Rank One Princess Douxian Wang: Phoenix Palace Brocade

Chapter 20
There is a place under the table on the couch that is a little darker than other places. Upon closer inspection, there is a small depression there. Mrs. Cao pressed it lightly with skill and took out a long and narrow wooden box.The wooden box has long been darkened, and it seems to be old.

Xu Jiatong knew about this secret compartment when he was young, and sometimes they would hide there when they had a surplus of money.But Cao Shi strictly ordered her not to touch it, nor to mention it to outsiders.The secret compartment needs skill to open, so she never knew what else was hidden inside besides money.

Xu Jiatong knew that the wooden box was extremely important, but as long as Mrs. Cao didn't tell her, she couldn't ask.

"Come here, let me see you." Cao Shi signaled her to go over, her eyes seemed to penetrate the distant years, stopping at some long-forgotten people and things.

"It's not like your father, but it should be like your mother. Speaking of which, I only met your mother once. It was the day after she married your father. She came to serve me tea. She was wearing a hanging coral bead, which reflected the She has a face like Feixia. But in total, they only met a few times. They went to the Western Capital together in less than a month after they got married. Until she passed away, she never came back." Cao's memory was not only Du's, There is still the charm of myself at that time.

Before Xu Jiatong's childhood memories were opened, Du Shi was no longer alive, and Du Shi's natal family had never appeared, so she didn't have much feeling for Du Shi.

Because she parted from her parents and sisters too early and was treated coldly by her family, her temperament was also cold.Even with the Cao family who support each other and share weal and woe, it is difficult to feel that blood is thicker than water.

"The Xu family has treated you badly these years." Cao Shi sighed.

In the past ten years, if you want to talk about it, it can be described as more than mistreatment.

Xu Jiatong sat next to Cao Shi, leaned against her intimately, and comforted her: "The Xu family is the Xu family, and my grandmother is my grandmother. As long as my grandmother treats me well, that's enough. You can live in this private house, why can't I live in it? You can eat bitterness, and so can I."

"But whenever a person has the opportunity, why should he suffer anymore? If you try your best, you can expect that you will have a bright future. When you reach the age of marriage, even if you have no love, you should go back to the Western capital, even if you take a step back, you still can't." , you get married in Kunshan, and you can get out of the cage of a private house. I never gave up before, and I didn't let you give up, and I was waiting for this day." Cao smiled with relief.

"I will definitely go back, right?" Xu Jiatong couldn't help sobbing.

She didn't expect Xu Xiaozu to arrange a good marriage for her. Going back to Xidu to get married was just an excuse and opportunity to escape from this dark prison.

There are many opportunities in the western capital. When you get there, the sky is high and the birds are flying, and the sea is wide and the fish are leaping.Without relying on Xu's family or an unknown husband's family, she can still survive.

Many times when she couldn't hold on and couldn't bear it, she thought about leaving secretly, going far away and never coming back.With one hand, there is always something to eat, and there is a room that can accommodate a couch and a loom.Just left in one very deep night, no longer trying to survive in this crack.

Mrs. Cao said with a smile: "I asked Mrs. Duan to teach you strictly and train you hard. Compared with your two sisters and those well-known ladies in Xidu who are raised in deep boudoirs without weathering the wind and rain, they will be bitter before they are sweet. In the future, you Encountering greater ordeals, no matter how hard it is, thinking about the past will not feel anything."

Those scenes reappeared in front of her eyes, first bitter and then sweet, many people said so, and she knew it before, but at this moment she suddenly felt that something was missing in her heart.

She and the Cao family depended on each other for life, but even the slightest bit of kinship between grandparents and grandchildren and family happiness were severely deprived.Even if the reasons behind this were good, she had lost it, and it could never be remedied.

If she was given another chance to choose... Xu Jiatong smiled wryly, the most unreal assumption in this world is what if.

"I'm afraid it will be even more difficult in the future..." Xu Jiatong smiled with tears.

Suffering may make her a success, or it may make her miss the warmth that she can only enjoy in this life.

"Silly girl, what do you want is more important than surviving? Besides, your life shouldn't be like this... Forget it, when the time comes, you will naturally understand that your father, aunt, and those two girls are still alive. There are many, many people there who can't compare to you, and your blessing has just begun." Cao said meaningfully.

"When I go to the Western Capital, I don't know when and what month I will be able to reunite with my grandmother. A person lives for a breath, and a Buddha fights for a stick of incense. I will definitely fight for this breath when I go. Even if I can't pick you up immediately, I can't take you there again Let them treat you like this." Xu Jiatong said solemnly.

Cao said with a smile: "I have one foot in the coffin, and I live every day. I only have one unfulfilled wish. Would you like to fulfill it for me?"

"Everything I have is given by my grandmother. If there is no grandmother, I would have died in the hands of my third aunt. The wish of my grandmother is my wish. No matter what the price is, I must fulfill it. At worst, I will return to the original. Grandma's past ten years were also stolen from heaven." Xu Jiatong wiped away her tears and smiled brightly.

She had felt that Mrs. Cao had expectations for her before, but at that time, she and Mrs. Cao were trapped in that small and dilapidated private house, and there was no day for her to come out. She really didn't understand what great things she could expect.

But at that time, she would also think that if Mrs. Cao asked her to do something one day, even if she risked her life, she would do it.

If it was only her, she would be fine as long as she could survive with a little bit of prosperity in An Ran one day, but with Cao's expectations, she had no choice but to be a master.

"I want you to come and go to the palace, become a first-class weaving female official, and be a person who is close to the current king and the future new king." Cao said calmly.

Mrs. Cao opened the wooden box, inside a piece of yellowed white silk with ink stains from inside, under the white silk was a slender gold thread anklet.

The white silk unfolded into a map, with several palaces and two wells, with incomprehensible marks on them.

"Back then, I was a female weaving official in the palace, and I was favored by the Shang Palace. I was almost able to become a sixth-rank clothing. I relied on my weaving and dyeing skills. The blue color I dyed was unmatched by anyone in the palace. It was because of this Well water from two wells, and the weaving and dyeing method taught to me by my mother. This well is in the cold palace. There are four wells there, and only these two can be used. Use the east one to make dye, and then add it to the clean water. I have written the specific method of washing the color at the mouth in the west, and hid it in the cold palace." Mrs. Cao pointed to one of the palaces.

Xu Jiatong was not surprised, instead he was aroused and asked very curiously: "It would be great if these grandmothers taught me earlier, I'm afraid that by the time they learn and sell, painting tigers won't be a bad dog. This method may have been known for more than ten years.”

"It's difficult. I once gained power when I entered the palace, but no matter what, I always had to leave a way out. So I bribed the buyer and transported a piece of stone forged from the sky stone (ancient meteorite) When the magnet comes in, I only take water from the well on the west once every three months. In the first three days, just use an iron tool to suck out the magnet.” Cao recalled.

"Grandmother must be secretive. Even if someone knows that the color needs to be prepared with special well water, the well water in the cold palace is still used, and they don't know the secret of Tianshi. If you take a step back, even if you know, you don't know which one to use first. Well water from a well. Jiatong admires grandma's ingenuity." Xu Jiatong said sincerely.

Cao said with a smile: "Every time you fetch water, you must use four wells at the same time, and put it aside for a few days before using it. In this way, they will be even more ignorant of the way. You are always smart, and if you come up with new tricks, you will be on the rise."

"However, no matter how far a woman goes in other ways, she still has to find a good family to be relied upon. Your father picked you up this time, saying that he was arranging a marriage for you, but in fact everything is still uncertain. You have been growing up in a private house, and you are no better than those high-ranking ladies in the Western Capital. The nobles in the palace already know them well, and the marriage has naturally been arranged long ago. When you go back, it is just a supplement. This marriage is probably unreliable. It will become an obstacle for you to become a female officer." Cao changed the subject and carefully observed the slightest change on her face.

A newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, but before it leaves the teacher, it loses its vigor, which may lead to endless troubles...

　A new week begins~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)