Chapter 254
It has to be said that this wave of hatred for the imperial concubine and empress has filled Qin Lu up.

Qin Lu didn't have too many turmoil on her face, and it wasn't that she didn't look down on this golden ten thousand taels, but she knew in her heart that this so-called golden ten thousand taels was just a brick.

A trick brick that could push her to the point of no return at any moment.

The astonishment of the cooks was similar to that of the empresses.

In the past, they had a good relationship with the imperial concubine, but she had never given them gold, silver and jewelry so generously.

Now she is so generous to such a cook from the countryside that she would give him ten thousand taels of gold.

The girls felt a little sullen when they thought about it, so of course they didn't dare to talk to the imperial concubine, so they started exporting to Qin Lu.

One by one spoke in a strange way, "Miss Qin, why are you still standing there? Why don't you thank your mother soon?"

"That's right, Miss Qin, you're hesitant, don't you want to thank me?"

"Could it be that you think it's too little?"

"Small?"

Finally, the cooks couldn't stand it any longer, and looked at Qin Lu with dissatisfaction in their eyes, "Miss Qin, no matter how good your cooking skills are, you shouldn't be so condescending."

……

These few people talked to each other without giving Qin Lu any chance to refute.

Qin Lu, who kept her head down, felt that she was about to be drowned by their spittle.

She sighed and opened her mouth to answer, but she didn't want to hear the sound of slapping the table, and the few people took advantage of the situation to look over and met the dissatisfied eyes of the imperial concubine.

The cook instantly knelt on the ground.

Seeing this, Qin Lu also knelt down.

"Miss Qin, get up." The imperial concubine greeted Qin Lu to get up, and let her come to her, then glared at the cooks, "You have been cooks in the courtyard of this palace for so long, and you don't even have a single delicious snack. Did this palace ever blame you for making it?"

"Your Majesty, the slave girl knows that she is wrong, and she still hopes that she will forgive her."

"Mother, they are a little jealous because they see how powerful Miss Qin is, and I hope that they have been in the small kitchen for so long, please forgive them!!!"

Seeing that the imperial concubine was really angry, the nanny in charge quickly excused the cooks.

Upon hearing this, the imperial concubine sneered, "Why, you still blame me, is it my fault?"

"Your Majesty, this old slave doesn't mean that..." Mammy knelt on the ground in an instant, the imperial concubine was annoyed and was about to say something, but Qin Lu couldn't stand it anymore, so she also knelt on the ground.

In an instant, the imperial concubine focused all her attention on her side, "Miss Qin, what are you doing?"

"Your Majesty, the girl has something to say about this matter."

"You said..." The imperial concubine had a cold face towards everyone else, but her attitude towards Qin Lu was much better.

Qin Lu could see that the imperial concubine treated her differently from others, but she was not arrogant, and even more humble, "Your Majesty, the sisters have served you in your bedroom for many years, and they have also done their best for you. Yes, it’s not good to punish a few sisters just because of a few side dishes cooked by the folk girls.”

Qin Lu humbly expressed her thoughts.

In a word, she didn't want the empress to punish her sisters because of herself.

"Your Majesty, I have practiced this craft for many years. If you like Minnv, you will teach a few older sisters..."

Qin Lu looked gently at the proposal of the imperial concubine.

The moment the four eyes met, the imperial concubine sighed helplessly, "Okay, okay, then I will listen to you."

The imperial concubine asked Qin Lu to stand up understandingly, and then waved to the nanny in charge, "Take them all down."

Following the imperial concubine's order, all the cooks in the small kitchen left.

The courtyard was also much quieter, and the empresses beside the imperial concubine were also muffled and silent.

After a while, the palace maid had already brought up the gold, and several people brought several plates, "Your Majesty, the reward is here."

"Then save it and let Miss Qin take it back with her."

"Yes."

"My lady, wait a minute."

Seeing that the palace maid was about to go down, Qin Lu opened her mouth quickly, and then looked at the imperial concubine again, "Your Majesty, it is a blessing for a common lady that you like the snacks and handicrafts of a common lady. You give so much gold to a common lady, and a common lady dare not accept it." ..."

After Qin Lu finished speaking, she knelt on the ground directly, not intending to collect gold at all.

Seeing Qin Lu like this, the noble concubine smiled even more intensely, but when she thought of something, her face was filled with unhappiness again.

This Qin Lu has general knowledge, really good craftsmanship, and is also very smart and understands slanderous words. If such a person really stays with the prince, he must be a lucky general.

It's a pity that she is now in the wrong line.

Thinking of this, the imperial concubine smiled kindly, "You deserve these."

"Your Majesty, civilian girls cannot be accepted."

Qin Lu still persisted.

Since then, the imperial concubine couldn't say anything, so she could only nod, "Then give this to you, I like you."

The noble concubine took off the hairpin on her head as soon as she spoke, then got up and came to Qin Lu, and put it on for her, "You can't refuse this Gong."

"Your Majesty, this, this is too precious."

"Okay, here you go, just keep it."

Originally, the noble concubine didn't even think about giving Qin Lu ten thousand taels of gold, but wouldn't giving her the same as supporting Qin Tieniu?
Even if the imperial concubine intended to win over Qin Lu, she was not so stupid.

After Qin Lu left, the imperial concubine also chased away those empresses, and just after they left for a while, the crown prince also came.

"Mother and concubine, why are you recruiting your ministers?" The crown prince looked impatient, and began to question the noble concubine before he sat down.

Facing the crown prince's questioning, the noble concubine showed displeasure, and pointed to the chair beside her, "Sit down quickly, you are already a crown prince, and you are still so reckless, how can you compare yourself to Pei Zhengyan."

"Mother concubine?" When the crown prince heard that his mother and concubine were saying that Pei Zhengyan was better than him, it was naturally unacceptable. He originally sat down, but immediately stood up.

"Okay, I didn't mean that, I just want you to know that many things are being promoted now, and you can't take it lightly."

"Yes, I know." The crown prince smiled at the concubine, took a deep breath and sat down.

But I still felt very uncomfortable, today all his proposals in the court were rejected by his father, but Pei Zhengyan's proposal was highly praised by the emperor.

Such a comparison makes him seem incompetent as a prince.

The imperial concubine naturally knew about this, so she brought the prince here to appease him.

"Qin Lu's palace has already tested her. She is indeed a very good girl. With her by the emperor's side, how can the emperor be unhappy, not to mention her craftsmanship is really good..."

The noble concubine couldn't hold back, and praised Qin Lu for a long time.

This was the first time that the crown prince had seen his concubine mother praise a girl like this, and she was a girl from the countryside. He wanted to see Qin Lu even more urgently.

"Mother, what did you tell her?"

"This girl is a thief, she won't even give her ten thousand taels of gold..."

(End of this chapter)

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