Chapter 109: You're responsible for your own mistakes
The old lady's cloudy eyes suddenly lit up, staring at the graceful girl in front of her. Her dark eyes, as clear as lake water, sparkled with stars-like brightness: "Okay, just do your best, and don't offend the queen because of this."
Lu Mingzhu has already offended Concubine Shu, and Xiangxiang must not offend the Queen again.
"Okay, I'll play it by ear."
Lu Xiang left the house and Qiao Jingru was walking in circles in the yard.
"Sister-in-law!" Lu Xiang called out.
Qiao Jingru raised her head, then strode to Lu Xiang, looked at her seriously and said, "I'm here just to tell you something. No matter what you do, I support you."
Lu Xiang was startled, then a faint smile spread across the corners of his mouth: "Sister-in-law, your words really touched me so much that I want to marry you."
Qiao Jingru chuckled: "Seeing you so relaxed, it shows that Lu Mingzhu's matter has no impact on our family. Do you want to go to the palace? Go quickly. Although the Qiao family has no power, we have money. If you need help, just let me know."
She was indeed quite frightened today. She had grown up under the care of her parents and brothers and had never suffered any grievances, but that didn't mean she didn't understand anything.
Although Lu Xiang might not need her to confess, Qiao Jingru felt that she had to say something to make her position clear.
Lu Mingzhu got into trouble, and Concubine Zhen in the palace could not escape Concubine Shu's revenge, so the Lu family was bound to suffer setbacks.
However, seeing how calm Lu Xiang was, he must have had a plan in place.
Lu Xiang had the token given by Queen Song, so she entered the palace unimpeded. When she entered Jingren Palace, the little palace maid saw her and hurriedly saluted her respectfully: "Greetings, Third Miss." Then she took her to the side hall.
Everyone in Jingren Palace knew Lu Xiang's position in the Queen's heart, so there was no reason for her to wait outside for news.
"Your Majesty, the Third Miss is here." The little palace maid reported outside the hall, then made a gesture to invite Lu Xiang.
"Xiangxiang, come in quickly." Queen Song said hurriedly.
Lu Xiang walked into the palace: "Good luck to the Queen."
Queen Song put down the book in her hand and asked Zi Su to serve tea.
"I guess you came to the palace at this time because of Concubine Zhen's matter?"
"Your Majesty is wise."
Zi Su placed the teacup in front of Lu Xiang and then stepped out.
Queen Song looked at Lu Xiang and said, "Princess Zhen offended Concubine Shu and was punished by Concubine Shu to kneel at the gate of Chuxiu Palace. She is still kneeling there. The news spread all over the palace in the morning."
It is not very harmful, but extremely insulting.
One after another, people came to see Concubine Zhen making fun of herself under the pretext of passing by Chuxiu Palace.
Zhenpin was a concubine after all, and being slapped in the face like this was more severe than being beaten with a few sticks.
"Your Majesty, I would like to ask you to help Concubine Zhen." Lu Xiang half-knelt and saluted, begging.
Queen Song hurriedly pulled her up and said, "You asked, and I will naturally agree, but Concubine Zhen treats you badly, and I don't like her at all."
Lu Xiang was startled, and a warm feeling surged in his heart. He smiled lightly and said, "With the love of the queen, I don't care whether Zhenpin treats me well or not, but I can't bear to see my grandmother worry about it."
Anyway, she didn't like Concubine Zhen.
Although Zhenpin was a concubine, no matter how powerful Shufei was, she would not dare to use the same torture on Zhenpin as she used on Lu Mingzhu, so she did not feel sorry for Zhenpin being punished.
Queen Song smiled heartily and immediately called out, "Shaohua——"
"Your Majesty." Shaohua entered the hall.
Empress Song ordered, "Go to Chuxiu Palace and tell me that Concubine Zhen has beautiful handwriting. I want her to come to Jingren Palace to copy Buddhist scriptures."
"Yes, I'll go right away." Shaohua bowed and replied.
After Shaohua left, Queen Song looked at Lu Xiang and said, "I heard that Concubine Shu was furious and sent Wei Li to the Lu family to pass on her oral order to torture Lu Mingzhu because Lu Mingzhu's embroidery was damaged. What happened? If Lu Mingzhu was damaged, how could Concubine Shu not find out until today?"
Lu Xiang thought for a moment and said, "To be honest with you, Madam Queen, the phoenix's eyes don't have pupils on the embroidery of a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix that Lu Mingzhu presented to Concubine Shu. This was Concubine Shu's birthday gift to the Queen Mother. Isn't it a subtle criticism of the Queen Mother's blindness? If the Queen Mother had discovered this problem when it was in her hands, Concubine Shu would have offended the Queen Mother, so Concubine Shu was furious and severely punished Lu Mingzhu."
Queen Song was surprised. After a moment of shock, she said, "No wonder. Lu Mingzhu was brought to Concubine Shu by Concubine Zhen. It would be strange if Concubine Shu could forgive Concubine Zhen for such a huge mistake she made."
"But then again, Lu Mingzhu's embroidery skills are amazing, and she was ordered by Concubine Shu, so she shouldn't have made such a low-level mistake."
Lu Xiang pursed her lips and said, "Because this embroidery was not embroidered by her..."
"What do you mean?" Queen Song looked at Lu Xiang in disbelief. "She asked someone to embroider for her. How could Lu Mingzhu have the guts to deceive Concubine Shu..."
Lu Xiang suddenly knelt down: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I didn't mean to deceive you..."
"Why are you kneeling again? Get up quickly." After being surprised, Queen Song pulled Lu Xiang up and said, "I said I would protect you, but I didn't just say it casually to fool you. What's more, it was Lu Mingzhu who deceived Concubine Shu. What does it have to do with me? Is it worth you to apologize so nervously?"
Lu Xiang helped Queen Song get up, sat down again, and continued, "When Lu Mingzhu first returned to the Lu family, I treated her sincerely out of sisterly love. She said she wanted to send a gift to Concubine Zhen in the palace, but I thought that Concubine Zhen had seen all kinds of treasures in the palace, so no matter what she gave, it would not reflect her sincerity."
"So she wanted to embroider a screen for Concubine Zhen, and asked me for help, saying that her embroidery skills were crude, and she was afraid that if she gave it to Concubine Zhen, she would dislike it and look down on her even more. At that time, I thought about my sisters, and it was just a matter of convenience for me, so I agreed."
"We were in Yangning City at the time, and Concubine Zhen was far away in the palace, so we didn't know whether she liked it or not. It wasn't until a few months ago when Concubine Zhen followed the emperor out of the palace and stayed at the Lu family that we learned that the screen was favored by Concubine Shu, and Concubine Zhen gave it to Concubine Shu. As a result, Concubine Shu loved Lu Mingzhu even more. Later, Concubine Shu embroidered a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix and made it into a screen to give to the empress dowager."
"This matter is of great importance. Lu Mingzhu couldn't embroider it, and she didn't dare to tell Concubine Shu, fearing that it would anger Concubine Shu, so she threatened me to finish it for her. But before I finished embroidering everything, she took it away. I thought that only the eyes of the phoenix and the auspicious clouds were left to embroider, which were not difficult to do, so I let her take it away. But I never expected that Lu Mingzhu would be so careless and make such a big mistake. My father and grandmother were shocked."
Queen Song was holding a cup of tea and was also confused.
After coming back to her senses, she slammed the cup heavily on the table and said, "All the credit for this is yours. If Lu Mingzhu hadn't been arrogant and made a mistake this time, the Queen Mother's appreciation and the attention of the Concubine Shu would all be due to her, Lu Mingzhu."
"Ha, you really reap what you sow, but I have to thank her for being so greedy, otherwise you would have been snatched away by Concubine Shu.
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