Want to win the palace fight? Better to be crazy than to be idiotic!

The Queen Mother was dressed in luxurious attire and came with a menacing presence.

She was wearing a horse-faced skirt with colorful auspicious clouds and dark patterns, which was outlined by gold and silver threads. The skirt was wide and layered like dominoes. The skirt was also embroidered with magnificent peonies with gold and silver threads. The petals were lifelike, as if you could smell the fragrance of flowers full of wealth. She had a brocade belt inlaid with aquamarine pearls and green jade tied around her waist, which made people wonder if she was tired of hanging such a heavy thing on her waist. She was wearing a light silk cape embroidered with a phoenix stepping on the clouds. The edge of the cape was woven into exquisite patterns with fine gold threads, and red jade beads were inlaid in the fine stitching. When she moved her feet slightly, the dress and even the cape swayed with it, like a phoenix spreading its wings, very flamboyant.

Her hair was piled high in a bun, and she wore a jade phoenix hairpin in her hair. The hairpin was inlaid with several bright rubies, which made the hairpin more crystal clear. On her earlobes hung a pair of white jade earrings that were as warm as agar. The earrings were carefully carved into a water drop shape by the craftsman, and they made a crisp sound when they were shaken slightly. Although her face was lightly rouge, her lips were painted with bright cinnabar, which made her look gorgeous and noble, yet dignified and elegant. On her hands were three pairs of gold bracelets inlaid with broken glass, and the front of the gold bracelets were tied with silver bells by the empress dowager herself. Every step she took, the silver bells on her wrists gently collided, making a pleasant sound, accompanying her elegant steps, like the sound of nature.

This was not a sign of not intending to attend the banquet; it was clearly an attempt to intimidate the emperor.

After Qin Feng'an traveled through time, he became much colder towards the Queen Mother. He turned a deaf ear to her when she implemented new policies and only visited her during routine visits. The Queen Mother must have been resentful.

Qin Feng'an also understood that the Queen Mother was trying to give him a hard time and deliberately embarrass him. Otherwise, why would she refuse in advance and suddenly come to bump into him, spoiling everyone's fun.

Although this shareholders' meeting was Su Feiran's idea, it was ostensibly his proposal, and the Queen Mother was clearly trying to give him a hard time.

Qin Feng'an felt helpless, but was glad that he didn't tell anyone about Su Feiran's advice to him late at night, otherwise this crazy woman would have ruined the Mid-Autumn Festival party.

The venue was originally bustling with people waiting to see Concubine Jia dance. When the Queen Mother arrived, everyone was so scared that they immediately stood up and saluted, not daring to look up at her. The servants also knelt on the ground, not daring to breathe. The bustling vegetable market, I mean the venue, suddenly became silent, and with the brilliant decorations and bright lights, it looked like a ghost market.

Qin Feng'an sent Eunuch Zhang away, put on a formal smile, walked up to the Queen Mother and asked, "Mother, why are you here? I have reserved a seat for you. Since you are here, please take a seat."

The Queen Mother glanced sideways and saw that there were only two seats in the front of the venue. One of them was Qin Fengan's own seat, with a golden dragon carved on the chair, and the other must be the seat of Concubine Jia. Although Concubine Jia was preparing to perform at this time, her purse was still on the seat. The Queen Mother recognized the purse, which was the one Wu Jiayan brought with her on the day she entered the palace.

The Queen Mother was furious. The first two seats in the venue were all occupied, so how could there be a place for her? This unfilial son was getting worse and worse, and he even dared to make up stories about me!

"Why? The Emperor wants me to sit on Concubine Jia's lap?" The Queen Mother sneered, seeing through Qin Feng'an's hypocrisy. "Even if I am willing, I am afraid that your beloved Concubine Jia will say a few bad things about me beside her pillow, right?"

Before Qin Feng'an could say anything, Wu Jiayan said calmly, "The Queen Mother is so noble, I dare not do that. I will give up my position."

Although Qin Fengan and Wu Jiayan were not close, she was nominally his wife and a distinguished guest at today's banquet. It would have been fine if this crazy old woman had taken her anger out on him, but why did she bully the little girl?

He immediately took two steps forward to block the Queen Mother's line of sight, and said respectfully, "Of course not, the Queen Mother will naturally sit next to Concubine Jia."

"That position..." The Queen Mother looked at the Golden Dragon Throne again, "Isn't it the Emperor's?"

Qin Feng'an chuckled and replied slowly, "It is a festival today, and the people are all happy. I cannot leave the palace to celebrate with the people, so I will regard the concubines present as the people of the world, and I will also be considered to be celebrating with the people by standing."

Qin Feng'an's answer was extremely cunning. After hearing it, the Queen Mother could not find any fault with it even if she had any objections.

"I am very pleased that the emperor cares about the people. But..." The empress dowager's eyes fell on Concubine Jia's chair and found a new point of criticism, "If that position is not yours but mine, do you mean that I should be on an equal footing with Concubine Jia?"

Qin Feng'an clenched his fists tightly, cursing inwardly why this crazy woman was causing so many troubles.

A few days ago, the Queen Mother stopped him from encouraging civilians to invent things. Yesterday, she said he shouldn't always favor Su Feiran. This morning, she even sent someone to send off the servants to provide for his mother, implying that he was unfilial. Today, the allocation of seats can still be related to hierarchy. What a waste of energy!

It's good enough to have a seat, why are you complaining so much? Is it because the palace is too idle and lacks a mahjong machine?

Although he was dissatisfied, Qin Feng'an, as an emperor, had to be filial. He laughed dryly and explained, "What are you talking about, mother? How can this golden dragon chair be compared with an ordinary mahogany chair? Even a yellow-haired boy in the market knows the difference in the status of the two owners!"

The Queen Mother pretended not to hear the sarcasm in his words, strode up to the front and sat on the Golden Dragon Chair, and ordered Han Shuang to pat her back. She closed her eyes and rested for a while, and everyone waited for a while before the Queen Mother spoke again: "We haven't talked about business yet, why does the emperor look so bad?"

Qin Feng'an said with a fake smile: "It must be the dim light. But the business that the Queen Mother is talking about, could it be related to the previous dynasty?"

If it's not about the important events of the previous dynasty, why are you coming to me to argue?

"The main business of the front court is government affairs, and the main business of the back garden is naturally related to the concubines. You did a good job in organizing this shareholders' meeting. The sound of stringed instruments has reached my ears." The Queen Mother said proudly, "But I have always strictly abided by the palace rules, and have corrected many mistakes in the palace rules. How can I not remember which palace rules allow concubines to curse the fall of our great ancient country, and which palace rules condone concubines to point swords at our king?"

Qin Fengan was furious. If you were in modern times, you would definitely be in the same group as the parents who reported Pleasant Goat!

"Queen Dowager, you can do anything that is not prohibited by law, you cannot do anything that is not authorized by law, and you must perform your statutory duties!" Qin Feng'an said with a smile.

Su Feiran suddenly felt that all the lights in the conference hall turned red.