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

Er Qing couldn't help it any longer. She stretched out her hand and pushed Hubo: "Hubo, go find the servants in Chuxiu Palace and ask for some charcoal. Otherwise, we might be frozen to death here tonight."

"Ah? How come there is really no charcoal fire here? Sister Erqing, why don't we go back to Changchun Palace? This place is worse than my maid's room."

Amber muttered to herself, her desire to leave here reaching its peak.

Er Qing glared at Amber, feeling very upset. Finally, she couldn't help it anymore and slapped Amber hard, saying unhappily:

"I am your master now. Since you chose me, you must listen to me! Don't call me by my name anymore."

Amber looked at Erqing in disbelief. Erqing's face was now ferocious, and her eyes were full of malice and resentment.

Her appearance was even scarier than a demon. She felt extremely unfamiliar yet extremely frightened. So she nodded repeatedly and ran out of the side hall in panic.

Wei Yingluo and Mingyu were actually watching them not far away.

It turned out that the Queen Mother knew that it snowed heavily today, but was still worried that they would be cold, so she specially sent Wei Yingluo and Mingyu to bring them bedding and charcoal.

However, Wei Yingluo and Mingyu were not as kind as the Queen. When they saw Erqing and Amber arguing with each other, they couldn't help laughing out loud and were even more reluctant to send things over. They all wanted to make these two people who betrayed the Queen suffer more!

“Hey, Yingluo, do you think we really have to deliver these things?” Mingyu asked with a very uncomfortable feeling: “I really don’t want to see people like them living so well!”

As she spoke, she looked at Erqing and Amber with a look of disgust on her face.

Wei Yingluo replied firmly: "Since the Queen has asked us to deliver it, we must do so." Her tone was resolute, as if she had an unshakable determination on this matter.

Mingyu pouted in grievance after hearing what Wei Yingluo said, but she didn't say anything more. After all, she knew that it was difficult to change Yingluo's decision, and she also understood that she couldn't refuse the Queen's order.

Wei Yingluo looked at Mingyu's helpless expression and patted her shoulder gently to comfort her.

Wei Yingluo raised the corners of her mouth slightly, revealing a sly smile. She winked at Mingyu and said softly, "But this doesn't mean we have to hand these things over to them."

After hearing this, Mingyu's eyes lit up and she asked curiously, "Oh? Then can we just put these things at the door?" She thought to herself that this way she wouldn't have to deal with those people hypocritically.

However, Wei Yingluo shook her head gently, poked Mingyu's forehead with her finger, and said with a smile:

"Stupid Mingyu, if these things were really placed at the door and they didn't find them, someone would definitely take the opportunity to complain tomorrow, saying that the Queen was deliberately targeting them."

Mingyu nodded in sudden realization and continued to ask, "Then what should we do?"

Wei Yingluo lowered her voice mysteriously and leaned close to Mingyu's ear and said, "We can quietly put these things in the main house where Jiapin once lived. With their timid nature, they would never dare to step into the main house to look for charcoal..."

After hearing this, Mingyu couldn't help but applaud and said excitedly, "Yingluo! You are so smart. This way, they can't say that we didn't send anything tomorrow. Let's do as you say."

The two smiled at each other, their eyes sparkling with joy after playing a prank on others.

Inside the main hall of Chuxiu Palace, Concubine Gao was leaning on the couch, lazily flipping through the notebook in her hands, and from time to time she picked up a grape on the table and put one into her mouth.

At this time, Zhilan quietly walked to Concubine Gao and whispered, "My Lady, the Queen has assigned her traitorous servant to our Chuxiu Palace."

Concubine Gao raised her head slightly, her eyes a little puzzled: "Oh? What's that name?"

Zhilan quickly added, "Erqing."

"Hmph, her maid even wants to ask our people for charcoal." Zhilan continued.

Concubine Gao sneered: "Oh, she is just a woman who is blinded by greed and as stupid as a pig. I don't take her seriously. Don't pay any attention to her." After that, she turned her gaze back to the storybook.

Zhilan nodded repeatedly and continued to peel grapes for Concubine Gao.

Knowing that she would not be able to get charcoal in Chuxiu Palace, Er Qing asked Amber to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get charcoal and bedding.

Although Amber was very reluctant in her heart because it was already very late and she was afraid that it would be a wasted trip, she still had to obey the order and go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

However, when she arrived at the Imperial Household Department, she was unsurprisingly met with indifference.

The palace maids in Chuxiu Palace didn't care about such a small promise, while the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not dare to give charcoal easily because they were unsure of the Empress' attitude.

With no other options, Er Qing could only find out the old bedding that was once used by the palace maids in the side hall of Chuxiu Palace from the shabby cabinet, and then squeezed into the bed with Amber and spent a cold night...

The next morning, they were shivering with cold. When they woke up, they looked at the dilapidated palace and felt extremely heavy-hearted.

Amber silently told herself that she must find an opportunity to make up for her mistake, ask for the Queen's forgiveness, and try to return to Changchun Palace as soon as possible.

Er Qing, on the other hand, fell into deep thought, thinking about how to "clear her name" or find a new backer...

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is already the fifth day of the first lunar month.

During these days, the emperor went to Changchun Palace to visit Empress Fucha every day. Empress Fucha's reluctance to accept made the emperor more and more fascinated.

Wei Yingluo was naturally not idle either. She had already started to take action as soon as she learned of Prince Heqin's intention.

She came to the embroidery workshop to find Qingyun early in the morning, and asked Qingyun to find a few palace maids to go to the West Embroidery Workshop to chat about gossip.

Because she knew in her heart that the prince would never let her sister go easily.

According to the memory of the previous life, the best time to get married to the prince is when the emperor entertains clan members on the tenth day of the first lunar month.

The eighth day of the first lunar month.

That day, a young eunuch sneaked into the embroidery workshop, looked around, and finally found Zhiheng in the corner.

The young eunuch walked cautiously to Zhiheng and said in a low voice:

"Miss Zhiheng, I am the Prince's man. He wants you to take the red hairpin of Guard Qi Jia as a token of trust and tell Miss Aman to meet him in the Imperial Garden at 10:00 p.m. on the tenth night of the first lunar month...

If this thing succeeds, you will get what you want, but if it fails, I am afraid you will lose your life after you leave the palace."

After saying that, the young eunuch handed the red hairpin that Qi Jiaqingxi had given to Wei Yingning as a token of love to Zhiheng.