Song Tingwan shook her head. "No need. I'm not used to living in the palace. Thank you for your kindness."

"Today is the Emperor's birthday, so we should celebrate it happily. I heard there will be a lot of singing and dancing later, so I won't participate. I'll take my leave now."

Seeing the goddess reject his gift, Xiao Qing's face flashed with surprise, but he quickly reacted, "I'm sorry to have frightened you tonight. Regarding this assassination farce, I will give you a satisfactory explanation tomorrow. Goodbye."

Song Tingwan glanced at Xiao Yunze, nodded lightly, then turned and left.

Behind him, someone started chanting "Farewell to the Goddess" one after another.

Song Tingwan just listened for fun and went out to meet Zhuque.

She noticed their looks while eating, and few of them were friendly.

At this time, this reaction was nothing more than a fear that the goddess who could summon the dragon would punish them for their disrespect.

only......

She really had no intention of letting them go.

Song Tingwan left the Imperial Garden in a very good mood.

After what happened today, Xiao Yuncheng is completely finished. Maybe he can even help Xiao Yunze shake the foundation of the Dong family.

-

On this side, Xiao Qing had already sat back on the throne, looking at the people lying on the ground with a gloomy expression.

After a long while, he finally spoke, "Everyone, get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Tonight is my birthday banquet. The goddess summoned the dragon to descend to the world and presented me with eight golden characters to celebrate my birthday."

"I am very happy." When saying these words, Xiao Qing's face became more gloomy.

"Everyone disperse, Dong Xiang stays. Lao Jiu, you stay too."

"yes."

Everyone responded respectfully.

So many things happened tonight, their minds were in a mess, and they didn't dare to say much, so they left one after another.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the emperor was in a very bad mood, and no one wanted to get into trouble at this time.

Even Princess Miaoyi, who was usually fearless and quite favored by the emperor, fell silent and obediently followed the palace maid back to the palace.

The queen had been sitting next to the emperor, and when she heard him ask her father to stay, she was a little panicked.

"Your Majesty, it's late at night and very cold. Father is old and afraid of catching a cold. Why not summon him to the palace tomorrow?"

Xiao Qing glanced over and said, "Queen, are you putting pressure on me?"

"Your Majesty, I dare not." The queen immediately knelt down.

Her son Xiao Yuncheng had barely managed to save his life a few days ago and received a lighter sentence, but now this kind of incident had happened again and her father was implicated.

She was really worried that it would affect her position as queen.

He must be really out of his mind to act as a dissuader.

The Queen bowed respectfully and withdrew, "Your Majesty, I will leave first. It's cold, please take care of your health."

All the outsiders were cleared away, leaving only Xiao Qing, Xiao Yunze and Dong Xiu.

Xiao Qing's voice carried the majesty of a superior, "Prime Minister Dong, are you aware of what happened tonight?"

Dong Xiu knelt down and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, I didn't know the Third Prince would act this way!"

"If I knew, I would stop him no matter what! Fortunately, you are not injured, otherwise, I would be blamed for it!"

As he spoke, Dong Xiu kowtowed to Xiao Qing, who was in a higher position.

He still knew which was more important, the Third Prince or the Dong family.

His daughter is the queen, so even if he loses Xiao Yuncheng, he can still have another one!

As long as there is a prince, with the ability of his Dong family, even if he is just a baby in swaddling clothes, they can help him ascend the throne!

Just then, Xiao Yunze came over.

"Father, the truth may be..."

"Not necessarily."

-

Outside the palace.

It was already very late, but the city was still very bustling.

All the major teahouses and restaurants were packed with people.

Everyone was excitedly discussing tonight's wonders!

Passerby A: "That dragon is tumbling over the palace. It's truly majestic, its entire body golden. So majestic!"

Passerby B: "Did you hear those dragon roars? They made my ears hurt!"

Passerby A: "Of course I heard it! When the dragon appeared, I was much closer to the palace than you! When the dragon appeared, the moon in the sky was completely blocked out!"

Passerby C was munching on sunflower seeds. "Did you see the last few words the golden dragon conjured?"

Passerby A: "Of course! I was so close to the palace at the time, I saw it clearly! May you be blessed with great fortune and live as long as the Southern Mountains!"

"I didn't expect that the goddess would bring the dragon to celebrate the emperor's birthday."

Passerby B: "I've heard for a long time that the goddess summoned a dragon to repel tens of thousands of Wei soldiers. Today I finally got to see it. It was truly awe-inspiring!"