What she didn't expect was that the Queen Mother not only wanted to monitor Li Mansion and their actions, but even wanted her life!
"It might be that the two maids sent by the Queen Mother secretly moved my incense burner." Lu Wan said with a pale face.
Qin He said, "I do know that the Queen Mother has always been unkind to you and General Fu Li. Even last time you made a great contribution in uncovering the mastermind behind the embezzlement of disaster relief grain, she didn't give you any reward. I think it is still debatable whether the Queen Mother did this. To be on the safe side, I will go to the palace to find her and test it out."
"Okay, Qinhe, thank you."
"You don't have to thank me, sister."
The two maids sent by the empress dowager, one named Baoqin and the other Jinyue, were both spies secretly trained by the empress dowager and were not maids at all.
Not only to Lu Wan, but she also found ways to send a lot of it to the homes of other ministers she disliked.
Lu Wan secretly replaced the sandalwood. She was very careful, but Baoqin still noticed it. Moreover, Princess Qin and Lu Wan have been so close recently, which is not a good thing. These must be reported to the Queen Mother immediately.
Baoqin sneaked out of the house at night, but she didn't expect that her every move had been seen by Lu Wan and Ying who had already noticed it.
Lu Wan said to Ying: "She is indeed a spy sent by the Queen Mother. She must have gone to the palace now."
Because they knew the direction Baoqin left, which was towards the harem.
The next morning, Qin He arrived at the palace. She greeted the Queen Mother and said with a smile, "May the Queen Mother be blessed with good health and happiness."
The Queen Mother laughed sarcastically, "It's rare that you still remember me. I saw that you haven't come for such a long time and I thought you thought I was useless and threw me aside."
Qin He said quickly, "Queen Dowager, Qin He is not such an ungrateful person. How could she deliberately not come to see you? Qin He just had a serious illness in Li Mansion, so she was delayed for so long from coming to see you. I hope the Queen Dowager will not blame Qin He."
"Good child, it turns out you were ill. Come here and let me see if you have lost a lot of weight?" The Queen Mother said, pulling her hand to stand up.
The Queen Mother pretended to be friendly and asked, "Why did you fall ill?"
"Qin He felt that Chen Yan only had Lu Wan in his heart, and she was very jealous. So she didn't want Lu Wan to have an easy life, so she gave her a pure drug to make her lose her virginity, so that Chen Yan would mistakenly think that she was a fickle woman and abandon her in disappointment. But she didn't expect Lu Wan to turn the tables on her and make the mistake of using the pure drug she gave her. Lu Wan also said a lot of sarcastic things to Qin He, so Qin He fainted in anger. Fortunately, because Qin He fainted, she didn't lose her virginity."
The Queen Mother heard this, her eyes rolled, and she said angrily: "How dare she do this to you? Fortunately, you are fine, child. She shouldn't have monopolized Shen Yan's favor. It is very common for a man to have three wives and four concubines. She shouldn't have monopolized Shen Yan's favor. Child, you did nothing wrong."
The Queen Mother stroked her hair lovingly.
But after a while she said, "But kid, I heard people say that you've been getting close to Lu Wan recently and you seem to like her a lot."
"Like her?" Qin He sneered and pretended to be disgusted: "How could I like her? I hate her so much that I wish I could kill her as soon as possible."
"You actually hate her so much?" The Queen Mother asked curiously, "She is indeed unpleasant, and it is normal for you to hate her. If you don't like her, you can find a way to get rid of her. I won't stop you. If she really dies, it's her own fault."
When Qin He heard this, she understood in her heart that the Queen Mother really wanted to kill Lu Wan.
"Qin He understands. Thank you, Queen Mother. Qin He is now pretending to be friendly with her and calling her a sister, so that she will fall into my trap and die unclearly one day. Otherwise, I will not have a good life in Li Mansion."
"You make up your mind."
"But Lu Wan was born in a general's mansion, and her brother has been very kind to her since she was a child, so she is also arrogant. If she bullies you, just bully her back. Now that the power of the Li Mansion is in your hands, you don't have to be afraid of anyone."
The Queen Mother pretended to support her and encourage her, completely unaware that Qin He's words just now were really meant to deceive her, lower her defenses and trick her into talking.
"Of course, with the Queen Mother backing me up, I don't think she would dare to do anything to me. I was just trying to express my gratitude. Now that she has lost her guard against me, I think I can close the net soon."
The Queen Mother looked at her with admiration and said, "You are getting smarter and smarter. Lu Wan is so stupid that he will definitely not be able to beat you. In order to show your status, I will give you some jewelry and gold. You can take it back to save face and make sure no one in the Li Mansion dares to look down on you!"
As she spoke, the Queen Mother asked the maid to come over and give her the prepared jewels, saying, "These are all prepared for you, but there is no share for Lu Wan. Now the servants will know who is the noble master they should please."
"Thank you, Queen Mother." Qin He pretended to be grateful. The Queen Mother was also very satisfied. Seeing that Qin He did things so much to her liking, what was the big deal in giving her a reward? However, she never expected that in Qin He's eyes, these valuable things were not as good as the cheap jewelry she bought with Lu Wan that day.
Qin He chatted with the Queen Mother for a few more words and then left. When she returned home, she told Lu Wan everything she had said to the Queen Mother today, and explained that she had pretended to be friendly in front of the Queen Mother just for revenge, but in fact she wanted to trick the Queen Mother into talking.
Lu Wan expressed her understanding and said, "Qin He, the Queen Mother really wanted to kill me, but she had a very good plan. If I die, you will die soon. Regardless of whether she pursues the matter or not, my brother and Shen Yan will not be able to easily uncover the matter. Then, she can use my brother and Shen Yan to kill you, which is like killing two birds with one stone."
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