The maidservant is too charming. I want to help her become the queen.

Lu Qingqing couldn't believe her ears.

In the afternoon of June, the residual heat of the scorching sun has not yet completely dissipated, and it is the time when the summer heat is at its peak.

Planting trees at this time, wouldn't that mean she would get heat stroke? What on earth was she thinking?!

Shufei arranged three or four palace maids and eunuchs to watch the two of them transplanting the peach trees outside the palace, while she herself hid in the palace to cool off. The tools for transplanting peach trees had already been prepared in the yard.

Concubine Shu came well prepared.

Don't talk about martial arts!

But people are in Xianfu Palace, so they have to bow their heads! No matter how reluctant Lu Qingqing was, she had to roll up her sleeves and act like she was going to work.

She doesn't want to do the serious transplanting, but she is good at slacking off.

They worked slowly and dawdled until dinner time. They didn't believe that Concubine Shu would still allow the two of them to have dinner here.

Lu Qingqing was calculating quickly in her mind. If she had to keep the meal for herself, she would let Concubine Shu see how powerful she was at eating!

Thinking of this, Lu Qingqing almost couldn't suppress the upward curve of her mouth.

"This is for you," the woman from Xuguan handed over a shovel, her face heavy, and the dashing demeanor she had when they first met had completely disappeared.

"Let's get started. We can't avoid the orders given by Concubine Shu."

"it is good."

Lu Qingqing took the shovel and started digging. The two of them were silent for a long time.

Although he was just pretending to dig the soil and transplant the plants, Lu Qingqing could hardly hold on after standing under the sun for so long without drinking water.

The porcelain-white face flushed, and beads of sweat oozed from the tip of the delicate nose.

"Xu Guannu, are you okay? I'm a little tired."

"It's okay. You can go to the shade and rest first. Just be careful of the palace guards who are following you."

Lu Qingqing felt the heat was unbearable and was afraid she would faint if she was exposed to the sun for any longer.

While the servants of Xianfu Palace were napping, Lu Qingqing quickly slipped under the shade of a tree to cool down. After being exposed to the sun for too long, her head felt a little dizzy, and even her delicate hands could not help to fan the air to relieve the midsummer heat.

At the same time, there was chaos in Yinglan Pavilion.

Concubine Shu took Lu Qingqing and Xu Guannv away together, and did not allow Lu and Xu's palace maids to go with them.

Erxi and Sanpang were as anxious as ants on a hot pan when they saw that Lu Qingqing had not returned for a long time.

"After the emperor left at noon, I heard from my lady that the emperor would come to our palace in the evening. Why don't we go and ask the emperor to make the decision for my lady!" Sanpang couldn't hold back and ran out of the palace.

"Wait a minute," Erxi stopped him, "If you want to go, what excuse do you have to ask the emperor to come? Was the young lady taken away by the Concubine Shu? Or was the young lady threatened by the Concubine Shu?"

After listening to Erxi, Sanpang realized that if he broke into the imperial court based on his empty words, even if the young lady was really wronged, the emperor would not believe it without evidence. Instead, he would be charged with slandering Concubine Shu and implicated the young lady for nothing.

"How about we go and ask the Queen to save the young lady?" Sanpang said hurriedly.

"This is not appropriate. The Queen is already afraid of our young master's favor. Although she has been at odds with Concubine Shu for a long time, she will never offend Concubine Shu and side with us."

Erxi has been serving the concubines all year round, and she understands the open and covert struggles among the concubines in the harem better than Sanpang.

After hearing this, Sanpang became even more worried.

Just when the two were at a loss, a loud female voice was heard from outside the door.

"Do you have any solution?"

The person who came in was a young girl in dark grey training clothes, with a jade belt of the same colour as the girl from Xuguan tied around her waist. She looked younger than the girl from Xuguan, and her brows revealed the same heroic and charming look.

With the attire she wears, she must be a palace maid in the East Palace.

Seeing this, Erxi hurried forward to greet him, "Excuse me, young lady, are you from the palace of Xuguan's daughter?"

"My name is Yue'er, and I am the personal maid of the Xu official. This afternoon, I practiced martial arts with my mistress, but she did not return after leaving the palace. I asked the guards outside the palace and found out that the mistress was forcibly invited by Concubine Shu to Xianfu Palace."

After Erxi heard this, he discussed it with Sanpang. Although it was the first time to deal with Dongdian, now that the two young masters were in prison, it would be better to seek cooperation from Yue'er.

Having made up his mind, Erxi told Yue'er about his idea of ​​seeking help from the emperor and the empress, but Yue'er rejected each of his ideas one by one, giving the same reason as Erxi did - there was no evidence.

"After all, making things difficult is just our speculation. We have to go to Xianfu Palace first to see the ladies' situation. If they are really being made difficult by Concubine Shu, we have to find a way--"

"——Let the Emperor see it with his own eyes!"

Erxi and Yue'er said in unison!

"But Xianfu Palace is heavily guarded, how can we get in?" Although Sanpang had made some acquaintances with the guard brothers in the palace, at the moment Shufei was in a difficult position and could not let him in easily.

"Don't worry, Brother Sanpang. I have my own way," Yue'er assured confidently, "Wait for me for a moment. I'll be back soon."

Before she finished her words, Yue'er quickly ran towards a locust tree in the yard, lifted her legs slightly, turned her body slightly, climbed up the branches in three or two steps, took advantage of the momentum to leap up, and jumped onto the roof.

Erxi and Sanpang hurried out of the house, but Yue'er had already disappeared. Only the locust flowers that were knocked off by the shaking branches were slowly scattering.

"Wow——" Erxi and Sanpang were shocked.

grace!

How elegant!

The two of them had lived in the palace for many years, and apart from a few rare guards, they had never heard of any palace maids with such skills.

After Xu Guannu was promoted, she stayed in Yinglan Pavilion most of the time and did not interact with other concubines in the palace. People thought that she was practicing dancing skills in order to win favor, but who would have thought that she was actually practicing martial arts!

Her maids are already very skilled, so I'm sure that Lady Xu herself is even more skilled.

Erxi was a little worried. His master had such a neighbor, and he didn't know whether the future would be happy or sad.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, a figure flashed into the west hall of Yinglan Pavilion.

The moon is back.

As they expected, when Yue'er was lying on the roof of Xianfu Palace and secretly observing, Shufei discovered Lu Qingqing who was enjoying the cool in the corner.

Yue'er was far away and couldn't hear clearly. She only heard Shufei scolding loudly, and from time to time she uttered some extremely insulting words such as "vice" and "bitch".

Seeing that Lu Qingqing was forced to kneel in the yard by several palace servants, Yue'er hurried back to report the news.

"It was the hottest time of the afternoon. Concubine Shu made the young lady kneel in the yard, and she couldn't hold on!" Erxi's voice was mixed with tears.

"The emperor must come to Xianfu Palace in person. Do you have any way to meet the emperor?" Yue'er asked.

"Ms. Lu has just been promoted, and has no one to rely on in the palace. I'm afraid we can't even get into the Qianqing Palace."

After hearing this, Yue'er thought about it and said hesitantly, "Maybe, we can go and ask Concubine Xian for help."

"Xianfei?"

"But my young lady has no connection with Concubine Xian, is this feasible?" Erxi asked.

Yue Er looked a little hesitant, as if she had made a great decision, "Right now, the only concubine who can speak in front of the emperor is Consort Xian. Let's go and give it a try."