Taoyao Order

Chapter 6
When Taoyao arrived at Zi Ling Pavilion on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, there was almost no one in the pavilion.

Those who are far away have not come back yet, and those who live nearby in Hangzhou will not live here.

Taoyao's two best friends, one of whom lives in Guangdong, has gone back to celebrate the New Year and has not returned yet.Another person who got married a year ago married in Hangzhou and is now the proprietress of Tianxianglou, the most famous restaurant in Hangzhou.

Taoyao originally wanted to go find her, but unfortunately she has gone back to her hometown in Suzhou with her newlywed husband to worship her ancestors, and it will take some time before she can come back.

Taoyao was so bored that she stayed in the pavilion and often stayed alone in the embroidery workshop.

The ladies' embroidery workshop is on the second floor of the main hall of Zi Ling Pavilion. Looking out from the window in the pavilion, there is a beautiful snow scene. Liu Yunjin walked over slowly, her embroidery shoes making a slight squeaking sound as she stepped on the wooden boards of the attic.

In this silent afternoon, it seemed a bit unexpected. Taoyao never thought that there would be anyone besides herself in the Zi Ling Pavilion. She turned around and heard Liu Yunjin smiling lovingly: "I'm lazy again."

Liu Yunjin is already over forty, but she is extremely well-maintained. She looks like she is in her thirties, but this youthfulness is not in appearance, but in aura.

She has served in the palace for many years and has been in contact with all the empresses and concubines. The noble and dignified nature of her body makes her appear extra noble, belying her true age.

"Hello, Master Liu." Taoyao stood up and saluted, then said with a smile, "I'm not lazy, it's just that it's too cold and my hands are stiff from the cold."

Liu Yunjin looked at Taoyao's slightly reserved look and did not embarrass her. He just asked her to sit down. He glanced at the embroidery in front of her that had been almost untouched from years ago to now. He did not say much about the needlework, but instead cared about it. Said: "Why did you come back so early this year?"

Tao Yao smiled slightly awkwardly, but she didn't know how to say it. She couldn't say that she came back so early just for a blind date.

"Aunt Shao's daughter in Liuye Lane is about to give birth. She hurried back, so I came back with her."

Liu Yunjin saw that Taoyao didn't want to say anything, so he didn't force it, and just said: "That's okay, I'm just afraid that you'll get bored here alone. If there's anything you don't understand, you can always come and ask me."

After saying that, Liu Yunjin stood up to leave. Looking at her lonely figure, Taoyao suddenly felt a little distressed. Master Liu had devoted his whole life to the deep palace. Now that he is older, even though he has gained countless gold, silver and fame, But in all kinds of reunion seasons, it always seems particularly lonely.

"Master Liu, let me pour you a cup of tea. You came here specifically for me. Please sit down and leave."

Taoyao wanted to talk to her.

Liu Yunjin stopped and looked at Taoyao with a loving smile: "Okay."

Taoyao went to pour a cup of hot tea for Liu Yunjin, refilled the small hand stove she had put aside with charcoal, put on the stove cover, and brought it over for Liu Yunjin to hold.

Then he sat down next to him and asked, "Master, what delicious food did you eat during the Chinese New Year? Did you go to Tianxiang Tower again?"

Liu Yunjin smiled lightly: "No, it's been cold this year and I don't like to move, so I spent my time in the Zi Ling Pavilion." Tao Yao felt sad after hearing this. During this New Year's Day, all the apprentices I went home to celebrate the New Year. The usually bustling Zi Ling Pavilion was so empty that only Master Liu was left: "Master, if I stay in Hangzhou in the future, I will accompany you to celebrate the New Year."

Hearing this, Liu Yunjin raised his eyes as if he had noticed: "It seems there is a way to stay in Hangzhou?"

Seeing Liu Yunjin's clues, Tao Yao quickly said, "No, no, I'm just saying what if."

"Which young master is he from?" Liu Yunjin ignored her and continued to ask jokingly.

However, Tao Yao felt embarrassed when he asked: "It's really not true. I haven't even written a word about my eight characters yet. Master, don't ask. I don't know what will happen to me in the future, but, I mean, if, if I really If I can stay in Hangzhou, I will definitely celebrate the New Year with Master."

Liu Yunjin looked at Taoyao tenderly, feeling grateful for her filial piety.

Liu Yunjin likes Taoyao very much. Although there are not many apprentices in Ziling Pavilion, there are dozens of them, including ladies from noble families and daughters of commoner families who are skilled in embroidery.Taoyao's background was not conspicuous, but Liu Yunjin liked her character very much.

She is always quiet on weekdays, doing her own work silently, without fighting or competing. Her embroidery skills are not among the best in this Zi Ling Pavilion, but she is still among the best.

But this girl always seems to be in a hot mood, and I occasionally catch her talking and laughing with a few girls she knows well outside, in an uninhibited and unrestrained way.

She could play with girls from the countryside, talk to ladies from dignified families, and she was even more courteous and considerate to her master.

Well-behaved, fiery, quiet, free-spirited, smart and wise, neither competitive nor competitive, outstanding and dazzling, yet low-key and silent.

Liu Yunjin always thought that she was a girl who was cold on the outside and hot on the inside. But these days, seeing her sitting alone in the embroidery workshop with her head dazed, Liu Yunjin changed her view of her again. In her deepest heart, she was afraid that It also hid another layer of coldness, otherwise, how could she endure such loneliness.

Every time he thinks about this, Liu Yunjin always wants to love her a little more and say something to her: "Although you don't want to tell me, I know what kind of person your future husband will be."

These words made Taoyao very surprised. Even she herself didn't know something: "Master knows? What kind of person is he?"

"Yaoyao," Liu Yunjin said to her seriously, "he is a sinner with a saint living in him."

Tao Yao was puzzled.

Liu Yunjin explained to her carefully: "If you focus on the beautiful character in him, you will get a saint. If you focus on the sin and evil in him, you will get a sinner."

(End of this chapter)