Chapter 866 (1/2)
Accident at the Mine
In truth, Xiang Rong was able to understand Feng Yu Heng’s state of mind very well. As children of the Feng family, which one of them did not hope to have a more proper family? It was not just the two of them. Fen Dai was also the same. Since childhood, they had not experienced even a shred of family warmth. They had even been plotted against by their own father time after time. She especially wanted to be free of the chains of being the Feng family’s daughter, and she no longer wanted to be bound by the character Feng.
The embroideries that Feng Yu Heng spoke of were actually images that Feng Yu Heng had recalled being in her computer. They had all been downloaded from the internet. There were some of scenery, some of animals, and some 2-d images. Those images were especially beautiful. To the ancient people, it would be even fresher. Among those images, there were quite a few images that had European styles. She had said that they were foreign designs, and it was something that could be handwaved away. It was embroidery, and it was nothing more than just a fresh and beautiful image. If these modern sights could be turned into embroideries, it should be able to open up a new market.
At night, she chose a few images and had them printed out, but she felt that taking them out like this for the people to use like this was truly too inconvenient. Thinking a bit, she went ahead and copied it herself. Unfortunately, though she was an expert in war and was not weak in martial arts, she was truly not proficient when it came to drawing things.
In regards to the strange image that she had drawn, Feng Yu Heng ended up giving up. She simply picked up the images and went to find Xuan Tian Feng, pleading the scholarly prince to help draw them. Xuan Tian Feng looked at these strange things for a long time before finally sighing: “I had heard long ago that younger sister had a large number of strange things. A single glance is worth a hundred questions. Sure enough, it is unique!” It was nothing more than an emotional sigh. For someone as smart as him, he did not ask anything further. For Feng Yu Heng to be able to bring these things to him for help meant that she trusted him. If he asked too much, it would cause her to feel annoyed. Thus he picked up his brush and began to draw. After two days, he finally managed to finish copying the images that Feng Yu Heng had brought over.
Feng Yu Heng was very satisfied with Xuan Tian Feng’s paintings. Not only had the beauty of the images been completely captured, but they had been adjusted such that they could be used in embroidery. It made it easier for the women working in embroidery to understand. During the time that he was working on these paintings, Feng Yu Heng had told him a bit about the images, and Xuan Tian Feng tidied them up, writing at the bottom in an empty space while telling her: “In the future, when it is hung up to be sold, at the very least, the people that are looking will understand what exactly is being embroidered.”
When Feng Yu Heng handed these things to Xiang Rong, Xiang Rong was completely stunned. She had never seen this sort of image. After seeing the explanations at the bottom, she became full of yearning for the “foreign land” that Feng Yu Heng had spoken of.
Just like this, Xiang Rong began preparations for her new embroidery shop with Feng Yu Heng’s assistance. It was just that she would always think of the fourth prince in the capital while working on preparing the shop. When she had left, she had not said anything to him. That person must be going crazy, right? When she thought of the fourth prince throwing a tantrum, she felt that it was funny, and she unconsciously let out a laugh.
The maidservant Shan Cha, who was busily helping with the new shop could see that there was a change in her young miss’ mood and asked: “What is Young Miss laughing about? Is it something good?”
Xiang Rong shook her head. Because the new shop had brought in quite a few workers, it was inconvenient to speak so directly and only said: “I thought of my disciple in the capital.”
Shan Cha was her personal servant and naturally understood who the disciple was referring to, and she could not help but also begin laughing. While laughing, she said: “I fear that they will be getting mad at Young Miss! But he can’t leave the palace. Even if he gets angry, he can only stay inside and feel angry. I wonder how many tables and chairs inside the palace will have been ruined. The servants will really be troubled.”
“Apparently, he was not that explosive in the past.” Xiang Rong said: “It seems that it was from being locked up inside for too long. With me no longer in the capital, aside from those servants, there won’t be anyone to chat with him, right?” For some reason, when Xuan Tian Yi was brought up, she felt a bit sentimental, and she could remember when she had first begun teaching him embroidery. That person had an extremely unhappy expression, and he would occasionally throw a childish tantrum. But for some reason, though she was usually very soft and timid, she was never timid when faced with that person. Whenever Xuan Tian Yi got angry, she would also get angry, and she would even get angrier than him. As this continued, for some reason, Xuan Tian Yi stopped getting angry in front of her and began learning embroidery in earnest. He was like a very obedient student. “Have the image that second sister wanted us to embroider sent back to the capital for him to embroider. Just treat it as testing whether or not he has improved in the past little while!”
Xiang Rong had just casually said this then did not continue to speak on the matter. Shan Cha, however, felt that her young miss was truly a little indirect in certain aspects. The fourth prince had very clearly taken an interest in this small master. Unfortunately, the small master was completely oblivious. She even left for the distant Ji An Prefecture without saying a single word. The fourth prince might not just be angry. He might have gone crazy from the anger!
Shan Cha’s thoughts were correct. Xuan Tian Yi had indeed gone crazy from anger. Ever since he found out that Xiang Rong had left the capital with Feng Yu Heng, the servants in the palace had had to endure his torment. He had even left the people with an important question: How to write a moving report to the Emperor to have him let out of the palace.
Originally, he had already gotten accustomed to the life of being under house arrest. He even felt that his time spent embroidering with Feng Xiang Rong was quite good. He did not need to worry about anything, and there was nothing troubling. There were no worries about food or drink in the palace, and there was a master that would often visit for fun. If he knew ahead of time that this sort of life would be so good, he definitely would not have gone to meddle with Xuan Tian Ye.