Yi Xin as a concubine

The original owner's needlework skills were only okay. Although Xin Baoer's sewing skills are good now, she has never embroidered a flower.

The three little sisters sat around a round table, sewing and mending with great difficulty, and finally before midnight each of them managed to sew a piece of clothing that they could wear outside.

Before going to bed, she touched the uneven embroidery and closed her eyes with satisfaction.

Well, it should be neither too outstanding nor too bad, just right.

The next day, Xin Baoer went out with increasingly dark circles under her eyes. Due to staying up late, her skin was abnormally pale. In addition, she was still wrapped in gauze, and she looked as if she was terminally ill.

"Xiao Yu, that girl..." Aunt Meng was sitting at the front dining table, looking in the direction of Xin Baoer. She turned her head to call Aunt Yu who was not far away and asked in a low voice.

"The wound on his face looks quite serious. Doctor Han said that we can try it later. Before... there were no arrangements. After all, he has a good foundation, so we just let the doctor treat him slowly." Aunt Yu replied respectfully in a low voice.

"Why do I feel that he looks a little unhealthy?" Aunt Meng continued with a frown.

"You ate so much yesterday, how come you're not feeling well now? I'm afraid it's because you weren't good enough at your work or you stayed up late." Aunt Yu took a closer look and replied with a smile.

"Oh, it's her!" Aunt Meng seemed to remember it too, nodded and said nothing more.

Seeing that she didn't ask any more questions, Aunt Yu respectfully returned to her original seat.

Xin Baoer didn't notice at all that people were talking about her. She had been staying up late for two days in a row and hadn't eaten anything yesterday at noon or in the evening. Her already poor health made her feel even more dizzy and listless, and she couldn't concentrate.

Looking at the food on the table which was much more sumptuous than yesterday, Xin Baoer wanted to eat, but was afraid that she would have to eat for the whole morning like she did yesterday. She was a little afraid to eat, and her heart was almost in a knot. She had no mood to care whether anyone was watching her or not.

"Let's eat our meal as I taught you yesterday!" Qin Sheng's gentle and warm voice sounded at the right time.

In an instant, everyone started moving. Although they tried their best to recall the dining etiquette they learned yesterday, years of habits could not be changed in a day, so all kinds of inappropriate noises would still be heard from time to time.

The palace maids and aunts and nurses were relatively patient. When they found a problem, they would go over to give guidance and rarely scolded.

Xin Baoer watched everyone's actions, picked up the chopsticks and put the vegetables one by one into her mouth hesitantly.

"There is no extra meal today, eat quickly!"

Aunt Yu's teasing voice sounded in Xin Baoer's ears, and she was startled. By the time she realized what the voice meant, Aunt Yu had already walked away.

Xin Baoer finished the meal with a red face.

Shame on you!

After dinner, everyone lined up and the palace maids and nannies moved among the crowd. Soon the crowd was divided into three waves.

The first wave of people, regardless of their appearance, just looking at their clothes, they are all of the same color and style, but the clothes they wear are smooth and neat, as if they have been ironed. The embroidery is bright in color, and the stitches are fine and smooth, lifelike. Not to mention the tailoring, which is just the right size to show the advantages of the body and fit the temperament of each person, adding a lot of brilliance to the people wearing the clothes.

Looking at the other group of people who were dragged out, it was really a horrible sight. Although there was no dirt on their faces and bodies, they obviously had a sleepless night. They looked disheveled and their faces were sallow. They were no better than beggars begging on the streets, except that they were holding a chipped bowl.

When such good cloth falls into their hands, not only can't it be embroidered, it can't even cover the body. It's as if they are just wearing a few pieces of cloth cut in different sizes and unevenly. It's really disgusting.

The contrast between these two groups of people is so stark that the large group of people in the middle feel ashamed and complacent at the same time.

The teaching maids don’t even need to speak, you already know what today’s lesson is about.

Only you can truly experience the feeling.

But Xin Baoer doesn't care. She has the theoretical and practical foundation, but she is not very interested and is unwilling to practice.

"Go back and practice hard. You don't need to have the skills of these girls, but you must be able to make a decent piece of clothing that can be seen by others. Otherwise~"

Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't even be allowed to wear new clothes in the future. After all, there are always more people in this palace who flatter the powerful and look down on the weak, and even more who take advantage of others' misfortunes.

Aunt Meng seemed to have suddenly lost interest in talking and stopped talking.

The young palace maids handed the fabrics, embroidery threads, patterns and other items to the girls, then retreated respectfully.

"What you have in your hands is allocated according to your current level. You are given three days to hand it in after three days."

Qin Sheng looked at Aunt Meng and saw that she looked depressed, so she took the initiative to speak and continue the conversation.

"Gather here at the end of the afternoon. The girls can have lunch early and rest for a while before coming back. Let's go back!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the girls who were originally happy about having plenty of time suddenly became depressed. When they went back, they all looked depressed and looked so pitiful.

Xin Baoer floated back to her residence like a ghost. It wasn't because she was worried about anything else, but because she was really sleepy. If Lianrong hadn't reminded her that she would have to wear this dress in the afternoon, she would not even change her clothes and would have fallen asleep directly on the bed.

She slept so soundly that she was not awake even when the female doctor Han came to check her wounds. When she woke up and saw that the gauze on her face only covered the scar, she was so scared that her whole body turned cold and it took her a while to recover.

"Miss, you are awake now. I just brought the food back. You can rest for a while after dinner."

Lianrong's chubby little body squeezed a small gap through the door and crawled in little by little. When she saw that her master had sat up, she spoke happily.

"Has Dr. Han been here?" Xin Baoer asked, her low voice seeming to suppress something.

Lianrong has always been perceptive and immediately noticed that something was wrong with Xin Baoer. She quickly put the food box on the table and trotted to kneel in front of Xin Baoer.

"It's my fault. I scared you. I saw you were sleeping so soundly that I didn't wake you up. Please punish me."

"This won't happen again." Xin Baoer stared at Lianrong for a long time before saying dryly.

Seeing the sincerity in the little girl's eyes without any unnecessary calculations, the coldness in his eyes dissipated a lot, but there was still some resentment in his heart.

But she also knew that this was related to her illness. She was always on edge, and any slight disturbance would be magnified infinitely in her mind and become a disaster.

"Yes, I will serve you dinner."

He tried his best to suppress the uneasiness in his heart and the bad temper that was about to explode, and took out a few calming pills and swallowed them.

"No hurry, bring me a basin of cooler water."

"Yes." Lianrong responded and ran out quickly. Soon she came back with a full basin of water.

Xin Baoer completely ignored the gauze on her face and sank her face into the basin of water. As the air gradually decreased, she gradually calmed down. She repeated this three or four times until she felt her violent emotions subsided. Then she took the towel from Lianrong and tidied herself up.

"Did I scare you?" Xin Baoer smiled reluctantly and asked Lianrong in a low voice.

Lianrong shook her head, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.

"What did Doctor Han say?" Xin Baoer's emotions had just stabilized and her attention was still a little distracted, so she didn't pay attention to Lianrong's emotions.

"The wound is quite deep. If we can find a good scar removal medicine, it can be removed. But~"

Xin Baoer heard the hesitation in Lianrong's tone, stopped opening the lunch box, and looked at her curiously.

"It's just... it's just that you're afraid you'll never be able to get out again."

Lianrong's voice was as soft as a mosquito's, but there were only the master and the servant in the room, and there was no other sound except the sudden wind outside the window.

"how come?"

Xin Baoer murmured like a lost soul. Those words were like a thunderclap, which made her dizzy and her breathing became increasingly difficult.

"Miss, Miss, please don't scare me, Miss!"

Lianrong's crying voice seemed to come from the distant sky. Xin Baoer looked at her with empty eyes, but did not respond. The edges of the scar soaked by water were slightly raised, giving people a sad and broken feeling, but this lifeless appearance was also scary.

"Girl, girl..." Lianrong kept shaking Xin Baoer, hoping to regain her sanity with this intense method.

"What's wrong with Baoer?" Zhao Xian heard Lianrong's crying voice before he even entered the room. He quickly ran a few steps, pushed the door open with force, and asked anxiously.