Chapter 408 Queen Mother's Birthday Banquet

"...If you are fine, then you are fine. A small punishment and a big reprimand will suffice."

"If anything is leaked, I can't protect you."

"Or, in other words, it's hard to protect yourself."

She looked at the panicked Chang Yan and ordered, "Go back to the underground palace first and do what you need to do. When the people are burned, I will send someone to find you."

......

All filth surges in the undercurrent.

The next day, before the sun rose, preparations for the birthday star began in the palace.

Envoys from various countries also came to check in.

"Have you examined the beauties of His Majesty Dai Viet? Are there any acute illnesses?"

The new envoy replied, "Your Highness, everything is fine."

He nodded and asked, "Where are the handsome men prepared for the Crown Prince of Dai Viet?"

The envoy replied naturally: "No problem."

Even though they despised and didn't understand why a woman could be a regent, they could only try to please the powerful Vietnamese army and dared not question it.

As for continuing to belittle women after returning to China...I don't think that's the same thing.

Prince Xinluo glanced at the tribute slaves and pointed at a Xinluo maid, wondering, "You...seem a little unfamiliar. I haven't seen you before, have I?"

Xinluo Bi froze for a moment, opened her mouth but couldn't utter a word, and there was even a hint of confusion in her eyes.

An official beside her hurriedly covered up for her, saying, "This slave girl rarely went out before, she is not very good-looking, and she doesn't stand out among a crowd of people. How can she be remembered by His Highness?"

The prince thought about it and agreed.

His attention was more on checking whether the handsome men were in the best condition.

Because before he came, his father said that if the prince or princess of the Yue Dynasty took a fancy to him, his father would not mind kidnapping him and marrying him.

After Prince Xinluo arrived, he inquired about the deeds of the princesses and was so scared that he wanted to go back to Xinluo to find his mother on the spot.

Wuuuu, too fierce.

The Crown Prince and the Second Princess were both very fierce, and he didn't believe that the Fourth Princess could be any sweet girl.

Bei Jingchu also got up early in the morning and prepared. After washing up, she went to pay her respects to the Queen Mother.

The younger brothers and sisters all had sleepy eyes. Bei Jingchu secretly complained to the empress dowager: "Why do you have to wake up the birthday star to pay respects to him for a birthday party?"

"You might as well sleep a little longer. You can just go when the time comes."

The Queen Mother covered the lower half of her face with a round fan in a dignified manner, yawned uncontrollably, and nodded in agreement with Bei Jingchu's words.

"Fortunately, we only do this on birthdays. If we had held a grand ceremony every year, I would have suspected that your father thought I had lived too long."

Bei Heng on the side interrupted: "Mother, are you saying bad things about me?"

Bei Jingchu and the Queen Mother shook their heads in unison.

“No.”

"How could you think that?"

"That's right. If you say that, Chu Er and I will be sad."

Bei Jingchu nodded, looking ignorant and well-behaved.

Beiheng: "......"

After the Queen Mother's attendance, the ministers and envoys of the Vietnamese court presented gifts and dances to celebrate the birthday.

It's pretty much the same every year, except that envoys from other countries do not come to the court every year, so there are some new things.

Bei Jingchu sat there bored. There was nothing she could do in this situation, so she just stared into space. She thought about what to have for lunch tomorrow and the situation in the court. Then she thought about what to have for dinner tomorrow.

Amidst the singing and dancing, Bei Jingchu glanced casually, and her empty vision instantly focused.

The muzzle of a gun was quietly pointed at her.

The hustle and bustle around me faded into silence, and my relaxed nerves tensed up in an instant, entering a state of preparation for battle.

The girl who was among the envoys had a crazy look in her eyes, filled with hatred that would stop at nothing.

Bei Jingchu felt that he looked familiar, as if he was one of the wealthy families she had destroyed.

The moment before the girl's finger pulled the trigger, Bei Jingchu's body, which had undergone countless training, was faster than her brain, and she controlled her muscles to dodge.

With the sound of gunpowder exploding in the chamber.

There was a hole in the back of the chair I had just stopped at.

The scene immediately became chaotic and screams continued.

Fortunately, the musket cannot fire continuously, and the girl was quickly captured. Then there was another gunshot and a hidden arrow flew over.

Some were stopped by the secret guards and the guards who came rushing over.

Bei Jingchu stretched out her foot and kicked over the table, causing all the dishes on the table to smash to the ground with a clang.

She lifted the table to block it in front of her, and any arrows or stones that were missed in the chaos were caught on the table.

After the arrow tail was inserted into the table, it trembled unwillingly.