Chapter 166: The Third Imprisonment

The patrol battalion received an order from the King of Chang'an to strengthen patrols inside and outside the capital, and repeatedly tracked down the group of criminals who suddenly appeared in Lianhua Lake, kidnapped people, and then disappeared inexplicably.

It’s a pity that the group of villains disappeared without a trace as if they had evaporated from the face of the earth.

Chunzhi sent her maid back to the Mu Mansion to tell Madam Mu that Song Wan'er was kidnapped by gangsters outside the city and was greatly frightened. Madam Mu went to the Song Mansion to see Song Wan'er the next day.

Madam Mu was very pleased with Song Wan'er's idea of ​​taking care of Mr. Jiang En personally and repaying his kindness. After praising her, she told Wan'er that she would soon be a grown-up girl and that physical contact between men and women was not allowed.

Even if someone saved your life, you cannot be together day and night.

Let the servants do what they should do.

As for repaying, there are many ways. The Song family can give Jiang San gold, silver and treasures, the Mu family can help Jiang San find a decent job, and if Jiang San wants to make a career in the army, King Chang'an can also introduce him to the army.

Song Wan'er had been an orphan since she was a child, so she naturally couldn't refuse Madam Mu's good intentions for her.

However, Jiang San is currently seriously injured and can only stay in the Song residence to recuperate.

Song Anlan sent two servants to serve in the west wing, taking care of everything and not letting Song Wan'er interfere in the matter at all.

Half a month has passed in a flash and the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching.

Queen Wang was going to organize a palace banquet, and under the pretext of asking Princess Wang to come to the palace to help, she asked her to bring Xiaoxing back to the palace.

In fact, the palace holds a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet every year. When Prince Chang'an had no princess, Queen Wang was also thinking about who to ask for help.

Chunzhi knew very well that Queen Wang didn't want her to help, but obviously wanted to see Xiaoxing back.

Huo Zheng was busy outside, and Chunzhi took Xiaoxing back with her after receiving the imperial edict, and brought Qingye and others into the palace.

When she met Queen Wang, Chunzhi said politely, "I pay my respects to you, Queen Mother."

"Come on, sit down." Queen Wang was no longer as critical of Chunzhi as before, and her attitude was very friendly.

Chunzhi stood up and said, "Thank you, mother."

Every time Xiaoxing came to the palace, his eyes lit up when he saw these luxurious palaces.

Queen Wang had been in the palace for a long time and had seen too many lifeless eyes. She loved the sparkling eyes of children the most. When she saw Xiao Xinghui, she smiled and said, "Zi'an, come here, let the Empress Dowager hug you."

Chunzhi handed the child forward, and Queen Wang immediately hugged Xiaoxing back into her arms, "Grandma, give him a hug. Our little boy An seems to have gained a lot of weight."

Chunzhi smiled and said, "Children grow fast. They are indeed much heavier than the last time I saw the Queen Mother."

"Children should be plump and fair." Queen Wang still remembered that Xiaoxing liked cakes, so she held him in one hand and took a piece of cake from the table and handed it to him with the other hand.

Xiaoxing was so happy when he returned with the cakes.

"The Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet is just around the corner. I wonder if there's anything I can do to help you, Mother?"

Chunzhi knew that Queen Wang summoned her to the palace to see her child, but in name only she was asked to help organize a palace banquet, so she had to ask what she could do to help.

Queen Wang was busy loving her grandson. When she heard Chunzhi's words, she gave her a look and asked the female official Gao to take Chunzhi to familiarize herself with the palace banquet process and learn from her.

"Yes, your majesty." Lady Gao immediately agreed and turned to Chunzhi and said, "Princess, follow me."

Chunzhi stood up and glanced at Queen Wang, who ignored everything else after holding her grandson. She felt secretly amused and left the wet nurse to accompany her, then walked out of the Queen's bedroom with Ms. Gao.

Lady Gao told Chunzhi, "This Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is one of the most important banquets in the palace. In previous years, the Empress has done many things herself. This year, she is handing it over to the Princess because she values ​​her."

Perhaps because she knew that Queen Wang was previously dissatisfied with Chunzhi as the Princess of Chang'an, Female Official Gao found an opportunity to talk about how much Queen Wang now valued Chunzhi.

Chunzhi smiled and said nothing.

After marrying into the Chang'an Prince's Mansion, Huo Zheng taught her a lot of things. Banquets in the prince's mansion had to be prepared a long time in advance, not to mention the imperial palace.

The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is on August 15th. Today is August 12th, and there are still three days until the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. Everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared long ago, so there is no need for her, an inexperienced person, to help.

However, Queen Wang wanted to see her grandson, so Chunzhi had to let him see her. It would be good for her to follow the female official Gao to watch the palace banquet process and learn something, so that she would not be clueless when she really had to do these things in the future.

Female official Gao had been with Queen Wang for more than 20 years and knew a lot. Even though she knew that helping to organize the palace banquet was just an excuse for the Queen to let Princess Chang'an bring her child into the palace, she still took Chunzhi through the process seriously.

Chunzhi listened carefully. Since she was already here, she couldn't come in vain.

The two of them, one teaching and the other learning, passed like this for most of the day. When Lady Gao said they could go back, Chunzhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Worrying and being tired are more mentally exhausting than being physically tired. For such a large Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, everything from the dishes to the seating arrangements must be arranged in place.

If there is any discord between the royal relatives, they cannot sit together, and the ministers and their families who are qualified to enter the palace to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival must not make any mistakes.

This was the first time Chunzhi encountered this, and she felt dizzy just by listening to what Lady Gao said.

On the way back, Lady Gao said to Chunzhi, "The Queen has been managing the harem for many years and has worked so hard. Now she has the princess to help her. It couldn't be better."

Queen Wang has always wanted to train a daughter-in-law who can help her.

Wang Yiyue was that person before, but no one expected that Prince Chang'an would give up the noble lady and insist on marrying Chunzhi.

What is even more unexpected is that Wang Yiyue, the daughter of the Grand Tutor, is now Lu Jingyun's co-wife. She competes with Ji Ruzhen every day, causing unrest in the Lu family and becoming a laughing stock in the whole capital.

When Chunzhi and Ms. Gao were returning to Qiwu Palace with the palace maids and servants, they happened to run into Wang Yiyue.

Wang Yiyue stood outside the bedroom door and stuffed a banknote into the young eunuch's pocket. "Excuse me, Eunuch De, I really have something important to ask my aunt!"

When Lady Gao saw this, she coughed loudly.

The eunuch named De Gonggong trembled with fear and quickly returned the banknote to Wang Yiyue, "Sixth Miss, the Empress has been busy with the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet these days. Please don't come and cause trouble for her."

As Eunuch De said this, he immediately went to greet Lady Gao and Chunzhi, "The princess is back. The young master is clamoring for you. Please come in."

Chunzhi passed by Wang Yiyue without even glancing at her and went straight into the bedroom.

Behind her, the high-ranking official said to Wang Yiyue, "If the Sixth Miss had any intelligence, she should have lived a good life in the Lu Mansion instead of constantly coming to the palace to ask the Empress for orders."

After saying that, Ms. Gao followed Chunzhi into the bedroom.

Wang Yiyue stood there, looking at Chunzhi's back with hatred, filled with resentment: It's all Mu Chunzhi! She's the one who ruined me! She took away everything from me!

If I have the chance, I will make Mu Chunzhi pay me back a hundredfold!