in2ebook Chapter 244 Making things difficult
Chapter 244 Making things difficult
He knew how much the Ancient Biluo Needle consumed her internal energy. If Ye Xuanqi hadn't been helping her and continuously injecting her with internal energy these days, she would not have been able to completely eliminate the poison in such a short time.
Yu Ziche also thanked Ye Xuanqi: "Thank you, fourth cousin."
"Why should you be polite to me, second cousin?"
Song Yunxi came close to Yu Ziche and asked in a low voice: "Second brother, have you mentioned this crap celebration banquet that Master Dog organized to Uncle Nian?"
As he said this, he couldn't help but complain: "Master Gou really likes to hold banquets under various pretexts. I don't know what his hobby is."
Yu Ziche: If you could go to the palace more often, your uncle wouldn't have to bother with these things.
Of course, this banquet was an exception, and my uncle's intention was obvious.
Yu Ziche smiled and said, "The emperor is hosting a banquet, so how can the protagonist not go?"
Song Yunxi curled her lips: "For the sake of his own sister, he has good intentions."
Song Yunxi suddenly became curious and asked curiously, "Second brother, do you hope that they can succeed or... can succeed?"
The little girl's eyes were full of cunning. It was not curiosity at all, but she was clearly testing his attitude.
"That's their business. I won't interfere and it has nothing to do with me."
To him, the eldest princess was just an ordinary elder, and her choice had nothing to do with him.
As for Yu Xiunian, he has not yet thought about how he should get along with his father, nor has he ever thought about whether he should recognize this father. He just wants to let everything take its course.
So I will not interfere with any of his decisions.
Besides, he is not qualified.
The day of the palace banquet arrived in a blink of an eye. The palace was extremely lively. The eldest princess, who had repeatedly refused to enter the palace, was finally invited into the palace by Emperor Qinglong.
The eldest princess and Yu Xiunian were also old acquaintances. When she was a child, she often played with Ji Hongwen and they were also good friends. However, she never expected that when they met again after more than 20 years, they would be in such an awkward relationship.
Emperor Qinglong deliberately created opportunities for the two of them. Not only did he arrange their seats together, he even worked with the Queen to explicitly and implicitly try to bring them together.
The Queen was also on good terms with the eldest princess when she was still in her boudoir, and the eldest princess had been very caring towards her since she entered the palace. The eldest princess had experienced such fatal calculations, deceptions and loneliness, so the Queen naturally hoped that she would be happy in the second half of her life.
The Queen Mother has been obsessed with worshipping Buddha for the past ten years and has rarely attended banquets. She will not come to such an occasion today. The Emperor and the Empress are all thinking about the Princess, so they are too lazy to devote their energy to others, which makes everyone at the banquet feel free and at ease.
Song Yunxi was still wearing a simple green dress with her hair casually tied up, but none of the people present who were dressed elegantly dared to look down on her, and many of them even took the initiative to come forward and greet her.
Seeing Song Yunxi being treated like a star by everyone, the father and son of Marquis Zhongyong were gnashing their teeth in hatred. No wonder she would come to the Marquis Zhongyong's mansion on the pretext of fortune-telling. It turned out that she did it to vent her anger on Jiang Yanting.
Things that I didn't understand before suddenly became clear to me after I learned Jiang Yanting's true identity.
But if Song Yunxi knew about this idea, she would definitely scold them for bringing trouble upon themselves. After all, if they and their son had not come to cause trouble for their second uncle, she would never have thought of taking action against them so quickly.
Jiang Yan'an comforted Jiang Yuhai: "Don't worry, father. We can just watch from the sidelines today."
If Shen Zhikang can really help them get rid of Jiang Yanting, then they can make peace with the Shen family in the future. After all, their goals are the same.
After dealing with everyone, Song Yunxi and Yu Ziche naturally got together with the Ye Xuanqi brothers.
Anyway, in the eyes of everyone, the Chinese Master's Mansion is already a member of the Chen Wang Party, so they naturally no longer avoid suspicion.
"Where are the second uncles? Why don't I see them?"
Although this was a blind date arranged by Emperor Qinglong with his own sister for ulterior motives, for Song Shaoyuan's family it was the first time they attended a palace banquet since entering the capital, so Song Yunxi naturally cared very much about it.
Ye Xuanqi was also curious why he had not seen Song Shaoyuan, so he ordered Zhou Feng to look for him.
As soon as Song Yunxi finished her question, Zhou Feng came over with an angry look on his face: "Your Highness, Lord Song and his family were stopped by Lord Shen and were taken advantage of to embarrass them. They can't get away at all."
Song Yunxi understood: "Is Song Muxue here too?"
Zhou Feng nodded: "And the Shaoqing of the Taichang Temple and his family are here too."
When Song Yunxi first heard about this official title, he was puzzled for a moment: "Who is the Shaoqing of the Taichang Temple?"
Yu Ziche: "It's Song Shaozhang."
Although Song Shaozhang was stripped of his title and was unemployed at home, he still held the position of Shaoqing of the Taichang Temple, so he entered the palace today.
"It turns out it's them!"
Song Yunxi sneered: "Sure enough, they never let me down."
After saying that, he waved his sleeves and left.
Although Song Shaoyuan had entered the cabinet, he was only a fifth-rank official after all, so his seat was a little far away from the main hall and few people noticed them.
Because Song Yunxi arrived at the banquet late, they didn't know anyone in the capital and were not used to such occasions of drinking and socializing. Soon after the banquet started, he took his wife and two daughters to stroll in the garden to kill time. Unexpectedly, they met Shen Zhikang and the Song family.
These days, Song Shaozhang had been making things difficult for him by relying on his status as his brother and the eldest son of the Song family, but every time Song Shaoyuan had avoided it based on the principle that less trouble is worse than more. He never expected that the trouble would come to the palace.
But this time they not only targeted him, but even his wife and daughter were not spared. This made Song Shaoyuan, who had always been open-minded, extremely angry.
Song Shaozhang was no match for Song Shaoyuan at all, but a higher-ranking official could crush a person, not to mention that Shen Zhikang was the son of the Earl of Ning'an, so he suppressed Song Shaoyuan even more.
Not only did Song Shaoyuan steal his people's positions, but he also used iron-blooded tactics to clear out the spies he had placed in the cabinet since taking office. Shen Zhikang had long wanted to teach him a lesson, and now that he had the chance to take advantage of it, how could he miss it?
"Although Lord Song is an important minister of the cabinet, I am the Earl's son personally appointed by the emperor. Lord Song is so rude. If I don't punish him, wouldn't it be a violation of the moral code?"
Song Shaoyuan was controlled by Shen Zhikang's men, and since he was just a scholar, he had no way to escape.
"Since you think I am rude, you can punish me, but please release my wife and daughter and don't embarrass them."
Song Zhening jumped out and said, "Your Highness, you must not let them go. I came to visit you out of kinship, but was verbally humiliated and turned away by the sisters Song Jinxin and Song Jinyi. You must not let them go!"
Shen Zhikang lowered his head and asked Song Muxue: "Is this true?"
Song Muxue looked aggrieved and pitiful again: "Second brother, I told you that you don't need to worry about such a small matter, why did you mention it?"
Hearing that she endured humiliation for him, Shen Zhikang felt even more distressed: "You should have told me if you were wronged, why did you endure it yourself?"