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"Let me see what our sister wrote."

Baili Yanhua came over with a licking face and wanted to see what was written in the letter, but was knocked down by Shen Nanxing with a grappling move.

"Ouch! Let go, I won't watch it anymore."

Baili Yanhua begged for mercy quickly, "I really don't know how you can be so strong. No wonder General Zhang said that you are more talented than me. You have only been in the military camp for a short time, but you are better than me."

In the path of martial arts, talent determines the upper limit. Many people are stuck in their talent throughout their entire lives and rarely make any progress.

Shen Nanxing stood up and put the letter close to his body. "Okay, stop talking nonsense. The higher your martial arts skills, the greater your chances of surviving on the battlefield. Soon, we will go to wipe out the bandits. You should practice more when you have time. Your current skills are not good enough."

In fact, one of the reasons why Xia disagreed with Baili Yanhua joining the military camp was that she asked the master who taught Baili Yanhua martial arts, and found out that Baili Yanhua had no talent in martial arts and military tactics. He could only be described as ordinary and could not be compared with his father Baili Changkong.

Baili Changkong has the merit of following the emperor. He has followed the current emperor Xuanyuan Zhan in his campaigns, and has fought in dozens of battles, large and small. He is an excellent military strategist and has great martial arts skills. He played a decisive role when Xuanyuan Zhan won the throne. Xuanyuan Zhan even married his brother Xuanyuan Yi's second daughter Xia Huirou, also known as Xia, to Baili Changkong and granted him the throne. The Baili family is the only family of princes of a different surname in the Xuanyuan Dynasty, which shows how favored he is.

Baili Yanhua had a lot of blisters on his hands. In addition to daily training, he also had to practice extra with Shen Nanxing.

"After eating the dried meat today, I feel full of energy. Nanxing, would you like to come with me to the training ground to compete?"

"Why not!"

The young man was full of vigor and walked towards the training ground with high spirits and confidence.

In the summer, many soldiers and officers sweat profusely on the training ground.

Everyone knows that men defend their country and make great contributions, but who knows the pain that goes on behind the daily training?

As expected, Baili Yanhua was defeated.

"Nanxing, you are amazing. If my father were here and saw your talent, he would definitely take you in."

When talking about his father, Baili Yanhua's eyes were filled with endless loss.

If my father were still alive...

"Okay, keep practicing and don't think about anything else."

Shen Nanxing pulled Baili Yanhua up, and the two entered a new round of competition.

Dragon Boat Festival.

Wu'an Palace.

The fragrance of mugwort was everywhere. People in the Xuanyuan Dynasty attached great importance to the Dragon Boat Festival. Even Baili Yanhua, who was in the military camp, returned home to worship his ancestors.

"Jian Xi, come and print some ghost money with me."

"coming."

Due to the huge amount of paper money used for ancestor worship, the servants in the mansion who had time gathered together and used rubbing boards dipped in cinnabar to print paper money and make gold ingots.

Jian Xi's memories of the Dragon Boat Festival still remain of eating rice dumplings and wearing sachets. It was only when she celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival in the palace that she gained a deeper understanding of the ancient people's etiquette and laws.

Half a month before the Dragon Boat Festival, everyone in the mansion began to get busy. Even Dingxiang in the lady's room was rushing to make the clothes and accessories that Xia would wear during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Every maid in the palace who could do needlework had a task, which was to sew sachets for the Dragon Boat Festival and put dried mugwort inside.

Every day, people from outside the Magnolia Courtyard gave Xia a steady stream of gifts.

Qiangwei even opened a special warehouse for this purpose. When Jian Xi was free at night, she would go to the warehouse with Qiangwei to register the accounts. During this time, Qiangwei taught Jian Xi a lot about how to value and classify gifts.

Jian Xi's eyes were almost dazzled. "Sister Qiangwei, how did you remember so many things? If it were me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to remember so many things in my lifetime."

Qiangwei chuckled, and her subordinates did not stop moving. "Do you think I am one of those husbands out there who has a photographic memory? These are the things I send back and forth every year. During the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Spring Festival, and the exchanges between the various prefectures, I see them every day. The more I see them, the more I have a sense of them. You will know in the future."

Jian Xi understood. So that's it.

indeed.

To have an eye for good things doesn’t just mean seeing them every day; seeing good things more often will make you become proficient at it.

These are all real skills. He immediately put aside his thoughts of just getting by and followed Qiangwei to listen to her instructions. He even took notes on the parts he didn't understand.

Qiangwei said casually, "I heard that during the Dragon Boat Festival, the prince found General Li from the Left Guard Army and specially called the Third Master back to worship the ancestors together."

Jian Xi was surprised, but she suppressed her inner joy and asked, "Really?"

"Of course it's true. How could I lie to you? If the Third Master comes back, your brother can come back too."

"How did my sister know...?"

"How do you know you have a brother who followed the Third Master into the army?"

Jian Xi really couldn't figure out which link had gone wrong.

"Look at how panicked you are. It's just that last time when the Third Master went to the army, the Madam specially found the servant that the Third Master insisted on taking with him. We met and he told him about his relationship with you. I happened to be there."

"I see,

I have only my brother and I to rely on. It is a blessing for him to follow the Third Master. Thank you for telling me the news, sister." He bowed.

Qiangwei smiled and helped Jian Xi up, saying with a chuckle, "Don't thank me. I heard that your embroidery skills are amazing. I still need to trouble you with something."

Jian Xi really wants to thank you.

It seems that there are no secrets in this palace.

It's hard to imagine that in this era when information is not circulated so quickly, Qiangwei knows even the smallest things.

What else could I do? Of course I agreed to her request.

"That's nothing to say, sister. Just tell me if you need anything."

It should be the little girls who live with her who told them about it. I just happened to make some beautiful dresses for them recently.

Lai Xi wore it to show off everywhere, and Jian Xi even embroidered some beautiful flowers and plants on the collar. The other maids in the yard were envious when they saw it.

Lai Xi, the big mouth, accidentally let it slip that it was Jian Xi's handicraft.

Now everyone in Magnolia Courtyard more or less knows that Jian Xi's embroidery skills are not bad.

"This year marks the fourth anniversary of the death of the old prince. The Madam has attached great importance to this ancestor worship ceremony and has said that all items must be new. The embroiderers in the mansion are overwhelmed with work. Butler Zhang has already ordered a lot of things from the embroidery textile factory outside, but the embroidery textile factory outside has not been able to handle it recently. Dingxiang works so hard every day that she is about to vomit blood. The new maid can't do any heavy needlework either. You can go to Dingxiang to see if there is any work left and help her do it."

Now that Qiangwei has spoken, she still has to listen to the words of her nominal master.

"Yes, sister. I will go to see Sister Dingxiang when I have nothing to do during the day."

"Okay, let's speed up the registration process."

Jian Xi held a pen in one hand and a notebook in the other.

She cut the notebook into small pieces of rice paper and bound it with needle and thread. Ordinary brushes were inconvenient to use, so she made a special charcoal pencil.

This makes it easier for her to keep records, and when she has time she can copy everything she has recorded into a book, saving her a lot of time.

Qiangwei likes working with Jianxi very much.

This little girl knows how to advance and retreat, and she is quite clever. She can always do the same thing differently from others, quickly and well.

If Jian Xi knew what Qiangwei was thinking, she would definitely complain bitterly.

Aren’t these all experiences gained through laziness??!

Qiangwei works meticulously. If she were in modern times, she would at least be a senior CEO's secretary.