Chapter Twenty-Five: Swans Entwined

  Before long, Qing Shuang came out of the west courtyard with a flower basket and soon arrived in front of Yun Qian Yue.

  Yun Qian Yue glanced at the flower basket in Qing Shuang's hand, inside which were various needles and threads, a stack of grass paper patterns, as well as several pieces of high-quality moon-white silk brocade that was the same color as Rong Jing Yue's white jade robe. She raised an eyebrow at those few pieces of brocade.

  Qing Shang looked at Yan Yue with a puzzled expression and asked, "Miss Yan Yue, aren't you supposed to give the young master an embroidered sachet?"

  Yun Qian Yue looked at Qing Shang and asked, "Qing Shang, how long have you been following the young master of your household?"

  Just now she said that the surprise in Qing Shuang's eyes when she mentioned embroidering a sachet was not fake. Now she says she wants to embroider a sachet but only brought these few pieces of moon-white silk brocade, is she a little worm in Rong Jing's belly? How did she know she wanted to embroider a sachet for her family's young master? Can't she embroider one for herself?

  "The slave and Qingquan have been following the young master since childhood." said Qing Shang.

  "No wonder you're so thoughtful!" Yun Shangyue took the flower basket from Qing Shuang and smiled, "I don't know how to embroider sachets, come inside and teach me how."

  "Miss Shallow Moon... I also can't embroider." Qing Shang shook her head.

  "Hmm?" Yun Qianyue looked at Qing Shuang.

  Her face turned red, and she said softly: "I've been following the young master to learn martial arts and literacy since I was a child, and followed Yao Lao to study cooking. The princess passed away early, and in all these years, there has never been a woman close to the young master. This needlework and embroidery, Hong Nubi has never learned before."

  Yun Piao Moon was astonished, it's rare to meet someone like her who can't do needlework or embroidery. She looked at the flower basket in her hand with some confusion and asked, "Then how did you get this? And found it so quickly?"

  Qing Yu's face turned even redder, "I had thought of learning it earlier, but didn't end up doing so. These needles and patterns were prepared a long time ago, while those few pieces of moon-white silk brocade were just brought to you."

  Yun Shallow Moon blinked her eyes, looking at Qing Shang's red little face, and asked in a low voice, "Qing Shang, do you have someone you like?"

  Her face turned red all the way down to her ears, but she still nodded.

  "Who?" Yun Shang Yue asked curiously.

  His blue shirt was almost dragging on the ground, and he didn't say a word.

  Yun Qian Yue thought it was impossible to be Rong Jing, Qing Shang looked at Rong Jing's eyes with admiration and obedience, Qin Yu Cong and Liu Gong Zhu looked at Rong Jing's eyes that were naked. She pondered, suddenly her eyes lit up, leaned in close to her and whispered: "Is it Xuan Ge?"

  Qing Shuang suddenly looked up, staring at Yun Qian Yue with an unbelievable expression, her small face flushing bright red.

  Yun Piao Yue suddenly smiled, thinking that Qing Shang was adorable at this moment! She thought about Xuan Ge, that wooden head, and how someone actually liked him. But thinking back to her interactions with Xuan Ge, from the first day he took her to the Hou Shan Bi Yuan in Ling Tai Temple, where she got so angry she almost jumped up, to when Rong Jing turned against her because of a single sentence and ran back to the manor, leaving her shoe behind, which Xuan Ge returned to her while quarreling with her... and other events. She found that Xuan Ge was actually quite adorable too. Looking at Qing Shang's disbelieving small face, she said: "It's strange, how did I know? Do you want to know how I knew?"

  The blue-clad girl nodded with a red face.

  "You see Xuan Ge's eyes are just like Qin Yu Jing's eyes when she looks at your Young Master." Yun Qian Yue explained to Qing Shang.

  Her face turned red in an instant.

  Yun Qian stretched out her hand to pat the shoulder of Qing Shuang, who was about to be cooked, and whispered with a smile: "What's wrong? They say that near water towers, you and Xuan Ge are so close to the water, your family's young master can arrange a marriage for you with just one word."

  The girl in blue hung her head and was too ashamed to speak.

  Yun Shang Yue thought to herself, was she also like this when Rong Jing teased her? No wonder he loved watching, it really is nice to look at! She got a perverted sense of satisfaction from teasing Qing Shuang, and suddenly became the matchmaker, quietly asking, "Xuan Ge knows you like him, right? Do you want me to call him out for you, then wake up your family's young master and have them get engaged immediately? After all, you're both at the right age."

  Qing Shuang immediately shook her head, her voice as low as it could go, too ashamed to look at Yun Shang Yue, "Miss Shallow Moon, please don't say that, I haven't even thought about marrying him yet."

  "I never thought of marrying him! Is that just a liking?" Yun Shangyue looked at Qing Shuang, after all, she was not much older than her, and at this age, getting married was still young, and there was no hurry. She nodded, "That's good too! After all, you are both children of your family. Sooner or later it's the same, if you like each other, it's just a matter of his words."

  The blue-robed one is too ashamed to respond.

  "Goodness, you can't even embroider a sachet. What's to be done?" Yun Shangyue put down the blue shirt and looked at the flower basket with some distress. She silently scolded Rong Jing for wanting a pair of mandarin ducks playing in water sachets, which had to be worn on Qixi Festival.

  "Why don't you stop embroidering for today and choose a pattern first? Tomorrow, I'll ask an expert needlework woman to come and teach you?" Qing Shang suggested in a soft voice, her face flushing red.

  "Hmm, it can't be helped!" Yún Qiūyuè thought, feeling a bit pitiful. From tomorrow on, she would have to start learning how to embroider sachets!

  "Miss Shallow Moon, is there anything else you'd like to instruct?" Qing Shang continued to ask with a red face.

  "It's over, go rest now!" Yun Qian Yue smiled as she looked at Qing Shuang and waved her hand.

  Qing Shuang received the pardon, hastily gave Yun Shang Yue a bow, turned around and ran away in a flash. This made Yun Shang Yue laugh out loud as she watched her figure disappear. Thinking that Qing Shuang's weakness was Xuan Ge, then wasn't Xuan Ge's weakness also Qing Shuang? She would wait for the day when that wooden head was dissatisfied with her again and scolded her, then she would use Qing Shuang to educate him properly.

  Yun Qian Yue Jing couldn't help but smile again for a while before taking the flower basket and turning around to enter the house.

  She put down the flower basket, took out a large stack of drawings from inside, and saw all sorts of patterns and embroidery methods. The first one was mandarin ducks playing in the water, still a pair of mandarin ducks with intertwined necks. She felt a chill, looked at the second one, still mandarin ducks playing in the water, this time side by side. The third one was actually still mandarin ducks playing in the water, chasing and frolicking. The fourth one was actually still mandarin ducks playing in the water, gazing at each other in pairs. The fifth one was actually still mandarin ducks playing in the water, beak to beak as if feeding. The sixth one was actually still mandarin ducks playing in the water, back to back...

  Yun Qian Yue thought that according to Qing Shang's words, she wanted to learn how to embroider a lotus pouch, but did she really want to embroider mandarin ducks playing in the water for Xuan Ge? She said later that she didn't succeed, probably because she was too shy and embarrassed to embroider. Otherwise, where did all these patterns of mandarin ducks playing in the water come from? She smiled slightly and looked at the seventh one. When she saw that it was no longer a pattern of mandarin ducks playing in the water, she seemed to have finally been relieved, letting out a sigh of relief.

  The seventh is the intertwined lotus, with lotus flowers growing connected at the stem and leaning against each other as they grow.

  The eighth is a pair of birds with wings as beautiful as those of the phoenix and the feng.

  The ninth twin grass, two stems and leaves grow from one root stem, with heart-shaped leaf blades.

  The tenth is the acacia tree, the eleventh is the mandarin fish, the twelfth is a pair of white swans, the thirteenth is the jade ring, the fourteenth is the love bean...

  The clouds are shallow and the moon is bright, everything she sees is in pairs. She thinks that ancient people used to use embroidered pouches as tokens of love, how true!

  "Water..." A faint voice suddenly came from the bed.

  Yun Shallow Moon immediately put down the drawings in her hand, turned around to look at Rong Jing, and saw that he was staring at her with a few confused eyes, his lips slightly dry, obviously thirsty from sleep. She turned back to pour a cup of water and walked towards the bedside. Coming to the bedside, she sat down and placed the water on his lips, "Open your mouth!"

  Rong Jing obediently opened his mouth.

  Yun Qian's hand rose lightly, and she heard his soft gulps. Thinking that this person was drunk to such an extent yet still so elegant. It's truly a case of heaven and earth colliding, reason cannot contain it.

  After finishing a cup of water, Yun Shang asked, "Do you want more?"

  Rong Jing shook his head and closed his eyes again.

  Yun Qian got up and was about to take the water cup back to the table when Rong Jing reached out and grabbed her wrist. She turned around to look at him, but he kept his eyes closed and mumbled, "You sleep too!"

  "I'm not sleepy yet!" Yun Qianyue said.

  "I'm not sleepy but I'll sleep. If you don't sleep, I won't be able to sleep well." Rong Jing held onto Yun Qian Yue's hand tightly.

  Yun patted her eyelids and said, "Then let go first, I'll put the cup on the table!"

  Rong Jing slowly loosened his grip.

  Yun Shallow Moon walked to the table and put down the cup, turned around and looked at Rong Jing, seeing that his hand was still stretched out. She glanced at the pattern on the table, took a step towards the bed, and just as she reached it, Rong Jing's hand immediately pulled her back. She glared at him, "I haven't even taken off my shoes yet!"

  Rong Jing's movements paused, Yun Qian Yue took off her shoes and got into bed. As soon as she lay down, Rong Jing wrapped his arms around her, gently sniffing the warmth of her fragrance, murmuring: "This time I should sleep well, you should have come to sleep earlier."

  "If it weren't for the fact that you're drunk, you'd be sleeping on the soft couch today!" Yun Shangyue scolded. Rong Jing's body, which had been cool and calm all day, suddenly felt a surge of heat, and the chill on her skin was immediately dispelled.

  "Despicable!" Rong Jing muttered.

  "Who did you say has no conscience? You or me?" Yun Qian Yue raised an eyebrow.

  Rong Jing closed his mouth and no longer spoke.

  Yun Qian Yue didn't bother to argue with a drunk person, lightly waving her hand, a gust of clear wind blew by, and the candlelight in the room went out. She originally wasn't sleepy at all, but for some reason, seeing Rong Jing close his eyes and breathe evenly as if he was about to fall asleep also made her feel drowsy. Without pushing him away, she let him hold her, slowly closing her eyes.

  A good night's sleep.

  On the second day, Yun Shang Yue woke up to find that it was already bright outside. She opened her eyes to see Rong Jing leaning against his side next to her, flipping through the sachet patterns she had brought back for him yesterday. At this moment, he was comparing a pair of mandarin ducks with entwined necks and another pattern of two birds feeding each other beak to beak. She suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.

  Rong Jing found her awake and turned to look at her with a gentle voice: "Which of these two embroidery pieces do you think is better?"

  "If I really embroidered it, can you wear it out?" Yun Shuang Yue looked at Rong Jing's face, changing from yesterday's slightly drunk to today's usual gentle and elegant, with a light and clear brow. She thought that the unlovable Rong Jing was back!

  "You embroider it and I'll be able to wear it out," said Rong Jing.

  "Impossible!" Yun Shang Yue shook her head. The clothes he wore, she couldn't even embroider them. And yet they were a pair of mandarin ducks? It was also surprising that he dared to take them out.

  "Embroider it!" Rong Jing leaned in and gently kissed Yun Shangyue's lips, holding up the pattern of intertwined mandarin ducks in front of her eyes, saying in a seductive and gentle voice: "Embroider this one!"

  "No!" Yun Shangyue shook her head, if she embroidered this, she wouldn't be able to see anyone again!

  "Embroidery!" Rong Jing kissed her again.

  "No embroidery!" Yun Piao Yue still shook her head.

  Embroidery!

  "Don't embroider!"

  Embroidery!

  "No... uh..."

  Yun Qianyue's lips were sealed by a kiss, her resolute head-shaking pose unable to be executed anymore. She stared at Rong Jing, who deepened the kiss. His lips still lingered with the residual wine of last night's drunkenness, causing her heart to skip a beat. A good night's sleep had originally cleared her mind, but now her thoughts were flying about.

  After a long time, Rong Jing let go of her, his lips an inch away from hers, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Will you embroider or not?"

  Yun Shallow Moon hastily gasped, but still held her ground, "No!"

  Rong Jing leaned in again, their lips meeting in a lingering kiss.

  Clouds shallow moon stretched out her hand to push him, but it was a thin force like an egg hitting a rock. She stared at Rong Jing, but there was no intimidation, and in Rong Jing's eyes, her charming eyes were like silk, making his heart drift away. The interlocking mandarin ducks pattern in his hand loosened, and he reached into her slightly loose soft robe, stroking the snow-white skin around her waist.

  Yun Qian Yue's eyes flashed, and she immediately reached out to grab his hand. She didn't know where the strength came from, but she managed to pry him loose. Her face flushed with anger, she panted and stuttered: "Rong Jing, you're becoming more and more... inhuman!"

  Rong Jing looked at Yun Qian Yue, the desire in his eyes couldn't be extinguished. He slowly picked up the discarded embroidery with the mandarin duck pattern and asked in a hoarse voice, "Will you embroider it?"

  Yun Shallow Moon stared at him without speaking.

  "Can't you embroider?" Rong Jing leaned in close and asked softly.

  Yun Shallow Moon still didn't speak.

  "I can teach you." Rong Jing reached out and gently grasped a strand of Yun Qianyue's hair, his eyes burning with a mixture of water and fire.

  "Are you going to teach me?" Yun Qian Yue finally couldn't help but speak up, raising an eyebrow as she looked at Rong Jing. "You're really a man of many talents? Can you also knit and do embroidery?" She found it hard to imagine Rong Jing holding needles and threads to embroider sachets. Now that he was willing to teach, she didn't mind learning how to embroider.

  "Hmm!" Rong Jing threw the pattern again, his fingertips lightly hooked onto the silk ribbon around Yun Shangyue's waist. His body leaned in as if to cover hers, his voice soft and gentle, "Like this..."

  "Get out!" Yun Qian Yue finally understood, she angrily stretched out her hand and opened the door, jumping up from bed.

  "Embroider or not?" Rong Jing looked at her and asked again.

  Yun Qian Yue gritted her teeth, both annoyed and humiliated. "Are you Rong Jing? The one who got drunk yesterday was the real Rong Jing! Where did you come from? Scram back to where you came from and bring back the Rong Jing from yesterday!"

  Rong Jing raised an eyebrow, "Was I obedient yesterday?"

  Yun Qian Yue hummed a sound, how could he be obedient? He was simply delightful and obedient to the point of being adorable.

  "That must not be me!" Rong Jing said with a determined tone, continuing to look at Yun Shang Yue, his voice soft and gentle, "I think all the patterns in this flower basket are not as good as this one. Since you want to embroider for me, of course, you should embroider something I like, right? Good girl, will you embroider it or not?"

  "Embroider! I'll embroider a hundred for you." Yun Qianyue couldn't withstand this gentle attack, thinking that it wasn't a big deal. If he dared to wear them out, what was she afraid of embroidering?

  "That's even better!" Rong Jing's mouth corners slightly curved, nodding in satisfaction, turned around and got out of bed, his gentle voice restored to its usual clarity. "Qing Shuang has invited the best embroidery workshop in the capital for you, they will arrive at the manor soon. Hurry up and get dressed, after eating, quickly start learning how to embroider! Otherwise, time won't be enough."

  Yun Shang Yue didn't seem to have heard, and she lay back on the bed with a straight body. She must be out of her mind to agree to embroider a sachet for him after he got drunk yesterday. This person was not a handsome young master at all, but an evil demon. In her opinion, Ye Qing Ran's title of Little Demon King should be transferred to him instead.

  "Didn't get up?" Yong Jing raised an eyebrow.

  "Whatever!" Rong Jing stretched out his hand and pulled up the quilt, covering his head.

  "I woke up too early today and I'm feeling a bit sleepy!" Rong Jing said.

  The cloud was thin and the moon was bright, and with a loud shout, he threw off his quilt, sat up straight, pointed at the door and said fiercely: "You get Qing Shang for me! Hurry up, if you're late, I'll strip you naked and hang you from the beam! Don't think that just because this is your territory, I won't dare to do it. I'll see who dares to rescue you, whoever rescues you, I'll strip them naked and hang them too!"

  Rong Jing didn't hesitate for a moment and turned around to leave the room immediately.

  Yun Shallow Moon still had a gloomy face, thinking that he was quite sensible. If he wasn't sensible, she would have made him look good today.

  Rong Jing went out of the room and gave an order, Qing Shang responded and immediately walked into the room. As soon as she entered the door, she heard Yun Qianyue say: "Close the door!"

  Qing Shuang was taken aback, turned her head and glanced at Rong Jing, who was standing outside the door with his back to her, looking up at the sky. She immediately closed the door and walked in cautiously, asking, "Miss Shallow Moon, what can I do for you?"

  Yun patted the moon and scattered some of the gloomy atmosphere, pointing to the intricate clothes on the bed and said with some difficulty: "You teach me how to dress!"

  Qing Shuang was taken aback, and suddenly she had an epiphany. She finally understood why the young master wanted Yin Niang to make the most complicated clothes! Did he know that Shallow Moon Miss wouldn't wear this kind of dress? She was speechless.

  Yun Shallow Moon's face was somewhat unnatural, looking at Qing Shang, "Don't tell me you won't either!"

  Qing Shang turned her head to glance at the door, which was closed, and she couldn't see Rong Jing's figure. She swallowed hard, nodded slightly, and said softly: "This servant will!"

  "Let's get started then!" Yun Shuoyue said somewhat weakly. If she were in that other world, who would believe her if she said she couldn't even wear clothes? But these weren't the kind of clothes with ring fasteners or sashes or thin gauze or silk fabrics or blue moon pearl embroidery that wrapped around her body in intricate patterns - those she really didn't know how to wear. If she wasn't careful, it would be like that day again, when she hadn't even managed to put on the clothes but had gotten herself all tangled up instead.

  "Uh-huh!" Qing Shuang nodded, picked up the clothes from the bedside, and gently unfolded them. Instead of immediately dressing Yun Qian Yue, she first slowly explained how to put them on, what to wear first, what to wear next, and finally what to wear last.

  Yun Piao listened carefully, thinking that this dress actually had a sequence. It really lived up to the ancient saying, there is no one in the world who can do everything, and learning is a lifelong process. Nian Niang was able to make such intricate clothes, if she had the chance to meet her in person, she would definitely pay homage to her first.

  "Miss Shallow Moon, I've finished explaining. Shall I help you put it on or will you do it yourself?" Qing Shan asked softly.

  "I'll wear it myself, you can guide me if there's anything wrong." Yun Qian Yue took over the clothes and put them on.

  "Good!" Qing Shang nodded.

  Her ability to remember everything she saw and heard came into play at this time. Although Yun Shang Yue dressed slowly, she still managed to put on her clothes perfectly without any mistakes. She looked at Qing Shan with some delight and asked, "How is it?"

  "Miss Shallow Moon is really clever, when I was a servant and brought clothes to learn from Yin Niangzi for two hours, I just learned it! When I came back, I explained it to the young master once, but unexpectedly Miss Shallow Moon also listened to it only once and could wear it." Qing Shan said with a smile.

  Yun Shang Yue thought to herself, no wonder Rong Jing was so slow when helping her get dressed! It turned out he had also heard the rumors. She called out to him, "Rong Jing, come in!"

  Rong Jing pushed open the door and came in.

  "See? Dressing is a small matter!" Yun Shangyue raised an eyebrow at him with satisfaction, don't think that just because he's gone, he can't do anything.

  "Hmm, you can learn to wear such intricate clothes so quickly, I suppose embroidering a sachet would be an even smaller matter." Rong Jing looked at Yun Shang Yue standing neatly in front of the bed, his eyebrows and eyes gleaming with satisfaction, and he smiled.

  "Wait for me to embroider a rotten peach blossom for you!" Yun Shangyue said angrily, looking at his smiling face.

  Rong Jing turned away, went to the dressing table to wash her face, pretending she hadn't heard Yun Shangyue's words.

  Yun Shang let out a hum, she had never thought that wearing clothes was anything special, but now she felt even more delighted than when she had solved the case. She looked at Rong Jing's back and was about to scold him again, just as they heard the sound of zithers coming from outside, "Young Master, there is news from up ahead, saying that the steward of Yun Wang Fu has come to invite Miss Shang Yue back to the manor!"

  Huh? Yun Shangyue was taken aback.

  Rong Jing's hand paused, and he asked, "What is it?"

  "It's said that the Seventh Prince visited the Yunwang Fu this morning, bringing something back for Miss Shallow Moon from Beijiang. He is currently waiting at the Yunwang Fu. The Master of the Yunwang Fu has sent Cloud Meng, the chief steward, to invite Miss Shallow Moon to return to the fu and express her gratitude in person to the Seventh Prince."

  Rong Jing didn't say another word and continued to lower his head to wash his face.

  Yun Shang looked at Rong Jing, who was standing with his back to her, unable to see the expression on his face. Just like yesterday in front of the Rong Wang Fu gate, they stood there without a word, waiting for her to make up her mind! She had originally been indifferent to whether or not she would meet the Seventh Prince, but due to Rong Feng's words and Rong Jing's strange behavior over the past few days, she had become somewhat nervous whenever she heard the Seventh Prince's name. Now, however, she was hesitant to take action. After a moment of silence, she said to someone outside, "Tell Yun Meng that since we came to deliver something, just have him put it down and leave. I've been running around on Wuyun Mountain all day and am exhausted, and I'm currently drinking the medicine prescribed by Jing Shizhu to rest my body. I don't feel like going back to the manor again today. I'll thank the Seventh Prince another day."

  "Yes!" Xiang Ge responded with relish and swiftly exited the Purple Bamboo Garden like a gust of wind.

  Yun Qian's mood suddenly became inexplicably heavy. If things continued like this, not seeing the Seventh Prince wouldn't be an option. Those words she said to Rong Jing and Rong Feng about her amnesia being a past life matter that only she knew, although spoken lightly, were actually weighing heavily on her heart. After all, it was all just her. She couldn't erase Ye Tianyi because of her amnesia, nor could she erase Rong Jing because Ye Tianyi had returned. She recalled Rong Jing mentioning Yang Ye's romantic history - did he really have feelings for the Seventh Prince? Her mood became somewhat irritated.

  "Prepare the carriage, send Miss Shallow Moon back to her residence!" Rong Jing suddenly instructed outside.

  Yun Shang Yue's face changed slightly as she stared at Rong Jing, "Who said I wanted to return to the manor? Didn't you just hear what I said?"

  "You look so restless and distracted, you'd better return to your residence!" said Rong Jing.

  "Who's lost their soul?" Yun Shangyue glared at Rong Jing, walked over and roughly snatched the handkerchief from his hand, throwing it onto the washstand. "You go wash your face!"

  Rong Jing stood still.

  "Fine! I'll leave, is that what you want? So you won't have to look at me and feel annoyed." Yun Shang Yue walked away, where did she get this temper from?!

  Rong Jing suddenly reached out and grabbed her arm, his stiff tone turning gentle, "I didn't say I wouldn't wash your face!"

  Yun Shallow Moon stopped in her tracks and looked at him with an unpleasant expression.

  He held a jade-like hand in front of her, scooped up water and gently wiped it on her face, his fingertips tracing over her eyebrows and eyes, softly saying: "Close your eyes!"

  Yun Shallow Moon was softened by Rong Jing's gentle manner, and she lightly closed her eyes, her anger dissipating instantly. She had never been one to lose her temper randomly, but rather, it was always him that she couldn't help but lose her temper with. Under his gentle movements and tone, she felt that the turmoil and irritation in her mood seemed insignificant.

  "Alright!" Rong Jing finished washing and used a soft cloth to wipe her face clean.

  Yun Qian Yue looked at Rong Jing and suddenly asked, "Rong Jing, I...". She pursed her lips hesitantly for a moment, then decided to ask: "Was I good to the Seventh Prince in the past?" She only wanted to know if it was good or not, there were many kinds of goodness, what kind of goodness was hers.

  "Hmm!" Rong Jingwan nodded casually, seemingly unwilling to speak.

  Yun Qian's eyes sank, and she asked again, "Are you better than me towards you?"

  "Do you think you're good to me?" Rong Jing raised an eyebrow.

  Clouds were shallow and the moon was furrowed, she seemed to have done nothing good for him except helping him get rid of the cold poison in Lingtai Temple. She looked at Rong Jing's raised eyebrows and asked back with a somewhat reluctant expression, took a step forward, wrapped her arm around his waist, and leaned her body into his arms, their posture was intimate and close. She tilted her face up and asked in an extremely soft and gentle tone, "Tell me, have I been good to you?"

  Her eyes sparkled like a clear spring as she smiled gently and said, "If you embroider that pattern for me, it would be great!"

  Yun Shallow Moon pushed her away with one hand, her face red and fragmented, "You're really hopeless!"

  Rong Jing smiled lightly.

  "Are you still preparing the carriage?" Qingquan asked foolishly outside the house.

  Rong Jing hadn't even opened his mouth when Qing Shang covered it with her hand and scolded, "What are you preparing for? Didn't you hear Miss Shallow Moon say she's not returning to the manor? You're such a wooden head!"

  "Sister, you've been forcing me to practice my skills every day. Even if I become a wooden brain, it's all because of you!" Qingquan opened his hand in dissatisfaction, but don't think he really didn't understand. In these years of following the prince, he wasn't just eating idle meals.

  "Too much talk, come with me to serve the meal!" Qing Shang pulled Qing Quan and they left.

  Qingyuan muttered something and followed Qingyuan into the small kitchen.

  Yun Qianyue couldn't help but smile as she watched the two siblings dragging their feet. She thought to herself that not only were Rong Jing's clothes and food precious, but the people around him were also precious. However, she didn't envy him; after all, she had Hua Song, Hu Die, Liu Qi, and four other precious people by her side.

  Before long, Qing Shang arrived with food, and Rong Jing and Yun Qian Yue had already set everything in order.

  After dinner, Yun Qianyue glanced at the flower basket placed there, and the first one on it was a pattern of Mandarin ducks. She pursed her lips and asked Qing Shang, "Has the embroiderer arrived?"

  Rong Jingpin sipped his tea, and the corners of his mouth slightly curled up.

  Yun Shallow Moon glared at Rong Jing with a triumphant look, thinking he dared to say she was mean to him again.

  "That embroidery girl has just arrived and is waiting in my house!" Qing Shang smiled and nodded, glanced at Rong Jing, and whispered: "Shallow Moon Miss, please follow me to my house! The young master never allows outsiders to enter this courtyard."

  "Good!" Yun Qian Yue stood up. Let her learn to embroider a pair of mandarin ducks in front of Rong Jing, she couldn't even do that.

  The two of them walked out of the house and headed towards the west courtyard of Qing Shuang's residence.

  Rong Jing watched the two leave, put down his teacup, and smiled slightly with a radiant complexion. After a while, he stood up, walked out of the room, and slowly headed towards the study.

  On this day, Yun Pian Yue quickly learned various painting techniques of mandarin ducks playing in the water with her exceptional eyesight and memory. The one she mastered the most was the intertwined necks of mandarin ducks. Under the embroiderer's astonished gaze, she also learned to paint lotus flowers with connected stems, branches of love, birds flying together, fish swimming together, beans of longing, trees of joy, two plum blossoms, double begonias, and peach blossoms in February, among others.

  This was a habit that Yun Shang Yue had cultivated in her past life. There were some things that she either didn't learn, or learned with precision, no matter how hard you tried to teach her otherwise.

  When the sky darkened, the seamstress finally left. She was no longer just surprised, but also deeply convinced. It was probably because she had never thought that the young master of the Yun Wang Fu, who was rumored to be ignorant and illiterate, would turn out to be a genius with a photographic memory. However, she only dared to keep it in her heart and didn't dare to speak about today's events. Even if she did, no one would believe her words due to the deeply ingrained reputation of Yun Shangyue being a useless young master.

  Qing Shuang was even more admiring of Yun Shang's exceptional talent, previously she only thought that Miss Shang had a good temperament and was able to gain the young master's favor, which was certainly not an ordinary feat. But from last month when she saw her finish all the books in the young master's study room in just half a month, it already shocked her, let alone today seeing her learn all the embroidery techniques of the first embroidery workshop in the capital in just one day, she no longer just admired her but revered and respected her as much as her own young master.

  After the shallow cloud and the embroidery girls left, she quietly filtered out the things in her mind, remembered them firmly, and then returned to Rong Jing's courtyard under the cover of night from the west wing.

  Rong Jing's room was lit up, and through the lattice window, the lamp light cast a warm glow on the figure standing in front of it. The aroma of food wafted out from inside, and Yun Shang Yue looked at Rong Jing's silhouette, her tired expression suddenly lifting slightly. She thought to herself that he still had a conscience, knowing she was waiting for him to eat!

  She pushed open the curtain and entered the room. Rong Jing was indeed sitting at the table. Seeing her come in, he smiled gently, "You must be tired!"

  Yun Qian Yue hummed and walked over to sit in front of the table, picking up her chopsticks and starting to eat. "I know it's hard for you, so don't bother learning how to embroider yourself."

  "Only the ones you embroidered are good!" Rong Jing stood up, moved his chair to Yun Shangyue's side, took out her chopsticks and gently said: "I'll feed you!"

  Yun Qian Yue couldn't help but laugh and took back her chopsticks, "I'm not that weak!"

  "Feed you!" Rong Jing withdrew her chopsticks again.

  Yun paled and put down her hand, thinking that she was about to enjoy the queen-like treatment? Then all the hard work of studying on this day was worth it. No longer pushing back, she smiled and nodded, "Good!"

  Rong Jing smiled contentedly, picked up his chopsticks and carefully placed all the dishes that Yun Qianyue liked to eat into her mouth. Her actions were gentle. Yun Qianyue ate one bite at a time, feeling a small sense of satisfaction in her heart.

  The house is quiet, the food smells delicious, the courtyard is quiet, and the night is serene. Today is not a bright moonlit night with a gentle breeze, but it's still a beautiful scene under the peaceful night.

  Digression

  Xiao Qi will naturally appear when it's time, if he hasn't appeared yet then it's not the right time, beautiful people, why are you all in such a hurry （⊙_⊙）？ I couldn't help but write warm and fuzzy scenes, this isn't my fault O（∩_∩）O~

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