"This morning, someone claiming to be the steward of the Governor's Mansion came to the embroidery workshop and said that our down jackets had won the Emperor's favor and had been listed as tribute. He ordered the embroidery workshop to make 100 down jackets and submit them within three days. Otherwise, it would be considered disobedience and they would be thrown into prison.

"It's a good thing our embroidery workshop has produced tribute, but three days is too short. How can we make a hundred down jackets in such a short time? Huanhuan, what do you think we should do?"

Down jackets won the emperor's favor? Xue Huan found this statement ridiculous. The emperor's food, clothing and other expenses all came from the palace. How could the down jackets made by their small embroidery workshop possibly appear in front of the emperor?

Even if it came before the emperor, who has seen all kinds of good things, even if down jackets are rare, they would not be listed as tribute, right?

unless--

Someone specifically mentioned down jackets to the emperor and even exaggerated their benefits!

Originally, down jackets could be used as tribute, which would have more advantages than disadvantages, but now the embroidery workshop is required to hand over 100 down jackets within three days, which is obviously intended to make things difficult for them!

If the required amount of tribute is not delivered on time, the embroidery workshop and even the Xue family will definitely not face a good ending.

To put it more seriously, they can be charged with the crime of disobeying the imperial order.

Considering that the person who came was the steward of the governor's mansion, Xue Huan was almost certain that it was the governor Zhang Shun who was deliberately punishing their family!

If it were any other way, Xue Huan could still solve it violently, but now Zhang Shun was using the imperial power to pressure their family and force them to obey.

But they couldn't resist. Once they resisted, they would be going against the imperial power and it would be a rebellion!

Xue Huan held her mother's hand and said, "Mom, don't worry. I will take care of this matter. Just focus on making down jackets with the embroiderer. Don't worry about anything else."

Seeing her calm and composed expression, without the slightest panic, Xue's mother couldn't help but feel at ease. "Okay."

The mother and daughter chatted for a while, and Xue Huan sent her back to her room.

After returning, she entered the space and took a bath while thinking about how to solve this problem. The emperor had no solution for the time being, so she could only start with Zhang Shun.

After taking a bath, I put on light pajamas and went to the study.

Standing in front of the large desk, she concentrated and began to draw talismans.

This time she drew a second-level puppet talisman.

She had basically mastered the first-level talismans, but it was still a little difficult to draw the second-level talismans. She tried drawing several in a row but all ended in failure.

The spiritual energy in the body is almost exhausted.

Xue Huan put down her pen, sat aside and meditated for a whole week, and the spiritual energy in her body began to replenish again.

She put aside all distractions and devoted herself to the talisman paper in front of her.

This time, she wrote as if possessed by spirit, and the spiritual energy in her body flowed out evenly and calmly, merging into the runes from the tip of the pen.

As the last stroke was made, a flash of light appeared on the talisman, and it was done!

Xue Huan squeezed a little blood from her fingertips and dripped it into the talisman, and left a trace of spiritual imprint on the talisman. In this way, this second-grade puppet talisman became her master.

Afterwards, Xue Huan controlled the Five Elements Pearl and came to the governor's mansion.

This time, she discovered that there were several figures hiding in the dark of the governor's mansion. Those people all had profound skills. They must have been asked by Zhang Shun to protect his safety because he was afraid of death.

If she were to face those people based on strength alone, she would not be their match. Unfortunately, she is not an ordinary martial artist, but a cultivator, and has many methods that ordinary people do not know about and cannot deal with.

Xue Huan looked around and found Zhang Shun in the study.

The study is a strategic location, and there are six experts hiding in the dark, so it can be said that the place is impenetrable.

However, Xue Huan still easily passed through the protective circle of several masters with the help of the Five Elements Beads and entered the study.

After putting on the breath-suppressing talisman and the invisibility talisman, Xue Huan came out of the space without disturbing anyone.

The servants and the masters were guarding outside, and the study was empty. There must be something shameful in the study that Zhang Shun didn't want others to know.

This made things convenient for Xue Huan.

She took out the dream incense and lit it. Zhang Shun, who was writing a letter behind the desk, soon fell headfirst onto the desk.

Xue Huan approached and cast a soul-stealing spell on him, skipping over the irrelevant memories and focusing only on those related to the tribute.

Got it!

After reading that memory, Xue Huan unexpectedly discovered that the down jacket was actually first spread from Concubine Li.

Concubine Li, who came from the Ye family, had a cold constitution and felt particularly uncomfortable every winter. This year, when the Ye family got down jackets and down quilts, the first person they thought of was Concubine Li in the palace. After buying them, they sent them to the capital as quickly as possible and handed them over to the fifth prince.

The fifth prince was already an adult and had his own residence outside the palace, but it was convenient for him to enter the palace, so he easily delivered the down jacket and down quilt to Concubine Li.

Later, when the emperor stayed overnight in Concubine Li's palace, he discovered that the down quilt was unusual. At that time, the emperor did not have any thoughts about the down quilt, he just felt that the quilt was exceptionally warm, and therefore he came to Concubine Li's palace more frequently.

The emperor was also a human being, so he naturally felt cold. He naturally liked the comfort of the duvet.

As a result, the most favored concubine was unhappy. After inquiring, she found out that she fell out of favor because of a quilt!

After checking, it turned out that the down quilt came from Fengchi County. Isn't Fengchi County under the jurisdiction of my third brother Zhang Shun?

The imperial concubine immediately sent a letter to Zhang Shun, asking him to send her a few down jackets and down quilts.

After receiving the letter, Zhang Shun came up with an idea to kill two birds with one stone.

Which pair of eagles? One is Xue Huan, who had previously threatened her daughter, and the other is Concubine Li!

If it spreads a little more, it might not be a problem to eradicate both the Xue and Ye families!

The vicious plan that Zhang Shun came up with was to let the imperial concubine advise the emperor to list the down jackets produced by the Jinluoyi Embroidery Workshop in Fengchi County as tribute. It was such a small request, and the emperor was also very covetous of down jackets, so naturally he would not refuse.

So the emperor waved his hand and the down jackets from Jinluoyi Embroidery Workshop were included in the tribute list of Fengchi County.

The order was conveyed to Zhang Shun, requiring the embroidery workshop to hand in 100 down jackets within one month, but Zhang Shun directly compressed the time to three days.

This is nothing. If the embroidery workshop can be completed, it would be great. If it cannot be completed, Zhang Shun will have an excuse to attack the Xue family.

Completing the court's order was not enough. Zhang Shun had already made plans. As soon as the down jacket arrived, he would have someone put the poisonous insects into the down jacket.

Zhang Shun certainly did not intend to murder the emperor. In fact, this batch of down jackets might not even pass the "security check". After all, they were for the royal family to use, so they had to be handled with caution.

Therefore, the poisonous insect will definitely be detected. Even if it cannot be detected, the people arranged by the Zhang family will expose the down jacket.

How dare you hide the poisonous insect in a down jacket with the intention of murdering the royal family?

This crime will definitely fall on the embroidery workshop. As for Zhang Shun, he will at most be charged with negligence.

Also, since it was Concubine Li who first introduced the down jacket into the palace, if Concubine Gui deliberately exaggerates it, wouldn't the Emperor suspect Concubine Li?