The Self-cultivation of a Salted Fish Concubine

Concubine Lu was beaten with twenty sticks and was carried back to Qingfengyuan.

After closing the courtyard door, the two maids Kingfisher and Ying'er who served her burst into tears.

"Master, you scared me to death!"

Concubine Lu's face turned pale with pain, but she felt relieved. "Why are you crying? The two hidden dangers have been solved. You should be happy for me."

The kingfisher and the oriole wiped their tears and didn't know what to say for a moment.

These two people were good friends of Concubine Lu when she was a maid.

As soon as Concubine Lu came to power, she promoted the two of them to be head maids.

Therefore, the three of them did not follow such strict rules when speaking.

The kingfisher was impatient and quite annoyed: "Are you still happy? It seems that the blow was not light enough!"

Ying'er whispered, "My master doesn't know. When Madam Li brought people to search the house, I was almost scared to death!"

Concubine Lu was still in pain, groaning and occasionally saying a word.

"I didn't hurt anyone, what's there to be afraid of?"

The kingfisher gritted his teeth and said, "You are not afraid anymore, after all, you have been beaten."

Concubine Lu glared at her and said, "How dare you say that to me?"

Kingfisher snorted, tears suddenly falling, and patted Concubine Lu, "You said you wanted to be beaten, so we two will go with you and take your place."

Ying'er also nodded and looked at her and said, "It's a good bottom, but it was spanked like this. Not to mention Your Majesty, even we servants feel a little disgusted just looking at it."

Concubine Lu & Kingfisher: "..."

After sending away the somewhat naive Ying'er, Concubine Lu finally had time to have a heart-to-heart talk with Kingfisher.

The kingfisher sighed, "It's good that he got caught stealing. It saves me from living in constant fear that one day the truth will come out and you will suffer, and me too."

Concubine Lu rolled her eyes at her and didn't want to talk.

The kingfisher said disdainfully, "I told you not to do such a wicked thing. If you had stolen from someone else, you wouldn't have been punished so severely."

"A maid climbed into bed and then turned around to steal her own master's things. Just listen to how awful this would sound if it were spread out to others!!"

Concubine Lu closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep, not answering.

Kingfisher suddenly leaned closer and asked, "Speaking of which, why do you have to get involved in the affairs of Concubine Li and Concubine Han?"

Concubine Lu was silent for a while before she said, "She gave me two thousand taels."

Kingfisher poked her between the eyebrows in hatred, "You are useless!"

"Since she can offer two thousand taels, you should at least raise the price and ask her for four thousand taels, right?!"

Concubine Lu: “…”

Xie Run and Concubine Li speculated several times about the reason why Concubine Lu helped Concubine Han.

it's actually really easy.

Concubine Lu is greedy for money, but Concubine Han has plenty of it.

The two sides reached an agreement very quickly.

"What did you do with that thing?" Kingfisher asked, "I was so worried you'd leave any traces today that I was scared to death."

Concubine Lu continued to roll her eyes, "I didn't harm her in the first place! How could you find evidence of her crime?"

Kingfisher opened his eyes wide in surprise: "But didn't you accept the two thousand taels from Han's concubine?"

"I did accept her money. She didn't ask me to harm Concubine Li. She just asked me to bring a musk-scented sachet to Qingzhu Courtyard every day."

"Didn't I just do what she said?"

Concubine Lu said confidently, "Now that Concubine Li has falsely accused me, these two thousand taels are what I deserve."

She knew that because she frequently visited Qingzhuyuan, people secretly called her shameless.

So what if I'm thick-skinned?

At least she has to stay alive first!

Being thick-skinned can make money, and with money she can eat well, dress well, sleep well, and never lack charcoal.

Then why isn't she thick-skinned?!

She called out to Kingfisher, "Take down the scent bag hanging on the head of the bed for me."

Kingfisher is tough on the outside but soft on the inside, always saying things that show his disdain for Concubine Lu, but he is very efficient at his work.

He immediately took the sachet down and was frightened when he smelled the scent. "Are you asking for death? You haven't thrown this thing away yet?!"

Thinking that the thing in his hand might affect women's fertility, Kingfisher almost threw it away.

After a while, she suddenly said, "That's not right! Your sachet is so obvious, how come Mother Li didn't notice it?"

Concubine Lu said calmly, "Because it can't harm anyone!"

"I've already disposed of the scented bag that Concubine Han gave me. I asked someone to make a scented bag with similar fragrance using spices and hang it on my body."

"I just want to make money. If I really harm the prince's offspring, I will lose my life."

She is just greedy for money, not life-threatening.

Anyway, Concubine Han only asked her to wear the sachet to visit Concubine Li every day, but she didn't ask her to cause Concubine Li to have a miscarriage?

Concubine Lu took advantage of the loophole in Concubine Han's words.

Not only did she complete Han Shiqie's task, she also got the money and didn't have to take any responsibility.

Concubine Han didn't know either.

After all, who says that smelling musk will definitely cause miscarriage or miscarriage?

The kingfisher heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. "My ancestor, why didn't you tell me?"

Concubine Lu: "You can't act."

"If I told you, how could Concubine Li and her maid see your guilty conscience and then suspect me?"

Concubine Lu didn't know that it was the people around Xie Run who smelled the musky scent on her.

She just thought that there was a capable person around Concubine Li, and she found out about it herself.

The kingfisher was blocked by her and didn't know what to say.

"wrong!"

Kingfisher noticed something was wrong. "Didn't Concubine Li say that every time we left, she felt nauseous?"

Concubine Lu snorted softly, "Who knows if it's just her own fault?"

After a while, she continued, "You're not naive enough to think that Concubine Han relies entirely on me to deal with Concubine Li, are you?"

kingfisher:"……"

Concubine Lu laughed at her, "You are so stupid!"

"She and I have no kinship, and we struck a deal based on two thousand taels of silver. If I take the money and don't do the job, or even turn against her, what do you think she'll do?"

Kingfisher: "What about her?"

Concubine Lu: “…”

"Of course she held back!"

"I'm afraid that if I think of biting her back, she'll immediately put all the blame on me. Do you believe it?"

The kingfisher nodded: "Of course I believe it!"

Concubine Lu snorted softly, "I'm afraid this is just a trick she spent two thousand taels of silver on. The real reason why Concubine Li is uncomfortable is something else."

The kingfisher shuddered violently.

"This backyard is really dangerous."

Concubine Lu sighed and said nothing more. She said to Kingfisher, "Put the sachet in the brazier and burn it later."

"This thing that invites disaster must not be left here."

Leaning on the bed, Concubine Lu slowly closed her eyes.

"Forget it, I will only do this evil thing this once."

The kingfisher tucked her in and said with a smile, "You earned two thousand taels in one go, which is enough money to support you for half your life."