Because Princess Zhao was seriously ill, the banquet was postponed again and again, but it was hard to have a reception banquet when the Zhao family came. Therefore, on the third day, the Queen Mother hosted a banquet and invited Zhao Zhao to the Jing'an Palace.

The Wang family asked several princes to accompany them, and the emperor and Queen He were naturally present.

On the way to Jing'an Palace, the Zhao family and the people from the Prince's Mansion met unexpectedly. After a simple salute to each other, Zhao Bingyi bowed slightly to Ji Fuyin and said, "I was at the Prince's Mansion a few days ago.

, my unsatisfactory second brother drank a few more drinks and was disrespectful to the Crown Princess with his words, which offended the Crown Princess. I also ask the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess not to be in the same relationship with him."

Zhao Youlin's dead soldiers were indeed very clean. No trace of any clue could be found from their corpses. Naturally, Gu Hanqian didn't know that the person who sent the dead soldiers to the Prince's Mansion that day was Zhao Youlin. He only thought that Zhao Bingyi was talking about it.

It's just that at the banquet that day, Zhao Youlin asked about Aunt Qiong, but he didn't take it seriously at the moment.

Ji Fuyin smiled slightly, "Young Master Zhao said something serious, but the few words he said were not a conflict. No one else would argue with the Second Young Master."

This sounded like a very decent answer, and it didn't look like there was any anger. He probably didn't know that those assassins were sent out by Zhao Youlin, but Zhao Bingyi had a vague feeling that Ji Fuyin seemed to have something in his words...

... He wanted to say a few more words to get some information out of her, but because there were so many people around, he had no choice but to give up.

On the way to Jing'an Palace together, Zhao Bingyi turned around and glared at Zhao Youlin, warning him that he must not cause trouble at the banquet later. Zhao Youlin was puzzled by his look, and when no one was paying attention, he approached Zhao Bingyi and whispered

He said: "Brother, you don't have to be so guarded against me. I won't cause trouble for our palace."

"It's best that this is the case. My mother is so weak now. If you dare to cause any trouble again and make my mother worry, then I, the eldest brother, won't need to say anything more." Zhao Bingyi said this quickly, and then

No more words were spoken.

From this road to the Jing'an Palace of the Queen Mother, you need to pass through a long corridor. The upper part of the long corridor is full of purple wisteria that will bloom this season.

When Lilac Yun was about to walk out, Luo Wei, who was walking behind, suddenly shouted: "Third Young Master, something has fallen on you."

Zhao Yanyang stopped subconsciously, "What?" He patted his head lightly with his hand, but nothing fell. Luo Wei walked forward quickly, "It was behind the collar, and a gourd fell."

Chong, Third Young Master, please don’t move around and ask your servants to help flick it away.”

As he spoke, Luo Wei reached out his hand, flicked behind Zhao Yanyang's collar, and grabbed it. A ladybug appeared in Luo Wei's palm. With a flick, the ladybug flew away without a trace.

"Thank you, girl." Although he looked down on the maid next to Ji Fuyin, Zhao Yanyang still showed some grace, raised his hand slightly and thanked Luo slightly, but his expression was still arrogant.

Fortunately, Luowei also looked like he didn't take it seriously at all. He just said "Third Young Master is polite" and went back to Ji Fuyin's side.

After entering Jing'an Palace, everyone paid homage to the Queen Mother, the Emperor and the Queen one after another. In order to win over King Zhao, the Emperor was naturally full of praise for his three sons, but when the Emperor's eyes turned to Zhao Yanyang, his expression suddenly changed.

Cold. The atmosphere suddenly darkened. Zhao Bingyi felt a chill on his back and looked at his third brother.

Zhao Yanyang was very well-behaved, both in his appearance and in his manners after entering Jing'an Palace. The emperor's face suddenly turned cold, and everyone was immediately confused. Seeing the emperor looking at them without saying a word,

His gaze was quite thoughtful, and Zhao Yanyang felt chills in his heart, not knowing exactly what he had done.

During the silence, the emperor must have been thinking about it. After a long while, there was a smile on his face that was hard to see through, "The jade ring on your neck is quite unique. I don't know.

Maybe I’m getting older and can’t see clearly anymore, this pendant looks...very familiar to me.”

When Zhao Yanyang was born, his body was very thin. Princess Zhao asked all the experts and finally ordered a jade ring to be hung around his neck. The jade ring was detachable and other pendants could also be hung on it.

As soon as he heard the emperor talking about his jade ring, Zhao Yanyang couldn't help lowering his head suspiciously. Unexpectedly, when he looked at it, he actually saw a cold sweat all over his body -

Originally, he didn't have any pendant on the jade ring, but for no reason, a small dragon covered with gold and jade appeared. If it was an ordinary dragon, forget it, but this was a five-clawed golden dragon - in the past dynasties, there were only emperors and princes.

, can only use this five-clawed golden dragon pattern. If ordinary people use it, it will be a serious crime that will implicate the nine clans!

Prince Zhao's face suddenly turned purple. He looked at Zhao Yanyang as if he wished he could cut his son into pieces on the spot! Previously, he only knew that his third son had a naughty temper, but he didn't expect that he would

How dare you bring the five-clawed golden dragon with you? This is simply inviting disaster to Prince Zhao's Mansion!

Zhao Bingyi's head tightened, and cold sweat broke out all over his body. He had only warned Zhao Youlin before, how could he forget about Zhao Yanyang, the troublemaker!

Zhao Yanyang was a little confused, and he was also at a loss. When he came out today, he grabbed the jade ring and put it on, but he didn't see any golden or jade dragon on it!

Seeing the atmosphere drop to freezing point little by little, Zhao Yanyang's head went blank. Seeing his third brother's eyes pleading for help, Zhao Bingyi was helpless. Moreover, he knew clearly in his heart that no matter how they explained it today, unless the emperor had already intended to forgive him,

They, otherwise -

With this five-clawed golden dragon alone, all the people in Prince Zhao's Mansion will die here today.

Since coming to the palace, Concubine Rong has been very close to the people of Prince Zhao's Mansion in the past few days. Because of Concubine Rong's relationship, the people of Prince Zhao's Mansion have naturally become a thorn in Queen He's eyes and a thorn in her flesh. She wishes they would come out.

What's the problem? Now that they're knocking on the door, how could she miss this great opportunity?

Smiling, Queen He leaned forward slightly and said, "Emperor, my concubine looks at what he is wearing around his neck. Why does it look like a five-clawed golden dragon? But I can't see carefully, so don't wrong the three members of the Zhao family.

Young Master, why don't you let him take off the pendant and show it to the emperor."

Zhao Yanyang froze. The two of them didn't look carefully, but he looked carefully. This was indeed a five-clawed golden dragon. If he took it off and sent it over, and the emperor and the empress could clearly see it, then today, their Prince Zhao's Mansion,

Is there still a way to survive!?

Zhao Bingyi gritted his teeth, pretending to be calm, glanced at Zhao Yanyang accusingly, and then respectfully clasped his fists at the emperor, "I ask your forgiveness, my third brother is still young, so when I see the majesty of the emperor, I will inevitably feel nervous."

, please allow me to take off the pendant for him."

After receiving the emperor's permission, Zhao Bingyi immediately turned around. When he saw Zhao Yanyang's eyes, he immediately understood that his third brother had no idea about this matter. They had fallen into someone's plan this time.

It’s inside!

Using his eyes to signal Zhao Yanyang not to panic, Zhao Bingyi took off the five-clawed golden dragon pendant that he didn't know where it came from from his jade ring. When he turned around, Zhao Bingyi gritted his teeth and secretly exerted force, using his finger strength.

, and broke off the extra dragon claw forcefully——

"Your Majesty, please take a look." Zhao Bingyi held the golden dragon with a broken claw in front of the Emperor.

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the golden dragon for a long time. He stroked the broken mark thoughtfully with his fingers a few times. During this process, everyone in the Zhao Palace was too nervous to express their anger.

Tightly, for fear that when the enemy opens his mouth, what he will say will be bloody punishment.

"This dragon is really exquisitely carved." After rubbing it for a while, the emperor's expression softened slightly, and he threw the dragon back into Zhao Bingyi's hands, "Queen, it seems that we are both getting older. I didn't look carefully.

Why didn't you look carefully? You almost ended up wrongly accusing someone."

Ji Fuyin pursed her lips and smiled, "Don't worry, Emperor. Even if everyone is wrong, the Emperor will still not wrong Young Master Zhao. How could a wise emperor like the Emperor, who is both tolerant, kind and perceptive, not wait for confirmation?

How about a hasty conviction?"

"Mr. Zhao, you have to express your gratitude to the emperor. If the person handling this matter today was not the emperor, but someone else, maybe he would have given the order when there was a misunderstanding at the beginning. You know

, Wearing a five-clawed golden dragon privately is a capital crime that will bring death to all nine clans."

As soon as Ji Fuyin finished speaking, Zhao Yanyang, who was still immersed in the panic just now, immediately knelt down on his knees, his voice trembling a little, "I thank you for your kindness!"

The emperor nodded slightly, "Well, since it was a misunderstanding, let's let this matter be revealed. The Queen Mother is hosting a banquet today, so we don't want to spoil her interest."

When they were sitting down, Zhao Bingyi passed by Ji Fuyin, his eyes focused for a moment, and four words came out from Zhao Bingyi's throat in a low voice, "Did you do it?"

Ji Fuyin smiled slightly, and her voice was also soft and inaudible, "This is just a way of returning the favor to the second young master. It's rude to come back and not reciprocate. Don't take it personally, Mr. Zhao."
Chapter completed!