Chapter 63 Who gave her the face
Qiao Jingru walked side by side with Lu Xiang until they were quite far away. She couldn't help but whispered, "What's wrong with Concubine Zhen? Even if I don't like you, I can't slap you in the face like this. A concubine and a concubine's daughter, the gift they gave is three times more valuable than a legitimate daughter like you. People who don't know would think that Lu Mingzhu was raised by her."
Liangchen followed behind his master, listening to her remarks which were spoken in a low voice but still extremely rebellious. He was so frightened that his heart was shaking, and he wanted to pounce on her and cover her mouth.
Madam, even if you feel sorry for the Third Miss, you can't say it so carelessly.
Lu Xiang smiled sweetly at Qiao Jingru. In the past, she didn't like getting along with her sisters at home and always kept to herself. The sister she finally gave her true heart to turned out to be a venomous snake. Seeing Qiao Jingru defending her like this, her heart felt warm as spring.
"Perhaps the Liu mother and daughter are just what Concubine Zhen likes."
Seeing Lu Xiang's careless smile, Qiao Jingru gnashed her teeth in frustration: "You believe this kind of nonsense?"
Only this carefree girl didn't care. If it was her aunt who was so biased, she would have been angry to death.
Look at Lu Mingzhu's entire set of sapphire jewelry, each piece is exquisite; then look at Yun Zha holding an agate and red coral bracelet in her hand, it is so shabby that one cannot bear to look at it.
Qiao Jingru was not angry that she was worse than Lu Mingzhu, but she felt sorry for Lu Xiangming.
"Don't be angry, I don't care." Lu Xiang patted Qiao Jingru's back with a smile to calm her down, but Qiao Jingru rolled her eyes in return. Lu Xiang was not annoyed, but moved closer to Qiao Jingru and whispered, "According to my guess, when Lu Mingzhu first entered the mansion, she gave Zhenpin a screen to please her. Zhenpin liked her so much when they first met. I'm afraid that the screen gave her some benefit. It's hers and she can't take it away. It's not hers and she can't force it."
After saying that, Lu Xiang winked at Qiao Jing.
Qiao Jingru savored Lu Xiang's words carefully. Although she didn't know what benefits Zhenpin had gained that made her love Lu Mingzhu so much, Lu Xiang's last sentence was very meaningful.
Thinking about Lu Xiang's amazing embroidery skills, Qiao Jingru had a bold guess in her mind.
"Did you embroider the screen that Lu Mingzhu gave to Concubine Zhen?" After all, when Lu Mingzhu just returned home, she was very close to Lu Xiang.
Lu Xiang nodded.
This was not her guess, but a fact. In the previous life, Lu Xiang only found out later that Concubine Zhen's screen caught the eye of Concubine Shu. The current queen had no children, and Concubine Shu had a strong family to back her up. The second prince was the leader of all the princes and competed with the queen in the harem. Since Concubine Shu took a fancy to her screen, Concubine Zhen took the opportunity to get closer to Concubine Shu. After all, if the second prince succeeded to the throne in the future, Concubine Shu would be the empress dowager, who was more honorable than the queen.
A queen without children, who is not favored by the emperor, is, to put it bluntly, worse than a concubine with children.
"Damn it!" Qiao Jingru jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on after receiving Lu Xiang's affirmation, and shouted angrily: "Lu Mingzhu, that bitch, a thief, used your things to win the favor of Concubine Zhen. Who gave her the face?"
"Calm down."
Qiao Jingru was so angry that her lips were shaking. How could she be calm?
How the hell could she be asked to stay calm? It was obvious that Zhenpin's favorite was Lu Xiang, and the precious sapphire headpiece also belonged to Lu Xiang. Now it had all been given to Lu Mingzhu for free. Just wait and see, when everyone in the mansion saw Zhenpin's attitude towards Lu Mingzhu, they would rush over to flatter her.
Qiao Jingru was so angry that a mushroom cloud was about to rise above her head.
"If Concubine Zhen values my craftsmanship, the better she treats Lu Mingzhu now, the worse it will be if Lu Mingzhu cannot produce something of equal quality in the future," said Lu Xiang.
In her previous life, she regarded Lu Mingzhu as her closest relative and met all her requests, so she served as her substitute again and again, and she worked very hard behind the scenes. Lu Mingzhu received the love and praise of Concubine Zhen, and even Concubine Shu looked at her with admiration.
Qiao Jingru imagined the scene in her mind, and her expression improved.
"Hmph, let her be proud for a while."
Qixiayuan
Lu Xiang was open-minded and didn't care about the rewards given by Concubine Zhen, but Yun Zha didn't have the broad mind like his young lady and looked unhappy.
Ah Man came to Yun Zhe with a bowl of lotus seed and mint soup in his hand. "Hey, Yun Zhe, why does your face stink like a stone in a cesspool? Who bullied you?"
Yun Zha glared at Ah Man with a twitching mouth, showing her admiration: "You are the only one who can eat with relish while thinking about the cesspool."
Ah Man heard the resentment in Yun Zha's words and looked at Lu Xiang with a gloomy gaze: "Miss San, what happened?"
Lu Xiang laughed at the unwilling Yun Zha and said, "It's okay, they are just having a tantrum. Just continue eating."
"Oh, okay." Seeing Lu Xiang's faint smile and no displeasure at all, Ah Man immediately left heartlessly.
Aunt Lin took Lu Qiao back to the Plum Courtyard. Unlike Aunt Fang who was furious, both of them were quiet. Only when the door was closed and no one was around did the smile on Aunt Lin's face suddenly disappear, and only a deep ink color remained in her dark eyes.
There was a hint of coldness in her tightly pursed red lips, and her face was as frosty as the top of an extremely cold snowy mountain. The wind and snow cut people's faces painfully, which was a far cry from her usual peaceful and gentle appearance.
"Today really surprised me. What did Liu's mother and daughter do to deserve such treatment from Concubine Zhen, whom I have never met before? Before you entered the palace, Concubine Zhen loved you very much. I didn't expect that during this reunion, not only was she cold to you, but the rewards she gave you were not even as good as Lu Mingzhu's fur."
Lu Qiao poured a cup of tea and handed it to Aunt Lin. Her childish face showed a maturity that was inconsistent with her age.
"Your Highness and father have always had a deep brother-sister relationship. It is understandable that Concubine Zhen loves the fourth sister more. Aunt, don't panic. Now that the third and fourth sisters are competing with each other, we can just watch from the other side. The fifth sister is reckless and stupid, and it is not worth mentioning. After the third and fourth sisters are both defeated, father and grandmother will naturally see the better me."
She was still young and had plenty of time to plan for herself. Any noble family needed an alliance, and her only goal in life was to marry into a noble family.
So what if she is a concubine's daughter? As long as she has the ability, she can always fight for a place for herself.
Aunt Lin looked at her calm daughter, a hint of pride flashing across her pretty face. She reached out her hand and gently stroked her daughter's hair with a tender look in her eyes: "You have been smart since you were a child, but because you are a concubine's daughter, you have to hide your incompetence temporarily. It's because I am incompetent. If you could be born in Madam's belly, you would probably be the most prestigious lady in the whole Yangning City now."
"Aunt, what are you talking about? It is my blessing to be your daughter. If you say something like this again, I will be angry."
"Okay, okay, Auntie, I won't say any more. Although I am unwilling to accept this, Fang is even more angry than me. Having her in the front will only highlight the fact that we two are not content with fighting with the world."
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