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

The next day, Wei Yingluo told Nanny Zhang about the theft of the peacock feather thread in public.

"What? Yingluo, you are really too careless." Nanny Zhang said in a reproachful manner, but in fact she was very worried. If the embroidery workshop's gifts could not be delivered on time at the Queen's Thousand Years Banquet, all the people in the embroidery workshop would be punished, but the law does not punish everyone, so it would be most likely that the head embroiderer would be severely punished.

"That's right, Ma'am, you see, if you had given this job to me, I would never have made such a big mistake." After being comforted by Xueliu, Molan realized that as long as she insisted that she didn't know, she would not be discovered, so she made bold sarcastic remarks.

"Don't be so quick to add insult to injury. If we really can't make the phoenix robe, we'll all suffer the consequences. Whoever did it, return the peacock feather thread immediately before things get out of hand." Nanny Zhang sternly warned the embroiderers.

When everyone heard what Nanny Zhang said, they were a little scared and started talking at once, speculating who it could be.

Wei Yingluo ignored Molan and everyone else's gazes and continued to embroider the phoenix robe with deer tail wool thread. Even if she didn't have time to embroider the peacock feather thread, she had to finish this first. This was her real reliance for winning the favor of the Queen.

"Xue Liu, come with me." After giving the order, Nanny Zhang walked towards the inner room.

Everyone was confused, but Xue Liu vaguely thought that she might be given an important position and might be asked to embroider a phoenix robe, so she said proudly, "Look, Wei Yingluo, maybe Nanny Zhang wants me to embroider the phoenix robe for you." Xue Liu was very proud and turned around and followed Nanny Zhang into the inner room.

A smile appeared on Wei Yingluo's face.

"Xue Liu, someone reported that you stole the peacock feather thread. Do you admit your guilt?" asked Aunt Zhang angrily.

"How could that be, Ma'am? Xueliu wouldn't dare. Xueliu has always been loyal to you and the embroidery workshop." Xueliu was a little panicked in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face and spoke calmly.

"Mammy, I also trust you very much, so I don't believe these rumors at all. Besides, you are very smart, so do you have any doubts about the candidate?" Mammy Zhang asked tentatively, looking at Xueliu's flawless appearance.

"Mammy, Xueliu didn't see such a thing and wouldn't dare to say anything nonsense, but..." Xueliu pretended to be afraid to speak.

"Just speak up. If you are right, it will be a great achievement."

"Mammy, yesterday Wei Yingluo gave the peacock feather thread to Qingyun for safekeeping, and it is said that the peacock feather thread disappeared in an instant. I think the most likely person to have committed the crime and staged it herself is Qingyun. It is easiest for her to steal the peacock feather thread. After all, we only saw it from a distance."

Xueliu was smart enough to immediately shift her suspicion to Qingyun.

"Xue Liu, what you said makes some sense. You are indeed the best embroiderer in the embroidery workshop." Nanny Zhang smiled with pretended satisfaction.

"Thank you for the compliment, Madam. This is what Xueliu should do."

"In that case, I have a set of casual clothes here that needs to be delivered to Changchun Palace. I originally wanted to let Wei Yingluo go, but she is impatient and can't do a good job of serving her master, so you should go."

Xueliu was overjoyed, thinking that she would soon be employed by Nanny Zhang, and that she could also go to Changchun Palace and perhaps meet Guard Fucha, so she said happily, "Nanny, don't worry, I will definitely send you there immediately. Leave the matter to me, there will be no problem."

Nanny Zhang handed the uniform to Xue Liu. It would take at least an incense stick of time to get from here to Changchun Palace, so she wouldn't be able to return for a while.

Xueliu took the casual clothes and left the embroidery workshop happily.

Xueliu's steps were so fast that no one could see clearly and they didn't know what was happening. They were all very confused.

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Half an hour ago:

"Madam Zhang, Yingluo needs your help with something." Wei Yingluo hurried to the embroidery workshop early in the morning.

"Yingluo, what's wrong?" Nanny Zhang didn't know yet that the peacock feather thread had been stolen.

"It's like this, Madam. The peacock feather thread was stolen. I suspect Xueliu and Molan stole it together and wanted to frame me." Wei Yingluo said calmly.

"What? What's going on, Yingluo, do you have any evidence?" Although Nanny Zhang was very shocked, she still remained rational.

"Yingluo hasn't found any evidence yet, but didn't you leave Xueliu behind yesterday? She was the only one still in the embroidery workshop late at night, so it was very likely her. When they returned to the dormitory at night, she and Molan were always whispering and comforting each other, so I'm sure they stole the peacock feather thread together." Wei Yingluo was still calm and unhurried.

"But there is no evidence. If you rashly accuse them and they get angry and destroy the peacock feather thread, it will only make things more difficult." Nanny Zhang said worriedly.

"Mammy, don't worry. Yingluo has already figured out a solution. She just needs your help." Wei Yingluo said firmly.

"Yingluo, what do you think we should do?"

"Mammy, although the two of them are working together, they each have their own agenda. If one person steals, he or she will definitely not admit it, but when the interests of the two do not align, they will definitely blame each other."

"That's true."

"You should talk to Xueliu first, and then don't let her go back to the embroidery workshop. Let her go out for a while. Then call Molan immediately and tell her that Xueliu has confessed and put all the responsibility on her. Xueliu has gone to get the peacock feather thread. Molan will definitely confess if she loses her temper. Then you can call Manager Wu to take them away and successfully retrieve the peacock feather thread."

"But what if it's not them?" Nanny Zhang admired Yingluo's meticulous thinking very much, but was still a little worried.

"If it wasn't them, Molan wouldn't have confessed. Mammy, I guarantee that they were the ones who did it. Please help me this time."

"Okay, let's do as you say. If it's really them who did it, then they will be punished with forty lashes of the cane and sent to exile to Xinzheku."

"Mammy, Yingluo is very grateful."

"You, the most important thing is to protect yourself. In the Forbidden City, nothing is more important than your life." Nanny Zhang said helplessly. She was relieved that Yingluo was smart and independent-minded, but she was also worried about her temper, which made her very likely to attract jealousy.

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Looking at Xueliu's quickly departing back, Molan felt inexplicably uneasy. Although she was always carefree, she was actually just a paper tiger.

At this time, Aunt Zhang came out and said with a sullen face, "Molan, come with me."

Everyone was very curious. What had Molan done wrong?

Molan saw that Nanny Zhang, who used to be so pleasant, suddenly looked unhappy. She felt a little flustered, but then she remembered Xueliu's warning: "We are now on the same boat. As long as the two of us don't say anything, no one will know. Don't be stupid."

Molan felt a little more at ease and mustered up the courage to go into the inner room with Nanny Zhang.