The oval glass fishbowl floated with tender green water plants, and two dark-colored goldfish played freely among the weeds. Yueyao took some fish food and sprinkled it.
Yueyao handed the fish food in her hand to Gu You beside her and said, "Tell Xi Yu to put away the needlework; we won't embroider today." Yueyao spent two shichen a day embroidering the wedding dress, barely reducing her time for calligraphy and reading, but her painting time was cut down.
Xiang Wei, standing nearby, said, "Miss, are you embroidering or painting?" Yueyao's wedding dress was meant to feature Mandarin Ducks Playing in the Water, and as of now, she hadn't even finished the veil, making Xiang Wei worry that Yueyao wouldn't complete the wedding dress within a year.
Yueyao only planned to embroider the mandarin ducks; she intended for Xi Juan to handle the patterns and borders. She trusted Xi Juan's craftsmanship.
