Although the queen tried to persuade both sides with kind words, neither Prince Cheng nor Prince Yun gave in.
Prince Cheng and Prince Yun were both younger brothers of the emperor, who was the third in line. When the fight for the throne took place, his younger brothers were still young and did not participate, which also preserved their wealth and glory.
After the emperor ascended the throne, he made them each a king, but did not give them any real power. They all stayed in the capital and were not allowed to go to their fiefdoms. They were all very self-conscious and lived as rich and idle people.
But they are princes after all. Although they have no real power, their titles are there. Now the two families are fighting against each other and neither of them is willing to give in. The queen can do nothing about it. After all, it is not a big deal, just a conflict between children.
During the banquet, Princess Cheng and Princess Yun were each holding their own children and comforting them, with slightly exaggerated expressions of worry and distress on their faces.
The two little princes were comforted and gradually stopped crying, and the adults of the two families also had time to confront each other.
Princess Yun raised her eyebrows and said sternly, "It's just a little thing. My Chenghan is younger, but your Chengyang, as an older brother, can't just give in to us? He actually treated my Han'er so cruelly. He is truly vicious!"
Princess Yun said this while looking at the almost invisible red mark on Chenghan's forehead in her arms with heartache.
Hearing this, Princess Cheng retorted, "But my Chengyang is three months younger. Is this considered small? Look everyone, Chenghan is even bigger than my Chengyang.
How can you say my skin is yours? Your Chenghan's forehead was injured, and my Chengyang's cheek was disfigured. Who is cruel? "
Princess Cheng then looked at the guests present and said loudly, "Everyone is here today, and you all saw what happened just now. Please judge for us who is bullying whom!"
Princess Cheng was not like Princess Yun, who focused on comforting her own children. Chengyang was not her son, but was registered under her name. His biological mother was still alive and was very favored, so although Chengyang was registered under her name, he was not very close to her.
Therefore, she did not feel much pain in her heart, and she just wanted to argue about who was right and who was wrong in this matter.
When the guests heard Princess Cheng directed the conversation to them, they did not speak rashly. Both parties were princes, and it would be bad to offend either of them.
The hall became quiet for a while.
The Queen slowly walked over to the two of them, and with a look of heartache on her face, she said to Princess Cheng and Princess Yun, "I have already summoned the imperial physician. Let him examine these two brothers first. Their injuries may not seem serious, but we still need him to examine them to put our minds at ease."
Since the Queen came in person, Princess Cheng and Princess Yun naturally did not dare to be disrespectful. They quickly stood up and bowed. After hearing what the Queen said, even though they were still angry, they had to suppress their anger and thank her. After all, this matter was none of the Queen's business, and the Queen was concerned about her own children.
Soon the imperial physician arrived. He looked at the injuries of the two young masters with a serious expression and then looked confused.
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Just now, the Queen's people hurried to the Imperial Hospital to find him, saying that the two young princes were injured in a fight and asked him to go and have a look. He thought about how serious the injuries were. This... If he had come a little later, all this would have been fine!
However, even though he was complaining in his heart, he didn't dare to say it out loud. He still went to check the injuries of the two young masters with a respectful look.
Then he reported to the Queen: "Your Majesty, the injuries of the two princes are not serious."
The Queen nodded, and then said to Princess Cheng and Princess Yun, "Now you can rest assured. It's just a play between children. Why make such a big fuss?"
After a pause, the Queen picked up the small toy on the table that the two men were fighting over and said, "It's just a small toy. I happen to have another one of this kind. I'll have someone fetch it for you two brothers. This way, you two brothers can each have one, and we won't have to ruin the harmony of the family because of it."
The Queen had said this much, and since she was a person who cared about her reputation, she just let it go.
The matter finally came to an end. After the banquet, everyone left one after another, and the queen finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But before she could completely relax, the empress suddenly received the emperor's decree from Song Qu, which punished her with house arrest for two months because of an oversight at the morning banquet.
The queen was almost angry to death.
Fengluan Palace.
The queen looked at Song Qu's figure with resentment as he disappeared outside the gate of Fengluan Palace. She could no longer hold her composure and picked up the teacup on the table and threw it hard to the ground.
The palace maids were frightened and knelt down one by one, shouting, "Empress, please calm down."
Seeing this, Rong Xin waved her hand to signal everyone to leave, then mustered up the courage to step forward and said to the Queen: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Don't let your anger get to your health. Today is a big occasion, and the Emperor is bound to be concerned..."
However, before she could finish, the Queen angrily said, "Care? What do you care about? It's just a matter of children fighting over a toy. Besides, I have already adjusted it. The Emperor still wants to punish me? Isn't this sincerely embarrassing me?
Besides, the New Year is coming soon, and I have a lot of things to do in the palace. How can I take care of it if the emperor punishes me by confining me to my room at this time?"
Rong Xin was speechless for a moment. Yes, she also felt that the emperor was indeed making a big deal out of nothing this time.
Suddenly, Rong Xin remembered something and said solemnly, "Your Majesty, could it be that the Emperor is using this incident to warn you..."
She didn't say anything as a warning, but the queen immediately thought of it. She remembered that a few days ago she sent someone to the cold palace to kill Xiao, but was discovered. That person was most likely the emperor's man, so the emperor used this trivial matter today to punish her?
Thinking of this, the queen's anger faded, replaced by a look of panic.
The Emperor must have discovered something, which is why he is wary of her and is using this little thing to punish her...
Regardless of how anxious the queen was, not long after November began, there was another happy event in the palace.
Concubine Lian's pregnancy was full-term, and she gave birth to a princess in mid-November, the sixth princess. Concubine Lian was also promoted to Concubine Lian.
A few days after the Sixth Princess's full moon, the Queen's house arrest was over. On December 20th, all the concubines went to Fengluan Palace to pay their respects.
As Ning Yuxi and Concubine Xian entered the main hall, they heard Concubine Lan inside, like a peacock with its tail spread out, smugly mocking Concubine Lian.
There were many other concubines who echoed her voice.
However, the concubines who were close to Concubine Lian before she gave birth did not speak up to help her.
Come to think of it, Concubine Lian and Concubine Lan have been at odds since they entered the palace. Later, they became pregnant one after another, but unfortunately, Concubine Lian gave birth to a princess, while Concubine Lan gave birth to a prince.
In this case, Concubine Lan naturally became even more arrogant, and everyone in the harem was very snobbish, so now they naturally wanted to curry favor with Concubine Lan who gave birth to the prince.
Ning Yuxi's arrival interrupted their argument. Everyone except Concubine Jing stood up to greet her. Ning Yuxi simply waved her hand to signal them to stand up. After sitting down, she drank her tea by herself and had no intention of joining them.
Concubine Lan was quiet for a while, but when she saw Concubine Lian's angry but daring not to speak, she couldn't help but feel complacent.
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