Lu Qing knew at noon that there would be a banquet in the palace tomorrow to celebrate.
She and Lan Geer went for a walk in the garden and met Ji Mingzhu and Guan Shasha sitting in the pavilion drinking tea and chatting.
Lu Qing was invited to come and talk with her, so she asked Wu Shuang to take Lan Ge'er to the other side for a walk while she went up to salute Ji Mingzhu.
"Concubine Wei seems to be very interested!" Ji Mingzhu raised her eyes and spoke in a cheerful tone, "If my child were often not around, I'd be afraid that my eyes would be swollen and painful from crying."
It's a joke on the surface, but actually it's sarcastic.
Lu Qing swallowed the bitterness and said with a smile: "I will only feel honored when the Queen summons you."
Guan Shasha chuckled: "It's an honor? That's right. Even if you don't want to, so what, do you dare to refuse? If you feel wronged, just hide in the yard and cry." After saying that, she couldn't help but cover her lips and chuckle.
Lu Qing rarely goes out recently, and she was in a bad state when someone caught her taking Lan Ge'er out. Her extremely haggard appearance made those who secretly watched the joke satisfied.
Guan Shasha will not miss any opportunity to suppress Lu Qing.
"Concubine Wei said nicely, aren't you the one crying behind my back?"
Lu Qing was not embarrassed at all: "Being reluctant to let go of the child is two different things from understanding the princess and the queen's good intentions. I understand that the concubine doesn't understand this."
She is really not afraid of offending Guan Shasha now. After all, the two of them have the same status, and there is no need to endure being wronged at the hands of Guan Shasha.
As she expected, Guan Shasha was still so restive that she gritted her teeth and wanted to get it back on the spot: "Concubine Wei's wings are getting harder and harder!"
Lu Qing smiled back again without making any unnecessary entanglements.
Ji Mingzhu clicked her tongue and said impatiently: "Why are you making such a fuss? The weather is nice and you can go out for a walk. Noisy things will affect your mood!"
Guan Shasha immediately fell silent and glared at Lu Qing with cowardly eyes.
Lu Qing just pretended not to notice her childish behavior and turned her head to look at Wu Shuang and Lan Ge'er not far away.
Ji Mingzhu picked up a piece of pastry and was about to put it into her mouth. Suddenly she glanced at Lu Qing and remembered something.
"By the way, the prince will be able to return to the capital tomorrow. I heard that the barbarians were successfully driven away. The emperor was very happy and praised him. He will hold a banquet in Yongning Hall to welcome the prince."
Lu Qing's heart and eyes were full of Brother Lan, and when she heard Ji Mingzhu's words, she suddenly turned around.
"tomorrow?"
Ji Mingzhu raised an eyebrow: "You don't know? The palace sent someone to tell you."
"I haven't heard of it yet." Lu Qing raised her eyebrows. She had a hunch that Ning Huayue would take action soon.
Guan Shasha felt extremely aggrieved by being used as a backdrop, and mocked Lu Qing: "Young Master is used to following the princess into the palace. I'm afraid Concubine Wei won't be able to take advantage of it this time, so she should stay in the palace honestly."
Lu Qing said nothing, her thoughts wandering far away.
After knowing the news, she returned to Jinshiyuan first.
There was not much time left. Lu Qing lay on the couch and connected Ning Huayue's actions during this period.
He took Lan Geer into the palace alone many times and tampered with her medicine, but he never directly administered the fatal poison...
——Ning Huayue wanted her to die with a good reason.
How can this be done? You can convict her and let her die naturally.
After clearing up his thoughts, Lu Qing sat up from the couch, called Man Dong, and said, "Go and ask Doctor Jiang."
She couldn't let Ning Huayue take advantage of her, she had to be fully prepared before she actually took action, and hit back when necessary!
Dr. Jiang was rushed all the way by Mandong in a hurry. She rummaged through medical books and found two prescriptions to relieve Lu Qing's body from pseudo-pregnancy.
"Fortunately, you discovered it early, otherwise the poison would stay in your body for too long and your life would be damaged..."
Lu Qing took Dr. Jiang's hand and said with a sincere expression: "I came to you just for this matter. You are my most trusted doctor. I don't dare to go to anyone else but you."
Dr. Jiang understands Lu Qing's difficulties and admits that she does feel close to Lu Qing. "I will definitely try my best to help you detoxify."
However, Lu Qing shook his head: "Let's not talk about detoxification for now. I want to ask you, is my pulse now definitely a happy pulse? If someone else diagnoses the pulse, will they find that I am poisoned and not really pregnant? Are you here?"
"The chance is very small." Dr. Jiang analyzed, "Judging from the pulse pattern, it seems that there is a happy pulse without diagnosis. The pulse is very similar to when the pregnancy is not long. Unless other pregnancy symptoms are added, it can be confirmed."
Coincidentally, here, there seems to be no happy pulse, which may mean pregnancy, or it may not.
It depends on how you say it, and whether the symptoms are correct or not.
Judging from her current situation and the urgent situation at Ning Huayue's side, it would be certain that she was pregnant as soon as other doctors checked her pulse.
"What if I'm really pregnant?" Lu Qing suddenly approached Dr. Jiang, half-covering her lips and whispered softly, "The pulse in the early stages of pregnancy is weak, so it's easy to have a miscarriage, right?"
When she was pregnant for the first time, she heard from Grandma Zhong and Dr. Jiang that she should be more careful when she was pregnant because the fetus was very fragile.
Now that she was forced to this point by Ning Huayue, she suddenly had a plan in her mind.
Doctor Jiang asked in a deep voice, "What do you want to do?"
"I want you to help me look like I'm really pregnant and have a miscarriage, Doctor Jiang. I really have no choice. Will you help me?"
After a while, Dr. Jiang lowered her head: "I can help you, but this will be very painful, which is comparable to the pain of a woman giving birth. If you don't stop the bleeding in time after taking the medicine, I'm afraid your life will be in danger..."
"It doesn't matter, just put yourself to death and live again." Lu Qing was extremely determined. She had nothing but Lan Ge'er. If she couldn't protect Lan Ge'er anymore, there was really no point in continuing to live.
"Please help me this time, Lu Qing would be very grateful."
Dr. Jiang didn't ask Lu Qing why she did this. She packed the medical box silently and whispered: "I'll go back and make pills. The effect of the medicine will take effect an hour after taking the medicine. You can control the time yourself."
Lu Qing nodded and stood up to see Doctor Jiang off: "Thank you very much."
Lu Qing didn't dare to relax after seeing Doctor Jiang away.
Ning Huayue must find an opportunity to confirm her "pregnancy" before taking action.
She waited quietly until Ning Huayue came out of the palace in the afternoon and specially sent someone to Jinjiyuan to tell her that she would accompany him to the palace for a banquet tomorrow.
The person who came was Lan Xin, who was carrying a food box in her hand, "I have met the concubine. The princess will take you to the palace to welcome the prince because you have taken good care of the young master."
Lu Qing's expression was dull and she looked not in good spirits: "I understand. Thank you for your consideration, Princess."
"Concubine, you're welcome." Lan Xin picked up the food box and said, "The small kitchen in Yihongyuan has cooked some food. The princess can't finish it. I asked the slave to bring some to the concubine."
The food box was opened, and an unknown bowl of soup was placed. The fishy smell penetrated Lu Qing's nose.
She struggled to endure the desire to vomit, and drank a whole bowl of soup in front of Lan Xin without changing her expression. After wiping her mouth, she did not forget to comment: "The craftsmanship of Yihongyuan's small kitchen is very good. I took advantage of it. Afterwards, I will thank the princess in person for her care."
Lan Xin stared at Lu Qing closely, her brows furrowed so hard she could kill a fly.
She and Lu Qing looked at each other, determined to decide the winner as if they were in a ring.
After a long while, Lan Xin curled her lips unwillingly: "Concubine, you're welcome, these are nothing to the princess."
As soon as she left, Ji Qin immediately closed the door, and Lu Qing couldn't bear it anymore.
"Wow--"
All the soup he just drank was vomited out, along with all the food he had eaten before. By the end, Lu Qing was almost exhausted.
That bowl of soup was the trigger that confirmed she was pregnant. She couldn't walk into Ning Huayue's trap until Dr. Jiang made the pills.
