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!
After the Qixi Festival banquet in the imperial harem, those young men and women did not become couples but made the Emperor and the Empress unhappy. After the news that the Empress entered the Buddha Hall of her own accord, it was also said that Consort Zhao also shut herself up in the Mingyue Palace to pray for blessings for the dead palace servants.The two powerful women were immediately isolated from the world, leaving Consort Su to outshine others. Was the Emperor trying to promote King Chu to the Crown Prince? The officials all had their own ideas. Someone had already secretly sent gifts to King Chu's Manor to privately show their loyalty to King Chu. However, most officials were just waiting and watching. It was not easy to guess what the current Emperor was thinking about.King Yan had already been of noble status and was about to become the Crown Prince, but he had been locked up since his wedding. In fact, there was no evidence about that matter.
Ever since He Yufen came to the capital, she was always thinking about this man, and all she wanted was to live a peaceful life with him. Perhaps she desired his handsome appearance, perhaps she craved his wealth and rank, or perhaps she just wanted to enter his heart and become the one he was willing to protect. But now, there was only despair and sadness in her eyes.Tears dropped unconsciously. Her hands clenched the dry firewood on the ground. Actually, there was already someone in his heart where no one else was able to replace. However, she had still thought highly of herself that she could take the place of Mo Xuetong by Consort Zhao's power and her own beauty.It turned out that everything was a fond dream!She clenched her hands tightly and the thorns on the firewood pierced into her palms. She almost screamed in pain, and tears rolled down her cheeks, but she still smiled. It was the He family that had given her the wishful thinking.
He Yufen left the capital hurriedly in the evening. She passed off herself as a maidservant and mingled with Mo Xuetong's maidservants. She followed Mo Xuetong out of the King Xuan's Manor and went into an embroidery shed, and then got on a blue carriage which had been prepared at the back door. She left escorted by an old maid and a coachman.Mo Xuetong sat on the upstairs of the embroidery shed and watched the carriage leave. With some faint ripples in her limpid eyes, she felt that there were secrets in the remote He family. However, the things and people were too far away from her. Even if she sent people there, some things still remained mysterious. It had been so long that Mo Xuetong was unable to detect any clues immediately.He Yufen was the best person Mo Xuetong could think of. Compared to He Yuxiu, He Yufen was obviously more patient and intelligent. However, she was not strong enough, and was more afraid of death. When a pill was put on her body
Mo Xuetong also let out a sigh and said, "Second Consort Mo, you must be joking. King Chu is such a wise person. How could he be like our King? Our manor leaks air everywhere, and not a person can prevent it. This time, it was our manor that got King Chu into the trouble. Please convey our apologies to King Chu when you return.""Consort Xuan, you are so kind. This is also our King's fault. How could he take the South Pearl head accessory as the present? Consort Ling had taken a fancy to this set for a long time, and I heard that she had asked for it from His Highness several times. However, His Highness doted on her usually, but he did not agree this time. I did not expect that it made Consort Ling keep thinking of it, and almost... cause great trouble. But for your cleverness, we would have been done this time."Mo Yarui patted her chest with a lingering fear on her face. Even now, she was still frightened of what had happened in the palace every time she
The lady was annoyed that she did not have enough money. When she saw Mo Yarui step out again, she immediately slammed the table, pointed at Mo Yarui, and scolded her impolitely, "Hey, who are you? Does this have anything to do with you? Where did you from? What? Do you want to help her? If you really want to help her, pay for all the embroidery first."According to Mo Yarui's temper, she was no match for the lady in an argument. Instantly, tears welled up in her eyes as she heard the lady's scold. She turned to look at Mo Xuetong and wanted to ask for help.Mo Xuetong had to help her when Mo Yarui looked at her with eager eyes. She sighed to herself. Even if she did not want to make trouble, trouble would always come to her. Fortunately, she was not really afraid of getting into trouble. She stood up with the help of Mo Lan; her watery eyes rolled and fell on the lady across her. She smiled gently and asked, "Miss, have you just entered the capital? You ha