The daily life of the concubine of the Prime Minister

In the blink of an eye, a new month has begun, and Liu Yu is still teaching the embroiderers in Uncle Chen's embroidery workshop new patterns.

Someone came in to report that the double-sided embroidery stall outside the west city had closed.

Liu Yu put down the work in his hands and went to the west city.

Upon hearing the news, Uncle Chen, who was sealing up last month's general account, put down his work and followed Liu Yu out the door.

When Liu Yu and Uncle Chen arrived, the West City Gate was already crowded with people. Although not all of them were there to buy double-sided embroidery, there were still quite a few of them. About 50% of them were there to buy double-sided embroidery.

Twenty percent of them are weaving shop owners.

When they arrived under the big locust tree, they saw a big-bellied man dressed in brocade standing and pulling a woman in her thirties, talking about hiring her to be a weaving master.

While Liu Yu was observing others, someone was also observing her.

She seemed to sense something and turned around to see Shopkeeper Tong standing at the root of the locust tree, followed by the shopkeepers of the shops where Liu Yu was bidding for the palace costume.

They looked at Liu Yu, not knowing what they were saying. When they saw Liu Yu looking at them, they shut up.

Liu Yu was not interested in what they said. He nodded to Manager Tong and then looked away.

The shopkeeper with a big belly was still talking, but the woman obviously disagreed:

"Shopkeeper, I'm really sorry, I don't plan to be a master in a weaving workshop. Besides, compared to our embroidery, patterns, and needlework, the Jade Needle Hall in the capital is much more mature."

"I didn't know that! But Yuzhentang doesn't pass on the secrets to others! Otherwise, why would I brave the cold wind to come to you?" The shopkeeper spoke in a low voice, but the woman still heard it.

The woman was more direct:

"Then I have no other choice. Please go back, shopkeeper!"

While the shopkeeper and the woman were talking, Liu Yu asked Guyu to blend in with the crowd and bought a double-sided embroidered landscape painting and a handkerchief.

Liu Yu took it and examined it carefully. Although Liu's acupuncture method was very similar to his, there were still big differences if one looked closely.

Her needlework was improved by her.

The person who embroidered this handkerchief was the one who originally used the double-sided embroidery technique in his previous life.

That’s right, this is exactly the person she is looking for, the person who created double-sided embroidery, the person she feels most indebted to, and also the person she is most grateful to.

Liu Yu looked up at the woman at the booth, smiling and introducing double-sided embroidery to customers. Liu Yu looked up and down at the woman in the distance. She was wearing a black linen dress, her skin was sallow, and her fingers were rough.

She was almost certain that these double-sided embroideries were not embroidered by this woman.

Once the head is exposed, I must find out who it is.

Liu Yu raised his foot and walked towards the stall.

But just as she was about to approach the stall, someone suddenly got there first, passed her and walked to the front of the stall.

This person was none other than Shopkeeper Tong.

I don't know what Shopkeeper Tong and the woman talked about. The woman didn't treat Shopkeeper Tong with a cold brow like she did with the previous shopkeeper. They chatted very happily and there was even a faint smile on the woman's face.

It took more than an hour before Shopkeeper Tong left.

Before leaving, he still glanced at Liu Yu on purpose.

"Third sister-in-law, Shopkeeper Tong seems to be looking at you with great pride." Uncle Chen felt a strong sense of crisis:

"You mean the stall owner doesn't agree to join Tian Xia Di Yi Fang?"

Liu Yu saw it, of course, but what she was thinking about was, what should be Manager Tong’s attitude towards her in the beginning... ?

Forget it, it’s useless to think too much. Yuzhentang and Tianxiadiyifang are destined not to be friends.

When people get along with each other, once their interests run counter to each other, they become opposed.

Liu Yu calmed down and came to the stall:

"Sister, can you tell me who embroidered these handkerchiefs? Can you introduce me to someone?"

The woman was on guard. When she came out, Limei told her that no one should know about these embroidered handkerchiefs.

"I don't know what you are talking about, these are the ones I embroidered!"

"So you've cooperated with Tianxia Diyifang?"

Uncle Chen didn't doubt it.

"The best place in the world?"

"It's Shopkeeper Tong who was looking for you just now."

The woman did not answer, but she was even more defensive. She drove the guest away directly: "That is my business. I have nothing to say. Please go away! I still say that I have no intention of entering any weaving workshop."

"I'm not here to invite you to join our weaving workshop." Liu Yu said helplessly.

"I'm the one who embroidered this handkerchief, why don't you listen to me?" The woman was very angry. She had never met someone like Liu Yu who didn't understand what others said.

Liu Yu chuckled and pointed at her hands: "Sister, your hands can't embroider double-sided embroidery."

The woman immediately hid her hands behind her back, but this action said it all.

She was very upset that she had forgotten such an important thing.

Looking at the lady in front of me, eh? Isn't she wearing double-sided embroidery?

All the clothes that the owners of weaving workshops wear on a daily basis are basically produced in their own embroidery workshops.

Especially when absorbing people with superb skills, it will further showcase the real talents of one's own weaving workshop.

Therefore, Liu Yu was the first woman to see the owner of the weaving workshop wearing a double-sided embroidered silk skirt.

Even the master beside her was wearing a double-sided embroidered gown.

There is only one, the one with jade hall.

She once again remembered the other two sentences Li Mei said, that if she saw someone from Yuzhen Hall, she could take them back to the village.

Liu Yu noticed the woman's gaze, which fell on the unusual double-sided embroidered dress on her body.

She seemed to have guessed something and reported that she and Uncle Chen were from Yuzhen Hall.

"I know that she was able to do double-sided embroidery on her own and did not plagiarize Yuzhentang. If she believes in me, she can come to Yuzhentang to discuss the double-sided embroidery art. I guarantee with the future of Yuzhentang that I will not force her to partner with Yuzhentang."

"What do you mean?"

The woman had not read much and did not understand what Liu Yu said.

Liu Yu did not explain, but instead instructed: "Just pass this message to her."

After saying this, Liu Yu stopped forcing the woman and turned around and left with Uncle Chen and the servants.

Watching Liu Yu enter the city and disappear inside the city, the woman did not call her after all.

She felt that Liu Yu was too dangerous, and she had nowhere to hide under Liu Yu's sharp gaze.

The woman decided to go back and ask Limei.

Today, as usual, business at the stall soon came to an end, and all the double-sided embroidery was sold out.

With something on her mind, she packed her things and headed for the village.

As for the other weaving workshops, they all left for the time being as the woman refused decisively and would not be persuaded by any persuasion or threats.

The woman set out from the west city gate and headed west, walking along the official road for more than ten miles and entering the mountains.

As the star approached dawn, the woman arrived at a mountain village with only fifty or so households.

The houses in the village were all made of adobe. She came to a half-collapsed house at the end of the village.

"Limei, I'm back." She placed the proceeds from selling double-sided embroidery on the only table in the house.

"Aunt Jiang."