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

When Concubine Shu heard that the emperor had arrived, she suddenly became panicked.

Isn’t the emperor meeting in the Qianqing Palace? Why is he coming to the harem at this time?

The emperor was accompanied by Concubine Xian.

After the virtuous concubine separated from Erxi and Yue'er, she immediately went to the Qianqing Palace to see the emperor. She did not tell the emperor the cause and effect, but only said that she envied the concubine Shu for getting the peach blossoms bestowed by the emperor, and wanted to invite the emperor to enjoy them together.

But no matter what the reason, the emperor came.

A glimmer of hope rose in Lu Qingqing's heart, which had already felt as hopeless as despair.

When she was still a maid in the flower room, she had already heard the story of Concubine Shu being the most favored among the six palaces. She knew in her heart that Lu Qingqing was unable to compete with Concubine Shu in terms of favor and status.

But, maybe, just maybe?

Perhaps Li Xuansheng is willing to listen to the whole story, or perhaps the balance in his heart is willing to lean towards his side.

What is more terrifying than having no hope is facing the collapse of hope.

Lu Qingqing closed her eyes and didn't dare to think any further.

"Qingqing! Qingqing!"

Lu Qingqing, who was freezing cold, was suddenly surrounded by a warm embrace. The familiar touch made her both surprised and surprised.

As soon as Li Xuansheng stepped into the gate of Xianfu Palace, he saw Lu Qingqing lying on the ground. He felt his heart tighten for a moment, and without caring about the majesty of the emperor, he took the soaked Lu Qingqing into his arms in the next second.

"Your Majesty... you are finally here..."

When the emperor stepped into the yard and rushed towards her, Lu Qingqing's heart finally settled down.

The nervous look on Li Xuansheng's face when he hugged her made her conclude that the emperor's heart was tilted towards her.

Lu Qingqing did not expect to become the emperor's beloved, she just wanted to be a little more favored than others.

The opportunity to use this favoritism to strike back at Concubine Shu has come!

"Your Majesty...I don't know...how did I offend Concubine Shu...I don't know..."

Lu Qingqing sobbed and finished her words before fainting in Li Xuansheng's arms.

The rest of the words did not need to be said by Lu Qingqing herself. She only needed to place her delicate jade hands with blisters on the side of Li Xuansheng's hands, or rub her wet black hair against Li Xuansheng's neck, and everything would be self-explanatory.

The bright red visual impact and cool touch are far more impactful than straightforward language.

Li Xuansheng saw Lu Qingqing fainted in his arms, her eyes closed, her face pale, and her usually plump and soft red lips now sunburned.

He reached out his hand to wipe the water droplets dripping from Lu Qingqing's face and found that her forehead was a little hot.

"Send me the imperial physician!!!"

Li Xuansheng picked up Lu Qingqing and walked directly to the main hall of Xianfu Palace.

He was worried that Yinglan Pavilion where Lu Qingqing lived was too far away, which would delay her treatment, so he decided to place her in Concubine Shu's bedroom nearby.

Concubine Shu was stunned where she stood. Her own bedroom was actually occupied by a woman from an official's family!

Since she entered the palace, he had never seen the emperor so nervous about a woman, let alone this woman was just a palace maid!

Not only Concubine Shu, but even Concubine Xian, who was always dignified and reserved, could not hide the look of surprise on her face.

After Li Xuansheng settled Lu Qingqing down, he immediately ordered the imperial physician to take her pulse and treat her.

Looking at Lu Qingqing lying unconscious on the bed, Li Xuansheng could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and turned around to go out of the hall.

The people in the courtyard seemed to have sensed the emperor's power and knelt on the ground in an orderly manner.

The Shufei, Xianfei, and Xuguan's daughter, along with their respective palace maids, dared not say a word.

Silence, stagnation, oppression.

The emperor's stern gaze swept across everyone in the courtyard, as if a sharp knife was cutting across everyone's eyebrows one by one, eagerly looking for the culprit of this incident.

"Who did it?"

Still silence.

"I'll ask one last time! Who did it?" The silence of the crowd ignited the emperor's emotions, and his cruel voice was mixed with anger.

Finally, Concubine Shu couldn't stand the pressure anymore and cried to Li Xuansheng tremblingly, "The official's daughter humiliated me and I punished her according to the palace rules, but I didn't expect her to faint so soon."

Unfortunately, Concubine Shu's explanation did not calm Li Xuansheng's anger.

"Bully you? Tell me, how could she be so capable of bullying your concubine?"

"She...she...she deliberately destroyed the peach tree that you gave to me as a reward...She pulled the tree up by the roots, and the leaves were wilted in the scorching sun." Concubine Shu hesitated and made up a ridiculous excuse.

Xian Fei, who was watching the show, almost hugged her expression. Pulling out a tree? It was worthy of the excuse that the foolish beauty Shu Fei could come up with.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Shu has wronged my young mistress!"

After listening to Concubine Shu's nonsense, Erxi finally couldn't bear it anymore and hurriedly defended Lu Qingqing.

"Your Majesty, my young lady did not damage it intentionally! It was the Concubine Shu who went to Yinglan Pavilion and insisted that my young lady and Ms. Xu come here together to transplant the flowers and plants!" Erxi spoke with emotion and every word was sincere.

"Since you came with us, you can speak!"

The Xu official girl kowtowed and said slowly, "Your Majesty, it was indeed the Lu official girl who destroyed the peach tree given by the emperor. I was watering the tree just now and accidentally spilled water on the Lu official girl. I beg to be punished."

what?

Erxi couldn't believe his ears.

Even Xu Guannu's maid Yue'er begged Concubine Xian to help her mistress, how could she slander her? ! She even took all the blame on herself!

At this time, the imperial physician came forward to report, diverting the anxiety in the hospital.

"Your Majesty, Miss Lu has woken up."

Li Xuansheng didn't bother to listen to their explanations. He was only concerned about Lu Qingqing's condition and couldn't wait to go to the bedroom to look after her.

"Qingqing, you finally woke up!" Li Xuansheng, who had been in a tense state, finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Lu Qingqing wake up. There was a hint of smile in his eyes full of heartache.

In fact, Lu Qingqing really had a fever, but fainting was fake.

Although there were three or four doors and windows between the bedroom and the outer courtyard, the powerful voice of the Xu official's daughter could still be heard faintly by Lu Qingqing.

If I don’t wake up, I won’t even have the chance to defend myself!

Lu Qingqing struggled to shed a few tears, leaned softly on Li Xuansheng's chest, and said softly:

"Your Majesty, it's all my fault. Concubine Shu ordered me to transplant the peach trees. Although the sun was scorching, I didn't dare delay for a moment. It's all because I was too weak and fainted due to the heat. Concubine Shu mistakenly thought I was lazy and splashed water on me to wake me up. It's only right that I should be punished by kneeling."

Li Xuansheng gently stroked Lu Qingqing's hands covered with blood blisters, and said distressedly, "Silly girl, you don't even know what Concubine Shu said about you, and you're still defending her."

However, Lu Qingqing was not stupid and she knew how those people outside the palace were throwing dirty water on her.

But she still had to cooperate with Li Xuansheng and pretend to be disappointed and aggrieved, "Madam Shufei, how could she?"

Li Xuansheng sighed, "You are simple-minded, so it's normal that you don't know about the intrigues in the harem. Don't worry, I will protect you in the future, and this kind of thing will not happen again."

The emperor's promise, is this a confession?

Lu Qingqing looked up and met Li Xuansheng's deep and loving gaze, feeling a little touched.