At the beginning, I was a rich female prisoner

"Xiu Xiu is a good name. Would you like to go back to the capital with me? I have a lot of beautiful floral patterns there and you can make hairpins with me." Aunt Si asked.

The girl said, "My grandmother said that my father went to the capital to work as a servant for a wealthy family! But I don't know the capital? My aunt doesn't want to take me there!"

"Then I will take you to the capital to find your father. What about your mother?" Aunt Si asked.

"My mother doesn't want me and my grandmother anymore. She says I'm a money-loser," said the girl.

"Come on, I'll take you to wear new clothes and eat delicious food." Aunt Si said as she took the girl's hand and was about to leave.

"Why is Aunt Si coming to Sucheng?" Yu Yunxin exclaimed and went to greet her.

"Aunt Si!" Yu Yunxin saw everything that happened just now clearly. Aunt Si is also a person of temperament.

When Si Niang heard this, she turned around and laughed! "Xin'er!"

After saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled.

Si Niang looked around Yu Yunxin for a few times before she was sure she was not mistaken and said, "Wow, our Xin'er is getting more and more beautiful."

"Auntie Si, why are you here?" Yu Yunxin asked.

"Of course I came here to buy some silk fabrics." Si Niang replied, "Let's go to Yunjinfang."

As they talked, the group led a seven or eight-year-old girl into Yunjinfang. There was a cloth shop in the front yard with all kinds of cloth, and a large dyeing and weaving workshop in the back yard. Now that it was dark, Yu Yunxin could clearly see the cloth and yarn drying in the sun.

"This used to be Nan Niang's cloth shop. Every time I come here, I stay here for a few days." Si Niang brought Xiu Xiu into the house and told a maid, "Call her Xiu Xiu and she will follow me to Linglong Pavilion to be a skilled craftsman. Take her downstairs and change her into clean clothes."

When the old woman heard this, she immediately took the little girl away.

Yu Yunxin was very curious when she saw the ancient dyeing workshop for the first time, and followed Si Niang to walk among the cloth racks and dye vats full of cloth.

"Look at what you have done with the floral prints. If you don't know how to dye printed flowers, don't come here to the dyeing vat. You've just wasted a piece of Yuhua brocade." A woman in her forties came in a reproachful voice.

"Don't be angry, Sister Nan. If these girls don't understand, you can teach them slowly." Aunt Si walked over and said, "Look, I brought Princess Xingguo here."

When the woman heard this, she immediately turned around and looked at Yu Yunxin who was walking towards her. She smiled at Yu Yunxin's delicate and pretty face, then walked over and bowed to Yu Yunxin.

"I greet you, Princess Xingguo."

"Madam Nan, please get up quickly! I have heard of your name, but I didn't expect to see you today." Yu Yunxin said.

Yu Yunxin introduced the four guardians of Yanyu Manor behind her, and also told her about the opening of the embroidery building in Yanyu Manor. When Nan Niangzi heard this, she said, "I have also heard about Yanyu Manor. Isn't it a coincidence today?"

"Yes! Xin'er, we can send the embroiderers and weavers to the embroidery building you just bought." Si Niang said.

"Yes, Yuezhou is also a land of tea and mulberry trees. I can also buy land near Hanhu Lake to grow mulberry trees." Madam Nan continued.

"Ever since Hu Li handed over her business to the Hu family, the Hu family has been raising the price of silk, so I asked Nan Niang to come out." Si Niang said, "How could Bai Jiayi do business like this? The price of Linglong Pavilion Yunwu Silk and Tianxiang Silk was increased by 30%, and I had no choice."

"My wife Nan sold several kinds of silk and dyeing recipes to Hu Li at a low price a long time ago. She promised me that she would not raise the price for Linglong Pavilion as long as she was around. I didn't expect that now that Bai Jiayi has taken power in the Hu family, the same thing would happen even when selling to other cloth merchants." Madam Nan said helplessly.

"So you want to make your own fabric?" Yu Yunxin asked.

"That's right. I have also studied several types of brocade materials in the past few years. Snow satin is soft and breathable, suitable for summer clothes. Floral satin and plain satin are soft to the touch and suitable for inner clothes and bedding." Madam Nan said as she took out several types of materials to show everyone.

Yu Yunxin listened and touched it and found it was indeed the case. She thought of her rabbit hair and wool and asked, "Madam Nan, can't you use animal hair to weave cloth?"

"What animal is it?" asked Madam Nan.

"Rabbit hair and wool." said Yu Yunxin.

"These are suitable for winter, and may be used in the north? But I haven't tried it. Princess, please let me send a few disciples of Zhidao to Nanling County to try it out." Madam Nan said.

"Okay!" Yu Yunxin replied.

Just like that, Yu Yunxin repeated her idea of ​​making breathable lace. Madam Nan accepted Yu Yunxin's idea of ​​lace and said that she wanted to study the loom. It seemed difficult to use an ancient loom to study modern lace, but Yu Yunxin didn't expect that it didn't take long for Madam Nan to make several kinds of lace.

The next morning, Yu Yunxin, Yunshan and the other three said goodbye to Si Niang and Nan Niang and continued on their journey. They arrived at Qingyi Tower in half a day.

As soon as the carriage arrived at the entrance of Qingyi Building, two guards in green clothes stopped it and said, "Qingyi Building is a restricted area and you are not allowed to enter without permission."

Upon hearing this, Yunshan got off the carriage and handed over the visiting card from Yanyu Manor.

The guard took the invitation, glanced at it and said respectfully, "I don't know if the owner of Yanyu Manor has come to greet you. I will go and report to the owner right away."

It didn't take long for Uncle Liu to come out with two disciples. He didn't expect Uncle Liu to look much older after not seeing him for a while. But when he saw that it was Yu Yunxin who got off the carriage, he thought about it and understood something, and said, "Princess Xingguo didn't expect that you would become the owner of Yanyu Manor so soon."

"Uncle Liu, I didn't expect that you are Nie Changqing, the owner of Qingyi Tower." Yu Yunxin said as she asked Yunshan to bring a jar of wine and hand it to a disciple beside Uncle Liu.

Uncle Liu politely led everyone to the Qingyi Building, where there were knife marks and dried blood everywhere.

"Those pirates took advantage of my absence and attacked my Qingyi Tower. I haven't had time to clean it up yet. My princess, thank you for not hosting me well. I'd better take you to the ink pool!" Nie Changqing said, looking at the bloodstains everywhere.

Arriving at a pavilion beside a clear pond outside the house, Nie Changqing ordered an outer disciple to make tea and poured it for Yu Yunxin and the others, saying, "I know why you came this time. You want to see my senior brother Xiao Yu!"

Come with me! Nie Changqing brought Yu Yunxin and the others to the back hill of Qingyi Building. In the forbidden area of ​​Qingyi Building, there stood a solitary grave, with fallen flowers all over the ground, a desolate scene. On the tombstone was the tomb of Xiao Yu of Qingyi Building.

Yu Yunxin and the sea of ​​​​spruces, misty trees and beautiful buildings were viewed with a chill in their hearts.

"Thirty years ago, Senior Brother was poisoned by the pirates' colorful dove poison and could only live for five days, so he put all his martial arts knowledge in Yanyu Manor. He originally wanted Zhuang Diewu to forget him and didn't let us tell Zhuang Diewu about his poisoning. He deliberately lied to her because he didn't want her to see his miserable appearance. After being poisoned by the colorful dove, the whole person will go crazy and remember nothing on the last day. Then he died of pain. His hands and feet were trapped by iron chains before he died. We wanted to find an antidote for Senior Brother, but there is no antidote for the colorful dove poison. We can only watch Senior Brother die in pain." Nie Changqing sighed, "We originally wanted to tell her the truth, but we didn't expect that Zhuang Diewu never came to see Senior Brother, nor did she remarry."

"Here is a letter Shan Xiaoyu wrote thirty years ago. Just give it to her!" Nie Changqing said as he came to the tombstone, took out a brocade box and handed it to Yu Yunxin.

She came here with a happy heart, but left with a sad face. She didn’t know how to tell Lao Zhuang after she returned. What a regret for more than 30 years!

"Princess, don't forget to ask Yu Linshan to study hard after you go back. I believe he will be able to pass the imperial examination in three years. I don't have that many three years to wait for him." Nie Changqing said goodbye to Yu Yunxin.

What the hell! Couldn't you have said it earlier? Xiao Yu was dead, and it would take another 30 years. Yu Yunxin asked, "If the owner of Zhuangzhuang, Xiao Yu, had died 30 years ago, would the owner of Zhuangzhuang have married someone else?"

"No, Master only has Xiao Yu in his heart. I have followed Master since I was a child." Yunshan said.

"But if we tell her about this, will her body be able to handle it?" Yu Yunxin asked.

"Let's go back and talk about it!" Haiwang said as he drove the carriage.

After returning to Suzhou City, Si Niang and Nan Niang brought two weaving masters, one named Pingsu and the other Huajin, both named after brocade. Following them were two spinning wheels. It must be said that they could not eat anywhere. If they were not in a group, they would not have known that there were so many brocades in ancient times. It was only after Pingsu and Huajin told them that Yu Yunxin knew about the plain gauze, plain silk, flower silk, brocade, damask, dragon silk, crimson silk, cloud silk, brocade, Shu brocade, gold brocade, velvet circle brocade, Zhang satin, Zhang velvet, zhuanghua satin, kesi, summer cloth, soft smoke silk, green cicada wing, phoenix fire, cloud silk, plain silk, cloud silk brocade... There are so many varieties of high-quality fabrics. It must be said that Yunshan, Yanluo, Qionglou and Haiwang all learned a lot.

In modern times, Kesi craft has been included in the national intangible cultural heritage protection list. Of course, many ancient weaving techniques have been lost, and some have been replaced by industrial machines.

Even Qiu Shuang and Chun Yu, who boarded the ship at Yuezhou Wharf, learned a lot about fabrics from Ping Su and Hua Jin along the way. With the participation of Ping Su and Hua Jin, the journey of more than ten days passed very quickly. After returning to Kangzhuang Town, Qiu Shuang and Chun Yu immediately arranged accommodation for Ping Su and Hua Jin.

After meeting Zhuang Diewu again, Yu Yunxin told her everything word for word and gave her the letter from thirty years ago.

She took the letter with shaking hands and started reading it, crying as she read: "Ayu, I was wrong. If I had known that you didn't have much time left, I wouldn't have lost my temper."

"Diewu, when you see this letter, I will be gone. I can no longer practice martial arts with you, and I can no longer be with you until old age. I'm sorry I lied to you." The letter was signed by Xiao Yu.

Finally, Zhuang Diewu hugged Xin tightly and burst into tears. No one knew how long she cried, or maybe her tears ran dry. In the end, she left with Haiwang and Yunshan.

Yu Yunxin did not stop her from knowing where they were going. She prepared a comfortable mat and food for Zhuang Diewu and saw them off at the Nanling County Pier.

When Hu Li saw her old best friend crying so sadly, she didn’t know how to comfort her after all, she was also a failure in marriage.

Back at the Nanling County Jewelry Pavilion, Hu Li asked, "You've been to Yuezhou and Sucheng, so you should know about Bai Jiayi's situation."

"Nowadays, many cloth merchants have to pay 30% more when buying goods from her cloth shop, and the same goes for Linglong Pavilion." Yu Yunxin said.

"It's useless. Those are the connections I have built up over the years, and now I am going to make Bai Jiayi, who has a short-sighted vision, take them all away. I'm afraid that the Hu family cloth shop will no longer exist in three years." Hu Li said angrily.

"And your nephew has been harassing the sisters in Yanyu Manor, and he wants to turn Yanyu Manor into his property." Yu Yunxin told Hu Li everything that happened in Yanyu Manor. After all, old lady Hu also had to know about this.

Upon hearing this, Hu Li immediately threw away the cup in her hand and laughed, "My dear nephew! You really married a good wife!"

"Granny Hu, don't be angry, these are just trivial matters." Yu Yunxin immediately comforted her.

"I'm not angry. Whether the Hu family is rich or poor in the future, it has nothing to do with me." Hu Li said as she picked up a teacup again and poured herself a cup of tea and drank it all. She said, "Nanling County is still better. There are mountains and water here."

Arriving at He Yanqin's bamboo weaving workshop, Yu Yunxin handed the sketch of the umbrella ribs to He Yanqin and said, "Uncle He, can you make me one first? This umbrella handle can hide swords and hidden weapons."

"Princess, this umbrella has to be used as both a hidden weapon and a sword sheath. It's a bit difficult for me." He Yanqin said.

"Think about it, maybe there is a way." Yu Yunxin said.

"Princess Zhuqin, I can make a scabbard for you first. It won't be difficult to put two swords or some silver needles or hidden weapons in it." He Yanqin replied.

"Okay, then you can make a bamboo zither for this princess first." Yu Yunxin said as soon as she heard it. After all, the world is dangerous, and she would be safer if she had an extra tool to hide weapons.

After handing the weapons matter over to He Yanqin, she came to Taohua Manor. Unexpectedly, Qiu Yingying and the prefect's wife were there. It was also the time when the peach blossoms were about to bloom.

All the preparations for brewing peach blossom wine were done. When Qiu Yingying saw Yu Yunxin, she immediately went to greet her and asked, "Princess, why are you here?"

Yu Yunxin got off the carriage and smiled: "We can continue making beer this year." The hops in her greenhouse can be harvested in a few days, and now is just the right time to malt them.

"Okay, I'll prepare it right away." Qiu Yingying replied immediately after hearing it.

"By the way, your brother's puppet show was pretty good that time. I want to build a theater in Kangzhuang Town, so why not let your brother be the owner? Don't worry, I have the drama quilt." Yu Yunxin said, thinking if "The Female Prince Consort", "Journey to the West" and "The Legend of the White Snake" were all made into puppet shows, wouldn't it be great? There are no such scripts in this era. The script that Qiu Yong sang last time was about Zhuang Yuan marrying his sister, which was not very attractive and was just for fun.

He immediately took Qiu Yingying to Shangyang County where the tower was still under construction and found Qiu Yong.

"Princess, the most important thing now is to build the tower. Let's talk about the puppet show later!" Qiu Yong said.

Upon hearing this, Yu Yunxin looked at the tower in front of her and asked, "Have you chosen the locations for the nine towers?"

At this time, Zhao Junshi came over and analyzed confidently: "The princess, Lady Yu, several sorcerers, and the people from Yanyu Manor have all been selected. Cuizhu Village has two towers, one near the paper mill built by the princess, and the other at the entrance of the village. The locations of these towers are also the only way to enter Shangyang City. It is impossible for the southern barbarians to bypass the nine towers to go to other places."

"Zhao Jun, you are right. We were wronged by letting you be our military advisor before." Qiu Yong said to Military Advisor Zhao.

"Princess, look, he is teasing me again." Military Advisor Zhao said as he touched the two mustaches hanging on his mouth.

Yu Yunxin was very happy to see that they could take a break from their busy schedule because of her. Although these bandits had not stopped working for a single day after following her back to Wangshan County, they were all very happy that they could eat well, wear warm clothes and did not have to worry about where to live every day.

The water conservancy project has been almost completed this year, all thanks to her ox cart. Raising tens of thousands of cows cannot leave them idle, and the farm owner has to either use them to plow the fields or to pull goods.