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Concubine Gao tested Yingluo to no avail. She really thought that Yingluo was a fool, so she planned to let her go.The concubines next to Concubine Gao felt that Yingluo was pretending to be stupid, so they were wary of her and sent people to keep an eye on her.Jixiang saw Yingluo for a long time and still didn't come back, so he was very worried.Jinxiu said that Yingluo was having a tryst with someone, and Jixiang was very angry and started arguing with her.Linglong said that Yingluo must be in bad luck. She saw Zhilan's face looked wrong in the afternoon, so Yingluo must have been in serious trouble.At this time, Yingluo came back. She just glanced at everyone, then went straight to the bed and lay down to rest without saying a word.The next day, Yingluo approached Linglong and accused her of informing Concubine Gao, but Linglong denied it.Yingluo was so angry that she gave Linglong a hard lesson with lotus root flour balls, which made Linglong feel even more jealous.Later, Yingluo went to find Aunt Fang, using the excuse of visiting her to see if she could find some clues about the cause of her sister's death. However, to no avail, she angered Aunt Fang and was kicked out.Jinxiu spreads rumors that Yingluo is having an affair with a guard from the Qianqing Gate. The rumor spreads rapidly. Nanny Zhang goes to Yingluo to inquire about the matter and warns her to be careful. Yingluo denies it and is determined to use the trick to completely eliminate the rumor from its source.Linglong's words stimulate Jinxiu, and Jinxiu is determined to catch Yingluo's pigtails.Yingluo deliberately went out late at night to be discovered by Jinxiu. Jinxiu told Aunt Fang. Aunt Fang hated Yingluo because she and Yingluo spent consecutive holidays and told Jinxiu to keep an eye on Yingluo and report any news in a timely manner.Yingluo deliberately and guard Qingxi were seen by Jinxiu. Fu Heng stepped forward to educate Qingxi and asked Qingxi to take out something. It turned out that it was a stone. Fu Heng asked them to memorize the service regulations, but Qingxi was always confused.Jinxiu's undercover investigation didn't find any big clues, but Aunt Fang scolded her and told her to go and observe it herself when her waist recovered, and told Jinxiu to keep an eye on Yingluo during this period.During the meal, Yingluo vomited after only a few mouthfuls. When she was measuring her summer clothes, her waist was still an inch thicker. It was because she bloated from eating too many lotus root balls. Jinxiu mistakenly thought that Yingluo was pregnant and told Aunt Fang.Aunt Fang found the eunuch manager and questioned Yingluo about colluding with the guards to form an affair. Yingluo insisted that this was not true and demanded evidence.Manager Wu asked Yingluo to take off her clothes for Granny Zhang to examine. Before the examination, Yingluo asked Manager Wu how she would deal with the whistleblower if she was innocent.Manager Wu who answered empty-handedly about the rules of the Forbidden City would be driven out of the Forbidden City with a stick.After Yingluo came back, all the maids sighed for a while. Nanny Zhang explained that Yingluo was innocent. Nanny Yan also criticized Jinxiu for a while. Yingluo took advantage of the situation and asked Manager Wu to fulfill what she said before.Aunt Fang and Jinxiu kept pleading for mercy, and they framed each other and fought to get out of crime.Manager Wu asked Yingluo for her opinion, and the two kept asking Yingluo for help. Yingluo didn't appreciate it and asked Manager Wu to make rewards and punishments clear.In the end, Aunt Fang was expelled from the palace and Jinxiu was punished to Xin Zhe's treasury. This incident also warned others not to talk nonsense.Yingluo went to Aunt Fang to tell her the whole story, and Aunt Fang scolded Yingluo and her sister in anger.Yingluo pressed Aunt Fang about her sister. Aunt Fang admitted that she had embezzled sister Yingluo's personal money and nothing else. At the same time, she also gave Yingning's burden to Yingluo.
