Seeing his lie exposed, Lin Xiaoxiang's eyes flashed with murderous intent. This damn woman actually dared not give him face at this time and expose his lie.
However, Lin Xiaoxiang also knew that in this situation, she naturally could not let them patrol her palace. If she was found to have deceived the Queen, it would be a serious crime.
Just as she was about to say something to put the matter behind her, Su Mengyan looked at him coldly and asked, "Mrs. Lin, do you have any explanation for what Concubine Xu said?"
Lin Xiaoxiang could see that Su Mengyan believed Xu Chuchu's words and wanted to attack her. Her eyes darkened and she wanted to slam the table and scold Su Mengyan for being ungrateful. She gave her face, but she refused it and even wanted to know the truth.
But she also knew that no matter what, Su Mengyan was the master of the harem, and she was just a concubine of the emperor. She could lose her life at any time, and it was not a wise move to confront the empress.
Her eyes turned, and she immediately covered her belly and said, "I remember now. I should go back and take the medicine to maintain my pregnancy. I'll take my leave."
How could everyone not see from her behavior that she was just trying to find an excuse to leave, and the baby in her belly was naturally the best excuse. After all, Su Mengyan couldn't stop him from going back to take the pregnancy-preserving medicine, otherwise she would accuse Su Mengyan of wanting to murder the royal heir.
This move was extremely vicious. Su Mengyan was at a loss for a moment. She thought to herself, could she just let her challenge her authority and leave safely?
Unfortunately, what Lin Xiaoxiang didn't expect was that he had made too many enemies by showing off his power. It was not easy for him to shut Su Mengyan's mouth, and Xu Chuchu jumped out again.
"I'll just take a bowl of pregnancy-maintaining medicine later. It's nothing serious. I recently learned a new dance and want to perform it in front of everyone. Sisters, please give me some pointers."
Since Xu Chuchu said so, Lin Xiaoxiang couldn't refuse, because the others also agreed with Xu Chuchu and asked her to stay and watch it before going back.
Su Mengyan saw the scene and immediately said, "Since Concubine Xu wants to perform, then let's start."
So Xu Chuchu changed into her dance costume and danced gracefully in the hall. She said that she had learned a new dance. In fact, it was just a lie she made up in a hurry. She did learn a new dance, but she wanted to seduce the emperor and perform it in the room for him. So she didn't intend to reveal the dance at this time, so she just danced a dance she had learned some time ago.
In the middle of the hall, Xu Chuchu was dancing gracefully in a red dance dress. The concubines sitting on both sides watched Xu Chuchu dancing and kept discussing with the people around them, while Lin Xiaoxiang's face became darker and darker.
She knew that Xu Chuchu was deliberately trying to go against her, and that was why she used the excuse of having learned a new dance to keep her.
But now that she had been kept, she had no choice but to wait calmly for the song to end before leaving.
On the high seat, Bixia stood behind Su Mengyan. Su Mengyan tilted her head slightly, her mouth barely moving, and a voice came out of her mouth.
"Bixia, go find Lin Xiaoxiang's personal maid and ask her about the number of people in the palace. What's going on?"
After hearing this, Bixia bowed slightly, then made up an excuse and left Su Mengyan.
After she left, she found Lin Xiaoxiang, the palace maid who was waiting outside the palace.
The palace maid's name was Qin Se. She had been following Lin Xiaoxiang since she entered the palace, so she was quite trusted by Lin Xiaoxiang.
Bixia knew that it would be difficult to easily find out anything unfavorable to Lin Xiaoxiang from Qinse's mouth.
So when she came over, she already had a plan in mind.
"You are the capable assistant of Concubine Lin, Qinse." Bixia complimented Qinse as soon as she appeared in front of her.
This compliment really brought the two of them closer. Seeing that Qinse's vigilance towards her had somewhat eased, Bixia immediately asked, "Is it true that I heard there are thirty or forty people in your palace?"
When she said this, there was a hint of longing in Bixia's eyes, but Qinse was not deceived by this performance. She immediately lowered her head and shook her head.
"No, it must be someone else who spread rumors. My queen is just a concubine. Logically, there should only be more than 20 people in her palace. How could there be so many?"
It seems that even though the distance between him and Qinse has shortened, Qinse has not let down her guard against him.
At the same time, Bixia also realized that a policy of appeasement was probably useless, so Bixia changed her previous approach and glared at Qinse fiercely, saying, "Don't deny it. My queen has known about this for a long time. Now I just want to give your queen a chance to redeem herself. Since you don't cherish it, I will report this to the queen, and you can expect to be punished."
Sure enough, as soon as Bixia said this, she saw Qinse's body tremble slightly. Bixia knew in her heart that Qinse must have been frightened by her words.
"Yes, we did have thirty or forty palace maids in our palace before, but my queen knew long before that this was unreasonable, so she transferred all these palace maids away." Qinse said.
Bixia didn't quite believe what Qinse said at this moment. She stared at Qinse's face closely, trying to see some lies on her face.
However, Qinse seemed to know that Bixia was looking at him, so he lowered his head so that Bixia could not see the expression on his face.
Seeing Qinse's expression, Bixia knew it was impossible to read anything from her face. However, she was not giving up and continued threateningly, "Everything you said is true. You must know that I represent the Empress. If I tell the Empress what you said, and she finds out that you have lied to her, you will not be able to bear the consequences."
"It's true. I would never dare to deceive Her Majesty the Queen."
The banquet was quiet and peaceful at this time. Without Lin Xiaoxiang making trouble, the entire banquet was under Su Mengyan's control.
Ever since Xu Chuchu disobeyed Lu Xian last time and insisted on making friends with Lin Xiaoxiang, the relationship between Xu Chuchu and Lu Xian, the two close friends, has become like a broken mirror, with a gap between them.
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