During the Mid-Autumn Festival in the 19th year of Jingming, thousands of families were reunited, but the palace was deserted and no large family banquet was planned.

Emperor Jingming was really a little scared.

Recently, one crisis after another has come. It is better to keep it quiet. At least there will be no unexpected problems.

Even so, small gatherings with concubines in the harem and princesses who have not yet left the palace are still inevitable.

Emperor Jingming first went to Cining Palace to sit for a while.

"Time flies so fast. It's Mid-Autumn Festival again in the blink of an eye."

"Yes, it's time to eat crabs again." Emperor Jingming agreed with a smile.

The Queen Mother shook her head and said, "At my age, I cannot eat such cold food. By the way, Your Majesty, where will the palace banquet be held this year?"

In recent years, as the Queen Mother has grown older, she has rarely attended these banquets.

Emperor Jingming hesitated for a moment and said, "It will be set up in Chunhe Palace."

"Chunhe Palace?" The Queen Mother immediately sensed something was wrong when she heard it.

According to custom, royal family banquets were held in the Changsheng Hall, as the Chunhe Palace could not accommodate so many dragon sons and grandsons.

Emperor Jingming explained calmly, "My son asked the Heavenly Master, and he said that this year's banquet should not be held in the Changsheng Palace."

The Queen Mother couldn't help but nodded.

What happened at the banquet held in Changshengdian not long ago was truly shocking.

"The Spring and Harmony Palace is too small..."

"So we are not planning to invite them into the palace this year. We will just celebrate together with the people in the palace."

Unlike the Winter Solstice and New Year's Day, how to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival is the emperor's family affair. Emperor Jingming did not want to make a big deal about it, and those historians were happy that the emperor did not make a fuss.

The Queen Mother would not easily question and displease Emperor Jingming, so she said casually: "Since you don't want to invite the Prince of Qin and his men to come to the palace, then just let Rongyang come. I haven't seen her for a long time."

Emperor Jingming's head began to hurt again.

He had previously fooled around with the matter of his niece, and was now worried about how to tell the Empress Dowager.

The Queen Mother looked at Emperor Jingming quietly and added, "And Mingyue, although you don't have to come to the palace to offer me tea after the wedding, you can't just disappear... Your Majesty, I'll tell you, my eyelids have been twitching recently..."

"Left eye or right eye?" Emperor Jingming asked without thinking.

The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment and frowned slightly.

Which eye twitched was the important point? Didn't the emperor understand the meaning of her words?

Emperor Jingming felt guilty when the Empress Dowager looked at him.

The Queen Mother twirled the Buddhist beads on her wrist and asked Emperor Jingming, "Your Majesty, is there something wrong with Rongyang and Mingyue?"

Emperor Jingming looked hesitant.

The Queen Mother sighed: "It seems that I am really old and useless--"

"Mother, please don't say that. Mingyue's story is a long one and I don't know where to start."

"Then let's talk slowly. The banquet is in the evening anyway, so it's still early."

"On the day of the eighth brother's wedding, Zhu Ziyu came to grab the bride on the way to the wedding—"

"What?"

"The people all thought Mingyue and Zhu Ziyu were a couple, and my son became a villain who beat a pair of lovers. In order to avoid misunderstanding among the people, my son arranged a marriage for Mingyue and Zhu Ziyu——"

"What?"

"But on the night of the wedding, Mingyue killed Zhu Ziyu and ran away. Her whereabouts remain unknown to this day—"

"What?"

The Queen Mother stared at Emperor Jingming in amazement.

Emperor Jingming felt relieved after saying this in one breath. He raised his hand and gently patted the Queen Mother on the back: "Mother, please don't worry--"

The Queen Mother rolled her eyes and fainted.

Emperor Jingming glanced around and saw the palace maid standing on the side with a dazed look on her face. He quickly reached out and pinched the empress dowager's philtrum hard.

The Queen Mother slowly woke up, and the maidservants finally realized what was happening and cried out in surprise: "Oh no, the Queen Mother has fainted—"

Queen Mother: ? ?

"Shut up!" Emperor Jingming shouted and drove the palace maid out.

"Your Majesty, was what you just said true?" The Queen Mother grabbed Emperor Jingming's hand.

Emperor Jingming smiled bitterly: "My son doesn't want it to be true..."

The Queen Mother came back to her senses, her expression gradually regained its composure, and she said coldly, "How did Rong Yang teach his daughter?"

In the eyes of the Queen Mother, Cui Mingyue cured her illness, and she arranged a marriage for Cui Mingyue with the Prince of Xiang, which offset the two effects.

Deep down, the Queen Mother still had some complaints about Cui Mingyue.

Now, upon hearing that Cui Mingyue had killed someone and disappeared, the Queen Mother was shocked but inexplicably relieved.

That girl was so vicious, it's a good thing she didn't marry into the Prince of Xiang's mansion.

The Queen Mother simply couldn't bear to think about how she would save face if Cui Mingyue killed Prince Xiang.

Emperor Jingming did not expect that the Queen Mother would accept the fact so quickly, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, she is the empress dowager. The concubines in the harem should learn more from her self-control.

After talking with the Queen Mother for a while and seeing that she was indeed fine, Emperor Jingming left with peace of mind.

As soon as Emperor Jingming left, the Queen Mother immediately ordered: "If Princess Rongyang asks for an audience recently, tell her that I am not feeling well."

Rong Yang should reflect on himself for raising a daughter like that.

Princess Rongyang had no intention of reflecting on herself.

The Mid-Autumn Festival should have been a family reunion, but she spent it alone in the princess's mansion.

In the past, Mingyue would always drag Ayi over to accompany her early...

Faced with a table full of delicious food, Princess Rongyang didn't touch a single bite and went back to her bedroom early to rest.

Princess Rongyang had not slept for long when she suddenly sat up and became completely awake.

She had a dream in which Mingyue Qiliao was bleeding and yelling for her to avenge him...

The dream was so real that Princess Rongyang was confused.

Did something really happen to Mingyue?

Yes, Mingyue is a young girl, and although she knows some kung fu, she faces too many dangers alone.

She had thought that finding her daughter would be a capital crime, and she hoped that her daughter was hiding somewhere safely, but she didn't expect that something bad would still happen!

People at that time believed these mysterious things deeply. Princess Rongyang hurriedly got off the bed and walked towards the door.

When she reached the door, she stopped again.

She wanted to find Cui Xu and tell him that Mingyue was in trouble, but what would it matter if she told him?

Cui Xu would certainly say that Mingyue had brought this upon herself.

How could this man care about his wife and children? All he thinks about is that bastard who died long ago!

Princess Rongyang was filled with hatred and resentment. The tragic condition of her daughter in her dream made her even more anxious. She tossed and turned all night, covered the dark shadows under her eyes with thick makeup, and went to the palace to see the empress dowager.

"The Queen Mother is not feeling well?" Princess Rongyang was stunned for a moment after hearing what the palace maid said, and forced a smile, "Then please take good care of yourself, the Queen Mother. I will come to the palace to accompany her another day."

After hitting a wall, Princess Rongyang returned to the princess's mansion and smashed all the furnishings in the room.

This was the first Mid-Autumn Festival that Jiang Si celebrated after marrying into Prince Yan's Mansion. Since they did not have to go to the palace for a banquet, the young couple spent their time freely and comfortably.

However, this sense of freedom only lasted until the next day, when Jiang Si received a letter from Jiang Yi.

Their grandmother, Madam Yining Hou, was seriously ill.

In the letter, Jiang Yi invited Jiang Si to go to Yining Marquis' Mansion to visit her grandmother.