After Marrying the Officer

Upon hearing the Master's wife's words, Xia Chuyi immediately responded to the Master's wife, "The Mistress Gu who taught me embroidery, she was once criticized and denounced."

This statement slightly startled the Master's wife, who then said, "What, what did you say?"

"I said, the Mistress Gu who taught me embroidery, she was once criticized and denounced." Xia Chuyi looked at the Master's wife and seriously repeated what she just said.

"Gu, Mistress Gu?" The Master's wife's eyes flickered slightly, her expression a bit unusual.

After a moment of silence, the Master's wife then asked her, "The Mistress Gu you're talking about... what exactly is her name?"

Her tone even had a slight rush to it.

"The Mistress's surname is Gu, her name is Gu Xiuji." Fearing the Master's wife might have misheard, Xia Chuyi deliberately slowed down, enunciating each syllable clearly as she repeated Mistress Gu's name.

"Gu... Xiuji?" The Master's wife's expression was greatly shaken, "Is Xiuji still alive?"

Hearing the Master's wife's words, Xia Chuyi was certain that the Master's wife and Mistress Gu indeed knew each other.

"Master's wife, do you know Mistress Gu?" Xia Chuyi hurriedly asked.

The Master's wife was taken aback again, her gaze drifting into the distance, she said, "If the Gu Xiuji you're talking about is just a bit younger than me, and is the Gu Xiuji who is skilled in Gu Embroidery, then it is indeed possible that she's the Gu Xiu that I know of."

The Master's wife sighed and turned her gaze back to Xia Chuyi, asking, "Child, can someone tell me, about this 'Gu Xiuji,' her situation?"

Xia Chuyi nodded and said, "Mistress Gu is from Suzhou. In earlier years, she and Professor Bao, due to some historical reasons, suffered a lot of criticism and denunciation."

"In the past two years, both of them were rehabilitated, and they settled in the Capital City."

"Presently, Professor Bao is teaching at Kyoto University, engaging in education on folklore, and has been continuously researching Gu Embroidery."

"Because of health reasons, Mistress Gu can only assist on the sidelines."

She briefly introduced Mistress Gu's situation, because she was worried the Master's wife would be concerned, Xia Chuyi omitted the fact that Mistress Gu was in poor health.

After all, under the care of Medicinal Food, the Mistress's health was getting better and better.

However, upon hearing her narrative, the Master's wife was even more shocked, she said, "Professor Bao? Bao Jiaye? He and Xiuji are together?"

"Ah?" Speechless, Xia Chuyi was suddenly perplexed, "Yes, Professor Bao's name is Bao Jiaye..."

As Xia Chuyi was saying this, confusion welled up in her heart, why doesn't the Master's wife know about Mistress Gu being with Professor Bao?

At this moment, the Master's wife nodded and said, "Skilled in Gu Embroidery and together with Bao Jiaye, then this 'Xiuji,' then this 'Xiuji,' is very likely to be the Xiuji that I know of."

The Master's wife seemed to think of something, sighing again.

The implication was that it felt somewhat incredible.

After thinking for a while, Xia Chuyi took out the Linglong Embroidery Needle Set brocade box that Mistress Gu had given her.

"Master's wife, look, this is the token Mistress Gu gave me." She handed the brocade box to the Master's wife.

"This, this is..." The moment she saw Xia Chuyi's brocade box, the Master's wife became quite emotional.

"Linglong Embroidery Needle Set! This is the Linglong Embroidery Needle Set!"

The Master's wife, excited, looked at the brocade box, her hands trembling as she held it, carefully inspecting the brocade box inside and out, her emotions growing more intense.

"Yes, that's correct, this is indeed our family's Linglong Embroidery Needle Set! It's our Gu Family's Linglong Miniature Set!"