I was given the contraceptive soup and became the emperor's white moonlight

It was getting late, and Nanxing and Xiaoye had filled their stomachs in advance under Su Minglang's instruction. When they followed her to the banquet venue, they saw the dazzling array of prepared items and knew that tonight would not end easily. They all congratulated themselves in their hearts that they had already eaten, otherwise they would be so hungry when the party was over.

Su Minglang arrived early, and the banquet had not started yet. There were several people who also arrived early waiting outside the door. When Su Minglang arrived, he saw several familiar faces at a glance.

When the people standing outside the door saw Su Minglang, they stopped talking and walked over to greet him.

Zhou Linsu put aside his shyness and bowed first, saying, "I greet the Empress Zhaoyi. May your majesty be well."

"Your Highness has met Lady Zhaoyi."

The rest of the people followed him and saluted. Wen Ji was standing next to Zhou Linsu. Su Minglang looked at these two people hanging out together all day and had some vague guesses in his heart.

But once this conjecture came out, I felt a little more worried. But conjectures are just conjectures after all, and all worries that have not been confirmed are just groundless worries.

There is nothing to worry about in the world, only mediocre people worry about it. Su Minglang always believes in this sentence and is determined to be the first person to resist internal friction.

"There's no need to be so polite, my lords." As a concubine, Su Minglang shouldn't reveal too much in front of her subjects, so this time she didn't say a word but just bowed slightly in return.

After bidding farewell to several adults, Su Minglang, as a member of the royal family, naturally did not need to wait outside like them. Someone led her to her seat early.

She thought the second person to arrive would be the Queen, but she did not expect to see a bright red figure coming towards her from afar. The second person to take the seat was actually Concubine Shu.

You should know that Concubine Shu cares the most about these empty formalities. In the past, she was always one of the last few to arrive at any banquet. In her words, arriving too early would be embarrassing.

As soon as Concubine Shu entered the room, she walked towards her in a hurry. Although the concubines were also sitting below the emperor, they were not in the same row as the ministers, but in a separate line.

Su Minglang had the lowest rank among these people. The Queen did not sit with them because she wanted to sit with Xiao Heng. The seat of Concubine Shu should have been on the left side of Xiao Heng, which was opposite Su Minglang.

However, when she first came up, she did not sit in the designated seat. Instead, she stood beside Su Minglang and looked down at her. Just as Su Minglang was about to stand up, she heard a gritting sound.

"Tell me! Did you tell His Majesty that I was under house arrest?"

Su Minglang was stunned when she heard this. She didn't want to make this matter clear. After all, being imprisoned in the palace by her own biological father would not sound good no matter how she said it.

"I don't understand what your majesty means." Su Minglang stood up, bowed and saluted, saying, "I am just a Zhaoyi. Even if I have the ability to see through everything, I can't possibly know your majesty's household affairs."

"You!" Seeing that she didn't admit it, Concubine Shu became even more angry. If it was someone else, it would be fine, even if the Queen helped her, she would feel better. But if this was really done by Su Minglang, it meant that she was saved by a guy she looked down upon.

This was even more unacceptable than imprisoning her in the palace.

Su Minglang had her reasons for not admitting it. After all, she herself did not have much involvement in this matter, and it was Xiao Xizi who suggested going to see Concubine Shu.

If she said that this matter had something to do with her, wouldn't that mean that Xiao Xizi was hers and that he obeyed her orders in everything he said and did?

Su Minglang thought that she was not such a scoundrel. Xiao Xizi didn't owe her anything. Instead, she had used him several times in the name of Nanxing.

What's worse, even though he had made it clear later, she was still willing to help. No matter what, she had to get rid of Xiao Xizi cleanly.

Su Minglang knew how special her situation was. Regardless of whether her plan succeeded or failed, she must not drag innocent people down with her, otherwise, what would be the difference between herself and that guy Xiao Heng?

"I really know nothing!" Su Minglang looked at Concubine Shu's face of obvious disbelief and said helplessly: "Otherwise, why don't you just go and ask His Majesty."

Seeing her sincere face, Concubine Shu was slightly shaken in her heart. She really had no direct evidence to prove that Su Minglang was behind this matter. Even when she came here to question him today, it was just a guess.

As for the fact that she was imprisoned, Xiao Heng made a big fuss about it at the time and did not even think about covering anything up. It was already known to everyone in the palace, but no one dared to mention it in front of her.

Seeing this, Concubine Shu had no choice but to give up. She knew that as long as Su Minglang was determined not to acknowledge her, she would not be able to get any clues from her. Anyway, she was not a person who would repay a favor. Since Su Minglang did not acknowledge her, she would just pretend that this incident had never happened.

In this way, Su Minglang is still the Su Minglang she despises, without any other title. Concubine Shu smiled with satisfaction and nodded, swept away the haze in her eyes, turned around and walked to her seat and sat down, talking to the palace maid beside her in a brisk tone.

Su Minglang saw her expression suddenly change. Although he didn't know what she had imagined, as long as she cleared himself of the matter, the rest would not matter.

Soon the door of the banquet hall opened and the ministers walked in one after another until all the seats at the lower table were filled. Only two seats at the upper table were still empty in the entire room.

"Your Majesty, the empress is here!"

Following a sharp voice unique to eunuchs, the door of the hall was reopened, and Xiao Heng walked in first, followed closely by the Queen. Both of them were wearing golden robes, and they looked a perfect match.

If Su Minglang had not seen through Xiao Heng and understood that the Queen had no longer had any thoughts about him, she would certainly look at Xiao Heng with admiration like Concubine Shu and glare at the Queen with jealousy.

Su Minglang withdrew his gaze and found that a cushion had been placed on the seat at some point. It was placed just to the left of Xiao Heng and was slightly blocked by the dragon chair. Li had already knelt on it, her eyes fixed on the person who walked in.

The difference with Concubine Shu is that she only has eyes for Xiao Heng and doesn't care at all who the woman walking next to him is. Perhaps this is the fearlessness of the favored ones?

Shufei stared at the Queen because she knew she was important and could be compared with her, while Li turned a blind eye to her. Maybe she felt that her position in Xiao Heng's heart was unparalleled and she simply didn't bother to compete with others?

But Su Minglang has always had a question in her mind: Xiao Heng is a selfish person, so why does he treat Li so dearly and even want to open his heart to her?