20demayo Chapter 272
Chapter 272
what do you mean?
isn't the imperial noble consort wearing radiant silk?
this is impossible; it's clearly the same.
emperor xuanwu also chuckled softly: "the chief clothing officer fang of the clothing department has indeed developed a fabric that is identical to radiant silk but even more dazzling, called radiant silk. this fabric, even in daylight without the need for candlelight, can emit a dazzling glow, and in sunlight, it will refract light like the clouds at sunset. i personally witnessed the creation of this fabric."
he was helping jiang xinyue explain.
"consort zhang, your knowledge is still limited," jiang xinyue said with a half-smile, looking at consort zhang, who was in shock. "i advise you, instead of constantly watching me and hoping for me to make a mistake, you should read more books so you won't mistake radiant silk for radiant silk."
was she stupid?
how could she possibly use banned fabric for her clothes? that would be blatantly inviting criticism.
suppressed laughter echoed around, and consort zhang's face turned red. she turned back but couldn't find the person who had whispered in her ear.
jiang xinyue was a clever woman. she would never directly ask the emperor for favors but instead said to the emperor, "radiant silk is dazzling and even more splendid than radiant silk. it seems that the ladies and noblewomen all like it very much. when your majesty rewards meritorious subjects in the future, radiant silk might become in high demand."
who was the greatest contributor here?
of course, it was chief clothing officer fang.
emperor xuanwu nodded, agreeing with her words: "once we return to the palace, i will issue an edict to promote her to chief clothing officer."
chief clothing officer was already the highest position in the clothing department, but what jiang xinyue wanted was not just the clothing department. she wanted fang rumeng to oversee the entire bureau of palace affairs with its twenty-four divisions.
but this matter couldn't be rushed.
fang rumeng had entered the palace at the same time as her, and in just over two years, she had already risen to the highest female official position in the clothing department, chief clothing officer, showing great promise.
not no one had investigated the relationship between fang rumeng and jiang xinyue, but by then, jiang xinyue was already the apple of the emperor's eye.
even if fang rumeng was truly talented, even if she was a mere puppet, the emperor's beloved concubine merely wanted to keep her little sister in the palace to keep her company and relieve boredom. what harm was there in making her a female official?
now that she had created radiant silk, which could rival radiant silk, who would dare to object to her being the chief clothing officer?
if you don't like it, can you dye a more beautiful fabric than radiant silk?
"your majesty!"
"meow~ meow~"
a black cat jumped between the rockeries, meowing obediently at consort zhang.
consort zhang took out two dried fish from her wide sleeve and threw them over. the cat jumped up to catch them and happily ate.
"what can they find out?"
she chuckled softly: "the drug in the wine is colorless and odorless, and used alone, it is harmless. the powder from the butterfly's wings is also harmless. even if they find both powders used together, they are still harmless. the only thing that is toxic... is the handkerchief that concubine ye used."
she held a snow-white handkerchief in her hand and casually tossed it into the artificial lake beside her.
the sweet scent that concubine ye smelled when she wiped her mouth was the catalyst for the wine and butterfly powder.
only when these three things came into contact would they react.
but this scent would disappear within two hours.
that is to say, by the time the emperor finished and went to investigate, there would be nothing to find.
because the wine was colorless and odorless, the powder had already been inhaled into his nose, and the scent that triggered the drug was long gone.
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when the black cat jumped down from the roof, the tray held by the little eunuch had already been contaminated with the powder. except for that little eunuch, no one else had touched the emperor's wine pot.
even if they tortured the little eunuch, he would never be able to say anything was wrong.
as for concubine ye, she was even more clueless. she probably still didn't understand why she had become a suspect in drugging the emperor.
it's just that this imperial noble consort...
she was too difficult to kill!
seeing her enchanting appearance at the banquet earlier, it was probably because the emperor, despite being drugged, refused to touch concubine ye and instead had someone call the imperial noble consort to "detoxify."
this meant that it was not yet time for her to make a move. she should let concubine cheng and noble lady liu continue to act as scapegoats for a while longer. maybe they would get lucky and succeed once?
the emperor was not some devoted romantic who would stay faithful to the imperial noble consort for a lifetime.
there would always be a day when she would lose favor.
what she needed to do was to wait for the right moment.