Miss Truth
Chapter 355 - 224: Suddenly Feeling the Pangs of Love

Chapter 355: Chapter 224: Suddenly Feeling the Pangs of Love

As night fell, Madam Luo and Ran Yan chatted for a while longer before leaving.

In the following days, as she was preparing to attend Old Lady Zheng’s birthday banquet, Ran Yan obediently stayed at home to heal her wounds. Although the cut was quite deep, it had been treated timely, and with good blood circulation to the head and neck, one could generally remove the stitches by the third or fourth day. However, the wound was located on the back of her neck, which was inconvenient for Ran Yan to reach by herself; therefore, she postponed the removal by one more day, planning to seek Liu Qingsong’s assistance after the birthday banquet.

"Wife, the custom-made item from the embroidery workshop has arrived," announced Wan Lu, her face alight with joy as she carried a bundle inside from outdoors.

Ran Yan was embroidering those confounded plum blossoms when she heard Wan Lu. She lifted her head and set down her needlework.

Madam Xing also came over and asked, "Is it the design that you drew, my Lady?"

"Indeed it is," Wan Lu handed the package to Ran Yan.

Even the usually unnoticeable Ge Lan couldn’t help but come closer, prompting Ran Yan to quickly unwrap it.

It was a delightful matter when something envisioned materialized before one’s eyes, all the more so because Ran Yan had participated in the creation of this garment.

Wan Lu and Ge Lan unfolded the garment from both ends, a flicker of lilac petals, and the full vista of the Lilac Spring Rain Painting was displayed.

Especially when several people saw the elaborate and charming patterns inside, they all fell into a momentary daze, even Ran Yan hadn’t expected the simple lines she traced to turn out so beautiful.

Starting from the hem, the slender brown stems and leaves as verdant as jade. Amongst the green foliage bloomed clusters of delicate lilac flowers. Tender stems held aloft the powder-purple petals, each one meticulously fine, delicate and striving to extend outwards, revealing speckles of stamens within. The flowers blossomed in lively gatherings. As the eye moved upwards, the flowers became sparser, until only a few seemed caught by an uplifting breeze on the upper body. No one knew what technique was used, but the ivory satin appeared to sparkle with starlight, looking every bit as dazzling as moonlight silk.

The garment’s edges were elegantly bound with silver thread, neither too sparse nor too dense, reflecting against the starlight on the fabric, cultivated yet not lacking in splendor.

Wan Lu was at a loss for words, unable to think of better adjectives and could only exclaim in admiration, "Truly beautiful!"

"Is this the pattern drawn by my Lady? I’ve lived a long time, and I’ve never seen such a fine pattern," Madam Xing praised as she looked over the garment from various angles.

Ran Yan, though she considered herself well-versed in the world, was genuinely stunned by this garment. Although the few patterns she had drawn were classic and certainly beautiful, to achieve such exquisite beauty, the embroidery workshop must have put in considerable effort.

True to Ran Yan’s guess, the owner of the embroidery workshop, to express gratitude for the new patterns provided by her free of charge, had brought out all stops and summoned all fifteen of the top Suzhou embroidery artisans from the workshop to work solely on this garment. Hence, in such a brief period, they created the astonishing Lilac Spring Rain Skirt.

Xu Wenchang was passionate about embroidery, possessed of a rich imagination. He knew how an embroidered design should be displayed on a garment to achieve its most beautiful state, not limiting himself to one style. Once he had an outline in his mind, he would spare no effort or resources to reach perfection.

"Oh, is this a gauze coverall made to be layered over this garment?" asked Wan Lu upon noticing another thin item beneath the bundle.

Madam Xing shook out the cloth and helped slip it over the group.

The garment, which had previously shone with brilliance, suddenly took on a graceful and rhythmic beauty. The twinkling starlight on the satin shimmered, now hidden, now visible, much like the fine rain of Jiangnan — precisely the scenery Ran Yan had imagined.

"Xu Wenchang is truly a capable man!" Ran Yan exclaimed. She had seen many exquisite embroideries that seemed to bear souls, possessing the power to captivate. However, Xu Wenchang’s ability to craft a product with such artistry was nothing short of incredible.

"Wife, try it on!" Wan Lu encouraged.

Madam Xing joined in, "Put it on and see if there’s anything that needs to be altered."

Faced with such a beautiful garment, it would indeed be a waste not to try it on.

Just as Ran Yan was about to stand, she saw a sprightly green figure dash in and spin around before her, ecstatically exclaiming, "Seventeen sister, how does it look?"

The tender green color made Ran Yun’s delicate skin appear even more translucent and fair. The moonlight silk was luxurious, and the vividly colored forest and peacock patterns were lively and attractive.

Clothes make the man, or in this case, the woman. Ran Yun was already quite pretty, but donning such a garment, she became instantly radiant, captivatingly beautiful.

"Seventeen sister’s garment is also very pretty indeed!" Ran Yun admired the garment in Ge Lan and Wan Lu’s hands with a tsk of approval, but she had always favored more vibrant colors and still preferred the one she was wearing.