Noble Lady

"Don't be silent, just say what you want to say!"

Seeing that Xue Chenyu didn't speak for a long time, Chen Lizhu became anxious.

Xue Chenyu paused for a moment and said solemnly, "Miss Chen San asked me for advice, and I should have told her everything I know, but I'm afraid some of what I'm going to say may not be pleasant to hear."

Chen Lizhu immediately said, "It's okay. I'm a straightforward person. Just tell me what you want to say."

It's kind of creepy just looking at people without saying anything.

Xue Chenyu did not doubt Chen Lizhu's words that she was straightforward.

From the last time she deliberately acted like that for fear that others would look down on her, and then she turned her face away when they disagreed with her, it can be seen that she is a straightforward person.

At least he doesn't have any scheming intentions. He can't even hide his thoughts, they're almost written on his face.

Xue Chenyu put down the soft pink silk gown and said, "We say tailoring is made to measure. The price of the material is secondary. The most important thing for clothes is that they fit you well."

"Take the Shu brocade from last time as an example. Shu brocade is expensive, but it is more suitable for noble ladies like the Imperial Concubine."

"And this pink soft smoke silk is more suitable for petite girls."

"Miss Chen San, you have such a bright and majestic appearance. If you blindly pursue nobility or petite and delicate beauty like others, it may be counterproductive."

Chen Lizhu paused, "You mean, there are villains around me."

This is a statement, not a question.

Xue Chenyu smiled and said, "That's what Miss Chen San said herself, not me. But you're so smart, you should be able to find clothes that suit you."

"As for dealing with those two traitors around you, that shouldn't be a problem for you."

Although Chen Lizhu is a straightforward person, she is the legitimate daughter raised in the Duke's Mansion. She has been moving around in the palace for many years and is accustomed to many ups and downs.

Xue Chenyu was not surprised that she understood what he meant so quickly. Besides, the maid he brought last time was not there this time.

"Thank you very much for what you did today. Chen Lizhu will definitely come to express her gratitude with a gift someday."

After Chen Lizhu finished speaking solemnly, she packed up her things and left with her maid.

The next time we met, she had already thrown away the clothes and jewelry that no longer suited her.

The bright red dress makes her whole body look glowing white, and the simple and elegant headwear makes her shine and impossible to ignore no matter she is standing in the crowd or in an unnoticed corner.

However, that is all a story for later.

As soon as Chen Lizhu left, Xue Chenyu left too.

However, she did not rush back to the He family, but went to the blacksmith shop in the city.

In their previous life, He Minzhi and his companions plotted against the Xue family by opening a loophole through that rascal Xue Huai.

At that time, she was still foolishly devoted to He Minzhi, so naturally she never told her family that he was not good to her.

Xue Huai was having a quarrel with his father because of his plan to join the army. He Minzhi took the opportunity to give him a handy sword and said a few words of encouragement to him. He treated He Minzhi like a good horse meeting a good horse trainer and trusted him wholeheartedly.

He also took He Minzhi's words as his guiding principle and believed in his bullshit saying that a good man should be chivalrous and righteous, and would help others when he saw injustice.

But later, because of the sword and He Minzhi's instigation, Xue Huai hurt someone he shouldn't have hurt and lost his life. The Xue family of Wu'an Marquis Mansion was also convicted for this.

Although it wasn't time yet, she wanted to prevent that from happening.

Xue Xiaohuai’s birthday is next month. He has received support and care from his elder sister, so naturally he won’t need other people’s hypocrisy in the future.

Secondly, she also wanted to find a handy weapon to defend herself.

The He family is a den of thieves and demons who eat people without leaving any bones.

At present, the core interests of the He family have not been touched. If there are major moves next, there is no guarantee that this family will do something cruel.

Xue Chenyu took out the drawn pattern and asked the blacksmith to make one according to the pattern.

The blacksmith looked at her blueprint and said, "It's fine for ordinary swords, but not this one."

"Looking at its shape, I can tell you that ordinary iron can't make a sword like this. It has to be fine iron that's been tempered hundreds of times into steel to have this kind of toughness."

Fine iron, the raw materials for the first step are hard to find.

Salt and iron have always been controlled by the imperial court. It is impossible for an ordinary blacksmith shop to have fine iron, let alone the technical means to make steel through repeated tempering.

Xue Chenyu drew the sword based on her memory, but she had no idea that the sword had such a history.

In his previous life, He Minzhi really spent a lot of money to win over that brat Xue Huai.

The blacksmith couldn't make it, and she didn't want to make things difficult for him, so she had to find another way to prepare a birthday gift.

And she couldn't find a suitable self-defense weapon.

There were only some common farm tools in the blacksmith shop, and the knives were all kitchen knives. She couldn't use those things to defend herself.

Although I came back empty-handed this time, it wasn't a wasted trip.

At least I know that the sword in the previous life has an extraordinary origin.

It would not be difficult for Princess Duanyang to get the sword that was tempered into steel a hundred times, but how could she give such a precious thing to He Minzhi?

There must be many secrets behind this that she doesn't know.

Get on the carriage back to the He family.

"Yuzhu, is there still no progress on He Minzhi's side?"

Upon hearing this, Yuzhu replied, "There really hasn't been any progress. We've had people monitoring them for a few days, and apart from doing... ahem, that thing, they rarely mention anything else."

Xue Chenyu sneered in her heart.

Since they got married, He Minzhi has never touched her. Even on their wedding night, Yuzhu cut her hand and used a fake white handkerchief.

In front of her, He Minzhi always maintained the demeanor of Liu Xiahui.

She originally thought that he was just a monk who was not interested in women, but it turned out that he was just like that.

"Then let's add fuel to the fire."

Xue Chenyu smiled and beckoned Yuzhu to come over and listen.

"You are like this..."

Yuzhu was stunned for a moment, and after a while she asked uncertainly, "Miss, isn't this a bit too extreme?"

"Ok?"

Seeing Xue Chenyu's eyebrows slightly raised, Yuzhu hurriedly said, "Don't be angry, young lady. Yuzhu didn't mean that. Yuzhu meant, what if you push him too hard and he becomes desperate? Then he will come to you to vent his anger again."

"Desperate dogs will eventually jump over the wall. If we don't push him a little, there will be no progress on this matter."

Yuzhu: "Okay, I'll do it right away."

Yuzhu got off the car halfway and left Qiuhua to look after Xue Chenyu.

Qiuhua and Dongyue were both maidservants from the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion. She thought Qiuhua also practiced martial arts and might know where to find the fine iron, so she asked.

Qiuhua's face was also downcast with worry as she said, "Miss, not to mention that our Dasheng Salt and Iron are all controlled by the imperial court, even that refined iron is not an ordinary thing."

As she spoke, she lowered her voice, "Although our Dasheng is prosperous and wealthy, we value culture over military power. Our iron and steel smelting skills are far inferior to those of the nomadic peoples of the northern grasslands. The entire Dasheng doesn't have much refined iron."

"Let alone our Marquisate, even if the royal family wanted to get fine iron, it wouldn't be easy, let alone forged steel. Even if they had it, it would be military equipment. I dare not talk about it casually."

Xue Chenyu was stunned.