The old lady's cloudy eyes suddenly lit up, and she stared at the slim girl in front of her. Her black eyes, as quiet as lake water, were shining with light as bright as stars: "Okay, just do your best, and don't offend the queen for this."

Lu Mingzhu has already offended Concubine Shu, Xiang Xiang must not offend the Queen again.

"Okay, I'll act by ear."

Lu Xiang left the house and Qiao Jingru was walking around in the yard.

"Sister-in-law!" Lu Xiang called.

Qiao Jingru raised her head, then strode up to Lu Xiang, looked at her seriously and said, "I just want to say something to you. No matter what you do, I will support you."

Lu Xiang was startled, and then a smile spread at the corner of his mouth: "Sister-in-law, what you said really moved me so much that I wanted to commit myself to you."

Qiao Jingru chuckled: "Seeing how relaxed you are, it can be seen that Lu Mingzhu's affairs will not affect our family. Do you want to go to the palace? Go quickly. Although the Qiao family has no power, they have money. If you need help, just say it.

"

She was indeed 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 may not need her confession, Qiao Jingru felt that she had to say something to express her position.

If Lu Mingzhu gets into trouble, the concubines in the palace will not be able to escape Concubine Shu's revenge, and the Lu family will suffer setbacks.

But looking at Lu Xiang's calm and composed appearance, he must have already had a countermeasure.

Lu Xiang had the token given by Empress Song, so she entered the palace unimpeded and entered Jingren Palace. When the young palace maid saw her, she quickly and respectfully saluted her: "Third Miss Jin An." Then she was taken away.

Side hall.

Everyone in Jingren Palace knew about Lu Xiang's status in the Queen's heart, and there was no reason for her to wait outside for the news.

"Your Majesty, the third young lady is here." The little palace maid announced outside the palace, and then made an inviting gesture towards Lu Xiang.

"Xiangxiang, come in quickly." Empress Song said hurriedly.

Lu Xiang walked into the palace and said, "Good luck to the Queen."

Empress Song put down the book in her hand and asked Zi Su to serve tea.

"I am entering the palace at this time, I guess it is for the sake of my concubine?"

"The empress is wise."

Zi Su placed the tea cup in front of Lu Xiang and then retreated.

Empress Song looked at Lu Xiang and said, "Concubine Zhen offended Concubine Shu and was punished by Concubine Shu at the entrance of Chuxiu Palace. She is still kneeling now. The whole palace has spread the news in the morning."

It's not very harmful, but it's very insulting.

One after another people came to see the concubine's joke on the pretext of passing by Chuxiu Palace.

After all, a concubine is a concubine, so being slapped in the face like this is worse than hitting her several times.

"I dare to ask your Majesty to help my concubine." Lu Xiang knelt down and saluted, begging.

Empress Song hurriedly pulled her up and said: "If you ask, I will naturally respond, but I don't like my concubine at all if she treats you badly."

Lu Xiang was startled, then a warmth surged in her heart, and she smiled lightly and said, "With the love of the empress, I don't care if my concubine treats me well or not, but I just can't bear to worry my grandmother about it."

She doesn't like concubines anyway.

Although Concubine Zhen was a concubine, no matter how powerful Concubine Shu was, she would not dare to use the torture used on Lu Mingzhu on Concubine Zhen, so she did not feel bad about Concubine Zhen being punished.

Empress Song smiled heartily and immediately called: "Shaohua——"

"Empress." Shaohua entered the palace.

Empress Song ordered: "Go to Chuxiu Palace to convey my decree. Concubine Zhen's handwriting is good. I want her to come to Jingren Palace to copy Buddhist scriptures."

"Yes, I'll go right away, slave." Shaohua Fushen responded.

After Shaohua left, Empress Song looked at Lu Xiang and said: "I heard that Concubine Shu was angry and sent Wei Li to the Lu family to pass on her oral instructions to torture Lu Mingzhu because Lu Mingzhu's embroidery was damaged. What is going on?

?If the pearl was damaged, how could it be that Concubine Shu only discovered it today?"

Lu Xiang thought for a while and said: "To be honest with you, the empress, on the embroidery of hundreds of birds facing the phoenix that Lu Mingzhu presented to Concubine Shu, the eyes of the phoenix have no eyeballs. This is the birthday gift that Concubine Shu intended to give to the Queen Mother. It is not an innuendo.

Is the Queen Mother blind? If this problem was discovered in the hands of the Queen Mother, Concubine Shu would have offended the Queen Mother, so Concubine Shu was furious and punished Lu Mingzhu severely."

Empress Song showed a look of astonishment. She was stunned for a moment and then said: "No wonder, Lu Mingzhu was whipped in front of Concubine Shu by Zhen Concubine. Lu Mingzhu made such a huge mistake, it's strange that Concubine Shu spared Concubine Zhen.

"

"But having said that, Lu Mingzhu's embroidery skills are amazing and she got orders from Concubine Shu. 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?" Empress Song looked at Lu Xiang in disbelief: "She asked someone to embroider for her. How could Lu Mingzhu have the courage to deceive Concubine Shu..."

Lu Xiang suddenly knelt down and said, "My Majesty, I forgive you. I did not deceive your Majesty on purpose..."

"Why are you kneeling down again? Get up quickly." Queen Song was surprised and pulled Lu Xiang up: "I said I would protect you, but I didn't just say something to fool you. What's more, it was Lu Mingzhu who deceived Concubine Shu.

What does this palace have to do with me to deserve your nervous apology?"

Lu Xiang supported Empress Song's hand and stood up, sat down again, and then continued: "When Lu Mingzhu first returned to the Lu family, I treated her sincerely out of sisterly affection. She said she wanted to give a gift to the concubines in the palace.

, but considering that the concubine has never seen any treasures in the palace, no matter what she gives, it will not reflect her sincerity."

"So she wanted to embroider a screen for Concubine Zhen, so she asked me for help. She said her embroidery skills were rough, and she was afraid that if she embroidered it and gave it to Concubine Zhen, Concubine Zhen would dislike her and look down on her even more. I was thinking about my sisters at the time,

It was just a convenient thing for me, so I accepted it."

"We were in Yangning City at the time, and Concubine Zhen was far away in the palace. We didn't know whether she liked it or not. It wasn't until Concubine Zhen left the palace with the emperor a few months ago and returned to the Lu family for a short stay that we knew that Concubine Shu had taken a liking to the screen.

, Concubine Zhen gave it to Concubine Shu, so she loved Lu Mingzhu very much. Later, Concubine Shu embroidered hundreds of birds facing the phoenix and made it into a screen for the Queen Mother."

"This matter is important. Lu Mingzhu couldn't embroider it, and she didn't dare to tell Concubine Shu. She was afraid of offending Concubine Shu, so she threatened me to finish the embroidery for her. But before I could finish the embroidery, she took it away. I

Thinking that the phoenix's eyes and auspicious clouds were only left to be embroidered, it was not difficult to live with, so he let her take it away. What's more, they never expected that Lu Mingzhu would be so careless and make such a big mistake. Both her father and grandmother were shocked.

"

Empress Song was holding a tea cup and was also confused.

After coming back to her senses, she banged the tea cup on the table: "All the credit for the whole day is yours. If Lu Mingzhu doesn't make a mistake this time, the Queen Mother's appreciation of Concubine Shu and her attention will all belong to her, Lu Mingzhu."

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"Ha, you really deserved it, but I have to thank her for being so greedy, otherwise you would have been snatched away by Concubine Shu.

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