Behind the rockery.

"Ruoyun, you have to act according to your circumstances and find a way to put it in that person's wine glass. You must make sure it is foolproof. This opportunity is rare, so don't miss it.

Whether the princess has a happy future depends on you, so you must not let her forget it. "The princess of Nanhua said seriously.

"County Lady, I'm scared. If they find out, I'll be dead." The maid Ruoyun was very scared.

"What are you afraid of? I'm here with you. Even if she finds out, she's already achieved her goal. Can't the County Lady protect you? Don't forget, you're the County Lady's personal maid. Your fate is closely tied to the County Lady's. Your parents are still working as stewards on my mother's farm."

Seeing that the maid looked like she was about to cry, the Lady of Nanhua County began to threaten her.

The maid had no choice but to take what her master handed over.

"County Lady, you must protect me. I don't want to die yet."

"Don't worry, you won't die. You are the capable maid of the County Master, how could the County Master bear to see you die?"

The Nanhua County Lady guaranteed it.

When Yu Yuanzheng and the others heard this, they knew that the leader of Nanhua County wanted to harm people, but they didn't know who she wanted to harm.

She had given her instructions and would be leaving the rockery soon.

The two looked at each other and immediately withdrew.

When the master and servant of Nanhua County came out from behind the rockery, they saw two groups of four masters and servants who were at least ten feet away, slowly walking away.

Yu Yuanzheng was talking to Princess Lingxuan, and their maids were following them at a distance, so they did not hear the conspiracy behind the rockery.

Generally, the daughters of officials were not allowed to bring maids with them when entering the palace, but maids and servants were allowed to wait in a special area.

However, people of the status of Yu Yuanzheng and Princess Lingxuan, including the Princess Nanhua just now, are qualified to have a maid to serve them.

The two of them moved a long distance apart before they started to spit.

"Who is she going to offend? It can't be my brother, right? That's unlikely, as we are a family. She wouldn't be so cruel." Princess Lingxuan guessed.

"You think too much. How could she not love your brother?"

"That's true. Then who is she going to deal with?"

"I don't know either." Yu Yuanzheng actually had a faint guess in her heart, but it was just a guess and it was not appropriate to say it out loud.

Anyway, this has nothing to do with her, she just enjoys watching the show.

"Well, never mind. As long as my family and my brothers in the palace aren't harmed, it'll be fine." Princess Lingxuan believed that if the county lord of Nanhua wanted to harm someone, he would definitely target a man, not a woman.

"It has nothing to do with us, don't worry about it." Yu Yuanzheng comforted.

"Well, I feel much better after talking to you for a while. Let's go find Brother Ziqi. Maybe he is looking for you everywhere." Princess Lingxuan teased.

"Well, it's possible. He should come out after talking to the emperor for a few words."

It's no wonder that Shangguan Ziqi was looking for her, but he met the eldest prince Cao Jinqi on the way and was invited to a pavilion to chat.

"Ziqi, I haven't congratulated you on becoming a father yet." The eldest prince was sincerely happy.

"Thank you. Speaking of this, the emperor just asked me to persuade you that it's time for you to get married. What do you think?" Shangguan Ziqi asked as soon as he received the task.

"There's nothing to think about. I'm a cripple so I won't harm other girls."

"Are you talking about me?" Shangguan Ziqi felt that he had harmed the girl from a good family, but he couldn't bear to let her go.

"You are different. Your family married you without your knowledge, and it was your father who arranged the marriage."

"Are you afraid that you will have offspring and be involved in the fight for the throne?" Shangguan Ziqi only thought of this reason.

"Did you figure it out?" The eldest prince smiled.

Until now, my father has not appointed a crown prince, but when my grandfather was alive, he appointed a crown prince very early on.

The main reason was naturally the death of his mother.

If his mother was still alive, he might have been made the crown prince by his father.

Without the protection of his mother, the prince would be easily plotted against. No one knows how he died.

So his father has been waiting for him to grow up and be able to protect himself, but things never go as planned.

He was disabled and lost the qualification to be crowned as the crown prince.

If he got married early and had a son, who had grown up before his father passed away, it was possible that he could be named the Crown Prince, which would be even more troublesome.

"Hey! You! If the emperor knew you were thinking this way, I wonder how he would feel."

"No, in another ten or eight years, I will be in my prime, and it won't be too late to consider it then." The eldest prince was very open-minded.

"Have you ever thought about asking the miracle doctor who is famous in Beijing recently to take a look?" Shangguan Ziqi probed.

"No, there are so many doctors who can't do anything about my leg problem. He also said he couldn't do anything about your leg. Can he do anything about my leg? It's better not to bring trouble to him. Didn't you bring trouble to him before?"

The eldest prince shook his head, no longer having any hope for his legs.

After hearing his words, Shangguan Ziqi waved his hand and asked the people serving nearby to step back.

Although it was some distance away just now, it was not far enough.

When the eldest prince saw him like this, he raised his eyes and looked at him in confusion.

Shangguan Ziqi pushed his wheelchair closer to him.

Then he put his head close to the eldest prince's ear.

"My Lord, my leg doctor said it can be cured, but I don't want to treat it yet. I want to find the person who hurt me first before I consider it. If you want to be treated, please take some time to come to my Qiyayuan."

Shangguan Ziqi said this quietly and nodded.

The eldest prince opened his eyes when he heard this.

"Are you serious?"

Shangguan Ziqi nodded again.

"Okay, I'll go learn piano from my sister-in-law someday. These past few days, the Seventh and Eighth Imperial Sisters have been showing off in front of me. We'll be able to see their performance soon, and I hope it will shock the audience as the Seventh Imperial Brother said."

"Haha, just listen to his nonsense, he is far inferior to Zheng'er." In Shangguan Ziqi's eyes, no one can compare to his wife.

The two chatted for a while before parting.

Shangguan Ziqi still didn't find Yu Yuanzheng in the end, but when he knew she was with Princess Lingxuan, he stopped looking for her.

The two didn't meet until the banquet started.

This time the palace banquet will be held at the beginning of the afternoon at 5pm, and the palace gates will be closed one hour later.

"Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and our Great Wei is having another bumper harvest year.

According to data reported by various state governments, the autumn grain collection this year was half a percent higher than that of the previous year.

Let us celebrate together on this festive occasion.

When the Moon Goddess ascends in a moment, I will worship with you, my dear ministers, and pray for peace and prosperity for the people of our great Wei State.

We drank from the same cup.”

The emperor stood on a high seat, raised his glass and drank it all.

The ministers below drank together.

Then the palace banquet began.

Just like last time, the songs and dances prepared by the palace began to be performed, and then each family started drinking and having fun.

But this time they did not sit at the same table as families, but ministers with official positions sat together. They would soon go out with the emperor to worship the moon goddess, but the women would not go.

Shangguan Zishu, as the prince of the palace, also had to go with the prince, but Shangguan Ziqi didn't have to, so he sat with Yu Yuanzheng. Next to them were Yu Chaoyang and the princess.

The banquet continued with eating and drinking as usual, and everyone could move around as they pleased before the time for worship.

Yu Yuanzheng thought of what she and Princess Lingxuan had heard before, that Princess Nanhua had a conspiracy, so she couldn't help but look at Princess Nanhua.

And she saw several times that the eyes of the Nanhua County Lady always lingered on a certain position in the men's area for a moment or two.

When the banquet was in the middle of the You hour, she saw the Princess of Nanhua County get up and leave.