C20 I Lost My Hairpin and My Soldiers

The consul eunuch said to the empress, "To reply esteemed empress, we couldn't find the jade hairpin!"

"Impossible!" Have you all looked carefully? " Imperial Consort Yun said.

"To reply Imperial Consort Yun, I've already looked for everything I can find under the blanket, under the bed, or in the vase!" the eunuch said.

"Search the interior and exterior of the house again, I do not believe that I cannot find it! The things she stole must be hidden in a secret place, and they must be carefully searched by me! " Imperial Consort Yun ordered.

Imperial Consort Yun thought it was impossible for Ling Chener to throw such a precious hairpin outside. She had heard from the palace maid that Ling Chener had not left her room after returning to the Dao Court. It had to be somewhere in the corner of the room!

The jade hairpin could not be found for the whole morning. The empress's patience had run out, and she was no longer prepared to withdraw and return to the palace.

"Since we can't find the hairpin, Imperial Consort Yun must have misunderstood Yonger Sister Chener. Let's head back to the palace!" The Queen spoke up.

"I might have remembered incorrectly. The hairpin might have landed in the palace. I must return to the palace and search for it!" Imperial Consort Yun said in embarrassment.

"Please wait, esteemed empress!" Ling Chener said, "Imperial Consort Yun accused Chener of stealing her hairpin, and now that the hairpin has not been found, won't Imperial Consort Yun give an explanation?"

"What's Yonger Sister Chener trying to say?" The Queen said.

"To reply esteemed empress, Chener's courtyard has been turned into a mess because of Imperial Consort Imperial Consort Yun. I really can't clean it all up in a day and a half. It'd be bad if the emperor came to see her at night!" Ling Chener said slowly.

"How about this, order all the servants in Imperial Consort Yun's palace to clean the Linxiang Yard until Yonger Sister Chener is satisfied!" The queen ordered.

"Thank you, esteemed empress!"

"Take the carriage back to the palace." With that, the Queen moved back to the palace.

Imperial Consort Yun glared fiercely at Ling Chener. "Where did you hide the jade hairpin?!"

"Chener has never seen any jade hairpins before!"

"Forget it, little sister. She won't say anything. Let's go!" After Imperial Consort Jin finished speaking, she pulled Imperial Consort Yun out of the Linxiang Yard.

Last night, Ling Chener lay awake thinking that Imperial Consort Yun actually gave her such an expensive gift in order to see the Emperor. No, this gift was too expensive, what if she wasn't stolen by the palace maids in the courtyard? She would find a safe place to leave it for later on.

Where should he put it? After thinking for a while, she took the hairpin into the garden and dug a small but deep hole under the flowers to bury the jade hairpin.

This morning, Imperial Consort Yun went looking for a hairpin the moment she arrived. Ling Chener immediately understood everything, so she didn't say that Imperial Consort Yun had given her the hairpin.

This time, even the jade hairpin had been thrown in when Imperial Consort Yun failed to frame him. He reckoned that he would be spitting blood in anger right now.

After three days of cleaning at Linxiang Yard, Ling Chener finally let the servants leave satisfied.

In the beginning, Ling Chener wasn't used to it, but now, it didn't matter. She was busy all day learning the written language from the aunt in the palace, so as to make it easier for her to live outside the palace when she leaves in the future.

"Esteemed Empress, the emperor has been visiting Imperial Consort Yun every day for the past few days and hasn't set foot in Linxiang's place. This servant thinks that the emperor is probably tired of that Beauty Chen." The palace maid reported the situation of the harem to the empress.

"Let's hope so!" The empress spoke in a low voice.

The Queen knew that Ling Chener didn't like the Emperor, otherwise, with her methods, Imperial Consort Yun and Imperial Consort Jin wouldn't be able to beat her, so why would they be unable to keep the Emperor?

Today, Ling Chener had nothing better to do. She strolled around the palace and saw Imperial Consort Yun teaching a palace maid a lesson by the pond.

Imperial Consort Yun slapped the palace maid several times.

"Esteemed Cloud Empress, this servant knows my wrongs!" cried the palace maid.

"Hurry up and go look for it!" Imperial Consort Yun snapped.

The palace maid hesitated.

Imperial Consort Yun kicked the palace maid into the pond.

It was now the end of autumn, and the weather had gradually turned cold. The water in the pond was bone-chilling cold. The young palace maid was trembling in the water as if she was looking for something …

When Imperial Consort Yun reached the pond, one of her earrings fell to the ground. She was kicked into the pond by a palace maid who was walking behind her. Imperial Consort Yun turned around and saw it.

Imperial Consort Yun had been in a foul mood these past few days, so she had angrily hit the palace maid a few times.

Ling Chener initially didn't want to care about all this, but seeing that the palace maid was constantly searching for something in the pond, she shivered from the cold water and turned pale. If this went on, the palace maid would freeze to death!

"Chener sends greetings to Imperial Consort Yun!" Ling Chener went over and bowed to Imperial Consort Yun.

Imperial Consort Yun glanced at Ling Chener, "So it's Beauty Chen, what are you doing here instead of at Linxiang Yard?"

"Chener had nothing better to do and was walking around the palace when she coincidentally saw Imperial Consort Yun. She came to pay her respects to the Empress. What is Imperial Consort Yun doing?"

"My earrings have fallen into the pond. I've ordered my subordinates to look for them!" Imperial Consort Yun said coldly.

"This pool is so big, I'm afraid we won't be able to find it within a short period of time. The weather is so cold, why don't we let the palace maids come up first and rush Chener to give Imperial Consort Yunfei a pair of good earrings?"

"Why would I need you to show me charity? You don't need to worry about how I teach my servant a lesson. Stop putting on an act here!"

"Imperial Consort Yun has misunderstood. Chener did it out of good intentions. I'm afraid the Empress might freeze to death if she stands here for too long!"

"Alright, I'll return to the palace first. You can keep an eye on her until she finds her way!"

"Imperial Consort Yun! It's just an earring, why make it so difficult for a servant? The water in the pool is so cold, I'm afraid that it would freeze to death before I can find the person inside! " Ling Chener said loudly when she saw that Imperial Consort Yun was about to leave.

Imperial Consort Jin, who was walking towards them from a distance, saw all of this. She walked over to Imperial Consort Yun and said, "Sister, Beauty Chen has already begged for mercy for this palace maid. Why don't you give Beauty Chen some face?" Imperial Consort Jin gave Imperial Consort Yun a look.

Imperial Consort Yun looked at Imperial Consort Jin and said, "A mere servant girl freezes to death, but Beauty Chen came forward to plead for her. I still have to give her face!"

"Xie Imperial Consort Yun!"

"Come up!" Imperial Consort Yun said to the palace maid in the pool.

The little palace maid's pale face revealed a joyful expression. She was almost frozen from the cold, and upon hearing Imperial Consort Yun's words, she hurriedly stumbled out of the pool.

"Hurry up and thank Beauty Chen for pleading for mercy for this lowly slave!" Imperial Consort Jin said.

After that, Imperial Consort Jin pulled Imperial Consort Yun back to the palace...

The palace maid walked to Ling Chener's side and knelt down. Using her lips that were so cold that they were purple, she said gratefully, "Thank you, thank you, Beauty Chen." As she spoke, she kowtowed to Ling Chener because she knew that if it wasn't for Ling Chener, she would have been frozen to death here.

Ling Chener pulled up the palace maid on the ground, feeling her ice-cold hand, so she took off her warm cloak and draped it over the palace maid's body.

At this moment, tears of gratitude appeared in the palace maid's eyes. There had never been anyone in the palace who treated her so well. How great would it be if she was his master!

"It's too cold outside. Hurry back!" Ling Chener said to the palace maid.

Ling Chener returned to the Linxiang Yard

When Green Tea saw Ling Chener walking in wearing only thin clothes, she asked, "Miss, where's your cloak? You still have to go out in the cold today."

"Alright, stop nagging. Hurry up and boil some hot water for me!" Ling Chener said to Green Tea.

"Got it!"

Every time Ling Chener went out, she would not bring green tea because she was not used to it. In modern times, Ling Chener was used to carrying green tea on her own.