Mu Yunyao pretended to look at him in surprise: "I wonder where Lord Su saw my embroidery before?"
Ever since she came to the Jingling City, she had only made clothes for the various ladies. Su Qingwu had come yesterday to eat at the banquet, the only ones he had seen were neither Grand Coordinator's Wife nor Grand Coordinator's Wife. Then, where had Su Qingwu seen her embroidery before, so how did he know that her embroidery was not ordinary?
Su Qingwu paused for a moment, a bitter smile appearing on his face: "But how have I offended the Miss Mu, for me to make you so hostile?"
Mu Yunyao retracted her gaze and laughed. You have offended me in many ways, but on the surface, you pretended to be confused. "What is Lord Su saying, I'm just curious, but did you ask me something that I shouldn't have?"
"Just that the girl seems to have a grudge against me."
How could that be, Lord Su is young and capable, upon entering the city yesterday, his outstanding charm had already spread throughout the entire Jingling City, and who knows how many people were envious of his! Didn't you realize that on the road here, many women were embarrassed to the point of blushing?
Su Qingwu had drawn the entire dynasty's Sixth Princess to not eat or drink because of him, even with the threat of a hunger strike, he still wanted to marry, and even forced Su Qingwu to withdraw his engagement with the University Hall. Otherwise, at his age, he would have already married.
"What about the Miss Mu?" The moment the words left his mouth, Su Qingwu immediately bit his lips. His question was extremely rude, but he had blurted it out earlier, to the point that he did not even have time to react.
Mu Yunyao smiled as before: "I am naturally envious too, Lord Su has achieved fame and success at such a young age, only I am a girl and have no way of entering the imperial court, if not I will have to learn from you."
"The dissemination of embroidery formations in the Miss Mu has blessed a region of the population, and has done better than many officials." Su Qingwu heaved a sigh of relief, a trace of discomfort flashed across his heart.
"Lord Su thinks too highly of me. I have my own selfish motives for spreading the news of the embroidery needling technique." Mu Yunyao looked around, and because there were no people by the river side, she continued, "I am doing this for silver, there are too few female embroider s in the Ni Yun Fang Workshop, I will spread the word of the embroidery needling technique, and with more people, I can use them for my choosing, and make more clothes to earn money for me."
Su Qingwu chuckled. "Miss Mu's personality is truly interesting."
"I'm telling the truth. It's like a lot of officials. Are they trying to benefit the people? In all likelihood, even if there were benefits for the citizens, it was mostly for their own accomplishments. In order to gain more power, they would have to pay more silver in the end. However, they were not willing to admit it. Why else would there be three years of Prefect Qing and a hundred thousand taels of snow silver? "A reputation is a reputation. Silver coins are cheap. With a reputation, there will be benefits. Only then will one be able to achieve perfection."
The smile on Su Qingwu's face faded, his fingers twirling lightly, his lips pursed.
Mu Yunyao knew that he was angry, and the curve of her lips slowly widened. Seeing that he was unhappy, she felt good about it.
"My lady knows the gist of it. The Your Majesty is wise, has a wide selection of talents, and has countless good officials in the court …"
However, in order to anger Su Qingwu, she did not admit it. He changed the topic: "After walking for so long, Lord Su should be hungry, so let's go to the restaurant to rest. How about we have a taste of the Mausoleum's delicacies?"
Su Qingwu's words were cut off, and his beautiful eyebrows twitched. Looking at Mu Yunyao's smiling face, he slightly nodded his head: "Alright."
Mu Yunyao brought Su Qingwu to the restaurant's elegant room, pushed open the window and looked at the nearby Mausoleum of Books, "Lord Su said that I overestimated everything, but did not know the plight of those without power. After receiving the emperor's praise for imparting the embroidery craftsmanship, I am even going to be bullied and swallowed down, forget about the tens of thousands of ordinary citizens."
Unexpectedly, she started the conversation just now again. As Su Qingwu held the cup of tea, a light flashed within the phoenix eye: "I wonder what Miss Mu has encountered, for me to help you?" She had said so much along the way, all for this moment?
Mu Yunyao laughed lightly: "I don't dare trouble Lord Su, I will think of a way to resolve this myself. Since I've said it, today I'm bringing Lord Su to experience the local customs and practices in the Jingling City, let's not talk about such vexing matters."
After eating, Mu Yunyao led Su Qingwu through half of the Jingling City, looking through the most famous places with the most beautiful scenery.
As Su Qingwu admired the scenery of the Jingling City on the way, he actually set his mind on Mu Yunyao. On the way, he heard her introductions, and he could tell that her cultivation was extremely good, his experience was not ordinary, and he didn't seem like a woman that could be raised in any normal family. Furthermore, every word she said on the way entered his ears and entered his heart, making him feel extremely comfortable.
"Lord Su, it's getting late, I should also go back. If you don't enjoy the beautiful scenery of Jingling City enough, how about tomorrow?"
"Alright, I will get someone to send Miss Mu home."
No need. With a maid accompanying me and the fact that this place is not far from the Ni Yun Fang Workshop, I will return immediately. With that, Mu Yunyao turned and left.
Su Qingwu moved his brows slightly. This time, when they met, he initially wanted to test Mu Yunyao, but who would have known that before anyone could test him, his thoughts would have been in a mess.
On his way back, he passed the embroidery stand at the corner of the street. He saw the handkerchief embroidered with orchids, and couldn't help but walk over to take a closer look. The fabric used by kernels was similar to the one used by kernels.
"Does young master like it? "Only eight cents."
Su Qingwu nodded his head, and the follower behind him immediately took out a copper coin and handed it over.
The stall owner's smile became even more brilliant, the aura of the rich young master in front of him was extraordinary, she had just followed the Miss Mu and remembered her vividly, "The Miss Mu is beautiful, her personality is also first-class, no one in the Jingling City doesn't praise him, I wonder who will have the fortune to marry such a woman in the future."
Su Qingwu nodded to the vendor before putting away his sweat towel and leaving. Walking past the Jin'ling Bridge, he couldn't help but twirl the orchid embroidered on the sweat towel: A beautiful person is fine, but their characters aren't first-class. Also, does she have anything to do with that screen?
When Mu Yunyao returned to the Ni Yun Fang Workshop, she saw that Su Qing was counting up the rewards the emperor had given him: "Yao Er, look at these clothes, they're really not bad. It seems like the emperor knows that you're good at embroidery, so he specially bestowed them down to make clothes for you."
"If mother likes it, I'll make one for you to see tomorrow."
"That's great! We have money, so we have to keep all of it. We'll use it as your dowry in the future." Su Qing was beaming with happiness. It had been so long, but this was the first time she was so happy.
Mu Yunyao thought about the plan in her heart and apologized to herself. In order to deal with Su Qingwu, she had no choice but to pay a price.