lcionline Chapter 284 Body search
Chapter 284 Body search
Feng Zhao did not intentionally send this embroidery to embarrass the imperial concubine, but because he knew that what the imperial concubine wanted was to have many children and grandchildren, but he could not satisfy the imperial concubine's wish, so he thought of embroidering a picture of hundreds of children and thousands of grandchildren himself to comfort the imperial concubine.
After seeing Feng Zhao present the birthday gift, the other female relatives present took out the gifts they had prepared, trying to make the imperial concubine smile.
Finally, when it came to presenting a gift, she specially prepared a top-quality jade hairpin, and showed it in front of everyone before presenting it to the imperial concubine.
"This is the jade hairpin that I specially prepared for the Imperial Concubine." Lu Xiaoting introduced it to everyone, "I heard that the Imperial Concubine had a jade bracelet, so I found the craftsman who made the bracelet and ordered him to make this hairpin to match the bracelet."
Upon hearing this, Yu Wangfei was shocked. Lu Xiaoting actually took the initiative to mention the jade bracelet. You know, the jade bracelet in the imperial concubine's palace is a fake, and the real one is around her waist.
What exactly does Lu Xiaoting want to do? If the imperial concubine really orders someone to take out the jade bracelet, then it will be very bad.
Not to mention that she couldn't defend herself because the jade bracelet was on her, she would definitely spread the news of the theft of royal valuables, otherwise the royal dignity would be in tatters.
"It does look like a pair with my jade bracelet." The Imperial Concubine took out the hairpin and played with it in her palm.
"In that case, Your Majesty, you might as well take out the bracelet and let us see the quality of the peerless jade." Someone shouted in the crowd.
The imperial concubine immediately called her personal maid and ordered her to go to the bedroom and take out the jade bracelet.
What to do? Even if the imperial concubine is on Yu Wangfei's side, there are so many female relatives present and she can't pretend nothing happened.
If Lu Xiaoting framed Yu Wangfei for stealing royal items, it would be a capital crime. Even if she was Princess Yueying, she would not be able to get away with it.
Suddenly Yu Wangfei seemed to understand something. She felt that today had been a trap since she entered Huichun Hall.
It was Lu Xiaoting who deliberately let that group of people tell Doctor Fu that there were top-quality items in the Ghost Market Treasure Pavilion, so Yu Wangfei and Chu Yuheng went to the Ghost Market to bid. And she was dragged to attend the Imperial Concubine's birthday banquet right after she won the bid, and she hadn't even put off the jade bracelet on her body.
It seems that Lu Xiaoting is determined not to let her go.
Soon, the palace maid brought a box, and after getting the concubine's permission, she opened the box in front of everyone.
All the ladies came forward to catch a glimpse of the treasure.
But the jade bracelet in the box was not a treasure at all. It looked more like fake jade sold in ordinary shops.
You know, the women who came to attend the birthday banquet today all had excellent family backgrounds, and naturally had very sharp eyes. Everyone could tell at a glance that it was fake jade that was worthless.
The maid was shocked and immediately walked to the imperial concubine with the box in her hands.
When the imperial concubine looked at the jade bracelet in the box, her face froze instantly and her whole body trembled uncontrollably.
Who had the guts to swap her jade bracelet? You know, she usually didn't want to wear that jade bracelet, so she put it in a box and asked the servants to keep it. Now he took it out and slapped himself in the face!
"You useless thing! I asked you to get a bracelet, but you took the wrong one!" the imperial concubine scolded.
How could she say that her bracelet had been replaced? She could only put all the blame on the palace maid.
But the women present were all smart people. They had lived in the deep palace since childhood, so they could naturally guess that the imperial concubine's bracelet was most likely stolen, or she simply did not have a jade bracelet.
"Ah, why has the bracelet changed its appearance?" Lu Xiaoting pretended to be surprised, "I saw the queen wearing it before, and it didn't look like this then."
This statement further confirmed that the bracelet had been swapped.
"The servant must have taken the wrong one. Why don't you go and get the real one!" The imperial concubine glared at the maid.
The palace maid was so scared that she immediately knelt down and begged for mercy. This was the jade bracelet, and she didn't know why it turned into a fake.
If she were asked to take out the real thing now, how would she know where it is?
"Your Majesty, please spare me. This is..." the maid said hesitantly.
In an instant, the imperial concubine understood what she meant. Her jewelry was really stolen. How brave she was!
Lu Xiaoting immediately said, "Don't worry, Madam. The banquet is not over yet. We just need to find the jade bracelet."
Before the imperial concubine could say anything, Lu Xiaoting directly revealed the fact that the jade bracelet was lost, which made the imperial concubine a little unhappy, but she didn't say anything.
Because she knew that everyone present had noticed that the jade bracelet was missing, but they just didn't say it out loud.
"How do you plan to find it?" The imperial concubine followed Lu Xiaoting's words.
"Since it was lost here, why not check everyone who came to the birthday party?" Lu Xiaoting deliberately turned her gaze to Yu Wangfei, "It will also help prove the innocence of all the ladies."
In other words, she suspected that someone present had stolen the jade bracelet and hidden it on her body.
Yu Wangfei's face turned dark when she heard this. It seemed that everything she encountered today was designed by Lu Xiaoting for the purpose of the current body search.
No, she cannot be searched. The jade bracelet is on her body. If the jade bracelet is found, it will be a serious crime that cannot be explained. Even if she explains it clearly to the imperial concubine, she cannot stop the gossips from the banquet.
"Okay." The imperial concubine nodded, agreeing with Lu Xiaoting's suggestion.
She also wanted to find the jade bracelet as soon as possible.
Originally, some ladies disagreed with the body search. After all, they were all female members of the family, and some were unmarried girls. It was really humiliating to be searched in front of everyone.
But since the imperial concubine had spoken, they couldn't say anything more.
Then, several maids set up four curtains in the banquet hall and began to search everyone one by one.
All those present were women, and this veil was put up for the sake of their reputation. As long as they did not spread the news after leaving the palace, no one would know about this.
But this made Yu Wangfei and Feng Zhao worried.
Yu Wangfei was worried because she did have a jade bracelet on her body, while Feng Zhao was worried because he was a man and if he was searched the maids would discover his identity as a man.
It was obvious that the imperial concubine had also considered this. When it was Feng Zhao's turn to enter the curtain, the imperial concubine took the initiative to stand up and walk over.
"Everyone, go out. She is my daughter-in-law. I will do it myself." The imperial concubine said, and took the initiative to walk behind the curtain and drove all the maids out.
Lu Xiaoting, who was standing aside, had no expression on her face. She just stared at Yu Wangfei with all her heart. Her plan today was to deal with Yu Wangfei. As for Feng Zhao, it was not even in her consideration. Therefore, she did not think there was anything wrong with the imperial concubine personally searching her body.
"You did it on purpose." Yu Wangfei whispered to Lu Xiaoting.