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Old Madam Lu went to the palace the next day to see the Empress Dowager. She did not go to Lu Wushuang. Even if she told Lu Wushuang, it might not be useful.
When the Empress Dowager heard that Ye Zhen almost had an accident, her face changed with fright. "In broad daylight, there are people who are so bold as to kidnap people in the street?"
"Empress Dowager, if it weren't for Yao Yao's help yesterday, I'm afraid today …" Old Madam Lu wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes. "Empress Dowager, please give justice to our Lu family and Yao Yao."
"Old Madam Lu, please get up. If you have anything to say, please say it. Ai jia treats Yao Yao as my own daughter. How can I not help her?" The Empress Dowager asked Aunt Cheng to help Old Madam Lu up.
Old Madam Lu angrily and depressingly told the story of Ye Zhen's encounter with Liu Hua in the Hundred Flower Garden and the three robbers she encountered when she left. Fortunately, Huang Fuchen rescued her. She also asked who ordered them to confess that they were from the eldest princess's residence.
"… Empress Dowager, our Lu family has always abided by the rules. The children in the family are not people who stir up trouble, and we have never offended the Eldest Princess. If we were to talk about offending someone, it would be the bet that Yao Yao made last time that made the Eldest Princess feel embarrassed. This is all a game between girls, how can they do something that could kill someone? If it wasn't for Mister Chen, our Yao Yao yesterday … I don't know what would have happened." Old Madam Lu's tears really gushed out when she spoke of the lingering fear.
The Empress Dowager's face was gloomy. She knew very well what kind of people the eldest princess and her daughter were. They could really do such a thing!
"Ai jia will give justice to your Lu family." The Empress Dowager said coldly.
Old Madam Lu bowed gratefully. "Thank you, Empress Dowager."
The Empress Dowager asked with concern, "How is Yao Yao? Was she frightened?"
"She had nightmares all day last night. She was frightened. How could a little girl encounter such a thing?" Old Madam Lu said distressingly.
In fact, Ye Zhen slept dreamlessly until dawn last night. There was no nightmare.
The Empress Dowager also felt very distressed. "Poor Yao Yao. Aunt Cheng, bring the thousand-year-old ginseng sent by the emperor last time and send it to Yao Yao."
Old Madam Lu hurriedly said, "Empress Dowager, how can Yao Yao use such precious ginseng? She has drunk tranquilizer tea and is much better."
The Empress Dowager said angrily, "Liu Hua is getting more and more arrogant. Aunt Cheng, go and pass on Ai jia's order and let the eldest princess take Liu Hua to the palace …"
Before she could finish speaking, a young palace maid came in to report that the Eldest Princess had brought Infanta Liu Hua to see the Empress Dowager.
"I didn't go to find them, but they came." The Empress Dowager said coldly, "Let them wait outside!"
Old Madame Lu saw that the Empress Dowager hated the Eldest Princess and knew that she was right to come today. She didn't go find Royal Consort Lu and came to find the Empress Dowager first because she could see that the Empress Dowager was enduring the Eldest Princess from last time. Now that she had given the Empress Dowager this weakness, naturally she wouldn't let the Eldest Princess off easily.
The Eldest Princess already knew what her daughter had done. Otherwise, she wouldn't have entered the palace so early in the morning. She didn't think that the Empress Dowager would stand up for the Lu Family. She was the Eldest Princess that the emperor owed a debt of gratitude to. Even if the Empress Dowager didn't look at her, she would still look at how she had helped the mother and son before.
She didn't expect that she would actually be blocked outside the Palace of Compassionate and Peaceful!
"Empress Dowager doesn't want to see me?" The Eldest Princess asked the young palace maid with uncertainty. When had she ever been humiliated like this in the palace? She was so angry that she wanted to turn around and leave.
Liu Hua hurriedly grabbed her hand, "Mother, you said that you would get the Empress Dowager to allow me to enter the palace today. If I leave like this, the Empress Dowager will be even more unwilling for me to enter the palace."
The Eldest Princess thought of how things weren't going well for her family recently. If Liu Hua could enter the palace and give birth to a son or daughter for the Emperor, then they would have someone to rely on, "It must be that slut from the Lu Family who came to look for the Empress Dowager, otherwise she wouldn't have refused to see me."
Liu Hua gritted her teeth and said, "Lu Yaoyao got lucky!"
"Shut up!" The Eldest Princess glared at her daughter. "You have to pretend that you don't know anything about this. You can't reveal any flaws under any circumstances."
"Are we supposed to be afraid of the Lu Clan?" Liu Hua didn't understand. She hated Lu Yaoyao and wanted nothing more than for her to disappear from this world.
The Eldest Princess snappily asked, "Do you want the Emperor to think that you are a malicious person? If they find out that you were the instigator, do you still hope to enter the palace? "
Liu Hua stomped her feet, "She must die next time!"
"Alright, don't say anything else." The Eldest Princess glanced at her daughter and had the palace maid standing by the door report back.
The mother and daughter waited outside the Palace of Benevolence and Peace for a long time before the Empress Dowager summoned them.
The Eldest Princess stood so long that her legs were numb. When she entered, she saw Old Madam Lu sitting leisurely on the armchair with a gloomy look in her eyes. Sure enough, the Lu Clan had come to complain first.
"Why did the Eldest Princess enter the palace?" The Empress Dowager asked indifferently, not immediately bestowing them a seat.
The Eldest Princess could tell that the Empress Dowager didn't like the mother and daughter. Hmph, a person of lowly birth who only became the Empress Dowager because of good luck. What was she pretending to be noble in front of her! "Your Highness, it was Liu Hua who said that she hadn't entered the palace to pay her respects for a few days, so she came today. I didn't expect that Old Madam Lu would also be here."
The Empress Dowager fiddled with the teacup in her hands, "Liu Hua, I heard that you met Lu Yaoyao at the Hundred Flower Gardens yesterday."
Liu Hua's fawning smile froze for a moment, "Your Highness, I did meet her."
"In that case, the people who sent people to kidnap Lu Yaoyao were indeed arranged by you?" The Empress Dowager looked up at Liu Hua, her eyes cold.
"Wha, what?" Liu Hua blinked nervously, "Your Highness, I don't understand what you mean."
Who couldn't see that she was hiding something from this guilty look? A trace of disgust flashed in the Empress Dowager's eyes, "You don't understand? Those two robbers said that it was someone from the Eldest Princess' residence who ordered them to kidnap Lu Yaoyao. Liu Hua, does this matter have anything to do with you? "
"No!" Liu Hua said loudly, "Empress Dowager, it was Lu Yaoyao who slandered me."
The Eldest Princess sneered, "This palace was wondering why the Empress Dowager didn't let me in today. So it turns out that someone is stirring up trouble and wrongly accusing my daughter."
Old Madam Lu snorted, "Whether or not she is wrongly accused, the Empress Dowager will investigate clearly."
"On what basis do you say that I did it? Do you have evidence?" Liu Hua asked in a sharp voice.
"The two robbers who escaped have been caught. Your Highness, you can send someone to investigate. If this concubine is lying, Empress Dowager can punish me as you wish," Old Madam Lu said.
The Eldest Princess looked at Old Madam Lu with narrowed eyes, "Can't you say anything after being tortured?"
The Empress Dowager looked at the Eldest Princess and her daughter, "I never care about what happens outside. Since Liu Hua says that she was wrongly accused, then let His Majesty make the decision on this matter."
The Eldest Princess' expression changed when she heard this. Everyone in the capital knew that the Emperor hated unruly women the most. If the Emperor found out that this matter really had something to do with Liu Hua, would he still let Liu Hua enter the palace?
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