Chapter 475 Wei Ruo went to the banquet.
"I won't say these words anymore. I don't ask for any surprises. I just hope that His Highness King Yu will not dislike me. This opportunity was fought for by Mr. Qi with great difficulty. I can't compete with him in this life." Mr. Qi stays together, but at least he can't let himself lose to Wei Qingruo."
Wei Qingwan's eyes were firm. This was what she told herself when she chose this path. Since she couldn't get love, she would work hard to gain power and let Wei Qingruo Pay the price!
"Miss, don't worry. Although the eldest lady has now become Princess Rui and has a high status, her glory is only temporary. Everyone knows about Prince Rui's situation. No one knows how many good days she will have. She In the future, I will definitely not be able to compare with you, the eldest lady. Just say that the eldest lady of the Lu family may not be able to go to the banquet today, and she might have to stay in the palace to take care of Prince Rui." Cui He snickered.
Wei Qingwan stood up and walked out of the house. Bai was already waiting for her.
These days, Mrs. Bai has been treating her more warmly than Mrs. Yun as her mother, which makes Wei Qingwan couldn't help but wonder if Mrs. Yun still has her as a daughter in her heart.
"Wanwan, you're here. Second Aunt knew that you needed some time to dress up, so she didn't dare to go in and disturb you." With a smile on her face, Mrs. Bai enthusiastically came forward and took Wei Qingwan's hand.
"I've kept Second Aunt waiting for a long time."
"It's not in the way, it's not in the way. We Wanwan are the most important. Don't wait just for a while, we can wait any longer!"
Bai and Wei Qingwan came to the door. Yun and Mo Have been waiting here for a long time.
Seeing Wei Qingwan and Bai arriving together, Yun's eyes darkened, but she didn't say anything.
Seeing Yun's cold eyes, Wei Qingwan couldn't help but sneer in her heart. Sure enough, her adopted daughter who could only be considered a side concubine was no match for her biological daughter who could be considered a principal concubine.
Mrs. Yun withdrew her gaze, and then got into the carriage with Mrs. Mo.
Seeing this, Mrs. Bai pulled Wei Qingwan into the second carriage on the pretext that she had something that she wanted Wei Qingwan to taste for her.
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Mr. Lu celebrated his birthday, and Prince Rui’s Mansion naturally received an invitation.
Logically speaking, Prince Rui and his wife would also like to go to congratulate them. They would go to other palaces, so there was no reason not to go to Prince Rui's palace.
It's just that everyone doesn't have much hope about whether Prince Rui and Prince Rui's house will attend, because Prince Rui is in poor health, which is something everyone in the capital knows.
Wei Ruo planned to accept the invitation, so she dressed up specially for this purpose.
Not only did she put on exquisite makeup, she also put on a purple dress.
This set of clothes was newly made, made of brocade dyed lavender, with some simple patterns embroidered with darker purple silk thread.
There was also a large gauze sleeve covering the outside, as thin as cicada wings and as light as nothing.
The color is lighter than the purple on the inner layer, and the outer layer adds a sense of layering, making the whole dress fuller and softer.
Xiumei couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Miss, where are you going to celebrate the birthday of the old man of the Lu family? You are obviously going to bring goods!" The word "carrying goods" was taught to her by the lady, who said that she would sell her own
goods Carrying it with you and showing its advantages and benefits to outsiders is called carrying goods.
If Wei had nothing to do and didn't get up early, she would not have dressed herself up so carefully if she had no other purpose.
Look at how she is dressed today, from head to toe, everything is exquisite, even the lipstick is a bit brighter than usual.
I don't think she even put so much effort into dressing up on her wedding day.
"That's natural. Those who can attend the Lu family's birthday banquet are all the most expensive people in the capital. They have the most money in their pockets. If they don't sell my fine goods, who will they sell them to?" Wei Ruo curled his lips and smiled slyly. Xiumei: "Miss, you are right! I agree with both hands and feet!"
Wei Ruo: "You can give me one at the same time to see."
Xiumei: "Miss, this is just a metaphor!"
Wei Ruo: "Then Your lady, I want to see you on your back."
Xiumei: "Okay, lady, you compare me to that turtle bastard!"
Wei Ruo: "Really? I didn't say what you said!"
Xiumei: "Miss, you are evil!"
After the master and servant joked and joked for a while, seeing that the time was almost up, they set off.
Walking out of the room, Lin Fang saw Wei Ruo's clothes and couldn't help but said: "Miss, this dress is really beautiful. The purple is more bright and elegant than the usual ones. I have never seen anything dyed in such a color before. This is The dyeing craftsmen are very good!"
Xiumei burst out laughing after hearing this: "Sister Lin, it's not that the dyeing craftsmen are good, it's that the dyes used are different." "The dyes are different, isn't it
? Isn't it dyed with comfrey?" Lin Fang asked puzzledly.
"This ordinary purple clothing is indeed extracted from the roots of comfrey, but the one on my lady's body is different. It is made of murex." Xiumei replied.
"Melex? A kind of snail?" Lin Fang's face became even more confused.
"Yes, it is a kind of conch. It has branches in the East China Sea and the South China Sea. If a fisherman catches it, the lady will buy it." Xiumei explained.
"But how to make dye from conch?" Lin Fang continued to ask.
"Take out the glands of the snail, put them into a bottle filled with cold water to ferment for a few hours, filter them, and dry the filtered material in the sun. After a few days, you can get a purple dye. This This kind of dye is more rare than that of Lithospermum, but the dyed color is brighter and will not fade over time. And unlike Lithospermum, it can only be dyed with silk, and it can take more than a dozen times to show a better purple color. The purple color extracted from snails is more obvious after just one dyeing." Xiumei explained.
"Is there such a thing?" Lin Fang was very surprised.
Wei Ruo said with a smile: "What Meimei said is true, but this production method is more difficult, so I don't have much of this kind of purple obtained through murex. In addition, it can also be extracted through coal, that method The raw materials are easy to find, but the production method is a bit harsh."
"Coal? Can that dark thing also extract purple?" Lin Fang expressed doubts again.
"Well, put the coal into the boiler, isolate it from the air and then bake it at high temperature. You can get a combustible gas and black coal tar. Many colors can be extracted from this tar. Just because the conditions are limited, the production process The failure rate is high. But as long as you succeed once, you can get a large amount of purple dye." Wei Ruo replied.
Lin Fang was confused when she heard this: "It's really amazing. What the lady said has never been heard of in my many years of traveling around the world."
Wei Ruo smiled and said, "It's like there are mountains separated by rows. It's normal for Sister Lin not to know this."
Then. The three of them walked towards the door and met Wei Jin who had been waiting for a long time.
(End of chapter)