After hearing Chen's words, Shen Ningyuan raised her head.
He looked at Chen suspiciously and pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Madam Ji, how do you want me to explain? Lord Ji was drunk and immoral, disrupting this palace banquet. There is evidence and witnesses, and everyone saw it. Can I just explain it and pretend that this thing never happened?"
"Ning Yuan, that's not what you mean. The Marquis didn't do it on purpose!" Chen's face turned red with anxiety.
Shen Ningyuan responded coldly: "Even if it wasn't intentional, the palace banquet was disrupted. This is an ironclad fact!"
Seeing Shen Ningyuan's attitude, Chen immediately became angry.
Regardless of the presence of so many people, she pointed directly at Shen Ningyuan and cursed: “Bitch! As the daughter-in-law of the Ji family, will it make you rotten if you say a few words for the Ji family?”
"presumptuous!"
The Queen Mother scolded coldly.
Chen immediately lowered her head, "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, please forgive me!"
Empress Dowager Cui's expression was even colder than before. "As Ning Yuan said, Ji Zehai disrupted my palace banquet. This is an ironclad fact. No matter what, the Ji family must give me an explanation for this matter!"
After saying that, Empress Dowager Cui turned to Xie Lixuan and said coldly, "Emperor, did you hear that?"
"Mother, I heard it." Xie Lixuan nodded and said solemnly, "I will definitely pass on the order to deal with this matter seriously!"
After hearing Xie Lixuan's words, Chen felt a black screen before her eyes, and she kept muttering in a low voice, "The Ji family is finished, the Ji family is finished."
At this time, Queen Mother Cui looked at everyone present and said coldly, "Forget it, forget it. I'm sure everyone is just like me, disturbed by this incident."
"How about this, before I leave the palace, I will hold another vegetarian banquet and invite all the female relatives in the capital to attend. I will send invitations to you all then."
"As for today, let's just disperse!"
After he finished speaking, everyone knelt down to express their gratitude and the crowd slowly dispersed.
Shen Ningyuan had originally planned to leave with everyone, but when she was about to stand up, Queen Mother Cui suddenly called her.
"Yuan'er, please stay for a moment and have a private chat with me!"
Shen Ningyuan was stunned and looked at the Queen Mother in surprise.
He murmured, "Empress Dowager, is this...appropriate?"
Queen Mother Cui shook her head. "There's nothing inappropriate about that. I just have something to ask you."
Having said this, Shen Ningyuan no longer refused.
When Chen was leaving, she kept winking at Shen Ningyuan, hoping that she would speak for Ji Zehai.
But no matter how she blinked, Shen Ningyuan pretended not to see it.
Chen blinked so hard that her eyes almost cramped, but it was still no use.
In the end, he could only reluctantly follow the crowd and leave.
When Song Yaner left, she glanced at Shen Ningyuan with a worried look on her face.
The latter gave her a reassuring look, and Song Yan'er left the palace with peace of mind.
In contrast, Chen looked panicked as she made her way out of the palace.
Chen Moer had been waiting for a long time before getting on the carriage back to the Marquis' Mansion.
After the carriage started moving, Chen said unwillingly: "I didn't expect that bitch Shen Ningyuan actually had such a connection with the Queen Mother. How come we didn't know anything about it before?"
Chen Moer took a deep breath, her tone extremely gloomy: "I only knew that Cui Jin was from the Qinghe Cui family, but I never thought that she was from the same lineage as the Queen Mother. If I had known this from the beginning, I would not have plotted against Shen Ningyuan at the Queen Mother's palace banquet!"
Chen Moer gritted her teeth secretly, “Even if Shen Ningyuan loses her moral integrity, the Queen Mother will protect her.”
Chen wailed, "What should we do? Are we just going to watch your uncle suffer in prison?"
"Aunt, what you should worry about now is not whether my uncle will be tortured in prison, but whether he can keep the title of marquis." Chen Moer said quietly.
Chen's face darkened, "Mo'er, what do you mean by this?"
Chen Moer took another deep breath, looking at someone as if they were an idiot.
"Aunt, the Marquis' Mansion hasn't had any military operations for many years." Chen Mo'er gathered her sleeves. "Throughout history, noble families that haven't made any achievements for a long time will be stripped of their titles. Two years ago, I suggested that you find a way to marry Shen Ningyuan and use the Shen family's affairs to slow down the process of the Ji family being stripped of their titles."
"But..." After hesitating for a moment, Chen Moer continued, "This does not mean that His Majesty does not want to take back the Ji family's title."
"What?" Chen's face turned pale. "Is it really like this?"
"What else do you think, aunt?" Chen Moer snorted coldly.
"No, the title of the Marquisate cannot be taken away!" Chen nervously held Chen Mo'er's hand. "If the title is taken away, it will be the same as being demoted to a commoner. Mo'er, you have to think of a way!"
Chen withdrew her hand and wiped her tears as she spoke, "Now your uncle is in prison, and you are the only backbone of the Ji family. You have to think of a way, Mo'er!"
Seeing Chen crying, Chen Moer began to feel annoyed again.
I couldn't help but say, "Auntie, please stop crying. You've cried away all your good luck!"
Chen finally stopped crying and sobbed, "But whenever I think of your uncle suffering alone in prison, I feel so sad!"
Hearing this, Chen Mo'er retorted rudely, "Are you worried about your uncle suffering in prison? You're worried that because of what happened today, the Ji family's title will be revoked by His Majesty, and you'll lose your position as Marquise!"
Chen paused.
I felt a little embarrassed for a moment when Chen Moer hit the nail on the head.
She said embarrassedly, "Mo'er, you can't say that. We all prosper together and suffer together. I'm not just after the position of Marquise. I'm your aunt. My status is high, so I can be relied upon by you, right?"
"rely?"
Chen Moer snorted coldly.
If she hadn't wanted to help Xie Yuming, she wouldn't have come to the cannibalistic Marquis' Mansion.
Even though she complained in her heart, when she saw Chen's hesitant look, Chen Moer suppressed her disgust.
He immediately said, "Okay, aunt, I will explain today's events to His Highness. He will definitely find a way to keep the title of Marquis."
"Really?" Chen excitedly squeezed Chen Mo'er's hand, "Mo'er, you must keep the title of Marquis!"
"Um."
After Chen Moer responded, she said no more.
Seeing the turbidity and greed in Chen's eyes, Chen Moer couldn't help but lift the curtain and look at the scene of people coming and going on the street.
At this moment, she really didn't know whether it was right or wrong for her to stay in the Marquis' Mansion.
On the other side, after the crowd at the palace banquet dispersed, Shen Ningyuan followed Queen Mother Cui to the Cining Palace.
After dismissing everyone, Queen Mother Cui held Shen Ningyuan's hand and urged her anxiously, "Child, the Ji family is not a good place to go. You have to think about yourself!"
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