Chapter 316 Song Fengyi's Sabotage
Xie Qi had been watching for a while. The two must know each other, and they were speaking in hushed tones. He didn't want to interfere, but when he saw the man grab the palace maid and hug her, no matter the reason, if they were caught doing this, the palace maid would have no way to explain herself.
Lu Ting was stunned. "You've misunderstood. I didn't. I'm not... I am..."
“Young Master Ting, I’ve already made it very clear to you that I don’t like you. Give up on me! I’ve even hidden myself in the palace as a maid to avoid you. Where else do you want me to hide?”
Immediately afterwards, she bowed to the Eighth Prince and said, "This servant greets the Eighth Prince. It was all a misunderstanding. This servant has already explained it to him."
Xie Qi was stunned. What did it have to do with him? So he turned around and left.
Lu Xuefei said in spoken language, "Go back quickly, don't go looking for her, it's a capital offense."
She followed the Eighth Prince, saying, "Eighth Prince, you've really misunderstood. There's nothing between him and me."
Xie Qi's face was cold and stern. "I didn't say anything, and there was no misunderstanding. Miss Lu, you can leave now. Thank you for the medicine you gave me last time."
"No need to thank me, it was nothing," Lu Xuefei said. "Is the Eighth Prince's injury any better? Has he been treated by the imperial physician? If not, I can ask the Crown Princess for help."
Xie Qi found her chattering and noisy. For so many years, he had always been alone, without even a servant. Even if he had one, the servants didn't like him.
"Does the Eighth Prince have no friends?"
"The Eighth Prince can treat this servant as a friend... What is the Eighth Prince usually interested in?"
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Meanwhile, Song Qing continued to enjoy the show, and naturally, she didn't see Lu Xuefei leaving with the Eighth Prince Xie Qi on the other side of the lake.
When Zhu Zhenzhen arrived in front of the Zhu family, she neither cried nor complained. She was just waiting to show off her talents at the banquet and attract the attention of the Crown Prince.
The Crown Princess and the Crown Prince are not together now. The Crown Princess is surrounded by various princesses and noble ladies, chatting casually.
Zhu Zhenzhen wondered where the Crown Prince had gone. She received a message from her mother.
So, Zhu Zhenzhen and her entourage began to wander around quietly.
Zhu Zhenzhen's figure once again caught the eye of the bored Song Qing.
She wanted to approach and call out "Sister Zhen," but then she saw Zhu Zhenzhen walking briskly towards the Imperial Garden.
She jogged to catch up, wondering to herself: Where is this pretentious and scheming woman, Zhu Zhenzhen, going?
The next second, she lost her composure. She saw the Crown Prince walking towards Zhu Zhenzhen, and the two met face to face in the corridor.
Zhu Zhenzhen, gentle and unassuming, respectfully curtsied to the Crown Prince, saying, "This concubine greets Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Xie Shang glanced at her. "What is it?"
"My father asked me to come and find the Crown Prince. He said he has something to say to the Crown Prince, which seems to be very important, but cannot be revealed to outsiders. So I have no choice but to come and find Your Highness." Zhu Zhenzhen had already received the first-hand information from her mother, after all, her father was Imperial Censor Zhu.
Xie Shang frowned and said to Lin Feng, "Where is Imperial Censor Zhu now? Please invite him to the Taihua Hall. I will wait for him there."
After Lin Feng left, Zhu Zhenzhen still had no intention of leaving. The next second, she suddenly squatted down on the ground as if she had a stomachache.
"What's wrong?" Xie Shang asked her.
"I don't know, I suddenly feel a tightness and discomfort in my chest." She looked pitiful.
"I'll send someone to fetch the imperial physician. Just hang in there," Xie Shang said, and then turned to leave.
"Ouch, that hurts!"
Xie Shang was about to see Imperial Censor Zhu. If he knew that his daughter was in so much pain and he just left without caring about her, it wouldn't be right. So, Xie Shang took the initiative to help her up and sit on the bench next to him. "You should rest for a while."
Zhu Zhenzhen then said, "I feel much better now, it was just a sudden..."
Xie Shang frowned. He wasn't a doctor either. What could he do?
Song Qing hid to the side. This scheming woman got so close to His Highness the Crown Prince without even bringing a maid. The Crown Princess was still entertaining guests. She was quite clever.
So, she had a sudden idea and pretended to be weak and frail as she walked down the corridor. It was too late for Dong'er to stop her.
Song Qing walked directly in front of the two men and said, "This concubine greets Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Before the Crown Prince could say "No need for formalities," Song Qing suddenly squeezed next to Zhu Zhenzhen and sat down, asking with concern, "Sister Zhen, what's wrong? Why are you so pale? Are you seriously ill? Did His Highness summon the imperial physician to see you?" Actually, Song Qing was older than Zhu Zhenzhen, but Zhu Zhenzhen's rank was higher. Song Qing was the lowest-ranking among all the concubines, so it wasn't wrong for her to call everyone "sister."
Zhu Zhenzhen felt a surge of anger in her chest, wanting to burn Song Qing to death; Song Qing was nothing but a troublemaker.
Xie Shang said, "I've already sent someone to invite her. Consort Song, please take care of Liangdi. I have official business to attend to."
Song Qing smiled, her eyes crinkling like crescent moons, and said, "Your Highness, you can go about your business here with me and Dong'er. Don't worry, Your Highness, I'm very good at taking care of people."
Xie Shang glanced at Song Qing, then said to Zhu Zhenzhen, "Your father is still waiting for me; the imperial physician will be here soon."
Zhu Zhenzhen replied gently, "Yes."
Once Xie Shang left, Zhu Zhenzhen stopped pretending. "Why are you everywhere?"
"Of course I am!" Song Qing pretended not to understand. She stepped on my skirt earlier, and now she's meeting His Highness alone. What a scheming woman.
"You..." Zhu Zhenzhen was furious.
She didn't want to get entangled with her any longer, but Song Qing blocked her way and said directly, "Don't think I don't know that you stepped on my skirt when I went out. You're going to get me punished by the Crown Prince."
"What are you talking about? I don't know." How could Zhu Zhenzhen admit it? "Didn't Consort Song just say that you accidentally stepped on your skirt and almost fell? Now you're blaming me. Why didn't Consort Song say that in front of the Crown Prince?"
“I…” Song Qing knew she had no evidence, and even if Dong’er saw it, she was still her maid. “Alright, we’ll see.”
After saying that, Song Qing turned and left.
Zhu Zhenzhen only wanted to follow the Crown Prince. Lin Feng brought Imperial Physician Wang to see Zhu Zhenzhen standing there unharmed. "Is Your Highness feeling better?"
Zhu Zhenzhen naturally dared not put on airs in front of Lin Feng, who was the Crown Prince's personal guard. She said gently, "I'm fine now. Thank you, Guard Lin. I'll trouble Physician Wang." Zhu Zhenzhen did not allow Physician Wang to examine her or take her pulse, which was the most regrettable thing she had ever done in her life.
She only wanted to amaze everyone on stage later, and even attract His Highness the Crown Prince.
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