The concubine is poisonous, and the tyrant lifts the couch to meet her

Five days later, the emperor held a grand banquet in the palace, and all officials of the third rank and above, as well as their wives, could come to the palace as guests.

But the Pingyang Hou Mansion received an invitation, which said that among the female relatives, Miss Situ and Mrs. Situ in the Pingyang Hou Mansion must be present.

Before Mrs. Situ and Lin Ruoxi got into the carriage, the old lady faintly felt that something was wrong. She was helped by the two granddaughters-in-law to the gate of Pingyang Hou's Mansion and called them.

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

How could this matter be hidden from Lin Ruoxi's eyes and ears, but Mrs. Situ didn't know it. She looked very surprised and asked: "Madam, is this 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 Empress Wu."

Lin Ruoxi comforted her: "Madam, you don't have to worry, this time with my father and brothers around, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for Empress Wu to do anything if she wants to do something."

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

"Old madam, it has been written in this post that Ruoxi and mother must be present. It must not only be the emperor's wish, how can we not go? You can relax in the mansion and wait for me and mother to come back. Empress Wu is just trying to harm me, and I am afraid that she will not dare to do anything under the eyes of the emperor." Lin Ruoxi smiled demurely, and the calm expression on her face made the old lady feel a lot more relaxed.

She smiled: "It seems that I am thinking too much, 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 nodded with a smile, then bid farewell to the old lady with Mrs. Situ, and got into the carriage.

After sitting in the carriage, Mrs. Situ was obviously a little nervous, but Lin Ruoxi smiled relaxedly and asked without a trace of nervousness or anxiety: "Mother, are you wondering why Empress Wu was released by the emperor? Isn't there?" A month of confinement, how can it be so fast, right?"

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

"Mother, in fact, this matter is not difficult to imagine. That day, Concubine Lian bit Empress Wu, saying that she had framed her, and there were many disasters in the harem, but she never really took care of them, and made those disasters worse. Empress Wu's treatment, you have also seen how the emperor dealt with her, but confiscated her half-year salary and one-month confinement. You must know that these are trivial matters for Empress Wu, and they will not have the slightest influence on Empress Wu's succession Influence, what does this mean?"

Mrs. Situ hurriedly thought: "It is the emperor who indulges Empress Wu too much!"

Lin Ruoxi smiled lightly: "It can also be said that she is indulged, or it can be said that the emperor is fundamentally restricted by the strength of the Wu family. Most of the Wu family have military power in their hands and guard the frontier, so their strength is indeed terrifying. If the emperor wants to abolish her as a queen, it is absolutely impossible. , and she also chose to punish her lightly, obviously because she is afraid of the big backer of Empress Wu's Wu family."

Mrs. Situ said with a naive smile: "It seems that Empress Wu is really difficult to deal with. Even the emperor is afraid of her. If anyone offends Empress Wu, there may 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 end of Concubine Lian's rebellion against Empress Wu. .”

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

Or the Situ family had angered Empress Wu, and this battle between the great clans might have ignited the flames long ago.

Situ Mansion's carriage arrived at the palace, and the people in the palace took the carriage away and prepared to resettle it.His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stepped down from the golden silk curtained carriage in high spirits.

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

On weekdays, when he saw people in Situ's mansion, he would avoid them or face each other angrily, but today he was smiling and asked like a spring breeze, "Did Mrs. Situ and Miss Situ come to the banquet?"

"Exactly. If His Highness the Crown Prince has no other orders, we will leave first." Madam Situ disliked the Crown Prince very much. When seeing him, her first reaction was to avoid him. [

She grabbed Lin Ruoxi's hand, and was about to leave, but unexpectedly, His Royal Highness Li Yuan held them back, and he smiled kindly: "We are going to the palace for a banquet, so don't be so polite, let's go in together."

Lin Ruoxi glanced at his handsome face coldly, and said coldly: "Your Highness, you really don't know, or you are pretending, the killers who broke into the Lotus Church at Situ Mansion half a month ago, and those killers seem to be It has something to do with the empress and concubine in your mansion, and it is said that the husband sings and the wife follows, so it can be seen that the empress and concubine obeyed your order to plot against people in our Situ mansion."

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

Lin Ruoxi pretended to be enlightened: "Oh, it seems that His Royal Highness did not do all of this, but the Princess Concubine herself wanted it. However, His Royal Highness is really lucky to have such a virtuous wife to help him."

His Royal Highness Li Yuan snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, turned and walked into the big palace where the banquet was held.

Mrs. Situ looked at the back of His Highness the Crown Prince leaving angrily, and couldn't help but sneer: "I can't even look at my own wife, this Highness the Crown Prince really doesn't know what he's busy with every day."

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

Madam Situ nodded, so she and Lin Ruoxi went to the big banquet set up by the emperor outside the main hall and sat down.Lin Ruoxi glanced at the male guests sitting opposite, all the emperor's princes were there, and Lin Jingxuan, Lord Jingyu, and Tuobatian, the third young master of the Mo family, also arrived.

The two looked at Lin Ruoxi at the same time, Lin Ruoxi was a little embarrassed for a while, and smiled at them, then fell into deep thought.

Today, the emperor held a big banquet to celebrate the prosperity of the country and the country. Empress Wu was abolished the foot ban, so she will be seen soon, but what will she do under the eyes of the emperor.

When all the people in the guest seats had arrived in the hall, the bright and handsome emperor and the gorgeously made-up Empress Wu with a phoenix tail dragging the floor walked out.

Everyone knelt down and paid homage to the Emperor of Nanjiang and Empress Wu in unison.

"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, and the empress!"

The heroic and uncommon figure of the Nanjiang Emperor's faction waved his hands and said: "All my loves, let me be flat!"

Empress Wu said with a dignified smile, "All my lovers, get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Empress Empress!"

All the guests present stood up and took their seats one after another. The emperor asked the dancing ladies in the palace, Xiao Dezi, to dance on the red carpet between the seats. The whole banquet seemed to be full of fun.

Lin Ruoxi and Mrs. Situ were chatting and laughing, and when they were talking about the women who danced today whose dance was more beautiful, a woman in a pink dress with a light veil came over and saluted Mrs. Situ and Lin Ruoxi.

Of course Lin Ruoxi recognized it, this is the woman in pink who stabbed her on the street last time, why would she come to look for her, is there any conspiracy?

"Miss Ruoxi, can you move to the gazebo in the imperial garden, the empress wants to see you."

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

A Cai said without changing her face: "It was the empress who said it herself, how can there be any mistakes?"

Lin Ruoxi nodded towards Mrs. Situ, signaling that she needn't worry, then she got up and said, "In that case, Ruoxi would rather be respectful than obedient."

A Cai led Lin Ruoxi away from the palace hall where the banquet was held, and walked through the intricate alleys before Lin Ruoxi was led by the woman in pink to the gazebo in the imperial garden.

A Cai stretched out her hand respectfully, pointed to the bench under the pavilion and said: "Please Miss Situ wait here for the empress, the empress will come soon."

Lin Ruoxi smiled and said, "Okay!"

After A Cai left, Lin Ruoxi stood up from the pavilion. She took a look at the surrounding environment, and it was indeed different from the environment she entered the pavilion before. There had never been white lotuses on the lake before, but waiting for her After entering the pavilion, I saw white lotuses floating on the lake, and the scenery outside the pavilion had changed, although it was very subtle, but it couldn't escape Lin Ruoxi's eyes.

Mo Xueyuan was 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 lightly: "Xueyuan, at this time you still invite Lord Jingyu and Young Master Yun, I have something for them to do!"

"Master, hold back, I'll be back soon!"

"it is good!"

Mo Xueyuan knew that only Lord Jingyu and Tuobatian could break this formation, so she turned and ran away.

Lin Ruoxi sighed quietly, for this kind of magical magic, if she tried to escape, she would definitely be injured, or even die, she really found it difficult.

Before the Chinese New Year Banquet.At this moment, she saw a masked woman in pink leading a handsome man made of gold silk to the pavilion.

Taking advantage of the man's unpreparedness, A Cai waved her sleeve in front of the man, and the man's eyes turned red immediately. She pushed him into the gazebo with all her strength, and then left with a cold smile on her lips.

His Royal Highness Li Yuan was brought into the gazebo, Lin Ruoxi smelled alcohol all over his body, she couldn't help but frowned and advised: "Your Highness, you drank too much, you should go back to the residence early to rest!"

Prince Li Yuan grinned and smiled foolishly: "Beauty, it smells so good here!"

"Smells good?" Lin Ruoxi suddenly smelled a special fragrance, and couldn't help being surprised.