The maidservant is too charming. I want to help her become the queen.

Chapter 152 Lu Panpan was arrested

Time flies, and it is already the twelfth lunar month.

In the cold winter, the biting winter wind swept through the streets and alleys of the capital, and the branches of plum blossoms all over the city were covered with white snow, as if wrapped in a layer of soft white gauze.

People on the streets are coming and going, busy as ever, happily preparing for the arrival of the New Year.

Lu Qingqing was not idle in the palace either.

In order to welcome the most grand Spring Festival of the year, she specially catered to the current season and launched new products for the twelfth lunar month in the Mixue Ice Palace milk tea shop.

There is a folk custom of drinking Laba porridge in the twelfth lunar month. Lu Qingqing improved on this custom and specially launched the Laba Festival limited edition - Eight Treasure Milk Tea!

She uses milk and black tea as the base of the Eight Treasures Milk Tea, which is the second treasure. She also adds six other small ingredients, namely honey red beans, honey green beans, taro dumplings, sweet potato dumplings, red date dumplings and brown sugar dumplings, which are the six treasures, making a total of eight treasures.

In the cold winter, drinking a cup of warm eight-treasure milk tea is most appropriate to warm your body and heart.

Once the milk tea was launched, it was widely welcomed by the people. People came and went in the Mixue Ice Palace milk tea shop, all of whom came to buy the eight-treasure milk tea.

Lu Panpan was busy in the store. She was greeting the customers waiting in line, and then busy making tea base and cooking condiments in the kitchen. Her face was filled with a happy smile and she was humming a tune happily.

"This winter is so festive, Laba milk tea is the best for the occasion, everyone says it's delicious, and I'm making a lot of money!"

However, just as Lu Panpan was watching the shop assistants preparing ingredients in the kitchen, she suddenly heard a noisy sound coming from the store door.

She quickly put down the work in her hands and rushed to the front desk to deal with it.

I saw a tall, strong man with a beard, slamming the table at the front desk and shouting:

"This is a shady shop! A shady shop! In broad daylight, in the open air, you dare to give me fake money! Is there any law? Call your shopkeeper out now!"

The bearded man kept shouting that he had accepted counterfeit money as change from Mixue Ice Palace.

When he shouted, other customers who had received their change after buying milk tea and were about to leave stopped in their tracks, took out the change they had just found from their pockets, and examined it carefully, fearing that they had also received counterfeit money.

Moreover, not only the guests, but even the people passing by on the street, gathered around after hearing the bearded man's shouting.

Lu Panpan felt something was wrong. She saw more and more people gathering around and pointing at the shop and talking about it. If she didn't step forward to resolve the problem, it would affect the business of the shop.

Lu Panpan plucked up her courage, but still had a warm smile on her face. She walked forward and asked with a smile:

"Big brother, I am the shopkeeper. But our Mixue Ice Palace has always been honest in its business. It is absolutely impossible for us to give you fake copper coins. Did you make a mistake?"

Seeing that the shopkeeper was just a weak little woman, the bearded elder brother despised her in his heart, and his arrogance became even stronger.

With a "pa" sound, the copper coins that had just been given as change were slapped on the table, and the cypress table was even slightly cracked by the vibration.

"I made a mistake?! Impossible! I'm a bodyguard for a bank, and I've seen countless copper coins! There's no way I could have made a mistake!"

"If you are doing business with integrity and have a clear conscience, would you dare to follow me to the Mint? We can tell if it is real or fake by checking it out!"

Lu Panpan saw that he had bad intentions and was worried that he was deliberately bringing counterfeit money to cause trouble. Now he took the initiative to mention going to the Imperial Household Department, and she was determined to refuse.

Although Lu Panpan had a clear conscience, it was better to have less trouble than more when running a business. Now was the peak season for selling Eight Treasure Milk Tea, and if she offended the government, it would probably affect her business income.

However, just as Lu Panpan was about to open her mouth to refuse, several young men among the people surrounding the bearded man began to talk in unison.

"Yes! We have to go to the Imperial Household Department to check whether it is true or not!"

"That's right, that's right. Matters like this are still up to the government to decide!"

"If this shopkeeper has a clear conscience, he must go with this big brother!"

"Take a trip!"

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As these men started to make a fuss, the emotions of the onlookers were also aroused. Whether they had drunk milk tea or not, they all shouted loudly, "Let's go!" "Let's go!"

Lu Panpan frowned. She was simply being forced to do something she was not prepared for. But now the public was furious. If she didn't go, the matter would probably not be resolved.

So, Lu Panpan simply made up her mind and responded loudly.

"Okay! I have a clear conscience! I'll go with you!"

"But you have to let me change my clothes. I'm wearing kitchen clothes now. Wait for me to change into clean clothes."

Seeing that Lu Panpan had relaxed, the bearded man thought it reasonable for her to change into clean clothes, so he nodded.

Lu Panpan walked into the kitchen and quickly called over a waiter who was usually smart, and whispered to him:

"I think the situation is not good, but you can't go into the palace to report the news with your status. If I am not back by the time Lord Mengqi takes over in the evening, you should tell him about this and ask him to go to the palace to find Concubine Ming as soon as possible!"

After Lu Panpan finished her instructions and changed her clothes, she followed the bearded man to the Mint.

The big man handed the copper coins that he got as change from the Mixue Ice Palace Milk Tea Shop to the Imperial Household Department for inspection.

During the inspection, Lu Panpan was detained in front of the hall and could not go anywhere. After about a quarter of an hour, the results of the inspection came out.

A man dressed like an official walked up to Lu Panpan fiercely and shouted:

"How dare this black-hearted store owner openly use counterfeit money! Come on! Capture her! Seize up that Mixue Ice Palace milk tea shop as well!"

As soon as he finished speaking, four or five officers came forward and grabbed Lu Panpan.

Lu Panpan was not convinced and cried out that she was innocent.

Her eyes were wide open, she was shaking with anger, and she shouted with bloodshot eyes:

"You are wrongly accusing a good person! I don't accept it, I don't accept it!"

The news of Lu Panpan's detention soon reached the palace.

It turned out that during the interrogation of Lu Panpan, the ruthless officer saw that he could not get the answer he wanted from Lu Panpan's mouth, so he wanted to torture her.

Once the severe punishment is inflicted, the victim will either die or be injured.

Lu Panpan had no choice but to say that she was the younger sister of Ming Guiren, a favorite concubine in the harem. Only by using this identity was she spared from torture.

Therefore, Wang Jie took this opportunity to go to the palace to meet the emperor and report the whole story to Li Xuansheng.