All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Chapter 37
Shen Liang's usually calm and refined face had cracks visible to the naked eye.

Double embroidery on one side.

There is also the outline of the landscape outlined by a few stitches.

The stitching is almost exactly the same as the square embroidered handkerchief in his collection.

Shen Lingxi has been watching his expression carefully, and saw an indescribable fanaticism in his eyes.

That fanaticism is like - what Shen Lingxi is holding in her hand is not an embroidery, but a rare treasure.

As long as you have it, you can be rich like an enemy.

Shen Lingxi had never expected such a look in her eyes.

"This, this embroidery method... Shen Fugui asked someone to teach you?" Mrs. Wang whispered in his ears, "He actually found an embroiderer who knows this embroidery method?"

Shen Lingxi turned her head to look, and saw the old ancestor looking at the embroidery pattern in her hand with a complicated expression.

"No one taught me." Shen Lingxi pretended to be relaxed and replied, "When I was burying Yaoniang's body, I saw this kind of embroidery pattern on her clothes and thought it looked good, so I tried to embroider it myself and learned it. It's not difficult .”

Chu Yan raised his eyebrows.

The embroiderer of the Shangyi Bureau in the palace pondered the embroidery skills that she hadn't figured out for several months. When she came to her, it was "nothing difficult".

Mrs. Wang asked for an embroidery frame, and looked over it over and over in her hand, her dim yellow eyes were full of worry.

Seeing that Shen Liang didn't answer for a long time, Shen Lingxi asked urgently, "Second Uncle, how about it? Do you need me to mend the embroidered handkerchief for you?"

Intuition told Shen Liang that there might be fraud in it.

But this hand-embroidered technique, and the almost identical outline of the landscape, to Shen Liang, is like a ladder going straight to the sky...

The temptation was too great, and he couldn't say no to it.

"The embroidered handkerchief is with me..."

"Since the embroidered handkerchief has been destroyed, why do you mend it?" Mrs. Wang interrupted him in a deep voice, and said to Shen Lingxi in a warm voice: "If you really want to, embroider a good one some other day and give it to your second uncle." yes."

"That's right!" Shen Ji hurriedly agreed, he didn't forget that Shen Lingxi said yesterday that the embroiderer was also investigating the matter of "embroidered handkerchiefs", "It's unlucky to repair something that is commonly used, or it's a new one." Good. Besides, your second uncle might have thrown it away long ago."

The words of the two of them were like two hammers hitting Shen Liang's head, waking him up.

Cold sweat broke out on Shen Liang's back, now that the enemy and the enemy are unknown, if he really alarmed the Embroidered Clothes Envoy, then his plan would be in vain.

"Brother is right. I have had that embroidered handkerchief thrown away. I see that the square handkerchief you are embroidering now is very good. If you embroider it some other day, just give it to me."

You have a good idea.

Shen Lingxi's eyes showed regret, "Now I can only embroider flowers and grass. I wanted to learn how to embroider landscapes with the square handkerchief of my second uncle, but I didn't expect it to fail."

"If you want to learn, there will be many opportunities for you." Shen Liang smiled at her, with a kind and loving expression on his face.

He knew the truth that too many words would lead to mistakes, so he hurriedly excused something, bid farewell to everyone, and left in a hurry.

Shen Lingxi looked at his back, her eyes flickering.

Now that the trap has been laid, it depends on whether you can take the bait.

After Shen Liang left, Mrs. Wang and Shen Ji looked much more relaxed.

After all, Mrs. Wang had something on her mind, and she showed a tired look without exchanging pleasantries with Mu Huai'an.

Mu Huai'an watched the play in a fog, and seeing that the singing was almost finished, he winked at Shen Lingxi, and took the opportunity to leave.

"Please take care of your grandmother, go back and say hello to her for me, and come to see me more when you have time." Old Mrs. Wang instructed in a pleasant manner.

Mu Huaian complied naturally.

"You go see Huai'an off." Mrs. Wang told Shen Lingxi.

Seeing this, Shen Ji saw that Mrs. Wang wanted to match Shen Lingxi and Mu Huai'an, so how could she be willing, "Tomorrow there will be an incense meeting at the Changsheng Temple, Dalang Erlang Saburo and the others haven't returned home yet, my nephew is willing to bring A Yao and Lingxi Go to see the excitement?"

How could Mu Huai'an refuse to be able to stay together with Shen Lingxi more, so he naturally responded with a smile.

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Coming out of Songzhu Courtyard, Shen Lingxi found an open waterside pavilion and talked to Mu Huai'an.

Chu Yan also followed behind Mu Huai'an.

He is a guard today, so naturally he is standing.

Mu Huai'an didn't dare to sit down, so he leaned against the pillar with his chest crossed.

"What's the matter with the embroidered handkerchief? Why haven't I heard from Zhao Afeng?"

Shen Lingxi didn't intend to hide it from him, "Aunt Zhao didn't mean to mention it, I listened to it, and I happened to see it when I was sorting out the accounts, and I thought it was a bit strange, so I invited you to sit in the town and cheat him."

"It's just a misplaced embroidered handkerchief, what's wrong?" Mu Huai'an thought, "Or is there something wrong with this embroidered handkerchief?"

Shen Lingxi: "There is a problem with the embroidered handkerchief."

"What's the question?" Mu Huai'an asked curiously.

Shen Lingxi's gaze scanned him and Chu Yan.

Seeing the doubts in the eyes of both of them, it is clear that they know nothing about this embroidered handkerchief.

She completely relaxed.

well.

At least in this matter, they are "friends rather than enemies", and things are much easier to handle.

Shen Lingxi told the truth, "In the dowry of the former crown prince Liangdi, there was an embroidery picture called "Landscape of Yunguo". It was the people of the clan who asked the court embroiderer for three years to relieve Liangdi's homesickness. Embroidered. Five years ago, after the death of the first prince, this picture was considered unknown and cut it into pieces, and the embroidered handkerchief in Shen Liang's hand was the fragment cut from this picture. "

The first prince...isn't that Chu Yan's father?
Isn't Concubine Liang the princess of Yun Kingdom who was married to the first prince in order to stabilize Yunjiang after the late emperor regained Yun Kingdom?
Mu Huai'an didn't expect the embroidered handkerchief to have such an origin, so he stood up straight and subconsciously looked at Chu Yan.

Chu Yan didn't expect such a thing to happen, and his eyebrows frowned slightly.

When it came to the old events five years ago, his eyes turned sharp, "This is the secret of the Eastern Palace. Even the people in the Eastern Palace may not know it. How did you know?"

Shen Lingxi's eyes drooped slightly.

Six years ago, after her death, her soul possessed that embroidered picture for a period of time.

Later, the embroidered picture was cut to pieces overnight.

She also passed out because of it.

When she opened her eyes again, she became the current Shen Lingxi.

However, Shen Lingxi never expected that in only five years, the embroidery picture that had been cut into pieces would become so important.

It is so important that a small piece will cost a human life.

"I, A Weng, also had a piece in my hand. It was found on the body of a young eunuch who was thrown into a mass grave five years ago. A Weng saw that it was embroidered in a special way, so he put it away."

This is what Old Man Shen told Shen Lingxi.

But today she heard from the ancestors of the Shen family that it seems that this is not the case.

However, it doesn't matter.

As long as you can convince the two people in front of you, that's fine.

Shen Lingxi's expression darkened, "Four months ago, someone offered a huge reward for this thing on the black market, and the second uncle in the coffin shop secretly took it out and planned to sell it. As a result, the person died and the embroidered handkerchief disappeared. Ah Weng was born because of this. I got a serious illness and passed away..."

　The second watch is still before 3:[-]
　　
　
(End of this chapter)