Story of Yanxi Palace: Fu Ying's banner will never fall

"Yingluo, after breakfast, I will take you to the prince's residence to see Yonglian. I want to make him some nice casual clothes."

"Yes, Queen."

Wei Yingluo was very happy because the Queen at this time seemed lively and cute. There was no gloom on her face after losing the Second Prince. She was very amiable.

"If you have anything to say, just go find Mingyu and Erqing. Don't be restrained."

The Queen looked at the dazed Wei Yingluo and added another sentence.

Wei Yingluo said respectfully, and the Queen began to ask about Yingluo's ingenuity in embroidering her clothes and the processing of deer tail wool thread. The two of them had a very pleasant conversation.

"Your servant pays his respects to Her Majesty the Queen." As he was speaking, Er Qing walked in.

Er Qing still held the purple dress in her hand. She looked at the Queen, then at Wei Yingluo, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Yingluo, you go down first."

The Queen looked at Erqing's expression and thought that something important had happened and she didn't want Yingluo to hear it.

Wei Yingluo put down the casual clothes in her hand and left the bedroom respectfully.

Er Qing looked at the casual clothes that Wei Yingluo put down and said in a gentle tone.

"Your Majesty, although this dress is very exquisite, it was just finished. I am afraid that I don't have time to tidy it up. If there is something that I haven't checked, it will be bad. It is better to wear it in a few days."

"How could that be? Yingluo said she had already cleaned it thoroughly. Besides, the rules of the embroidery workshop for making clothes have always been good, so there won't be any problems."

Although the Queen knew that Erqing was unhappy because she favored Yingluo a little, she was unwilling to spoil Erqing.

Er Qing also felt very strange. She inexplicably hated Wei Yingluo and felt that she would take away everything from her. She looked too smart, so she couldn't help but want to target her.

"My lady, let me do a quick check first."

Er Qing suppressed her unhappiness and thought to herself that as long as she could find the problem, the Queen would not trust Wei Yingluo so much anymore.

The queen nodded and said, "Hurry up, the emperor will be here for breakfast soon."

Er Qing immediately began to examine the dress. The more she looked at it, the colder her hands and feet became. Although it had not been embroidered for a long time, the embroidery technique and detail were probably better than that of an experienced embroiderer who had worked for decades. It was full of care, and the color matching was exactly what the Empress liked...

Er Qing checked again and again, almost becoming a little crazy, but didn't find any problems.

At this time, the voices of palace maids and eunuchs outside the door paying their respects to the emperor were heard.

"No need to be polite. Why didn't the Queen greet me today? I'll go and see."

Er Qing panicked for a moment, but still forced a smile and said, "Your Majesty, I didn't see the problem. This dress is exquisite."

"Oh? What casual clothes? Queen, are you feeling well? Why haven't you changed your clothes yet?" Before Er Qing finished her words, the Emperor had already stepped into the palace.

After paying her respects to the Emperor, the Queen quickly replied.

"Your Majesty, I am fine. I just got a new dress today and haven't put it on yet."

"Empress, you have been admiring it all the time, so you haven't changed your clothes yet? It's so stunning, bring it to me to see."

The emperor said happily.

Er Qing quickly said yes, folded the clothes and brought them to the emperor.

"Well, the embroidery is very delicate, and the color is what you like, Queen. Not bad, give it as a reward to the embroidery workshop."

The emperor also thought it was very good and very suitable for the queen.

"Your Majesty, if you want to reward someone, please give it to my maid. I have already snatched this skillful maid away from the embroidery workshop."

The queen covered her mouth and smiled slightly.

The emperor couldn't help but laugh when he saw the queen in such a state.

"Your Majesty, please wait for a moment. I will go change my clothes first."

"Okay, Rongyin, I'll wait for you."

The queen's face turned red, she replied yes, and went to change her clothes.

A moment later, the queen came out wearing a new dress. The dress was black, but the deertail wool thread had a slight golden hue, which made it look particularly vivid.

The emperor stared at her intently, clapped his hands and said with a smile, "As expected of my queen, you look stunning even in a black dress."

The queen smiled shyly and said, "Your Majesty is making fun of me again."

"I never lie to you." The emperor took the queen's hand and looked at her carefully.

The two of them stood together, like a perfect couple, and the sunlight around them became extremely gentle.

"Hey, Queen, this embroidery thread doesn't seem to be gold thread, but it has the texture of gold thread."

The emperor looked at the embroidery thread on his uniform that was slightly shining with golden light and asked in confusion.

"Your Majesty, this is deer tail wool. In our Manchurian custom, deer tail wool is often used instead of gold thread to make cuffs. On my birthday, the maid Wei Yingluo presented me with a phoenix robe embroidered with deer tail wool. I liked it very much, so I asked her to make this one."

"Well, I remember that it was recorded in the Qingwenjian of the Holy Ancestor that the old Manchu custom was to use deer tail hair to trim sleeves instead of gold thread. This was because it was difficult to obtain gold thread outside the Great Wall at that time."

The emperor fell into thoughts of his great ancestor and sighed slightly.

{In the Second Collection of Poems Written by Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, Volume 4, it is written: "I read the imperial poems written by my great-grandfather and learned that in the early days of our country, there was a custom of using deer tail hair to trim sleeves instead of gold thread. At that time, people lived outside the Great Wall, and gold thread was very difficult to obtain. Last autumn, I went hunting outside the Great Wall and happened to recall this incident. I told the late empress, and she immediately made this flint bag to present to her. Now that I have seen it, I am deeply saddened, so I wrote this long poem to commemorate the loss of this little thing.}

"That's what the emperor said. I think it's a good idea to use deer tail hair to make thread. I want to promote it in the harem, hoping to promote frugality and recall the difficulties of our great ancestor in establishing the empire."

"Very well, then do as the Queen says."

The emperor smiled and held the queen's hand, saying with satisfaction.

"By the way, Li Yu, reward this palace maid well."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will do it now."

"Erqing, please serve the meal," the queen said gently.

After breakfast, the emperor hurried back to the Yangxin Palace to review memorials. Wei Yingluo was glad that she did not have to confront the emperor head-on.

The Queen walked out from the inner hall, looked at the jasmine flowers in the flower bed, and smiled gently.

Wei Yingluo watched the breeze brushing across the Queen's cheek and the sunlight shining on the jasmine flowers. This moment was so beautiful that she thought to herself that she must protect the Queen and preserve the beauty of this moment.

"Yingluo, you and Mingyu will accompany me to the prince's residence."

The Queen spoke gently and told Yingluo to bring her tailoring tools so that she could measure Yonglian's size later.

"Yonglian, I'm afraid you've grown taller and can't wear last year's clothes anymore," said the Queen with a smile.

"Empress, this shows that the prince is in good health," Mingyu said happily.

Wei Yingluo said nothing. According to the situation in the previous life, the second prince Yonglian would soon fall ill, so she must observe him carefully today.