The banquet officially began. Although the young masters and young ladies could chat a little by the flowers and under the moon, men and women were arranged in two different rows of seats separated by a line of tall flowers and plants. However, when they stood, they could still see each other, even when seated, they could dimly see each other's face through the flowers and grass.
Mo Xuetong was arranged to sit by Ling Rui'er's right hand. Since King Ning did not have the legitimate consort, and Consort Yan was constrained in the manor, only Mo Xuetong and Ling Rui'er were there, so the arrangement of the seats was reasonable.
But the proper arrangement of seats did not mean that it was appropriate in the real sense.
Seeing Mo Xuetong sit beside her, Ling Rui'er's eyes fell on Mo Xuetong with sneer and disdain, and she said, "Mo Xuetong, you still have the nerve to sit here! You are really big-hearted! Do you think the place is familiar to you?
"King Chu, you don't have to apologize. It's my fault. I mentioned the former Consort Chu..." Mo Xuetong tugged at Feng Yuran's robe. Her eyes had turned a little red and were filled with tears. There were still tears on her long lashes. She looked pitiful and aggrieved. She bit her lips and pulled at Feng Yuran's robe, looking as if she wanted to settle the matter peacefully.Consort Chu was on the floor and her beautiful face grew ferocious as she gritted her teeth in hatred. In the meanwhile, Consort Xuan, who would rather suffer than cause trouble was gentle and gracious. Everyone immediately understood that the arrogant Consort Chu had caused trouble. King Chu's former wife was her elder sister. Why was she not willing to mention her sister now that she had become Consort Chu?She appeared to be close to her sister in front of others in the past and now it turned out to be fake. She was a hypocritical woman who didn't care about family affection. She e
Bad things happened one after another. First, there was a murder. After Consort Chu and Consort Xuan got checked out in turn, people finally found out that the chief culprit was Consort Zhao, whom no one had ever thought of. Now, a worse thing happened that made people speechless. It was not a good thing to know royal scandals.However, even though the people present did not dare to interrupt, their eyes were filled with contempt, disdain, mockery... and all kinds of looks. Ling Rui'er looked at them and was about to go crazy.Ling Rui'er heaved a sigh of relief when Mo Xuetong left. She was about to sit down straight when she suddenly heard a hubbub from a spot not far away. However, she could not hear what people were saying. Everyone's attention could not help but be drawn to the hubbub."Who are you? How dare you break into the banquet at will?" It sounded like a eunuch's voice which was too sharp."Get him out of here! Where d
Ling Rui'er could not help but stand up and snapped, "Nonsense. How could I have an affair with you? With my status, how could I like someone like you? Who in the world are you? Why did you frame me? Do you want to die?"Consort Su, who was seated beside the Empress, looked at Yan Miao suspiciously and a trace of gloomy look flashed across her eyes. Yan Miao had always been the Empress' personal maid, and her reaction today was rather odd. Not only had she been hiding behind the Empress, but she was trembling slightly when Consort Su observed her carefully.Hearing Ling Rui'er's reprimand, Ma Er saw Ling Rui'er and was overjoyed. He finally found that beauty. He shook his head and struggled, hurriedly shouting at Ling Rui'er, "Rui'er, don't worry. I know you're afraid of that person. Don't worry. I'll take you away. I'll be good to you for the rest of my life."Then, he tried to rush over and hug Ling Rui'er. Ling Rui'er was so frightened that
Seeing Yan Miao didn't finish her words and suddenly lowered her head without moving, everyone instantly sensed that something was wrong.Consort Su had been staring at Yan Miao the entire time. When she saw that there was something wrong with the way she lowered her head, she immediately ordered, "Go and check her."She had been focusing on Yan Miao and found that she had been suspicious since the man appeared. It seemed that she had been hiding behind the Empress. Hiding in the Empress' shadow, she looked pale as if she had seen a ghost. When such a big thing had happened, she, the lead palace maid of the Empress, didn't even bother to care.When Ling Rui'er's bellyband was found in Ma Er's inner pocket, Consort Su had thought that Ling Rui'er had really not adhered to the rules of the womenfolk. She was enraged. When she thought of how Ding General Manor had sent temptresses to her son's manor again and again, how could she not be angry? How
After all this, the Qixi Festival banquet could not go on. The eunuchs checked the number of people brought into the palace by madams and ladies one by one, and the number of people for the time being. But in the end, they found nothing. When they entered the palace, there was a definite number of people of each family, and only the mandated women brought a few maids close to them.Those maids had been serving their master all the time, and none of them left.The guards of each manor scattered at the gate of the palace. There were guards in the palace, so none of the outside guards was allowed to enter the palace.Apart from these two kinds of possibilities, Ma Er might be brought in under the order of the master in the palace, but there was no result. This ruffian named Ma Er seemed to have suddenly appeared in the palace and rushed into the banquet. The eunuch, who was the last one to saw him, also said that he saw the man in the aisle. At th
The banquet in the palace stopped unhappily, and all the noble young masters and ladies parted.The things that happened in the imperial palace were weird. If someone was not careful enough, he or she would fall into the trap. Even if it didn't really happen to him or her, he or she might be disabled or seriously injured. Especially for girls, their reputation would be ruined if they got a little involved in it. Then they might be unable to get married in the future.Every lady of the noble family was well aware of how precious a girl's reputation was.Besides, someone said that there were still dead people in the back garden when they came out. Immediately, the people present did not say anything more. They did not even respond and only looked forward to returning early. There were two more people in the palace for no reason. If they were not brought in by people in the palace, who else could do that?At this time, it was normal f
Since such a thing happened in the palace, 30 to 40 people were beaten to death overnight. The Empress knelt outside the Qianqing Palace to ask for forgiveness. Anyway, she was the master of the imperial harem. After such a thing happened, she could not absolve herself from the blame. Later, even the Empress Dowager, who had been sick, was alarmed and came to the Qianqing Palace with some servants.Then, some people were beaten to death. It was said that some of them were from the Empress' palace.It was not until about four o'clock in the morning that the Empress returned to the Tianfeng Palace with the help of her maids. She had knelt for so long that her legs had become numb. She was almost carried back by the two palace maids. Imperial Noble Consort Wen also came back with her. She asked maids in the palace to take hot water to warm the Empress' feet while asking people to put the Empress on the couch.Some of the people in the Tianfeng Pal
After what had happened in the imperial palace, the Empress had given all the power to manage the imperial harem to Consort Su, and she herself had gone to the Buddha Hall to pray for the dead palace servants and sent most of the rest servants in her palace to other palaces. She looked as if she were completely dedicated to the Buddha and would no longer care about what was happening in the palace.Once this news came out, everyone got excited.King Chu was in charge of court affairs, and even though King Xuan would participate in it from time to time, everyone could tell that King Chu was in charge. King Xuan was just an idle prince who would work occasionally. Now Consort Su was in charge of the imperial harem.King Yan was grounded in his manor, and the Empress no longer meddled in affairs of the imperial harem...What did this mean? It was worth studying. Countless pairs of eyes in the court were watching these changes!