Gan Qiongying thought he had left, but when she turned around and entered the side hall, she saw the Regent standing opposite Gan Lin, showing no respect whatsoever for the emperor.

He bowed slightly, leaned closer to look at Gan Lin, and said, "I really didn't expect that Your Majesty would have two faces."

"The way His Majesty looked at me at the banquet really terrified me. Why is he so silent now?"

Gan Lin raised his eyes, about to say something, when he suddenly saw Princess Duanrong entering from outside the door.

Gan Lin immediately shut his mouth because he saw his sister's aggressive demeanor.

When they were at the palace, my elder sister would always do this, and those wicked servants would never get any benefit from it.

Gan Lin only needs to take a small step back and hand the battlefield over to his older sister, so as not to get caught up in the chaos when she's in charge.

"I never expected that the Regent, who acted so respectable at the banquet, standing at the door welcoming and seeing off guests like a dutiful watchdog, would completely drop his pretense once the guests left? Is he going to become a disrespectful traitor who disrespects the emperor?"

Gan Qiongying walked in from outside the main hall and saw the Regent looking like he was about to bully her. On a whim, she started to launch into a verbal attack.

"It just so happens that my relatives have difficulty walking, and the Right Chancellor doesn't seem to have gone far either. I'll call them back right now and let them see for themselves that the Regent's wolfish ambition, which he can't hide, is about to burst out of his chest and leap onto the throne!"

The Regent slowly turned to look at Gan Qiongying, his eyes extremely sharp and fierce.

Gan Qiongying turned around to actually call for help. The relatives were easy to deal with, but the Right Chancellor was a three-dynasty veteran who reeked of pedantry and was also the tutor of three emperors. Many literary masters of the time were his students.

He was a loyal subject who stood on no side but respected only the emperor.

The reason why this loyal minister has been able to stay with the regent until today is twofold: firstly, he has caused great trouble, as the Right Chancellor has many protégés, and even some of the regent's subordinates were promoted by the Right Chancellor; secondly, the Right Chancellor is in poor health and old age, and no matter how loyal he is, he doesn't have the energy to attend court every day, and it would be good if he could attend two or three times a month.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival palace banquet, and I finally managed to come out. I was carried all the way from the palace gate into Danxi Hall, so I haven't really gone far yet.

Gan Qiongying usually doesn't need to use this person even if she wants to.

Today it will come in handy; it's more than enough to put pressure on the Regent.

"Princess Duanrong, if you don't leave the palace now, the palace gates will be locked soon. After that, it will be impossible for you to leave." The Regent's voice was extremely cold, and his words carried a veiled message: tell Gan Qiongying to mind her own business and get out of there.

Gan Qiongying replied, "I am not leaving the palace because His Majesty has asked me to stay here for a few more days. I used to live in the palace, and I still have my own courtyard here."

The implication is that I am a princess, and you are nothing.

This immediately struck a nerve with the regent, who was accused of having an illegitimate title.

Not satisfied with the provocation, Gan Qiongying continued, "As an official from outside the palace, why hasn't the Regent left the palace after the banquet? Could it be that he has a lover in the harem and is preparing to defile the palace?"

"No, I was wrong. How could the Regent possibly have defiled the harem? Hahaha, I forgot that the Regent simply cannot..."

"Gan Qiongying!" Sima Rui suddenly shouted her full name, interrupting Gan Qiongying.

His interruption was perfectly timed; if it had been a second later, Gan Qiongying would have revealed his inability to have sex.

Moreover, although Sima Rui was extremely angry, as an official outside the capital, especially during the Mid-Autumn Festival when there was no court assembly, he could not stay overnight in the palace. He could not even stay in the Hall of State Affairs under the pretext of reviewing memorials all night.

His handsome face contorted for a moment, then a sinister smile appeared on his face. He flicked his robes and said to Gan Lin in a disrespectful tone, "Your subject takes his leave."

Then, as he strode past Gan Qiongying, he whispered, "You'll regret this."

Gan Qiongying thought to herself, "I regret your mother."

Today, Gan Lin completely tore off the last veil of pretense in the main hall. It will be virtually impossible to repair it in the future. Now it has reached the point where we can spit in each other's faces.

Why should Gan Qiongying care about saving face for each other? She's always been good at developing her strength in a sneaky way.

She loudly directed the Imperial Guards at the gate, pointing at the Regent's back and saying, "You lot, quickly take turns patrolling. If you see anyone running around in the palace, report it immediately. Those who defile the inner palace will be sent to the inner prison to be castrated and then beheaded!"

The Regent Prince walks as if he's walking on cotton. His back is always tall and straight, and his walk is steady, but now he's almost flying with anger because of Gan Qiongying.

Gan Lin, on the other hand, had never seen Regent Sima Rui suffer such a humiliating defeat at the hands of one person, without being able to retaliate, and couldn't help but chuckle.

He walked up to Gan Qiongying and said, "Sister, you're still as amazing as you were back then."

Back then, Princess Duanrong fought with the wicked servants to protect Ganlin. She was small and skinny, but she never backed down.

At this moment, two souls seemed to overlap with time itself, encapsulating in Gan Qiongying's body.

Amidst the shimmering, flickering lights of the entire hall, she turned to look at Gan Lin and said, "I am your elder sister."