The female supporting role turns over: the prince regent's favorite

Chapter 412 The Lotus Step Swings on Lin Qingqian
Concubine Shu's voice was not low, and the emperor also heard the movement, put down his wine glass, and asked with concern: "My concubine, I see that your complexion is not very good, but did that short-sighted concubine make Ai concubine angry?"

As soon as the words fell, Lin Qingwu's eyes flashed, and he took the lead to say: "Father, the lotus flower you sent to my concubine, my concubine likes it very much, but when I was in the imperial garden just now, Qingwu looked beautiful, so I asked my concubine to take it down and carefully examine it." Look, I carelessly put it on the seat and forgot to return it to my concubine and came here, but now I ask the maid to go back to look for it, but the lotus flower has disappeared."

Lin Qingwu looked guilty, and said: "My concubine really likes this lotus walker, I beg my father to find it for my concubine, otherwise Qingwu will feel guilty and restless."

The emperor has always loved concubine Shu, and he said immediately after hearing the words: "Come here, pass on my order to let the maids and eunuchs go to the imperial garden to look for it, and I must find the lotus flower of my concubine."

"Father, just now the concubine's maid of honor has gone to look for it, and she said she has never seen it. Qing Wu suspects that some court lady secretly hid her concubine's lotus flower step because of her wealth."

The queen really couldn't see it, the ministers and family members of the court were all present, the emperor was so concerned about trivial matters such as the concubine's missing step.

The queen snorted coldly, and said: "It's just a mere step, and if you don't see it, you will disappear. Now it's at the banquet, why should Concubine Shu spend so much time looking for a step?"

Concubine Shu has always been at odds with the Empress, when the Empress opened her mouth, Concubine Shu didn't want to care too much about losing a step, but now it is different.

Concubine Shu looked at the emperor wanting to cry but not crying, she was so charming.

"Your majesty, this is the step you gave to your concubine. It is unique. The concubine treats it like a treasure. If it is lost, even if the emperor does not blame the concubine, the concubine will feel guilty and feel so sad... How can the empress empress say that she is nothing more than a mere one?" It's just a step, and this step is more important to the concubine than life."

Seeing Concubine Shu's appearance like this, the emperor was very distressed, and quickly coaxed: "My dear concubine, don't cry... It's really an accident that I lost this step. I know it all, and I don't blame you."

"No, if you can't find Bu Yao, what face will this concubine have to face the emperor again? Concubine, concubine..."

The emperor immediately said: "Look for it! I will definitely find it for my concubine! If there are court ladies secretly hiding your lotus flower walker after seeing the money, they will search every court lady until they are found! After finding it, I will punish you severely." This maid of honor!"

Concubine Shu sobbed a bit, and said delicately: "My concubine, I thank the emperor."

The queen caught a glimpse of Concubine Shu smiling at her, with a triumphant expression on her delicate face, she was so angry that she gritted her teeth secretly, and the handkerchief in her hand was torn out of shape.

Lin Qingwu laughed secretly in her heart, the bigger the incident, the better, she wanted to see how Lin Qingqian would end up in a while!

Lin Qingwu said: "Father, in the imperial garden just now, besides the maids and eunuchs, there are many other people, such as the maids brought by the female family members. Naturally, the ladies of each family will not steal the steps of the mother and concubine, but it is inevitable. The two servant girls will have a wrong mind, so it would be safer for people to search for these servant girls as well."

The emperor heard the words and said: "Qing Wu's words are reasonable, let's do as you said, Li Quan, go and make arrangements, and we must find Concubine Shu's Bu Yao."

Li Quandao: "Yes, Your Majesty."

So all the maids in the Royal Garden were searched one by one, and the female relatives brought by the wives and ladies in the Hall of Supreme Harmony also came to search the body.

There were whispering voices in the Hall of Supreme Harmony for a while, and everyone should be discussing this matter.

Su Yingxue leaned close to Lin Qingqian's ear, curled her lips, and said, "Your elder sister is really rambunctious, and you want to search our maidservants. I don't know what you're thinking about."

Lin Qingqian frowned, feeling something was wrong in her heart.

Seeing that the court ladies were about to search for Lin Qingqian and the others, Chun Xia subconsciously tidied up her clothes, and suddenly felt something hard in the front of her clothes, she took it out and took a look.

His face suddenly turned pale.

What was in her hand was the lotus flower step that was lost in Concubine Shu's mouth.

Chun Xia was so frightened that she froze, her lips turned pale, and her lips trembled slightly, she shouted: "Little...Miss..."

Lin Qingqian turned her head and saw Chunxia hiding in her hand the lotus flower walker, and she was also startled.

Chun Xia was so frightened that tears welled up in her eyes, she panicked and said: "Miss... I don't know why it's on me, I don't know why it's on me, I didn't take it, I didn't..."

Lin Qingqian quickly remembered that Zhu Hong bumped into Chun Xia just now.

She is not stupid, how could she fail to understand the clues.

Su Yingxue was also anxious, and asked in a panic: "Qingqian, what should we do now?"

Lin Qingqian's mind was spinning quickly. In an emergency, she came to the only conclusion that this lotus walk must not be found on Chunxia, ​​otherwise, no matter whether she took it or not, no one else would care. A maid's life is worthless. , will surely die.

It's all because of her carelessness!

Seeing that the palace maid was about to search, Lin Qingqian quickly took the lotus flower walker from Chunxia's hand, and said quickly in a low voice: "Chunxia, ​​don't say anything later, do you understand?"

Before Chun Xia could react, Lin Qingqian walked to the center of the hall with a lotus flower in her hand, knelt down and saluted, and said, "I see the emperor and the empress, and the imperial concubine."

The emperor looked at Lin Qingqian suspiciously, "Miss San, this is..."

Lin Qingqian presented the lotus flower bud in her hand, and said: "Your Majesty, my servant deserves to die, the imperial concubine's lotus bud is in the hands of my servant, but I forgot to return it to the noble concubine as soon as I took it."

As soon as the words fell, Lin Qingwu's eyes concealed a trace of complacency, and he couldn't wait to say: "Third sister, you really must have disappointed my concubine. You used to be ignorant in the mansion, but now you are in the palace. , you dare to hide it so boldly!"

Lin Qingqian's eyes were clear, neither humble nor overbearing, and said: "Sister, Qingqian just said that she forgot to return it to the imperial concubine at the first time, why did you conclude that I hid this lotus flower step?"

"If you hadn't kept it privately, how could this lotus flower walker be in your hands!"

As soon as the words fell, the others started whispering one after another, Yuemo said: "Princess Hao is right...how could this lotus flower step be in the hands of Miss San?"

Lin Qingqian didn't show any guilt on her delicate face, she straightened her waist and knelt, and said, "This lotus flower step was given to me by a court lady, who said that the imperial concubine left it in the imperial garden, please bring me the Taihe The palace is returned to the imperial concubine."

"Nothing to prove, third sister, you said it was given to you by a palace lady, is it a palace lady who gave it to you?"

As soon as the words fell, Su Yingxue stood up uncontrollably, and said: "Your Majesty, I can testify for the third lady. I came to the Hall of Supreme Harmony with her. On the way, there was indeed a maid who gave her the lotus walk. After coming to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the courtier and the third young lady had a very happy chat, which caused her to forget to return the lotus swing to the imperial concubine for a while."

Lin Qingwu sneered, and said: "Miss Su and the third younger sister are friends, this is well known, what Miss Su said, how can she testify to the third younger sister, unless she herself proves that a court lady gave her the lotus walk , this counts!"

Lin Qingqian narrowed her eyes slightly, and said, "Then elder sister... May I ask how Qingqian can prove it?"

Lin Qingwu stared at her, and said word by word: "Didn't you say that a court lady gave you the lotus walk? The appearance of this court lady must be remembered by the third younger sister, and the emperor ordered that today's Royal Garden be the maid on duty. Come here, Third Younger Sister will identify this person from among these court ladies!"

She would like to see Lin Qingwu identify this court lady out of nothing!

(End of this chapter)