The last item is a banquet to thank the gods, to send all the gods away properly.
Mingwei was arranged to stay with Madam Bolinghou. She was not married yet, so it was not easy for her to sit with the princess. She also had no close elders, so she had to ask Madam Bolinghou to take her with her.
Mrs. Bolinghou was very kind to her, even a little flattering.
She knew clearly the causes and consequences of Lu's expulsion from the palace. She secretly regretted in her heart why she was blind in the first place and married such a stupid and arrogant daughter-in-law.
She also didn't think about it, what was the benefit of dealing with His Highness the King of Yue? Regardless of their feelings, it was an undeniable fact that the King of Yue had been raised in her family for twenty years. In the eyes of others, they were the same.
And the imperial concubine is still here, even if you think he will lose power, you can wait until the throne is replaced!
But there is no medicine for regret in the world, so you can only accept the daughter-in-law you married.
The royal banquet is boring to say the least.
During the dinner, people kept coming to talk to Mrs. Bolinghou. In the final analysis, they were trying to find out Wei's truth.
Mingwei couldn't even recognize the person, let alone remember their anger, so he put on a smiling face and let them look at her, either complimenting her or saying something sarcastic.
You can say whatever you like, since she won't be short of meat anyway.
The prince was uneasy.
In the middle of the banquet, he made excuses to leave.
"Are you all ready?" he asked the guard.
The guard finally wanted to persuade him one more time: "Your Highness, why don't you slow down? As soon as the God-Thanking Banquet is over, we can go back to the East Palace and ask Mr. Fu again..."
"We can't wait any longer!" The prince interrupted him irritably, "Do you think we can wait another day if everything is fine now? I haven't dared to sleep for the past two days! The less she attacks, the more terrifying it will be. Because she knows
This ceremony is very important to her father, so she doesn’t want to defeat her father. She has been favored for twenty years, and she has the most accurate grasp of her father’s thoughts! She is waiting for the opportunity to kill with one blow.
! She must think Gu Ye thinks so, so she will start it as soon as the God-Thanking Banquet is over. By then, even if we meet Mr. Fu, it will be too late..."
"Your Highness!" the guard wanted to say, these are all your unilateral speculations, but the prince clearly didn't listen.
He was already frightened by his own imagination.
"Stop talking and go make arrangements!"
"...yes."
As soon as the prince left the table, King Xin immediately noticed it.
"My dear brother, do you think you have any ideas?" He also asked his bodyguard.
The guard replied: "My subordinates have been watching for a few days, and there is indeed something going on. It seems to be heading towards the back hall."
King Xin smiled: "He is really anxious! I thought he could endure it until the ceremony was over and ask his Mr. Fu!"
The guard laughed and said, "How can you go wrong with your plan? The prince is timid and impatient. As long as he is provoked a little bit, he will not be able to sit still."
"I didn't expect the effect to be so good. I should have told him the news earlier. Tsk, tsk, I really didn't expect that our concubine was actually my eldest sister-in-law. No wonder my father kept it a secret and would rather let people think that he was related to
My nephew's wife is having an affair, and I don't want to reveal the slightest bit about it."
The guard said: "There is no difference between the niece-in-law and the nephew-in-law, but the difference between Princess Yongxi and Mrs. ** is huge. Not only is it a scandal in the royal family, but she may also be involved in the incident that year."
King Xin nodded: "Isn't that right? Marrying a widowed niece is just a matter of letting others spread the word. If you get involved in that matter, then..."
He paused for a moment, with a puzzled look on his face, as if he was asking himself: "That incident back then had nothing to do with my father, right?"
King Xin always thinks too much.
As soon as the emperor's edict of returning to the clan came out, he became suspicious of this matter.
The child survived, but what about the mother? Because Mr. **’s posthumous son could not be fed, Yang Shu was blamed. Would Mrs. ** who just died of illness at that time be blamed as well?
Looking at Concubine Pei's attitude towards Yang Shu, she used to think that they were mother and son, and it should be taken for granted. Now that they are no longer mother and son, can aunts and nephews be so close to each other?
King Xin was suspicious, and after a lot of effort, he actually found some clues.
For example, he found an old woman who lived at Princess Chang's villa in the Ming Dynasty and confirmed that a woman once lived there with a baby.
Everyone carefully protected her, but never mentioned her identity.
King Xin pushed back and forth and felt that they were almost inseparable.
It was Mrs. ** who died.
There was a dystocia and both mother and child died.
Therefore, Yang Shu took the name of Young Master Yang, and Princess Yongxi took the name of Mrs. **.
He went to find those ladies who had met Princess Yongxi before, and all of them said that Princess Yongxi was very similar to Madam **, and that during the ten years when Princess Pei first entered the palace, she saw almost no outsiders.
It's okay not to be suspicious, but there are loopholes everywhere if you are suspicious.
King Xin took this matter into account and didn't think about how to make use of it.
The most shameless person to expose this matter is his father!
Even if he takes away his nephew-in-law, will others suspect that he had a hand in the death of Prince Sihuai because of this incident?
King Xin was in a dilemma, thinking that this was a big secret, but he decided to use a trap to prevent his attack.
Later, he had an idea. He knew the secret himself. He was so troubled with sleeping and eating, why not leave the problem to his good brother, His Highness the Prince?
He had waited a long time for this opportunity.
The palace maid and the mother-in-law that day were all arranged by him. The disappearance of the mother-in-law afterwards was also his fault.
Because he was doing religious work, the inside and outside were isolated, and the prince had no chance to communicate with the outside world. With his character, he would definitely scare himself.
King Xin didn't expect to defeat the prince in one fell swoop, he just wanted to let him fight Concubine Pei to divert his attention.
Unexpectedly, the prince surprised him again.
He actually didn't even wait for the banquet to end before taking action.
"Let's go and see what my good brother wants to do!"
King Xin was in high spirits and expected the prince to give him a surprise.
When the prince left the banquet, Yang Shu thought it was nothing. But when King Xin also left the banquet and did not come back for a long time, he also became suspicious.
It's really strange. In the middle of the banquet, isn't it just a matter of changing clothes when you leave? Why does it take so long?
He was very curious and wary of these two people, so he also found an excuse to leave.
He tried his best to send a message to Mingwei and used the little white snake to find out their whereabouts, and then he found the two people.
It's also interesting. When the prince left the table, King Xin followed him, and he followed him again. The whole mantis stalked the cicada, with the oriole behind, almost forming a string.
Mingwei watched the little white snake scurry back into her sleeve, and was about to ask about the situation when she heard an exclamation from in front of her.
She raised her head and saw Concubine Pei sitting there with a sullen face. A little palace maid fell to her knees and begged for mercy.
But she accidentally spilled the entire bottle of wine on the imperial concubine.
The imperial concubine frowned and waved her hand: "That's all, step back! Don't do things so recklessly in the future."
Then he got up and went to the back to change clothes.
Mingwei remembered that before she entered the palace, Mrs. Ji told her to bring a few extra clothes...
No way? Someone actually used this storybook plot in the palace? (To be continued)