Chapter 14 Counting is Counting

Shen Miaoling looked at Min Qingrou with a serious face, with an admonition in her voice that could not be ignored!

Min Qingrou nodded in panic, her hands tightly twisted together, but when her gaze crossed Shen Miaoling's calm face, a trace of light flashed from her eyes.

"Sister, you sit down first and drink a cup of tea to suppress the shock. ”

Seeing that Min Qingrou seemed to be frightened, Shen Miaoling hurriedly helped her to sit down at the table, and poured a cup of tea and sent it to her.

"Miaoling, fortunately with you, otherwise the consequences may be unimaginable!"

Min Qingrou's face palpitated, and the hand holding the teacup trembled a little.

"Sister, don't be afraid, it's okay. Shen Miaoling patted Min Qingrou's shoulder comfortingly.

"Miaoling, how do you know that the ointment is poisonous?" Min Qingrou asked with a puzzled look up.

"Coincidentally, I just wanted to visit my sister, but when I heard their master and servant whispering, I realized that she had poisoned what she rewarded you for, trying to poison you so that you could no longer obtain the favor of the prince!

"It's really too deceitful! Although she is the princess, she can't poison the master so blatantly! Master, you can't let her bully anymore, you must tell the prince about this matter!"

Fate is full of righteous indignation. I thought that the master had gained grace, and the princess would act with scruples, but who knew that she would become even worse!

"No! Since she dares to do this, she must have made thorough preparations, and if you rashly denounce her, the prince may not believe it! And she will definitely deny it, and in the end, she may even bite you back!"

Shen Miaoling immediately rejected Yuanqiao's proposal and calmly analyzed the situation. "Sister, you have just obtained the favor of the prince, and the foundation is not stable, it is not a wise move to fight with the princess at this time!"

"But if the princess treats my master like this, is it just that it can't be counted? If she continues like this, I'm afraid that sooner or later the master will be poisoned! Concubine Shen Niangniang is not a slave who worries about the sky, but has already learned from the past!"

"Yuanqiao, do you know anything?" Shen Miaoling immediately heard Yuanqiao's words, turned her head and asked.

Yuan Qiao gritted his teeth, hesitated for a moment, and still told the truth he knew.

"Don't hide it from Concubine Shen, the drowning of my master is the princess's conspiracy! She knows that the master often goes to the mirror pond to enjoy the lotus and feed the fish, so she privately sent someone to push the master into the mirror pond!

Min Qingrou lowered her eyelids, and her hands clasped together subconsciously tightened.

"So, she has already started to attack her sister?" Shen Miaoling also had a gloomy face. She really didn't expect Thyme to be so quick to hold back. Originally, she had suspicions about Min Qingrou's sudden drowning, but there was no evidence, and she didn't dare to speculate. Now I hear fate say this, then eight or nine are not far from ten!

From the first day she entered the mansion, she knew that Thyme was jealous of Min Qingrou's appearance, and even if she was not favored at all, she still couldn't tolerate her.

"Yes! Concubine Shen, you are really good friends with my master in this courtyard, and if I say this, it will be equivalent to putting my life in your hands! Please help my master!"

Yuan Qiao knew that her master was weak by nature and couldn't do anything at all, so she said this because she wanted Shen Miaoling to stand out for her master. Of course, she felt that Shen Miaoling was really good friends with her master, so she would boldly say what she saw.

"Good girl! I know you are loyal to your sister, don't worry! My sister's business is my business, I will help my sister to the end!"

"Don't! Miaoling, it will affect you! She is a princess with a noble status, how can I fight her? If she dares to harm me like this, she will definitely not take you seriously! Miaoling, I would rather not see the prince in the future, so that she will not harm me again, right?"

Shen Miaoling's statement made Min Qingrou shake her head again and again, and deliberately expressed her intention to withdraw from the battle in the palace.

"Sister, I'm afraid it's too late!" Shen Miaoling once again seriously denied Min Qingrou's naΓ―ve thoughts.

"Yes, master, now that you have succeeded in serving, I am afraid that the princess has regarded you as a thorn in her side, and she has always been jealous of your appearance, I am afraid that this time she will never let you go again!"

Coincidentally, she has been by Min Qingrou's side all these years, but she is more transparent than she can see.

"Well, what should I do? Isn't there a way for me to go? Won't I be able to quit? If I don't have this look, will the princess let me go?"

Min Qing caressed her face softly, her eyes filled with tears.

"What kind of nonsense is my sister talking about? Even if you retreat like this, she may not be willing to let you go! Sister, you can only save your life by being self-reliant and self-reliant!"

Listening to Min Qingrou's tone, there seemed to be a hint of wanting to harm herself, and Shen Miaoling immediately reprimanded her harshly.

And the fate on the side also looked at his master in surprise. Yesterday, when facing the plum and snow willows, he was calm and sharp, why did he turn back to cowardice and retreat in one day?

Yuan happened to be a little confused, and looked at his master suspiciously.

"Self-reliance and self-improvement?" Min Qingrou raised her head and said with tears in her eyes: "How can I improve myself? I have no power, no power, and no strong family background, and I am basically the same as Princess Baili! Miaoling, I'm really scared! What should I do?"

"Sister, don't be afraid, I'm still here, I won't watch her bully you! Don't worry, I will definitely help you!"

Shen Miaoling's expression was firm, and her eyes were sincere, not like a fake. Min Qingrou secretly thought to herself, what did this sister of Concubine Shen, who was so sincere to her, think in her heart?

Did she really want to help her? Why?

She was very sure that Shen Miaoling's mind was not pure, but at this moment, her expression was so sincere, it didn't look like a hypocrisy. Did she have any other purpose? For a moment she was a little confused.

"Sister, although it is not appropriate to rashly tell the prince about today's poisoning, but the princess is so arrogant, we can't stand still!"

"Then, what should I do?" Min Qingrou looked at Shen Miaoling, her eyes flashing.

"We're going to find a way to give her a warning!"

"Concubine Shen, don't sell Guanzi! If you have any way, just say it, and the slave and maid will definitely fully cooperate!"

"Come, listen to me, in three days it will be a monthly family banquet in the house, and we can do something on that day!"

"Family banquet, what family banquet?" was stunned, Min Qingrou asked puzzled.

"The family banquet is a big dinner in the palace, and this rule is set by the prince, but no one knows why. But there is no such banquet in other palaces, which shows that it is not exclusive to the royal family. On the 14th day of every month, rain or shine, it will be carried out as usual, and every time the prince of the family banquet will invite the best chef in Kyoto to cook the best meal. ”

Shen Miaoling saw Min Qingrou's puzzled face, and only said that her memory had not recovered since she drowned, so she patiently explained.

"How can there be such a strange rule?" Hearing Shen Miaoling's words, Min Qingrou frowned and whispered.

This Situ Yue is really incomprehensible. There are a lot of quirks, and there are so many rules!

"Although no one knows the reason, almost everyone in the Qi Palace's Mansion knows about it. Master, at this banquet, all the ladies of the palace must attend, regardless of whether they are favored or not. That day was also a very special day, because on the day of the family banquet, no matter who made any mistakes, the prince would be punished lightly. ”

Seeing that the master still didn't seem to understand, he hurriedly solved her doubts.

"What fate said is right, if we fight back head-on, I am afraid that the princess will be angry, and the Baili family will not let us go. So we have to take advantage of this, so that the prince can see the true face of the princess clearly, but not so much that she will be too embarrassed. Shen Miaoling nodded.

"This is also a solution, but there is one point, how to warn the princess?" Min Qingrou lowered her head slightly, as if she was thinking bitterly, but in fact, she was amazed by Shen Miaoling's calm mind. How could an ordinary concubine have such a mind? This Concubine Shen should not be underestimated.

"Sister, I plan to deliberately hurt myself at the family banquet, and then you can naturally take out the ointment given by the princess and kindly apply it to me! As long as I am poisoned, even if the princess denies it, not being able to convict her can make her wake up, and she will know that you are on guard in the future, and she will have some scruples about doing it to you again!"

"You're going to use this ointment on yourself? How can this work? It's too risky!" Min Qingrou immediately retorted.

Although this trick is very clever for Shen Miaoling, it is a risky move to try this poisonous health cream in person. Would Shen Miaoling really make such a sacrifice for her? She was very skeptical.

"Don't worry, sister, I've learned a few fists and kicks, and I've always been in good health! And I'll find someone to neutralize the toxicity in this ointment in advance, as long as I take care of the weight, it should be fine!"

Shen Miaoling smiled easily.

"Is it really possible? Or forget it, what if something goes wrong?"

Min Qingrou pretended to be worried.

Seeing that Min Qingrou wanted to retreat again, Shen Miaoling hurriedly said: "Sister, don't worry! This matter is settled! Yuanqiao will also help to take care of everything from the side, sister rest assured!"

"Master, this time I'll listen to Concubine Shen!" Seeing that fate was also persuading, Min Qingrou had to nod.

"Sister, give me the ointment, I'm going to make some preparations. ”

"Miaoling, you must be careful. ”

Min Qingrou carefully handed over the body cream to Shen Miaoling, and instructed uneasily.

"Sister, don't worry!" Shen Miaoling took the ointment, then got up and said goodbye and left.

Although she agreed on the surface, Min Qingrou actually had other plans in her heart. This feast is indeed a good occasion to use, but it is difficult to say what you can do with it!

It's not a wise move to be clever under Situ Yue's nose, Situ Yue is not easy to fool, she has to be cautious.

The family feast came as scheduled.

As Shen Miaoling said, on this day, the house really started to get busy early in the morning.

The masters of each courtyard were also informed early to dress up for the banquet on time, and the venue was set up in the Taste Hall in the central hall.

Because this is the most favorable day to please Situ Yue, all the concubines and concubines have done their best to dress up and show off their flowers, in order to win Situ Yue's favor.

After a busy day, the banquet finally began at the halfway point of the Shen hour.

Min Qingrou looked at the delicacies on that table, dishes that she couldn't see on weekdays, and she was not very surprised.

This King of Qi is very simple on weekdays, why is it so extravagant and wasteful today? This whole banquet can be called luxurious, and you can see gold cups and silver cups everywhere, is it because this banquet is special, or is it because the day is special?

On the fourteenth day of the month, what is so special about this day? It's really puzzling.