Pampered Consort of the Fragrant Orchard Chapter 71.5

Infected with Gu (5)

"Miss, are you okay?" Lu'er and Chen Yue's servant girl quickly went forward to help their respective miss. The two servant girl's position just happened to have blocked their line of sight, letting them think that there was no one else around.

"Of course, I'm not okay. Why don't you try falling down from this high of a place?" Du Ke Xin roared, rubbing her own belly as she said, "Where is Du Xiao Li that slut? It definitely must have been her that had Chen Yue and I knocked out and hung here. That dead brat, watch how I'm going to sort her out! I'll definitely have her.........mother? E-Emperor? Empress Dowager?"

Du Ke Xin said as she stood up, just now seeing the people standing to the side. Despite having just gotten up, the two immediately knelt down again, saying: "This subject greets your Majesty and your Highness, Empress Dowager."

Du Ke Xin's words, everyone all heard. They who were well acquainted with the battles of the rear court naturally all guessed the truth of the matter. The Empress Dowager and the two madam's expressions all became unsightly. 

"What, Du Xiao Li is also together with you?" Han Ming Ze said.

"Third, third sister she......." Du Ke Xin looked to the Emperors vaguely smiling expression, thinking to herself that even if she has to die, she'd still drag Du Xiao Li down as a scapegoat. "Third sister did enter together with us." 

"Then where is she?" Han Ming Ze looked around, not seeing anyone else's shadow.

"It definitely must have been her that knocked out Chen Yue and I, and then hung us on this three. When we were playing in the courtyard, we encountered third sister. She said she heard that this place's osmanthus flowers were the best, the blossoms the most fragrant, and wanted to come here to pick osmanthus flowers, insisting on dragging Chen Yue and I over together with her. We tried to dissuade her, but she not only wouldn't listen, she even forcibly had us dragged in. Afterwards, we just lost consciousness. When we woke up, we were already hanging on the tree. Your Majesty, we really didn't intentionally want to intrude the forbidden palace, asking your Majesty to please forgive us! Spare this subject this time!" Du Ke Xin spoke in a tearful voice, as she recounted having acted against her will, each word all saying this was Du Xiao Li's scheme. 

"Oh? No wonder when this emperor entered, this emperor didn't see anyone else around!" Han Ming Ze said.

"Yes, it definitely must have been Du third miss that schemed against us, that's why she brought us here and knocked us out!" Chen Yue also echoed.

"Hmph, still daring to talk nonsense!" Han Ming Ze suddenly changed face and reprimanded the two, "Clearly it was Meng Gu that had you all hung on the tree branch, yet you want to say it was done by someone else. You yourself having committed an offense, yet don't know to repent, even trying in vain to pin the blame on someone else. Madam Du really raised a good daughter!" 

"Emperor, please quell your anger, the two children definitely must have been frightened, thus said some muddled words." The Empress Dowager said.

"Your Majesty, this subject isn't saying nonsense, third sister really did come to the forbidden palace!" Seeing the Emperor get angry, Du Ke Xin trembled in fear on the ground.

"Du third miss indeed did come to the forbidden palace, but she was invited over by master, and moreover came together with Mend Old Madam. Right now, she has already left." The mama that brought the Empress Dowager and them in said, "The Grand Empress Dowager has ordered, this matter, although she won't bother with anymore, if the two misses don't know to repent, she equally wants the Emperor to properly punish. Also, the Grand Empress Dowager said, after finding them, asking everyone to immediately leave."

"Hmph!" Han Ming Ze coldly snorted as he icily looked to the two kneeling on the ground, fling his sleeve and leaving. With the Empress Dowager here, how can he still punish them?

"Let's go." The Empress Dowager's expression wasn't good either, leading her own people away.

The two servant girls supported their own miss as they followed their madam in leaving. After confirming that everyone all left, the forbidden palace's servant girl quickly disappeared into the forest and after a few breaths, appeared inside the palace hall.

"Master, they've already left."

"Meng Gu, Hong Xiu, let's also prepare for the banquet. This grieving feels tonight's banquet will be very entertaining." 

After the Emperor exited the osmanthus flower forest, he directly headed to the banquet. The Empress Dowager seemingly was also somewhat angry, taking her own servant girls and leaving. However, because they were still relatives, she still sent someone to take Du Ke Xin and Chen Yue to go find a place to clean up.

"Xin'er, you.......sigh." Zhong Mei Qing looked to the Empress Dowager's retreating back and sighed. "This time, you really angered the Empress Dowager. Just now, how could you just lose your manners like that?"

Du Ke Xin also knew she'd angered the Empress Dowager and thus lowered her head, not saying a word.

"Anyways, for now, go change your clothes. Right now, you only have the clothes for your performance to wear." Seeing her own daughter like this, even if she was angry inside, it was still difficult to let out right now, "Later, you definitely need to properly perform. If you perform well, and the Empress Dowager sees you have talent, she might just forget about the incident earlier!"  

"Yes, mother. Then I'll go change first." Du Ke Xin took the clothes the servant girl brought and entered the room to change.

Chen Yue also went into another room, and after a while, the two finished changing and came out.

Zhong Mei Qing looked to Du Ke Xin's appearance and nodded. This outfit of hers appeared elegant and simple, but if matched with the zither's performance, it'll definitely be able to set off her temperament.

"Assist you miss to the performance hall. There mustn't be anymore mishaps in between, else........"

Zhong Mei Qing's words didn't finish, but Lu'er still understood her meaning and quickly replied with, "This servant will definitely serve miss well."

"En, go then."

Du Ke Xin and Chen Yue went to the resting lounge where the other young ladies were at. From the resting lounge, they can directly go onto the performance stage. While passing by the place where the banquet was held, she saw at a glance Du Xiao Li who was sitting behind Du Old Madam. Her two eyes let out a malicious glare.

T/N: I think this is one of the few novels I've read in this genre that doesn't have MC sort out the antagonists directly, although the premise being that the side characters have their brain cells intacted. Though if you prefer novels where MC personally goes around sorting people out, I'd recommend checking out novels with black-belly MCs. 

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