Guan Shasha felt uncomfortable for several days, and as soon as her energy recovered a little, she went to Jinqiyuan noisily.
Man Dong saw her from a distance, and the alarm bells rang in her heart. She raised her smile and shouted loudly: "I have seen Concubine Guan! Did you come to our Jinxi Courtyard to find Concubine Wei? Unfortunately, Concubine Wei may be accompanying the young master. Taking a nap!”
Inside the house, Brother Lan opened his round eyes. He was not sleepy to begin with, but he couldn't sleep even more when he heard the noise outside.
"Kiss, get up." He leaned softly into Lu Qing's arms, pouting coquettishly.
Lu Qing lay on her side, rubbed Brother Lan's head, smiled and said nothing.
Brother Lan continued to hug Lu Qing, and shouted stickyly: "I won't sleep anymore, I won't sleep anymore, get up!"
Lu Qing kissed him hard on the cheek, sat up and stretched out his hands to pull Lan Ge'er up: "If you don't want to sleep now, don't be sleepy later."
Brother Lan nodded heavily, promising to do well.
Anyway, Guan Shasha couldn't sleep due to the commotion outside. Lu Qing simply picked up Lan Geer's clothes and put them on for him. The mother and son appeared in Guan Shasha's sight a moment later.
Lu Qing held Lan Ge'er's little hand and stood under the verandah. Lan Ge'er saw Guan Shasha being stopped by Man Dong, shook the little hand that was being held, and asked: "Go and play~"
He was thinking about going to the garden to play, and Lu Qing coaxed him to wake up before going there, but now he couldn't sleep anymore, and his little dream kept popping up again.
It happened that Lu Qing didn't want him to see Guan Shasha, so she nodded and said, "Let Sister Wushuang take you there. Mother will go find you later."
Wu Shuang happily hugged Brother Lan and said, "Let's go! I'm taking the little master to play!"
Once the child is gone, Lu Qing has time to deal with Guan Shasha.
"Concubine Guan is here, come in and sit down." She said a simple greeting and turned back to the house first.
Mandong stepped aside, Guan Shasha hummed, bumped into Mandong's shoulder and followed her in.
"What do you want from me?" Lu Qing picked up the tea cup and blew on the tea foam, her tone was soft, "In special times, there is no good tea, Guan Concubine will do it for a while."
Guan Shasha ignored the cup of tea and said firmly: "I'm afraid it's poisonous!"
Lu Qing drawled her voice and said helplessly: "We are all sisters in the same house, why does Concubine Guan always speculate on me with the greatest malice?"
No matter what she did, she would never admit it. Even if Shasha wanted an explanation, I'm sorry, but I couldn't give it!
Lu Qing has never been a submissive person. At least she has no inferiority complex compared to Guan Shasha, so there is no reason to back down and be patient!
"You come here to trouble me without any end, maybe you think I'm easy to bully?"
Guan Shasha felt like a punch had hit the cotton, and her anger was rising, and even the hairs on her body stood up.
She slammed the table hard and shouted: "You definitely tampered with the pastry. Do you know what will happen if we find out?!"
Lu Qing lazily leaned on the armrest next to him and said innocently: "Where's the evidence? How can you prove that I was the one who did it? I'm really unjust! I never thought of asking for the snacks that the Crown Princess gave Lan Ge'er. I’ll give you a share. If you want to cause trouble, don’t rub me against a loser like me, just go and confront the Crown Princess.”
She expected that this matter would not cause trouble, and Ning Huayue did not take the opportunity to embarrass her in this way. It was obvious that the Crown Princess was also considered.
Even if Shasha doesn't care about asking for the truth and can't produce evidence, it's just nonsense!
"Don't be so shameless! I'm so good. I had diarrhea after eating the cakes you gave me. Who would believe you if you say it's okay!" Guan Shasha stood up abruptly and pointed her index finger at Lu Qing rudely, "Don't take it either. The princess is being used as a shield! Why would someone embarrass someone I don’t know? It must be you!"
Lu Qing sipped the tea calmly and said quietly: "The diarrhea doesn't stop, maybe you didn't wash your hands when you ate."
Guan Shasha was furious and breathed quickly: "Okay! I'll go back and investigate! I will throw the evidence in your face!"
Lu Qing raised her eyebrows and let her go.
**
Here, Guan Shasha returned to Qingxia Hall and came to Yingxue angrily.
"You give the remaining box of cakes to the doctor for examination. I don't believe that that wretched maid of the Wei family can escape!"
Yingxue did as she was told and went to find the doctor with the cake in hand.
An hour later, Yingxue came back tremblingly. The moment she saw Guan Shasha, she trembled unconsciously.
"Have you found out? Ask the doctor to go to Jinjiyuan with me..."
"No..." Yingxue closed her eyes as she stared at death, "The doctor said there is nothing wrong with the cake."
"What?!"
Yingxue repeated it fearfully.
Guan Shasha raised her hand and hit Yingxue hard on the arm: "Useless thing!"
Yingxue didn't dare to cry and knelt on the ground in silence.
Guan Shasha paced back and forth in the room. After a moment, she remembered the crucial step: "Where is the box of pastries I ate? Check that box."
"...But you've finished eating..."
Guan Shasha raised her eyebrows: "Didn't I reward you?"
Yingxue thought of the bit of debris in the corner and said in a voice like a mosquito, "Yes..."
"Have you had diarrhea?" Guan Shasha was a little excited. She thought she had found a breakthrough.
Yingxue pondered for a long time and said: "No..."
She didn't dare to say that she hadn't eaten, let alone pretend to have diarrhea. When the trouble started, everything would be clear as soon as the doctor checked her pulse.
It was a serious crime to frame the master, not to mention that the other party was the most favored concubine Wei. Even if Yingxue guessed that Guan Shasha wanted her to testify together, she would not dare.
Guan Shasha didn't care about anything else and slapped Yingxue on the face.
Normally she would not go to the obvious place. After all, rumors are terrible and being seen by others will also have an impact on her reputation. But this time it is different. It is not easy for her to make Lu Qing bow her head in front of her, but she prefers her maid. Not powerful!
"You deserve to die! It's all your fault! It's all your fault!"
The loud and clear slap resounded through Qingxia Hall, and blood oozed from the corner of Yingxue's mouth. Her heart was already numb, and she didn't know when such days would end.
Although Shasha threatened to cause trouble for Lu Qing, she couldn't provide any evidence, so she had no choice but to give up.
But Lu Qing is not done yet.
Good news came from northern Xinjiang, and Xihe Emperor Longyan was very happy. When he couldn't see Yan Fuguang who had made meritorious service, he thought of his son.
Brother Lan was summoned, and Lu Qing followed Ning Huayue and others to Fengyi Palace to pay their respects to Queen Xu.
Emperor Xihe held Brother Lan on his lap and said happily: "You have grown taller and a little heavier. Your father will be happy to know that."
Brother Lan looked at the plate of pastries on the table, pursed his lips, and asked in a low voice: "Grandpa Huang, I want to eat."
Emperor Xihe felt very distressed and quickly gave him a piece: "Didn't the house give you any pastries?"
He had long heard that Princess Jin was diligent and frugal, but he never imagined that such an older child would practice it.
Lan Geer shook his head and said honestly: "I gave it, I want to divide it."
Emperor Xihe was confused after hearing this, and asked the eunuch to inquire. After knowing the situation, it was difficult to say anything to Ning Huayue, so he could only vent his anger on Guan Shasha.
"With such a petty attitude, she is not worthy of the position of concubine! She is reduced to a concubine!"
The emperor ordered that the concubine Guan be demoted as a concubine - these words struck Guan Shasha on the head like a thunderbolt.
She immediately fell back.
