The man's appearance is one of a kind, unparalleled in the world. Therefore, just a few days after he moved in, the little girl in the family has already heard his details.
"Back to the girl," the little maid looked around, and approached Lin Dan's ears, she said furtively like a thief: "Next door are the nephews and nieces of the abolition queen Du, whose names are Du Rusong and Du Ruyan, and their father is An Dinghou Xue Lie. When Du Shi was favored, the two brothers and sisters were known as the double tyrants in Beijing. One was a scoundrel and the other was arrogant, and almost no one dared to provoke them. After Du Shi was deposed, their mother was also abandoned by her husband's family. Afterwards, Mrs. Du came to live in Lin'an Mansion. This place is very close to the Taoist temple where Mrs. Du practiced, and it was convenient to take care of them, so they moved here."
The current emperor ascended the throne at a young age, he is quite talented, he manages the country very well, and he is very affectionate with the queen. Therefore, the queen's mother family was very much used by the emperor, and gradually took control of the military and political power, which can be regarded as a powerful party. It's a pity that flowers are not popular for a hundred days, and people are not good for a thousand days. Queen Du has always had no children, and she was in a mess. She wanted to poison Concubine Min who was in labor and took her child as her own. See through.
The emperor was furious, and even though he ordered the empress to be grounded, many officials took the opportunity to impeach the descendants and expose their various crimes. After a thorough investigation, the emperor found that these charges were all capital crimes, and he couldn't help feeling even more chilled towards the queen. Hearing her resentment, he tried to commit suicide by hitting a pillar. In the end, he completely disliked her, and an edict abolished her post. Ban her as a monk in Lai'an.
The deposed queen is now practicing in a Taoist temple not far away. I heard that her face has been destroyed, and she can never go back. In order to protect herself, her family had distanced herself from her, but her sister had always protected her, so she did not hesitate to break with her husband's family. It's a pity that her sister's life was not good, and she soon fell ill and died, and her two children came to Anfu with a huge dowry to defect to the queen.
It is better to say that it is to take care of. After the abolition, there is nothing now, and he has to stay in the cold Taoist temple for the rest of his life and endure misery. In order to make her feel better, the Du brothers and sisters did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to repair the Taoist temple, and then moved to this not spacious mansion.
Concubine Min, who was poisoned by the abolition, was a blessing in disguise and was promoted to a noble concubine. The prince she gave birth is now two years old, and the toxins in her body have not been cleared, and she is weaker than ordinary children. The emperor was ashamed of the mother and son, so he vigorously promoted their mother clan. I don't know if it was a coincidence that he transferred Li Ran, Concubine Min's father, to Lai Anfu as the governor.
In this way, the life of the deposed queen and the Du brothers and sisters was even more difficult, and they were already excluded and isolated by the high-level clan of Lin'an Prefecture. If there is no great fortune, they are afraid that they will not be able to make a living in this life, and their situation is not much better than that of the Lin family.
After listening to Bo Yun's treacherous harem struggle, Lin Dan nodded and said, "How to communicate in the future or how to communicate, there is no need to deliberately alienate." She was incapable of being the icing on the cake for others, but she didn't bother to get in the way.
"Isn't it really necessary to deliberately distance yourself?" The maid was a little unsure, after all, the Du family was a family that even the emperor hated, and dealing with them always entailed a risk.
"No, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Haven't you heard this sentence?" Lin Dan waved his hands and said, "Go on, I want to sleep for a while."
After the maid went out, she slowly frowned, showing a bit of worry. It is extremely difficult to change the situation of the Lin family. You must know that the Meng brothers and sisters are the governor of Zhejiang and the mother family of Concubine Min. If Concubine Min has always been favored, the Li family will not be defeated for a day, and the Meng brothers and sisters will be able to rise higher and higher.
Now that the Lin family has been stepped into the mud, can they still turn over? Can you still beat the Meng family with hands and eyes open to the sky
One question after another appeared in Lin Dan's mind, but she pressed them all down. No matter how bleak the future is and how difficult the road is, she will learn embroidery skills first, and then talk about other things. With her superb embroidery skills, she can open up an embroidery village and open an embroidery village before she is qualified to compete for the throne of the emperor. The meal is eaten one bite at a time, and the road is taken step by step, so there is no rush.
Thinking of this, Lin Dan closed his eyes and fell asleep instantly.
The next day, the two concubines came to teach her a lesson as usual, and explained patiently: "Embroidery is a very labor-intensive skill, you have to calm down and study hard. You can't learn embroidery by tricks, there are no shortcuts, it all depends on one stitch. A thread is woven, are you ready?"
"It's ready." Lin Dan took out a set of needlework and nodded carefully.
The two concubines said with relief: "It's good if you have a heart. Embroidery takes a lot of eyesight. In order to not lose the color, you need to choose a suitable place to operate. This place should not be too dark, not too noisy, not too chaotic, and only take the most four characters. Jia, it is really leisure, quiet, bright, and clean, you can sit down wherever you see it meets the standard, and we will learn slowly."
Lin Dan looked around, pointed to the garden outside the window and said, "Then let's embroider in the yard."
In the yard, the shade of trees, fresh flowers, butterflies and warblers flying, is a beautiful spring day. Sitting under the tree for embroidery, the light is neither too bright nor too dark, and the surroundings are not noisy or noisy, it is really a good place. The two aunties said with satisfaction: "Well, let's go to the yard to embroider."
The group sat down in the yard, first explained the types of embroidery, and also talked about the patterns and colors, and then let Lin Dan start with the simplest flat stitch embroidery. Four key points, that is, leveling, aligning, practising, and smoothing, not dense and uneven, not overlapping, not intersecting, and not revealing the bottom fabric. After you have practiced flat stitch embroidery, you can continue to practice other stitches. Flat stitch embroidery is everything. The basis of stitching, you can embroider most of the patterns in the world with just this stitching method. Do you understand?"
"Understood." Lin Dan nodded obediently.
"Let's demonstrate it to you first, you can watch." The two concubines took out their needles and began to embroider. Soon, two vivid spring flowers appeared on the white embroidery cloth. , but the silk thread is dense, the color is pink, and it is very cute.
Lin Dan almost knew it at a glance, and hurriedly twisted a needle and started threading.
There were not many servants in the family, and the two aunties had to do work besides teaching. Seeing that Lin Dan was very serious and self-conscious, they left one after another. Occasionally, they took time to take a look and let the maids guard them to prevent her from being lazy.
Lin Dan held an embroidery needle and carefully shuttled through the embroidery cloth. His expression looked very calm, but there was a lot of anger inside. She originally thought that operating an embroidery needle was a very simple matter, but she realized how difficult it was when she actually practiced it! She originally wanted to put needles here, but when she put needles there, her hands trembled, and she was a hundred and eight thousand miles away. A good spring flower was embroidered into a pile of bird droppings, yellow and white. mashed up.
She stared at this pile of "bird droppings" for a long time, her hand holding the embroidery needle trembling. She felt that instead of holding a needle, she should carry a knife and chop up all these messes.
"Miss, Miss, what do you want to do?" Seeing that she suddenly got up and went to the woodshed, the maid hurriedly followed.
"You can't take a knife, miss, be careful to hurt your hand!" Seeing her walking out of the room with a hatchet in hand, the maid turned pale with fright.
Without saying a word, Lin Dan stood a wooden pier in the yard and chopped it with a knife. When she was unhappy, she always wanted to kill people, and she didn't know when this problem came about.
"Miss, what are you doing? Stop!" She really made her cry. She wanted to get close but was afraid of being hit by the flying sawdust, so she could only stand on the spot to persuade her.
Lin Dan didn't pay any attention, chopped the wooden pier to pieces in three or two strokes, patted the skirt covered with sawdust in a slow manner, and said slowly, "Give me a piece of embroidered cloth, and let's continue practicing."
The maid looked at her calm and calm face, as if nothing had happened, and at the wooden pier on the ground that could not be shattered any more, she couldn't help shivering. She hurriedly changed a piece of embroidered cloth for Lin Dan, cleaned the mess on the ground, and then exited to go all the way, not daring to touch Lin Dan's side at all.
Lin Dan hid the hatchet under the tablecloth, picked up the embroidery needle, and continued to practice flat stitch. San Yiniang came just after practicing for a while, picked up the "bird droppings" and looked at it, her expression was a bit indescribable. Fortunately, Lin Dan didn't run away or slack off today. It was already a great improvement. She didn't dare to criticize her, but instead said a lot of words of encouragement.
Lin Dan nodded obediently and continued to embroider. After a quarter of an hour, a slightly better looking "bird droppings" came out. She held the piece of embroidered cloth and looked at it for a long time, until her eyes almost froze before she let go, bent down, and took out the hatchet from under the table.
The maid snorted and hurried back.
Lin Dan didn't want to let her go, and said very calmly, "Bring another wooden pier here."
The maid was hesitant, and when she gave her a fluttering glance, she flew towards the firewood like a frightened bird, and in a moment she brought back a half-human-high wooden stake.
Lin Dan slowly rolled up his sleeves, slowly raised his knife, and cut the half-human-high wooden stake to only two feet long. Embroidery has almost exhausted her patience, and she is now full of desire to cut people. Why is it harder to use an embroidery needle than to cut someone with a knife? Why? !
Her eyes were as dark as water, and her face was as cold as frost, which looked really terrifying. When the stakes were cut, her cold aura instantly disappeared, and she turned into that charming and naive girl again.
"Okay, sweep the floor and give me another piece of embroidered cloth. Let's continue practicing." She hid the hatchet under the tablecloth as usual, and she explained it very calmly.
The maid was so frightened that she didn't dare to breathe, she hurriedly cleaned the yard as fast as she could, and returned the poor wooden stake with only a tiny butt left to the woodshed.
As soon as Lin Dan sat down, Si Yiniang came, picked up two pieces of embroidered cloth, looked at it, and praised: "Yes, there is progress! Keep practicing, don't stop."
"I will," Lin Dan nodded and suggested, "Si Yiniang, ask the servant to carry a few more bundles of firewood later, the firewood room is almost empty."
"Okay, our family Dan'er also knows the director." Si Yiniang left very relieved, Lin Dan continued to practice while holding the embroidery needle, his expression looked so calm and calm.
Not far away, Du Rusong quietly jumped off the treetop, shaking his head and laughing. Why is this little girl so cowardly! What a lot of fun!