Zhengdan is the first day of the first lunar month, the first day of the Spring Festival. It is a grand day when civil and military officials as well as foreign envoys pay tribute and pay respects to the Emperor of Zhou.

At the same time, princesses, princesses and other women of high rank had to pay their respects to the Queen Mother and the Empress.

After all the trouble, by the time the family banquet was set up in the Changsheng Hall, everyone was already a little tired.

However, a little physical fatigue could not stop people from paying attention to the deposed crown prince, Prince Lu, and Prince Yan.

The deposed prince arrived early and sat in a corner, drinking tea obediently. Compared to the high-spirited appearance when he was the prince, he looked extremely down and out.

People would glance at it from time to time, sighing and feeling happy at the same time.

When the rotten mud finally fell off the wall, they still despaired and thought that it would remain stuck to the wall forever.

However, no one wants to be the first to speak out and make sarcastic remarks.

With the lesson from King Lu in mind, they dare not do anything stupid.

Everyone turned their attention to King Lu again.

Although Prince Lu was not blamed by his wife, he suddenly felt shorter than his brothers, which was quite unpleasant.

He took a sip of tea, then another, and couldn't help but growl at the nearest Prince of Xiang: "Old Eight, if you want to look, just look openly with your eyes, don't flirt like a woman, okay?"

The Prince of Xiang twitched his lips and cursed inwardly: Damn it, is this how you use your eyes to flirt?

"Fifth brother, why are you so angry? I care about you."

King Lu put the teacup on the table and sneered, "You don't need to worry about it. You should worry about when to get married."

The King of Xiang suddenly changed his expression: "Fifth brother, what do you mean?"

Don't hit people in the face, don't expose their shortcomings when scolding them. What he hates to hear the most now are the three words "get a wife".

He thought it was a huge joke that he met Cui Mingyue's adulterer on the way to the bride, but he never expected that Cui Mingyue married the adulterer and actually killed her husband and ran away!

Whenever he thought of this, he broke out in a cold sweat.

The woman was so scary that she made him lose face by being surrounded by the green light. He should be grateful for not killing her.

Marry a wife? He doesn't want to marry a wife in this life...

The Prince of Xiang felt his foot was hurt and he stared at the Prince of Lu with eyes that looked as if he was about to burst into flames.

At this time, the King of Lu was in an invincible state, and he rolled his eyes and said provocatively: "That's what you think. You look at me like this, do you still want to hit me?"

Anyway, he has been demoted. If Lao Ba dares to beat him, he might have someone to accompany him.

Prince Lu looked at Prince Xiang with eyes full of expectation.

The King of Xiang immediately became alert.

The fifth brother wanted him to be punished by his father? No way!

The King of Xiang regained his composure and smiled faintly, "How could that be? I feel sorry for my fifth brother."

Prince Lu's plan failed and he drank a few sips of tea in anger.

There were also undercurrents among the female members of the family.

"I haven't seen my third sister-in-law for a while. Why do you look so thin?" Princess Qi asked with concern.

Princess Jin looked at Princess Qi deeply and said gently, "There are many things to do during the New Year. Fourth brother's wife looks good."

She had never been so anxious as she was these days.

Originally, the prince had a crown prince before him, and the prince never thought about those things. But now the crown prince has been deposed, and the prince has become the eldest prince. During this period, the secret competition with the King of Qi made her terrified.

Isn't it good to just live like this with her children? The prince said he would help her become the queen, but she didn't envy being the queen.

However, a woman must follow her husband. Once the man makes a decision, she can only grit her teeth and follow him, and not hold him back.

After hearing what Princess Jin said, Princess Qi laughed: "Yeah, I didn't expect that this child didn't bother me. It wasn't like this when I was pregnant with Sister Yuan. At that time, I vomited countless times a day and could hardly eat anything. I lost more than ten pounds..."

Princess Jin smiled and said, "Fourth brother's wife is so lucky."

"Third sister-in-law is so lucky. Brother Fu is well-behaved and sensible, and the two sisters are grown up." When mentioning this, Princess Qi felt sour in her heart.

To be honest, the Princess of Jin was indeed blessed. The two daughters and one son of the King of Jin were all legitimate. Looking at her, she already had four or five concubines...

Princess Qi felt upset for a moment, but then she comforted herself: It doesn't matter how many concubines there are, as long as the son is born by her.

As long as the baby in her belly is a boy, the prince will have no disadvantages, and he will definitely surpass King Jin. Without the capital to compete for the throne, who cares whether an ordinary princess gives birth to a boy or a girl?

As she thought this, she glanced at Jiang Si.

Jiang Si's eyes turned and looked over.

Princess Qi smiled subconsciously, quickly looked away, and then felt annoyed again.

She was actually a little nervous just now, which was really confusing.

But it's not surprising, the Princess of Yan just killed Princess Rongyang...

Thinking about this, Princess Qi became more and more wary of Jiang Si, and secretly decided that she would not feel at ease until she found an opportunity to make sure Princess Yan could not make a comeback.

The dead will never rise again—this thought flashed through Princess Qi’s mind.

Jiang Si lowered his eyes and stared at the water cup in front of him.

There is clear water in the cup, which reflects her image.

When did Princess Qi decide to kill her? In her previous life, Princess Qi did it herself. What role did Concubine Xian play in it?

She picked up the water cup and took a few sips slowly. She heard Princess Qi's words of comfort to Princess Lu again.

"Fifth brother and sister-in-law, think more positively. Maybe father will calm down after a while."

Princess Lu's bright face showed a puzzled expression: "What is Fourth Sister-in-law talking about? I am very happy during the New Year. What is there to be upset about?"

In previous Chinese New Years, the lecherous prince would hint at asking for a beautiful concubine as a New Year gift, but this year he didn't dare to mention it at all. She was very happy about it, but the fake face of Princess Qi made her feel upset for some reason.

In Princess Lu's opinion, it's okay for a person to be ugly, but it's unforgivable if even the smile is fake.

She just wanted to stay away from such people.

Princess Qi hit a soft nail, and embarrassedly picked up the water cup and took a sip, gritting her teeth and secretly thinking that when she became the queen one day, she would definitely deal with these little bastards severely.

As the Emperor and Empress announced the start of the banquet, everyone put aside their own thoughts for the time being, ate their wine and quietly enjoyed the music and dance.

When the banquet was over, Emperor Jingming, who had been nervous, breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, nothing happened today.

Everyone bid farewell to the emperor and empress and walked towards the palace gate.

The carriages of each family were parked not far from the palace. Yu Jin carried Jiang Si onto the carriage and then sat on it. This series of actions immediately caused many people to sneer and shake their heads.

Hugging his wife in public and squeezing into a carriage with a woman is shameless, very shameless.

King Qi was thinking this as he jumped onto his horse.

Princess Qi withdrew her gaze with contempt.

How can the Prince of Yan be compared with the Prince of Yan, who acts without restraint? If she were the Princess of Yan, she would be so ashamed that she would die.

Princess Qi reached out her hand to support the maid and stepped onto the carriage.