After finishing speaking, Shen Ningyuan continued to walk towards the side hall regardless of Xie Wanzhou's reaction.

After taking only two steps, Xie Wanzhou suddenly grabbed her wrist.

Shen Ningyuan couldn't pull her hands away, so she turned to look at Xie Wanzhou, "Your Highness, is there anything else?"

Xie Wanzhou lowered his head, his voice calm as usual, "Chen Ningyuan, you don't have to be afraid of me, I won't hurt you."

"You are moody, how can I trust you?" Shen Ningyuan raised an eyebrow and asked back.

Xie Wanzhou's grip suddenly tightened, and he said in a deep voice, "You don't have to believe it now, you'll know later."

After saying that, Xie Wanzhou let go of his hand.

Shen Ningyuan looked at Xie Wanzhou without saying a word in response.

At this moment, Xie Wanzhou suddenly reminded: "The people behind the Ji family are not as simple as you think."

Shen Ningyuan's back stiffened, and she finally began to look Xie Wanzhou in the face. She sneered and asked, "Your Highness, if you have the heart to remind me, you might as well just tell me who is behind this."

"Even if I tell you now, he won't show up." Xie Wanzhou said truthfully.

Shen Ningyuan didn't say anything, so Xie Wanzhou added, "Even if the Ji family is destroyed, he won't show up."

"Why?" Shen Ningyuan's voice lost control.

She planned all this just to force the mastermind behind the scenes to show up.

But now, Xie Wanzhou told her that even if she forced Ji Yunchuan to show up and destroy the Ji family.

The person hiding behind the Ji family will not show up.

Doesn't that mean that everything she did before was in vain?

Seeing that Shen Ningyuan was about to lose control, Xie Wanzhou continued to comfort her: "I know what you want to do. When you leave the Ji family, I will tell you who he is."

Shen Ningyuan did not respond, but there was a hint of deep thought in her eyes as she looked at Xie Wanzhou.

Afterwards, Shen Ningyuan retracted her gaze, her tone a little colder than before.

"Oh, I see."

After finishing speaking, Shen Ningyuan turned and walked towards the side hall.

No matter how Xie Wanzhou called her from behind, Shen Ningyuan remained unmoved.

Not long after, Shen Ningyuan disappeared from Xie Wanzhou's sight.

Xie Wanzhou stared at the direction where Shen Ningyuan left, his eyes deep and helpless.

At this moment, Ling Qing walked out from the corner and put his hands on the wheelchair.

"Your Highness, you should just confess directly. It's no use hiding it like this."

"It's not the time yet." Xie Wanzhou said in a calm tone, "Push me back. Something's going to happen at the banquet soon."

Hearing this, Ling Qing said no more and pushed Xie Wanzhou into the palace.

On the other side, Shen Ningyuan had already changed her clothes and walked over to wake up the unconscious palace maid.

"Hey, time to wake up."

Shen Ningyuan patted the palace maid’s face.

After a few moments, the palace maid slowly opened her eyes and looked at Chen Ningyuan in a daze.

"Huh? Did I fall asleep just now?" the palace maid asked in confusion.

Shen Ningyuan nodded seriously, "Well, maybe it took me a long time to change clothes, and you fell asleep while waiting."

"Is that so?" The maiden looked confused. "But I clearly remember losing consciousness as soon as I got here."

"I guess you're too tired and confused some things. The palace is different from the outside world. You have to take care of yourself."

He still spoke in a serious tone, which moved the palace maid deeply.

Looking at Shen Ningyuan gratefully, "Thank you for your concern, Madam. I will definitely take good care of myself."

"Um."

Seeing the palace maid's serious expression, Shen Ningyuan was afraid that she would not be able to hold back her laughter, so she turned and walked towards the palace where the women were having a banquet.

"We've been out for some time, let's go back quickly."

"Uh-huh."

The palace maid responded twice and quickly followed Shen Ningyuan.

When Shen Ningyuan returned to her seat, He Yunshu began to tease her in a subtle way again.

But they were all refuted cleverly and politely by Shen Ningyuan, which made He Yunshu very unhappy.

Because the Queen Mother was present, he could only swallow his anger.

"You're having a grudge against the Queen, right?" Song Yan'er asked unhappily.

Shen Ningyuan shook her head, "She is the one who is making things difficult for me."

Then he added: "But then again, the Queen is not very cunning. Apart from some small tricks, she won't do anything to me."

Song Yaner pursed her lips and smiled, "My eldest sister said the same thing."

The banquet for the female guests was relatively normal, but the banquet for the male guests gradually became a little abnormal.

Not long after Ling Qing pushed Xie Wanzhou in, Ji Zehai's face suddenly turned red and his eye sockets were filled with bloodshot.

The ministers around him were the first to notice something was wrong with Ji Zehai.

Subconsciously reaching out to him, he asked tremblingly, "Master Ji, are you okay?"

"ah!"

The next second, Ji Zehai suddenly let out a roar, scaring the minister so much that he immediately retracted his hand.

Hearing Ji Zehai's roar, everyone turned their eyes over here.

Veins bulged on Ji Zehai's forehead, his hands tightly covering his head, his whole body twitching uncontrollably, looking hideous and terrifying.

The ministers around him were frightened by his abnormal appearance and stepped back. The originally lively palace banquet instantly became a mess.

Immediately afterwards, Ji Zehai seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit. He stretched out his hands and swept all the food on the table in front of him to the ground. The sound of the cups and plates breaking was particularly harsh.

"What's going on? What happened to Master Ji? Why did you suddenly lose control?"

"Isn't it poisoned?"

The ministers were whispering and discussing among themselves.

At this time, a minister shook his head suspiciously and said, "Poisoning doesn't seem like that. Why do I feel like Lord Ji drank a few more glasses and got drunk and acted crazy?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked closely and saw that Ji Zehai was staggering and indeed showed some signs of being drunk.

"He really looks like he's drunk."

An elderly minister was so angry that he blew his beard and glared: "Is Ji Zehai really going to die? How dare he act so immorally and drunkenly in front of Your Majesty and do such a ridiculous thing!"

While everyone was talking, Ji Zehai suddenly turned around and stared at everyone present with a fierce look in his eyes.

Just when everyone was so frightened by his fierce gaze that they dared not breathe, Ji Zehai suddenly rushed towards the guard beside him and violently drew the sword from his waist.

Ji Zehai held a long sword in his hand and swung it towards the air, and the sword drew a cold light.

At this moment, everyone present was frightened out of their wits and screamed.

"Murder! Ji Zehai is crazy!"

"Run, run! Lord Ji is going to kill someone!"

Everyone screamed in fear and kept backing away.

At this time, Ji Zehai had completely lost control, waving the sword in his hand and slashing at the people around him.

Several ministers were unable to dodge and were cut by his sharp sword, bleeding instantly.

The scene was in a mess, with cups and wine glasses scattered all over the floor. The fleeing crowd and chaotic screams were heard one after another, and the situation was completely out of control.

Emperor Xie Lixuan, who was sitting above the seat, widened his eyes in shock at this sudden change.

He stood up suddenly and scolded in a deep voice: "Ji Zehai, what are you going to do?"