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

The Queen Mother was instantly shocked.

Although she was the empress dowager and had a noble status, the guards in the palace were completely under the command of Li Xuansheng, and she had no military support!

She didn't expect that Li Xuansheng would become more and more daring and even dare to attack her in the Imperial Garden!

Does he still regard her as his elder?

The Queen Mother turned back angrily.

Not only the Queen Mother, but Ruoqing who was beside the Queen Mother was also shocked by Li Xuansheng's actions.

She instantly stepped forward and stood in front of the Queen Mother, using her thin body to protect her tightly, her eyes wide open, and she actually shouted at Li Xuansheng loudly.

"Your Majesty, what are you going to do to the Queen Mother?"

Ruoqing was originally the empress dowager's dowry. Before the empress dowager Fang Kexin entered the palace, she grew up with Fang Kexin in the Fang Mansion.

After the Queen Mother entered the palace, she became even more dependent on her and treated her as her confidante.

Tonight, Li Xuansheng suddenly attacked the Queen Mother. Ruoqing did not hesitate at all and chose to protect Fang Kexin at the first moment.

Faced with Ruoqing's reaction, Li Xuansheng burst out laughing.

He was somewhat surprised that this evil-minded empress dowager could actually cultivate such a loyal servant.

He comforted Lu Qingqing in his arms and ordered He Qing to send her back to Yinglan Pavilion to rest.

"Qingqing, go back and rest first. I will come to see you later."

Lu Qingqing looked at the tense situation between the Queen Mother and Li Xuansheng, and knew that the contest between them was about to break out, so she nodded obediently and followed He Qing out of the Imperial Garden.

She didn't want to watch the fight between the mother and son, for fear of accidentally getting herself covered in blood.

After sending Lu Qingqing away, Li Xuansheng had no more worries and was more relaxed in dealing with the empress dowager.

His voice was deep and filled with anger, and he looked down at Ruoqing who was standing in front of the Queen Mother.

"What shall I do?"

"Look at what you have done first?"

The Queen Mother was not at all afraid of Li Xuansheng's questioning. On the contrary, she preferred this kind of direct confrontation.

She became even more arrogant and sneered provocatively and sharply.

She didn't want to hide what happened tonight from Li Xuansheng at all.

She just wanted to let Li Xuansheng know what the price of provoking her was!

"Haha, that's right, it was Ai Jia who did it!"

"Li Xuansheng, you are so bold now that you dare to stop me. This is not the time when you begged me to call you mother!"

The Queen Mother talked about the past, but it did not make Li Xuansheng remember the old times. Instead, it made him even more disgusted.

Veins bulged on his forehead, his brows were furrowed, and his eyes were flashing with flames of anger, as if he wanted to pour out all his dissatisfaction and anger.

His breathing became heavy and rapid, as if a caged beast was roaring in his chest.

"What you did to me before, wasn't that enough?"

"Just because I don't pursue the matter now doesn't mean it's over!"

"But Lu Qingqing has nothing to do with you, why did you frame her like this?!"

Prince Jing stood behind Li Xuansheng.

He stared at Li Xuansheng's furious back.

That figure had stood in front of him countless times in the past, protecting him when he was once weak. However, he now felt that the figure in front of him seemed a little strange.

Is this still the fourth brother who kills people without making a single move?

He actually came into direct conflict with the Queen Mother for a woman!

He was increasingly unable to understand Li Xuansheng.

The Queen Mother sneered at the extremely angry Li Xuansheng - her goal was achieved.

It turned out that she underestimated how deeply Li Xuansheng loved Lu Qingqing.

There was no need to defile her, just putting Lu Qingqing in danger was enough to make Li Xuansheng furious.

"I just want you to experience the feeling of having something you cherish taken away from you!"

"How is it? Are you feeling better?"

Something you treasure?

Li Xuansheng understood the Queen Mother's intention clearly.

She had an affair with Zhao Ning and they were secretly colluding. Li Xuansheng had wanted to get rid of Zhao Ning for a long time, but he did not take action because of the Queen Mother's face.

Now, just taking the golden statue that Zhao Ning gave to the Queen Mother into the national treasury has triggered such vicious actions from her.

Unfortunately, the Queen Mother’s threat could not shake Li Xuansheng in the slightest.

He is the emperor, and no one can change his decision!

After the Wanshou Festival, the Queen Mother proposed to place the statues of the two immortals of harmony and unity in the Cining Palace for worship for a period of time and then put them into the national treasury. Originally, Li Xuansheng agreed.

But now, the Queen Mother has done such an extreme thing, he doesn't want to agree to it anymore.

It seems that the statue is the Queen Mother's treasured thing.

Li Xuansheng calmed down from his rage, and gave orders in an unstoppable voice.

"In that case——"

"Prince Jing! Take this fallen man back to the Dali Temple now!"

"Tomorrow, the statue will be placed in the national treasury."

Prince Jing quickly accepted the order, "I obey your order!"

After Li Xuansheng finished speaking, he turned away, and Prince Jing followed closely behind him.

The guards who were originally surrounding the Queen Mother also followed Li Xuansheng's footsteps and dispersed, leaving the Queen Mother and her entourage alone.

The Imperial Garden returned to silence at night.

……

Inside Yinglan Pavilion.

Not long after Lu Qingqing returned to her palace, Erxi also stumbled back.

As soon as she entered the hall, she rushed straight to Lu Qingqing, her voice trembling with tears.

"My lady, how are you? I was so worried about you!"

It turned out that the eunuch in the Imperial Household Department who was in charge of book binding had been bribed by the Empress Dowager in advance.

If other palaces wanted to bind books, they only had to leave them there and the Imperial Household Department would be responsible for binding them.

However, the Queen Mother specifically instructed that if Erxi went to bind the books, she must be kept by all means and must not be allowed to leave until she has completed the binding herself.

It took Erxi a long time to finish binding the book. After finishing, she hurried back to the Cining Palace, but she didn't expect that the Cining Palace was empty.

Just as she was standing outside the Cining Palace at a loss, she unexpectedly met Eunuch Xiao Song, the apprentice of Eunuch He Qing. Eunuch Xiao Song told her that Concubine Lu was in danger and had been sent back to Yinglan Pavilion by his master, so Erxi hurried back.

When Lu Qingqing saw Erxi sweating and looking exhausted, she knew how anxious she was about her own affairs.

She smiled and pinched Erxi's face, which had turned red due to anxiety, and comforted him softly, "It's okay, Erxi, it's all over."

Everything that happened tonight, in addition to putting Lu Qingqing in danger, also unexpectedly brought her some surprises.

At that time, Li Xuansheng looked at her with that affectionate and nervous look - it didn't look like he was pretending.

Maybe Li Xuansheng was also attracted to her?

Unfortunately, Lu Qingqing didn't care about the emperor's love at all. The only thing that interested her was the phoenix throne beside the emperor.

Before tonight, she still had doubts about Li Xuansheng's favor.

But at this moment, she felt a little more confident.

She only needed a little bit of Li Xuansheng's favoritism to add some weight to the scales of Shengxin and make him fall completely to her side.

When he parted with Li Xuansheng in the Imperial Garden, he said that he would come to see her tonight.

She recalled that on the day of her longevity, Concubine Shu had dyed her palace dress with Rhodiola rosea juice, which caused her to become drunk and develop a rash on her face.

Tonight is a good time for her to take revenge on Concubine Shu!

Lu Qingqing instructed Xiaotao to simply treat the scratches on her back from the stone wall, and then changed into the dark purple palace dress sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the day of the Emperor's Birthday.

She developed a rash due to alcohol abuse, which was caused by her physical constitution.

But what if Li Xuansheng got a rash due to drinking?

Some people should start to suspect that there is another reason behind this!

Lu Qingqing instructed Erxi to prepare several dishes that Li Xuansheng liked in advance.

In addition, prepare a pot of peach blossom wine.

She was completely confident about tonight's plan and was just waiting for Li Xuansheng to arrive.