When the lady thought about the betrothal gift, she felt that the British palace was too sincere.
"That's good, that's good!" Luo heaved a sigh of relief and said repeatedly. Suddenly, she remembered a sentence in the lady's words just now and became worried again. "The third day after the prince's marriage should not be the day for the princess to return home. The prince will go with the princess. If the two meet, will the king of England give way to the prince, or will the prince give way to the king of England?"
In terms of seniority, it is natural for the King of England to give way, even if it is unlucky to give way at a wedding, he still has to give way. But if it is based on seniority, the Crown Prince also has to give way.
Qu Moying sat quietly on the side, but she thought that the most likely scenario was that Pei Luoan would not accompany Liu Jingyu to return home. Liu Jingyu would be alone on the day of the return home, and he would probably be upset...
"There is no distinction between the young and the old within three days of marriage!" said the old lady indifferently. She had already hinted this to the Ministry of Rites before, and this was the answer from the Ministry of Rites, which made the old lady feel relieved.
"That's great!" Luo was excited. She looked at Qu Moying and suddenly thought of her daughter. Her nose felt sore and she quickly turned her head to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes. She couldn't shed tears at this time.
The lady and Mrs. Luo talked about some things about the dowry, and Qu Moying answered them one by one. She had prepared a lot, but there were still some things lacking.
She prepared her dowry herself back then, and now she has to prepare it again. It can really be said to be a reincarnation.
After returning from the lady's place, she went straight back to her own yard. Before entering the house, she went to the back wing to watch several embroiderers at work.
What I am most afraid of not being able to catch up with now is these embroidery works.
There are quite a few embroiderers here. Some of them were brought by Qu Moying from Yueyi Pavilion, and some were sent by Pei Yuanjun from the palace. In order to avoid being too late, Nanny Miao went to find a few more famous embroiderers in the capital and hired them here to embroider Qu Moying's dowry.
Nanny Yan was also there, helping her to correct and supervise. Qu Moying entrusted all matters concerning the embroidery to Nanny Yan.
Nanny Yan was very aware of some small details and small points of attention. Sometimes when the embroiderer was not paying attention and the embroidery was not in the right way, Nanny Yan would quickly correct it.
On the table on one side were embroidered handkerchiefs, sachets, fan pendants and other items, which were to be given to the female members of the family.
Even if Qu Moying's hands were healed, these were not embroidered by her. They had to be prepared early for use on the wedding day.
As for the largest piece of clothing for the bride, it was embroidered by the palace. The one that Qu Fu wanted to embroider was not the big wedding dress. She originally wanted to prepare one for herself. After changing to the big wedding dress, she also needed her own wedding dress.
The veil is embroidered here. Originally this was Qu Moying's job, but now it is completed by two embroiderers in the palace.
Qu Moying walked over to take a look. The two embroiderers had great skills and moved quickly. Now they had a rough outline of the work and it was very beautifully drawn. The pattern was not Qu Moying's own, but was sent from the palace to match the palace's dowry. It was in accordance with the rules and was exquisite and noble.
"Miss, this pattern is so beautiful!" Yuchun came up to the two embroiderers, looked at the simple drawing and said, "I have never seen such a beautiful pattern."
Not only is it beautiful, there are also phoenixes flying on it. Just this look makes Yuchun feel like he has never seen anything like it before.
"Miss is the future Princess of England, so naturally the veil should be topped with a phoenix. As for the embroidered peonies..." Yuchun was not interested in these and just glanced at them casually.
"I know this. Peony is the king of flowers.
Such an outstanding one." Yuchun interrupted the topic and said proudly, pointing at another place, "What is that? Why does it look like a dragon... pattern?"
"Impossible, that could be... river patterns?" Hearing Yuchun say this, Yuchun also leaned over to take a look, but still couldn't understand, "It looks like the same kind of... river patterns on the ministers' bodies, right?"
"I don't think it's... or it looks like something that a prince or a noble would wear... I saw something like that on the clothes of His Royal Highness the King of England..." Yu Chun said anxiously. She came closer, but she still couldn't understand it. She simply picked up the embroidery and walked in front of Qu Moying, "Miss, take a look at what this is?"
There are two copies of the embroidery pattern. One is embroidered directly on the veil. After everything is done, clean up the paper scraps. The other is placed aside as a sample. You can look at it from time to time and compare it. The two copies of the embroidery pattern should be exactly the same.
Qu Moying was watching two embroiderers making clothes for her. She specifically reminded them of some small details. She couldn't do it now, but she still wanted some small details to be done according to her specific habits to make her feel comfortable.
She will wear these clothes for a while in the future, so she should always make herself feel comfortable.
After hearing what Yuchun said, she turned her head to take a look and said casually, "This should be the river pattern on the ministers' bodies."
"Miss, that's not right. These two pieces of paper are different!" Yudong's voice came from behind.
Qu Moying turned her head and looked behind her. Yudong was referring to the piece of paper that the embroiderers were already embroidering. The paper was actually already torn. It had been torn a lot when the frame was being made, and there were too many holes pierced by the needle.
After finishing the embroidery according to the above, you have to clean up all the scraps of paper. Now you can start stitching on the surrounding frame, and the middle part is still clearly visible.
Qu Moying turned around and walked to the two embroiderers with the blueprint. The two embroiderers were so scared that they knelt down and held the unfinished veil in their hands high.
By comparison, they are indeed different.
The pattern in the center of one of the embroidered pieces is an ordinary mountain and river pattern, while the one embroidered directly on the other piece is a dragon pattern, like the tiny dragon pattern on the emperor's dragon robe. Because it is so small, it really looks like a mountain and river pattern at first glance.
"Were these two pieces of paper brought from the palace?" Qu Moying calmed down and asked slowly.
She didn't think that two ordinary embroiderers would make such a mistake.
"They are all from the palace. They were sent over by the embroidery room when we left the palace. They said they were for Fourth Miss Qu." The embroiderer panicked and said hastily.
They left the palace and went to Qu Mansion to help embroider the veil for Miss Qu, who was about to become the fourth daughter of the King of England. The palace asked them to bring the embroidery drawing over, but they didn't expect that something went wrong. How could the two embroiderers afford it
"Who gave it to you?" Qu Moying sat down on the chair and asked gently. He compared them again and it was true. If you look carefully, you may not be able to see this small change.
"It's the maid from the embroidery department in the palace." An embroiderer who looked a little older said hurriedly. Any matter in the palace, no matter how small, is a big deal.
"When we gave it to you, how many sheets of patterned paper were there?" Qu Moying asked again.
The embroiderer was so anxious that she was sweating profusely, but she couldn't explain clearly, and didn't know where to start. This question confused her.
"There should be a few more, probably those of the Crown Princess and Princess Jing." Another embroiderer seemed more careful. Seeing that the older embroiderer could not answer, she hurriedly added, looking quite calm, and must have known the matter clearly, "They are on the table, there are several of them."
So it means that there was a mistake when sending it
"Just trace it again. It's not a big deal! Forget about the part with the same embroidery thread above. You can trace the last spinning part before embroidering it." Qu Moying smiled slightly, his eyes fell on the faces of the two embroiderers.
Both of them were very handsome. The older one looked honest, while the younger one looked smart. But now both of them were so panicked that their faces turned pale and they were trembling with fear.
"Okay, you guys get up first, it's not a big deal!" Yuchun also breathed a sigh of relief and helped to support the two embroiderers.
The legs of the two embroiderers were weak. After they stood up, they kept apologizing. The other embroiderers also breathed a sigh of relief. They had been working together for several days, and anyone who got into trouble would be panicked.
It's naturally best to have nothing to do now.
"I'll take this drawing back and take a look at it first. I'll give it to you after I've finished tracing it." Qu Moying said as she put down the embroidery drawing in her hand.
Yudong took two steps forward and took the embroidery pattern.
"Okay, thank you very much, Miss Fourth, thank you very much, Miss Fourth." The two embroiderers said in succession. They were surprised and grateful that such a big thing could be solved so simply.
Qu Moying casually glanced at the other embroidery pieces before returning to the main house with the two maids.
Sitting down on the chair in the middle, Yu Dong handed over the pattern paper, and Qu Moying took it and examined it carefully.
Seeing that she was looking at it seriously, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, and the two maids became worried again. Yuchun raised her eyebrows at Yudong and motioned him to go up. Yudong was more capable than Yuchun at this time.
"Miss, is there something wrong with this pattern?" Yu Dong was urged by Yu Chun and stepped forward reluctantly. He looked at the paper that Qu Moying had placed flat on the table and asked.
"The difference between this pattern and the previous one is the dragon pattern. It's a very small dragon pattern, and the difference is not big, but the embroiderers in the palace should still be able to see it. What if they continue to embroider like this and see that the last pattern is a dragon pattern?"
Qu Moying's words sounded like he was talking to himself.
Yu Dong thought for a moment and analyzed: "If they are careful, they will find that the embroidered drawings are different from the drawings placed aside, but if they are not careful, they will not find this out!"
"What if they are careful and find it, but they have already embroidered so much and it is too late to take it apart. What will they do then?" Qu Moying smiled and continued to ask, with a leisurely look in her watery eyes.
The two maids looked at each other in shock. Yu Chun hesitated and said, "If this maid discovered it... I think it's better to remove a section. This is forbidden and something serious may happen."
"I feel that if we tear it down, it might be too late. It will be a serious crime. So I'll just embroider it like this. I'll embroider it vaguely. On the wedding day, maybe only the bride will look at the veil when she has nothing to do. Others won't look at it so carefully. Besides, it hasn't been embroidered yet, right? If it's not embroidered delicately, who knows."
Yudong said indifferently.
In this case, the only way is to remedy the situation, but how to remedy it is a big problem.
"So do you think these two palace maids are careful or not?" Qu Moying smiled.
"I don't know." Yuchun was at a loss and looked at Yudong eagerly.
"I think the two embroiderers have different personalities. One is not careful, and the other is careful, so..." Yu Dong smiled, "So, in the end, they will definitely find out."