nycdaug Chapter 246 He wouldn't mind receiving an extra tribute.
Chapter 246 He wouldn't mind receiving an extra tribute.
Chapter 246 He wouldn't mind receiving an extra tribute.
Xia Mo used her divine sense to imitate Yu Niangzi's embroidery skills, but when she embroidered by hand, it was a different story altogether.
The patterns embroidered by Yu Niangzi have a unique sense of fluidity, while the ones she embroiders are like lifeless, emotionless paintings.
Xia Mo looked helplessly at Yu Niangzi, who was lying unconscious on the bed beside her.
or……
hey-hey……
About fifteen minutes later, in Yu Niangzi's room, there was no one at the embroidery frame, but needles and threads were moving back and forth as she began to embroider.
In late summer, while Yu Niangzi was in a deep sleep, or rather, in a dream, she embroidered. She then separated two strands of her divine consciousness, connecting Yu Niangzi's sea of consciousness with the embroidery frame, and thus completed the task.
Perhaps because I was in a dream, the embroidery was faster than it would be in a dream.
Normally, a small but vivid embroidery would take eight to ten days, but with the aid of my consciousness in a dream, I could complete one in just half a day.
Summer's end, she raised an eyebrow.
Once the plan was in place, she decisively took out the pattern ordered by the customer and implanted it into Yu Niangzi's dream.
Even in her deep sleep, Yu Niangzi was preoccupied with one thought: she had to finish embroidering these patterns, for only by doing so could she help her beloved.
Xia Mo used his divine sense to connect with Yu Niangzi's mind, and naturally knew what Yu Niangzi was thinking.
Tragically, even though Lady Yu was driven to suicide by the head of the You family, her heart and mind were still filled only with the head of the You family.
In two hours, Yu Niangzi completed six exquisite and lively embroidery pieces. She was in a deep sleep and did not need to rest.
This speed is so fast, nobody would believe it if you told them.
The wealthy and powerful who received their custom-made embroidery patterns couldn't help but praise the exquisite designs.
Some people recognized the embroidery pattern at a glance.
"This was embroidered by Yu Xiuniang!"
Everyone else could recognize the embroidery, so naturally, the head of the You family also recognized it.
It took another three days to cross the land.
The light screen in front of the You family head moved to the mission interface, popped up the main interface, and showed the progress of the mission to plunder luck, which dropped from 90% to 69%!
The reason for the loss of 21 points is that the business of You Family Embroidery Shop has been taken away by Xia Family Embroidery Shop!
Next, the main event.
The imperial court is coming to Haozhou Prefecture to select tribute items. If the head of the You family is chosen, then the progress of his plundering mission can be restored to 90%, or perhaps more.
As long as Lady Yu's luck level is below ten points, Patriarch You can kill Lady Yu directly to eliminate future troubles!
* * *
Inside Xia Family Embroidery Shop—
Huangfu Qian received a message from a flying eagle, took the note, and headed towards the end of summer.
"He sent people to investigate the Xia family in Anjia Village, Xia Mo, right?" Xia Mo already knew about this through divine sense before Huangfu Qian approached.
“Yes,” Huangfu Qianhui replied.
“Look at you…” Xia Mo deliberately revealed a mischievous smile.
Huangfu Qian shook his head: "No."
"Tch, boring," Xia Mo rolled her eyes, knowing that Huangfu Qian would not do anything out of line, before she said, "I have a substitute doll given to me by my master. Have someone send her back to my home. I cannot leave Haozhou Prefecture. To be clear, I cannot be too far from the You family head before I can reclaim what I have lost."
Huangfu Qian was not surprised to hear that Xia Mo indeed had a solution.
Xia Mo flipped her hand, and a palm-sized doll appeared.
A touch of divine power was infused into the late summer.
The stand-in doll instantly enlarged, becoming exactly the same as Xia Mo.
Perhaps because it's a doll, the liveliness in its eyes is still lacking, unlike the real thing.
Huangfu Qian frowned. Actually, he should leave Xia Mo's side for a while now, so that Xia Mo would realize his importance, but...
He didn't want Xia Mo to face the difficulties alone. This was a crisis for the world, and it was everyone's responsibility, not just one person's.
Huangfu Qianzhao came to Jiangche.
Jiang Che was startled when he saw two Xia Mos.
"This……"
Jiang Che was dumbfounded.
"Everything should be done with escorting Miss Xia back to the village safely as the top priority!" Huangfu Qian knew his four trusted confidants very well.
Jiang Che's expression hardened, and he solemnly clasped his hands in a fist and palm salute: "Yes!"
Despite his doubts, Jiang Che did as instructed.
"If we just send them back like this, what will we say if Uncle Xia and Aunt Xia ask?" Huangfu Qian looked at Xia Mo questioningly.
A doll is just a doll, not the real person. It might scare Xia's father and mother.
“Oh right,” Xia Mo’s eyes flashed with a cunning light as she pretended to be flustered and looked at Huangfu Qian.
Xia Mo wanted to scare Huangfu Qian with a mischievous scare, but she forgot Huangfu Qian's explanation to her.
"I'll go back to my study first," Huangfu Qian said, turning around.
Xia Mo raised an eyebrow and asked, "Aren't you worried about problems arising?"
Huangfu Qian stopped, turned around, and looked at Xia Mo with a mixture of helplessness and doting affection.
* * *
Three days later—
The eunuch Gao, who had come from the capital to praise the tribute, has arrived.
Xia Mo is the owner of Xia Family Embroidery Shop, so she can also participate.
But Xia Mo's cloth shop opened for a month and snatched away the business of all the cloth merchants in the city. Those cloth merchants joined forces to boycott Xia Mo and deliberately prevented anyone from notifying him.
Inside the large private room of Zuixiang Restaurant in Haozhou Prefecture City—
The cloth merchants spoke out in support of Eunuch Gao.
The head of the You family spoke with the eunuch Gao, neither humble nor arrogant, about the making of fabrics and production.
Those who flattered Eunuch Gao would receive a smiling response, but those he truly enjoyed conversing with were people like the head of the You family, who were neither servile nor arrogant.
"Knock knock knock..."
There was a knock on the door of the private room.
Everyone in the private room heard it, but no one paid any attention.
Outside the private room stood the guards sent by the cloth merchants. Upon seeing that it was Xia Mo, they didn't bother to notify anyone and simply stopped the person.
As for why there was a knocking sound...
Huangfu Qian, disguised as Young Master Huang, knocked everyone down in one fell swoop.
Xia Mo stood outside the door and knocked gracefully.
When the person inside didn't respond, she paused for a moment and then continued knocking.
"Knock knock knock..."
The eunuch frowned, looked at the thirteen cloth merchants present, and said, "Who is outside the door? Why don't you send someone to ask?"
“Yes,” Qian, the cloth merchant, stood up with a smile, glanced at the cloth merchants present, and met the gaze of the You family head.
The head of the You family nodded almost imperceptibly, confirming the cloth merchant's guess.
When Qian Bu Shang was facing the eunuch Gao, he was all smiles, but when he turned around, his face turned cold, and when he opened the door, he had an even more sour face.
"I heard that Eunuch Gao, who is selecting tribute items, has arrived, so I rushed to Zuixianglou to catch up," Xia Mo's gentle laughter rang out at the door. Although her voice was not loud, everyone in the private room could hear it clearly.
The eunuch looked at the head of the You family in surprise.
The head of the You family is the president of the Haozhou Cloth Merchants Association. If someone has a problem, they will naturally look to the head of the You family first.
The head of the You family felt a surge of emotion, but he still had to maintain a composed demeanor and introduce Xia Mo.
“In the past month, the Xia Family Cloth Shop has become very popular. The lady at the door is the head of the Xia Family Cloth Shop,” the head of the You family said, his hands under the table tightly gripping his thighs to keep from losing his composure.
"Oh, is that so? Then hurry up and let them in," said Eunuch Gao with a smile, not minding receiving an extra tribute.