"I am in charge of this banquet. You are finding fault with it because you think I didn't do a good job. You don't like me because you think I am old and useless, right?"
"I will tell your Majesty the truth about what happened today."
As soon as these words came out, the queen froze in place and her voice suddenly rose.
"What? Mother is in charge of the banquet? How is it possible..."
After figuring out something, the queen stood there with a deathly pale look on her face.
She could already imagine that tomorrow the flood of memorials from the Censorate would accuse her of being unfilial.
Then, she stared at Shen Yuerong with a sinister look and questioned her.
"You obviously knew the truth, why didn't you tell me?"
Shen Yuerong looked at her innocently and spoke calmly.
"But sister-in-law, you are the one who has been unwilling to listen to me. How can you blame me for this?"
The Queen then remembered that Shen Yuerong had indeed been wanting to talk about the banquet, but she had interrupted her again and again.
But how could she admit it? But the resentment in his eyes became more intense.
"Then you can just remind me, why do you have to watch me make a fool of myself?"
After hearing what she said, Shen Yuerong sneered and said nothing, her eyes seemed to be looking at a fool.
Before Shen Yuerong could speak, Concubine Xi jumped out and questioned loudly.
"Are you going to bully my daughter-in-law?"
When Concubine Xi said this, the Queen was immediately shocked.
If no one pointed it out, she could still say it was just a joke.
Logically, no one would say the word "bullying" so directly.
But the queen didn't expect that Concubine Xi would appear halfway and point at her nose and ask if she was bullying Shen Yuerong?
This caught the queen off guard. She could only force a smile and hurriedly explain.
"Mother, you misunderstood. I was just chatting, not bullying."
Although Concubine Xi was simple, she always protected her shortcomings. She glared at the queen and then turned to look at Shen Yuerong.
"My dear daughter-in-law, has the Queen bullied you? Tell me and I will support you."
Shen Yuerong smiled gently, "Thank you for your love, mother. I'm sure the emperor's sister-in-law didn't mean it. Just apologize to me."
It was unheard of for a queen to apologize to Shen Yuerong.
After all, all the queens in the past were dignified, virtuous, and model mothers of the country, and such a thing had never happened before.
The queen looked extremely unhappy, and her silver teeth were almost broken.
Concubine Xi doesn't care about all this. In her mind, if you do something wrong, you should apologize, even if it's the empress dowager or the emperor.
She gave the queen a cold reminder.
"Apologize immediately."
The queen stood there, her face turning pale and blue, and she didn't say a word for a long time.
Several noble ladies nearby sensed something was wrong and hurriedly stepped forward to change the subject.
If they don't help, they will probably hold a grudge against them later.
"The Queen Mother Dowager has organized a really great banquet. I wonder if you can teach us sometime?"
"The Queen was just saying that. Today's banquet is so grand, how can we let it go to waste?"
Several people surrounded Concubine Xi and praised her. According to her past personality, she would definitely forget about the apology.
When Concubine Xi heard them praising her, a bright smile appeared on her face.
"Thank you for your compliments. If you like it, I can hand over the design to you after the banquet is over."
I thought Concubine Xi's attention had been diverted and she would no longer ask the Queen to apologize.
Unexpectedly, she turned and looked at the queen again, "When will you apologize?"
The smile that had just appeared on the queen's face suddenly froze, and her expression became extremely ugly.
She never expected that Concubine Xi would be so stubborn this time and insisted on apologizing herself.
Seeing that the Queen remained motionless, Concubine Xi spoke with a cold face.
"The emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people. Even if the queen did something wrong, she should apologize. You wronged my daughter-in-law, shouldn't you apologize?"
"If the Queen has any objections to my arrangement, then we will go together to talk to my sister and His Majesty."
Although Concubine Xi has a simple personality, she has stayed in the palace for so many years after all, and she is more adept at using the power of others to bully others than anyone else.
The Queen stared at Shen Yuerong with a sinister look in her eyes and forced a smile before speaking.
"Since my sister-in-law insists that I apologize, then I will apologize to you here. I really didn't mean it just now. I just said it casually. I didn't expect you to take it seriously."
Although she was apologizing, there was still a sense of sarcasm in her words.
Shen Yuerong could not tolerate the queen's weirdness, so she sneered and spoke.
"What the emperor said is funny. What do you mean by casually saying it? You almost arrested me, the princess, just now."
"When they found out they were wrong, they just gave me a light apology and said I was being too serious."
"If I now accuse the Emperor's sister-in-law of plotting to murder the heir, arrest her without explanation, and put her in jail for interrogation, what do you think?"
The queen's expression changed slightly and she didn't say a word for a long time.
Shen Yuerong felt that her attitude was a little strange. Logically, she should have refuted herself, but why didn't she say a word?
Could it be that...
A terrible guess emerged in her mind, but she did not point it out, after all, there was no evidence.
After a long time, the queen bowed in the direction of Shen Yuerong and almost uttered a word through gritted teeth.
"I'm sorry, sister-in-law. I have wronged you. I will cooperate with you in any way you want to resolve the issue."
Shen Yuerong was very satisfied with her attitude, and a faint smile appeared on her red lips.
"Since the Empress's sister-in-law has said so, I will naturally not make things difficult for you. I hope you can be more careful with your words in the future."
"Don't do it again."
When the two stood together, the Queen made Shen Yuerong look even more outstanding, and she didn't look like the Queen who was the mother of the country at all.
The noble ladies around witnessed this scene and each had their own thoughts in their minds.
Shen Yuerong is not someone you can easily deal with, so be careful with her from now on, and be sure to warn the men at home when you go back.
After receiving the Queen's apology, Concubine Xi was satisfied and pulled Shen Yuerong and the group of noble ladies to the main hall to sit down.
The queen was left alone there. When the palace maid stepped forward to support her, she was pinched by her arm so hard that her nails dug into her flesh.
"I will never let Shen Yuerong go!"
In the main hall, young women surrounded Shen Yuerong, flattering her in various ways.
One of the young women was wearing red clothes and suddenly covered her abdomen with her hands, her face turned pale.
When the maid found out, she supported her and asked her with concern in a low voice.
"Ma'am, what's wrong with you?"
Shen Yuerong glanced sideways and saw that it was the wife of Censor Lin.
Mrs. Lin grabbed the maid's hand and spoke weakly.
"Keep your voice down and give me the safflower pills I bought today."
The maid immediately took out a pill and was about to give it to Madam Lin, but was stopped by Shen Yuerong.
“No!”
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