"Princess Daqian Yang Ruoxian? Interesting, interesting!"
Chen Keyan showed a meaningful smile, folded Su Xian's autographed letter in half, and put it close to her body.
On the desk to the side, sister Chen Keyao's eyes widened.
She stared at the autographed letter the whole time. She originally thought that the imperial sister would hand it to her after reading it, but she actually took it away from her!
"Sister Huang, what did the letter say?"
Chen Keyao stood up, walked behind Sister Huang, pinched Sister Huang's shoulders diligently, and asked very hard, "Did Brother Su mention me?"
"you?"
Chen Keyan hurriedly covered the autographed letter that she had just placed close to her body, guarding against this girl coming to snatch it, and replied casually: "No, Mr. Su only talked about what happened in Nanchu, and did not mention you."
In fact, Su Xian mentioned Chen Keyao in the letter, but it was just a sentence.
But you can't tell Yaoyao the truth, otherwise she will most likely be so excited that she can't sleep for several days.
Moreover, Chen Keyan had been wary of Su Xian and Yaoyao from the very beginning, preventing them from getting too close, so she only said "I didn't mention you."
"Ah? It's impossible, right?" Chen Keyao's round little face was full of disappointment, and her little hands that were squeezing her shoulders stopped and stopped.
"I forgot that Mr. Su didn't mention you." A new idea suddenly came to Chen Keyan's mind, and she immediately changed her mind.
"Really? What did Brother Su say? Sister Huang, please tell me quickly." Chen Keyao felt happy, and hope ignited again in her pure eyes.
The little hand that had stopped squeezing the shoulders just now seemed to be equipped with a motor, speeding up, ten times more diligent than before!
Chen Keyan turned her head, looked at her sister's expectant look, and smiled:
"In the letter, Mr. Su told you to be good and listen to my father and me. Don't just think about playing and eating all day long. You should also learn to grow up slowly."
After saying this, she was ready for Chen Keyao to object, protest, and complain.
Because Emperor Chen, Prince Tian, Concubine Mu, and she had said similar words countless times.
But Chen Keyao just couldn't listen.
The reason why she changed her story was that she wanted to use Su Xian's words to teach Chen Keyao a lesson.
But she didn't think it would have any effect.
Just give it a try casually.
"Brother Su, please rest assured. I understand. From today on, I will grow up and will no longer be naughty and playful!"
To Chen Keyan's surprise, Chen Keyao didn't object, protest or complain. Instead, she looked like she had listened and swore to the sky seriously.
"Yaoyao you..."
Chen Keyan couldn't understand and looked stunned.
Chen Keyao turned a deaf ear to what she, Emperor Chen, his mother-in-law, and Prince Tian all said, but why could she listen to what Su Xian said?
Chen Keyan couldn't accept it for a while.
Is this her biological sister or Su Xian's biological sister?
Feeling a little jealous in her heart, her expression changed slightly, and she looked at her sister and said, "You may sound nice in words, but in reality? I'm afraid it's another story, right?"
"No!" Chen Keyao immediately retorted:
"Sister Huang, you don't know. She has really grown up and started doing serious things. She is no longer the playful and naughty Chen Keyao before!"
"Really?" Chen Keyan didn't believe it.
"Of course, just now, I did embroidery all afternoon. I was not naughty and did not disturb the imperial sister."
"Um……"
Hearing what she said, Chen Keyan suddenly remembered that in the second half of this afternoon, this girl was indeed much quieter. For a time, she thought she had run away secretly.
what happened? Could it be that this girl really grew up in one day?
When Chen Keyao saw the strange expression on the emperor's sister's face, as if she still didn't believe her, he walked to his desk, picked up the embroidery he had been working on all afternoon, covered his heart mysteriously, and looked at the emperor's sister:
"This is embroidery that I worked hard and carefully on all afternoon. Isn't this a serious thing?"
"It's really serious business."
Chen Keyan nodded and then fell into deep thought. Why did this girl suddenly change? It's incredible that I can spend an entire afternoon doing embroidery in peace.
She had a change of heart and decided to strike while the iron was hot.
Being able to sit down and do embroidery peacefully is just the first step. There are still many things to come.
For example, the practicality of the embroidery, the exquisiteness of the embroidery, and efficiency, etc., are all very important.
Ever since, Chen Keyan, who had not completely dissipated the jealousy in her heart, started a long speech, which she summarized in one sentence: "Yao Yao, you just learned to do embroidery not long ago, and what you make must be garbage. You need more practice." .”
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Chen Keyao jumped up on the spot.
In her eyes, the embroidery she had worked so hard on all afternoon was a perfect masterpiece. How could it be regarded as unsightly garbage by the imperial sister?
It was something she embroidered stitch by stitch. It was very precious, just like her child. The more she looked at it, the more she liked it, and the more she looked at it, the more she couldn't put it down.
Feeling offended, she immediately retorted:
"No, the imperial sister doesn't know something. She's done a good job. With my princess's ingenuity, I dare not say that all the embroiderers in the world, at least in Nanchen area, can't do it as well as I do!"
"oh?"
Chen Keyan was a little surprised, looked at her confident sister and smiled: "In that case, show it to me."
"Just take a look."
Chen Keyao was mysterious. She worked hard on embroidery all afternoon and slowly approached Sister Huang. Her face was full of pride and she reminded her thoughtfully:
"Sister Huang, don't be too surprised later."
"What's the meaning?"
"I'm afraid that my work will be too stunning and might catch Sister Huang's eyes, so I'll take precautions in advance for Sister Huang." Chen Keyao held her head high, her clear and pure eyes showing confidence and pride.
"Really?" Chen Keyan became more and more curious, what gave Yaoyao so much confidence? Could it be that this girl is really an embroidery genius?
Needless to say, she really had some expectations in her heart. Although Yaoyao is a naughty and playful child, she does have an active mind and a clever mind...
"Sister Huang, are you ready?" Chen Keyao walked up to Sister Huang, still holding her embroidery in her hands, mysteriously.
"Ready."
"Then...sister, prepare to be shocked!"
Chen Keyao grasped the left and right edges of the embroidery with both hands, as if offering a treasure, and violently displayed the embroidery in front of the emperor's sister. She even dubbed the voice with a proud look on her face:
"Dang-dang-dang! Princess, please look!"
It gives people a feeling of "grand debut".
Chen Keyan had been looking forward to it for a long time and immediately looked intently——
immediately.
The expression on her face slowly solidified.
The trace of expectation in his eyes dissipated in an instant.
This is the thorn... thing that Yaoyao spent an afternoon making... tinkering with?
"Sister Huang was so shocked that she couldn't speak!" When Chen Keyao saw this, she was trembling with excitement and her face was as red as two red apples.
Chen Keyan couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth. When she came back to her senses, she thought about it carefully. Although she didn't want to undermine her sister's self-confidence, she couldn't ignore the facts, right?
After thinking for a long time, she glanced at Chen Keyao's "masterpiece" and slowly said:
"Yao Yao, the two stones you embroidered are quite vivid, but why are the stones floating on the water?"
“Two stones???”
Chen Keyao's expression changed on the spot, the redness on his face had not receded, and his clear and pure eyes were full of astonishment and disbelief.
She still held the embroidery high with both hands, and turned her head to look forward. Was she holding it correctly? Then he looked at the imperial sister, frowned and corrected:
"Sister Huang, are you mistaken? These are not stones. They are clearly two mandarin ducks with wet feathers! What they embroidered is the mandarin ducks playing in the water, not two stones floating on the water!"
"mandarin duck……"
Chen Keyan paused again and almost stopped.
Is this a mandarin duck?
She couldn't even make out the outline of the duck.
These miraculous, well-proportioned, and uneven stitches, when combined together, are not stones.
…
finally.
Chen Keyao took her exquisite masterpiece - "Mandarin Ducks Playing in the Water" and returned to her Yue Princess Mansion.
Although the emperor's sister didn't say it explicitly, she could tell that the emperor's sister disliked her poor embroidery skills.
It was clearly a beautiful mandarin duck playing in the water, but it turned out to be slandered by the imperial sister as... two stones floating on the water!
To be honest, Chen Keyao was really angry.
The imperial sister must be jealous of her embroidery work.
Yes, that's it.
She was in a bad mood. After returning to the Yue Kingdom Princess Mansion, the maids who were waiting on her followed her. She bowed politely and said, "Greetings to Your Highness, Princess."
"Yeah." Chen Keyao nodded.
In the past, she would have joked with the palace maids, but now she was in a bad mood, so she didn't speak, and there was always a dull displeasure between her eyebrows.
Returning to the dormitory, only two personal maids came in.
While the maids were dressing her, they were looking for topics to talk about and asked:
"His Royal Highness has been away for a day today, and the servants are very worried..."
"What are you worried about?" Chen Keyao was still a little unhappy and her tone was a little harsh.
"Uh... the slaves are worried that the eldest princess will force His Highness to do something that His Highness doesn't like, such as embroidery or something." The palace maid replied.
"Sister Huang didn't force me. I volunteered to do embroidery." Chen Keyao said, his big eyes suddenly lit up, and he held the two palace maids with both hands.
"Your Highness?" The two palace maids stopped changing their clothes at the same time and looked at her in confusion.
"I got a treasure today, and I brought it back specially to open your eyes." Chen Keyao's eyes rolled around, secretly thinking about something in her heart.
The treasure she was talking about was the mandarin ducks playing in the water embroidery made by her.
"In order to obtain this fine piece of art, I spent a total of... ten thousand taels of silver!" Chen Keyao added. She planned not to reveal that the embroidery was made by her, but to wait and see how the two palace maids would react.
"I wonder what treasure the princess has brought back? The servants are very curious." The two maids cooperated very well, with smiles of anticipation, excitement and excitement on their faces.
Chen Keyao put one hand into her close-fitting clothes, groped carefully, looked at the two palace maids and reminded:
"This treasure of mine is a rare embroidery in the world. It is extremely exquisite. When you see it later, you must not be surprised, scream, or lose control. Do you understand?"
"Princess, don't worry, the slaves will not scream out of control." The two palace ladies were really aroused and stared at Chen Keyao's hand.
Chen Keyao finally took out something from her close-fitting clothes, held it with both hands, displayed it in front of the two palace ladies, and asked excitedly:
"How about it? Is it very beautiful? Is this a treasure? Is this a good thing?"
"Well……"
The two palace maids looked at each other, the look of expectation on their faces disappeared in an instant, and they frowned: "Princess, what is this? Two stones floating on the water? What I embroidered when I was three years old was better than this!"
Another palace maid also said:
"Your Highness, could you be deceived? This... thing can be said to be worthless. Who is the person who deceived His Highness? Damn it, even the princess dared to deceive him!"
"..."
After hearing this, Chen Keyao's excited smile and expression of waiting for praise froze for an instant, and then slowly disappeared.
Two stones floating on water?
This is mandarin ducks playing in the water!
Is this palace maid also blind?
And another palace maid said that this embroidery is worthless? Someone else cheated on her? When you were three years old, your embroidery was better than this?
These unceremonious words were like sharp swords, piercing directly into Chen Keyao's heart.
"you……"
She was immediately struck, and the "exquisite embroidery" she held high was slowly put down, and she held it tightly in her little hands, while water gradually filled her clear and pure eyes.
She finally understood.
Just now in the study room of Princess Wu's mansion, the imperial sister was not jealous of her.
But her embroidery skills are really amazing.
A mandarin duck playing in the water was embroidered into two stones floating on the water.
She felt so childish and ridiculous...
Seeing the sudden change in Chen Keyao's expression, the maids thought she realized that she had been deceived and felt uncomfortable, so they advised:
"Don't be afraid, princess. Who defrauded the princess of ten thousand taels? The princess can tell the eldest princess or your majesty, and the bad guy will definitely be caught and prosecuted!"
Chen Keyao's round little face was full of loneliness.
She turned to look at the concerned palace maid, pursed her lips, and finally said: "This painting... mandarin ducks playing in the water... was actually made by me, and it took me an afternoon to make it!"
"What?!"
When the two palace maids heard this, they were dumbfounded on the spot.
While looking at each other, there was deep fear in their eyes.
It's over now, what did they just say?
This is a mandarin duck playing in the water embroidered by the princess herself. What did they actually say were "two stones floating on the water"? And you say this embroidery is worthless?
Oops!
The two palace maids were immediately frightened.
After they looked at each other again, they reached a decision with a tacit understanding——
Put this matter to rest.
Avoid being punished and being shoed by the princess.
"What do you mean?" After the plan was decided, the expression of a palace goddess suddenly changed, as if she had remembered something. With a serious and eager expression on her face, she looked at Chen Keyao and said:
"Princess, please allow me to admire this embroidery again. It seems that I have discovered something unusual. Perhaps, I have all taken a wrong look!"
"really?"
Chen Keyao was stunned for a moment, then thought about it and handed over the embroidery.
The palace maid immediately bent down and raised her hands above her head with a very solemn expression, as if she was welcoming a priceless national treasure.
After taking over the embroidery, the two palace maids got together and after some "serious", "careful" and "serious" appreciation, they brought out a lot of professional terms that Chen Keyao couldn't understand, such as "fish bone embroidery", "Satin embroidery" and so on, and finally came to a conclusion——
This embroidery of mandarin ducks playing in the water is a rare treasure!
Priceless, comparable to a national treasure!
The most famous embroiderer in the world only gives shoes to the ingenious Chen Keyao.
They worshiped Chen Keyao with a strange look in their eyes...
When Chen Keyao heard what they said, she immediately became happy, her face was as red as two red apples, and she said happily in her heart:
"It turns out that I am so powerful, so it is decided that I will use my current embroidery skills to sew clothes for Brother Su. Brother Su will be very shocked when he receives my gift!"
