Your Highness, You Have to Seek Justice for Us!

"Of course!" Qiu Ci cheerfully replied.

The maids waiting behind me dashed out, ready to apprehend Concubine Ping and drag her to the side for a beating!

"Wait! How can you ... I mean.. How can Noble Concubine beat me? I never actually spanked your small maid, is it possible to let this go?" Concubine Ping pleaded, all traces of arrogance gone now. Sweat dripped from her perfect forehead.

"Let this go?" I asked slowly.

Concubine Ping nodded, blinking her big eyes. I snorted. Her coquettish ways may have earned her the mercy and protection of others, but it wouldn't work on me. As she wiped away a false tear, I noticed something glittering on her gown in the sunlight.

"You accuse me of selling my wares, but aren't you wearing something made by Luna Marche?" I asked.

"Huh?"

Pairs of eyes simultaneously flew to Concubine Ping's skirt, which glittered in the sunlight.

"If you want to talk, take off your robes now! You're not allowed to use glitter!" I pointed.

"And you!"

"Me?" Concubine Mao stepped back involuntarily.

I raised my arm, and Concubine Mao flinched in horror. I pulled out her hairpin, sending waves of immaculately maintained hair cascading in a wayward fashion down the back of her getup.

I rotated around the hairpin until I identified the tiny Luna Marche logo engraved on the underside. I waved it in the air righteously. "You dare to insult me while using my Luna Marche hairpin?" I tossed the hairpin to the ground.

I then turned to Concubine Qing.

"Noble Concubine Ling, please forgive me! I misspoke! I was only going along with what they said!" Scared to death, Concubine Qing backed away so much she almost fell into the bushes, and needed the assistance of her maids to support her.

Who knew that airheaded looking Noble Concubine Ling actually dared to fight back?

"The Emperor is here!" a loud shout came from the entrance of the garden.

Pausing everything, I followed the concubines and servants in kowtowing in a half hearted fashion in the direction of the shout.

"You may rise." a familiar voice appeared above my head.

Seeing the Emperor come directly to our group, Concubine Ping looked like she had been given a new lease on life.

"Your Highness! You have to seek justice for us! Noble Concubine Ling bullied us and... and ruined our belongings!" Concubine Ping rushed to Lu Qing Yu's side, and her face crumpled. Her tears flowed freely, messily running down trembling lips. Her eyebrows automatically furrowed, looking like a small child who had been wronged.

I took one look and didn't want to look anymore. Women like her, who even looked beautiful and delicate while crying... they just couldn't be reckoned with!