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Chapter 8 White Jade Cake

"Girl, girl," Ziyan didn't dare to persuade, she could only shout anxiously from the side.

Chang Luoyun glanced coldly, and said indifferently, "Biyan, let's go."

"Stop," Chang Luoyao said sharply, "You are so arrogant, a rough country girl." She was probably furious, and pointed at Chang Luoyun with trembling fingers, "I will make you pay the price today."

Chang Luoyun turned around and sneered, "Are you saying that we stole your white jade cake? Let alone this white jade cake was not yours in the first place, even if it was yours, so what if I took it?"

Chang Luoyun's eyes were full of disdain, "I'm the decent eldest daughter of the Chang family, not to mention a piece of white jade cake, even if it's dragon liver and phoenix gallbladder, as long as you eat it, I will eat it."

"You...you..." Chang Luoyao choked on these words and stayed there, trembling for a long time before saying a few words about you.

Chang Luoyun raised his eyelids slightly, glanced at her contemptuously, and walked away.

Bi Yan followed behind her, not daring to speak all the way.After entering the room, Chang Luoyun sat on the stool before asking coldly, "Bi Yan, do you know what you did wrong today?"

With red eyes, Bi Yan lowered her head and said, "I shouldn't have offended Miss Wu."

"Wrong," Chang Luoyun said, "You shouldn't be protecting the white jade cake."

Bi Yan raised her head, a little puzzled.

"If she wants white jade cakes, you can give them to her. There is no need to suffer for a box of cakes." Chang Luoyun's tone softened, "In my heart, even the best cakes are not as important as you."

"Girl!" Bi Yan suppressed the tears she had held back for a long time.

"Go and wash your face," Chang Luoyun said lightly, "We will move to Yincui Pavilion later."

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Yincui Pavilion has just been repaired, and it looks brand new from the inside to the outside.

The window is covered with light pink gauze, from a distance, under the cover of green trees, it looks like smoke and clouds, charming and beautiful.

It's no wonder that Chang Luoyao went crazy, the courtyard she had carefully prepared was not able to live in, and instead made it cheaper for herself whom she regarded as her opponent, how could she be reconciled.

Chang Luoyun and Biyan instructed the mothers who came to help to put things in order.Just as she sat down, Mama Wu came in with a bag of pastries wrapped in oil paper.

"Miss wanted to eat Yuan's white jade cake yesterday. I made a special trip today and bought it. Taste it while it's hot, but it still tastes the same."

It's white jade cake again!
Bi Yan was a little embarrassed, she excused that the girl's clothes were not in order, and hurried out.

It's a pity that this white jade cake was delivered at an inappropriate time, and Mama Wu was at a loss.

Chang Luoyun smiled and opened the oiled paper bag, and the pastries that had just come out of the basket were visibly warm and fluffy.She picked a piece and put it in her mouth, it melted in the mouth, it was sweet but not greasy, and it really lived up to its reputation.

"Well, not bad." She ate another two yuan, wiped her hands with a handkerchief, and said with a smile, "Mama Wu has a heart, but I still have something, and I want to ask you to find out."

Wu Ma smiled, "Young lady, you can tell me anything."

"The people who were in front of my aunt back then have all been dispatched now. Only you, who used to serve in the embroidery workshop, stayed behind." Chang Luoyun smiled, "I don't know if you still remember, there is a person named Huan Son, if Mama Wu can find out, please pay attention to me."

"Huan'er is the smartest, how can I not remember it?" Wu Ma looked disappointed, thinking of the girl with apricot eyes and two dimples when she smiled, "The girl who followed Mrs. Han back then was the smartest girl. , the appearance is also very good.

Wu Ma didn't serve in the inner house back then, and the Chang family also covered up the incident.

Maybe Wu Ma really doesn't know about the inner house!
"Yeah, Huan'er treated me well when I was young, and I always remember her in my heart," Chang Luoyun lowered his eyes, wrapped his sleeves in his left hand, and took a sip of tea with his right.

Putting down the teacup, she picked up the half-embroidered silk handkerchief on the table and began to embroider casually, "You have to keep this matter a secret for me. If Mrs. Pei finds out, she will misunderstand that I am causing trouble."

"I can save it." Wu Ma moved a little closer, staring at the silk handkerchief in Chang Luoyun's hand, and a few faint orchids, sparse to the extreme, with an indescribable freshness and elegance.

Chang Luoyun saw that she was looking at it seriously, and smiled and showed her, "Mom, don't laugh at my clumsy hands. I only have this ability. Even if I hold Buddha's feet temporarily, I am afraid that the Buddha will not help me."

"Young lady is too modest," Wu Ma said with surprise and a little bit of relief in her eyes, "Don't dare to say anything else, I stayed with Miss Han in the embroidery workshop for a few years anyway, I still know whether the embroidery is good or not. "

On the silk handkerchief in front of me, the half-embroidered orchid seemed to be alive, and the most special thing was—the light, yes, it was the light, like the bright sunshine shining on the orchid, making such an elegant embroidery Suddenly it brightened.

A trace of surprise flashed in Wu Ma's eyes.In the past, Mrs. Han's embroidery skills were already outstanding, but the fourth girl was obviously on par.

She couldn't hide her excitement, "Miss Si, with your skills, Mrs. Han will have successors."

Chang Luoyun put the silk handkerchief on the table, and said lightly, "It's just a handkerchief, how can it compare to my aunt."

Back then, Lady Han embroidered the famous "Wind, Rain and Black Bamboo Picture" with only black and white embroidery threads.

"Yes, yes, you trust me, Fourth Miss." Wu Ma's eyes were slightly wet, and her heart was surging.

In the second year of her marriage to Chang's family, Lady Han founded a famous embroidery workshop by herself. At that time, Madam Wu was just an ordinary needlework lady in Chang's family, and was later arranged by Lady Han in the embroidery workshop.

Although the two are masters and servants, Mrs. Han is generous and gentle, she never puts on airs, and she studies embroidery skills with the embroiderer in the embroidery workshop, and she is even more important to her.

Madam Wu respected and loved Mrs. Han, and devoted herself to the embroidery workshop, only wanting to repay her for her kindness.

However, God was jealous of the confidante, and after Mrs. Han left, there was no one in the Chang family to support her, so the famous embroidery workshop was closed, and Mama Wu also returned to the inner house of the Chang family, and was arranged to do some needlework in front of Mrs. Pei.

A while ago, the Chang family was going to Zhuangzi to pick up Chang Luoyun, so Mama Wu volunteered.

When she saw Chang Luoyun for the first time, Mama Wu had expectations in her heart, but at that time, Chang Luoyun said that she was not good at female workers, and cut off Mama Wu's thoughts.

Wu Ma felt deeply regretful, now, seeing that she has such a good needlework, how can she not be happy for Mrs. Han.

"Girl, think back to the time when Mrs. Han was famous in the capital city with a "Storm and Black Bamboo Picture". You have never seen that picture. As long as you unfold it, you will feel the wind and rain blowing in your face. You can even feel the drizzle. The coolness on the face."

Wu Ma pulled her sleeves and wiped her eyes, "At that time, Mrs. Han was pregnant with you, and she was very sick. She shouldn't have been so tired, but the master just arrived in the weaving department, and he was squeezed out by his colleagues everywhere. He was in a difficult situation. Let the master be appreciated by Shangfeng and gain a foothold in the Weaving Department, and Mrs. Han insisted on suffering even more trouble to complete "The Picture of Bamboo in Wind and Rain."

"One month after the wind, rain and ink bamboo painting was completed, Mrs. Han started it ahead of time. At that time, there were only three days before the Chinese New Year. It was freezing cold and snowing heavily. The old lady invited the best midwife, but Mrs. Han still bleeds heavily and hurt her body .”

Madam Wu paused, "The midwife said that Mrs. Han gave birth prematurely because she was injured by sitting for a long time during pregnancy. We all know that her body was exhausted from embroidering "Wind and Rain and Black Bamboo Picture". Fortunately, because of " Ink Bamboo Picture", the master will soon be promoted to Shaocheng of the weaving department."

"We thought, after this experience, the master will definitely respect Mrs. Han more and more. Who knows, after three months, the master brought Aunt Pei back, and Aunt Pei has been pregnant for five or six months. pregnant."

(End of this chapter)