Yun Shang was reading a book in the hall. She was about to have a rest, when she heard Pei Lan's voice from outside, "Your Majesty, madam Gui asked if you still want to learn embroidery today?"
Yun Shang paused for a while. She felt that she was afraid of nothing in the world actually. But now though she had only learned embroidery for two days, she felt uncomfortable upon hearing the words about embroidery.
However, she thought of the sachet that Luo Qingyan had mentioned countless times. It was now still far from reality. She sighed and had to make up her mind, "Of course I'll have to learn it."
Outside the door, Pei Lan said with a smile, "Then I'll go and tell madam Gui to come here."
"Okay."
As Pei Lan's footsteps faded away, Hua'er lifted the bead curtain and came in, "I've prepared something for your majesty to embroider."
"Okay." Yun Shang felt that life was boring these days, so she lazily leaned on the couch and watched Hua Er take out a needle basket and the embroidery stick.
On the embroidery stick, there was still something that Yun Shang hadn't finished last time. Hua'er looked up at Yun Shang and asked, "Your majesty, do you want to continue the work that was not finished last time or just start a new one?"
"Let me have a look first."
Hua'er brought it to Yun Shang as she said. Yun Shang glanced at it and kept silent for a while. Then she ordered, "Change a new cloth."
She didn't remember what she was going to embroider and where she was last time.
She always felt that her memory was good, but when it came to embroidery, it seemed to be completely useless.
Hua'er found another piece of cloth and put it on the embroidery stick. She smiled and said, "I've cut five or six pieces of the same cloth. You can choose whatever you want."
"Five or six pieces of cloth?" Yun Shang raised her eyebrows and propped herself up excitedly. "Hua'er, you're so good. Do you think I can finish embroidering the sachet with only five or six pieces of cloth?"
Hearing Yun Shang's question, Hua'er couldn't help coughing. After a while, she said awkwardly, "Not really."
"Then how many should it be? Don't you think I only need five or six pieces of cloth to finish it? Why do you only prepare so many? "
Hua'er took a quick look at Yun Shang's expression. Seeing that it looked not bad, she plucked up her courage and said, "I just think that if your majesty doesn't make any progress after embroidering on five or six pieces of cloth, you will become impatient, and then give up."
Yun Shang tutted with a sigh and lay back on the couch again, "Well, you are getting bolder and bolder now. How dare you tease me like that?"
Judging from Yun Shang's tone, Hua'er knew that Yun Shang was just joking. She couldn't help laughing, "I'm just telling the truth. If your majesty want to hear my fake compliment, I can do it.
Besides, I don't think you need to learn embroidery at all. Your majesty is extremely intelligent, endowed with civil and martial virtues. Your majesty are able to not only deal with all kinds of affairs in the imperial household, but also win in the battlefield. So, what does it matter if you don't know needlework? Your majesty is the Empress, the mother of the State of Xia. Your majesty should be a motherly model of the nation. As for the job of embroidery and making shoes, just let us maids do it. "
Yun Shang lowered her eyes and chuckled, "It's indeed a fake compliment."
Hua'er shook her head like a rattle drum, "No.
It's really what I mean."
Yun Shang nodded, "All right. I trust you."
"Your Majesty, madam Gui is here."
Both of them were laughing and joking when they heard Pei Lan's report from outside.
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