Nan Zhi blushed when Ye Jun and Hui Yue teased her.
She stood up and stamped her feet, "My beauty is always making fun of me. I won't talk to you anymore. I'll go to the needlework department to see how the cloth I sent a few days ago is doing."
"Okay, okay, Sister Nanzhi, please go quickly. I am a lazy person and I am counting on you."
Ye Jun reached out from under the quilt and pulled Nan Zhi's sleeve, smiling.
Nan Zhi asked her to make her laugh, and the master and his servant started to quarrel again.
In the end, Bai Zhu accompanied Nan Zhi to the needlework bureau and sent a total of four pieces of fabric. It would be quite heavy to make clothes out of them.
Who knew that I would encounter some troubles during this trip.
As soon as the two arrived, Nanny Jin from the needlework department came up to them with a smile, "Oh, Miss Nanzhi is here, are you here to pick up Lady Ming's clothes? There are many rush jobs at the end of the year, and Lady Ming sent four rolls of material. Two have been made, and the other two will take another three to five days. Miss, why don't you go and take a look at the finished ones first?"
This is not the nanny's fault. At the end of the year, all the palaces are rushing to make new clothes, so there is indeed a shortage of manpower.
The material was delivered just five days ago, and it's already pretty good if I can make two sets of clothes. After all, nowadays all the patterns are hand-embroidered.
"Don't worry, Ma'am. I just came to take a look. Slow work produces fine work. It'll be fine as long as our beauty can wear it in the first month of the year. Fortunately, we don't lack new clothes right now." Nan Zhi smiled.
Nanny Jin also breathed a sigh of relief. She was just afraid that he would make a scene, wasn't he? She had heard of his temper, and now that he was favored, they wouldn't be able to stop him from making a scene.
"Miss, you are right. Lady Ming will definitely not lack one or two pieces. Miss, please follow me inside to take a look. They are all ready. Take them back and ask Lady Ming to try them. If you are not satisfied with anything, just bring them back and I will have someone make some changes."
Nan Zhi nodded, and followed her in with Bai Zhu.
The people in the needlework department really put a lot of thought into it. Not only did they make the clothes look nice, they also used the remaining scraps to make small accessories such as purses. The whole set looks really nice.
"Thank you for your trouble. Our beauty will definitely like it when she sees it." Nan Zhi stuffed ten taels of silver into the bag. "I'll trouble you to pay for the rest, Madam."
"Oh, young lady, you are so polite. This is my duty." Nanny Jin smiled.
I thought this guy was really generous. He had already given money when he sent the material, and now he was rewarding me again.
No wonder the servants like to serve Yuxiuge, there is money to be made.
Nan Zhi took the material and was about to leave, but she heard a commotion outside.
"You dogs and slaves are bullying others by taking advantage of your power. How long have our Baolin's things been delivered? In half a month, you can't even make two pieces of clothing?"
"Miss, you really put us in a difficult position. We are already rushing to finish the work at the end of the year. The work for Fengqi Palace, Chuxiu Palace, Cining Palace, and Hanlu Pavilion is under pressure everywhere. Zhang Baolin's work has to be put on hold. Now that the deadline has not come yet, I think we can still finish it."
Hearing the noise, Nanny Jin, the manager, apologized and hurried out.
Nan Zhi and Bai Zhu didn't want to get involved, so they folded their clothes and prepared to leave quickly.
At this moment, the situation outside became increasingly noisy.
Zhang's maid Shuangtao was also furious and started to curse, "You people, don't think I don't know that our Baolin didn't give the money? You sent it half a month in advance, but you still withheld it. If you keep doing this, I will report it to the Queen!"
Speaking of this silver, Nanny Jin was really disdainful.
Zhang sent two pieces of cloth and was given five taels of silver. What was that
Now Lady Ming only sent someone to pick up two finished clothes and she was rewarded with ten taels of silver.
So, naturally, he didn't have a good temper and walked forward with a sneer.
"You are so arrogant, young lady. Are we in the sewing department not human beings? Do we have to stay up all day and night making clothes for Zhang Baolin?"
"Take a good look. The Empress, Consort Jing, Consort Shu, and Consort Yan Xiuyi all have some things they haven't finished yet. I didn't know Zhang Baolin was so prestigious that he had to queue up in front of Fengqi Palace?"
"If that's the case, young lady, just go to Fengqi Palace and complain. We in the Needlework Bureau will fight to the death to get Zhang Baolin's things out first!"
"You, you guys!" Shuang Tao was furious.
The main reason was that she was anxious. Baolin had been waiting for a long time but still hadn't put on new clothes. This was the third time she had come to the needlework bureau. If she couldn't get her things back, she would be scolded when she returned.
At this time, Nan Zhi and Bai Zhu came out with the trays in their hands filled with newly made clothes.
They naturally didn't want to get involved in these things, but Shuang Tao was so anxious at the moment that she rushed over as if she had caught something on them.
"Well, you guys are just looking at people for food?" Shuangtao put her hands on her hips, "Could it be that Lady Ming's things can be ranked ahead of Fengqi Palace? I really have to go to the Queen's palace to ask!"
Nanny Jin's face froze, but before she could speak, Nan Zhi's expression turned cold.
"Why, isn't it time for your Baolin to be reluctant to spend money? Our beauty asked the maids in the needlework department to make clothes, so of course we paid them more. Since they specifically asked us to hurry up, how can we ask the horse to run and not eat grass? If we follow the rules, we should naturally start with the Queen's work, but our beauty also delivered it a few days in advance and gave extra money. Now we have only hurriedly made two pieces, do you have any objections? If you have any objections, go back and find your Baolin to get the money. Our beauty is not the kind of person who is so shameless as to ask people to work without rewarding them."
Shuang Tao was choked by her and was short of breath. Her face turned red and she was unable to speak. After a long while, she could only turn around and run away.
Nanny Jin came over at this moment and said, "Young lady, don't be angry. Those petty people always care about these things. Go back quickly and ask the beauty to try on the clothes. Don't keep her waiting anxiously."
Bai Zhu smiled and said, "We will definitely convey Madam's kindness. After the last two items are completed, there will naturally be rewards. It's the end of the year now, so we should at least drink a few more cups of good tea, right?"
"Hey, hey, hey, I will definitely do a good job, just tell the beauty to rest assured."
Nanny Jin personally saw the two of them out the door before turning back, feeling the ten taels of silver in her arms, she was extremely happy.
Thinking of what Shuangtao had done just now, he snorted coldly and simply suppressed Zhang Baolin's pressure again.
Judging from the situation, I'm afraid I'll barely be able to make one by New Year's Eve.
Nan Zhi returned to Yuxiu Pavilion, and naturally she had to talk to Ye Jun about this matter.
"Well done. I don't like Zhang's naive look." Ye Jun raised his eyebrows.
I've provoked her several times, and I've already given her face by not punishing her harshly.
“But I am worried. I am afraid I have offended someone today. She seems to be a scheming person. We should be on guard against her, lest she does anything bad to you one day.” Nan Zhi frowned.
Huiyue and Baishu also nodded.
Ye Jun smiled and said, "Now that you can think things through, I don't have to worry so much. You can't have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others."
Although Zhang looked delicate and harmless, she always had a vague feeling that she was not a good person.
Ye Jun's idea was indeed correct. Because of this incident, Zhang Baolin completely hated her and caused another incident before the New Year.