This is the first time for Mrs. Wang to attend such a high-level state banquet.

In the past, she was just the wife of a foreign minister, with only a fourth-grade imperial edict. At most, she would participate in a banquet at the Daming Palace every year during the Chinese New Year.

But that was just a formality, and the symbolic meaning was greater than the actual meaning. How could it be like today, when she could sit at the front of the hall majestically, while dealing with the conversations of a lot of domestic and foreign wives, and at the same time, she could see the dignified manners of the imperial concubine's daughter with her own eyes

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The Queen Mother and the Empress went to the outer hall, and everyone in the inner hall took the imperial concubine as their leader.

However, Concubine Wu has no moral character and is not respected by others. Therefore, at this moment, hundreds of women in the hall all regard Yuanchun as the center.

Since she and Jia Mu were sitting at the lower end of Yuanchun, they were naturally the center of attention.

Mrs. Wang discovered that in the past, the ladies in charge of the palaces of kings and dukes, who had always been above the top, were very kind and friendly to her and Jia Mu, and their words were quite flattering. This was something unimaginable in the past.

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As early as more than ten years ago, there was a saying among high-ranking officials in the capital that among the eleven families of the four founding princes and eight princes, except for two or three families such as Beijing Prince's Palace, all the rest had declined.

The rest here naturally include the Jia family.

Therefore, even though she is also the wife of a public family, she knows that she cannot compare with those powerful and wealthy wives who are in the prime of life.

Who would have expected that in just one or two years, the Jia family would actually jump twice in a row and once again become one of the most honorable families in the imperial capital!

All this is because of her.

Because of her, she raised a pair of good children...

The daughter is a concubine and the son is a prince.!

Now that Mrs. Wang thinks about it, she still feels a little overwhelmed.

She didn't even know what kind of virtue she had accumulated in her previous life, so that God could send her such blessings.

As for her son becoming a royal, she had never thought about it, but that didn't matter. The son must have been born by herself, but he was born with a precious jade in his mouth. He was destined to have great blessings, so God would arrange it this way.

As his mother, I naturally can't destroy his blessings. I just need to watch him be honored and rich, and finally get his glory.

No matter if he is Baoyu or Prince Jing, he is my son anyway...

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang's face turned rosy, her eyes were full of spring, and she was talking to others with a smile.

Suddenly I heard someone next to me say: "Have you heard that His Highness Taisun was pushed into the lake and drowned..."

This man's voice was so loud that everyone talking in the hall almost heard him and looked over.

There are those who are horrified, and there are those who are disbelieving.

After all, to these pampered ladies, the prince is a noble being second only to the saint. Most of them don't know what's wrong with their grandson.

Is the murder of the grandson too exaggerated? Is the capital city, which has been peaceful for two or three months just now, going to change again?

"It's true! It's spread outside. They all say that Prince Jing wanted to usurp the throne, so he murdered his grandson..."

While the man was talking, he looked specifically at Yuan Chun, Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, as if he was afraid that they wouldn't hear.

When the others heard this statement, they were silent for a while, but they already believed more than half of it.

Even they basically knew that Prince Jing was favored by the Emperor, monopolized the government affairs, and had huge power. Otherwise, they would not have curried favor with Mrs. Wang and waited...

Even if they didn't know it, in the morning, they could have heard the roaring and tsunami-like singing outside Chongde Hall inside.

Guaguai, only the Supreme Emperor and Prince Jing were praised by the civil and military officials of the whole dynasty, but they ignored all the great grandsons? They felt surprised and confused at that time...

Who knew that something would happen to the grandson in just half a day?

This was not done by Prince Jing, and they did not believe it.

Besides Prince Jing, who would dare to murder the grandson?

Prince Jing, you really have a disobedient heart!

But, if Prince Jing did this, wouldn't he be afraid that the Supreme Emperor would deal with him?

That's right, the Supreme Emperor is old and lacks energy. I'm afraid even he, an old man, won't be able to take care of Prince Jing anymore...

Putting aside the plans of these women, Yuan Chun and other relatives of Jia Baoyu all changed their expressions suddenly and became nervous.

They all knew how serious a crime it was to murder the grandson. Even people like Yuan Chun who knew the life of the fourth prince couldn't help but sweat for Jia Baoyu when they heard people talk like this.

Yuanchun immediately ordered his confidant eunuchs to go find out the news. Before he could think of how to interrupt everyone's criticism, he heard a message from the eunuchs outside:

"The Queen Mother has arrived."

"The queen has arrived."

Yuanchun stood up quickly and led everyone to greet him.

The Queen Mother remained silent and walked through the hall surrounded by people, arriving at the top.

"Who was here just now, saying that Prince Jing was plotting to murder the grandson?"

The Queen Mother's first words after turning around caused everyone in the palace to fall into silence. Many people turned their attention to the first person who spoke before.

The woman immediately turned pale with fright and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Queen Mother, I didn't, I didn't say that Prince Jing murdered the grandson. I just heard the palace people talk about the grandson falling into the water, so...

Please be clear to the Queen Mother, I really did not say that it was Prince Jing who murdered the grandson..."

"Slap your mouth!" The Queen Mother was obviously not in the mood to listen to her explanation. Before she could finish her words, she shouted coldly.

The dull-witted internal official beside the Queen Mother slowly stepped forward, and with the frightened look on the woman's face, which she did not dare to avoid, he opened the door with a "pop, bang, bang" left and right, which were five mouths.

Although this official was dull, he struck hard, not caring about the woman's identity, and beat her face until she turned red in just a few blows.

Even though the woman was humiliated in public, she did not dare to show any dissatisfaction. She also regretted it at this time. How could she forget that the Queen Mother was Prince Jing's direct grandmother? How could she not be angry when her previous words fell into the ears of the Queen Mother?

Now she only got a few mouths in her mouth, and she was very happy.

She should indeed be happy. If it weren't for the birthday of the Supreme Emperor, the Queen Mother would not want to be severely punished. Otherwise, if she dared to slander her good grandson, even if she was beaten to death, it would be nothing to the Queen Mother.

"Listen carefully, I have ordered the Third Division to personally investigate and deal with the matter of my grandson falling into the water. Anyone who dares to discuss this matter again before the truth comes to light will be beaten to death."

When the official came back, the Queen Mother's emotionless voice sounded.

Although everyone was frightened and quickly responded "yes", it also confirmed what the woman said. Something had indeed happened to His Highness Taisun...

When things like this happened, the atmosphere of the banquet was naturally gone.

All the distinguished ladies in the hall looked at me one by one, and I looked at you, then silently returned to their seats and sat down, not daring to speak any more.

The atmosphere was eerily quiet.

Only the queen and others above occasionally exchanged questions and answers with the queen mother in a soft voice. Others did not dare to say a word rashly for fear of offending the queen mother.

Some people who have many thoughts start to make calculations in their minds.

In the past, the Queen Mother lived alone in Shou'an Palace. Except for doting on Princess Yunni, she ignored everything and showed her majesty.

So many people have almost forgotten the existence of this old queen.

Now, they suddenly discovered that the Queen Mother was so powerful. They used to go to pay their respects. The Queen, who was extremely dignified and majestic in their eyes, was also well-behaved and punctual in front of the Queen Mother.

Is it because the former Queen Mother was so kind and kind that everyone forgot her dignity, or is it because of other reasons...

Yes, it is rumored that the Emperor's dragon is ill and the day when the dragon will be conquered is not far away. When that day comes, the Queen Mother will be the most majestic person in the world.

And Prince Jing is the Queen Mother's only close relative, so the Queen Mother must want to help Prince Jing ascend to the throne...

No wonder the Queen Mother suddenly became strong.

Thinking of this, they couldn't help but shudder in their hearts, and their sense of awe became even greater.

This is an inevitable trend that no one can contend with. Smart people all know how to choose.

Just when everyone was silent and thinking, suddenly I saw a few maids walking quickly to the court, kneeling down in front of the superior, kowtowing and saying: "To the Queen Mother, I know who is responsible for the murder."

Your Highness Taisun~!”

Everyone's eyes turned to this bold palace maid.

Is this palace maid desperate for her life? She jumped out to say this at this time. If she is not careful, she will end up either dead or exterminated...

The Queen Mother also frowned and looked up at her.

"Sister Xiurong, you..."

Next to the Queen Mother, Yun Ni, who was trying every means to make the Queen Mother show off her beauty, turned around and was surprised to see her beautiful sister like this.

What's wrong with Sister Xiurong? Even she knows that such things are not something that their children can participate in. How come Sister Xiurong, who is several years older than her, doesn't know this rule?

If something happens, even I can't protect you...

The old palace lady beside the Queen Mother said something to her. The Queen Mother nodded, looked at Huo Xiurong and asked: "You said you knew who murdered the grandson, how did you know? Who murdered the grandson?"

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"Reporting to the Queen Mother, this slave is originally the daughter of the criminal Huo family. Due to the kindness of Princess Yunni, she was brought into the palace as a slave.

At noon today, after the slave sent the princess back to Xinning Palace for a nap, the slave boldly walked around to pass the time. When she walked to the back garden, she saw that it was unusually quiet there, and she became confused.

Today is the birthday ceremony of the Supreme Emperor, which is a day for the whole country to celebrate, and the Xiyuan is even more crowded with people. Even though the back garden is quieter, there are still people from the palace passing by delivering things and picking up things.

Even so, the slave did not pay attention, but saw two eunuchs from a distance sneaking into the garden carrying something.
To be continued...