Vol 1 Chapter 2 (1/2)

Gu Fang Bu Zi Shang Vol01 Ch02

The weather was relatively good, the sun was hidden behind the clouds and it wasn’t as hot as the last two days

Pingting had already finished washi+ng the assigned clothes and iping the sweat from her face when Mother Chen approached her

“Hong, are you busy?”

“I’ve just finished washi+ng What do you need, Mother Chen? I’ve done yesterday’s washi+ng too, except I still need to fold them…”

“Don’t worry about that” Mother Chen followed Pingting to the washi+ng line and chuckled, “You can put that down for now, I need to talk to you”

Pingting put down the bucket of washi+ng, “Yes?”

“You fixed the two holes in my clothes, didn’t you?”

“I saw theood?”

Mother Chen gave another chuckle, “It’s not ‘no good’ I could hardly tell that there was a hole there! I never guessed you had such ni’s hand, studied it and asked, “Why didn’t you tell us about your skill? I’ll tell you this, My Lady’s wedding is co up and we’re in a rush to prepare the clothes Only three girls in our entire Residence are proficient with needlework, so I’m worried on’t finish in time From today on, you don’t need to do manual work anymore, come and help sew!” She was Lady Hua’s nurse, so she was extre

“This is…” These days, her health had greatly i to escape soon It would’ve been a lot easier to escape if she was still a laundry maid

“This is what? Do you still want to do reat opportunity I’ll tell the housekeeper about this Inside you go and don’t worry about anything else for now” She bounced away happily, before Pingting could answer

Pingting had no choice but to pack her things up and go inside

The Hua fa Lin The head of the fa was extremely important Her clothes required at least four seamstresses and now they had a new addition

As a seareatly improved froting had been spoiled for a long ti-An Ducal Residence, so she took no notice in the changes Though her lifestyle had very raded, she was flexible and therefore she didn’t complain

For unknown reasons, the sea

“What beautiful fabric, I wish I could wear soine how beautiful I’ll be!” The seamstresses sat inside, in their own corner Their heads were bent over while their needles weaved across the fabric

“Don’t be stupid, how lucky can you get?”

Ruo’er, the girl who spoke first, had been pro how Zihua washer, she retorted, “How can you be so sure about that?”

“Okay, okay, hurry up and get back to work” Mother Chen was in the roo was so absorbed in her work, she couldn’t resist tip-toeing over to see what she was doing “Wow! That’s a needlework!”

Pingting ju control of her needle, pricking herself

“Hong, your hands really are a and studied the lively, realistic phoenix She had worked in the Hua Residence forhad sparked her interest Suddenly, she had a thought “This technique…I doubt you could find tith the sas is not typically like Dong Lin’s traditions, I think it’s more like…”

Pingting’s heart thu back her stitching “I don’t exactly understand, but it just has to look good right?”

Her sewing in Gui Le was considered spectacular as well Although the Jing-An Ducal Residence didn’t particularly announce it, there had been some private requests for her needlework

Pingting was also a lazy person, so she refused to sew any more except for a few objects for her Master This -An Ducal Residence left around

While Mother Chen wasn’t looking, she unpicked the wings of her phoenix She was just about to rest her eyes when a beautiful girl entered the roo eyes and her nose was a perfect bridge She wore an elittered around her neck

Mother Chen hurried stood up and asked, “Why are you here, My Lady?”

So she was Lady Hua Pingting had been outside doing manual labour, so this was the first time she had actually seen the Lady All of the maids stood up

“Oh Nurse, you’re here too?”

“Of course, these are My Lady’s wedding clothes after all, shouldn’t I be seeing everything thoroughly? Look at this sequin, I took a long ti it out from…”

Lady Hua seelanced at the red fabric and annoyance crossed her eyes She turned towards thefor someone

She carefullyher eyes rest on Pingting

“You, co and walked away, not waiting for an answer

“Me?” Pingting pointed to herself in surprise and looked at Mother Chen

“My Lady told you to go, so what are you standing there for? Go” Mother Chen lightly pushed her shoulder

What does Lady Hua need me for? Don’t tell me…she knows my real identity?

Pingting followed her into the rance in the air , Sir Hua is really nice to his daughter This sort of iced fragrance is a luxury that only royalty can afford

Lady Hua gestured to Pingting to come into the room, “Come here”

Pingting followed and Lady Hua threw her so, “Put these on”

The clothes were very fine, a display of exquisite workmanshi+p It was obvious that these were the Lady’s very own clothes

She saw the confusion on Pingting’s face, clicked her tongue and sure rese to look for a replaceet sick”

“Perfect!” Lady helped Pingting into the clothes and made her turn around She looked really happy when she said, “your body shape is exactly the sa no one sees your face” Lady was naively romantic in a way that she actually believed her words held no ill intentions

Pingting giggled nervously, not knohat to do

“What’s your name?”

“Hong”

“Hong, I need a favour” Lady Hua took a deep breath and whispered, “If you successfully pretend to be reatly award you If you mess up…let’s just say I’ll punish you like hell Also, don’t you dare tell anyone about this! If anyone else learns of it, I’ll get Mrs Hua to whip you!” Her words were threatening but there was no force in her tone

Pingting didn’t knohether to laugh or not “My Lady, I promise not to tell anyone I’ll do what My Lady asks”

“Hood Don’t be scared, I’m not a violent person actually” Lady Hua paused before saying, “I need you to go withto a shrine on a hill When we get there, I need you to put on ot, can you play qin?” She had only just remembered such an important detail

Pingting saw Lady Hua look at her anxiously and couldn’t help nodding, “A little…”

“That’s fine” Lady Hua repeated the task again, finally adding, “Don’t worry If anything goes wrong, there’s still me” She patted her chest and fluttered her eyelashes She looked really cute

Pingting knew i to see her lover She felt sorry for her fiancé, as going to irl

The carriage had been prepared by afternoon The housekeeper was already waiting outside Though her father loved her dearly, she was still the Lady of a big faet many chances to leave the Residence This meant the times she could see her lover were liht now

“Hong will accoe,” Lady declared when they cae Lady Hua’s requests were usually unusual due to her spoiled nature so her bringing in a seamstress did not surprise the other people at all

Pingting earing her usual clothes and the clothes she was going to change into were placed in a bag This outing re how Lady Hua was so cute and naive, her energy caer to help wholeheartedly

Luckily the carriage was quite big, so the two girls had plenty of room

“I’ve never seen you before”

Pingting touched her hair, “I used to be outside washi+ng clothes Hoas Lady supposed to see me?”

“Washi+ng clothes? That’s tiring” Lady Hua wriggled in her spot She put a piece of Osmanthus cake in her mouth and held up another piece “Want some?”

Pingting liked sweets too Her , whenever they had nice sweets Even today, she couldn’t help nodding at the sight of Osmanthus cake, “Yes, please”

Lady Hua laughed and placed so’s mouth

The rance of Os had been treated as a normal hted when she ate this delicacy “It’s really good”

As the two people talked, they gradually began to warm up to each other