Lin Luoling followed the narrow crack beside the palace door and saw Aunt Shi Mi picking up the broken pieces of teacup on the ground. Du Zhong was standing beside her with his head lowered, his body slightly hunched, not daring to breathe.

The Empress Dowager had a furious look on her face, and it was obvious that she was extremely angry.

Lin Luoling's eyes flashed, and without waiting for the message, she walked into the main hall with a brocade box in her arms, smiling, bowed, and said:

"The other day I saw the embroidery on the nightgown that the Imperial Grandmother wore. It was very beautiful. I think the Imperial Grandmother must have loved that nightgown very much. She wore it every day to sleep, and the threads on the sleeves have come undone in a few places.

I, your servant, went through great pains to find a material that was almost the same as the one that the Empress Dowager wore for her nightgown, and the color was very close as well. I imitated the pattern on it and worked on it for more than ten days before finally making it.

Yesterday, I heard from His Royal Highness Prince An that he was moving out of the palace to live somewhere else. During my time in the palace, I was taught by the Imperial Grandmother. I am grateful for her guidance, so I came to give her my newly made pajamas to show my gratitude.

Lin Luoling heard from Prince An that the pajamas that the Queen Mother wore were given by Princess Chang'an, the mother of Princess July, on the Queen Mother's birthday. She deliberately observed the pajamas secretly and knew that the pajamas were quite difficult to make.

The material is the finest natural silk. The pajamas are very light and the dense weaving is done with superb craftsmanship. Therefore, even though they are very light, they are not too thin.

All the embroidery above is made of the finest silk with gold and silver threads added.

It has to be said that Lin Luoling privately asked the best embroiderers of the Lin family to make the empress dowager's nightgown for three or four days, but they were unable to make it.

Especially when embroidering on such thin natural silk pajamas, if you are not careful, a hole the size of a needle hole will appear on it.

In this way, the pajamas made were ruined.

Because of this incident, Lin Luoling was browsing ancient books in Jingtai Pavilion and finally found a secret method in a torn ancient book.

The prepared natural silk pajamas are spread flat on ice water. There must be no ice and the coolness must be properly controlled. Then the embroiderer will embroider the pattern on the pajamas with excellent embroidery skills without an embroidery frame.

Although Lin Luoling's embroidery skills are acceptable, she can't embroider on both sides.

Originally, she wanted to select a few embroiderers with excellent embroidery skills from the Lin family to make this nightgown.

Prince An happened to be back at Jingtai Pavilion. When asked, Prince An smiled and said, "Although Lin's embroiderer's embroidery is good, it is not as good as your own embroidery, which can show your sincerity to the Royal Grandmother. The nightgown that the Royal Grandmother wore was embroidered by Princess Chang'an herself.

Please leave this matter to your husband. The Empress Dowager will definitely not notice anything unusual and it will also suit her wishes.

Tomorrow when you are free, embroider it with silk to make it look like a model."

King An's tone did not allow for rebuttal, so Lin Luoling agreed without hesitation.

When packing up the items in Jingtai Pavilion last night, Prince An found time to go to the dark room and retrieved the brocade box soon after. When Lin Luoling opened it, she saw that what was inside was the pajamas made for the empress dowager.

The material looks very similar to natural silk, but when I touch it with my hand, I find that it is not natural silk.

Prince An told Lin Luoling that this nightgown must not be made of the same material as the one worn by the Queen Mother. It just had to look the same, and the pattern could also be changed to be roughly similar.

He also told Lin Luoling that this pajamas was very suitable for wearing in summer. It looked ordinary, but it was actually made of three layers. The inner layer was silk and linen, the second layer was ice silk, and the outermost layer was light silk.

Although it is not lighter than the one worn by the Empress Dowager, it is not much heavier either. I am afraid that there are only three or five such clothing craftsmen in Tianqi Country.

Therefore, when Lin Luoling opened the brocade box, the Queen Mother was startled for a moment, mistakenly thinking that the nightgown Lin Luoling presented to her was the same as the one she usually wore.

It was not until she asked Lin Luoling to bring it closer that she discovered the difference.

Lin Luoling explained: "I don't know how to weave and make clothes, and I can't do double-sided embroidery on the patterns on it. I wonder if my thoughtful gesture will be appreciated by the Empress Dowager."

The Queen Mother picked up the nightgown and took a look. Although this nightgown was not embroidered on both sides, it was made of three layers, and the embroidered flowers could not be seen at all on the inside.

The Queen Mother was very happy, her anger disappeared, she looked at Lin Luoling with a smile and said: "I can tell at a glance that you put a lot of thought into it."

Lin Luoling sighed, "Today I have to move out of the palace and live somewhere else. I am not going to be taught by the Imperial Grandmother in the future. I feel very uneasy and uneasy. I have never had the chance to see my grandmother since I was young, and I feel very sorry. I came to the palace to be taken care of by the Imperial Grandmother. I think it is an opportunity given to me by God to make up for my regret of being in the care of her."

The Queen Mother said, "Whenever you miss me, come to the palace to see me. Didn't Prince An give you the Qilin Jade Pendant? With the Qilin Jade Pendant, you can enter the palace even without an imperial decree."

After that, the Queen Mother said to Shi Mi, "Go and get the jade box from the secret cabinet in my bedroom."

Shi Mi responded and left, and came back soon.

The Queen Mother took the jade box that Shi Mi offered with both hands and said to Lin Luoling, "This is a gift from me. Take it out of the palace and go to Prince An's Mansion. Open it when no one is around."

The Queen Mother smiled meaningfully, patted Lin Luoling on the shoulder and said, "Go!"

Lin Luoling guessed that Princess Qinglan was taken to Luohua Pavilion and was in a bad mood because of the death of Concubine Xian. The Queen Mother must have to deal with this matter and would have no time to chat with her.

After bidding farewell to the Queen Mother, Lin Luoling returned to Jingtai Pavilion, carefully put away the jade box given to her by the Queen Mother, and then left the palace with her mother, aunts, a group of eunuchs and palace maids.

The carriage left the palace and stopped. Lin Luoling lifted the curtain and took a look. There was no plaque above the gate. He frowned and suddenly realized something.

By the evening, they had not yet finished putting everything away, when suddenly a maid came to report, "Young Master Jiang from the Ningyuan Marquis's residence has arrived, and he has something urgent to tell Princess An."

Lin Luoling's heart tightened, and she asked the maid to quickly invite Jiang Chi into the hall.

Jiang Chi fanned himself and looked around, and said with great emotion: "After the renovation and expansion of the old Prince's Mansion, it has become even more luxurious."

Lin Luoling poured Jiang Chi a cup of tea and said, "I was planning to go to Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion in two days to congratulate you on your engagement with Princess July, but you came first."

Jiang Chi glanced at Hualian and Xiangjin who were waiting beside him and said, "You two go guard outside the door."

Hualian and Xiangjin looked at Lin Luoling, and when they saw Lin Luoling nodded slightly, they both left the hall.

Jiang Chi drank a cup of tea, and the first thing he said to Lin Luoling was: "Your Highness Prince An may not be able to return home for more than ten days. You pack your valuables and follow me to Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion. Your Highness Prince An has arranged for someone to look after the new mansion.

Hurry up, I have the Emperor's order and I have to leave the capital in an hour to do some business."

"Going to Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion? What happened? Where did Prince An go?" The smile on Lin Luoling's lips froze, and he suddenly stood up and asked.

Jiang Chi said, "When you get to Ningyuan Marquis's residence, my mother will explain everything to you. This is an emergency, so hurry up and pack up."

As he spoke, Jiang Chi suddenly looked serious, and said to Lin Luoling: "It is not unjust that Concubine Xian died, and it is not unjust that General Zhenyuan was imprisoned."

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