Chapter 393 Palace Banquet



The fifteenth day of the eighth month of every year is the middle of the three autumns, so it is named "Mid-Autumn Festival".

Feng Dynasty has the custom of worshiping the moon. Every year, the palace will hold a banquet and invite the royal grandchildren, nobles, and ministers to the palace to participate in the banquet. They can bring their families with them. In previous years, the palace banquet was organized by the emperor, but this year, the three nobles in the palace worked together to organize it.

People outside the palace know something about what happened in the palace. But for these ladies in the backyard, it doesn't make much difference to them who is the emperor in the harem.

They only knew that there were many princes and princes, and apart from the unmarried ones there were also young and unmarried ones. Their eyes were fixed on these unmarried princes and princes. Therefore, if there is an unmarried boy at home or a brother who is not betrothed to someone else, the wife of the family will take advantage of these times to dress up the child well and bring him into the palace together.

If His Highness or the emperor's brother takes a fancy to him, it would be a good thing to get married into the emperor's family. If this marriage happens, their family will become relatives of the emperor.

Not only are these wives looking at the prince and his brothers, but the nobles and beauties in the palace will also think of ways to find an outstanding brother for their prince, find a young talent for their prince, and marry him to a good family.

Therefore, every year's palace banquet was a disguised blind date. The married princes would bring their wives and concubines with them, while the unmarried princes would hide away at this time. The princes would be dressed up by their kings and fathers and come behind them.

The palace gates were opened, and the invited royal grandchildren and nobles, and ministers in the court entered the palace with their families.

The three nobles sat together, and Xiao Guijun sat in the middle, which also showed his different status among the three nobles.

This was his first time to organize a palace banquet in the palace, and it is impossible not to say that Xiao Guijun was nervous. Seeing the results of their preparations for so many days being displayed in front of the public today, Xiao Guijun was somewhat satisfied in his heart. He finally did not mess things up.

The empty dragon throne in the middle, His Majesty has not come yet, and there is a seat left next to it, which is undoubtedly reserved for Shen Guijun. His Majesty now stays in Cuixiu Garden every night, presumably with Shen Guijun.

It would be a lie to say that these nobles and beauties in the palace are not jealous in their hearts, but no matter how jealous they are, they can only hide it in their hearts and never show it in front of others. Didn’t you see that Sun Houjun is still in the Heavenly Prison, and His Majesty has not said how to deal with Sun Houjun. It is not a solution to lock him up in there like this, and there must be an explanation in the end.

It has been several days since His Majesty claimed to be ill and did not attend the court. The ministers in the court have not seen His Majesty for several days. They entered the palace early to wait for an audience with His Majesty.

"My Lord and Father." The second prince Feng Lingyun brought his legitimate son to his Lord and Father, and greeted the other two nobles one by one. Feng Lingyun married the second eldest son of the eldest son of Zeng Ge's hometown. Princess Yun is also the eldest son of a family of scholars and etiquette. She is beautiful and gentle, and she is a perfect match for His Majesty the Prince Yun.

"My Lord and Father." Princess Yun followed with a smile on her face and saluted her Lord and Father, and also saluted the two nobles willingly. The two children who followed him also followed suit and saluted. Both children looked very good, and looked very much like His Royal Highness Prince Yun, and naturally also a bit like Xiao Guijun.

Xiao Guijun was very pleased with his son's marriage to this daughter-in-law, and she became pregnant soon after entering the house, and gave birth to two boys. He waved for the two children to come over.

The two children glanced at their father, and when they saw that their father nodded, they ran to their grandmother. "Come, Yingxiu, you also sit here with me." Xiao Guijun did not forget his daughter-in-law and waved for her to come over. As for his son, he let him find a place by himself.

Feng Lingyun finally understood that his father had no intention of inviting him to sit over. But it was true, all the people sitting here were his father's nobles, and those who came were wives and brothers, so it was not convenient for him to stay here.

Noble Lord Xiao gave his son a look, what are you still doing here? Hurry up and go do what you should do.

Feng Lingyun smiled and bowed to his father and took his leave. He felt relieved to leave his princess and children with his father. He knew that his father meant for him to take this opportunity to get closer to the ministers in the court, but even if he didn't go, these people would come. Not

long after His Royal Highness Prince Yun came, His Royal Highness Prince Yi came over with his prince. Seeing his fourth brother coming, Feng Lingyun's eyes lit up, and after his fourth brother met several nobles and came out, he went to his fourth brother.

Dealing with the ministers in the court was really a headache for him. He had to smile until his face was almost stiff. He still had to smile to greet people. It would be much better if his fourth brother had a cold face. With a cold face, he had never smiled at anyone.

The ministers in the court wanted to make friends with His Royal Highness the King of Wings, but they had to weigh His Royal Highness the King of Wings's freezing face in their hearts first. Few dared to approach

His Royal Highness the King of Wings. "If you feel tired, tell me and I will take you back to the palace." Feng Lingxiao personally helped his prince to sit down. The Queen of Wings had a bulging belly, and the baby in her belly was several months old. His body was special now, so it was no wonder that His Royal Highness the King of Wings was considerate to him.

Seeing how good the Prince of Yi was to the Princess of Yi, the unmarried brothers present were envious or jealous of Liang Xijun. It was a pity that they did not have Liang Xijun's looks and talents, and they did not have a father like Liang Xiang, so they could not have the chance to be the Princess of Yi.

"I am fine, Your Highness, do not worry." Liang Xijun smiled and shook her head. She had finally waited for her husband to be by her side. Even if she was really tired, she would not be willing to go back.

She just wanted to be with her husband, even in this noisy palace, because she knew that as soon as he returned to the Prince of Yi's mansion, he would go back to his room to rest. The Prince would definitely be busy with official business and would not have time to accompany him. It would be better for her to stay in the palace for a while so that she could be with her husband longer.

But he also knew that his prince didn't like the palace banquets in this palace, and he probably wouldn't stay here for too long.

Feng Lingxiao didn't know what his prince was thinking. When he saw people saying that he was in good health, he thought that his prince was really in good health, and he didn't understand his prince's mind.

Seeing his second brother coming towards him, the two greeted each other. Feng Lingyun also had a better relationship with his fourth brother among the brothers, or it could be said that His Royal Highness Prince Yun had a good relationship with his brothers. Not everyone has the ability to be so versatile and take care of everything.

Feng Lingxiao didn't dislike his second brother, and Feng Lingyun was not a person who would disgust others. Just then, his eighth uncle came. Feng Lingyun said to go to his uncle's place. Feng Lingxiao took a look and nodded.

At this time in the palace, it was the time for the ministers in the court and the ladies in the inner court to communicate with each other. It was also the wedding of the young masters of the two families. When they met, they were a family and sat together to communicate with each other.

People in the palace came one after another. The fifth prince Feng Lingrui came last. His Royal Highness Prince Fu's position in the palace was very awkward. Seeing that His Royal Highness Prince Fu had not come yet, some people guessed that His Royal Highness Prince Fu would not come to this year's palace banquet. Unexpectedly, His Royal Highness Prince Fu came later.

The Duke Sun's Mansion was not invited to the palace banquet this year. Queen Sun and Duke Sun are still in jail waiting for His Majesty to deal with them. It is not surprising that Lord Xiao did not invite the Duke Sun's Mansion.

Things are different now. The Duke Sun's Mansion is not the Duke Sun's Mansion of the past, and

His Royal Highness Prince Fu is not the Prince Fu of the past. After knowing this, Lingrui was so angry that he smashed the teacup at hand, but he could not change this matter. The affairs of the harem were not something he, a prince, could decide. His only plan now was to find a way to get his father out, but he could not even see his father, the emperor, let alone get his father out. It

was obvious that his father was wronged, but once it came to Lord Shen, his father believed everything about others and no longer believed in his father!

It's all that damned Lord Shen's fault!

Lord Xiao and several other nobles are in the harem, and it's harder for him to get involved than he thought. When the wall falls, everyone pushes it. His father is in such a state now, and there are many people in the harem who want to take advantage of his misfortune.

If he didn't come to the palace banquet today, people would find a handle to complain about him in front of his father. After calming down, Feng Lingrui still came with the princess with a bad face.

The moon in the sky slowly rose, and the emperor's procession also arrived.

"The Emperor has arrived..." "Long live the Emperor!" "My dear ministers

, please stand up." The golden dragon robe embroidered with an eight-clawed golden dragon showed that His Majesty's status was incomparably noble. Emperor Yongkang was in good spirits. He smiled and asked everyone to stand up, which showed that His Majesty was in a good mood today. Shen Guijun came out with His Majesty, just like the master of the harem, and her eyes were red.

Xiao Guijun looked at Shen Meiyue who was standing beside the emperor, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, which quickly disappeared. Noticing the flash of light in his father's eyes, Feng Lingyun kept smiling. His father was a little too hasty, but he was still very calm.

His Majesty led everyone to offer sacrifices to the moon, and then the palace banquet really began.

Not long after the palace banquet began, His Majesty used the excuse of being unwell to hand over the affairs of the palace to Xiao Guijun to handle, and he took Shen Guijun away. After that, those who wanted to find an opportunity to speak to His Majesty lost the opportunity and could only watch His Majesty walk away from him.

After his father left, Feng Lingxiao also took his Zhengjun away from the palace banquet, left the palace, and returned to the Yiwang Mansion.


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