When An Lingge returned from Chang An Street, her mind was still in a state of turmoil. Seeing her like this, Bi Zhu did not seem to be sad, but she had been staring at the book in her hand in a daze.
She brought the hot tea in her hand over to An Lingge, "It's getting late, Miss should have a cup of tea to rest."
An Lingge was still thinking about the Embroidery Pavilion, and could only let out a light sigh upon hearing this.
Somehow, she felt that her mother's identity was not that simple. Otherwise, how could a commoner's daughter possess a treasury like Embroidery Pavilion?
Adding on the other shops, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they were raking in money every day.
But after all these years, even though Prince An's Palace were not considered poor, they were definitely not rich either.
It was clear that even though his mother's shops were in his hands, the profits did not flow into his Prince An's Palace. It was no wonder that his Madam Li was willing to return such a gold mountain to him.
Just as An Lingge was thinking about this, the servant girl beside Second Madam suddenly walked in.
"Eldest Miss, in three days it will be the Imperial Palace's Spring Festival. Madam is thinking that it would be better to make some new clothes for the young masters and mistresses, and have the embroidery ladies of the Heaven's Clothing Workshop come over. They are currently waiting in the living room, so I would like to invite all of you to come over to take a look."
Her eyes and nose were small, and her face could not be considered pretty. She did not have the qualifications to be a servant beside Madam Wang.
However, the Madam Wang was different from the other wives. Because the master of the second house liked to roam about among the flowers, he did not let go of even the beautiful maids by his side.
In An Lingge's previous life, shshehad heard of it from the servants before, but when she saw the appearance of this servant, he remembered the rumors.
However, what surprised her was that Madam Wang had already invited the embroidery mother of Heaven's Clothing Workshop. This movement was really fast, and she was even blatantly provoking the Madam Li.
An Lingge lowered his eyes, the expression in his eyes made it difficult for people to see.
She brought Bi Zhu to the living room. The old lady's Madam Wang and the third wife's Madam Zheng, along with a variety of young ladies, had all arrived one after another. The huge living room was immediately bustling with noise and excitement.
The embroidery mother that Heaven's Clothing Workshop had sent was a thirty year old or so woman. She was round and had a smile on her face.
She greeted the madame and then the ladies before she began to measure their bodies.
This matter was actually quite simple. After all, the embroidery ladies of Heaven's Clothing Workshop were all experienced individuals, but after a while, they would measure everyone's height and figure, and record their measurements in a book.
Then, unexpectedly, because the clothes for the Spring Festival were rearranged, the madame ordered the ladies to choose the color they liked.
The embroidery lady took out a few pieces of cloth about the size of a square handkerchief and spread them out on the table.
This is a piece of floral satin, this is the kind that the madams love the most, here is Soft Smoke Luo, Cloud Jin, Rain Flower Blossom and Ling Jin, they are just suitable for young and lovely ladies. As for this jade cloth, gold cloth, flower silk, it is more precious, if the madams like it, it will be able to set off their temperament.
She introduced the clothes she had brought, and the variety of them dazzled her eyes.
Perhaps it was because she was going to the banquet, but the madame was in a good mood. She looked at the makeup and satin that the embroidery lady had introduced and picked out Yin Hong's looks.
He touched it with his hand, looking very satisfied.
"See what you like, go ahead and pick. Don't tell me I'm holding you back."
After she spoke, the rest of the people all chose their own clothes.
An Lingge was not too concerned about these things. As long as it was not the clothes that were paired together with the big green and big red, the other things were not much different.
She walked to the front of the table, just as she was about to pick up the Cherry Blossom Leaves that were carved in red, An Lingyi suddenly stretched out her hand and grabbed the cloth before she could.
"I want this one." She threw An Lingge a provocative look, and giggled while holding onto Madam Li's arm. "Big sister is dignified and generous, she definitely won't snatch away my beloved item, right?"
As for whether this beloved item was a piece of cloth or something else, An Lingyi could tell by its expression.
The old mistress' gaze landed on the two of them, a faint hint of displeasure in her tone.
An Lingyi spoke as if An Lingge wanted to snatch her things and not take that thing away from Bell Song.
An Lingge would definitely not take such a simple provocation to heart.
"It's just a piece of cloth. Little Sister Yi Er is so nervous, if word of this were to spread out, people would think that all the young ladies of my Prince An's Palace are those kind of shallow eyed people."
She saw An Lingyi's change in expression, and said, "However, being the first daughter is what I should do. If Little Sister Yi Er likes it, then I will take it."
As long as you don't feel hot.
In front of the embroidery mother, An Lingge pointed out her identity as a concubine, causing An Lingyi to feel extremely embarrassed.
Originally as a concubine, she didn't have the qualifications to attend the Imperial Palace's Spring Festival Gala.
But unfortunately, the Princess An had passed away early, and her Prince An's Palace had been taken care of by the Madam Li, so she was equivalent to half a Princess An.
Thus, of all the ladies in the room, she was the only one.
Seeing that An Lingge had revealed her identity, some of the people immediately covered their mouths and secretly laughed, as if they were mocking An Lingyi for overestimating herself. As a concubine, they had to go and play in the circle of those direct girls.
Xiu Niang also did not expect that Prince An's Palace would allow a concubine to attend the imperial palace's Spring Festival.
However, this was not a matter that a mere embroidery lady like her should manage. She only glanced at An Lingyi weirdly, before shifting her gaze away at random.
An Lingyi hated people who claimed that she was born from a concubine, but when she was in front of the old lady, she did not dare act rashly. She could only endure the strange looks from the crowd as she clenched her hands into fists beside her.
Damn you, An Lingge, you actually shamed me in front of everyone, and when you reach the Imperial Palace, watch how I'll take care of you!
How could Madam Li not know what her own daughter was thinking? She immediately stood out and shifted everyone's gaze, "I can see that this cloth is very bright, it just so happens that Little Ge's skin is white.
She pointed to a tender green cigarette, and Anheg looked over.
It was indeed a fine material, and there was a pair of swallows embroidered on it. Just looking at it made one feel that it was alive and fresh.
However, there was a trace of ridicule in An Lingge's eyes.
In her previous life, her mother had died early and she did not have any elders to teach her.
But at that time, the Madam Li was afraid that she would steal An Lingyi's radiance and intentionally made her look so gloomy.