When the princes arrived, they were still confused, wondering why a dinner party was suddenly being held, and why they, as brothers, were not bringing their wives, but were allowed to bring their children.
Mingxiu directly set up two tables, one for the children and one for the adults, so that it wouldn't cause any delays.
"Mother, then I'll take the children and go. Didn't Consort Ming really say that you all should go too? Why are only we princes taking the children?" Yinzhi looked at Consort Hui, who was now the Dowager Consort Hui, with great confusion.
Consort Hui looked at Yinzhi with a smile, but a hint of ill intent flashed in her eyes. Although she really wanted to join in the fun, she decided to give up, lest the child be embarrassed later!
Yierjuelogen looked at the children beside Yinzhi with sympathy. These poor children had no idea what they were going to face today. However, there was a hint of schadenfreude in her sympathy.
"Go if I tell you to. This is a matter between you brothers, and I won't interfere. It's good that you're all leaving today, so my wife and I can have a relaxing day," Consort Hui said without the slightest reluctance.
"Alright, then we'll be going." After saying that, Yinzhi left with his four children.
As the group walked away, Lady Yierjueluo and Consort Hui felt a rare pang of guilt: "Mother, if we don't tell you that nothing really happened, will the Prince be embarrassed and angry?"
Consort Hui smiled confidently: "Don't worry, if the Emperor Emeritus weren't here, this might happen, but as long as he's here, he won't allow it to happen. You know, Mingxiu is really something, even letting someone bring the child over. It's already hard enough to lose face in front of his brothers, and now if he's not careful, he'll lose face in front of the child. How can Baoqing bear that?"
Yierjueluo Genshi nodded, wanting to say something more, but seeing the gloating expression on her mother's face, she kept quiet, feeling that her mother also wanted to see it.
"Alright, I asked you to send someone over to hear the news. Have you made the arrangements?" Consort Hui said, looking at Lady Yierjuelogen.
Yierjuelogen nodded. Of course, it was arranged. Since it couldn't be stopped anyway, it wouldn't hurt to make her happy. Besides, she had provided a lot of information for today's performance.
"That's good. There's nothing to do while we wait. Let's go. We don't have anything to do today. It's rare for the children to be away from us for a day. Let's have some fun." Consort Hui pulled Yierjueluo Genshi into the house.
Although she felt that life was relatively peaceful when she was in the palace, Consort Hui realized how rare such a peaceful life was after she came out. Now that the children are around her every day, she has to prevent them from being led astray. She can't play happily and feels uncomfortable. Even finding someone to play mahjong with on weekdays has become a bit boring.
Sigh, if she weren't so reluctant to part with her precious grandchildren, she would have preferred to go back to Changchun Garden and be with her girlfriends like Consort Rong.
Consort Hui's thoughts were known only to herself; others were unaware. However, as everyone watched their husbands and sons depart, they all wore the same expression of sympathy, yet they couldn't let anyone notice.
Yinzhen felt something was off about his wife's appearance that morning, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it, so he could only take the child into the palace.
Mingxiu was waiting for everyone to arrive in the palace. Looking at the information that Yinzhen's wife had given her, she remembered something that had happened before.
Ever since Mingxiu learned of Yixiu and Rouze's existence that day, she had been very careful and wary. When choosing a marriage partner for Yinzhen, she directly rejected Yixiu, who was supposed to enter Yinzhen's household, even though historically Yinzhen's wife seemed to be very virtuous.
But she dared not gamble; if it really was the plot from that rumor, she would be in real trouble.
So Mingxiu, you took it down directly from the source, but the result was unexpected. I don't know where Rouze got her abilities from, but she somehow managed to get into Yinzhen's residence and, just like in the story, danced in Yinzhen's mansion.
Fortunately, Mingxiu had already given Yinzhen comprehensive training on how to identify green tea, and she had emphasized this point so much that Yinzhen would instinctively recognize it at a glance.
So although Rouze danced at Yinzhen's residence and was seen by Yinzhen, he did not fall in love with her. Instead, he reflexively wanted to get rid of her. Fortunately, he regained his senses and did not do so. Instead, he left, out of sight, out of mind, so no trouble was caused.
However, this person was still not giving up. Later, she saw Yinreng directly and even tried to bump into him at a palace banquet. Yinreng scolded her, which made her behave herself. Later, it seems that he bestowed her upon that member of the imperial clan, but Mingxiu couldn't quite remember.
Yinreng told her this himself; otherwise, Mingxiu wouldn't have known what had happened. Yinreng had been keeping an eye on her all along, so he knew exactly what kind of person she was and would never have any designs on her.
That's it for the two sisters. As for what happens next, that's none of Mingxiu's business. Let them fight like dogs. They're not good people anyway, and it's already kind of her not to interfere.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty," Yu Lan called out from the side.
"Ah, ah, what? Didn't you hear me?" Mingxiu snapped out of her daze.
"Your Majesty, the Empress just brought over all the children and said the Emperor will be here soon. Most of the princes have also arrived. When is the banquet scheduled to begin?" Yu Lan said.
"Ah, almost everyone's here. Let's get ready to begin. We'll start slowly here and officially begin when the Emperor arrives. The Emperor Emeritus should be coming with the Emperor then," Mingxiu said.
"Yes, I will go and give the order right away." Yu Lan said and quickly left.
Mingxiu snapped out of her daze, looked at what was in her hand, and chuckled.
It wasn't a very formal gathering to begin with, so the princes who had already arrived were chatting in small groups.
"Third brother, fourth brother, you're here too. What about the children?" When Yinzhi arrived, Yinzhen and Yinzhi were already there, and Yinzhi took the children directly over.
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