"Sister Jieyu, what do you mean?"

The sound was so loud that everyone present looked at the queen, and even the old emperor looked over suspiciously.

The queen's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly continued.

"Don't say it's you. If anyone has a problem, I will investigate it thoroughly. Sister, please get up quickly."

The queen winked.

Fangrui hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Jieyu up.

The old emperor glanced at the queen, his eyes fell on Li Jieyu's bloody forehead, and he hesitated for a long time.

"I will let... Liufu investigate this matter, and I will definitely give Zhaoer justice."

Li Jieyu burst into laughter and threw herself into the emperor's arms.

"I know that the emperor loves Zhao'er the most, so I won't ignore it."

She looked at the queen pitifully and blinked her big wet eyes: "Queen, it's not that I don't trust you, but after all, this is a banquet hosted by you, and I also have you in mind, right?"

The queen was so angry that blood welled up in her throat and she was speechless.

——

The party dispersed.

The emperor embraced Li Jieyu and left. Concubine Meng led the concubines to retreat, and the princes and princesses also left.

The queen returned to the inner hall alone and threw an jade ornament with a 'snap'.

"What's the meaning?"

"What do you mean by that bitch Li Jieyu? I don't care about her son. She is making trouble in the palace day by day relying on her son and favor. There is no end in sight!"

Fangrui knelt on the broken porcelain pieces.

"Your Majesty, there must be something wrong with the Shang Gong Bureau about the banquet, and they are plotting to trick us. If I find out, I will cut her into pieces."

The queen patted her chest and swallowed a sip of herbal tea, laughing coldly.

"It's only a thousand days to be a thief, not a thousand days to guard against thieves. In this deep palace, the demons are as high as one foot and the road is as high as one foot. No one knows it better than me."

She was panting slightly, her fat hands clenched tightly, and the backs of her hands were pale.

Fangrui lowered his head, feeling annoyed.

"Your Majesty has had a hard time these past few years. I'm sorry for saying such disrespectful things, but your Majesty..."

"Stop talking," the queen interrupted.

"I have no hope for a long time. After all, I still have to rely on power. Of my two sons and one daughter, only Zhi'er survives. Is there anything else I don't understand?"

"This world will eventually be mine in the future. When the time comes, every grievance and debtor will have their owner. I will make them pay with their lives one by one and bury my children with them."

Before she finished speaking, the queen was already in tears.

Fangrui lowered his head and said nothing, and there was silence in the room.

——

Sixth Prince's Mansion

Lin Ximeng followed Xie Chenyu out of the carriage, and the two walked one behind the other.

Xie Chenyu said nothing, while Lin Ximeng was equally angry and did not dare to breathe.

Finally we reached the boundary between the front yard and the back yard.

Lin Xi dreamed of running away, but was caught by Xie Chenyu.

He closed his eyes and kissed the fat-skinned face, his stubble touching the side of Lin Ximeng's face.

"Do you want to be Liangdi?"

"Think", Lin Ximeng did not hesitate.

Xie Chenyu slightly raised her lips: "Is Liangdi that good?"

"Of course, if I become Liangdi, I won't have to be afraid of Zhao Liangdi."

Xie Chenyu rubbed her back and slowly shook his head: "It's better to say goodbye. I'm afraid a beauty like you won't live for more than half a month when she becomes Liangdi, and I can't bear to part with her."

Lin Ximeng lowered his head and said nothing, protesting loudly in his heart.

‘No! I won’t live long if I want to be a concubine.’

"Go back, I have other things to do."

Lin Ximeng was granted amnesty, thanked her and left.

Xie Chenyu stood there, his eyes falling on the impatient little figure, and he slowly left until he was out of sight.

The Second Prince's Mansion at this time.

Li Liangdi caressed her belly and leaned softly in Xie Chenke's arms.

"My master has risked his life for me today, and I will be forever grateful."

Xie Chenke stroked her belly and concealed the calculation in his eyes.

"This is our first child. No matter he is a boy or a girl, his mother must not be too humble. This is the only thing we can do for Li'er."

"Thank you, Master." Liliangdi blushed with embarrassment, her eyes watery with happiness.

"Go back and let the servants take good care of you. Tell the kitchen what you want to eat."

Liliangdi left.

Xie Chenke went to the study alone.

Several staff members had been waiting there for a long time, and when they saw the master coming, they hurriedly greeted him.

"Everyone, please get up. Gentlemen, please sit down."

"Thank you, Master"

The staff sat down one after another and couldn't wait to discuss today's Qianqiu Banquet.

"The prince's move is still too risky and may not win the support of the Queen."

"Perhaps, the efforts that the prince has spent on the queen over the years have been obvious to all, and it's time for even a wall to be moved."

"The Empress is from the Wang family, and the Wang family is extremely powerful in the court. If she can get the support of the Empress, the position of Prince will be within her grasp."

"But these adult princes are all focused on the power in the hands of the Queen, and are trying to be filial overtly or covertly. Our master may not be able to fight for it."

"You still have to fight if you can't fight. The Queen is too important."

The staff had a heated discussion, and Xie Chenke listened calmly.

After everyone had finished speaking, he spoke slowly.

"Everything else is easy to say. If you appoint a palace maid as Liang Di, who can compete with me? No matter how much I want to please the queen, I will never appoint that Lin as Liang Di."

That daughter of a sinner cannot be held up by mud.

"Yes, our Highness can't compete on this point."

The staff clasped their fists, but he turned around and asked again:

"But don't forget, Your Highness, the Wang family also has an eldest daughter who has not yet left the palace. She is of marriageable age. If you can win over that girl's heart, you will get twice the result with half the effort."

The implication is that His Highness still wants to marry a noble girl, so he should not put too much effort into the eyeliner sent by the Queen.

Xie Chenke clenched his fist fiercely and looked away in annoyance.

"I have thought of this for a long time, but the daughters of aristocratic families are all raised in boudoir, and I cannot see them easily. This road is not easy to follow."

Another court official stood up.

"Even if there is no way, His Highness will naturally have other foreigners to choose from. If he has a beloved Liangdi and a concubine before he gets married, I'm afraid..."

Xie Chenke played with the tea cup and narrowed his eyes slightly for a while before saying.

"It doesn't matter. This palace has already thought of countermeasures."

“The biggest problem now is how to clear other obstacles one by one.”

As long as those troublesome brothers are gone, the country will naturally fall into his hands.

"Your Highness is wise", the staff were enlightened.

——

The Qianqiu Banquet poisoning case fell into the hands of Liufu, the chief steward next to the emperor.

At this moment, he was so anxious that he arrested all the palace maids and eunuchs who had touched the bowl of soup and tortured them one by one.

Gong Zhengsi screamed repeatedly for a while.

After three days of interrogation, still nothing was found.

However, Li Jieyu always ran to the imperial study room and knelt down, as if this matter would not be over until the matter was investigated.

Liufu cursed secretly but did not dare to slack off, fearing that he would not be able to answer the emperor's question.

On the fourth day, Liufu went to watch Gong Zhengsi as usual. As he walked, he spat in the direction of Li Jieyu's residence.

"Bah, what a shady thing."

"A bastard who cannot be beaten with a stick is more noble than a legitimate prince."

"When the Empress's legitimate prince passed away due to illness, the Empress did not express her anger at any of the imperial doctors or palace officials. She even endured her grief and paid a reward, saying that it was for the two princes' good deeds."

"Grandma, you have some legs, you can accumulate some virtue."
Chapter completed!