Five days later, the emperor held a grand banquet in the palace. All officials of third rank or above, as well as their female relatives, could come to the palace to dine as guests.

The Pingyang Marquis Mansion received an invitation, and the post stated that Miss Situ and Mrs. Situ from the Pingyang Marquis Mansion must be present among the female relatives.

Before Mrs. Situ and Lin Ruoxi got on the carriage, the old lady vaguely felt that something was wrong. She was helped to the gate of Pingyang Hou Mansion by her two grandsons and called them.

Mrs. Situ and Lin Ruoxi walked away, and the old lady sighed softly: "Did you hear it some time ago? Because the emperor held a banquet in the palace this time, Empress Wu's ban has been abolished."

How could this matter be hidden from Lin Ruoxi's eyes and ears? It's just that Mrs. Situ didn't know about it. She looked very surprised and asked: "Old madam, is this matter true?" [

The old lady nodded solemnly: "It's absolutely true, so this time I always feel that something will happen in the palace, and it will be related to Queen Wu."

Lin Ruoxi consoled her: "Old madam, you don't have to worry. With my father and brothers here this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Empress Wu to do anything."

The old lady thought about it again and again, but still tried to dissuade her: "Why don't you go to the palace, and just ask the Marquis to report to the emperor." 13v.

"Old madam, this post says that Ruo Xi and my mother must be present. It must be more than the emperor's wish. How can we not go? Just relax in the house and wait for my mother and I to come back.

Even if Empress Wu wants to harm me, she won't dare to do anything under the eyes of the Emperor." Lin Ruoxi smiled quietly, with a calm and calm expression on her face, which made the old lady feel a lot more relaxed.

She smiled and said: "It seems that I am too preoccupied, and maybe it is not as dangerous as I thought. Ruoxi, your mother is not in good health recently, you must take good care of her!"

Lin Ruoxi smiled and nodded, then she and Mrs. Situ said goodbye to the old lady and got into the carriage.

Sitting in the carriage, Mrs. Situ was obviously a little nervous, but Lin Ruoxi smiled very relaxedly and asked without any trace of nervousness or uneasiness: "Mother, are you wondering why Empress Wu was released by the Emperor? Isn't it true?

How could a month's grounding happen so quickly, right?"

Mrs. Situ didn't expect Lin Ruoxi to see her thoughts so quickly. She nodded: "Ever since the old lady said this just now, I have been thinking about why the emperor tolerates her so much."

"Mother, in fact, this matter is not hard to imagine. On that day, Concubine Lian bit back at Empress Wu, saying that she had framed her and that there were many troubles in the harem, but she never really took care of them, and allowed those troubles to get worse. I beg the emperor to give her some help.

Queen Wu's treatment, you have also seen how the emperor dealt with her. He only confiscated her salary for half a year and grounded her for one month. You must know that these are trivial matters to Queen Wu and will not have the slightest impact on Queen Wu's status.

Impact, what does this mean?”

Mrs. Situ thought hurriedly: "The Emperor is too indulgent of Empress Wu!"

Lin Ruoxi chuckled: "You can also say that you indulge her, or you can say that the emperor is fundamentally restricted by the strength of the Wu family. Most of the Wu family has military power in their hands and guards the borders, so their strength is indeed terrifying. If the emperor wants to depose her as a queen, it is absolutely impossible.

, and I chose a light punishment when dealing with her, obviously because I was afraid of Queen Wu’s strong supporter of the Wu family.”

Mrs. Situ smiled helplessly and said: "It seems that Empress Wu is really difficult to deal with. Even the emperor is very afraid of her. If anyone offends Empress Wu, there will be no good results."

"Yes, I'm afraid that Concubine Lian has been executed by Empress Wu now, and Empress Wu will do it without anyone noticing, and the Emperor will turn a blind eye. This is the result of Concubine Lian's resistance to Empress Wu.

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Mrs. Situ just listened quietly and did not answer, but she had already made up her mind in her heart, that is, who had offended Empress Wu, and Empress Wu would never let that person go easily.

Perhaps the Situ family has angered Empress Wu, and this competition between the big families may have already ignited the flames.

The carriage of the Situ Mansion arrived at the palace, and was picked up by the people in the palace and ready to be settled. His Highness the Crown Prince walked out of the gold-curtained carriage in high spirits.

Today he is wearing a robe made of gold silk material, with a flying dragon embroidered on the chest with fangs and claws. When he walks, the robe flutters in the wind, and he looks even more heroic.

On weekdays, when he saw people in the Situ Mansion, they would stay away or look at each other angrily, but today, with a smile on his face, he asked like a spring breeze: "Are Mrs. Situ and Miss Situ also coming to the banquet?"

"Exactly, if His Highness the Crown Prince has nothing else to say, we will leave first." Mrs. Situ disliked His Highness the Crown Prince very much, and when she saw him, her first reaction was to avoid him.[

She took Lin Ruoxi's hand and was about to leave, but unexpectedly His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Li Yuan grabbed them. He smiled kindly and said: "We are both going to the palace for a banquet, so don't be so polite. Let's go in together."

Lin Ruoxi's cold eyes swept across his handsome face, and said coldly: "Your Highness, do you really not know, or are you just pretending? Half a month ago, assassins from the Lotus Church broke into the Situ Mansion in the middle of the night, and those killers seemed to be

It has something to do with the Crown Princess in your mansion. Everyone says that the husband is in love with the wife and the wife follows you. It can be seen that the Crown Princess is following your orders to plot against our people in the Situ Mansion."

As soon as these words came out, the prince's face became stiff, and his heroic look was replaced by gloom. He gritted his teeth and said, "She is so brave, she actually has contacts with people from the Lotus Sect."

Lin Ruoxi pretended to suddenly realize: "Oh, it seems that all this was not done by His Highness the Crown Prince, but by the Crown Princess's own will. However, His Highness the Crown Prince is indeed blessed to have such a good wife to help him."

His Royal Highness Prince Li Yuan snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and turned around to walk into the palace where the banquet was being held.

Mrs. Situ looked at the back of His Highness the Crown Prince as he left angrily, and couldn't help but sarcastically said: "You can't even look down on your own wife. Your Highness the Crown Prince is so innocent that he doesn't know what he is busy with all day long."

Lin Ruoxi took Mrs. Situ's hand and said with a smile: "Okay mother, the banquet is about to start, we'd better go early."

Mrs. Situ nodded, and then she and Lin Ruoxi went to the large banquet arranged by the emperor outside the main hall and sat down. Lin Ruoxi glanced at the male guests sitting opposite, and saw that all the emperor's princes were there, and Jingyu Marquis Lin Jingxuan and the Mo family

The third young master Tuobatian also arrived.

The two of them looked at Lin Ruoxi at the same time. Lin Ruoxi felt a little embarrassed for a moment and hurriedly smiled at them, then fell into deep thought.

Today, the emperor held a grand banquet to celebrate the prosperity of the country and the country. Empress Wu's ban was revoked, so she will be seen soon. But what kind of actions will she take under the eyes of the emperor?

When everyone in the guest seats arrived in the hall, the emperor, who was handsome in bright yellow, and the beauty Empress Wu, who was wearing a phoenix tail that swept the floor, walked out.

Everyone knelt down and paid homage to the Emperor of Southern Xinjiang and Queen Wu in unison.

"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, and the empress may live a thousand lives!"

The Southern Xinjiang Emperor's faction waved his hand with a heroic appearance and said: "All my dear friends, please be freed!"

Empress Wu smiled solemnly and said: "All my dear friends, please stand up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Queen!"

All the guests present stood up and took their seats one after another. The emperor asked the maids who were dancing in the palace to dance on the red carpet between the seats. The whole banquet seemed to be in a happy mood.

Lin Ruoxi and Mrs. Situ were chatting and laughing, talking about which of the women dancing today was more graceful and moving, when a woman in pink clothes and veil came over and saluted Mrs. Situ and Lin Ruoxi.

Of course Lin Ruoxi recognized her. This was the woman in pink who assassinated her on the street last time. How could she come to look for her? Is there any conspiracy?

"Miss Ruoxi, can you move to the pavilion in the Imperial Garden? The Queen wants to see you."

"Summon me? Ah Cai, did you hear wrongly?"

Ah Cai said without changing her expression: "The Empress said it herself, how can there be any mistake?" [

Lin Ruoxi nodded towards Mrs. Situ, telling her not to worry, then she stood up and said, "In this case, Ruoxi would be more respectful than to obey."

Ah Cai took Lin Ruoxi away from the palace hall where the banquet was held, and walked through the intricate alleys before Lin Ruoxi was taken to the pavilion of the Royal Garden by the woman in pink.

Ah Cai stretched out her hand respectfully, pointed to the bench under the pavilion and said, "Miss Situ, please wait here for your Majesty. Your Majesty will be here soon."

Lin Ruoxi smiled and said: "Okay!"

After A Cai left, Lin Ruoxi stood up from under the pavilion. She took a look at the surrounding environment, and it was indeed different from the environment she had entered the pavilion before. There were no white lotus flowers on the lake before, but when she waited

Entering the pavilion, I saw white lotuses hanging on the lake, and the scenery outside the pavilion had changed. Although it was very subtle, it could not escape Lin Ruoxi's eyes.

Mo Xueyuan was not worried about the safety of her master. After Lin Ruoxi was replaced by A Cai, she followed Lin Ruoxi to the pavilion.

Lin Ruoxi said calmly: "Xue Yuan, at this time you should invite Marquis Jingyu and Young Master Yun here, I have something for them to do!"

"Master, please bear with me, I will be back soon!"

"good!"

Mo Xueyuan knew that this formation seemed to be broken only by Marquis Jingyu and Tuoba Tian, ​​so she turned around and ran away.

Lin Ruoxi sighed deeply, she really found it a bit difficult to deal with this kind of magic of Qimen Dunjia. If she tried to escape forcefully, she would definitely be injured or even die.

Before the feast, she saw a masked woman in pink leading a handsome man made of gold to the pavilion.

A Cai took advantage of the man's unpreparedness and waved her sleeves in front of the man. The man's eyes immediately turned red. She pushed him under the pavilion with a force, and then left with a cold smile on her lips.

His Royal Highness Prince Li Yuan was taken into the pavilion. Lin Ruoxi smelled the smell of alcohol all over his body and could not help but frown and persuaded: "Your Highness the Crown Prince, you have drunk too much, so you should go home and rest early!"

Prince Li Yuan opened his mouth and gave a silly smile: "Beauty, it smells so good here!"
Chapter completed!