"Is this Brother Xiao's son?" Emperor Mingwen smiled slightly and waved to Beibei.
A smile appeared on Prince Xiao's lips and he nodded.
Bei Bei walked over, leaned down and saluted: "Greetings to the Emperor."
"I am your uncle Huang. How old are you this year?"
Emperor Mingwen simply asked a few questions, and Beibei answered them one by one without being aggressive or timid.
Emperor Mingwen nodded with satisfaction, and soon his eyes fell on the Queen Mother again, and he said a few words of blessing.
"Since the emperor is here, let the banquet begin."
There was singing and dancing, and there were countless fine wines and delicacies.
Beibei sat quietly next to Chu Yunning.
Next door is Xiao Wang.
"Didn't I remind you that you will enter the palace with me today to celebrate my birthday? Why did you enter the palace early alone with your child?"
King Xiao was delayed in the morning. After leaving the palace, he went to find Chu Yunning, but was told that he had already entered the palace.
King Xiao also abandoned his carriage and hurried into the palace all the way.
As soon as he entered the palace, he was invited away by the people around Emperor Mingwen and played a game of chess. This delay lasted for more than half an hour.
The guards had already heard what happened just now.
Prince Xiao frowned: "When will you calm down? You will cause trouble as soon as you enter the palace."
Chu Yunning glanced at Prince Xiao angrily: "Everyone in the palace knows that I am an abandoned woman who was kicked out of Prince Xiao's palace. Even if I make a mistake, the prince does not have to worry about being implicated."
"You!" Prince Xiao's face darkened. He looked around and saw that many people looked over, so he had to adjust his mood.
"Chu Yunning, my patience is limited." Prince Xiao raised a smile and said, "As long as you are willing to give in, I can ignore the past grudges and let you return to the palace, and you will still be Princess Xiao."
"No need!"
Chu Yunning didn't bother to pay attention to King Xiao's sentimentality, so he picked up a pickled chicken leg and put it in Beibei's bowl.
Beibei lowered his head and was about to bite, but Chu Yunning suddenly realized something was wrong and held down Beibei's hand.
Chu Yunning took another look at the other dishes, and her heart surged with anger.
She didn't know who she had offended, but she was poisoned so severely that her throat was sealed.
Beibei suddenly picked up the chicken legs and put them in Xiao Wang's bowl, and said with a smile: "It's my mother who doesn't know how to behave. I will treat this chicken legs as my apology for you on my mother's behalf. I will also give you asparagus and small crispy meat."
The corner of Chu Yunning's mouth twitched violently as she watched Beibei fill the bowl given to Prince Xiao.
King Xiao was stunned for a moment, and felt some strange emotions in his heart. He couldn't tell whether it was excitement or relief.
"Your Majesty, don't worry about my mother's bad temper. I will try to persuade her."
Beibei blinked his big innocent eyes. At that moment, King Xiao softened his heart and praised: "Good boy."
Chu Yunning took a deep breath and watched helplessly as the little eunuch picked up the silver needle and pierced the chicken leg.
In just a moment, the silver needle turned black.
"My lord, these legs are poisonous!"
Prince Xiao followed his line of sight and saw the silver needle change color. He raised his foot and overturned the table.
The huge movement shocked everyone.
"Xiao'er?" The Queen Mother heard the sound and looked over.
Beibei pouted and wanted to cry but didn't dare. He swallowed in frustration: "Yes...I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. I didn't know it was poisonous here."
Prince Xiao was annoyed that he was too rude and had frightened Beibei, so he immediately comforted Beibei softly: "Beibei is not afraid, I will definitely investigate thoroughly."
Chu Yunning lowered her head and glanced at Beibei. This kid acted like he was real. If she hadn't known the truth, she would have been fooled.
"Mother, someone poisoned the banquet dishes!" Prince Xiao looked serious.
"What?" The Queen Mother put down her chopsticks in shock, and all the guests present put down their chopsticks and stayed away from the table.
"Come here, seal off the entire Cihe Palace for me. Not even a fly can be let out!"
Emperor Mingwen was furious and ordered people to block the palace gate.
The banquet was temporarily suspended, and a large number of guards rushed in, ready to go.
Chu Yunning held Beibei's hand and stood in the corner pretending to be panicked. In fact, she was looking at the expressions on everyone's faces and guessing who the murderer was behind the scenes.
The murderer behind the scenes must be one of the guests.
Or a royal person.
Chu Yunning took advantage of the situation and checked the food on the next table and other people's meals.
The strange thing is that none of these meals are poisonous.
In other words, this poison is most likely targeted at Beibei!
When Chu Yunning thought about someone plotting against Beibei, his face suddenly darkened.
"Don't worry, I am here to protect you." Prince Xiao stood in front of the two of them, his tone a little more gentle.
Chu Yunning raised her eyebrows and reminded: "Your Majesty should send someone to check whether everyone's food is poisonous."
King Xiao listened carefully to Chu Yunning's suggestion and asked people to check them one by one. In the end, it was found that only Chu Yunning and Beibei's food was poisonous.
"Whoever dares to harm Beibei will not be spared lightly by the Ai family!"
The Queen Mother was so angry that she pulled Beibei to look up and down with a frightened look on her face: "Fortunately you didn't eat it. It scared the Ai family to death. It's really a blessing from the Bodhisattva."
Beibei plunged his head into the Empress Dowager's arms and rubbed her, and cried aloud in grievance: "Emperor Grandma, Beibei is so scared."
This cry made the Queen Mother feel very distressed. She hugged him and comforted him repeatedly: "Don't be afraid, Beibei, the Queen Mother is here."
After struggling for more than an hour, I still couldn't find any clues.
Chu Yunning was extremely disappointed. When she raised her head, she suddenly saw the Queen's eyes looking at Beibei very sharply, as if she was looking at an enemy.
Could it be the palace queen?
Chu Yunning suppressed her doubts and carefully checked the poison in the food. It was the fastest poison in the world.
If you get even a little bit of it, you'll die suddenly, leaving no time for rescue.
It can be seen that the poisoner hated the mother and son very much.
Until the party was over, no clues were found.
As evening approached, the Queen Mother said, "The Aijia will give you an explanation about the poisoning. You can go back first."
"Yes." Chu Yunning left with Beibei.
After leaving the palace gate, Prince Xiao chased after him: "You have been targeted. Come back to the palace with me first."
"Thank you, Prince Xiao, for your kindness. I won't go to the palace."
Seeing that King Xiao was protecting Beibei at the palace banquet, Chu Yunning's tone towards King Xiao became a little better.
"Why?"
"Inconvenient!" Chu Yunning said.
King Xiao frowned, looked at the people coming and going around him, and lowered his voice: "Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about Beibei. He was greatly frightened today. You are living in the Chu family with your children.
If something happens, no one can protect you."
"Your Majesty, you are worrying too much. I can protect Beibei."
Chu Yunning took Beibei into the carriage and went directly back to Chu's house.
Prince Xiao watched the carriage go further and further away, his brows furrowed, as if a big stone was weighing on his heart, making him unable to breathe.