On the day of the winter solstice banquet, the eldest wife of the Yu family ordered the rough servants to put the orchid embroidered screen in the hall to welcome guests.

The location of the reception hall is very clever, both male and female guests will pass by there.

Many people noticed this orchid embroidered screen, and many people stopped to admire the orchids embroidered on the screen.

This includes Tao Siqian.

Tao Siqian had a rare reputation for talent. He was selected as a scholar at the age of fourteen. Now he has a famous Confucian as his teacher. Everyone said that he was the one to be chosen as the candidate for the provincial examination the year after next.

With such a name, Tao Siqian is naturally listed as an ideal husband candidate by many girls.

However, the reason why Tao Siqian is so popular among girls is that in addition to his talent, his gentle and elegant temperament is even more popular.

Now Tao Siqian stopped in front of the screen and immediately attracted the attention of many people.

Tao Siqian didn't care what others said, his attention was completely attracted by the orchids on the embroidered screen.

Influenced by his family, he has been fond of orchids since he was a child. When he usually paints, he mostly paints orchids.

The Tao family is a well-known family in Fucheng. Tao Siqian has seen a lot of orchids since he was a child, but he has hardly seen the orchids on this embroidered screen. It would be fine to say that these orchids are just unknown varieties, but any orchid

All of them can be said to be top quality.

The shock that twelve kinds of top-quality orchids brought to Tao Siqian is beyond words, especially for a person who loves orchids.

If it weren't for his upbringing from childhood to adulthood, which prevented him from doing anything out of the ordinary, Tao Siqian would have really pulled the Yu family members and asked where this orchid embroidered screen came from.

However, Tao Siqian also took several deep breaths to calm himself down.

After a while, he discovered the beauty of the orchid embroidered screen.

Because he had studied with famous teachers since he was a child, Tao Siqian had good taste, and he quickly discovered the difference between this embroidered screen and ordinary embroidery.

Ordinary screen embroidery requires too much craftsmanship and lacks flexibility, and the flowers and plants embroidered are dull.

The embroidered screen in front of me is made of unknown techniques, and the orchids embroidered are so lifelike, especially when illuminated by the sun, they become even more colorful.

Tao Siqian stayed in front of the orchid embroidered screen for a full quarter of an hour. Later, the eldest young master of the Yu family came to invite him in person, and he reluctantly left.

In the flower hall where the female guests were staying, when Lu Cailian's sister-in-law, Yu Shuya, appeared, it also attracted a lot of people's attention.

Yu Shuya was wearing the winter clothes that Lu Cailian brought back. The moon-white jacket was embroidered with a plain crown and a lotus tripod.

The pure and elegant orchids embroidered on the moon-white satin ground complement each other surprisingly well, making Yu Shuya look like an orchid fairy. Her whole person exudes the temperament of an orchid in the empty valley.

Tao Siqian's mother, Mrs. Huang, pulled Yu Shuya over and said, "Let me see, Shuya is getting more and more beautiful as she grows."

Yu Shuya was shy and silent.

The eldest wife of the Yu family smiled and said: "Shuya, I still don't want to show you my aunt."

The eldest wife of the Yu family was of course very happy that her girl could be praised by Mrs. Huang, but she did not lose her etiquette.

Yu Shuya bent her knees towards Mrs. Huang, who immediately helped her up and smiled at the eldest wife of the Yu family, "I think your Shuya likes her more and more. If she were such a good child, she would be my daughter."

alright."

The eldest wife of the Yu family smiled reservedly: "You are too flattering."

As a woman, although the eldest wife of the Yu family wanted to marry her daughter to Tao Siqian, she behaved very reservedly in front of Mrs. Huang. Even if Mrs. Huang showed a hint of intention, she did not rush to say anything.

In fact, Mrs. Huang has always had a good impression of Yu Shuya. The Yu family can be regarded as a century-old family. Although it has been declining in recent years, her son has a promising future and does not need to rely on the influence of the Yue family, so this marriage with the Yu family can be achieved.

Mrs. Huang had this idea, so she summoned Tao Siqian privately.

Fucheng is not as open as the capital, but unmarried men and women can still meet if they have elders.

Before Mrs. Huang decided to get married, she planned to ask her son what he wanted, so she wanted her son to meet Yu Shuya.

Tao Siqian came soon. After he met the eldest wife of the Yu family according to the ceremony, he was praised a lot by her.

Mrs. Huang waited for the eldest wife of the Yu family to finish her polite words, and then asked Tao Siqian to meet Yu Shuya.

It's not that Tao Siqian has never seen Yu Shuya before, but he has never had any impression of the little girls. At most, he can tell which one is a cousin from a relative and which one is a girl from a family friend.

Now that he saw Yu Shuya, he didn't pay much attention at first until he saw her clothes and appearance.

Yu Shuya's appearance was already above average, but with the winter clothes sewn by Shen Xiu, she became even more elegant and refined.

Tao Siqian only took one glance and was impressed.

When Mrs. Huang saw her son's reaction, she asked her son to take Yu Shuya out for a walk.

When the eldest wife of the Yu family heard this, she already understood Mrs. Huang's thoughts, and immediately gave Yu Shuya a few words.

After Yu Shuya went out, she realized the elder's intention, and couldn't help but secretly glance at Tao Siqian. Tao Siqian was looking not far away, and when he noticed someone looking at him, he turned around, and met Yu Shuya's gaze.

In order to relieve the embarrassment, Tao Siqian suggested taking a walk around.

But he was still thinking about the orchid embroidered screen, so he strolled to the hall where the embroidered screen was placed.

"Miss Yu, do you know who embroidered this embroidered screen?" Tao Siqian stood in front of the embroidered screen. Remembering that Yu Shuya was also a member of the Yu family, Tao Siqian couldn't help but ask.

Yu Shuya said: "My sister-in-law brought this from Huai'an County. It is said that it was made by an embroiderer in the county." After she finished speaking, she looked at Tao Siqian and asked, "Does Mr. Tao also like orchids very much?"

Tao Siqian did not answer, but asked: "So Miss Yu is also Ailan?"

Yu Shuya nodded: "I like the character of orchids very much. They bloom in the valley and don't fight for them." After saying that, she looked at Tao Siqian and waited for his answer.

Tao Siqian said: "I really like orchids. I used to think that I had seen many famous products. It was not until I saw this embroidered screen that I realized that I was a frog in the well."

Yu Shuya pursed her lips and smiled: "Master Tao, there is no need to say that. I heard from my sister-in-law that these orchids were drawn based on an orchid book from the previous dynasty, and the orchids in it have been lost."

Tao Siqian asked: "Is what Miss Yu said true about the orchid records of the previous dynasty?"

Yu Shuya said: "Of course it is true. Although these orchids have been lost, their names have been preserved. For example, the embroidery on my body is the plain crown and lotus tripod, and the two orchids in front of Mr. Tao are Snow Beauty and Purple Moon Lotus.

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"What about this one?" Mr. Tao asked, pointing to a cluster of orchids with golden petals.

Yu Shuya said: "This is Huanghua Suxin. I heard that its petals have almost no variegation and are larger than ordinary orchids."

Shen Xiu wrote the names and characteristics of these orchids on a piece of paper.

In order to win the Tao family's marriage, Yu Shuya had written down the names and characteristics of these orchids in advance.

She did this just to have more topics in common with Tao Siqian.

Facts have proved that her efforts were not in vain. Tao Siqian asked many questions later, and Yu Shuya answered them all.

When Mrs. Huang sent her servants to check on how the two were getting along, they said they had a very happy conversation.

So on the second day of the Winter Solstice banquet, Mrs. Huang invited a matchmaker to come to her house and arranged the marriage for her son.

After the marriage was concluded, the eldest wife of the Yu family was so happy that she directly rewarded the people with a month's salary.

And because the orchid embroidered screen was obtained by Lu Cailian, his attitude towards Lu Cailian also changed. He praised her for being sensible, and called his son to scold her, telling him not to neglect his wife too much.

Lu Cailian has the support of her mother-in-law, and her life is finally not so difficult.

On this day, the eldest wife of the Yu family even called Lu Cailian, saying that her future uncle liked the orchid embroidered screen very much and asked her to write a letter back and customize another one. She also named Shen Xiu to embroider some dowries.
Chapter completed!