Zhao Ying understood immediately and waited expressionlessly.
Emperor Jianxi arrived soon, and everyone stood up to greet him. "Your Highness, long live the emperor!"
"Stand up!"
Emperor Jianxi subconsciously helped the empress up, but a strange hand suddenly jumped out in front of him.
Emperor Jianxi and the Empress looked over together. Concubine Gang first glanced at the Empress provocatively, then looked at Emperor Jianxi lovingly.
"His Majesty……"
The queen stood up on her own. A trace of heartache suddenly flashed across Emperor Jianxi's eyes. Then he gritted his teeth and pulled up Concubine Gao.
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long..."
Imperial Concubine Gang said shyly, "The Emperor is very busy, it's okay for me to wait for a while."
Seeing that the emperor and the empress ignored each other, Concubine Gang reminded them, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. The empress was invited by me and did not intentionally ignore the emperor's order. If you want to punish me, please punish me!"
"How can I bear to punish you? Ahem...?"
Emperor Jianxi coughed for a while and looked at the queen with a cold face, "Now that it's out, it's out. If it happens again, I will never let you off easily!"
"Hmph!" A sneer suddenly erupted from the crowd.
Emperor Jianxi frowned and looked over, "Noble Concubine Rong?"
Concubine Rong didn't even glance at Emperor Jianxi. She bowed perfunctorily and said, "I feel a little unwell. I will go back first. Your Majesty and your new lover can take care of it yourself!"
Prince Liang was horrified upon seeing this and quickly apologized, "Father, please forgive me. Mother is just..."
"Shut up!" Concubine Rong scolded.
Concubine Rong was confident because of her excellent family background. She also felt that her son was not capable of becoming the crown prince, so she didn't even fight for the position of heir. Did she still need to beg the emperor for help?
She doesn't compete for favor, has a son by her side, her family is powerful, and she is the emperor's old concubine. She has seniority, so what is she afraid of?
She had a very good personal relationship with the Queen and naturally could not bear to see her being humiliated.
The queen now has no family to support her and has lost favor. She is really pitiful.
Seeing this, the queen also knelt down to beg for mercy. As she knelt, Zhao Ying and Zhao Xi also knelt.
Concubine Gang's eyes were gloomy and she sneered in her heart. This sister Shangguan Shifan was really as annoying as before.
Wei Zhen used to be very versatile and all the noble ladies had a close personal relationship with her. They either admired her talent or wanted to cling to her status, but Shangguan Rong was an exception.
Although Shangguan Rong was born into a noble family and was the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion, at that time the Duke's Mansion had not yet achieved the merit of following the emperor and was not that noble. However, she was fearless and everyone else flattered her, but she didn't!
Although Concubine Gang was unwilling in her heart, she had to admit that Concubine Rong had the capital. Although her son was not outstanding, it was precisely because of her son's incompetence that her status was extremely noble and she was not suspected.
Her brother, her nephew, is too important. He is an old minister who grew up with the emperor. Isn't she clear about the relationship between Shangguan Shifan and Zhao Rui?
One is a minister who has great power in the court and controls a large number of troops.
Xier said, if Shangguan Shu cannot be used by him, he will be discarded.
Now, she also wants to win over Shangguan Shu.
She couldn't help but think of Zhao Ying. If Zhao Ying was a sensible child, would her brother have to worry about her so much?
But fortunately, the two of them divorced, so she could find someone who was easy to control and marry him to Shangguan Shu.
Concubine Gang also knelt down and pleaded for Concubine Rong, so that the old Duke and Shangguan Shu could see it.
As expected, as soon as she pleaded, Emperor Jianxi said, "Since it is my beloved concubine who is pleading for mercy, then I will not disturb my beloved concubine's interest. Noble Concubine Rong, you can leave if you want, and don't come to Xuanyang Palace again in the future."
Concubine Rong sneered and stood up, "I obey your order!"
After Concubine Rong left, Prince Liang and Princess Liang could no longer stay and left together.
When everyone saw this, their expressions varied. Some looked at the queen with sighs of pity. They understood that the queen's fate was truly over.
Maybe he really loved her, but the queen was old and ugly, and a young and beautiful woman who looked similar to her appeared by the emperor's side. How could he not favor her?
Zhao Xi stood up and went forward to help the queen up, but did not dare to look up at her.
He may be the most heartless, unfilial and unfraternal son in the world.
In order to get revenge, he even ignored his own mother.
He also didn't expect that his father would really change his heart so completely and so...ruthlessly.
The immense regret and guilt almost overwhelmed him.
Zhao Xi was absent-minded throughout the entire banquet and did not notice the Emperor Jianxi's vague glances towards him.
Zhao Ying sent people to call Shangguan Ersansi three times, and Shangguan Qingyue did not come back. When he asked the three children, they all hesitated.
She thought the little guy hadn't even had breakfast and must be starving, so she hurried to look for him.
It happened that Concubine Gang had the divine bird, the peacock, brought over so that they could enjoy it together.
Shangguan Qingwan stopped Zhao Ying and said, "Mother, let's finish watching the peacock before going to find Yue'er!"
Shangguan Bailin swallowed the food in his mouth and replied, "That's right. I'm already hungry, so I don't care about it for a while."
Shangguan Qiyou was held on Shangguan Shu's lap and nodded when he heard the voice.
"Yue'er said she's tired of the palace banquet and wants to eat something new!"
Emperor Jianxi, who was sitting at the top of the table, found this amusing. "Qi You, did Yue'er tell you this herself?"
"Replying to the Imperial Grandmother, this is what she said!"
Emperor Jianxi complained, "Is there anything she's tired of eating?"
Emperor Jianxi felt a little frustrated. What happened? His imperial kitchen couldn't attract his granddaughter?
Concubine Gang interrupted, "Your Majesty, please come with me to appreciate the peacocks!"
Concubine Gang raised her voice, "I heard that peacocks are very spiritual. If they see someone of noble status, they will spread their tail feathers, which will be colorful and beautiful!"
Everyone was instantly interested.
Concubine Gang continued, "Your Majesty and the Empress are real dragons and real phoenixes. They can definitely make a peacock spread its tail. I'm just afraid that the dragon is real and the phoenix is fake!"
It was obvious that Concubine Gang had something in mind, and the people below could not afford to offend anyone, so they all kept silent and did not dare to agree.
Zhao Ying wanted to refute, but was stopped by Shangguan Qingwan, who winked at her playfully.
Zhao Ying was wondering when she heard a noise outside.
"Young lady, you can't do this!"
"Young lady, please let go!"
"Get out of the way! Don't stop me!" The little guy's crisp voice came from outside, and everyone looked over.
There was a lot of noise outside the palace, with the shouting of little kids and palace maids, and the occasional bird calls.
Why do birds sing?
Still heartbreaking...
"Young lady..."
Thump thump thump!
The little fellow grunted as he stepped over the threshold, his bun in disarray, his round belly protruding, beads of sweat on his face. He clutched the neck of a large bird with both hands and dragged it into the hall.
The little fellow yelled towards the hall in a baby voice, "Grandfather, boil some water for me!"
Everyone was dumbfounded.
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