Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 409 Seeking Justice for An Ning

Qianqing Palace.

This year's Lantern Festival is obviously much more low-key than last year.

Unlike last year's lively chatter and laughter, most of the guests this year sat in their seats obediently.

It's rare to see people talking in groups of three or four.

After all, there is a war going on in the south now, and it is impossible for these court nobles to be happy.

If the Prince of Zhennan and the Kingdom of Nanzhao really succeeded, they would no longer have such a peaceful and comfortable life.

The emperor sitting on the throne showed no emotion on his face.

It was not until the eldest princess pulled her brother in front of her that he finally smiled.

After the Queen Mother came in, the Emperor announced the start of the meal.

He even skipped his usual pre-meal speech, which shows that the war in the South had a huge impact on him.

The other people at the table also had stern faces and remained silent.

Even the usually talkative and cheerful little Prince Fu had a gloomy face.

Especially after seeing the Queen Mother come in, his face became even more gloomy.

Prince Fu learned about what happened in the Cining Palace on the fifth day of the first lunar month from the third prince.

The third prince said that it was his mother who was plotting against Concubine Ye and wanted to stage a scene of catching an adulterer in the Cining Palace.

At that time, he really wanted to pick up a knife and chop the ugly queen mother into meat paste.

The viciousness of the Queen Mother's mind once again refreshed his impression of her.

What Prince Fu is thinking right now is that if the Queen Mother behaves well today, it will be fine. But if she dares to act like a demon...

He must teach this fickle woman a lesson.

The Queen Mother didn't care what Prince Fu was thinking.

She was staring at Huang Ye intently, trying to find fault with her.

Huang Ye asked a palace maid to bring over a small coffee table.

Hongdou placed the small coffee table against the wall and placed the prince on it.

Then she put two empty bowls of the food that Huang Ye had picked specifically for the prince, which she thought he would like, and placed them in front of him.

The prince stood on the small coffee table, pecking at the food in the bowl bite by bite.

It is said that Huang Ye's sculpture was the center of attention at the New Year's Eve dinner.

I just want to ask, have you ever seen a bird that dares to hurt the Empress Dowager?

So when the prince was brought in by Huang Ye today, many people couldn't see him clearly.

Now it was much more eye-catching standing alone on the small coffee table, so it immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the hall.

Including the emperor and the emperor emeritus.

Of course there is also the Queen Mother.

She remembered the bird.

As soon as she saw it, the Queen Mother felt her scalp starting to hurt again.

"Your Majesty, since when can a bird attend such an important palace banquet?"

The Queen Mother's voice rang out.

The Emperor knew this would happen.

What's going on with the yellow leaves today?

Could it be that she thought her mother would not come today, so she brought the prince here?

The emperor was making excuses for Huang Ye in his mind while looking at the empress dowager.

"Mother, you are wrong. It was Ting'er and Gao'er who insisted on bringing the prince here today. The child is immature. Mother, please don't bother with them."

The emperor's voice was gentle.

But the Empress Dowager felt that the person the Emperor was talking about was her.

But she would not let that bitch Ye Jieyu go just like that.

"Children are ignorant, but is Ye Jieyu also ignorant? Doesn't she know this most basic upbringing?"

The Queen Mother was so angry that she slammed the table in front of her and almost knocked over a bowl of food.

"Also, Ye Jieyu, you clearly knew that it was this bird that scratched me, but you brought it to this kind of occasion to show off..."

The Queen Mother gasped and pointed at the yellow leaves.

"What exactly are you up to... Hey... Tell me..."

Huang Ye stood up calmly and bowed to the Queen Mother.

"Your Majesty, you have wronged me. I don't want the prince to come and hurt your eyes..."

She emphasized the word "old" and even paused while saying it.

He succeeded in making the Queen Mother angry again.

"It was the eldest princess and the eldest prince who insisted on asking the prince to come over to broaden his horizons. I really had no choice..."

"Father, I asked the prince to come here. Don't blame Empress Huang..."

The eldest princess shouted loudly.

"It's me... and I..."

The eldest prince raised his arms in the arms of the retired emperor, trying to show that he was also involved in this matter.

The emperor looked at the empress dowager, meaning that we adults should not interfere in the children's affairs.

"The eldest prince lives in Ningyuxuan, so Ye Jieyu is responsible for his upbringing. This is obviously unreasonable, but Ye Jieyu not only did not stop it..."

Xu Rou thought she was standing on the moral high ground, so she questioned Huang Ye.

"Not only did Concubine Ye not stop him from being with the princess, she also encouraged them to do something that was against the rules. What is your intention?"

The Queen Mother looked at Xu Rou with satisfaction.

Her niece is not completely useless.

Now, everyone knows to stand up for her. It seems that my love for her is not in vain.

Huang Ye smiled at Xu Rou good-temperedly.

"Xu Bin is right. I didn't think so much at the time."

She looked at the Emperor.

"Your Majesty, I just thought that children like these small animals. It is a blessing for the prince that they like the prince..."

"you shut up…"

The Queen Mother became furious when she saw Huang Ye talking to the Emperor.

This Concubine Ye used her vixen-like appearance to seduce the emperor.

Didn’t you see that whenever the emperor saw her, his eyes would be wide open?

"This bird hurt me before, and you brought it here to annoy me today. You are so ambitious... you deserve to be killed..."

The Queen Mother couldn't find the right words for a moment, so she asked the Emperor to punish the man and the bird.

"Ye Jieyu, you did it on purpose. You came here to demonstrate to the Queen Mother on purpose."

Xu Rou did not forget to add fuel to the fire for the Queen Mother.

"Mother, there are so many people watching here. If you want to punish the bird, you will have plenty of opportunities in the future."

Seeing her mother so angry, An Ning was worried that she might really go crazy, so she tried to persuade her.

"Shut up, you useless thing, how dare you say that to me..."

The Queen Mother now feels that her children are no longer hers.

They all hang out with that bitch Ye Jieyu and are close to her.

Then why should she care about their face?

It was this An Ning, she didn't even discuss such a big thing as divorce with her...

"If I were you, I wouldn't be ashamed to come here..."

Her implication was very clear. How could a divorced person like you have the nerve to attend a banquet of this magnitude?

An Ning covered her face and cried in shame and anger.

She stood up suddenly and ran out of the hall.

The people sitting in the seats didn't know if their eyes were playing tricks on them.

Then he saw Ye Jieyu who had just been standing in her seat.

She swayed a few times and finally reached the entrance of the hall, where she stopped Princess An Ning who was running out of the hall.

"Princess, if you walk out today, it will be difficult for you to integrate into this kind of situation again in the future."

Huang Ye hugged An Ning, who was crying, and whispered in her ear.

An Ning knew very well the consequences.

But she just couldn't stand the insults from her own mother.

"In this world, not all mothers are kind. There are always some people who..."

Huang Ye patted An Ning's back soothingly.

"Don't say anything next. I will seek justice for you."