Chapter 48 The New Reeling Machine Was Highly Praised!

The Ministry of Works sent five pedal reeling machines, one of which was to be sent to the Queen Mother.

But the Queen Mother couldn't wait. When she heard that the Ministry of Works had first sent it to Concubine Liu's residence, which was closer to the Nangong Gate, she immediately brought people to Concubine Liu to see it in person.

"Concubine Liu, has the reeling machine arrived?" The Queen Mother's steps were even lighter.

Behind her were the Queen, Concubine Li and others who came to pay respects early this morning.

The Queen and Concubine Li also heard that the improved loom presented by Concubine Liu had arrived, so they deliberately went to pay respects to the Queen Mother today and wanted to take a look.

"Queen Mother, please go slowly." Concubine Li smiled and supported the Queen Mother's arm. "In the past hundred years, our silk weaving technology has not changed much."

"Concubine Liu's method can only change one or two things at most. Can it surpass those women who often weave at home and those who study in the Ministry of Works?"

Concubine Li was very disdainful of Concubine Liu's improved thread splitting skills.

If Concubine Liu could come up with it, what kind of concubine would she be?

The Liu family has been prosperous for a long time.

"An improvement of one tenth or one twelveth is also good." The Queen Mother was simple-minded and did not hear Concubine Li's disdain for Concubine Liu at all. She walked in excitedly.

The Queen smiled, "Mother, Concubine Li also means well. She is afraid that the greater your expectations, the greater your disappointment."

Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother pursed her lips and was a little unhappy.

She has been looking forward to the news from the Ministry of Works these days. If Concubine Liu's improved machine cannot be used or the effect is not good, she will definitely be disappointed.

The Queen Mother patted the Queen's hand, "Let's go in and take a look."

They entered the Donghua Palace with great momentum.

Concubine Liu and Concubine Min, who were circling around five machines in the side hall, were startled and hurried out to greet them.

Before she even paid her respects, Concubine Li put her on the spot, "Concubine Liu, the Queen Mother walked from the Cining Palace to the Donghua Palace in person without even having breakfast to see your improved technology."

"If your new machine doesn't work, it will be a big hassle!"

The Queen Mother smiled bitterly when she heard this.

She was impulsive.

She brought a group of concubines with her in a grand manner, eager to see it.

If the new machine doesn't work, then this group of concubines are just watching the joke of an old woman like her and Concubine Liu!

Thinking of this, the smile on the Queen Mother's face completely faded.

"I'm just walking around."

"Well, Concubine Liu, don't worry about me, you continue."

Concubine Li held the Queen Mother's hand and looked at Concubine Liu as if she was watching a play.

This look of expecting her to make a fool of herself was clearly seen by Xiao Chuchu, who was held by the nanny.

Xiao Chuchu immediately complained, [This Concubine Li is not a good person either, she is just a fence-sitter in the palace. ]

[When Concubine Fucha was in power, she followed Fucha to stir up trouble and bully other women. ]

[Fucha was hated, and she followed the queen to bully other women! ]

Listening to her daughter's voice, Liu Channiang was secretly alert.

[Fortunately, Concubine Li was my brother's adoptive mother. My brother was raised by her and moved out when he was five years old to the Ganxi Wusuo where the princes lived. ]

[In these five years, Concubine Li really didn't show any love for my brother! ]

[My mother was slightly favored by the Queen Mother, and Concubine Li wanted to suppress my mother. If she had any pity for my brother, she would not want to lose face for his own mother. ]

Xiao Chuchu complained endlessly.

Liu Channiang sighed in her heart.

As early as when her daughter said that the new emperor would not have a good end when he ascended the throne in the future, she knew that Concubine Li was unreliable.

If Concubine Li was willing to protect Cheng Gan, this wouldn't have happened.

Liu Channiang no longer regarded Concubine Li as her son's adoptive mother or someone she could rely on.

"Queen Mother, please sit down. You came at the right time. I was just about to try this new reeling machine."

The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows.

In order to save Concubine Liu's face, the Queen Mother didn't dare to expect too much. She just nodded casually and turned her eyes to the five looms in the yard.

Several concubines also looked over curiously.

They saw that the wooden reeling machine had no more complicated parts than they imagined.

Concubine Li looked amused, "It doesn't look like anything amazing."

But Concubine Liu stepped on flat embroidered shoes and changed into a narrow-sleeved purple and black cloth dress that was easy to move around.

With a pretty face and beautiful features, she walked to the new reeling machine like an ordinary peasant woman.

First, she fished out the silk head from the cocoon pot in the hand of the palace maid next to her, passed it through the bamboo needle eye of the loom, and then passed it around the thread guide pulley lock star, with smooth and skillful movements.

The silk was very obedient in her hands, and it was wound on the silk reel in a short while.

Liu Bin's flat-soled embroidered shoes immediately stepped on one of the pedals of the silk reeling machine, moving up and down.

Just hearing the creaking sound, she didn't move her hands, the connecting rod on the machine made the crank of the silk reel run back and forth, and the silk threads were combined on the reeling machine one by one.

"Snap——"

The empress dowager's calm eyes turned into shock.

Her body in her fifties could no longer sit still, and she stood up suddenly, overturning the armchair behind her!

She walked quickly to the reeling machine, watching Liu Bin pedal a few times, and the silk was successfully combined, and the brilliance on her face could not be concealed.

"It's so convenient!"

In the past, people used to draw silk by hand on the silk reel.

Compared to this automatic foot pedal to draw and thread, it is really fast and labor-saving!

The Queen Mother couldn't help but reach out, "Liu Pin, let me try it!"

She couldn't wait!

"If this reeling machine can be promoted throughout the country, then our speed can be greatly improved!"

This reeling machine frees women's hands, just use their feet!

She squeezed out Liu Pin and tried it in public.

The Queen's face did not change, but Li Fei, who had just ridiculed Liu Pin in words and deeds, had an ugly expression.

The other concubines also had complicated expressions.

Did Liu Pin really do it? ?

"Empress Dowager, Sister Liupin has been sending eunuchs to the Ministry of Works these days to discuss with those who are researching the reeling machine how to make it."

Minpin smiled and said, "It was changed several times before it was finalized."

"Originally, the reeling machine made by the Ministry of Works was twice as big as the current one."

The Empress Dowager was surprised when she heard this, "So big? It would be difficult for ordinary people to put it in their homes."

"That's right, so now Sister Liupin has tried to make it smaller." Minpin took credit for her sister.

Her usual image is that she likes to worship Buddha and does not fight or compete.

After hearing this, the Empress Dowager believed that this was not a lie.

At this moment, while she was stepping on the reeling machine and feeling it herself, she looked at Liupin's simple clothes as a farmer's woman with great love.

"Well, Liupin, your move to improve silk weaving has really brought extraordinary reform convenience to silk weaving women all over the world."

The Empress Dowager stood up and smiled, took off a pair of jade bracelets on her hands, and put them on Liupin's wrists.

The queen's calm expression just now suddenly tensed up!

[Huh? Is this what the late emperor gave to the queen mother? ]

Xiao Chuchu saw it with her sharp eyes and got excited.

[The queen has always wanted it but never got it. I didn't expect the queen mother to give it to my mother. ]

[In the future, when my mother is in the palace, as long as she shows this bracelet, no one will dare to bully her openly! ]

Filial piety comes first.

In Jingguo, the emperor is not allowed to be disrespectful to the queen mother.

"This is a birthday gift given to me by the late emperor when he was still the prince. I have worn it for almost forty years."

The queen mother patted Concubine Liu's hand kindly, "Now I give it to you."

"The late emperor must be very happy to have a daughter-in-law like you, who will benefit women all over the world and set an example for women all over the world."

The queen's face was already dark.

Concubine Liu is a role model for women and a good daughter-in-law.

What about her as the queen?

Does the queen mother still have her as the queen in her eyes?

But the Queen Mother was so straightforward. After rewarding Liu Channiang, she smiled and looked at the Queen and others.

"The same goes for the rest of you. If you work for the benefit of the world like Concubine Liu in the future and do things that deserve my praise, I will also reward you."

The Queen, Concubine Li, and other concubines all twitched their lips when they heard this.

What does it mean?

Are they going to make inventions in the future and improve the spinning wheel technology?

Are they going to be concubines or ministers? ?

It's not enough to just involve Concubine Liu, but they have to involve them too?

"By the way, I heard that the emperor gave you a small courtyard outside the palace and asked you, Concubine Liu, to lead people to make winter clothes?"

The queen mother thought about it and waved her hand, "Then I am not in a hurry to get this new reeling cart. You, Concubine Liu, take these five carts outside the palace to work."

"Also, let the Ministry of Works make more and promote them among the people as soon as possible."

As the queen mother said, she also led people out, "There are two maids in my palace who are also good at making clothes. I will call them for you. Concubine Liu, take them to work together and make a few more winter clothes before the snow falls."

"Yes, I obey your order."

Liu Channiang bowed.

This time it was sincere, not driven by palace rules.

After breakfast, Concubine Liu took the queen mother's two maids, her own palace maids, and the wet nurse out of the palace together.

Concubine Min held Xiao Chuchu and refused to let go, and the wet nurse refused to let go.

Only after leaving the palace and settling in the courtyard of the imperially granted private residence did Minpin bow her head and kiss Xiao Chuchu's tender face.

"Little Chuchu, look, who's here? It's your mother's best friend before she got married."

Xiao Chuchu yawned a little, followed Minpin's gaze, and was shocked.

She saw a stunning woman with stunning facial features, but at this moment her face was thin and concave, and her clothes seemed to be loose and drooping.

It was none other than Min Rou, the granddaughter-in-law bullied by Zhou Wuxin, a third-rank official, and rescued by Master Liu!

Xiao Chuchu was greatly shocked, [Oh my god, beautiful lady, how come you are so thin! ]

Min Rou, who was about to salute, was startled, and her eyes trembled slightly.

Who, who is talking?