Long Live the Empress

Chapter 169: Making New Clothes

The news that Ning Bohao came to propose to Yue Jinghong spread like wildfire, and the entire aristocratic circle was discussing this matter. Some people said that Yue Jinghong's status was low and she was not worthy of Ning Bohao, while others said that Yue Jinghong was pretending to be noble and deliberately hooked Ning Bohao...

The ones who were most dissatisfied in this matter were Hua Xiangrong and Yue Yuyan!

Hua Xiangrong has been in love with Ning Bohao for a long time. She works hard every day to make herself outstanding, just to be noticed by Ning Bohao one day and marry her... But now, her lover proposed to another woman and was rejected. How can Hua Xiangrong swallow this breath! So Hua Xiangrong spread bad rumors about Yue Jinghong everywhere...

Yue Yuyan also knew Ning Bohao. He was naturally good-looking and had a good family background, so he was more than qualified to be the match for the princess. As a concubine's daughter, Yue Jinghong could get the favor of such an outstanding man, while she could only linger on every day. This made Yue Yuyan hate Yue Jinghong in her heart!

Although the winter banquet in the palace is less than ten days away, the young men and women of each family have already started preparing their clothes and headwear for the banquet! In the aristocratic circle, no one would wear those clothes a second time, so they would rush to make new clothes before the banquet, and they would also ask what clothes the young men and women in Beppu were wearing, so as not to have the same clothes as them...

The Yue Mansion was no exception. The old lady invited the famous Xiuniang from Jinxiu Pavilion to tailor clothes for the young ladies of the Yue Mansion.

Yue Yuyan's illness had been cured, so the old lady asked Xiuniang to make a new set of clothes for Yue Yuyan. However, because Yue Yuyan was in mourning, the color of the clothes was very plain.

Yue Jinghao also picked a piece of material with a dull color, and the style was also quite ordinary, nothing special.

Yue Yuyan held Yue Jinghao's hand and whispered, "Big sister, why did you choose a plain color? There were many people that day, and if Big sister's maids were dressed so plainly, wouldn't they not be able to notice Big sister in the crowd?!"

Yue Jinghao stroked the material and said, "The Second Aunt just passed away, so I shouldn't dress too ostentatiously. Although she is just an aunt, she is still my elder!"

Yue Yuyan bit her lip, her mind was full of thoughts. She wanted to wear something bright, but the old lady wouldn't let her! Maybe she could even meet the emperor at this winter banquet! If the emperor liked her, he might even introduce her to the prince!

Yue Jinghong was only concentrating on selecting the material, and did not pay attention to the interaction between Yue Jinghao and Yue Yuyan. In the end, Yue Jinghong picked a piece of lotus pink and asked Xiuniang to make her a smoke skirt. Xiuniang compared the material on Yue Jinghong's body and nodded with satisfaction, "Second Miss has a good eye! There is only one piece of this material in the whole capital! It can barely match Second Miss's fairy-like appearance~"

Yue Jinghong was so flattered by Xiuniang's compliments that she gave her a piece of silver as a reward, "Thank you for your hard work!"

Xiuniang took the silver quickly and said yes. But when measuring the clothes, Xiuniang frowned. The second young lady was much plumper than before, and even her waist was much thicker... Just as she was about to ask, she was interrupted by Yue Jinghao's words: "Father really loves the second sister the most. He always gives her the second sister first for any supplements! Looking at the second sister's figure, we sisters are really ashamed of ourselves!"

Yue Jinghong raised her head proudly, "Well, what can I do? I eat either bird's nest or blood clams every day, how can I not get fat!"

When Yue Jinghong talks about fat, she means a well-proportioned figure. Look at how skinny Yue Jinghao and Yue Yuyan are. Yue Jinghong looks down on them from the bottom of her heart.

When Xiuniang heard Yue Jinghong say this, she shut up and measured the clothes carefully.

Yue Jinghong took out a handful of pearls of the same size and said, "Xiuniang, please make these beads into buttons! The rest can be used as embellishments! Also, use these gold threads. This good material should be made with good threads! What do you think... is this right, Third Sister~"

Yue Yuyan was so scared by Yue Jinghong that she didn't even dare to look at Yue Jinghong. She moved behind Yue Jinghao and didn't dare to utter a word.

Yue Jinghong sneered and continued to tell Xiuniang her thoughts...