Regent, the princess you found is a treasure

Because of the doubts in their hearts, Xuan Moyin and Xuan Haochen have been acting extremely cautiously in recent days, not daring to show anything unusual in order not to alert the other party.

At the same time, he carefully selected and arranged ten elite members of the pistol team to infiltrate the Royal Guards to deal with emergencies that might arise in the palace. After all, they could not be sure whether there were other unidentified people hiding in the palace.

All these deployments were carried out quietly and silently, and no one else knew about it except the three of them.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is approaching the Spring Festival. The palace is decorated with lights and red lanterns everywhere, creating a festive scene.

The New Year's palace banquet was scheduled to be held at night, but just after noon, many officials, along with their families, wives and children, arrived outside the palace in carriages, quietly waiting to enter the palace for the banquet.

Su Luoxue and Xuan Moyin could have entered the palace without any inspection, but today the carriage they were riding in was intercepted by the royal guards guarding the gate.

It turns out that this is the emperor's order - everyone in the palace must be inspected today, even the Crown Prince, Prince Ning and Prince Zhao are no exception!

Xuan Moyin, Su Luoxue and Xuan Haochen looked at each other secretly, and their doubts about the emperor's identity became even stronger. However, they did not say anything, but silently cooperated with the imperial guards to complete the security check before they were allowed to enter the palace.

On the other hand, the Crown Prince and King Zhao still had a dignified look on their faces, as if they wanted to use the inspection as an opportunity to reprimand those who dared to stop them.

However, when they saw that Xuan Moyin did not show any reaction, they could not help but feel a little surprised. After hesitating for a moment, the two finally decided to give up the idea to avoid unnecessary trouble.

At this moment, the officials and their families who had been chatting and laughing at the palace gate stopped laughing and became serious when they saw this abnormal scene today.

Not only that, today the emperor also specially sent palace servants to bring Xuan Moyin, the crown prince, and the princes directly to the palace banquet hall, instead of waiting in the imperial study as usual.

This arrangement made the Crown Prince and Prince Zhao very confused. They secretly speculated on the deeper meaning behind their father's move, but did not dare to ask easily.

So, the two of them could only sit in their seats silently and observe the movements around them.

In contrast, Xuan Moyin and Su Luoxue were more alert to the situation. They exchanged glances, knowing that the palace banquet tonight might not be peaceful.

Especially when they met eyes with Xuan Haochen who was sitting opposite them, they could read a deep sense of vigilance in each other's eyes. Obviously, everyone realized that this palace banquet might be hiding some kind of crisis or conspiracy.

The ministers and all their families took their seats in order. Originally, the palace atmosphere during the New Year should have been relaxed, lively and joyous, but because of the sudden difference from previous years, everyone sat quietly in their seats waiting for His Majesty and His Majesty to arrive.

After waiting for about an incense stick of time, I heard the shrill voice of Eunuch Jiang calling out, "The Emperor has arrived, the Empress has arrived, the Imperial Concubine has arrived, and the Imperial Concubine Rou has arrived!"

Everyone immediately stood up and saluted to welcome His Majesty and the Ladies!

After the emperor and his men were seated, the emperor raised his hand and said, "Please stand up, all of you!"

Only then did everyone dare to stand up and sit back in their seats.

Su Luoxue suddenly raised her head and looked straight at the emperor sitting above her. She stared with wide eyes and looked at the emperor carefully, trying to find out the difference between him and the real emperor.

After some observation, Su Luoxue was surprised to find that the person sitting there did look very similar to Xuan Jingyu. However, at this moment, a detail caught her attention - those eyes! That's right, those eyes, they definitely did not belong to the real emperor!

At this moment, Su Luoxue was almost certain that the guy sitting above was a fake! What was even more shocking was that he seemed to be wearing a very thin layer of human skin mask on his face. But even so, no matter how a person disguises himself, the eyes are one of the characteristics that can never be changed, especially the emotions and intentions revealed in the eyes.

Although Xuan Jingyu was wary of Xuan Moyin in the past, this vigilance was limited to Xuan Moyin alone. In order to maintain the image of brotherly harmony on the surface, the real Xuan Jingyu often buried his true thoughts deep in his heart. But now, Su Luoxue noticed a hint of ferocity in the eyes of this fake emperor, and this ruthlessness was not only directed at Xuan Moyin, but at everyone present, even the prince and others were not spared.

The Empress, Imperial Concubine, and Concubine Rou, who were sitting beside the Emperor, all had smiles on their faces and looked at him firmly, clearly having no doubts about him. They were dressed in gorgeous clothes, with delicate makeup and surrounded by pearls and jade, shining like bright stars, appearing at this annual grand New Year's Palace Banquet in all their glory.

At this moment, the emperor slowly stood up, picked up the exquisite wine glass on the table in front of him, and then raised it high to the crowd. Seeing this, the ministers and their families in the audience did not dare to be negligent, and quickly picked up the wine glasses in front of them and stood up together.

"My dear ministers, tomorrow is a brand new year. I am here specially to drink this cup with you to express my gratitude for your hard work and outstanding contributions to the court in the past year." The emperor said in a loud and solemn voice, while raising the wine glass in his hand high.

When the ministers below heard the emperor's words, they were all overwhelmed with emotion and could not suppress their excitement. Many respected old ministers could not help but shed tears.

Seeing this, Su Luoxue picked up the glass of fine wine that had just been filled by a palace servant on the table, and then pretended to casually move the wine glass to her nose and sniffed it. She did not detect any unusual smell, but deep in her heart she felt that there was something wrong with the wine.

While no one was paying attention, she quietly nodded to Xuan Moyin and Xuan Haotian, reminding them not to drink.

At this moment, the emperor on the dragon throne had finished speaking, and then he raised his head and drank the wine glass; seeing the emperor doing this, the ministers below also followed suit and drank from their glasses.

Su Luoxue pretended to drink, but secretly poured the wine in the cup into the space. At the same time, Xuan Moyin and Xuan Haochen also quietly poured the wine into their sleeves.

All three of them had doubts about the wine, but none of them said anything because they wanted to see what this fake emperor would do next.