Reborn as a concubine's daughter and entering a noble family: Xie Lang, don't be too seduc

The palace embroiderers quickly delivered the altered new wedding dress.

Yunqiao winked at the maid carrying the wedding dress and brought her to Huo Sanghua. No matter what she said, she wanted Huo Sanghua to try again.

Hawthorne looked at the young maid, only to find that she kept her head down the entire time. "What's wrong? Aren't you afraid to look at me?"

Yunqiao noticed that Huo Sanghua was suspicious and stepped forward to block the young maid. "She's new to the palace and a bit timid. Her master said you have to try it first, so just give it a shot and don't make things difficult for her!"

As he spoke, he half-heartedly helped Hawthorne to that spot.

He even personally helped Hawthorne change into her wedding dress...

"Hey!"

Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her side, like being pricked with a needle. Hawthorne quickly pulled her wedding dress to get a better look...

"Don't move." Yunshao pressed her down and pulled an embroidery needle from behind her waist. "Ouch—there's still a needle here! It's pricked our Sanghua sister!"

Unable to see Yunqiao's expression behind him, Huo Sanghua suddenly had a flash of inspiration and looked up at the bronze mirror opposite him.

The mirror clearly reflected Yunqiao's sly smile!

She did it on purpose!!

"Hey!"

And then... Yunqiao pulled another embroidery needle from the hem of her skirt, feigning anger as she scolded the maid, "What's wrong with you! Are all the embroiderers in the palace so careless these days!"

"This servant deserves to die!" The little maid was terrified and knelt down with a thud.

“Sister Sanghua, you see, she didn’t do it on purpose. Let’s let her off this time…” Facing Huo Sanghua, Yunqiao put on that innocent look again, as if she really didn’t know how there could be an embroidery needle in the wedding dress!

"Who ordered you to do this!" Hawthorne ripped off her new wedding dress and began to examine it closely...

One, two, three...

Including the two that had just pierced her flesh, there were a total of eleven embroidery needles!

Gone was her usual good temper. She stood before the young maid, determined to get to the bottom of it. "Eleven embroidery needles—this is no small matter! Why would you put eleven embroidery needles in my wedding dress?"

In the bronze mirror, Yunqiao's face grew increasingly pale.

She probably didn't know why Huo Sanghua, who was usually so easy to bully and manipulate, had suddenly become so assertive. "Sister Sanghua..."

"If you don't explain yourself clearly today, we'll go to Consort Qi... or, we'll go to Brother Lang and explain ourselves. Let's see how they deal with you!" Huo Sanghua threw her new wedding dress on the ground, waiting to see what kind of explanation Yun Qiao would give.

"This servant deserves to die, this servant deserves to die..."

The young maidservant glanced up at Yunqiao's expression, then hurriedly lowered her head again, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing repeatedly, admitting her mistake and saying, "This servant deserves to die."

“Sister Sanghua…” Yunshao said.

"The needles used by the embroiderers in the palace are all counted. If Brother Lang goes to check and see whose needles are missing, we'll know who did it. If the embroiderers' needles aren't missing, we can check who has recently received an embroidery needle, and whether that needle is still there. Who handled this wedding dress... We should be able to find out!"

Hawthorne said with absolute certainty.

She didn't believe that Yunqiao couldn't be found out!

Yunqiao's face darkened further. She knew that if they investigated according to Huo Sanghua's method, they would definitely find her. Just the other day, she had received twelve new embroidery needles from the palace steward!

Now that Eleven is here, once the Fourth Prince finds out from the steward, he will surely find out about her.

She simply couldn't produce the twelve newly acquired embroidery needles!

Her breathing became increasingly disordered; she was afraid that if the Fourth Prince found out about this, she would no longer be able to keep up the act.

That would completely extinguish any thought she might have of staying by the Fourth Prince's side...

“Sang Hua… ” Yun Tiao’s voice trembled. She wanted to plead with Huo Sang Hua, but she couldn’t bring herself to say it.

"Miss Huo!" came Eunuch Cai's voice from outside the door. "His Majesty requests your presence. He has prepared some additional dowry for you and would like you to inspect it personally!"

As Huo Sanghua listened intently, he caught Yun Tiao secretly letting out a sigh of relief.

She whispered in Yunqiao's ear, "His Majesty wants to add to my dowry and wants me to go and see... Do you think we should tell His Majesty about this?"

"No—!!!" Yunqiao miscalculated, and in her panic, she blurted out the words, then tried to make amends. "I mean, if His Majesty finds out... the embroiderers in the palace will be in big trouble. Sanghua, you're getting married soon, it wouldn't be good to drag them down with you on such a joyous occasion... to the point of losing their lives..."

“Yes, if His Majesty knew, he would lose his life.” Huo Sanghua took out a silk handkerchief and carefully put away the eleven embroidery needles, carrying them with him. “I don’t have much time left in the palace, so there’s really no need to make things so awkward.”

Yunshao had just breathed a sigh of relief when she looked at Huo Sanghua with a forced smile—

They wanted to take back those eleven embroidery needles.

"I'll keep this." Huo Sanghua shook her head, indicating she wouldn't give it to her, as she looked at the outstretched hand she was asking for. "Sister Yunqiao, you said... ...that I won't be able to have any peace and quiet during my stay in the palace? I won't bother anyone, and no one will bother me?"

“... ...It definitely can be done!” Yun Tiao immediately understood what Huo Sanghua meant.

She secretly told Hawthorne that she would never cause her any more trouble.

The few days Hawthorne stays in the palace before her wedding will surely pass peacefully...

"That's good. Clean this up, I'm going to see His Majesty." Huo Sanghua smiled sweetly at the mess in the room, then tucked the eleven embroidery needles into her pocket and went out.

Yunshao breathed a long sigh of relief.

The thought that she had been threatened by Hawthorne and that she had evidence in Hawthorne's hands made her furious. "Ah—!"

The young maidservant remained kneeling on the ground, not daring to move.

After venting her anger, Yunqiao pointed to the wedding dress that Huo Sanghua had thrown on the ground and said, "Clean this place up!"

Then left.

Hawthorne followed Eunuch Cai, who was serving His Majesty, out of the gates of Yaohua Palace...

I realized something was wrong!

"Father-in-law!" She stepped forward with her hands clasped in her hands and asked respectfully, "Wasn't it supposed to be viewed in Consort Qi's palace?"

Why do we need to go outside to look?

His Majesty had promised Consort Qi that he would add some dowry to her dowry, and today it has been done.

But... shouldn't it be someone from the palace who sends it to Consort Qi, and then Consort Qi and she "take a look" at it together?

"Little girl, you're still young... Don't ask so many unnecessary questions." Eunuch Cai said in a high-pitched voice, as if he knew exactly what was going on. "Since His Majesty has ordered you to go, just go. Would His Majesty harm you?"

“But…” No matter how Huo Sanghua thought about it, something still felt off. “What about Consort Qi? Is Consort Qi already with His Majesty?”

Faced with the girl's endless questions, Eunuch Cai gradually lost his patience.

Why ask so many questions? Just go there and you'll find out.

So, Consort Qi must not be here.

With Consort Qi absent, His Majesty summoned her alone to "inspect" her dowry.

There must be a ghost!

Hawthorne was filled with anxiety, a very ominous premonition.

Fortunately, just then, Ruan Wei came walking towards me... "Sister Ruan Wei, where have you been?"

"Miss Huo?" Ruan Wei was taken aback, then bowed to Eunuch Cai, "Why did Miss Huo come out of Yaohua Palace?"

"Yes! His Majesty has given me a dowry and said I should go see it! So I'll go first..." Huo Sanghua looked at Ruan Wei for help, pretending to be very happy and expectant, but had no choice but to follow Eunuch Cai.

"Dowry?" Ruan Wei pondered for a moment, then looked back at Yaohua Palace, suddenly realizing something. "Wait a minute—"