Chapter 1084: Effortless
Shen Qingqian carefully checked her clothes to make sure nothing was missing before turning back and making a gesture to Sheng Ze, then pushed the door open and walked out.
The weather was clear, and the sun lazily shone on this palace that had weathered many storms and witnessed the ascension of countless emperors. It seemed hazy, but it couldn't help but arouse a sense of awe in people's hearts.
The original owner had entered the palace when she was a child. In Shen Qingqian's memory, the original owner's impression of the palace was that it was huge, incredibly huge.
She came out of Ningshou Palace and saw Ningshou Gate in front of her.
It would be best to place the sub-array's formation plate in the square in the middle of Ningshou Gate, but if she pried open a floor tile there and then put the formation plate in, it would inevitably alarm others.
Just as Shen Qingqian stopped to think, her ears moved. She immediately took a few steps back and hid behind the gate of Ningshou Palace.
"Hurry up! The Emperor is anxious to summon Concubine Jian. If you're late, watch out for your heads!"
There was the shrill voice of a eunuch and the sound of people walking.
Shen Qingqian tilted her head and thought about it, and finally remembered who this Concubine Jian was. Wasn't she the woman that the late queen wanted to give to Sheng Ze?
The group of people outside the Ningshou Palace walked faster and faster. Suddenly, Shen Qingqian heard the sound of something breaking.
"Bitch!" A soft yet coquettish female voice rang out, "You actually spilled the nourishing soup I personally prepared for the Emperor! Come, drag this bitch away and give her thirty lashes!"
There followed a flurry of pleading and panic.
"What bad luck! Leave one person here to clean up, and the rest of you leave quickly."
Shen Qingqian clearly heard a eunuch say this, and soon, Concubine Jian and her group walked away.
Shen Qingqian quietly peeked in and saw a little palace maid sobbing and picking up porcelain fragments on the ground.
"Sister, what's wrong with you?" Shen Qingqian rolled her eyes and walked to the little palace maid, handing her a pure white brocade handkerchief with a look of pity.
The little palace maid looked up at her with tears in her eyes, shook her head, said nothing, and immediately continued to lower her head to clean up the mess on the ground.
Shen Qingqian also squatted down to help, and while mopping the floor for her, she said, "Sister, are you in a hurry to do something? Otherwise, let me clean up for you."
"Really? What if the Imperial Concubine knew..." The little palace maid was obviously very afraid of Imperial Concubine Jian.
Shen Qingqian smiled and comforted her, "As long as you and I don't say anything, no one will know, and it's not a big deal."
"Well, thank you very much. I have to go back to Jingqing Palace to see my sister. She has been punished by the imperial concubine." The little maid couldn't stop crying as she spoke.
Originally, she was supposed to take the soup stewed by the imperial concubine, but her sister was used to taking care of her, so she took it when she went out. As a result, the imperial concubine asked them to walk too fast, and her sister accidentally tripped and fell.
Thinking that her sister would have to take thirty strokes of the cane for her, her heart ached as if it was dying.
"Then go quickly," Shen Qingqian pulled the little palace maid up and took out a box of ointment for her. "I have some ointment here for treating bruises and injuries. Give it to your sister and she will heal faster."
This was a habitual action, and Shen Qingqian herself didn't even realize it.
"Thank you. My name is Ganlu, and my sister's name is Qingquan. What's your name, sister? Which palace are you on duty in? If we have the chance in the future, we sisters will definitely repay you." Ganlu said gratefully.
Shen Qingqian spoke her previously prepared identity without blushing or breathing heavily, "I'm the new cleaning lady. My name is Qianhe, and I'm temporarily staying at Lijingxuan behind Chuxiu Palace."
"I'll remember it. I'll come find you when I have time." Ganlu thanked him again, and then trotted back to Jingqing Palace.
Shen Qingqian raised the corner of her lips. It was really easy to get it. The place where the Ganlu sisters sprinkled the soup was the best place to place the sub-formation.
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