Queen Mother Yao quite benefited from it.

Ruan Ningyun has a very sweet mouth.

After praising her to the skies, Ruan Ningyun smiled and said, "It's getting late. I'll accompany my mother to the banquet."

Queen Mother Yao couldn't help but ask, "You came with the Regent and his wife? Where are they?"

"Oh! The emperor said he had something to discuss with them, so they went there first. I wanted to go with my aunt, so I came here." After Ruan Ningyun finished speaking, she affectionately held Empress Dowager Yao's arm.

After all, she was her own niece, and Queen Mother Yao had always had a good impression of her. Even though she was a little cautious, she could accept it.

When the two arrived at the hall, almost everyone was there. Hearing the eunuch loudly announcing, "Empress Dowager Yao has arrived, Prince Su's concubine has arrived," Ruan Ningyun's heart was filled with joy.

But perhaps she was too happy, she stepped on the hem of her skirt and fell down in front of everyone. Not only did she fall down while trying to save herself, but she also brought down Queen Mother Yao as well.

This is impoliteness in front of the emperor!

Queen Mother Yao was so angry that she immediately shouted, "Get out!"

This was a palace banquet, and all present were people of status and position. Ruan Ningyun's face turned red with embarrassment. Not to mention that Empress Dowager Yao asked her to leave, she wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

Su Bei, who was sitting in the seat of honor with Chu Younan, was completely confused.

When Ruan Ningyun came in, she was a little unhappy, and wondered how shameless this person was to join in the fun. But she did not curse her to fall.

It's really tragic, but also quite funny.

Xue Jinrong covered his mouth, the corners of Empress Dowager Mei's mouth turned up, and Chu Youyang's shoulders trembled...

Ruan Ningyun left, but the palace banquet continued.

This was probably the most shabby palace banquet in history.

The palace is not shabby, the food is not shabby, but the people are too shabby.

In other countries, when it comes to state banquets, the emperor brings a large group of concubines, and the princes also bring a large group of wives and concubines. But in the country of Wu, the emperor only has one woman, and the regent only brings a princess.

The regent did bring a concubine with him, but she was driven away before I could even see what she looked like...

But Liuying looked even worse than them. Bei Yanming brought more than a dozen followers, but Liuying only brought two people. Moreover, Bei Yanming brought all the beauties, but Liuying brought two skinny old men.

Su Bei seemed to understand why Chu Youyang asked Chu Younan to bring his wives and concubines to participate.

Thinking of this, she felt that she should remove the poison from Chu Youyang's body.

Yes, although the hall was very large, she could smell the fragrance again, and she had moved closer when she saluted Chu Youyang just now, confirming that Chu Youyang was indeed poisoned.

As for what kind of Gu it was...she didn't know.

"Send someone to invite Xiao Han into the palace." Su Bei whispered.

Chu Younan was slightly surprised, "Who is poisoned?"

"Chu Youyang." Su Bei whispered in his ear.

Whoever dares to put a curse on the emperor has bad intentions!

In comparison, Bei Yanming is quite kind.

The palace banquet began, and singing and dancing were indispensable. A tall maid appeared behind Su Bei. If she hadn't seen her when she was exorcising Xue Jinrong that day, Su Bei wouldn't have dared to recognize her as a man.

Xiao Hanyu was chosen by Yaruo because he was good-looking. After dressing up as a woman, he looked just like a woman. Even his fox eyes were more charming than those of the women present.

He knelt down behind Su Bei and asked, "Who is the one who got poisoned?"

"Your Majesty." Su Bei said in a low voice.

Xiao Han's brows suddenly furrowed tightly.

Chu Youyang, who was sitting in the seat of honor, picked up a glass of wine and was about to drink it, but for some reason he spilled some of it. Fortunately, he didn't stain the dragon robe.

It was just a small accident.

After a few rounds of singing and dancing, Liuying spoke up: "We also have a show."

Chu Youyang's eyes were full of anticipation, "Please come in!"

A skinny old man came out.

Everyone sneered. The Wu country's performances were all beauties. The Miao people were too ungentlemanly. They brought an old man up to sing or dance? Tsk! Facing the sneers of the crowd, the old man showed no expression at all. He just stretched out his dry hands and moved them a few times.

What a shitty show! Everyone laughed.

But Liuying looked at the old man with interest.

At first the old man looked ordinary, but when everyone was laughing happily, the shadow of his hand cast on the ground suddenly began to grow bigger.

As it grew longer, it changed its appearance and became a human.

The shadows of the two arms became the legs of the shadow man, and the shadow man's body appeared in front of Chu Youyang.

There was a sudden sigh in the hall.

This performance was much more interesting than those songs and dances! Under the control of the old man, the shadow man swayed left and right, as if he was dancing.

"Is this witchcraft?"

"I think it's a trick!"

“It’s amazing!”

The sighs turned into uproar.

Just when everyone thought that the shadow man's only function was to dance, the old man's hand trembled, and the shadow man grew taller and climbed onto Chu Younan's table.

"Not good!" Xiao Han whispered, "That shadow is not a real shadow, it's a bug he hid on his body!"

Su Bei was shocked.

Chu Younan stood still and just stared at the shadow.

This old man didn't intend to do anything earth-shattering with the shadow man, he just wanted to...

Grab Chu Youyang's wine glass...

The wine glass that Chu Youyang had placed on the table was suddenly knocked over by the shadow man, and everyone present was shocked. Then the mirror man actually drank up all the wine that was spilled on the table.

Everyone panicked.

"Protect the emperor! Protect the emperor!"

"Your Majesty, be careful!"

There were cries of surprise and the sound of swords being unsheathed by the secret guards and imperial guards, and the hall was in chaos.

There were just a few people who were still sitting there calmly, including Chu Younan, Bei Yanming, and Liuying.

Chu Youyang was also very calm. Looking at the shadow man in front of him, he showed a stiff smile and said, "Interesting, reward!"

His smile was stiff, and so was the tone of his voice.

Chu Younan frowned and looked at Liuying, then turned to look at Xiao Han, "Puppet Gu, can it be removed?"

Su Bei was very puzzled as to how he knew that Chu Youyang was infected with the Gu, but he felt relieved after thinking about it for a while.

Liuying would never have thought that Chu Younan could read minds and that she could smell the scent of Gu.

"It can be cured, but the poison has already broken out and it will be troublesome." Xiao Han said in a deep voice.

The emperor has been manipulated. Once this news spreads, it will definitely cause panic. Chu Younan shook Su Bei's hand and said in a deep voice: "Just wait and see."

Su Bei wanted the banquet to end early and wanted Xiao Han to exorcise the poison from Chu Youyang as soon as possible, but someone was more anxious than her.

Mu Hui suddenly stood up, holding her stomach with a look of pain on her face, "Brother! Someone drugged the wine!"