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

“Don’t be so polite, I’m just a guard of the Forbidden City. You don’t have to call me Lord Fu Heng, you can call me…” In fact, Fu Heng wanted to say, you can just call me Fu Heng, but he felt that it would seem frivolous if he said so, and he didn’t know how to say it for a moment, and his ears began to turn red slowly.

Wei Yingluo saw Fu Heng's red ears and understood his current predicament. She smiled and said, "Then I will call you Guard Fucha. Guard Fucha, I still have work to do. I will take my leave now."

Wei Yingluo really wanted to get close to Fu Heng, but her mind told her that she should protect her sister and the Queen first, and then consider other things, so she wanted to leave in a hurry.

"Wei Yingluo, you lied to me. I thought you really didn't want to see Guard Fucha. I didn't expect you to secretly stop him here and prevent us from seeing him. You're so mean." Xue Liu muttered. Because Fu Heng was not in the northwest corner, Xue Liu turned back to the original route, but saw Wei Yingluo talking to Fu Heng, and she was very angry.

But she pretended to be calm and caught up with Wei Yingluo, "Give it to me, Yingluo, why haven't you walked out of the Imperial Garden yet." Xueliu said indifferently.

"Xue Liu, you're back so soon? I just saw Guard Fu Cha going to the southeast corner." Ying Luo said truthfully.

"I didn't see it. Who knows how many women are rushing to me? I'd better just work hard. I don't have the luck to do that." Xue Liu said with a hint of sarcasm.

Wei Yingluo understood that Xue Liu definitely didn't see Fu Heng, but she was angry because she turned around and saw herself talking to Fu Heng. So she didn't bother to pay attention to her anymore. People with bad hearts always think bad things.

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After delivering the winter clothes, Wei Yingluo and Xueliu returned to the embroidery workshop. After a while, Nanny Zhang came.

"Everyone, please stop what you are doing for a moment. The Queen's birthday celebration is coming soon. According to the rules, our embroidery workshop has to present a gift, which is usually completed by the new palace maids. We have to select a main embroiderer, and Yingluo will be in charge of our embroidery workshop." Nanny Zhang looked at Wei Yingluo.

"Madam Zhang, you are too partial. Wei Yingluo pesters you and coaxes you every day, but you just give such a good job to her without giving us any chance." Molan was the first to jump out, pouting and saying dissatisfiedly.

"That's right, Madam Zhang, we also want to show off in front of the Queen." Xue Liu immediately agreed.

Other embroiderers also echoed the sentiment, all wanting to seize this rare opportunity.

"Don't you take a look at your own embroidery work and see how well it is done? Yingluo is the best embroiderer among our group of embroiderers, so of course she is in charge. If we do it, it might make the Empress angry and backfire. Do you still dare to do it?" Qingyun said unyieldingly.

Everyone was speechless. Aunt Zhang shook her head and said, "You guys, if you do the embroidery well, you will naturally have a chance. Don't try to be stubborn this time. Let Yingluo do it."

"Yes, Ma'am." Wei Yingluo responded calmly, but she was very excited in her heart. This was the same as before. So, as long as I could get the Queen's attention, I could smoothly enter Changchun Palace to serve?

"Yingluo, come with me and go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get the peacock feather thread needed for the phoenix robe." Nanny Zhang said calmly.

After leaving the embroidery workshop and walking towards the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they came to a quiet place and Nanny Zhang stopped.

She said to Yingluo seriously, "The job of embroidering a phoenix robe for the Queen may seem glamorous, but it is likely to make people hate you. When your sister A-man first entered the palace, she was also responsible for embroidering a phoenix robe, but she almost injured her hand and can no longer embroider."

"How could this happen? Mammy, what is going on? My sister never told me about this." Yingluo said anxiously.

But after a while I understood. There has never been a lack of struggle in the palace. My sister must have had a hard time during those years in the palace, but she always wrote in her letters home that she was living a good life.

"Yingluo, don't worry, it's all over. It was one of the embroiderers who deliberately pushed over the cabinet when A'man went to the storeroom to get the silk thread. Fortunately, A'man reacted quickly and only sprained her wrist." Nanny Zhang sighed.

"The thing that is most lacking in the Forbidden City is frame-ups. You must be careful this time. Protecting yourself is the most important thing." Nanny Zhang advised earnestly. Nanny Zhang was very worried that with Yingluo's personality, she must have offended many people and must have suffered more frame-ups than Aman.

Wei Yingluo wiped her tears and said, "Thank you for your reminder, Madam. Don't worry, I will be careful."

"By the way, don't tell your sister that I said that, or she'll get angry and she'll tell me too. Let's go."

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"Wow, this is the peacock feather thread, it's shining!" Qingyun asked curiously, and the other embroiderers also looked at it curiously.

"Well, peacock feather thread is a thread made of silk as the core and peacock feathers wrapped around the outside. It can shine with colorful light under the sun." Wei Yingluo said seriously, hoping that this time there would be a "fool" who would come to frame her so as to please the Queen. But it might not be the same as before. In case no one took action, she would have to think of a better way.

"Tsk, Wei Yingluo, don't be so proud. If you don't embroider it well, you'll be laughed at." Molan still jumped out unwillingly.

Wei Yingluo didn't intend to pay attention to her and began to think about how to satisfy the Queen.

At night, Wei Yingluo was still working hurriedly in the embroidery workshop to make a phoenix robe. She was the only one in the workshop, as the other embroiderers had already returned to their bedrooms to rest.

However, Wei Yingluo still carried the peacock feather thread with her. Although she hoped that someone would take action, she could not be too blatant and leave the peacock feather thread around, otherwise some people would not dare to take action.

Qingyun came over and whispered in Yingluo's ear, "Hey, Yingluo, I think something might go wrong when you embroider the phoenix robe this time, but I'm not very skilled and can't quite see it clearly, so remember to be careful."

"Okay, then if you see anything else, don't forget to tell me." During this period of time, Wei Yingluo really trusted Qingyun's "skills".

"By the way, Qingyun, I have something to do so I need to go find my sister. Please take care of the peacock feather thread for me for a while. Please be careful and don't lose it." Wei Yingluo handed the peacock feather thread in her hand to Qingyun and said loudly on purpose.

"Yingluo, don't worry, I will definitely keep my eyes on you and wait for you to come back." Qingyun said confidently.

Wei Yingluo was amused by her appearance: "Okay, okay, I'll be back soon."

On the one hand, Wei Yingluo really wanted to ask her sister about her previous embroidery of the phoenix robe. On the other hand, she also wanted to see if anyone would take action and steal the peacock feather thread as they did before.