Chapter 354 – Beautiful Yet Defective Fabric

“Miss, t-the coat is torn!” Jin Ling’s face immediately turned pale.

Although the Crown Prince had given the clothes to Wei Qiufu, they were in Wei Yuewu’s hands now. Even if the coat was torn before Wei Yuewu wore it, she might be in big trouble if the Crown Prince wanted to denounce her.

“Torn?” Wei Yuewu was taken aback. She got up, walked to the screen, and took the coat from Jin Ling. The fabric of the blue coat looked extremely colorful. The plum blossoms that were sewn on the hem of the coat looked vivid and lifelike. As they were embroidered on the blue fabric, they were even more eye-catching.

Whether it was the embroidery thread or the beauty of the material, the clothes were exquisite and extraordinary. In addition to the bright color, anyone who looked at it would assume that the clothes were expensive.

But now, after it was lifted by the wind and gently hung on the screen, two threads were hooked out of the sleeve, and there was an obvious dent on the fabric.

“Miss, w-what kind of fabric is this? Why is it so lousy? It is worse than ordinary coarse clothes,” Jin Ling mumbled while trying to smooth the indentation on the coat. However, the dent was too conspicuous for her to amend it.

“This is not an ordinary fabric!” Wei Yuewu gently stroked the clothes. Her gazes turned colder when she felt the gentle and delicate feeling on it.

“Even if this kind of fabric looks good and feels nice to the touch, who would use it to make clothes? The fabric wrinkles and dents easily if you wear it and bump into anything,” Jin Ling expressed her doubt while touching the dent.

It was a very good material. It was beautiful, but it was not practical. Something suddenly flashed through Wei Yuewu’s mind, and her eyelids suddenly twitched twice. She hurriedly took the coat and pulled the fabric forcefully with her tender fingers. Indeed, there was a trace of silk thread moving to the side, and there was instantly a small dent on the place where she had just pulled.

“Miss, do you think that the Crown Prince would give this kind of clothes to Fourth Young Lady?” Jin Ling asked in surprise. No one could wear this kind of clothes without damaging it no matter how careful she was.

“Jin Ling, what other events are there tomorrow?” Wei Yuewu clenched the coat in her hand and raised her head to ask Jin Ling.

“I’m not sure!” Jin Ling shook her head. Wei Yuewu and Wei Qiufu lived separately from the other young ladies, so they couldn’t get much information in the Palace.

Every morning during the prayer session, even if there were many people, no one dared to speak nonchalantly due to the presence of the Third Princess’ palace maids and eunuchs. Even if they wanted to inquire about the news, they would not be able to find out anything.

In other words, Wei Yuewu knew nothing about tomorrow’s events other than joining the most important ceremony tomorrow with the Third Princess and attending the banquet hosted by the Empress.

“Miss, if you wear this set of clothes to perform for the Empress…” Jin Ling seemed to have thought of something and was so scared that her face turned pale.

If Wei Yuewu wore these clothes while performing for the Empress and someone found out about the abnormality of these clothes, it would be a great crime of disrespect. Making such a mistake at such a major ceremony would land Wei Yuewu a severe penalty by the Empress, and no one would have the slightest bit of pity for her.

The mistake was equivalent to looking down on the royal family, the Empress, the Third Princess, and even deceiving the Emperor. She might even be executed for this.

Sure enough, when Wei Qiufu made her move, she would be fierce and vicious!

“Is Sixth Miss Wei inside?” Another voice came from the door. It was not Ming Yan’s voice, but an unfamiliar voice. Hearing the voice outside, Wei Yuewu took the coat from Jin Ling and motioned her to open the door.

When Jin Ling opened the door, she saw a eunuch from the Palace that she had never seen before. When the eunuch saw Jin Ling come out to open the door, he informed with a smile, “Tomorrow is the Third Princess’ grand ceremony. Zhaoyi Tu asked me to send some pastries to the young ladies as a token of gratitude for their participation in the prayer sessions.”

As the eunuch spoke, he raised a food box in his hand. Jin Ling could tell that it was quite heavy as the eunuch carried it up with difficulty.

“Please thank Zhaoyi Tu for her generosity!” Seeing this, Jin Ling quickly turned sideways and let the eunuch in.

“Zhaoyi Tu is grateful for the young ladies, so she asked me to bring some pastries here. The pastries in the Palace are different from the ones outside. I heard that Sixth Miss Wei has just come to the capital, so she must eat more.” As the eunuch conceded, he put the food box on the table, opened the lid, took out a small box of pastries, and pushed it in front of Jin Ling.

“Have you sent the pastries to the other young ladies?” Wei Yuewu appeared beside the screen out of nowhere and squinted at the food box that the eunuch brought over. From her angle, she could see that the food box was filled with small boxes of pastries, and all of the boxes looked exactly the same, including the one on the table.

“Greetings, Sixth Miss Wei. Zhaoyi Tu ordered me to send the pastries to the two young ladies of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang first, so I came to you first. I will send the pastries to the other young ladies later,” the eunuch stood to the side and answered respectfully.

“Have you sent it to Fourth Elder Sister?” Wei Yuewu smiled and asked gently.

“Not yet. I’ll go to other rooms after this,” the eunuch answered honestly.

“You haven’t even sent them to Miss Zhao?” Wei Yuewu’s eyes flickered as she asked.

“No, I will go to Miss Zhao’s room after I left here,” the eunuch answered very wittily.

“Are all the pastries the same?” Wei Yuewu noticed the microexpression on the eunuch’s face, but she didn’t show it on her face. She looked at the other boxes in the food box and asked curiously.

“Y-Yes, they are all the same. The kitchen made them in the same batch,” the eunuch stammered for a bit as if he had not expected such a question from Wei Yuewu.

When the young ladies of aristocratic families arrived in the Palace, they would not ask such a question even if they really liked the pastries in the Palace because it would make them sound petty.

“The food box is very beautiful. Jin Ling, take a look and see if it is different from the ones in our mansion?” Wei Yuewu suddenly skipped this topic and said to Jin Ling who was at the side with a smile.

Her remark rendered the eunuch, who had just prepared to reply to her, speechless. The eunuch stared at Wei Yuewu blankly, not knowing why she mentioned the food box.

“It is really a bit different! It is much more beautiful!” Jin Ling blinked her eyes. Although she did not understand what Wei Yuewu meant by this, she cleverly answered.

In spite of that, the food box was indeed different. Not only did it look exquisite, but it was also new. It could be seen that this was a brand-new box that had only been used today. Had the eunuch not said that this was a food box with pastries, she would not have guessed that it was a food box and there were pastries inside.

Things in the Palace were indeed different from those in the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang.

But in the next moment, after digesting Wei Yuewu’s question, Jin Ling thought of something, and her expression changed slightly.

“What a coincidence. I want to go next door too. Let’s go take a look together!” Wei Yuewu changed her topic again. Her topic changed so quickly that the eunuch was in a daze, trying to process the situation.

When they left the room and came to Wei Qiufu’s door, the eunuch regained his composure and wanted to say something, but Jin Ling had already knocked on the door.

When Ming Yan opened the door, she looked at Wei Yuewu, Jin Ling, and the eunuch in surprise.

“Is your Miss here?” Wei Yuewu smiled.

“Yes!” Ming Yan did not know what had happened. She looked at the eunuch in shock and could not recognize where he was from.

“This is the awarded pastry. Help him carry it in and take out a box,” Wei Yuewu vaguely instructed.

“Okay!” Ming Yan still couldn’t process what was going on. She hurried over, took the food box from the eunuch, and walked into the house.

Now that Ming Yan took the food box, the eunuch followed her in. Ming Yan put the food box on the table and took a box of pastries from inside. Only then did she remember that she had not asked which Master had rewarded the pastries, so she closed the food box with a smile.

“May I know which Master rewarded these pastries?” Ming Yan had received the Crown Prince’s continuous rewards for Wei Qiufu over the past few days, so she did not find it strange that there were other rewards.

“Zhaoyi Tu.” The eunuch broke out in a cold sweat. The order he received was to give the pastries only to Sixth Miss Wei. Unexpectedly, this maid would simply take the food box from him.

Fortunately, he knew that the pastry boxes he brought were real, or he would not dare to say anything more.

“Please thank Zhaoyi Tu for her gracious reward,” Ming Yan beamed skillfully as she had received a lot of rewards in the past few days. She turned around and wanted to greet Wei Yuewu, but Wei Yuewu had already disappeared from the door. She shrugged indifferently, thinking that Wei Yuewu might have just brought the eunuch over.

Since he had sent one more box of pastries away, the eunuch did not dare to stay any longer. He picked up the food box and hurried out. Because he sent another box of pastries out and did not complete the Master’s order, he was a little flustered and almost tripped and fell when he walked to the door.

After leaving the door, he directly left Chu Xiu Palace and had no intention of sending the other pastries away.

A few of Chu Xiu Palace’s palace maids happened to pass by. When they saw his flustered appearance, they stopped in their tracks suspiciously and looked in the direction he came from, which was where the two young ladies from the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang lived. Knowing that it was not a place they could casually go to, they simply took a quick glance in that direction.

No one went over to inquire about the situation either.

“What is it?” Wei Qiufu’s voice came from the room after the eunuch left.

“Miss, Zhaoyi Tu rewarded these pastries,” Ming Yan answered as she opened the box and saw a plate of exquisite pastries inside. “Miss, do you want some?”

“Put them away first. Come over and help me pick the dress,” Wei Qiufu ordered lightly without coming out from the room.

“Yes!” Ming Yan closed the box and hurriedly helped Wei Qiufu choose the dress she would wear tomorrow, but she forgot that Wei Yuewu had also come over just now.

Wei Yuewu entered the door when Ming Yan took the eunuch’s food box and walked into the house. After the eunuch entered the door, Wei Yuewu turned around and left, and Jin Ling closed the door.

“Go, give the pastries to other young ladies!” Wei Yuewu walked to the table, opened the box of food, and looked at the pastries inside. Her gaze was cold when she ordered Jin Ling.

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