The Return of An Lingrong in Legend of Zhen Huan

"Miss, Miss, wake up, we are almost in the capital." Hiss, am I in the underworld? I actually heard Aunt Xiao's voice.

An Lingrong shook her head, opened her eyes, and saw herself sitting in a narrow carriage. What was going on? Wasn't she dead? Where was this? Was this what the Hades looked like?

The curtain was lifted, and Aunt Xiao poked her head in and said, "Miss, don't sleep anymore, we have arrived in the capital."

It's Aunt Xiao! What's going on? Could it be that I've really come back?

An Lingrong suppressed her excitement, nodded calmly and said, "I understand, Auntie." Then she stood up and was helped out of the carriage by Auntie Xiao.

Feeling the warm sunshine shining on herself, An Lingrong finally accepted the fact that she was reborn. It seemed that she was reborn to the time when she just arrived in the capital.

As soon as we got out of the car, Aunt Xiao said worriedly: "Miss, I see that the girls in the capital all wear brightly colored clothes. The dress that Madam made for you is beautiful but too plain. Should we make another one? Give them more money and let them drive us away."

In my previous life, I saw that the young ladies in Beijing all wore brightly colored clothes, so I hurriedly made one. I thought of how Xia Dongchun laughed at me for the coarse stitches and poor material of my clothes.

An Lingrong took a deep breath and comforted Aunt Xiao: "It's okay, Aunt. The dress your mother made is very good. We don't have much money, so let's not make clothes." Seeing that Aunt Xiao was still uneasy, she comforted her a few more words.

Who says that plain and elegant is not good? Didn't Zhen Huan catch the emperor's eye because of her plain and elegant clothes? Besides, the concubines all wore rich colors, so who wouldn't notice someone wearing plain and elegant clothes?

An Lingrong suddenly thought of something, and quickly took out a pair of her own gilded bracelets and handed them to Aunt Xiao, saying: "Aunt, you can pawn this pair of bracelets. Remember, don't pawn them alive. We don't have much money, so any money we can get is good. We'll meet at Yuelai Inn later."

Aunt Xiao nodded, took the bracelet and left, while An Lingrong turned around and looked at several embroidery shops. They didn't have much money, but at least they were good at embroidery, especially the double-sided three-dimensional embroidery, which was the true teaching of Lin Xiu. They had to sell more embroidery. Money was not everything, but without money, they could not do anything.

An Lingrong discovered that only a few embroidery shops in the capital sold Su embroidery, and even if they did, the price was extremely high. The most expensive double-sided embroidery was nearly 100 taels. An Lingrong went in to take a look at the Su embroidery and found that it was only double-sided embroidery, not double-sided three-dimensional embroidery. She then had an estimate of the price of Su embroidery.

An Lingrong went out and found an embroidery shop that seemed to be doing good business, thinking that it should be able to offer the price she wanted.

As soon as An Lingrong walked into the store, a waiter came up to greet her. After looking around, he said, "I want to see your shopkeeper. Ask him to come over."

The waiter looked An Lingrong up and down. After all, An Lingrong had been the head of a palace, Consort Li. Her aura made the waiter feel that the masked woman in front of him was a noble person whom he could not afford to offend. So he took An Lingrong to the tea room and said respectfully: "Miss, please wait a moment. I will go and invite you right away."

An Lingrong nodded, and then the waiter turned around to find the shopkeeper.

When the shopkeeper arrived, he saw a masked woman. Although she was dressed simply, she had an extraordinary temperament. The shopkeeper could not guess which family this lady was from.

She had no choice but to step forward respectfully and said: "I'm honored to meet you, young lady, shopkeeper of Jinxiu Tower. May I ask if you have any advice for me?" An Lingrong did not say anything, and then took out a double-sided handkerchief with three different embroidery patterns in her hand. She had embroidered it when she was bored on the way here.

The shopkeeper took the handkerchief and was instantly shocked by the embroidery on it. After all, the shopkeeper had been in business for several years, so he naturally knew why An Lingrong came here.

So he opened his mouth cautiously and said: "Double-sided three-different embroidery is very rare in Beijing. I wonder if this number is okay?" Then, the shopkeeper carefully stretched out five fingers to look at An Lingrong's expression, wanting to see if she was satisfied.

Seeing An Lingrong's expressionless face, the shopkeeper steeled his heart and stretched out two fingers. Seeing that An Lingrong was still unmoved, the shopkeeper wanted to lower the price, but An Lingrong immediately showed the momentum of a concubine: "If the shopkeeper agrees, I will bring two more embroidery pieces in a few days. If the shopkeeper disagrees, I think many people will not do business with me."

Finally, the price of one embroidery was set at eighty taels. The shopkeeper gave one hundred and twenty taels and a deposit of forty taels. He also agreed to deliver the remaining two embroidery pieces in ten days.