Chapter 997: Hundred Days Palace Banquet 1

"Is this true?"

Lianyi pretended to be surprised.

"Of course it's true. The Ministry of Rites will draw up the guest list in the next two days."

The prince said with a smile.

"Your Highness, if you had told me earlier, I could have sent a letter to my family and asked them to come to the hundred-day party for the three children. Since the children were born, my family has only received a letter and has not seen the children yet!"

Lianyi said with some resentment.

"Lianyi, don't worry, I have taken all of this into consideration, because I wasn't sure if you could recover at that time, and I couldn't let General Meng see a sickly daughter, as that would make them even more worried.

Now that you are in better spirits and can take care of the child yourself, I have decided to hold a hundred-day party for the child.

You can write to your family now. It doesn't matter if you can't make it to the Hundred Days Banquet. Just think of it as visiting you."

The prince explained patiently, as if to say, "I'm only thinking of you."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your sympathy for my homesickness. Since I had a child, I have come to understand the difficulties of being a mother, and I am even more grateful for my parents' kindness in raising me."

Lianyi left the prince's arms, bowed properly, and said half-truthfully with red eyes.

"Okay, this is a good thing. Why did it make you angry? You are a mother, you can't make a fool of yourself. The children will laugh at you."

The prince smiled and coaxed Lianyi, and with just a few words, Lianyi was beaming with joy. The two of them whispered to each other for a while, and then Lianyi led the prince to see the three treasures.

On the third day after the prince told Lianyi, the palace's Ministry of Rites sent invitations to the homes of officials above the fourth rank in the imperial city, announcing that a hundred-day banquet for the three emperor's grandsons would be held in the palace six days later.

The second prince and the third prince huddled together at this time, holding the invitation in their hands, with a gleam of light in their eyes. It was really effortless to get it. They were worried that they could not find a legitimate reason to enter the palace, and now the perfect opportunity came to them.

"Let him brag for a few days. When he loses his child and loses his position, we will see who will be the final winner."

The second prince said sinisterly.

The third prince on the side did not respond, but just pointed at the post in front of him with his finger, as if thinking about something.

The two of them joined forces only to overthrow their common enemy, the prince. As for who would take the position after the prince fell, that was a story for another time.

The two of them had their own thoughts, but they both began to arrange their staff. As the Hundred Days Banquet approached, the palace inside and outside became lively.

General Meng, who was far away in the border town, didn't know what expression to show when he learned that his "daughter" had given birth to three children for the prince. Although his "daughter" was dying at one point, she finally survived the ghost gate for her children and now has a place in the palace.

After that, there was an invitation to the Hundred Days Banquet. The messenger relayed Lian Yi's words:

"My daughter misses her parents very much. I know that my father is guarding the border and cannot leave, and my mother's health cannot withstand the bumpy ride. If possible, can you let my second brother come to the imperial city to visit my daughter? You don't have to rush, just arrive before autumn."

After hearing the message, General Meng and his wife sent the messenger to go and rest. Then the two of them began to read the letter, and General Meng discovered that there was something fishy in the letter.

Although the entire letter was about Lianyi telling about the hardships of giving birth and her longing for her family, the second words of these sentences of varying lengths together were "There is a change in the imperial city, be prepared early!"

The only change General Meng could think of was naturally the change in the throne. He walked around the study twice before saying to his wife:

"Let Shen'er go to the Imperial City with a team of 100 people. We must get first-hand information."

"Husband, this is a royal fight, it's not something we can get involved in."

Madam Meng frowned.

"It's not like we can just say no to participation now. After all, our 'daughter' is married to the crown prince. If the crown prince really can't control the overall situation, it will inevitably affect us, so we must be prepared."

"She is not our daughter, we will just abandon her when the time comes!"

Mrs. Meng said very straightforwardly.

This woman was using her daughter's name and enjoying the treatment that her daughter should have enjoyed. In the end, the Meng family had to cover for her. This was something she didn't want to see.

"Madam, you are confused. Even if you want to give it up, you must be fully prepared. Otherwise, we will be guilty of deceiving the emperor. The royal family will definitely hold our Meng family responsible, and it will also be an excuse to take back the military power in my hands.

Madam was born in the imperial city, you should know better than me that if the Meng family loses the military power, we will be like a tiger with its teeth pulled out, and the emperor can deal with us at any time. Even if my Meng family has never had the intention of rebellion, it is our fault that we have become too successful and frightened the emperor.

Since suppressing the Qiang Lang tribe, the Emperor has begun to use more civil officials and suppress the promotion of military generals in recent years. Do you think I don't want to completely eliminate the Qiang Lang tribe and then return to the countryside?

It is the Emperor who did not issue the decree, in order to let the Qiang Wolf Tribe contain me and the Meng Family Army."

General Meng sighed, sat on the chair, and told his wife what he had been reluctant to tell her before.

"this"

Mrs. Meng was also a little surprised. She didn't expect that this matter was so deeply involved.

"Forget it. One wrong step leads to all the wrong steps. Since we started it, there is no turning back. My husband, please take care of the arrangements."

Mrs. Meng waved her hand and left the study.

General Meng was silent for a long time and called his second son to the study.

"Shen'er, tomorrow you will lead a 100-man elite team to disperse to the Imperial City. You will stay with 20 people. You will go to the Imperial City to attend the 100-day banquet for the three emperor's grandchildren and visit your little sister."

General Meng ordered.

"But has there been any changes in the Imperial City?"

"Yes, Lianyi sent a message back, you have to be careful."

"My son knows."

That night, Meng Guangshen took his men and left the border town.

On the day of the hundred-day banquet, Lianyi dressed up carefully and then took her three children to Fengqi Palace to pay her respects to the Queen.

The queen smiled as she looked at Lianyi, who was becoming more and more beautiful. Her eyes flashed and she praised her. Then she gave gifts to the three children and asked Lianyi to take the three children to a side hall of the palace to rest. The guests for the banquet would arrive soon.

The three children had to show their faces in front of the guests, only then would Lianyi's mission be completed, and then she would take the children back to the East Palace.

The royal children are precious, and Lianyi is just going through the motions by taking the child with her.

When Lianyi brought her three children into the palace banquet, the emperor hugged each of the children one by one and gave names to his three grandchildren. Everyone in the audience congratulated him.

The three babies were quite cooperative. They accepted everyone's stares with a smile and spit on the emperor's face before being taken away by the wet nurses.

After leaving the palace banquet hall, Lianyi immediately asked everyone to quicken their pace and return to the East Palace.

At Lianyi's urging, the group almost trotted back to the East Palace.

"Lock it down!"

Lianyi issued her first order after entering the East Palace.

The chief eunuch of the East Palace was not surprised when she heard Lian Yi's order. She just waved her hand and asked the people around her to close the door, while she stayed in the hall.

Lianyi brought the three children into the bedroom. This time, regardless of the objections of the three wet nurses, she forcefully kept the children with her.

See you tomorrow, my dears~

(End of this chapter)