her today, she will not let anyone have the slightest chance of complicating her.
"Just put some on it as you like. Don't worry, this ointment is not an ordinary product found on the street."
As early as the fragrance wafted out, Song Jinyin could see the value of the ointment.
She was a little surprised in her heart. After all, most of the embroidery girls in the embroidery workshop were looking for a way to make a living. There were very few girls from wealthy families who stayed in the embroidery workshop to work.
Although Lianxiang's family does a small business, they are not so generous as to spend so much money on a box of ointment.
But although Song Jinyin had doubts, she didn't think much about it.
Lianxiang is a big-minded person. As long as she doesn't compete with her for the benefits of the embroidery workshop, it's not a bad thing to travel with her.
...
In the prefect's mansion, the eldest girl Feng Qiyu, wearing a bright yellow coat, was holding a hand stove newly sent by the maid, and was looking at the maid in front of her with her head half lowered with a straight face.
"He's looking for a girl? Who is he? Why didn't mother check?"
"Back to the eldest lady, it's not that the madam doesn't want to investigate, it's the master who gave the order that no one in the mansion is allowed to inquire about the prince."
"It was my father who gave the order again. Where is my father now?"
The man standing had anger on his face, and the more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became.
When the maid in front of her heard this, she lowered her head lower and muttered: "Master, I am at Aunt Qing's place."
With a "bang", the hand stove was smashed out.
At this time, another maid came forward upon seeing this and approached cautiously, "Girl, two embroiderers have come to the Jinyu Embroidery Studio and want to measure the girl's size."
"Measure it, it's just a spring shirt, why do they have so much trouble! Just ask them to ask the maids in the house directly!"
The girl standing was losing her patience.
In Luo City, everyone praised and complimented her. She rarely had anything she couldn't get, except for some jewelry and playthings that her father sent privately to the concubine's home. But even so, her mother would eventually make up for her.
But now, she is not even allowed to find anyone, but her father still goes to stay with the mother and daughter all day long. I wonder if she has other ideas!
"Girl, calm down."
The maid came forward to please her again, and said in a lower voice: "Everything in the house is of the previous size. The clothes must fit well, especially if the girl is good-looking. If she dresses up well, who can not be attracted to the girl?" ?”
The person in front of her looked relaxed and less angry than before. The maid took advantage of the situation and comforted her: "Of those young men that Madam chose for the girl before, none of them are powerful masters in Luo City. After seeing the girl, they all Are you planning on showing your good will?"
"My maid, you just need to dress yourself up. No matter how high the status of the prince in Kyoto is, he is still a man. How can he really neglect a beauty?"
After saying these words, the originally angry person completely lost his temper.
She glanced at her newly dyed khaki, raised her hand to smooth her dark hair on her forehead, and finally agreed.
"You are still indispensable to me. That's all. Let's bring people into the courtyard."
...
Song Jinyin followed Lian Xiang, her eyes steady in front.
When the maid came to inquire, she was also polite and generous, without any timidity.
It's just that the people standing in the courtyard are quite domineering, unwilling to look at people, and full of airs.
Lian Xiang had a smile on her face, but because of Song Ci's calmness, she became more and more curious.
"How come I didn't get it from the embroiderer last time? The spring shirt I want is not something that just anyone can make."
"Back to the eldest lady, the embroiderer last time... was in a hurry to catch up on work and was unwell, so she couldn't come to the prefect's mansion for the time being."
Lianxiang lowered her eyes, calmed down her expression, and her tone was softer than in the embroidery workshop, "But don't worry, young lady, the clothes made by our Jinyu Embroidery Workshop will definitely satisfy the girl, and there won't be any mistakes."
Song Jinyin, who was on the side, raised her eyebrows slightly and glanced at Lianxiang calmly.
Due to the incompatible relationship between Lianxiang and Xiuxiu, she thought that Lianxiang would say something about Xiuxiu, but she didn't expect that she didn't mention it at all, and even hid what Xiuxiu had done.
At this moment, Song Jinyin looked at Lianxiang with a more profound look.
Don't say anything bad about the embroidery workshop outside, but the girl in front of you can handle it more clearly than she thought.
"You don't have to tell me whether she can come or not. Besides, you can't just enter the Prefect's Mansion if you want. If I don't like the spring shirt, your embroidery workshop will no longer need to be opened in Luo City."
The tone was a bit loud, which made the listeners frown.
It's just that this is not the first time for Lianxiang to come here. He knows the temperament of the big girl in front of him, so he naturally follows her wishes.
Before leading people into the house, the eldest girl Feng Qiyu remembered the maid in front who was still saluting.
She raised her eyes impatiently, thinking of the prince again, and narrowed her eyes.
"Go and ask your mother if he is still staying at the Qian Lai Inn and that woman. My father won't let me check. Is there really nothing my mother can do? What if it's the trick of the woman in the backyard to rob her daughter? Man, when the time comes we won’t be in the slightest bit better, we’ll have to watch a concubine creep up to the front!”
"Girl, there are outsiders here..."
The maid next to them glanced at Song Jinyin and reminded them softly.
The eldest girl in front of him stopped talking, and then the maid looked back, frowned and said, "Why don't you get down quickly and do as the eldest girl told you!"
"Yes, slave, go right away."
Several people followed him into the house.
The hot air hit my face, mixed with the strong aroma of incense.
Song Jinyin was aroused by the taste, and her stomach suddenly reacted again.
"You guys move faster, I don't have time to waste with you."
The person in front looked impatient and just wanted to go to the Qianlai Inn, but when he thought of such a day, he hesitated again.
"Zi Luo, later you go to Qian Lai Inn to inquire about him in person. There is no need to identify him. After all, anyone who meets him will remember such a person."
"But girl, Qian Lai Inn never allows you to inquire about the people staying there, especially...that person is unusual. If you force yourself to go to the innkeeper, this matter will probably reach the ears of the master. "
"Then go and inquire outside the inn! Then send someone to guard there!"
While the two were talking, Lian Xiang winked at Song Jinyin and asked her to follow her to see how to measure the noble man.
As soon as Song Jinyin was hit by the smell, she suddenly felt uncomfortable. Under the pressure of holding back, the newly restored rosy color on her face gradually faded away.
The light-colored skirt spread slightly as she walked, making the charming girl look a little frail.
"If we can't find him again, I'm afraid he will go back to Kyoto. I can never..."
The person in front of him lowered his gaze to Song Jinyin's face, stopped talking, and tightened his brows again, with an undisguised look in his eyes.
"Are you the new girl in the embroidery workshop?"
"Yes, eldest girl, a folk girl has just entered the embroidery workshop not long ago."
"Your embroidery workshop is very brave. You dare to send anyone to my prefect's mansion. Is it possible that a new girl still wants to touch my clothes?"
Song Jinyin sighed secretly in her heart.
She knew that it was not unreasonable to stay away from noble people to ensure safety.
"The folk girl didn't dare. I just heard that the eldest girl in the mansion was kind-hearted and knowledgeable about embroidery, so Xiuzhang thought of letting the folk girl come and learn from Sister Lianxiang."
He said this sentence calmly and calmly, making people unable to find a reason to get angry, and they even wanted to respond to this sentence. He is a kind-hearted person.
Just seeing this face, the eldest girl in the house was quite unhappy, and her eyes were a bit gloomy.
"Just leave one embroiderer here. If there are too many, you can go out and wait."
"yes."
There was a cold wind outside, and Lian Xiang's eyebrows jumped when she heard it, but in a blink of an eye, she saw the corner of Song Ci's mouth that was not suppressed when he turned around.
Her heart suffocated, she never expected that this girl could still laugh!
...
Song Jinyin stood outside the house. She had just come out of the warm house and couldn't help but shiver a few times.
In the past, when I was punished in the Duke's Mansion, I was punished by the wind and kneeling in the cold weather, but now I don't know if I am pregnant, but I just stood in the wind, and I shivered with cold.
But Song Jinyin would rather blow some wind than smell the smell inside.
"I said you really didn't see the prince's appearance that day?"
Just as he tightened his outer shirt, he heard a small voice coming from next to him.
The vague word Crown Prince in it made Song Jinyin feel a little dazed, as if she had returned to Zhuya Courtyard again.
"There is a banquet in the main courtyard in front of me. How can I see it? But I heard that the prince is handsome and very imposing. The eldest lady fell in love with him at a glance. I don't know if this can happen."
"It's hard to say, after all, he is a nobleman from Kyoto, but all men have three wives and four concubines. Our girl is a good-looking girl, and the master has a high status. If we think of a way, it might not be difficult to enter the backyard."
Only then did Song Jinyin confirm that the person they were talking about was really Pei Yanzhou.
Her eyes did not move, and she looked straight ahead not far away.
