Chapter 182: Exquisite Dress
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
No Man’s Land was blocked by the police, and even the boss and bartender of No Man’s Land were taken away by the police. This matter was published in the local newspapers and all social platforms that night, and right on the heels of that, the topic started trending.
After Yuan Shu finished her exercise the next morning, she accidentally saw the news during breakfast. She was a little curious, since she didn’t know what had happened in No Man’s Land.
However, before she could read the comments carefully, the doorbell suddenly rang. Li Yue went to open the door and walked in after a while. “Young Madam, it’s a package with your gown for tomorrow’s ball.”
Li Yue held the gift box in her hand as she walked to Yuan Shu’s side. Then, Yuan Shu put down the warm milk and stood up to open the gift box. The gown was wrapped in cloth, and the style couldn’t be seen clearly, but there was a note on the topmost layer.
Yuan Shu looked at the note carefully. The handwriting was very elegant, so it could be seen that the person who wrote it was very attentive.
She asked, “Who sent it?”
Li Yue shook her head to indicate that she didn’t know. “The courier picked up the goods at the scheduled time. He doesn’t know who the sender is.”
Yuan Shu thought about it for a moment. Perhaps it was a gown personally designed by Shi Yi or custom-made by Shi Xiao, so she didn’t think too much about it and said to Li Yue, “Send it to my room first. I’ll try it on later.”
Li Yue nodded and went upstairs with the gift box.
Yuan Shu read a magazine downstairs for a while and ate a plate of fruits before washing her hands and going upstairs.
At first, she had almost forgotten that she had to try on the gown. When she went upstairs, she continued reading ‘General History of the World’ until it was almost noon. Since her head was lowered for a long time, her neck became sore. Only then did she put down the book and rub her neck. Then, she saw the gift box by the bed.
She opened the gift box and took a step away from the gown. The appearance of the gown was finally revealed.
This was the first time Yuan Shu had seen such a beautiful gown, so she was stunned for a moment.
This gown was divided into two parts. The inner layer was a pure white tube dress with a silk texture. The slim-fitting style accentuated her figure perfectly. The skirt hung to the ground and had a dragging effect.
The outer layer of yarn was very soft and almost transparent.
However, on this thin layer of gauze, the traditional double-sided embroidery technique was used to embroider blooming pink peony flowers.
Because the gauze was almost transparent, if one didn’t look carefully, these peony flowers seemed to be floating in the air.
This layer of muslin was a narrow long-sleeved dress that fitted Yuan Shu’s arm perfectly. There were no flowers on the sleeve, and the embroidery pattern began from the tube top.
The person who made this dress must have accurately grasped Yuan Shu’s size. Otherwise, it would be impossible for it to fit her so perfectly.
There were some hidden buttons between the two clothes, just enough for the cotton yarn and silk clothes to fuse tightly into one. The length of the cotton yarn was exactly the same as the length of the dress, dragging about an inch on the ground.
When this dress was worn, it was as if countless peony flowers were blooming on Yuan Shu’s body. The patterns of the area near the ground were mostly petals, like many flowers bending the branches, so it looked like a rainfall of flowers.
As Yuan Shu stroked the peony embroidered on the cotton yarn carefully, her fingers felt the rise and fall of the needle and thread. Every stitch and line fell just right, as if she was in a peony garden. As she smelled it carefully, the rich fragrance of flowers filled the surroundings.
Such embroidery skills were rare even in the palace back then!
Yuan Shu still remembered that there was such a cotton yarn. At that time, 81 female workers spent half a year in order to embroider this type of cotton yarn. Then, it was kept in the palace’s treasure vault.
The empress had always liked this cotton gauze and had asked the emperor for it many times, but to no avail.
Later on, he signed a contract with a neighboring country. In order to show his respect, he took out this cotton gauze and sent it to the neighboring country.
Yuan Shu didn’t expect that after coming to this world, she would be lucky enough to wear a gown made with the same craftsmanship. It was really lavish..