Chapter 95 I am partial
Lu Xiang was speechless.
Idiot, your biological mother's rank is no lower than that of Concubine Shu, but you use your status as a princess to please Liu Anyao. I don't know what's in your mind.
With such a big commotion here, someone should have reported it to the Queen long ago, right?
Just as Lu Xiang was thinking, a cold and angry voice suddenly rang out in the noisy and chaotic atmosphere: "How outrageous!!!"
Then, Queen Song, dressed in a bright red phoenix robe, slowly walked over with the support of Shao Hua. Her face was slightly gloomy, her eyes were sharp, and there was a hint of indifference in them. She stared at Lu Xiang intently.
"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen." Everyone bowed and paid their respects.
The same thought came to most people's minds: The Queen is really angry, Lu Xiang is finished this time.
Lu Mingzhu lowered her head, her eyes filled with undisguised excitement.
Even though Lu Xiang was disliked by the Queen Mother, she was still the high and mighty Fourth Young Lady of the Lu Mansion and the future legitimate daughter of the Lu family.
"Mother." Chu Pan'er smiled sweetly when she saw Queen Song, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you."
Queen Song walked up to Chu Pan'er and looked at her coldly: "Kneel down!"
Chu Pan'er was startled and frightened by Queen Song's aura. She kneeled down instinctively, her face pale and her lips trembling as she said, "Mother...Mother..."
Queen Song did not look at Chu Pan'er again, but half bent over and helped Lu Xiang up... helped him up...
When everyone saw this scene, their eyes were so shocked that they almost popped out of their sockets.
Lu Mingzhu was so shocked that her teeth were chattering. She looked in disbelief at Lu Xiang who was gently questioned by Queen Song after he helped her up.
How is that possible?
Lu Xiang offended the Ninth Princess and caused trouble at the banquet, slapping the Queen in the face. Why wasn't the Queen angry?
Not only was he not angry, but he condescended to personally help Lu Xiang up.
The Queen believed Lu Xiang without even asking, or it could be said that from the beginning to the end the Queen didn't care whether Lu Xiang would cause trouble for her.
Why...
She tried her best to please Concubine Zhen and Concubine Shu, not daring to make any mistakes for fear of offending them and losing her position, but what about Lu Xiang? She had done nothing and yet the Queen protected her in every possible way.
Lu Mingzhu was jealous to the point of going crazy. She felt like there were ten thousand ants gnawing at her heart, making her feel uncomfortable all over.
"You are Lu Mingzhu."
Suddenly, Queen Song pointed her slender jade finger at Lu Mingzhu, and her dignified and beautiful face was full of murderous intent. When Lu Mingzhu saw the angry queen, she was so scared that her legs went weak. She no longer had the energy to be jealous of Lu Xiang.
"Yes... yes... me."
Lu Mingzhu fell to her knees with a thud, trembling with fear.
The Queen is the mother of the country and has an aura of majesty without even getting angry, especially when she is angry.
Looking for death?
He actually dared to cause trouble at her banquet. The one plotting against her was Xiangxiang. He relied on Concubine Shu's support to act lawless, right?
"Who gave you the courage to cause trouble here?"
"Your Majesty, no...it's not you..." Lu Mingzhu said fearfully.
"Quibbling." Queen Song said angrily: "Come here, interrogate me carefully. There are so many pairs of eyes, are they all blind? If you tell the truth, I will reward you handsomely. If you dare to lie, hmph..."
She snorted softly, but it was like a bolt of thunder striking everyone.
Liu Anyao, who was standing behind the crowd, saw Queen Song defending Lu Xiang and immediately realized that there was no way she could get away with it today, so she decided to run away.
But as soon as she turned around, Queen Song's eyes were fixed on her: "Miss Liu, do I agree that you can leave?"
You helped Lu Mingzhu to bully my Xiangxiang, and you want to get away with it? Do you think she, the queen, is just a decoration?
After Queen Song spoke, Yunlu and Shaohua quickly found out the whole story. Even if the young ladies who came to the banquet had really seen it, they would not dare to say anything. It would not be good for them to offend Concubine Shu and the Ninth Princess for the Queen. Fortunately, they would not make mistakes if they spoke less and acted more carefully.
"My Lady, I found out that it was Fourth Miss Lu who pulled Third Miss away, saying that she wanted to introduce her to a new friend. Someone saw that Third Miss was obviously unwilling to go, and then no one knew what the two of them said, but Fourth Miss suddenly backed away, first bumping into Miss Fang, and then the two of them bumped into Princess Nine together."
"Miss Lu didn't turn the tables, saying that Miss San deliberately pushed her and forced Miss San to confess to the Ninth Princess."
"In order to avoid being punished by the Ninth Princess, Miss Fang was so angry that she wanted to slap Miss Three, but Miss Three stopped her."
"Miss Liu testified on behalf of Fourth Miss Lu, saying that she saw Third Miss deliberately push Fourth Miss. The Ninth Princess believed it, so she wanted to punish Third Miss and beat her with thirty sticks!"
Shaohua and Yunlu spoke one by one, recounting what had just happened.
When Queen Song heard that Miss Fang was going to hit Lu Xiang, her eyes shot towards her like sharp arrows. Without waiting for Miss Fang to beg for mercy, she angrily said, "Come here, Miss Fang is arrogant and domineering. Give her thirty beatings to serve as a warning to others."
Miss Fang's head buzzed and she felt black in front of her eyes: "Your Majesty, please spare me, Your Majesty, please spare me..."
"If you dare to say one more word, I will punish your father for not raising his daughter well."
Miss Fang choked and dared not make a sound, allowing the nanny beside the Queen to pull her away.
Then, Queen Song looked at Lu Mingzhu and Liu Anyao coldly: "Miss Lu, you shamelessly framed the sisters and spoke nonsense. You will be slapped thirty times. Kneel here for two hours to reflect on your mistakes. Miss Liu helped the tyrant and spoke nonsense. You will be slapped twenty times for the sake of Concubine Shu. Take her back to Chuxiu Palace for execution. Tell Concubine Shu that if it happens again, I will never let her off easily."
"As for you, Pan'er... you wrongly accuse others without knowing right from wrong. This is simply damaging the reputation of the royal family. You will be punished by copying the palace rules fifty times and being confined to your home for a month."
Chu Pan'er's face turned pale with anger when she heard this: "Mother, you only listened to the palace maid's one-sided words. Why do you say that I wronged her? You are clearly biased towards her."
Queen Song looked down at Chu Pan'er and suddenly sneered, "Even if I am biased, what do you think?"
"I..." Chu Pan'er stared at Queen Song with her eyes wide open, her shock mixed with resentment and fear, as if an invisible hand was tightly grasping her neck, making her speechless.
She was just angry and said something without thinking, but her mother's words were a slap in her face. She was the daughter of a virtuous concubine and a princess of a country, but to her mother, she was not as good as a daughter of a small official.
Chu Paner was so angry that she trembled all over and left in anger.
Queen Song didn't bother to pay attention to Chu Pan'er. Her eyes fell on the frightened Lu Mingzhu. She raised her hand and waved it nonchalantly: "Go ahead."
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