Rank One Princess Douxian Wang: Phoenix Palace Brocade

Chapter 127

When Xu Jiatong was reminded by her, she realized that she and Xu Jiaqing wanted to find opportunities in the palace gate game, and Xu Jiaxing, who was in a bad situation, might also want to take advantage of this opportunity.

It's just that she doesn't want to help Xu Jiaxing, Xu Jiaxing's knitting and embroidery skills are too ordinary, and there is no aura, maybe it's just on par with the ordinary needlework old ladies in this house.Regardless of Xu Jiaqing's talent and hard work, after all, Zheng was raised by a famous teacher from a young age. Although she is not comparable to those peers of the same age with excellent weaving and embroidery skills, she is still higher than ordinary people, and she is much better than Xu Jiaxing. .

"Weaving and embroidery skills cannot be achieved overnight. Even if you only practice one piece of embroidery that can be sold, it will take at least half a year. You might as well practice hard for a year and participate in next year's gamble. I'm still young, so I won't delay if I go again next year." Xu Jiatong said pertinently.

The first hurdle of the palace gate game is to display one's own embroidery. Most of this embroidery needs to be completed at home, and only a small part is left to be completed on the high platform before the needle is closed.After Xu Jiaxing inquired about this rule, she decided to practice only one picture.

"Why don't my fourth sister help me embroider the front part, and I only practice a small part of the back? It's just a small part, and they shouldn't be able to realize that it's not done by one person. I don't want to be as good as my fourth sister's, as long as I can pass it." The first test is enough. Otherwise, the fourth sister must know many reliable embroiderers, let them do it, as long as they don't tell them. Please, I only have this one chance." Xu Jiaxing was in a hurry. He even knelt down.

"Get up quickly." Xu Jiatong went to help her. She was determined to kneel, but she couldn't help her up. "If you don't get up, I can't help it. No one comes here. If you kneel, no one will see, and I don't care." this."

It's not that Xu Jiatong never thought of helping, it's just that she has a heart for weaving and embroidery, and when she proposed embroidery on behalf of her, she was unwilling.

"Fourth sister is really unwilling to help? Didn't you point out fifth sister just now? You are too partial." Xu Jiaxing said unwillingly.

Xu Jiatong said: "It's just giving advice, not doing it for her. Her knitting and embroidery skills are better than yours, and her intentions are clever, so it's easy to teach. Besides, she's just going to relax, and she's very open about opportunities. If you fail, you will have no regrets as long as you try your best. If you fail with your current state of mind, you will only be more disappointed, and even ridiculed by the people in the house. It is better to spend a year preparing carefully, so that you may have hope to enter the final round Competition."

The palace gate game, what Wang Rou said that day was not completely accurate, what Wang Rou said was the last round, using specific needlework and brocade to complete the birthday gift for the Queen Empress.There are still two rounds ahead, the first discussion is to bring your own embroidery and collect the needles, and the second round is to test the stitches of weaving and embroidery, which will be judged by the female officials.

"But I'm not young anymore, and I'm going to discuss marriage at the end of the year. If I don't have this opportunity, I will probably marry far away, or be given to a steward or military guard with a meager family background. I don't want to do this. I heard It is said that Fifth Sister made a big mistake at home and was driven to the Western Capital, so she can have a chance, why can't I?" Xu Jiaxing gritted her teeth and decided to go all out.

"Do you really think that if you show your talents in the palace gate game, you can have a good marriage? Xu Jiatong glanced at her with pity.

Xu Jiaxing said anxiously: "You just came to Xidu, of course you don't know, the embroidery that passed the first level will be commented by the palace lady, and the embroiderer will also be there. Every time the palace Under the high platform, there are many respectable ladies in the western capital watching, choosing suitable wives for their nephews, and many of them will propose marriages when they return to the mansion. A girl I know is similar to me, and she is also a concubine. , and married Lord Wang's second son in this way."

"Yes, I think there should be such a person. But how long has she been preparing for it? Have you ever asked? Does her family love her? Although she is a concubine, she may not be loved. To put it harshly, not every A concubine's daughter is not favored in the family, and some are brought up like a concubine's daughter, have you asked her?" Xu Jiatong heard Wang Rou talk about this girl on the way.

This girl's surname is Zhao. Although she is a concubine in the family, she is the only daughter of Mr. Zhao when she was 50 years old.Ms. Zhao's biological mother used to be the big maid who helped Mrs. Zhao manage the accounts. Mrs. Zhao made the decision to serve Mr. Zhao as a concubine. She respected Mrs. Zhao in everything, and the two have always gotten along well.When Miss Zhao was weaned at her first birthday, her biological mother took her initiative to carry her to Mrs. Zhao's room.

Mrs. Zhao has three sons, and she really likes this little girl who has half the blood of her husband, so she keeps her by her side to raise.Coupled with Miss Zhao's lovable temperament, after she was born, Mr. Zhao's leg problems improved a lot, and she was even favored by Mrs. Zhao. People who didn't know her thought she was Mrs. Zhao's own flesh and blood.

This Miss Zhao has no half points in her upbringing, and she has received the full support of Master Zhao, Mrs. Zhao and her three elder brothers in terms of marriage.Even though she was married, her natal family fully supported her in running a women's school and doing good deeds, and she was quite famous in the western capital.Her husband's Wang family is also proud of her, and she must have a place on the big scene.

Ms. Zhao is undoubtedly lucky, but unfortunately, Xu Jiaxing is not Ms. Zhao.

"You mean that it's not because of the gambling that everyone envied her, but because of her natal family's support in the final analysis?" It's not that Xu Jiaxing hasn't thought about it this way, but there is still a glimmer of hope.

Xu Jiatong smiled: "Marriage is a major event. If a man comes to see him, he may fall in love at first sight. If he is a Qing, he will not marry. But it is their mother who is going to see him. How can he be proud of his valued nephew just because of a piece of embroidery?" Decided for life? I'm afraid you have already made up your mind, just to borrow a name, and in the future, your daughter-in-law and niece-in-law will be able to stand on the stage. Since you understand this truth, why do you want to use a competition to win? Get a wealthy marriage?"

What Xu Jiaxing wanted was not just a marriage of like-mindedness, but a marriage of wealth and honor, and what Xu Jiatong wanted was just a chance to become a female official.

The former depends on chance, while the latter, as long as she has outstanding skills and a clean family background, she has a great chance.

"As long as my father can stand firmly in the western capital, it doesn't matter if you are a concubine, you may not have a good marriage. The days ahead of you are delayed, but as long as you take time and use it properly, you can change it." Xu Jiatong said.

"I clearly have a chance to change right now, but you make me wait." Xu Jiaxing stood up, becoming more and more unwilling.

Xu Jiatong didn't take her seriously, and said calmly: "In fact, you still understand in your heart that there are so many talents in the Western Capital. Even if you pass the second round, it is impossible for you to pass the second round in just a dozen days. You are looking for me to embroider the embroidery required for the first round of competition, just want to enter the second round of competition and get a chance to show your face. Then this embroidery does not need to be too outstanding, just pass the test, I Seeing that the clothes of mother and third sister are very elegant, the embroiderer in the mansion must be very good..."

(End of this chapter)