The queen was suddenly speechless and looked at Dugu Xin without wanting to speak.
Dugu Xin looked at her guilty look and sneered in his heart.
"Your Majesty, does the Queen still think that the Crown Prince's death is related to this Prince?"
As soon as the prince was mentioned, the queen jumped up and down. Dugu Xin did not wait for her to start scolding and continued speaking.
"I came here today to inform the Queen."
"Three days from now, this prince will hold a banquet in his palace. I would like to ask Princess Xinya to host it on his behalf. I hope Your Majesty will grant me permission."
The queen knew that he was just trying to anger her and was not asking for her permission at all.
She tried her best to suppress her dissatisfaction, and then spoke with a forced smile.
"Princess Xinya is the most favored by His Majesty. She does not need to report to me when entering or leaving the palace."
"However, Princess Xinya is still unmarried, so I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of many things."
"If the Third Prince doesn't mind, I can ask the nanny by my side to help the princess take care of it."
Princess Xinya was about to refuse when Dugu Xin stepped forward.
"Thank you for your kindness, Queen. However, the guests at this banquet are all high-ranking officials and noble ladies. If a nanny were present, I'm afraid it would make them uncomfortable."
The Queen was not surprised by Dugu Xin's refusal, but just asked again.
"Oh? I wonder who the Third Prince is planning to invite to this banquet?"
Dugu Xin did not hide it, since it was not a secret anyway.
"It's not that I want to invite anyone to a banquet, but there are simply too many people who have sent me visiting cards these past few days."
"This prince thought that instead of bothering others and himself one by one, it would be better to invite them all at once and be done with it."
The queen was extremely angry, but she had to remain calm on the surface.
Dugu Xin exchanged a few more words with her, but when he saw that she was about to give up, he stopped.
"Since the Empress has granted my permission, I still have some official business to attend to, so I will not bother you any more."
The queen waved her hand, and Dugu Xin left Princess Xinya's bedroom without saying a word.
After the two left, the queen was so angry that she smashed things in the bedroom, and the nanny beside her hurried forward to comfort her.
"My Lady, anger is harmful to your health. Since you know that he is trying to anger you on purpose, why bother to argue with him?"
The queen took a deep breath and felt a little better.
"He's clearly here to show off to me. Send someone to check and see who has sent him a visiting card."
The nanny sighed silently and sent a capable maid out.
She stood beside the queen and continued to comfort her.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince is gone. There are many things you cannot keep on doing by yourself."
"In my opinion, the most important thing right now is to find another prince to adopt as soon as possible."
"If he wins over the power in the court, you won't be able to deal with him anymore."
How could the queen not know this? However, over the years, in order to support the crown prince, she had suppressed other princes.
At the moment, it seems that there is no suitable candidate to fight against Dugu Xin.
Seeing the queen sigh, the old nanny became very anxious and then made another suggestion.
"My Lady, if it really doesn't work, why not let the General do it?"
As the nanny spoke, she made a gesture of wiping her neck, and the queen's eyes turned cold.
But after a moment, the queen rejected the nanny's suggestion.
"Your Majesty has high hopes for him now. If he dies suddenly, it is very likely to cause His Majesty's displeasure."
"Your Majesty has always been wary of the Qi family. If Dugu Xin is killed at this time, I'm afraid the Qi family will be doomed as well."
Nothing worked, nothing worked, the nanny was at her wit's end, and the queen became even angrier.
But no matter how angry and distressed they were, Dugu Xin didn't take her seriously.
"Xinya, you have completely offended the Queen today. You must be more careful when you are alone in the palace in the future."
Xinya smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, Third Brother, you left me so many secret guards, nothing will happen."
"Besides, her Qi family is now just a spent force, so my royal brother doesn't need to worry too much."
Seeing that she understood, Dugu Xin stopped talking to her. After saying that he had something else to do, he left.
Three days later, at the Third Prince's Mansion, Princess Xinya came early to help with the preparations.
After everyone was ready, many people came in one after another.
Those officials and young masters were personally received by Dugu Xin and Wang Xiao.
Princess Xinya invited all the female members of the family to the backyard.
When these women passed by the front yard, they couldn't help but look at Dugu Xin.
Dugu Xin naturally noticed it, but since he came here today just for this matter, he didn't pay much attention to it.
Princess Xinya looked at the girls whose eyes were glued to Dugu Xin, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of her lips.
"I've been saying this, Third Prince is handsome, and now he's the strongest contender. It would be strange if these ladies weren't going crazy fighting for him."
Princess Xinya's maid Rose heard what she said and responded with a smile.
"Princess is right. Our princess has the best vision."
"Now that you have the Third Prince as your support, the princess can act even more recklessly in our Dayu."
Princess Xinya knocked Rose on the head and then scolded her.
"You damned girl, how dare you tease this princess?"
Rose laughed and immediately begged for mercy.
"Princess, please spare me. There are so many guests watching. Princess, please pay attention to your manners."
"Who knows, there might be a prince consort for our princess in the future."
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