Upon seeing this, Marquis Cheng'en quickly pulled his wife Jin to his knees, "Your Majesty, please forgive me! Princess Fu'an was only trying to protect the Empress Dowager.

Princess Fu'an is a sincere person and always remembers the kindness the Empress Dowager has shown her. She cannot stand anyone slandering the Empress Dowager."

Prince Rong also quickly agreed, "What's wrong with my cousin? She just knows how to be grateful! Unlike some ungrateful people, our mother also protected her a lot when she was a child."

As a result, I now feel that my mother is not kind."

When Marquis Cheng'en came out to take sides, some imperial censors also came out to take sides.

As for the others, even if they wanted to take sides, they didn't want to show it. After seeing such a huge scandal in the royal family today, they were afraid that the emperor would purge them. They were not as stubborn as the censors.

The eldest prince Li Chengyan wanted to come out and speak for Zhou Qiongyue, but the queen kept giving him glances, so he had to give up the idea.

The emperor really had no thoughts about attacking his cousin. After all, when he heard that evil girl say that his mother was unkind, he also wanted to kick her a few times.

The Emperor still remembered how, when the wicked girl was little, her mother wished she were dead. The Empress Dowager also frequently rewarded her, fearing that someone would despise her. She also often invited the wicked girl into the palace to play.

If it doesn't go according to her wishes at all, it would be unkind.

"Uncle, Fifth Brother, don't be anxious, I haven't said anything.

My cousin was conferred the title of Princess Shuxian by the late emperor. It was because that evil girl Li Shihuan was so irritating that she would provoke my cousin to take action.

Besides, my cousin is also an elder, so there is nothing wrong with her teaching the younger generation a lesson.

I still have a few authentic calligraphy and paintings in my private collection. I'll ask Eunuch Hou to find them later to calm my cousin down."

In fact, if the Queen Mother was still alive, the Emperor might not be so angry. But now that the Queen Mother is gone, the living can never compete with the dead. After all, the dead not only cannot make mistakes, but their previous shortcomings are also disappearing.

After the Queen Mother passed away, she left most of her belongings to the Emperor. Although the Queen Mother had a lot of jewelry, compared to the Queen Mother's private vault, what the Emperor got was just a drop in the bucket.

At this time, Li Shihuan pointed out that the Queen Mother did not leave any for her, and the Emperor felt that this was also a slap in his face.

Seeing that the emperor had not punished her, Zhou Qiongyue quickly expressed her gratitude, "Your Majesty, I thank you for your grace!"

"What should I call you? Cousin. Even though I only call you cousin, you are like my own sister in my heart."

The emperor also intends to consolidate Zhou Qiongyue's position while his ministers are present.

After all, whether he was on guard against Prince Fu'an's mansion or not, that was his business. After all, the affection he and his cousin had for each other growing up together was not fake.

He also didn't want anyone to step on his cousin's head.

Everyone present said: With the Princess of Fu'an having such a bad temper, who else would dare to go against her except Your Majesty?

Zhou Qiongyue didn't argue with the emperor and smiled and thanked him again, "Thank you, cousin!"

The emperor made a gesture for Zhou Qiongyue to stand up, then looked at everyone present, "My lords, please forget this little episode! I suddenly remembered the scene when the late emperor admired the moon with us that year. Today, I and my lords will also admire the Mid-Autumn moon together!"

When they were about to leave, everyone could only happily agree, and even a few officials with high emotional intelligence came out to flatter the emperor.

In fact, the emperor did this not only because he thought of the late emperor today, but also because after dealing with Li Shihuan today, the emperor thought of Xie Zixin again.

After the emperor finished speaking, he went out hand in hand with the queen, and Zhou Qiongyue and Yuan Bohua followed behind.

After everyone sat down, this time they really sat down, sitting on the floor.

The main reason was that the emperor and the empress were the first to sit on the ground, and everyone had no other choice.

In the past, the censors and officials from the Ministry of Rites would have come out and given advice by citing classics.

But today the emperor was probably angry with the eldest princess, no, with the commoner Li Shihuan, so they didn't dare to go up and persuade the emperor.

If sitting on the ground could save the lives of their families, the nobles and ministers thought it was better to sit down! They hadn't sat on the ground for a long time.

Not to mention it, sitting on the ground is cool and has a unique flavor.

Everyone sat like this for a while, and talented people wrote a few poems to suit the occasion, and the emperor and his ministers enjoyed themselves for a while.

Just when everyone thought that today's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was finally over, a group of people dressed in eunuch costumes rushed out from the side and went directly to the seats of the emperor and the queen.

Zhou Qiongyue, Princess Yongchun, and Prince Rong all sat in the seats below the Emperor, which meant they were relatively close to him.

For a moment, everyone turned to the emperor's side. After all, everyone's first reaction was that someone was trying to kill the emperor. In fact, this group of people were planning to kill Zhou Qiongyue in the palace.

But at this time Zhou Qiongyue was also around the emperor, protected by the imperial guards.

At that time, Yuan Chaokang, who was standing next to him, felt more and more that something was wrong when he looked at these so-called assassins. He felt more and more that there were more people on their side.

Yuan Chaokang began to suspect that these people were coming for his father and mother. He took advantage of the chaos to glance at the emperor and saw that there was no unnecessary expression on his face.

Yuan Chaokang could only solve the problem at hand first. Yuan Chaokang silently moved a little closer to his mother, and paid more attention to his mother and father.

Sure enough, after a while, the Royal Guards who were standing in the direction of the Concubine Mother made a mistake, and Yuan Chaokang saw an assassin coming directly towards the Concubine Mother.

At this critical moment, Yuan Chaokang silently tripped the assassin with his foot, but he did not forget his character and shouted to Yuan Chaochang next to him, "Brother, here!"

When Yuan Chaochang heard his brother's cry, he went straight over and kicked the assassin who was about to get up.

Before the assassin could even think of it again, the Royal Guards had already reacted and killed him.

After that, no one was able to break in, and these ten or so people were quickly dealt with.

Yuan Chaokang looked at the emperor suspiciously again. Yuan Chaokang suspected that it was the emperor who did it, and that he was targeting his mother.

By the time the emperor felt someone was looking at him, Yuan Chaokang had already turned into that dandy boy, making a fuss around Zhou Qiongyue.

The emperor was very angry at this time and immediately ordered people to investigate.

The ministers were already unwilling to speak. What was going on today? Was it not suitable to go out today?

Now the ministers could not leave the palace at all, especially before the matter was investigated thoroughly.

The emperor was already very suspicious, and now he suspected that there was a mastermind among these people, so he would never let them leave the palace.

The ministers were already cursing the mastermind behind this incident, and who knew how many more people would be affected! The palace and Yuan'an were about to be flooded with blood again.