《Story of Yanxi Palace》E3
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Yingluo was angry because of what happened to her sister and concubine Yi, and she beat the cypress tree to vent her anger. However, the emperor happened to pass by and asked her for thirty sticks.Upon seeing this, Yingluo said that she didn't know Lingbai when she entered the palace, but she had a reason for it, and she managed to escape by explaining cleverly.Yingluo asked Nanny Zhang what kind of tree it was. Nanny Zhang explained it to Yingluo and agreed with what Yingluo said: A tree in the Forbidden City is better than a woman who has fallen out of favor.The emperor paid his respects to the queen mother. The queen mother blamed the emperor for favoring the queen too much and therefore neglected the other concubines. In the past, the emperor thought they were all old faces, but now there are new faces. She hoped that the emperor would take more care of them.The emperor didn't want to listen to the Queen Mother's nagging, so he excused himself and left.Passing by Lingbai on the way back, the emperor realized that he seemed to have been deceived by Yingluo. He blamed the eunuch chief Li Yu for telling the Queen Mother everything about him, and ordered him to lead people to find Yingluo.The emperor went to Changchun Palace to visit the queen, and he happened to see the queen being furious because Mingyu had turned Yu Guiren away.When the queen saw the emperor coming, she suppressed the anger in her heart and spoke to the emperor.The Queen felt that it was no longer helpful to tell the Emperor about the past, so she hid it with other things.The emperor saw that the queen was a little distant from him, so he regretfully left Changchun Palace because of his busy schedule.When the emperor heard that Concubine Gao was embarrassing a noble person, he gave the King Xiugong the Diamond Sutra and ordered Li Yu to watch Concubine Gao finish copying the sutra so that she could cultivate herself. Concubine Gao was very angry.Yingluo and others talked about the guards on the way to send the clothes to the palaces. Guard Qingxi noticed that they had approached Yingluo. When Linglong saw this, she went to tell Aunt Fang, which made Aunt Fang furious.Yingluo and Qingxi talked about the past between her sister and him, saying that he abandoned his sister because of his status, and she felt very cold towards him.Qingxi said that he would be at the guard office every Friday so that Yingluo could come to him if she needed anything, but Yingluo refused.Aunt Fang comes to the door, and Yingluo manages to escape from danger.When they left, Aunt Fang lost her luozi. Yingluo felt familiar, and it felt very much like her previous sister's, and she suddenly became suspicious.Later, Yingluo learned from the palace maid Bingqing that her sister's previous name was Aman, but she didn't want anyone to mention it, so she begged Bingqing to tell her the whereabouts of Aman.Bingqing said that Aman seemed to have made a mistake and was kicked out of the palace. The aunt was not allowed to mention this matter, otherwise he would be in bad luck.Aunt Fang noticed something was wrong with Yingluo and ordered Linglong to keep an eye on her.Shu Guiren, Qing Changzai and others went to the embroidery workshop to check out their new clothes. When they met Yingluo, they told her about Wu Ya's expulsion from the palace and warned Yingluo not to do anything wrong.Manager Li came to the embroidery workshop and wanted to search for Yingluo one by one, but under the cover of Shu Guiren coming to get the clothes and Nanny Zhang, Yingluo escaped the pursuit.Nalan wanted to inquire about the emperor's whereabouts through Eunuch Li, but Eunuch Li refused.Yingluo and Jinxiu met Fucha's guard passing by on the way to deliver clothes. The ladies in court all admired him.Jinxiu lied that she was in a hurry and wanted to attract the attention of Fu Heng, but was stopped by Yingluo.
