Traitor Concubine Growth Manual

Chapter 23

On the second day after the edict was issued, Chu Yan took office as a new official.

The embroidery room is a new place for Chu Yan. Although the specification is the same as other palaces, it is full of things related to needlework.

Jiang Shanggong showed her around the rooms including the warehouse, and explained to her one by one what the maids of the palace do on weekdays. Assign tasks as needed.

Of course, now that Chu Yan is here, she has to figure out these tasks bit by bit, and get started as soon as possible.

"Miss doesn't know that the maids in the embroidery room are good at different jobs. Some Su embroidery are better at it, while others are more inclined to Shu embroidery. Not only are there differences in styles, but even the ability to match colors is also uneven. Take Jinyue as an example. Said that her color matching skill is one of the best in the embroidery room, but it is always brighter, not as fresh and elegant as Luo Su's. If the Queen Mother wants some embroidery, she must not ask Jinyue to color it, because the Queen Mother always likes embroidery. Light, I don't like those brightly colored tones."

Jiang Shanggong stood on the promenade and finished speaking to her, and then signaled the maid to open the door of the embroidery room hall, "Miss, please, everyone in the embroidery room is inside, please give me a lecture."

The so-called reprimand is to establish prestige, Chu Yan has just arrived, and she is also an airborne female officer, her status is directly equal to Jiang Shanggong, the top leader of the embroidery house, so she naturally has to say a few words to everyone.

Chu Yan silently digested Jiang Shanggong's words in her heart, then raised her head calmly and stepped into the hall.

This is the place where the ladies of the court work. There are two rows of embroidery tables neatly arranged in the hall. At a glance, there are about twenty or so.Chu Yan saw that the maids were all bowing their heads, standing neatly in two rows. Seeing her coming in, she greeted her in unison, "Meet Aunt Zhao!"

Aunt Zhao?
Chu Yan's expression froze for a moment, why can other female officials be called Aunt Yun and Aunt Yue, but when they come to her, they become the rustic Aunt Zhao?

In order to sound more pleasing to the ears, she cleared her throat and said with a smile, "Call me Auntie Chuyan."

Jiang Shanggong originally thought that the one who came would be such a powerful master, otherwise she wouldn't have been airborne directly. Unexpectedly, this girl changed her name in a bad manner as soon as she came, and she was really... a child who didn't grow up.

At the moment, I was also relieved, and looked at her with a smile.

Everyone shouted again, "I met Aunt Chuyan!"

This time it sounded more pleasing to the ear, Chu Yan nodded with a smile, "From today onwards, I have officially become a member of the Embroidery House. Although the official position given by His Royal Highness is equal to that of Jiang Shanggong, I am still a newcomer. Newcomers, everything depends on Jiang Shanggong's guidance, maybe even inferior to you in terms of familiarity with daily affairs, if there are mistakes, I hope everyone will forgive me."

What I said was very polite, but it was clearly revealed in the words that this position was given by His Royal Highness, even if she is a newcomer, even if she still has many unfamiliar places, but with the authority of the representative behind her , and don't let anyone try to ride on her head.

In her previous life, Chu Yan held too many meetings and listened to too many leaders' speeches. She finally remembered how to use a beautiful official accent.

Seeing the court ladies bowing their heads respectfully and applauding once again, Chu Yan withdrew her gaze in satisfaction, "Because I am not familiar with you, so I hope you will introduce yourself, needless to say, just tell me your name and Good embroidery style is good."

She looked back at Hanzhi, Hanzhi immediately understood, took out the booklet and pen that she had prepared in advance, and recorded all the details in detail according to Chu Yan's instructions.

There were many people in the embroidering room, and there were about twenty embroidering girls in this hall alone. Chu Yan knew that she couldn't remember it all, so she asked Hanzhi to prepare it in advance.

Jiang Shanggong looked at her with admiration. He thought she was a child at first, but suddenly remembered that she wanted to be a female official, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince indulged her, so she was assigned.

So the 23 court ladies began to introduce themselves one by one.

"The servant girl is called Liu Xu, and she is good at Shu embroidery."

"The servant girl is called Ying Huan, and she is good at Cantonese embroidery"

Chu Yan looked at them one by one, and the last thing she remembered was the two mentioned by Jiang Shanggong, one was Jinyue, who was good at Su embroidery with bright colors, and the other was Luo Su, who was good at brocade embroidery and had elegant and calm colors.

The embroidery room is full of court ladies, all of them are young, Chu Yan can't see them all.

After recognizing the maids, she looked around at the things that everyone was embroidering under the leadership of Jiang Shanggong. Jinyue and Luosu were located at the first two rows of embroidery tables, and it could be seen that the things they embroidered Whether it is stitching or color matching, it is more complicated than others, and it is obviously entrusted with important tasks.

"In the past few days, everyone has been busy embroidering futon leg pads for the Empress. I let Jinyue and Luosu take care of the main part, and leave the fringes to other people." Jiang Shanggong explained.

Empress?Chu Yan pondered in her mind for a while before she remembered this person. The emperor only favored the imperial concubine Rong, and all the concubines lost their status, but this empress was the only one who still enjoyed the respect of the emperor and the imperial concubine Rong, because her mother Yitianxia, ​​broad-minded, never care about gains and losses.

But since the crown prince became the heir apparent, she seemed to be not feeling well, so she stayed silently in Jingshang Palace, eating vegetarian food and praying to Buddha, no longer caring about outside affairs, and rarely even participating in state banquets and family banquets.Over time, people outside almost forgot the existence of such a queen.

Chu Yan knew that she had to recharge her energy, because this time, she would definitely be responsible for what the queen wanted, and she had just arrived, and she didn't even fully understand the rules of the embroidery room. Want to poke Lou Zi.

This day is because of recognizing people and remembering what Jiang Shanggong said about the embroidered room. She was exhausted every day. When she returned to Yuanxi Palace, she had no strength to go to the main hall to eat, and fell on the bed. sleep.

Hanzhi walked in with the food and said softly, "Miss, get up and eat something before going to sleep!"

Chu Yan lay on the bed and muttered, "Put it there, eat it after you wake up."

Unexpectedly, Zhao Ronghua's voice suddenly came from the door, "Why don't the food get cold after waking up to eat? Miss's house, how can you be so careless? If you eat too much cold food, you will be the one who suffers in the future."

Chu Yan got up quickly, and honestly called out, "Auntie."

His mouth was pouted, but he obediently sat on the edge of the table, and consciously picked up the food Hanzhi sent and began to eat.

She had never enjoyed maternal love in her previous life, but she met Zhao Ronghua in this life. Even though this aunt is a traditional ancient woman with a mind full of the idea that her husband is the world, she has absolutely nothing to say about her kindness to Chu Yan.

Because of the discord with the prince, Zhao Ronghua regarded Chu Yan as his own daughter, and the nine years of getting along gradually established a deep relationship between the two.She loves and loves Chu Yan, and Chu Yan also thinks that she is like her own mother.

So when dealing with Zhao Ronghua, although she sometimes finds it difficult to communicate, she has always obeyed her words in these matters, like a well-behaved and filial daughter.

Seeing her exhausted like this, Zhao Ronghua couldn't help muttering, "It's all about being a female official in an embroidery house, and I'm so tired that I don't even want to eat. I don't think it's a good job for this female official, so as not to be exhausted... Where is your golden body?" Used to embroider things for others?"

Chu Yan knew what she was going to say next, so she raised her head and smiled at her, and said coquettishly, "Auntie, I've been idle for so many years, and it's boring to be stuck in this palace, why don't you go out and do something so that people know you The girls I teach are not embroidered pillows who are idle at home and can't make anything."

"Yes, yes, you are not an embroidered pillow, you can at least make an embroidered pillow." Zhao Ronghua was teased by her and smiled, but the next moment he walked up to her, patted her hand, and smiled slightly, " You are my aunt's niece, and also the daughter of the Zhao family. My aunt is very relieved of you, but this is the palace after all. You know people and face but don't know your heart. Aunt... Aunt is still afraid that you will suffer. If you are bullied outside , must come back and tell aunt, aunt will never allow anyone to underestimate you, you know?"

Hearing these words, Chu Yan's eyes became hot, and she simply hugged her, but after hugging her, she felt that the graceful and luxurious Zhao Ronghua nine years ago was already old, and her body was slightly bent. , without the company of her son, without the favor of her husband, she will grow old prematurely.

Chu Yan buried her head on her shoulder, held back her sore eyes, and pretended to be relaxed, "With my aunt here, who would dare to bully Yan Yan? I'm not afraid of anything, but I'm afraid that my aunt will get angry with me. As long as my aunt loves me, I will never miss leaving."

Zhao Ronghua was made dumbfounded by her again, "How big of a man is he, and always acts like a baby like a child."

"No matter how old I am, I will be my aunt's little niece, and I will rely on my aunt for the rest of my life." Chu Yan said sincerely, even if Zhao Ronghua was not thoughtful enough, even if she always made some inappropriate decisions about herself and the prince, But there is a lot of love for myself.

Because they are relatives, they will not dislike each other, just like a son does not dislike his mother's ugliness, and a dog does not dislike a poor family.

So she will not dislike Zhao Ronghua, she can only do her best to fulfill her wish, so that she will have less burden and live a more relaxed life.

After eating, she took a bath and changed clothes under Hanzhi's service, and finally got into the bed and slept until the second day.

When Hanzhi called her in the morning, she opened her eyes and looked outside, the sky was still dark, exactly the same as last night, so she couldn't help but said vaguely, "What time is it, let's sleep for a while. "

Hanzhi rushed to the bed with the clothes in his hands, "This is impossible, Miss is going to the embroidery room today, it's almost time!"

It was only then that Chu Yan remembered that she was already a female official in the embroidery room and had to get up early, she couldn't help sighing, and got up resignedly, "If I had known that I would have to get up so early to be a female official, I might as well be wrong."

But the complaints are the complaints, and in the end, I still have to get dressed neatly and step on the chariot to head for the embroidery room.

This is the beginning of her career as a female officer, and I hope everything goes well.

But what Chu Yan didn't expect was that in the first few days after the new official took office, she encountered a big trouble.

Whether it was intentional or not, the belt that Jinyue was responsible for sending to the prince was bitten by a mouse overnight, and seeing that Chenxiang would come to pick it up in the afternoon, Jinyue was about to cry.

Chu Yan frowned, "Why are you crying? You just need to embroider, and you can cry out a belt just by crying?"

Jinyue told her weepingly, "The thread embroidered on this belt is the golden silk tribute from Suzhou, and the quantity is extremely limited, because the belt was about to be finished yesterday, and the remaining silk thread was also put together, and it's not just the belt that has been bitten by mice right now." , and golden silk, and the amount left in the storeroom is no longer enough to embroider another belt.”

Regardless of asking why rats suddenly appeared in the elegant embroidery room, Chu Yan looked at the rotten belt and pondered for a while, and finally sat in Jinyue's seat by herself, "Go to the warehouse and bring the remaining silk!"

The voice is decisive and neat, without any sloppiness.

All the maids in the embroidery room gathered around, and Jiang Shanggong also stepped into the hall at this time, "Miss, do you want to do it yourself?"

"Otherwise? You can't just sit back and watch anxiously and do nothing, can you?" Chu Yan sighed, "Jinyue, go and get the golden silk, Luosu is in charge of color matching, and Jinyue is helping to tie the thread, this afternoon Before, we had to get the belt out."

This is her second day in office, if something goes wrong as soon as she arrives, it will be very bad.

She still remembered that Luosu's color scheme was relatively plain, and the prince was a man, so bright colors were not suitable for him, and it would be best for Luosu to match.As for the lack of golden silk, she can only use the creativity of modern people to embroider some patterns.

Chu Yan was concentrating on thinking about the belt, but she didn't see the strange look in Jiang Shanggong's eyes.

She has been in the embroidery room for so many years, and she never knew that someone could rush out an emergency embroidery job in such a short period of time. After all, ordinary silk thread is not as precious as golden silk.

In her eyes, the best thing to do at this time is to plead guilty to His Highness the Crown Prince, so recklessly wanting Li Daitao to stiff... This Miss Zhao family is really whimsical.

(End of this chapter)