Several palace maids looked at each other in bewilderment. When they heard that it was related to Concubine Lin, their faces became solemn and they did not dare to make any decisions on their own. At this moment, Concubine Li appeared. After understanding the whole story, she said to Lu Ping, "I said I would make the decision on this matter, but you still want to do it in the harem. Now that the matter has become a big deal, we can only ask the Queen to make the decision."
Su Mengyan did not punish Lu Ping, but only asked her to pack up and go back, and not do such a thing again in the future.
Fortunately, it was her maid who discovered Lu Ping first this time, otherwise Lu Ping’s life would be in danger.
The next morning, Qinse suddenly hurried in and said, "Changzai, the Queen Mother has ordered you to come."
"Why?" Lin Xiaoxiang barely sat up with her support, his eyes full of confusion.
Ever since she became pregnant, Su Mengyan exempted her from paying her respects every day and just asked her to take good care of herself. But today she acted so abnormally, like the calm before the storm, which made people feel uneasy.
"I don't know, you'd better go there." Qinse said.
Lin Xiaoxiang ordered her to find her best clothes, dress up and wash up, and then she went to Kunning Palace leisurely surrounded by a group of palace maids.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. May the Empress be blessed with good health." Lin Xiaoxiang was pregnant and did not kneel down completely. Su Mengyan sympathetically said, "Since you are pregnant, we will dispense with the formalities. Come, please take a seat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lin Xiaoxiang also showed a serious attitude on her face.
Although everyone had some complaints about her being late, Su Mengyan didn't say anything, so they didn't know what to say.
Lin Xiaoxiang's heart skipped a beat when she saw that all the concubines had arrived. Then she glanced at Lu Ping beside Su Mengyan, and she clutched the armrest even tighter, feeling a sense of foreboding.
"Lu Ping, please say again what you said yesterday." Su Mengyan said slowly.
Lu Ping looked at Lin Xiaoxiang with a firm gaze, and told her how Xiangling was bullied in her palace, and how she became disheartened and finally jumped into the lake to commit suicide, all of which pointed the finger at Lin Xiaoxiang.
"She lied!" Lin Xiaoxiang stood up excitedly, her lower abdomen aching and her brows furrowed.
Qinse hurriedly helped her sit down.
Lu Xian covered her lips and chuckled, "If it's not true, why are you so emotional, sister?"
Lin Xiaoxiang glared at her resentfully, then turned her gaze to Su Mengyan on the stage. "Empress, not to mention that there's no such person as Xiangling in my palace, Lu Ping keeps saying she's Xiangling's friend. What evidence do you have? She's just making it up, isn't she? Are we just going to let her make it up?"
Su Mengyan lowered her eyes to look at her, having already anticipated that Lin Xiaoxiang would make trouble here. "Last night, someone from this palace discovered Lu Ping secretly burning paper money. Needless to say, this is a taboo in the palace. If Xiang Ling wasn't Lu Ping's good friend, how could she be so bold?"
"This Lu Ping is too pitiful. Her friend was bullied by her master and had no choice but to jump into the lake to end her life. She ignored Lin Xiaoxiang's power and stood up to seek justice for her friend." The incident of Lin Xiaoxiang abusing the palace maid, forcing her to jump into the lake to commit suicide, became a hot topic for a while. Even Fu Liu was discussing this matter with Chen Yalan at this time.
Fu Liu was originally a commoner girl, so she was naturally not as cruel to the palace maids as those young ladies from official families. So when she heard Lu Ping standing up for justice for her friend, her liking for her doubled.
In her heart, only those who value love and friendship can stand up and seek justice regardless of their own safety.
Chen Yalan, who was sitting opposite her, was from a family of military generals, but she was also well versed in the ways of the women in the backyard. So when she heard Fu Liu praising Lu Ping for being a person who valued love, she shook her head helplessly.
He stretched out a smile and said, "You, for some things, you can't just look at the truth that floats on the surface. The real truth is still unknown."
Hearing him say this, Fu Liu frowned, somewhat confused as to why Chen Yalan said this. Seeing his puzzled expression, Chen Yalan smiled slightly and said, "Do you really think Lu Ping dares to use her own strength to try to shake the tree? If there is no one behind her to instruct her, she would never dare to stand up."
"What." Fu Liu stood up immediately after hearing what Chen Yalan said. She looked at Chen Yalan in disbelief, but Chen Yalan nodded at her, which made her understand that things were indeed as she thought.
I originally thought that Lu Ping was a person who valued love and friendship, but I didn't expect that she was just a conspiracy plotted by the people in the harem.
But even if it was a conspiracy, there were still some people who couldn't understand it, and Gegena was one of them.
Gegena originally came from Tubo and was not familiar with these conspiracies and intrigues, so when he saw a man who valued friendship and loyalty and stood up for justice for his friend's tragic death, he was very moved.
Although the matter had nothing to do with her, she couldn't bear to see anyone not caring about these lives.
So after knowing this, she was the first to stand up and accuse Lin Xiaoxiang.
"Although people are divided into different classes, no matter what, it's a life, a living life. To think that someone was abused in this way and ended their life because of it, Lin Xiaoxiang, don't you have anything to say about this?"
Such a big thing had happened, and Su Mengyan, as the master of the harem, had naturally heard about it a long time ago. However, she felt that it was not clear whether this matter was true or false, so she wanted to ignore it and let it fade away with time.
But at this time, the concubine Gegena who came from Tubo actually openly accused Lin Xiaoxiang, so she, as the leader of the harem, naturally could no longer pretend to be ignorant and hide away.
So Su Mengyan took the initiative to come to Lin Xiaoxiang. He stood there with no extra expression on his face. He just asked Lin Xiaoxiang calmly: "Concubine Lin is talking about the rumors outside that you abused the palace maids and caused them to jump into the lake and commit suicide. What do you have to say about this matter?"
I thought the matter would end there, but unexpectedly, because Gegena had to bring up the matter again, Lin Xiaoxiang's temper was finally exhausted.
Seeing Su Mengyan standing in front of her and asking her about this matter, she felt that the expression on Su Mengyan's face was a mockery of her.
So she smiled coldly at Su Mengyan and said, "She's just a palace maid. What explanation does the Empress want from me? Is it a life for a life?"
It has to be said that Su Mengyan was at a loss after hearing Lin Xiaoxiang's words. She looked at Lin Xiaoxiang's belly and remained silent.
After all, Lin Xiaoxiang is still pregnant with a child. If she is really asked to pay for one life with another, Lin Xiaoxiang will have two lives, which is naturally impossible.
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