The powerful princess arrives with a space warehouse

The Queen Mother had lived in Nanjun Prefecture for more than half a year. On the second day after her return, the palace held a welcoming banquet for her.

Western Chu was a country that respected rituals and filial piety. Although the Queen Mother was not the Emperor's biological mother, and even secretly condoned her own son to constantly stir up trouble outside, the Emperor was still very respectful to the Queen Mother on the surface.

Because of the assassin at the city gate yesterday, the Queen Mother went straight back to the Cining Palace after returning to the palace, and only saw the Queen and other concubines. When the Emperor came down from the court to visit, the Queen Mother had already rested early due to the fatigue of the journey.

After the emperor learned about the assassination, he was furious and ordered the Dali Temple to investigate the case thoroughly. The Dali Temple felt that he had bad luck recently. In this troubled time, there were indeed too many major cases to investigate and he was a little overwhelmed.

After noon that day, ministers and their families arrived at the palace one after another. The imperial garden of the palace was bustling with activity, and the ladies and young ladies of various families were chatting and laughing in their own small circles.

The ladies of high rank would bring their daughters to pay a visit to the Queen Mother first.

Chu Chenjing and Ouyang Yunyao walked side by side to the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace. Chu Chenjing wore a moon-white long gown and a jade crown, while Ouyang Yunyao wore a light pink palace dress, elegant and noble. Both of them looked very pale. Seeing this, everyone remembered that Prince Jing was seriously injured in order to save Princess Jing yesterday, and he was still unconscious at night. Princess Jing was also frightened yesterday and took care of Prince Jing all night. No wonder they both looked very bad.

The two of them walked into the main hall of the Cining Palace. Inside the Cining Palace, they saw a group of concubines in gorgeous clothes and some beautiful women, all surrounding a graceful and wealthy woman who sat high in the middle. This person was the empress dowager.

The Queen Mother's surname was Wei. She had a beautiful face with light makeup on. Although she was over fifty years old, her skin was still delicate and smooth, and she was well maintained. Her charming phoenix eyes looked at the two people who were gradually approaching from outside with a sharp smile.

"Grandson pays homage to the Imperial Grandmother" and "Granddaughter-in-law pays homage to the Empress Dowager" the two bowed.

"Okay, okay, get up."

"Jing'er, I heard that you were injured yesterday. Please sit down quickly." She did not give Ouyang Yunyao a seat.

"You are Jing'er's wife, right?"

"Yes, Queen Mother," Ouyang Yunyao answered calmly. At this time, Chu Chenjing stood beside Ouyang Yunyao and said to the Queen Mother, "Grandmother, Yaoer took care of my grandson all night last night, so let Yaoer sit down and talk."

The queen felt very distressed when she saw Ouyang Yunyao's pale face, and hurriedly said, "Yao'er, come and sit beside your mother." After hearing the queen's words, the two turned around and said to the queen, "Your son (daughter-in-law) pays respects to your mother."

The noble ladies looked at the two weak men and whispered, "Prince Jing and Princess Jing look so haggard." "Yes, you can see that they look very ugly."

"Okay, okay, all of you go and sit down." The Queen Mother didn't want to embarrass Ouyang Yunyao anymore, so she had to give up.

Now Chu Chenjing finally understood why his little princess had smeared so much powder from somewhere on their faces today. She was such a cunning little fox!

Ouyang Yunyao had made full preparations for today. She had heard Chu Chenjing talk about many things that happened between the Queen Mother and the Emperor these days. She learned that the Queen Mother was not the Emperor's biological mother, and that her father respected her, but the Queen Mother... Ouyang Yunyao knew that there would be a contest when she entered the palace today.

The time for the palace banquet was approaching, and a group of noble ladies brought their daughters to the Yuhua Palace where the palace banquet was to be held.

The Yuhua Palace is magnificent and looks even more luxurious after careful decoration.

The hall was already full of ministers and their families who came to attend the banquet. Chu Chenjing and Ouyang Yunyao walked to their seats and sat down. She looked around and saw that her second uncle's family was a few tables away from her. She gestured to her second uncle and aunt with a lovely smile. When her second uncle and aunt saw Ouyang Yunyao, they were also very happy and nodded from a distance.

After a while, today's protagonist appeared.

"The Emperor has arrived, the Empress Dowager has arrived, the Queen has arrived. The Crown Prince and Crown Princess have arrived!" a shrill voice sounded.

Everyone stood up and saluted.

"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the empress dowager, a thousand years and a thousand years, and a thousand years and a thousand years for the empress."

"Everyone, stand up." The emperor waved his hand and said.

Then the emperor walked up to the platform and sat down in the middle. The empress dowager sat on the emperor's right, and the queen sat on the left. Several concubines who followed also sat down beside the queen.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty the Queen Mother, thank you, Your Majesty the Queen." Everyone thanked and took their seats.

The emperor on the throne looked down and waved his hand, saying, "Since everyone is here, let's start the banquet."

"Let the banquet begin!" With the eunuch's loud singing, various delicacies carefully prepared in the palace were brought up one after another by the palace maids.

At the beginning of the banquet, the emperor first raised a cup of imperial wine and toasted to the empress dowager, "Mother, I would like to toast you first. You have worked hard on your journey. I wish you peace and health!"

When the emperor said this, all the ministers and women in the palace raised their glasses and said, "We wish the Empress Dowager peace and health, and a long life."

The queen mother raised her glass with joy and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you all."

The hall was bustling with people coming and going.

Several grandchildren and princesses toasted the empress dowager. After all the grandchildren and princesses toasted, the empress dowager looked puzzled and asked the emperor, "Why don't you see Yu'er and Concubine Shu?" She also said, "I don't think I saw Prime Minister Xue either?"

"Mother, you don't know that they made a mistake. I asked Yu'er to reflect on his mistakes in the mansion, and Prime Minister Xue also had to reflect on himself in the mansion for a month. Xue Hongqin is now locked up in the cold palace." The emperor replied impatiently.

"Your Majesty, what has Hongqin done wrong? Why do you treat her like this? And even lock her up in the cold palace?"

The ministers below couldn't understand why the Queen Mother supported Prime Minister Xue. People around Prime Minister Xue were puzzled: Hasn't she always been at odds with Prime Minister Xue and Concubine Shu?

The Queen Mother's people were also confused: Is the Queen Mother trying to win over Prime Minister Xue?

But many people also knew that the Queen Mother wanted to let Prime Minister Xue and the Emperor fight each other thoroughly so that she could reap the benefits.

"Mother, let's not mention these unhappy things today." The emperor didn't want to mention this matter anymore. He waved his hand, and the music started. The dancers slowly floated in from the side hall, looking graceful and beautiful.

"Okay, okay, mother won't mention it today. Just enjoy the songs and dances that the emperor has prepared for me!" Seeing that the emperor looked angry, the empress dowager came down the stairs and didn't mention it again.

At this moment, a woman slowly walked up from the crowd, bowed and said obediently, "Greetings to the Emperor, to the Empress Dowager, and to the Queen. To welcome the Empress Dowager back to the palace, I am willing to dance a song to cheer her up."

As she spoke, she glanced at Chu Chenjing cautiously.

But Chu Chenjing didn't see or hear it. He was picking up food for his little princess, Ouyang Yunyao. "Yao'er, you are weak. Eat more." Ouyang Yunyao whispered in Chu Chenjing's ear, "Prince Jing, I'm not really weak. You've acted."

Chu Chenjing was very depressed: I'm not acting.

The others were very envious when they saw Prince Jing was busy picking up food for Princess Jing and the two of them were whispering to each other from time to time.

The Queen Mother deliberately asked loudly, "Okay, okay, which family are you from?"

"To answer the Queen Mother, I am Yu Manyue, the daughter of Minister Yu."

"Oh, you are Yu Desheng's precious daughter. Aren't you the concubine of Prince Jing now? I remember that it was my imperial decree!"

Ouyang Yunyao was delighted when she heard this, her eyebrows curved, and she said to Chu Chenjing happily, "I'm coming, I'm waiting for you here!"

Seeing her fox-like eyes, Chu Chenjing shook his head and chuckled, "Are you so happy?"