A blessed wife leads her husband to wealth and prosperity!

Having spent quite some time outside, and then taking on the troublesome task from the Xu family, Lin He'er had lost all interest in wandering around and simply returned to Wensong Lane.

Once back in the rented courtyard, Lin He'er went to the kitchen, skillfully grabbed a fire poker from the stove, and went straight back to her room.

Lin He'er took out an unused piece of paper from Wen Yuning's luggage, sat down at the table, and began to plan the bag that the princess wanted.

Since she is a princess, she must have seen all kinds of luxury things, especially since this gift is for her own princess mother.

This princess's vision is far beyond what ordinary people can compare to!

I didn't get much information from Princess Xiangwu today. Her main requirement was that the design be tasteful and elegant, and the patterns couldn't include animals or flowers.

This is a big problem; it basically eliminates 90% of normal compositions, leaving very little room for creativity.

Sigh, thinking of this, Lin He'er felt a bit angry at the embroiderer who had copied her work!

You should at least put in some effort; you can't completely ignore the customer's requirements, just have a general understanding, and then dare to use someone else's stuff directly.

This has serious consequences, especially since it involves someone even your own family can't afford to offend.

Lin He'er held the pen, but for a moment she really didn't know how to begin.

I can only think more about what the princess said this morning and try to extract as much useful information as possible from her limited words.

Let's start with choosing materials. Once the materials are decided, it will be easier to come up with the design.

First of all, in terms of materials, gemstones are excluded. To achieve sufficient luxury, what other materials can be used to display luxury without gemstones?

Agate, South Sea pearl, or turquoise?

While these materials can't be considered gemstones, they're still quite difficult to shape when used on bags!

Besides these, what else can be used?

Lin He'er lay on the table, deep in thought!

Think carefully about what materials you might have overlooked. For example, the custom bag you made before, the one last time, used silver thread and pearls!

Yes, pearls! I can use pearls this time too, and I think I've figured out how to make this bag with pearls.

It should perfectly meet the princess's requirements!

Lin He'er felt her mind was clear at that moment. She picked up the charcoal stick on the table and began to sketch on the paper.

Before long, the design of the bag was on paper!

A seashell-shaped women's handbag leaps off the page.

The bag on the paper is shaped like a seashell and made of pearls of different sizes. The entire bag is made of white pearls. Apart from the bag itself, Lin He'er plans to use a zipper for the opening and closing of the bag, which is both beautiful and practical.

Because the princess said that the bag doesn't need to be too big, just to hold small items, to prevent the pearls from wearing out over time, the bag needs to have a proper lining inside, so that even small items won't fall out of the bag.

As for the zipper, it should be made of silver to match the bag, so that it will be more fitting.

Having figured out what to do next, all that's left is to see if the princess is satisfied!

After finishing the drawing, it was already afternoon, and Lin He'er finally felt a little hungry.

Lin He'er took a bag of instant noodles from her suitcase, boiled water in the kitchen, and ate the instant noodles herself.

Mmm, it smells really good!

Since arriving in ancient times, I've almost forgotten what modern food tastes like.

I ate instant noodles again today, and the taste was even more satisfying than eating meat!

After finishing her instant noodles, and with the time approaching for Wen Yuning to leave the exam hall, Lin He'er tidied herself up, left the room, and went to pick her up.

After leaving the courtyard, he realized that he hadn't seen Meng Xing today and wondered what the man was doing at the moment!

As for Meng Xing, he had been waiting outside the examination hall for a long time. He, Lu Zhengping, and his servant Songzi had already rented a carriage and were waiting at the gate of the examination hall.

Meng Xing was already very familiar with the examination process for Wen Yuning.

When Lin He'er arrived outside the examination hall, she saw that there was still some distance to the entrance, and it was already too crowded to get in.

Oh dear, what a mistake! We should have come sooner.

At this moment, Songzi, who was watching the carriage outside, seemed to have seen Lin He'er and called out to her;

Madam, please wait in the carriage. Brother Meng and Master Meng are already waiting ahead.

Okay, thank you.

Lin He'er slowly moved to the carriage, right next to the carriage station.

How much longer until the exam hall doors open?

Almost there, just a little while longer. Songzi has been waiting here for quite some time.

"Why didn't you come back for dinner today?" Lin He'er asked Songzi.

Madam, we accompanied Brother Meng to escort the young master inside, and we've stayed here all day.

The master was worried about my young master, so he made us take turns eating while waiting outside.

Wow, people are taking the exam inside. There's no point in you waiting outside!

You can't say that, madam. You don't know, some candidates might encounter problems once they enter the examination room. It's better for their family members to wait outside.

Just this afternoon, a student was carried out of the exam hall. Luckily, someone from the family was waiting outside, otherwise, what would have happened to the student!

Ah! There are even people who were carried out during the exam. Do you know why?

Lin He'er never expected that something could happen once people were in the examination hall.

Sigh, it's all because that candidate was unlucky. He was assigned a bad number on the first day, and he ate a good breakfast, but after spending the whole morning next to that bad number, he was overwhelmed by the smell!

The person was naturally carried out! It's a pity that after preparing for more than two years, they missed this exam!

What a terrible account! Oh my god, what bad luck! This is just too unlucky.

In this kind of weather, imagine how strong the smell of the toilets must be after just one morning, not to mention that in ancient times, they were all dry toilets—it's terrifying to even think about.

Songzi, do you know that the exam location remains unchanged for the entire three days?

Lin He'er suddenly became concerned about this issue.

Of course, it's not fixed. I heard that the seat number is different for each exam, so everyone is just trying their luck.

The main reason is that the exam venues have different seating arrangements each day to prevent students from cheating.

Okay, according to Songzi, Wen Yuning and Lu Ran also have a chance of being assigned a bad account!

The thought that Wen Yuning might be assigned to a bad cell tomorrow or the day after made Lin He'er feel terrible.

As the two were talking, they saw a large crowd ahead, as if the examination hall doors had opened.

Songzi heard the people in front of her talking. She quickly got off her horse and onto the carriage, looking towards the gate.

"Open the door, madam. The young masters should be out soon."

Then, students began to walk out with their families. After a while, Lin He'er, standing on tiptoe, saw that the person walking in front of her looked like Meng Xing.

"Brother Meng, we're over here!" Songzi called out from the carriage.

Upon hearing Songzi's shout, Meng Xing strode forward, followed by Wen Yuning and the others, who quickly moved ahead.

When the others arrived at the carriage, Lin He'er, without speaking to them, quickly ushered the two of them into the carriage to rest.

Aside from Songzi driving the carriage, Lin He'er and Meng Xing followed the carriage back.

When they reached the alley entrance, the carriage couldn't easily go in. The two of them had a moment to catch their breath in the carriage, and then helped each other out.

Seeing that his son was walking unsteadily, Lu Zhengping quickly helped him up and led him into the room.

Brother Wen, you should go back to your room and lie down too. Lin He'er saw that the man was walking quite steadily, so she didn't go forward to help him. The two of them went straight back to their room.

Upon entering the room, Wen Yuning felt sleepy as soon as she saw the bed, lay down on it, and fell asleep instantly.

Seeing that everyone was asleep, Lin He'er quietly left the room and went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.