Qiao Jingru silently glanced at the brocade box on the table and secretly thought that if this thing was stuffed in her waist, wouldn't she feel a little panic?

"Then I'll go and come back to you in two days."

Qiao Jingru said calmly: "No need."

Lu Chao left without looking back.

Don't listen, don't listen!

Mother Ding has been following him, preventing him from coming back halfway.

When passing by the garden, I happened to see Mrs. Qiao walking towards me in a hurry. When I saw Lu Chao, I was stunned for a moment: "How did you get in?"

A servant came to report that Lu Chao had appeared in Qiao's residence and walked to Ru'er's yard. She was shocked and was about to go see what was going on.

Lu Chao touched his nose awkwardly. Of course, he couldn't say that he crawled in through a dog hole. Not only would it damage his image of being charming and suave, but it would also prevent the Qiao family from finding out that they had blocked the dog hole, and he would be rejected next time.

It is inconvenient to come in when the gate is open.

"Greetings to my mother, my son-in-law is going back first, and I will come to see my mother next time."

Mrs. Qiao looked at Lu Chao's leaving figure and looked for her daughter with a suspicious look on her face.

Qiao Jingru was staring at the brocade box in a daze. The box was opened by Liangchen, revealing the clear jasper bracelet inside. It was a fine variety and rare in the world.

Thinking about it, the things the emperor sent out were not bad.

Lu Xiang didn't know that Lu Chao went to Qiao's house again. She was summoned by Zhen Concubine and entered the palace.

Before going to Yanxi Palace, she first went to see Empress Song.

Because Lu Xiang was injured and had not been in the palace for more than a month, Empress Song was overjoyed when she saw her.

"Xiangxiang, how is your injury? Why did you suddenly enter the palace? Is there something wrong?"

Empress Song asked Lu Xiang to greet her, which made Lu Xiang feel warm in her heart.

She smiled and said: "Thank you for your concern, your Majesty. The injury has been greatly healed. Your Majesty, Concubine Zhen, has something to see me. I haven't come to the palace to visit you for so long. I hope you will forgive me."

Empress Song gave her an angry look: "Excuse me, you were implicated by Lao Ba and suffered an unjust disaster. I can't wait to leave the palace to see you."

"I'm worried about you, how are you doing lately?" Lu Xiang asked.

The version that Queen Song knew was the same as that known by everyone. She only thought that she was accidentally injured by the killer who assassinated Chu Jinyan on the street. Lu Xiang did not dare to tell the queen the truth for fear that the queen would be furious and rush to the princess mansion to arrest Chu Hui.

I'd rather be beaten half to death.

With the Queen's affectionate character, this is really hard to say.

As the mother of a country, everything she says and does is of great importance. Lu Xiang feels that it is better not to let the empress worry about such trivial matters.

"That's it." Empress Song snorted coldly: "No matter how much the people in the harem jump around, I can still suppress them."

The main reason is that the good concubines were still fresh in their minds, and the good concubines were demoted to concubines, so no one dared to commit crimes in the limelight. As for those trivial matters, they could not be brought to the forefront in front of Empress Song.

Lu Xiang felt a little distressed when she saw Empress Song.

Everyone only saw the high dignity of being a queen, but no one thought about how much turmoil was hidden under this dignity.

Empress Song felt Lu Xiang's distress and felt warm in her heart.

"Since I have something to do with you, concubine Zhen, go quickly and come over later to have lunch with me." Empress Song said with a smile.

Lu Xiang nodded.

Yun Lu immediately said happily: "That slave will show off her skills later and cook more of Miss Third's favorite dishes."

Lu Xiang looked at Yunlu and said with a smile: "I can't bear to have Aunt Yunlu work so hard. I will eat whatever is arranged. I am not picky about food."

Yun Lu was so coaxed by Lu Xiang that she was so happy that she covered her mouth and giggled: "Miss Third is really good at talking. It's not hard for me to be a slave at all."

Lu Xiang came out of Jingren Palace and went to Yanxi Palace where Zhenbi lived.

As early as Lu Xiang entered the palace, Concubine Zhen knew that she had gone to Jingren Palace first. Not to mention that she had such a close relationship with the Empress that she should go to see the Empress first. Even if not, the concubine's family members should be the first to go to the palace.

Time to pay your respects to the queen.

"Empress, the third young lady is here." Su Wei walked into the hall and said with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Xiang came in.

"Greetings to Concubine Zhen, Concubine Jin'an." Lu Xiang bowed respectfully.

Concubine Zhen quickly pulled her up: "Quickly excuse me, Suwei, and bring over the iced mung bean drink."

"Yes." Su Wei responded and quickly brought the mung bean drink over.

"Third Miss, you must have been too hot along the way. Please drink some of it. Your Majesty has already told me to prepare it." Su said with a smile.

Lu Xiang looked at Concubine Zhen and said, "Thank you very much, aunt."

Concubine Zhen said with a gentle expression: "As a family, you are so polite to your aunt. The injury you sustained is healed. You shouldn't have been allowed to walk around freely. You should have a good rest, but after I heard about Lu Chao's incident, I didn't

I know the details, and after much deliberation, it would be most appropriate to ask you to come in and ask."

As the emperor's concubine, she could not leave the palace easily, and her mother in the palace was old. She heard that she had a lot of headaches because of Lu Chao. Apart from Lu Xiang, she really didn't know who to ask for information.

So after calling Fu Yue out of the palace and asking about Lu Xiang's injury, she was called into the palace.

Lu Xiang took a sip of the mung bean drink and said, "My injury is almost healed. Auntie, don't worry."

"That's good. I have a century-old ginseng in my warehouse. You can take it back later to replenish your health." Concubine Zhen said, "Although you are all in the capital now, I am in the palace and still can't get the news in time. Really

I didn't expect Aunt Yao to be such a vicious person, and Lu Chao was also confused."

Lu Xiang: "Grandma felt sorry for my aunt that it was not easy for her in the palace. She was not willing to let her worry about things in the palace anymore, so she deliberately hid it. Fortunately, it didn't lead to a big mistake. How did my aunt know about it?"

Hearing this, Concubine Zhen laughed helplessly: "Lu Chao came to the palace to see me. I was also puzzled at first. This child has never come to me for anything. Only after meeting him did I learn that such a big incident happened in the mansion some time ago.

matter."

Lu Xiang looked shocked: "He entered the palace?"

"Yes." Concubine Zhen didn't know what she thought of, and gritted her teeth: "They took away a pair of jade bracelets and a thousand taels of silver from me, saying they wanted to buy a gift for Jingru. By the way, what happened to Jingru's child?

"

This brat had a sweet mouth, and he softened her heart with just a few words.

The corner of Lu Xiang's mouth twitched slightly, and she was speechless to Lu Chao: "Sister-in-law returned to Qiao's house. Fortunately, we arrived in time and no tragedy occurred. However, my sister-in-law's mood was greatly affected by these things. I sent her away a few days ago.

I came to reconcile with Li Shu, but the eldest brother is unwilling to reconcile with Li."

Concubine Zhen sighed faintly: "Your eldest brother is determined to repent. As the prodigal son returns, he will never be replaced by gold. I think he will be devoted to Jingru in the future. You have always been on good terms with her. Please give her some free advice. We have a good family. There is no need to break up."

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This world has always been harsh on women, and a divorced woman is bound to have a difficult life.
Chapter completed!