Seeing this, Concubine Xian was jealous and sneered, "Don't act like an inexperienced person and embarrass Southern Xinjiang."

Yue Meiren lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly, her face flushed with shame, but she secretly cursed in her heart: "Old woman, why are you so arrogant? Who is the one who brought shame to Southern Xinjiang?"

When the two of them walked outside, the anger that Concubine Xian had just let out suddenly came back to her.

There were five eunuchs standing in the yard, and in front of each of them was a treasure, including head ornaments made of pearls from the South China Sea, tribute from Jiangnan, gold-studded gauze, and small ornaments made entirely of gold.

The most eye-catching thing among them is the large cluster of red coral, which is as red as blood. Under the sunlight, the blood-red color seems to flow, which is particularly eye-catching.

When the eunuch saw Lady Yue coming out, he quickly approached her with a flattering look on his face, bowed and saluted, and said, "Your Majesty is free today, so he opened his private storehouse to select some goodies for the beauty. His Majesty said that the beauty has just arrived at the palace, so why not take this opportunity to hold a banquet and invite the concubines and female relatives of the royal family to enjoy the fun so that everyone can get to know her."

Upon hearing this, Lady Yue was very proud. She turned her head to glance at Concubine Xian's distorted face, and her face became happier: "Then please ask the eunuch to thank His Majesty. I will definitely do my best to host this banquet."

Nanyue was just a little beauty, and although her status was not high, the emperor had his word, so the banquet had to be held in a grand manner.

Night Palace.

As soon as the eunuch who delivered the invitation left, Lu Yanluo and Chu Xuan entered the study room with the invitation in their hands.

"It seems that your father loves this beauty very much. He held a banquet right after conferring the title of beauty. He is afraid that others don't know that he, the emperor, loves the beauty newly sent from southern Xinjiang very much."

With a bang, Lu Yanluo casually threw the invitation on the table without even looking at it.

[The mind of the emperor is nothing more than hovering and balancing between several women. Today it is you, tomorrow it is her. Today there is the beauty of the moon, and tomorrow there may be the beauty of the sun. It is really annoying.]

Chu Xuan found it funny and raised his hand to touch Lu Yanluo's forehead: "What are you doing? Concubine Xian hasn't said anything yet, why are you complaining?"

Lu Yanluo sneered angrily: "Am I complaining? I just hate that you men are fickle and fall in love with every woman you meet. This is the evil old society."

Lu Yanluo got angry for no apparent reason and pushed Chu Xuan away and was about to leave, but Chu Xuan unexpectedly raised his hand and hugged her.

Chu Xuan was helpless: "The emperor did this only to stabilize the southern border. On the one hand, he canonized Nanyue as a beauty, which is not a high position, not higher than Concubine Xian. On the other hand, he supported Nanyue and warned Concubine Xian to behave herself in the palace in the future. This is not the mentality of an emperor. In my opinion, it is cowardly."

"A truly capable emperor does not need to use women to balance the world. He relies on his skills. The emperor has always emphasized the word "checks and balances" throughout his life, whether it is the harem or the former dynasty." Chu Xuan laughed sarcastically: "Sooner or later, he will get out of his way."

Lu Yanluo nodded in agreement. If Chu Xuan really sat on the throne one day, she didn't want Chu Xuan to be like the emperor, hanging around many women.

However, Lu Yanluo frowned, still feeling a little annoyed: "No banquet is good, tomorrow will probably be a Hongmen Banquet for me. Now that the aunt and nephew have joined forces to deal with me, it will be enough for me to bear."

On the second day, Lu Yanluo was well prepared and made an appointment with Cheng Ruoxue to go to the palace together.

Now Cheng Ruoxue is already a brave general of the fourth rank, and she is also a female general with military merits. With her around, everyone present will always be more obedient.

However, Lu Yanluo still thought things were too simple.

Originally the banquet went smoothly, and both the guests and the hosts were enjoying themselves. Concubine Yue fully demonstrated the emperor's favor for her, and everyone also appreciated the red coral that was rarely seen in a century.

Originally, Yue Meiren was about to announce the end of the group, but Concubine Xian insisted on dragging everyone to see the corals that glow at night. Yue Meiren couldn't afford to offend her aunt in person, so she could only put on a fake smile and ask someone to invite the palace's opera troupe to set up a stage to perform and pass the time.

After sitting for half a day, everyone felt the urge to relieve themselves. Seeing this, Concubine Xian was very considerate and asked people to take everyone to relieve themselves in turn. After a while, something happened in the palace.

Just as Lu Yanluo came back from going out to relieve herself, Yue Meiren suddenly attacked her, pointing at the shelf that originally held the corals and yelling, "Where are my corals? Where are my corals!"

It turned out that because Concubine Xian wanted the coral at night, Lady Yue ordered people to carry the coral to the moonlight outside the palace. When the moon came out, the moonlight would shine on the coral, and blood would flow, which would be a great sight.

But now, the corals that were originally placed there have disappeared, and only an empty frame is left in the field.

This was a treasure bestowed by the emperor himself. Now that it was lost, everyone present was a little panicked, fearing that they would be implicated.

Yue Meiren was even more anxious. If she lost the treasure bestowed by the emperor and the emperor knew about it, he would probably dislike her.

As everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, Concubine Xian coughed lightly and spoke: "It was only Princess Ye who went out just now. When everyone went out, you saw that the coral was well placed there. How come the coral was lost just when Princess Ye went out?"

At this time, Princess An stood up and said, "I went out before Princess Ye, and when I came back I did see Shan Hu was still there."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone understood. That is to say, the coral was still there before Lu Yanluo left, and after Lu Yanluo left, the coral disappeared. So there was no need for everyone to say who the thief was.

For a moment, everyone looked at Lu Yanluo with different expressions, their eyes full of inquiry.

Lu Yanluo looked calm, not panicking at all: "So according to you, I secretly took this coral away?"

Concubine Xian sneered, "What else? A good thing just disappeared like that? Princess Ye, I know you want to give Lady Yue a warning, but the coral was given by His Majesty, so please don't implicate the rest of us here, hand over the coral immediately!"

"That's right, but don't implicate us!" Concubine Xian's words successfully aroused the dissatisfaction of others. They accused Lu Yanluo of wrongdoing and forced her to hand over Coral.

Lu Yanluo casually spread out her hands and shrugged her shoulders: "Your Highness, what you said is wrong. I don't have the coral at all. How can I hand it over?"

"Besides, the coral is not small. You can see where on my body I can hide the coral."

Concubine Xian hated to see Lu Yanluo's calm and composed look, so she said bluntly, "Who knows where you hid it?"