Chapter 296: Qin Mingyue

Although Concubine Rou was not crowned as queen.

But everyone knows that if the empress dowager is not counted, Concubine Rou is already the most noble woman in the harem.

Not to mention, her biological son might soon become the crown prince.

As the top maid in Qiulu Palace, Qin Xin has a certain say.

Ordinary young ladies from noble families did not dare to act too presumptuously in front of her.

Not to mention, Gu Qingning standing here has an even more noble status.

But Qin Mingyue couldn't stand being scolded by a palace maid, so she rushed forward and was about to slap Qin Xin in the face.

"You slut, you have no right to speak!"

But the slap did not land on Qin Xin's face as she wished.

Qin Xin knew martial arts, so she easily grabbed her hand and held it tightly.

“Bang!”

Qin Mingyue, who was slapped, covered her face and looked at Gu Qingning in surprise.

"Gu Qingning, you, you actually dare to hit me?"

Gu Qingning slowly withdrew her hand, "You disrespect me, and just now you insulted the people in my mother's palace. It's only natural for me to care about you!"

"If you don't know the rules, then let someone teach you."

Qin Mingyue's expression was ferocious, "Gu Qingning, you..."

But just as she took a step forward, Qin Xin and the other palace servants also took a step forward.

The palace maids in the Cining Palace were still pulling Qin Mingyue hard.

Qin Mingyue gritted her teeth and said, "Gu Qingning, just wait for me!"

Gu Qingning's eyes were indifferent. "You are still threatening me? Miss Lu, if you don't kneel down and admit your mistake to me, this matter today will not end."

"I will go to my father to make the decision for me."

Qin Mingyue suddenly felt a pain in the pit of her chest.

It hurts more than my face.

Once upon a time, she was the one who bullied others arrogantly and then asked her father to clean up the mess for her.

Now, she has become the one being bullied.

No, this matter must not be brought to the attention of Emperor Minghe!

Qin Mingyue gritted her teeth and said to Gu Qingning, "Princess, I'm sorry, it's my fault."

Gu Qingning: "Kneel down and apologize."

Qin Mingyue: “You!”

She had never suffered such humiliation in her life.

As more and more people gathered around, it meant that more and more people would see her being humiliated.

Qin Mingyue's mouth corners were bitten and her palms were bleeding.

After hesitating for a while, she knelt on her knees and said through gritted teeth:

"Please forgive me, Princess. I was ignorant and offended you. I won't do it again!"

Gu Qingning looked at Qin Mingyue, who looked like she was enduring humiliation, and she turned and left.

Qin Xin and others surrounded her and walked towards the palace gate.

Qin Mingyue was helped up with a pale face, staring at Gu Qingning's back with fierce eyes.

As they walked away, Qin Xin whispered:

"Princess, why do you have to be so hard on Qin Mingyue? She is not worthy of making you angry, just let this servant do it."

Gu Qingning smiled and shook her head.

"I'm beating the dog to show his master."

The palace maids around Qin Mingyue just now were all from the Cining Palace.

In other words, Qin Mingyue gained the Queen Mother's forgiveness and started to act nice and please her again.

Obviously Lu Jingyu didn't want to take a concubine, but the empress dowager deliberately brought up the matter.

Moreover, the Queen Mother had disliked her background many times...

A dark light flashed in Gu Qingning's eyes.

She had deliberately revealed some of her secrets in front of Nanny Jiang and the others to make them wary.

This slap on Qin Mingyue was more of a reminder.

I hope the Queen Mother won’t do anything to make Lu Jingyu embarrassed.

Soon someone reported what had just happened to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother smiled after hearing this.

"Gu Qingning is still young after all, and she really acts on impulse."

"You lost your temper after being provoked by Mingyue?"

Nanny Jiang, who was standing next to her, frowned and said, "But I feel that the prince's wife is not such an impatient person."

"She had a miserable life in Guangping Marquis's Mansion. She was bullied by the servants in various ways, but she was able to endure it."

"Besides, Miss Lu's provocative words are also very low-level."

In short, it has no killing power on Gu Qingning at all.

Gu Qingning slapped her, and it seemed more like she did it on purpose.

The Queen Mother paused and thought about the matter again.

She then sneered.

"She is so brave, she is actually warning me!"

Madam Jiang was stunned and said quickly, "Queen Dowager, no, no way? No matter what, the prince's wife is a junior."

The Queen Mother teased the starling and smiled faintly.

But that smile did not reach his eyes.

**

Gu Qingning returned to the mansion and after taking care of some chores, she played with her daughter for a while.

Now the yard is filled with the sweet scent of osmanthus.

The osmanthus trees are also golden.

Gu Qingning took the children to appreciate the osmanthus flowers in the yard for a while.

I also asked Pinellia to break off a few branches and put them in a vase, so that the fragrance could fill the room.

After finishing all this, Gu Qingning asked Grandma Liao and the wet nurse to take the child away, while she went to the study and took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

When Lu Jingyu came back, he went to the backyard first, but found nothing.

Upon learning that Gu Qingning was actually in the study, he went to the study to look for her.

"What are you writing?"

As soon as Lu Jingyu came in, he couldn't wait to ask.

Gu Qingning also generously unfolded the letter and showed it to him.

Lu Jingyu discovered that this was actually written to Bai Lansheng?

Still need to contact Qianji Pavilion?

"Qing Ning, what happened to you today?"

He nervously held Gu Qingning's hand.

Gu Qingning put down the brush in her hand, took his hand, and sat down on the Arhat couch.

In the white jade vase placed on the middle table, there was a sweet osmanthus flower inserted, with a faint sweet fragrance.

Gu Qingning spoke calmly about how she beat Qin Mingyue in the palace today.

Lu Jingyu: "Just beat her up, she is always arrogant. Now she is not a princess anymore, but she is still so arrogant, she deserves to be beaten."

"Don't worry, the Empress Dowager will never blame you because of her."

Gu Qingning: "The Queen Mother shouldn't punish me for Qin Mingyue, but she is definitely not satisfied with me."

"You refused to choose a concubine before, but she didn't give up."

"Look, the concubines she chose for the Sixth Prince are of higher status than me."

"I suspect she is planning something big. She can't push you too far, but she can push me."

Lu Jingyu immediately held her hand tightly, "Qing Ning, don't worry, I won't let anyone hurt you."

Gu Qingning comforted him instead.

"Don't worry, even if the Queen Mother is dissatisfied with me, she won't hurt me."

"She will just find my weaknesses to attack me."

"Or I can let you back off when you realize the difficulty, and then actively persuade you to take a concubine. Or even take the initiative to give up the position of the principal wife."

Gu Qingning did not confuse the Queen Mother with the vicious Su Tanxin.

But it must be said that the Queen Mother is actually a more advanced enemy.

Lu Jingyu gradually understood something.

"So you wrote a letter to Bai Lansheng, asking him to help you so that you can have more leverage?"

Gu Qingning: "Yes. But don't worry, Jingyu, whatever I do will not affect your interests."

"Besides, I will not hurt the Queen Mother."

She wanted to find the Queen Mother's weakness.

Everyone has weaknesses. Once the weakness is found, the Queen Mother will not oppress her so unscrupulously.

After all, it was because the Queen Mother did not like her and thought her status was too low.

And nothing is more informed than Qianji Pavilion.

Lu Jingyu held her in his arms.

"It's all my fault. I've caused you more trouble. It's even worse than when you were in the Duke's Mansion."

Gu Qingning didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "No, I don't want to go back to that time. There were too many people causing trouble, both stupid and bad, and it was too much to handle."

In fact, Gu Qingning herself also benefited a lot from playing chess with a master like the Queen Mother.

Speaking of the former Duke's Mansion...

Lu Jingyu said: "By the way, today Su Ziyuan said he saw Zhao Jing meeting Qin Tingfang."

"It's just that their voices were too low, so I couldn't hear what they said."

Gu Qingning: "They actually know each other?"

"But I have suspected before that Zhao Jing is now able to reap the benefits and become the Marquis's wife. There must be someone behind the scenes directing her."

"So, Qin Tingfang is the expert?"

Lu Jingyu: "There's something strange about Qin Tingfang, so we had people watching her before. Now it seems we have to keep watching her."

Gu Qingning nodded.

I don’t know why, ever since I heard that Qin Tingfang was actually involved with Zhao Jing, Gu Qingning inexplicably thought of Shen Ruoying.

She always felt that Shen Ruoying would not die so easily.

It can't be that this Qin Tingfang is the transformed Shen Ruoying, right?

But this was just Gu Qingning's guess, without any evidence.

Moreover, something that happened a few days later made Gu Qingning even more uncertain.

Because Shen Qi, the son of the Guangping Marquisate, was accused of murder for money, and he had killed more than one person?

When Gu Qingning went to Ouyang's residence to visit Jiamin, she heard Jiamin say mysteriously:

"I didn't expect Shen Qi to be so cruel. Many skeletons were found in the villa where he lived."

"By the way, it is said that the son that Lady Ping An gave birth to with her ex-husband was also killed by Shen Qi!"

Gu Qingning raised her eyebrows, "Zhao Jing's son Sun Cheng?"

Princess Jiamin now has a better appetite and especially likes sour food. She took the green and white plum and took a big bite.

Nod.

"Yes, that's Zhao Jing's son."

"But there are too many people who have come to sue Shen Qi, and the evidence is irrefutable. I heard that Shen Qi will most likely be beheaded."

If the emperor breaks the law, he will be punished the same as the common people.

What's more, he is just a prince from a declining marquisate.

Gu Qingning had previously guessed that Qin Tingfang was Shen Ruoying, but now that she saw him, she immediately pinned Shen Qi to death.

It doesn’t look like Shen Ruoying.

After all, Shen Qi is her biological brother.

Princess Jiamin was not very interested in the affairs of Guangping Marquis Mansion. She looked at Gu Qingning with burning eyes:

"Qing Ning, did you really slap Qin Mingyue?"

Gu Qingning nodded, "Yes, she bullied me. There are so many people in the palace watching, if I back down, it will be embarrassing for Jingyu."

Princess Jiamin nodded vigorously, "You did the right thing! Hey, among the five of us, you are the most gentle. Actually, this is not good."

"When it's time to stand up, you have to stand up so that others won't bully you."

Gu Qingning smiled and said, "Well, I've learned something."

He stayed in Ouyang Mansion for more than an hour.

Calculating the time, Lu Jingyu was about to get off work, so Gu Qingning set off to return home.

However, just as Gu Qingning got off the carriage, someone suddenly knelt down in front of her.

Lady Guangping cried and said, "Qing Ning, please save Aqi?"