Old Secrets

Author: Bai Xiaoyuan

Old Secrets

Shen Liang's always calm and elegant face had cracks visible to the naked eye.

Double embroidery on one side.

And the outline of the landscape outlined by a few stitches.

The thread pattern is almost identical to the square embroidered handkerchief he collected.

Shen Lingxi had been paying attention to his expression and saw an indescribable enthusiasm in his eyes.

The enthusiasm was like - what Shen Lingxi was holding was not an embroidery, but a rare treasure.

As long as you have it, you can be as rich as the enemy.

Such a look was something Shen Lingxi had never expected before.

"This, this embroidery technique... did Shen Fugui find someone to teach you?" Mrs. Wang whispered in his ears, "He actually found an embroiderer who knows this embroidery technique?"

Shen Lingxi turned around and saw her ancestor looking at the embroidery pattern in her hand with a complicated expression.

"No one taught me." Shen Lingxi replied pretending to be relaxed, "When I was burying Yao Niang's body, I saw this kind of embroidery on her clothes. I thought it looked good, so I tried to embroider it myself and learned it. It's not difficult. .”

Chu Yan raised his eyebrows.

The embroiderer in the palace's clothes bureau had been trying to figure out her embroidery skills for months, but when it came to her, it was "nothing difficult."

Mrs. Wang asked for the embroidered stretcher and looked at it over and over in her hands. Her dim eyes were full of worry.

Seeing Shen Liang's delay in answering, Shen Lingxi asked urgently, "Second uncle, how are you? Do you need me to help you mend your embroidered handkerchief?"

Intuition told Shen Liang that there might be some fraud involved.

But this embroidery technique and the almost identical landscape outline, to Shen Liang, are like a ladder going straight up to the blue clouds...

The temptation was so great that he couldn't say no.

"The embroidered handkerchief is with me..."

"Since the embroidered handkerchief has been ruined, why should you mend it?" Mrs. Wang interrupted him in a deep voice, and then said warmly to Shen Lingxi: "If you are really serious, you can embroider a good one another day and give it to your second uncle. yes."

"Exactly!" Shen Ji quickly agreed. He had not forgotten what Shen Lingxi had said yesterday that the embroidered clothes envoy was also looking into the "embroidered handkerchief" matter. "Commonly used things, repaired ones, are they unlucky, or are they new?" Okay. Besides, your second uncle might have thrown it away long ago."

The words of the two people were like two hammers hitting Shen Liang on the head, knocking him awake.

Cold sweat broke out on Shen Liang's back. Now that the enemy and ourselves in the court were unknown, if he really alerted the embroidered clothes envoy, his plan would be in vain.

"Brother is right. I have asked someone to throw away the embroidered handkerchief. I think the square handkerchief you are embroidering now is very good. Just embroider it someday and give it to me."

You think so beautifully.

Shen Lingxi's eyes showed regret, "I can only embroider flowers and grass now. I wanted to borrow my second uncle's square handkerchief to learn how to embroider landscapes, but I didn't expect that I couldn't do it."

"If you want to learn, there will be many opportunities." Shen Liang smiled at her, his expression a little more cordial and doting.

He knew that talking too much would lead to mistakes, so he excused himself as having something to do, said goodbye to everyone, and left in a hurry.

Shen Lingxi looked at his back, her eyes flashing.

Now that the trap has been laid, it's up to you whether you will take the bait or not.

After Shen Liang left, Mrs. Wang and Shen Ji looked much more relaxed.

After all, Mrs. Wang had something on her mind, and she looked tired without even saying a few words to Mu Huaian.

Mu Huaian watched the play in a fog, and when he saw that he was almost done singing, he winked at Shen Lingxi and took the opportunity to leave.

"Excuse me for your grandmother's concern. Go back and say hello to her for me. Come and see me more often when you have time." Mrs. Wang asked kindly.

Mu Huaian naturally agreed.

"Go and see Huai'an off." Mrs. Wang ordered Shen Lingxi.

Seeing this, Shen Ji saw that Mrs. Wang wanted to bring Shen Lingxi and Mu Huaian together, so how could she be willing to do so, "There will be an incense gathering at Changsheng Temple tomorrow. Dalang, Erlang, Sanlang and the others have not returned home yet. My nephew is willing to take Ayao and Lingxi with him." Go and see the excitement?"

Being able to spend more time with Shen Lingxi, how could Mu Huaian refuse, so he naturally agreed with a smile.

*

After coming out of the Songzhu Courtyard, Shen Lingxi found an open waterside pavilion and talked to Mu Huaian.

Chu Yan also followed Mu Huaian.

He was a guard today, so naturally he was standing.

Mu Huaian didn't dare to sit down, so he simply leaned against the pillar with his arms crossed.

"What's going on with the embroidered handkerchief? Why didn't I hear Zhao Afeng talk about it?"

Shen Lingxi didn't intend to hide it from him, "Aunt Zhao mentioned it accidentally. I heard about it and happened to see it when I was settling the accounts. I thought it was a little strange, so I asked you to come and deceive him."

"It's just a misplaced embroidered handkerchief. What's wrong with it?" Mu Huaian thought, "Or is there something wrong with this embroidered handkerchief?"

Shen Lingxi: "There is something wrong with the embroidered handkerchief."

"What's the problem?" Mu Huaian asked curiously.

Shen Lingxi's eyes swept around him and Chu Yan.

Seeing doubts in both of their eyes, one knew that they knew nothing about this embroidered handkerchief.

She relaxed completely.

very good.

At least in this matter, they are "friends, not enemies", and things will be much easier to handle.

Shen Lingxi eloquently told the truth, "In the dowry of the former crown prince Liangdi, there was an embroidered picture called "Landscape of Yunguo". It was to relieve Liangdi's pain of homesickness. Before the marriage, the tribe hired the palace embroiderer for three years. Embroidered. Five years ago, after the death of the first prince, this picture was regarded as unknown and cut into pieces. The embroidered handkerchief in Shen Liang's hand was the fragment cut from this picture. "

The first prince...isn't that Chu Yan's father?

Isn't Liangdi the princess of the Yun Kingdom who was given a marriage to the late prince in order to stabilize the Yun territory after the late emperor regained the Yun Kingdom?

Mu Huaian did not expect that the embroidered handkerchief had such origin. He stood up straight and subconsciously looked at Chu Yan.

Chu Yan also didn't expect such a thing to happen, and his brows furrowed slightly.

When it came to the old things from five years ago, his eyes became a little sharp, "This is the secret of the East Palace. Even the people in the East Palace may not know it. How did you know about it?"

Shen Lingxi's eyes drooped slightly.

Six years ago, after her death, her soul possessed that embroidered picture for a period of time.

Later, the embroidered pictures were cut into pieces overnight.

She also fainted.

When she opened her eyes again, she became the Shen Lingxi she is today.

However, Shen Lingxi did not expect that in just five years, the embroidered picture that had been cut into pieces would become so important.

It's so important that a small piece of it costs a human life.

"I, Aweng, also had one in my hand. It was found on the body of a young eunuch who was thrown into a mass grave five years ago. Aweng saw that the embroidery on it was special, so he kept it."

The origin of this is what Old Shen told Shen Lingxi.

But today she heard from the ancestors of the Shen family that this didn't seem to be the case.

However, this is not important.

As long as you can convince the two people in front of you, that's fine.

Shen Lingxi looked slightly gloomy, "Four months ago, someone offered a huge reward for this thing on the black market. The second uncle of the coffin shop stole it and planned to sell it. As a result, the person died and the embroidered handkerchief disappeared. Aweng died because of this. He suffered a serious illness and passed away..."

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