Xiao Shunzi still stood in front of her.
"Your Highness, please go back. Our lady and princess have already gone to sleep."
The next morning.
The black whale and the white whale entered the palace together.
Consort Shu gave the two people a brief explanation.
He then changed Mu Qianqian into a bright red wedding dress and carried her to the Cining Palace.
People are in high spirits when they have good news.
The Empress Dowager had just finished her breakfast and was dressed in a purple Shu brocade outfit, exuding elegance and a touch of nobility.
Seeing Consort Shu approach, he pulled her to the dressing table and carefully selected which hairpin would best match her clothes.
Consort Shu chose a light purple hairpin and placed it in the Empress Dowager's hair.
"Your Majesty, regarding what I told you before, you..."
The Empress Dowager patted her hand in comfort.
He signaled to her that she could rest assured.
This Empress Dowager was the champion of the previous palace intrigue.
She spent so many years in the palace.
He had long since mastered all the tricks and schemes in the palace.
When Consort Shu explained everything to her, she already understood and even became more cautious.
The Emperor has arrived.
Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!
The voice of a eunuch announcing something came from the doorway.
Emperor Yuanwu strode in.
After paying his respects to the Empress Dowager, he sat down beside her, holding Mu Qianqian in his arms.
The ladies of each palace also brought gifts they had prepared for the Empress Dowager.
To show his filial piety, he arrived at Cining Palace early.
When everyone had left, no one noticed that the Empress Dowager quietly took the light purple hairpin that Consort Shu had just put on her head.
The birthday banquet was then held as scheduled in the Imperial Garden.
Light singing and graceful dancing, with elegant and charming figures.
The atmosphere at the banquet reached its peak in an instant.
The Empress Dowager, dressed in purple, was carried from Cining Palace at a distance, seated in a coaching chair.
No one noticed, amidst the singing and dancing.
The rustling sound of bamboo branches being pulled apart was mixed in with the sounds of the Imperial Garden's bamboo grove.
Consort Shu had already heard Mu Qianqian's thoughts.
At this moment, unlike everyone else, they did not focus all their attention on the Empress Dowager's reprimand.
He glanced discreetly into the bamboo grove.
As expected.
Several dark figures swayed back and forth on the branches of the bamboo forest.
Night had fallen.
The noisy banquet was illuminated only by the faint light of candles.
Without careful observation, no one would notice this side.
"The Empress Dowager has arrived."
"Your Majesty's feet are so beautiful!"
As everyone chimed in, one after another.
The Empress Dowager's coach stopped in the south of the Imperial Garden.
An old woman lifted the curtain of the sedan chair.
Consort Shu's heart suddenly tightened.
At that very moment.
Consort Shu was startled by the glint of a dagger reflected in the candlelight and closed her eyes.
Immediately afterwards, a dozen or so men in black sped down from the bamboo grove in the Imperial Garden.
The man in black at the highest point leaped forward, and the dagger in his hand flew swiftly towards the location of the Empress Dowager's carriage.
"not good!"
"Protect the Emperor! Imperial Guards, protect the Emperor!"
"Ahhhhh..."
Screams erupted one after another.
The dagger spun rapidly in mid-air, just as it was about to strike the Empress Dowager's brow.
Lu Zhaofeng raised his hand and threw the sword at his waist toward the dagger.
It was as if time had stood still at that moment.
The sword and dagger collided in mid-air, creating a spark.
It made a loud, heavy sound.
At the same time, it fell to the Empress Dowager's feet.
The group of men in black who wanted to be assassinated were all captured by the guards who had been hiding in the shadows.
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