The New Year's Eve banquet in the palace is held every year. It is mainly for the emperor and his ministers to have fun together, and then the emperor will reward the ministers who performed outstandingly that year.
Those who are rewarded will naturally be happy, while those who have not been rewarded will have a bright face and will not laugh for a long time in private.
In recent years, many people have privately referred to the New Year's Eve banquet as the "Feast of Merit."
Prime Minister Ming was the one who received the most rewards in previous years.
Today, he does not have the same high spirits as in previous years. The emperor just gave out rewards, and the rewards for everyone in the Ming family were actually half less than before.
A full six or seven people returned empty-handed.
Not only did he look ugly now, but the entire Ming family, or other people who were attached to the Ming family, also found it hard to swallow.
Unexpectedly, before the previous incident had happened, this grandson would actually do such a nasty thing. Prime Minister Ming was quite disgusted and made a sound without even moving his lips, and said to the two sons beside him:
"What Zhongqiu did is a disgrace to our Ming family. No matter what your sister-in-law says, he is not allowed to go out again."
Prime Minister Ming had been strong in the Ming family all his life, and Master Ming honestly nodded in agreement.
Ming Zhongqiu was quickly rescued, and the imperial doctor was already waiting for him.
The pond in winter was freezing cold, and there were some delays. After being rescued, Ming Zhongqiu was almost reduced to a human stick, and his entire face was pale and pale.
The heavy clothes on my body are dripping with water, and the air intake is less and the air is more out.
On the other side of the female family members, Mrs. Ming didn't know what was going on at first, but when she saw Ming Zhongqiu's face clearly, for a moment, Mrs. Ming's face turned ashen.
Fortunately, Ming Wei was holding her up and she was able to avoid falling down, causing a bigger joke at today's New Year's Eve banquet.
"Quickly. Carry the person down and let the imperial doctor check for pulse." The queen fell ill at the wedding banquet for Pei Jinting and Gu Qingyuan. Now she finally recovered and attended the New Year's Eve banquet.
I didn't expect something like this to happen again.
The queen closed her eyes hard. She just heard what happened and it was Pei Jinting who took action.
She gritted her teeth and looked at the pair of wall figures standing side by side not far away, and said bitterly, "Today's matter must be investigated thoroughly."
Although this happened during a banquet in the palace, how could anyone dare to watch the royal joke?
They just pretended to be invisible, still all smiling, returned to the table, and started talking to the people next to them.
There was such an accident at today's banquet. I'm not sure anyone else could bear it.
And take yourself out of it.
This way you don’t have to worry about some people being jealous and stumbling upon you, but not being able to deal with it when the time comes.
The emperor wants to go back to stabilize the situation, but the queen can leave early.
Before leaving, she called Pei Jinting and Gu Qingyuan away.
The queen was extremely angry. As soon as she returned to Fengyi Palace, she hadn't sat down firmly or even breathed well. She looked at the two people in front of her coldly and said sternly:
"Pei Jingheng, you are really capable. You also acted recklessly in the palace and threw people into the lake."
"It's okay if he's fine. If something happens..."
Pei Jinting said calmly, "This is already an open-minded approach. If it weren't for the fact that he was from the Ming family, he would have been sent to prison long ago."
The Queen paused for a moment, then suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said tentatively, "You can't be... you are just venting your anger because of Madam Ming's affairs."
The emperor privately said that he would marry Lady Ming to the King of Qin.
That clearly pushed the Ming family to replace the King of Qin.
Unexpectedly, the emperor looked at him and then inadvertently looked away.
"She's not worthy of my attention yet."
The queen frowned, "When the prince came to the throne, if it weren't for the support of several big families, the prince wouldn't have so much face now."
Suddenly, the queen understood something and felt a sense of fear, "You, what if you..."
"Aren't you trying to make an enemy of the prince?"
Pei Jinting didn't want to explain too much to her, he had many reasons of his own.
Just trying to tease Gu Qingyuan is already an unforgivable crime.
Not to mention that the Ming family assassinated Gu Qingyuan several times on her way to Shandong.
Is there any reason for the Ming family not to let go of such a weak woman?
Pei Jinting's eyes were as cold as a pool of water, and he slowly moved the corners of his mouth, "Mother, no matter who did something wrong today, I will not let him have an easy time."
The queen tried her best to suppress her anger and asked in a cold voice, "Jingheng, you are going too far. I worry about you and take care of you, but you can turn around and offend others to separate them from the prince."
Her voice rose gradually.
Pei Jinting looked at the queen calmly and sneered, "Whether the prince's position is secure or not is all his fault."
"We don't need to worry."
The prince has been in poor health for many years. Although he has the reputation of being a prince, he rarely appears in front of others.
Just like today's big banquet, he did not attend the banquet because there were many people and the air was too dull.
The queen felt ashamed and her face turned pale.
The nephew who used to be able to be held in his hands is now becoming more and more separated from him.
She glanced vaguely at Gu Qingyuan, who was standing with Pei Jinting, and her teeth itched with hatred.
Pei Jinting's previously careless face revealed an unprecedented indifference, "Mother, if you want to make things clear for the Ming family, you don't have to. The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics."
He calmly took Gu Qingyuan's hand and gave instructions to He Zheng outside.
"Go and ask how the treatment of that trash from the Ming family is going. He dragged him to the prison. I suspect he wants to assassinate Your Majesty."