Aftergiving the orders, Mu Yunyao went to the second floor to see her ready-madeclothes. Today, afraid the waiting ladies would have no patience to see the newclothes from the shop.
Whileshe was thinking, Jin Lan pushed open the second floor door, and was leftstunned: "Xiaojie..."
HearingJinlan's exclamation of surprise, Mu Yunyao creased her eyebrows and walkedaround the room. She saw a lot of footprints on the cashmere carpet on thesecond floor. The pattern and size of the soles were obviously men's. Thereshould be two people.
JinLan quickly followed her into the room, and she said: "Xiaojie, should wego to the magistrate?"
MuYunyao went to see where she placed her clothes. The clothes were unscathed andthere were no traces of tampering. She just thought that it was spies sent byCaiyue Pavilion’s shopkeeper to steal the clothes, but it seems that it was notthe case.
MuYunyao carefully looked around and found the edge of the window littered withfootprints, it seems that the two people jumped up the windows to enter theroom: "You take a look around upstairs and downstairs, see if there are someclues."
"Yes,Xiaojie."
SoonJin Lan went back and forth: "Xiaojie, there is nothing else, just thatthe poem you wrote on the day of the Qixi Festival, that was hanging on thewall is missing." Just because of the matters with Jin Qiu and Jin Ju,everyone was extremely nervous in their heart, and didn’t find anything missingexcept that one poem hung on the wall.
Onlymissing one poem?
MuYunyao pondered, not stealing money, not stealing clothes, only stealing apoem, which was a bit strange.
Whilethinking about it, there were guests coming downstairs, Mu Yunyao had to putaside this matter for a while: "The guests are coming, I will definitelycome up to change clothes afterwards. Clean the place and don't throw the dirtycarpets. It might be useful later."
"Yes,Xiaojie."
Therewere two pieces of clothes to be released today. They were for the two ladieswho were specially invited before the Qixi Festival but did not expect them tocome so early.
Today,the set of clothes to be released were temperamentally opposite clothes; Yu HouZang Hua set and Zongma Guandeng set.
(Yu HouZang Hua雨后葬花lit. means the burial of the flowers after the rain.Zongma Guandeng 纵马观灯 lit. means the horse’s view of the lamp? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ who can read Mandarin please halpu. Istruggled a lot to make this makes sense like what do you expect from"after the rain, buried the flowers and the horse' lamp view are twoopposites temperament"???? O_o)
One is soft and poetic, while another isvaliant and graceful. (xXHOLICXx said this explains the previous sentencewell. Gg, Angel XD)
The two ladies were also very special. They were a pair of sisters.They were married to two officials, one scholarly and one civil official, andthey were very favoured in their respective houses. Even if they were sisters,they wear men’s clothes on the streets all day. The husbands never uttered halfa whisper about it. The doorway of Neiyunfang has long been surrounded by acrowd of people, in order to appreciate the graceful beauties in advance. Therewere even many good people who waited on the roofs of the surrounding mansionsearly in the morning to see who was out of the house and went in the directionof Niyunfang. They pretended to go to the restaurants and teahouses to showoff, not to mention, there were a few who have been rewarded for this.
Oneheard that today Neiyunfang is welcoming a famous pair of sisters in theJingling City. The Jingling Tongzhi Lady Ding Yuexin and Xuanfu's wife DingYuelan suddenly provoked many people to come to the door to watch the drama.Jingling Tongzhi’s wife Ding Yuexin is the older sister, the temper is the weakest and kind, and she is famous for her good speech. But the Xuanfu’s wife,Ding Yuelan, does not say that she is a man, and she prefers to show herself ina man’s clothing. Neiyunfang had no way to let her put on a skirt, fearing thatshe would make a big joke.
Tongzhi – consortium, an association typically of severalcompanies. It was just used to address almost everyone, meaning “comrade” inthe Communist sense. I googled it and it says in recent years it’s also a termto refer an LGBTQIA person or gay in western terms. Nice right~ but idk what itmeans here lol don’t ask me =_=”
Caiyue Pavilion’s shopkeeper hid in the crowd, waiting to watchDing Yuexin and Ding Yuelan getting off the carriage to head inside, his lipsshowed a hint of sneer:. "This little girl does not know how high the skyis, let you learn a lesson today."
That'sDing Yuelan’s temperament is not very good, just because someone else collidedinto her, she whipped that man in the middle of a busy street. If Mu Yunyaoprovoked her, guaranteed she would have to eat a loss.
MuYunyao went down the stairs when Ding Yuexin was pulling Ding Yuelan’s hand,while saying: "Sister today please be more patient, the small shopkeeperof Niyunfang is only thirteen years old, you do not want to scare people."
DingYuelan was full of impatience, holding a horse whip in her hand, gently tappingon the table, the body exuding unruly temperament. After a few femaleapprentices prepared the tea, they retreated far away, fearing that she would notbe happy, and the whip would be drawn.
MuYunyao suppressed the different emotions in her eyes, smiled and went forwardto salute: "Greetings to the two ladies."
JinglingTongzhi’s wife Ding Yuexin got up and helped Mu Yunyao up: “The girl doesn’thave to be too polite.”
Atthe Qixi Festival banquet, Lady Jin’s attitude towards Mu Yunyao was obvious toall. Although she was a little girl, but it’s good to have a positiverelationship with her.
DingYuelan did not say anything, her eyes swept away from Mu Yunyao. She had justlooked at her briefly, but unexpectedly, Mu Yunyao suddenly looked up andcaught her line of sight.
MuYunyao's line of sight was light and shallow, just like a stream in the foot ofthe mountains, with crystal clear bottom, full of quietness, without theslightest impurity.
Thiskind of gaze suddenly calmed Ding Yuelan's irritable mood. When she wanted tolook more, she found that Mu Yunyao had retracted her gaze, while smiling andpresenting her clothes to Ding Yuexin.
ForYu Hou Zang Hua set, this set of clothes were covered with crescent white,layered skirts and sleeves, scattered with pink petals, from shallow to deep,to the end of the skirt, has become a deep red ombre dress. At a glance, in additionto the amazing color and style, there is not much other color presents.
However,after Ding Yuelan's change of heart, the offset of this simple looking dress,wearing a unique charm, is in response to the sentence: If you are quiet youare like delicate flowers on shining water, the action is like a wind helping aweak willow. (I deem its effect looks weak, maybe?)
DingYuelan carefully observed Mu Yunyao. She was gentle and courteous in hermovements. She always had a light smile on her face, which made her cute andcharming and arouses pity from people.
"Madam,your dress is ready, please follow me upstairs."
"Mugirl, maybe you don't know, I don't love red makeup, not used to wear thegirls’ silk satin, you drew Zongma Guanden set to fit my image, I like it verymuch, but the dress cannot be worn by me."
"Sincethe lady can like the embroidered pattern, this dress is certainly not bad, thelady’s look is good, I don't know if you will think that red dress is moresuitable for you?"
DingYuelan's eyebrows moved and a part of her hearts were unhappy. After looking upat Mu Yunyao's smiling eyes, she felt that if her heart was angry, she would beunreasonable. "Let's take a look, I’ll only take a look, if I don’t likeit, I will never wear it out."
"Pleasecome with me, Lady." After Mu Yunyao finished, she lead Ding Yuelan tohead upstairs. At the front, Ding Yuexin held the heart-coloured dress in onehand and Ding Yuelan’s hand in another: “Sister shouldn’t always get angry, Mugirl is young, you shouldn’t scare her.” Ding Yuexin said, turning her head andsmiling at Mu Yunyao. "Mu girl, my sister has this kind of temperament,not against anyone, ask you not to mind."
MuYunyao eyes gently moved, facing Ding Yuexin heartfelt salute and said: "Iopened the door to do business and amass wealth. Furthermore, the ladytemperament is straightforward, Yunyao likes this straightforward temper.Madame, please head upstairs with me. Jinlan and Jinqiao will take good care ofLady Jingling Tongzhi’s wife.” Ding Yuelan has never made a sound, and the lookon the face was clear and cold, looking at the pair of people who refused tostay thousands of miles away.
