At this moment, the atmosphere was so silent that it seemed like it was haunted.
Li Yuxiao returned to Lin'an Prince's Mansion with a gloomy face. After thinking about it, he could not think of a way to release Li Chuchu from the palace.
At this moment, Xiao Haizi suddenly reminded: "Your Majesty, since the eldest princess is unwilling, then we can't send a message to the Royal Villa. I believe that person will definitely find a way."
"Anyway, isn't it close to the New Year's Eve? There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with coming back early."
After he reminded her like this, Li Yuxiao's eyes immediately lit up.
"Yes, why didn't I think of this?"
"Quickly, send someone to ride out of the city overnight to deliver a message to Concubine Zhang."
Xiao Haizi accepted the order, bowed and retreated.
Lin'an Prince's Palace sent people out of the city, and Li Huang received the news.
Everything was as she expected.
"Your Highness, will Concubine Zhang really come back from the garden early for a concubine?"
Li Huang leisurely flipped through a page of the book, without even raising his eyelids, and said firmly: "Of course she will, just wait and see, she will be able to return to the capital in less than three days."
Concubine Zhang was the only concubine left by the late emperor. She entered the palace at the same time as the empress dowager. The late emperor took a fancy to the empress dowager at a glance and was made emperor, but she only got the concubine position.
Concubine Zhang has always been worried about this.
She felt that it was the Queen Mother who used tricks. When the Queen Mother was still alive, she often used tricks in the harem.
Fortunately, she only gave birth to a princess and not a son. Otherwise, with her methods, she might not know who would sit on the throne!
If she hadn't been behind it back then, Concubine Luo would not have had the chance to conceive Li Chuchu, let alone stay in the palace and hold the Phoenix Seal for so many years.
She is not a queen, but the power in her hands is no less than that of a queen.
If she hadn't stretched her hand too far, the emperor wouldn't have been able to send her to the royal villa outside the city to be raised. He would only allow her to return to the palace to live for a period of time every Spring Festival.
In previous years, she would have to wait at least half a month before returning to the palace, but if Li Yuxiao sent someone to take her back to the palace earlier, she would definitely not refuse.
If this is the case, then Li Chuchu will not be locked up in the palace for long.
Sure enough, Concubine Zhang returned to the palace the next day.
Listening to the servant's report, Li Huang put down the book in his hand, with a sarcastic smile on his lips.
"I really can't wait for a moment. I can't wait to return to the palace after getting the news."
It's just that he returned to the palace half a month early, so the emperor couldn't say anything.
However, the troubled Li Yuxiao was fined half a year's salary by the emperor.
Empress Dowager Zhang has always been a high-profile person. Now that she has returned to the palace, she will naturally hold a banquet to invite some noble concubines to come and gather together.
As the eldest princess of the royal family, Li Huang naturally had to go.
The next day, Li Huang received the message.
However, what she didn't expect was that Miss Gu, Gu Ningshuang, who was rumored to have been sent to Zhuangzi, would also be invited.
The two of them bumped into each other at the palace gate, and Gu Ningshuang came forward to greet her provocatively.
"Meeting the eldest princess, I didn't expect that my daughter would come back so soon and be invited to the banquet."
She originally thought that she would never have the chance to enter the palace again in her life, but she didn't expect that Mrs. Zhang would save them all when she came back.
Gu Ningshuang's pride was clearly written on her face.
Li Huang was not too surprised. After all, Li Chuchu's sister-in-law, she could get Concubine Zhang to lift her grounding, and she could naturally get Gu Ningshuang back to the capital.
However, even if she comes back, with Gu Ningshuang's brain, she will just continue to cause trouble to the Gu family, and she won't be able to come up with any new tricks.
She deliberately glanced behind Gu Ningshuang and asked, "Aren't Miss Gu and Miss Ye very close? Why didn't we make an appointment together when we entered the palace?"
Although Ye Jiuning is a concubine, because of Ye Yunge's protection over the years, she has had a good relationship with the noble ladies in the capital. Her status in the palace has also been significantly improved. The general's wife is also willing to take her with her to banquets in the palace.
Isn't it strange that I didn't see anyone today?
"This servant doesn't know that I have to go to pay my respects to Concubine Zhang, so I won't say more to the eldest princess."
After saying that, she waved the veil and left in a hurry.
It's like there's a ghost chasing you behind me.
Li Huang sneered: "I'm afraid she's from the Ye family and wouldn't let her in at all."
Gu Ningshuang has become a celebrity in the whole capital for the last time she made a fool of herself in Ruyi Tower. Although Ye Jiuning, who accompanied Gu Ningshuang out, didn't take much part in it, she was bound to be punished by General Zhenguo after returning home.
For a brainless person like Gu Ningshuang, it would be strange if Ye Jiuning would go with her again.
"Your Highness, since Concubine Zhang dotes on the second princess so much, she will definitely give you some trouble at today's banquet. Why don't we just show our faces and then withdraw?"
Lingyuan has long been dissatisfied with the faces of those people.
In the past, Li Huang was close to Concubine Luo and always said good things about them. It was hard for her to say anything as she was a servant.
But now that her Highness and the mother and daughter had broken up, she didn't want her Highness to look at their faces again.
Li Huang shook his head: "Zhang Taifei must have a good reason to lift Li Chuchu's grounding. I also want to see what excuse the old woman can come up with."
"As for that Phoenix Seal, don't even think about her Luo family."
Even if there is no queen in the palace, and each department in the palace has its own person to take charge of, is it possible that without her, Concubine Luo, it would be impossible to change the palace?
The master and servant chatted and soon arrived at Concubine Zhang's Ci'an Palace.
Lingyuan looked around and saw no one, let alone guests, not even a single servant serving him.
"Your Highness, there is no one in Ci'an Palace. Could it be that we got the wrong date?"
She couldn't help but take out the post and read it again, and found that it was correct.
So, I had no choice but to go outside and grab someone to ask. Only after asking did I find out that the banquet was at Cining Palace.
"Your Highness, Concubine Zhang held a banquet, why not in her own Ci'an Palace?"
Li Huang immediately understood what Concubine Zhang meant, and she raised the corners of her lips and said sarcastically: "Some people really haven't recognized their position for decades."
Cining Palace is where the Empress Dowager lives. What does it mean that Concubine Zhang went to Cining Palace to hold a banquet as soon as she came back?
The master and servant turned around and went to Cining Palace. As expected, the place was full of flowers and full of joy.
Before they even entered the door, laughter could be heard: "Concubine Zhang is still so dismissive. It seems that it is not impossible to take care of the affairs of the harem for Your Majesty."
"That's right, how can this harem be without a master? I'm afraid the concubine will have to work hard in the future."