The palace maids and eunuchs did not dare to go too far, because they all knew that although the second prince was not favored by Xiao Lu, he was one of Xiao Lu's reliance on to secure the position of queen and move towards the position of empress dowager.
Just as Xiao Lu herself had instructed them, they had to ensure that the Second Prince was alive and well with all his limbs intact and his mind normal.
The most important thing is that they do not have the family background like Xiao Lu, nor do they have an aunt, the empress dowager, who will help them with the aftermath.
If they were too harsh on the Second Prince, and anything happened to him, Little Lu would be the first to punish them for causing trouble for her, not anyone else.
As the foster mother of the second prince, Xiao Lu was not as cautious as the palace maids and eunuchs when she took action against the second prince.
From simply scolding him in the beginning, to throwing tea at him and making him kneel as punishment, to now pinching, kicking, pricking him with needles, and not allowing him to eat for several days, little Lu was getting more and more crazy without her even noticing.
This time she hurried over to find Mrs. Lu because the second prince was kicked away by her and vomited blood and fainted.
This kind of injury was obviously caused by a beating, so she naturally didn't dare to call a royal physician to treat the second prince. So she thought of her aunt, Da Lu.
Da Lu has been in the harem for many years and has cultivated several trusted imperial physicians. Although these people's medical skills are not the best in the Imperial Hospital, they are definitely the most loyal to Da Lu.
As long as the elder Lu asked them to shut up, they would definitely not tell anyone else about the fact that the younger Lu abused the second prince.
Xiao Lu came to Da Lu for this purpose. She needed Da Lu to help her with the aftermath, and she was very sure that Da Lu would definitely help her with it.
This certainty made her unable to control her true emotions. It was not until Mrs. Lu fainted from anger that she realized her guilt.
Of course, what made her feel guilty was not that she had abused the Second Prince, but that she had talked back to Mrs. Lu and accidentally made her faint from anger.
Doing evil without facing the consequences only makes the perpetrator more ruthless, as was the case with Concubine Lu's abuse of the Second Prince. From her initial impulse to her deliberate actions, and now to her increasingly ruthless actions, Concubine Lu's guilt and fear had been worn away by her repeated attempts to escape punishment.
But Da Lu is obviously different from the second prince. She is not the kind of child who can only accept things and swallow her anger.
As the most noble woman in Da Qi, Da Lu was bound to punish Xiao Lu for her rebelliousness.
After Yu Zizhen left, the elder Lu had the younger Lu driven out.
The eunuch in charge beside Madam Lu said with a smile, "Your Majesty, please go back first. The Empress Dowager is still waiting for the ten copies of the Diamond Sutra that you have copied by hand."
Little Lu glared, "Get lost! A eunuch like you has no right to speak on matters between us, aunt and nephew!"
The old eunuch continued to smile in a sly manner, "We are only following orders, and we beg the Empress to forgive us. For the Empress Dowager's sake, I would like to offer you this advice. Even if you disregard your own dignity, you should at least consider the dignity of the Empress Dowager and the entire Lu family, right?"
As he said this, the old eunuch suddenly increased the strength in his hands. He held one of Xiao Lu's arms and forced her to walk out of the empress dowager's bedroom.
Little Lu was immediately panicked. If she was really dragged out by this eunuch, would she still have the dignity as the queen?
"Let go, I can walk by myself!" Little Mrs. Lu was furious and scolded the old eunuch in a low voice.
Upon hearing this, the old eunuch immediately released the two hands that were "supporting" little Lu, and said, "Have a safe journey, Empress."
Little Lu was extremely angry, but she didn't want to lose face by getting into a fight with a servant, so she could only leave Ci'an Palace angrily with her maids and eunuchs.
It wasn't that she wanted to stay and take care of Da Lu, she wanted to continue to plead with Da Lu to exempt her from the house arrest punishment.
She didn't care about copying Buddhist scriptures. After all, she had a substitute, so no matter how hard the work was, it wouldn't be her fault. But she was not allowed to come out before the copying was finished, which was very life-threatening.
You know, even if she wanted to cheat, she wouldn't dare to ask several palace maids to help her copy after Da Lu emphasized that she had to copy it by hand.
She could only find a substitute, which meant that even if the other person worked day and night to copy, his copying speed would definitely be far slower than that of several people copying at the same time.
In this case, won't she be able to go out for a long time?
The more Xiao Lu thought about it, the angrier she became. The moment she returned to her bedroom, she subconsciously wanted to go to the small house where the second prince lived.
But she had only taken a few steps when the old nanny sent by Mrs. Lu to take care of the second prince stopped her in the corridor.
The other person's old face was full of wrinkles, and his triangular eyes flashed with the same stern light as that of Da Lu.
"This old servant greets the Empress." The old maid saluted to Madam Lu in a serious manner. "According to the Empress Dowager's order, I have sent those palace maids who offended me to the laundry department. From now on, the three of us will be responsible for taking care of the Second Prince's daily life."
As soon as she finished speaking, the two palace maids behind the old nanny knelt down in front of Xiao Lu and said, "Your servant Shuanghua/Shuangye greets the Empress."
Unlike the old nanny who was a female official, these two young palace maids did not have any rank. They did not dare to act presumptuously in front of the domineering little Lu.
But even though they behaved so humbly, Mrs. Lu's expression changed immediately.
Before, Da Lu asked the old nanny to bring two people to take care of the second prince. She thought that this so-called "care" was only temporary. At that time, she needed help from Da Lu, so she did not object to Da Lu taking out her anger on the palace servants who served the second prince.
Xiao Lu, who was used to having smooth sailing and had only suffered setbacks in the issue of offspring, didn't care about the lives of the palace maids around her at all.
In her opinion, as long as she is the queen, she will always be surrounded by palace maids who fawn on her and compete to be loyal to her.
So even if the people dealt with by Da Lu included those she brought into the palace from her natal family, Xiao Lu did not think that these people were worth her disobeying Da Lu.
Even if she could use these people's punishment to make Mrs. Lu calm down, she would definitely pack up all these people and take them to the laundry department herself.
But her willingness to sacrifice those palace servants did not mean that she was willing to give up her control over the Second Prince.
After not being able to give birth to a child of her own for so many years, Mrs. Lu has actually vaguely realized that she probably will never have a child of her own in this lifetime.
As a result, she became more and more disgusted with the Second Prince, but she also became more aware of his importance to her.
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