Chapter 117: Set up

After the Cultivation and Weaving Festival, the new robes that were cut that day were sent to remote and barren land by the Ministry of Households. This good thing for the benefit of the people is naturally worthy of praise, but for the people of Lijingcheng, it is not this thing that deserves the most attention, but two other things.
One of them is that Su Wanxiang and Shang Sisi even created an original embroidery method. This kind of thing has never happened after Bai Suxuan, and people are full of curiosity about this novel embroidery method. All of a sudden, women inside and outside Gyeonggi started a trend of learning one-sided double-picture embroidery.
The other incident was the marriage between Anling Wang Yan Su and Su Wanxiang. Emperor Qing personally promised the marriage in front of his courtiers on the Farming and Weaving Festival, and the next day he sent the chief Li Ying to Suqing Mansion to make a formal order. Because Su Wanxiang's wish in Cianguan of Cangwu Mountain had not yet expired, the marriage was scheduled for three months later, in August. As for the marriage between Shang Sisi and Nie Ren, Shang Chuchu and Qin Feifan, the date has not been set because it involves the country of Yunshao. The marriage between Yan Su and Su Wanxiang came from behind and was set before them.
The news came out after Li Ying went to Su Mansion to declare an decree. Because the person involved, Yan Su, was very famous in Lijingcheng, the marriage was spread extremely quickly. It didn't take long for even the children in the streets and alleys of Lijingcheng to know.
People paid more attention to this matter beyond imagination, so when Qin Jiu chose rouge hairpin rings at the rouge shop in Xishi, he could hear people talking about it from time to time.
It seems impossible to say that there is no feeling in my heart. People are not grass and trees, even if they are cold and heartbroken, sometimes they still feel uncomfortable.
"Unexpectedly, it was the king of Anling and Miss Su who booked a kiss. Why didn't I hear that the king of Anling liked Miss Su before, I only knew that the king of Anling liked Miss Su." A woman dressed in pink chose rouge. Whispered.
The green-dressed woman next to her smiled: "Yes, I didn't know it before. However, since King Anling has booked a kiss with Miss Su, she must have liked Miss Su very much. After all, it has been more than three years since Miss Bai had an accident. Now, he must have come out of that relationship, and I am also happy for King Anling, and hope that the emperor will not destroy them this time."
The powder-clothed woman joked: "Don't you like King Anling, he married someone else, are you happy for him?"
The green-clothed woman blushed, looked around, glanced at Qin Jiu, stretched out her finger to pinch the pink-clothed woman's arm, and said in a low voice, "You keep your voice down and see if I don't tear your mouth."
The pink-clothed woman curled her lips, "I like King Yan for what I'm afraid of. I'm not afraid that people will know."
The green-clothed woman smiled: "Then why don't you ask the matchmaker to go, maybe King Yan will marry you."
"What nonsense are you talking about, how can a woman go to ask for a kiss." The pink-clothed woman tried to pinch the green-clothed woman, and they laughed together.
Speaking of Yan Su and Su Wanxiang's marriage so much attention, the main reason is Yan Yu. There are more people who know that Yan Yu likes Su Wanxiang than they know that Yan Su likes Su Wanxiang. After all, it's hard to know Yan Yu's high-profile affection during the last Yuan Festival.
Qin Jiu chose three boxes of rouge powder and two boxes of lipstick. When she woke up this morning, she felt that her face became paler. If she did not cover her with rouge, she would be noticed sooner or later. The shopkeeper wrapped the rouge, the loquat paid the money, and stepped forward to take the rouge.
This rouge shop is located in the West Market. To say that the most prosperous street in Lijing City is Tianmen Street. It is full of restaurants and inns, pearl agate, gold and silver shops, but the busiest place in Lijing City is not Tianmen Street. It's the West Market.
Stepping into the West Market, the large restaurants and inns are gradually disappearing. The painting and calligraphy shops, cloth shops, pastry shops, rouge gouache shops and small toy shops are dizzying. The fragrance of rouge gouache and the sweet scent of pastries fill the air.
Qin Jiu exited the rouge shop and turned to the Jinji Pastry Shop across the street. This pastry shop is well-known in Lijing City, and the treasurer Jinda makes excellent pastries, so this shop is very prosperous. Back then, even she and Princess Zhaoping in the deep palace heard about the reputation of this shop and bought it several times in disguise. Qin Jiu's favorite is the lotus cake in this shop. It is said that the method is very complicated, and the imperial kitchen in the palace can't make it.
I haven't eaten it for many years. The sweet hibiscus scent, pale red color and hibiscus flower-shaped cakes are food that Qin Jiu cannot resist. But Zhaoping disliked it because she said it tasted strange.
Loquat looked at the sky and asked: "Why hasn't Princess Zhaoping come yet?"
Qin Jiu smiled slightly, "Since Cai Gongfong said that Princess Zhaoping will go out of the palace to buy cakes today, she will definitely come, and we will wait."
Qin Jiu stood outside the Jinji Pastry Shop, recalling the taste of hibiscus cake. She wondered if she wanted to buy something else, pretending to have been shopping in the West Market for a long time, and at this moment, she suddenly saw a curvy girl. The figure flashed in the pastry shop. She quickly turned around and turned to the painting and calligraphy shop on the side.
Qin Jiu pretended to admire a painting in the shop, but from the corner of his eye he swept towards the pastry shop. After a while, he saw Su Wan Xiangyun Wusu skirt curled away from the Jinji pastry shop, accompanied by the two maids. come out.
The two maids were holding two boxes of pastries in their hands. Qin Jiu's gaze swept over Su Wanxiang and focused on the Biyi maid who followed her.
This maid Qin Jiu recognized Cuilan. That day, in the royal courtyard of Mingyue Villa in Jiuman Mountain, she was the one who tried to assassinate Shang Chuchu but failed. However, Cuilan reversed the case during the trial by the Criminal Ministry. Later, this Cui Lan was released from the palace, and was later taken in by Su Banxiang. Since then, he has followed Su Banxiang. With high martial arts, Cui Lan has become Su Banxiang's powerful maid and guard.
"Girl, do you like this painting?" the shopkeeper of the calligraphy and painting shop said ambiguously.
Qin Jiu's mind wasn't on painting at all, just looking at the movement outside by watching the calligraphy and painting. At this time, when asked by the shopkeeper, he nodded and said: "I like it very much. Please help me put it away, and the shopkeeper can get the money."
Loquat looked at Qin Jiu with weird eyes, but Qin Jiu didn't care because her attention was still outside.
A magnificent chariot came slowly, and several men's maids were riding on a tall horse, surrounded by the chariot. The pearl curtain in front of the carriage was half-dangling, the golden tassels were flying in the wind, and a graceful figure was vaguely seen inside. The car stopped in front of the Jinji Pastry Shop, and Princess Zhaoping, dressed in men's clothing, walked slowly down.
In the past, when Zhaoping and her pretended to go out, they were quite low-key. They were always afraid that others would know their identities and see that they were women disguised as men, fearing that the news of their going out would reach Qing Emperor and the White Queen.
I don't want to think that after a few years, Princess Zhaoping changed her old style and became high-profile. Speaking of, Zhaoping does not live in the Shen Palace now. Although he has been married and separated, after all he is married and lives in his own mansion. Qing Emperor must not care about it.
There were a lot of people on the street, but Princess Zhaoping appeared in such a big formation, and the hustle and bustle of the crowd immediately became a commotion and dodged one side. But Su Wanxiang saw Zhaoping and stepped forward to bow.
Princess Zhaoping glanced at Su Wanxiang indifferently, and walked past her to Jinji Pastry Shop, but when she passed by Su Wanxiang's two maids, she suddenly stopped.
Qin Jiu looked a little surprised when he saw Princess Zhaoping's gaze glance over the pastry box Su Wanxiang had bought.
"Girl, do you have any other favorite paintings?" the shopkeeper of the calligraphy and painting shop asked with a smile.
Qin Jiu smiled and said, "Thank you for the shopkeeper, I will look at it again."
The shopkeeper made a business and was in a good mood. You know, the painting that Qin Jiu just bought was very valuable. He led Qin Jiu to sit on a chair and spread the paintings and calligraphy in the store on the table for Qin Jiu to watch.
Su Wanxiang and Princess Zhaoping exchanged greetings for a while, and then left in a carriage. Princess Zhaoping entered the Jinji pastry shop. After a while, Princess Zhaoping and several menswear maids holding pastry boxes walked out of the shop.
Seeing that the time had come, Qin Jiu walked out of the calligraphy and painting shop, pretending to meet Princess Zhaoping by chance, and bowed slightly.
"I didn't expect to meet the princess here. Did the princess come here to buy cakes?" Qin Jiu asked with a slight smile.
Princess Zhaoping first saw Qin Jiu for a moment, and then smiled faintly: "What a coincidence, I just met Miss Su, but now I met Jiuye again. I'm here to buy sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, and Jiuye also came to buy pastries. ?"
"I came to buy rouge gouache. I accidentally found a painting, so I bought it too." Qin Jiu walked around Qiubo and motioned to Loquat to open the painting he had just bought in the calligraphy and painting shop to Princess Zhaoping.
Loquat had always followed Qin Jiu's words, but this time he didn't even blink while holding the scroll, as if he didn't see Qin Jiu's wink.
Qin Jiu frowned, but Princess Zhaoping didn't intend to watch the painting.
"Princess, that day you said you wanted a sachet full of worry-free flowers. I don’t know what color the princess wants. I met the princess here today. I know that there is a shop that has very good fabrics. Far away, can the princess go with me to select fabrics when I have time?"
Princess Zhaoping smiled and said: "Jiuye is polite, Sizhifang should have a lot of fabrics, but Jiuye bothered to choose them in the shop. That's it, so good."
At the moment, Qin Jiu and Zhaoping crossed the street together and walked to the end of the West Market. There is an alley here with cloth shops outside, but inside the alley is a place where ordinary people live together, with rough bricks and shaved tiles. Extremely shabby.
Qin Jiu led Princess Zhaoping into a fabric shop, and chose a lake-green fabric. This color fabric was paired with golden worry-free flowers, and the embroidery must be extremely elegant. When the two of them came out of the cloth shop and passed the alley, they saw that the alley was full of people, which was extremely lively.