Chapter 86 Xie Yunjia was dumbfounded, Xie Yunjia didn't believe it.
The two female officials, Meng and Zhao, exchanged a glance, wondering why the eldest princess had suddenly asked this question.
The Mongolian official replied truthfully, "Your Highness, I met the Second Princess once, and I was fortunate enough to be remembered by her. She was just passing by and saw me busy here, so she came over to say hello."
Xie Yunjia frowned, seemingly dissatisfied with the answer: "That's it?"
The female official shook her head blankly: "No, that's all."
"Didn't she say anything about being envious or asking her father to make her a dress too?"
The female official was even more bewildered: "Huh? No."
"What? How is that possible!" Xie Yunjia shouted, pointing in the direction the sound had gone. "Where did she go just now?"
The female official continued to explain, "The front hall was busy, and a young palace maid accidentally splashed water on the Second Princess's sleeve. We were just about to take the Second Princess to change her clothes."
Is this really true?
Xie Yunjia was extremely surprised. She had just clearly seen the little dumpling look at the clothes very seriously for a long time, and even pointed at her clothes with some helplessness and said something!
Wasn't that little dumpling saying she envied the clothes because they were pretty, and then pointing to her own clothes and saying she envied them?
Xie Yunjia was dumbfounded, Xie Yunjia was confused, Xie Yunjia didn't believe it.
Wait a minute, it's not that simple, is it?
The scene Xie Yunjia imagined in her mind:
Sheng Sheng looked up at the incomparably beautiful dress and exclaimed in amazement and envy, "Wow, what a beautiful dress!"
The Mongolian lady-in-waiting said, “Second Princess, this is the flowing gauze palace dress that the First Princess will wear tonight when she plays the pipa at the New Year’s Day banquet. It was hand-sewn by the four best embroiderers in the Imperial Wardrobe over a month, using only the finest materials, and is naturally extremely beautiful.”
Sheng Sheng liked the dress more and more as she looked at it, and couldn't help but feel jealous of her elder sister whom she had never met: "I am clearly the most beloved daughter of the Emperor, and I don't even have this. Why does Xie Yunjia have such a beautiful dress! I have taken a liking to this dress. You two, take this dress back to Yuqing Palace for me."
The ladies-in-waiting, Meng and Zhao, tried their best to stop her: "Second Princess, you mustn't do this! This is what the First Princess is going to wear tonight! What will happen to the First Princess if you take it!"
Sheng Sheng pointed to her clothes, extremely angry: "Who cares about her? Who does she think she is? This princess can only wear ordinary clothes like this, why can she wear such fine clothes? This princess doesn't care when she's going to wear them. Such beautiful dresses should only be worn by this princess. This princess is going to find the emperor right now and ask him to make me a hundred even better dresses!"
Having said that, she gave a haughty snort and couldn't wait to run off to Xie Yuxiao to ask for her new dress.
"That's more like it!" Xie Yunjia snapped out of her reverie, increasingly disbelieving the lady-in-waiting's explanation. "This princess doesn't believe her. How could she have just come to chat with you?"
My mother said that although the second princess is young, she has been living among the common people for many years and has become wild. She is just a wild girl.
She is very cunning and far from being as innocent as she appears. Not long after returning to the palace, she even caused Consort Jing to be imprisoned, and her cousin from the Yong Prince's Mansion was banished by the Emperor to the desolate Nanlin County.
She just wanted to drive everyone away and monopolize her father's favor!
Xia Fei's words of wisdom kept replaying in Xie Yunjia's mind. Xie Yunjia was getting a headache from thinking about them, so she decided to just go and see for herself.
"I want to see what she's going to do! Is she going to change her clothes, or to ask Father for a dress?"
Xie Yunjia shoved the person next to her aside and strode after the sound in the direction it had gone.
"Oh, Princess!"
Xiao Tao hurriedly chased after him.
The two female officials, Meng and Zhao, stared at each other in disbelief.
Female official: "What's going on?"
Lady Zhao: "I don't know either. You're familiar with the Second Princess, but I'm not."
"No, what does this have to do with the Second Princess? Why is the Eldest Princess suddenly bringing up His Majesty?"
Female Official Zhao: "I don't know."
The two couldn't come to a conclusion, which was quite strange.
The female official Meng glanced at the female official Zhao, and the female official Zhao also glanced at the female official Meng.
"Why don't we follow them and see?"
"……Walk!"
Shengsheng followed the little palace maid to the changing room.
"Sister, what's your name?"
"This servant dares not, this servant's humble name is Caidie."
The palace maid glanced at Zijuan, and was about to tell Zijuan and Yanhu to wait outside when Shengsheng suddenly asked, "Caidie, your dark circles are so heavy. Have you been very tired lately?"
Cai Die was taken aback, unsure how to answer. The little dumpling leaned closer and sniffed her: "You smell of medicine. Are you sick? Do you have to work even when you're sick? That won't do. You should rest properly when you're sick. Who is your master? I'll have Zijuan tell him that working while sick is very bad for your health!"
Although Sheng Sheng was wary of what tricks she might play, she was also sincerely giving her advice.
Moreover, she also wanted to get some information out of her.
If it were truly a case of framing her, a mere palace maid could not possibly be the mastermind; she would have been bribed by the mastermind behind it all.
Sheng Sheng wanted to know if she was sick and broke, or if there was some other reason why she agreed to do this kind of thing for someone else.
She could tell that Cai Die wasn't a malicious person; she had been trembling just moments before.
Cai Die was taken aback. She raised her sleeve and smelled it, and indeed there was a faint medicinal smell.
The little dumpling looked up at her, its expression earnest and sincere.
Cai Die pursed her lips, pondering her words over and over again, thinking to herself: Seeing is believing, and this second princess is indeed as easygoing and lovely as the other eunuchs and maids have said.
Cai Die lowered her eyes, feeling even more guilty: "Thank you for your concern, Princess. I am not sick. It's just that I picked up the smell of medicine when I delivered medicine to others."
Sheng Sheng blinked and said, "Oh."
They changed their outer garments peacefully, and nothing happened.
The palace maid simply brought her new clothes and then went out to stand guard outside. Zijuan was not stopped from entering by her, and even Yanhu lay down beside her.
While having Zijuan tidy her clothes, Shengsheng looked around the room.
This is the innermost room in that row of rooms used for changing clothes. The little palace maid said that this room is specially used for noble ladies and other important people, not for ordinary dancers and musicians. There are also some spare clothes in it, which is why she was brought to this room.
Zijuan checked the room from top to bottom but found nothing amiss.
Even the new clothes that the little palace maid gave to Sheng Sheng were taken by Zijuan, who watched her take them and touched them inside and out.
There are no problems.
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