《Story of Yanxi Palace》E8
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Yingluo found Linglong and told her that the emperor had decreed that Ning Guta be exiled to the capital for eighty years and never return to the capital.No matter how Linglong begged for mercy, Yingluo remained unwavering.When Nanny Zhang learned that Yingluo would be transferred to Changchun Palace, she was very worried that Yingluo's temper would make her suffer.Yingluo told Nanny Zhang that she entered the Changchun Palace just to get close to Fu Heng and find out the truth, and to make those who hurt her sister pay the price.After Yingluo entered the Changchun Palace, Mingyu put on airs, made things difficult for her and admonished her, and even asked her to clean the yard.It happened that Fu Heng came to see the queen, and Yingluo deliberately pretended to accidentally drop the jade pendant on the ground in order to attract Fu Heng's attention.After Fu Heng met the queen, he went to Yingluo and said that the jade pendant was lost by him.Yingluo confirmed that the jade pendant was indeed Fu Heng's and returned it. Mingyu happened to see the two talking while they were talking.Mingyu usually has ulterior motives for Fu Heng, and when he comes to Yingluo he wants to teach him a lesson, but he is unexpectedly stopped by Yingluo, so he becomes even more resentful towards Yingluo and makes things difficult for her at every turn.Erqing came to persuade Mingyu not to do this. Mingyu also asked the other maids in the Changchun Palace to stay away from Yingluo and not let Yingluo touch the queen's personal belongings. In front of the queen, she said that Yingluo was lazy, but she didn't say a good word to the queen.Doubtful about this.Yingluo saw the moon halo the night before and the black clouds in the east in the early morning. She thought there would be heavy rain, so she reminded Mingyu to take good care of the queen's jasmine flowers. Mingyu disagreed and scolded Yingluo.Yingluo told Mingyu that the wind was blowing, but Mingyu made trouble.Unexpectedly, it really rained heavily that night. The queen got up in the middle of her sleep, worrying whether her jasmine flowers would be destroyed by the heavy rain.Just in time to see Yingluo shielding Jasmine from the heavy rain alone, all this was seen by the queen.Erqing warned Mingyu that talking too much would lead to mistakes. They should take good care of the Queen and the Empress together in Changchun Palace and stop talking nonsense. Mingyu was even more angry.Yingluo cooked ginger soup to ward off the cold for the palace maids who were braving the rain together. Amber didn't appreciate it, but Pearl and others felt that Yingluo was actually quite nice.Concubine Gao came to pay her respects to the queen. When she saw Yingluo cleaning in the courtyard, she remembered that she had pretended to be crazy and acted like a fool to tease her. She was very angry and ordered her tongue to be cut out in order to calm herself down.Yingluo said that it was the Queen who made the decision in Changchun Palace, and Concubine Gao was not allowed to do this, so she alarmed the Queen during her desperate struggle.The queen asked what was going on, and Concubine Gao asked Concubine Jia to tell the queen the reason.Concubine Jia said that Yingluo pretended to be crazy and acted foolishly in the Chuxiu Palace to deceive the imperial concubine. Yingluo defended herself with clever words.The queen spoke up for Yingluo everywhere, but Concubine Gao wanted to teach Yingluo a lesson but was unable to do so, so she had to leave angrily.Yingluo told the queen about her affair with Concubine Gao. The queen did not expect that Yingluo would dare to tease Concubine Gao, and warned Yingluo that Concubine Gao would not give up if she hit a wall here today and should be more careful.Concubine Gao was very angry after she returned and talked to concubine Jia about concubine Yi and concubine Yu.On the other side, Eunuch Li told the emperor that Concubine Xian had made the shoes herself, but the emperor did not appreciate it. Later, he sent Zhang Tingyu and Ertai to question him, saying that the two of them had close contacts and must be related.Zhang Tingyu said that he was not involved in Eshan's bribery and had never wanted to form a party member.Ertai said that Ershan, the first person who should be punished for accepting bribes, was guilty of no crime since he had never interacted with him.The emperor ordered those involved in the case to be tried strictly in order to alert them to the matter. The emperor was so angry that he killed Eshan.Concubine Xian's attendants felt sorry for Concubine Xian but got nothing in return for her efforts. Just as they were fighting over this, Concubine Xian's mother-in-law came to the palace and claimed that her brother was involved in the corruption in Eshan, and asked Concubine Xian to beg the emperor to spare her brother.
