The passers-by are vicious

In the Taiping Hall of the Northern Zhou Imperial Palace, Emperor Yuan Xun invited ministers to attend a banquet in celebration of the birth of a prince by Concubine Yu.

In the magnificent palace, lanterns are hung high and red candles are swaying.

The ministers, along with their wives, followed the guidance of the palace maids and took their seats. The throne on the high seat was empty, but no one dared to make a loud noise and everyone waited patiently.

"The Emperor and Empress have arrived—"

Emperor Yuan Xun, dressed in a bright red brocade robe with a golden dragon pattern, walked in from outside the palace with Empress Jiang Wanwan, who was also wearing a bright red brocade skirt with a peony and phoenix pattern.

Ministers, officials, their wives and concubines immediately knelt down and bowed.

Only Yu Shuxin, who was kneeling with her mother at the end on the right side, secretly looked up and blinked her bright eyes to look at the male protagonist, Emperor Yuan Xun, and Queen Jiang above her.

This was her first time to enter the palace to attend a palace banquet. Although she had given advice to the heroine's half-sister Yu Wenxuan in the past, she had never been summoned to the palace because of Yu Wenxuan's low status. Naturally, she would not see whether the heartless male protagonist in the book, the emperor, was as handsome as described in the book.

But before she could take a closer look, she was discovered by Madam Yu who was kneeling beside her. She immediately reached out and pressed down Yu Shuxin's head with a nervous look.

Yu Shuxin had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​taking the opportunity to peek.

She thought that the ancient times were really feudal, and she wouldn't be discovered if she took a look. Yu's mother was really timid.

After Jiang Wanwan and Yuan Xun sat down together, Yuan Xun raised his chin, looked down at all the ministers and their wives kneeling below, and said in a calm voice: "Stand up."

The ministers and their wives immediately thanked him before daring to stand up and sit down again.

As the chief eunuch announced the start of the banquet, musicians and dancers from the palace immediately walked in one after another from outside the hall, playing music and dancing.

At this time, Jiang Wanwan was listening to System 001 explaining to her in her mind.

"Host, considering that the plots of each of your worlds are deviated, the Space-Time Administration received a brief garbled message. This is the punishment world assigned to you."

"The host of this world just needs to follow the plot set by his own character."

Soon, Jiang Wanwan's own identity appeared in her mind.

The queen in the ancient palace fighting novel "Phoenix Flying", Jiang.

The original heroine was the Jade Concubine in the palace. Why is it the original heroine? Because this is a fan fiction of Fenghuang Yufei.

The current heroine is Yu Wenxuan’s biological sister, Yu Shuxin, a girl who traveled through time and space in a book.

It’s an old cliché, a 21st century college student is accidentally hit and killed by a drunk driving truck while crossing the road.

When he woke up, he found himself traveling through time to the novel and became Yu Shuxin, the younger sister of the heroine Yu Wenxuan, who was supposed to have drowned and died at the age of sixteen.

After asking, he found out that the heroine had been named Jade Beauty, so he gave advice to the heroine, Yu Wenxuan, hoping that she would become the queen as soon as possible so that he could curry favor with her.

First, Yu Wenxuan was asked to dance in the Imperial Garden earlier to win the interest of Emperor Yuan Xun.

After gaining favor, she was promoted to Jieyushi, and after giving birth to a prince, she was promoted to Concubine.

Finally, at the banquet, she directly exposed the rebellion of the Queen and Prince Qing. During this period, she attracted the attention of Prime Minister Shen Qingci with her eccentricity, and was finally awarded the title of County Princess and married Shen Qingci.

The reason why the heroine did not tell Emperor Yuan Xun in advance about Queen Jiang's rebellion was because Yu Shuxin, who had read the novel, knew that although Emperor Yuan Xun was heartless, he felt guilty towards Queen Jiang and they had a relationship as husband and wife.

If he had told the Emperor Yuan Xun directly about the matter, he would have avoided having to go through the celebration banquet for the rebellion.

But at the same time, Emperor Yuan Xun would treat the queen with gentleness and would not depose her or sentence her to death.

In this way, it would be impossible for the original heroine Yu Wenxuan to become the queen.

After all, in the novel, the queen rebelled, and although the male protagonist Yuan Xun was furious, he never thought of deposing her.

It was Queen Jiang herself who did not believe in the young protagonist's feelings for her and committed suicide on the spot to protect her family.

Afterwards, the male protagonist Yuan Xun suspended court for three days, feeling extremely sad. He spared the Jiang family the death penalty for participating in treason, and even scolded and demoted the original female supporting character, Concubine Li Anyun, to a beauty because she did not cry sadly enough in front of the Queen's tomb.

And now the plot has reached the banquet where the Queen rebelled. It's a damn bad start.

Fortunately, Jiang Wanwan's mission is to follow her own plot. She poisoned the emperor, was exposed for treason, wanted to harm the original heroine Yu Wenxuan, but finally killed her and was given poisoned wine.

After thinking clearly about her mission, Jiang Wanwan immediately got into the mood and watched the singing and dancing on the stage with a dignified smile.

At this time, Yu Shuxin, who was sitting below, was looking at the emperor and empress sitting above with amazement and surprise on her lovely face.

She understood that the hero, the emperor, was handsome, but Yu Shuxin did not expect that the queen Jiang, who committed suicide in the novel, was so beautiful.

Although she is in her thirties, she is still young and beautiful.

She was wearing a bright red peony and phoenix brocade dress, which was elegant and gorgeous, and captivatingly beautiful.

She wore a phoenix crown on her jet-black hair, with golden tassels hanging on both sides and a flower ornament with pearls and jade on her forehead.

Her skin is as white as mutton fat, her face is as red as a peony, her eyebrows are thin and her lips are red. The corners of her eyes are raised and when she looks down, she has an air of dignity that looks down on others.

Yu Shuxin began to feel nervous. The queen was so beautiful. Could her plan really succeed?

She looked at Emperor Yuan Xun who was sitting on the high throne. He was also over thirty years old, but still had a handsome face.

Her black hair was tied up with a golden crown, her eyes were as deep as obsidian, and her thin lips were always slightly pursed, with a hint of coldness.

His temperament was cold and gloomy, and his every move was filled with the majesty of imperial power and casual contempt.

Thinking of Yuan Xun's cold personality in the novel, except for his true feelings for the heroine Yu Wenxuan in the later period, no matter how beautiful the other concubines were, they were not in his eyes.

It seems that for an emperor like Yuan Xun, who was cold-hearted and devoted to governing the country, even a very beautiful queen would be nothing but a beauty withered bones in his eyes. Otherwise, why did he and the queen have no children for many years?

It must be that he only has marital affection and guilt towards the Queen, but no sincerity and love.

Thinking of this, Yu Shuxin's tense heart relaxed and she regained her confidence in victory. She looked up at Queen Jiang Wanwan with a hint of pity in her eyes.

If she were born in modern times, she would be a goddess-level star. Unfortunately, in ancient times, she could only be an unpopular queen. What was the use of being beautiful if she was not liked by Emperor Yuan Xun?

Jiang Wanwan, who was sitting above, did not notice Yu Shuxin's eyes. After all, she was just the daughter of the Minister of Rites and was not worthy of the Queen's attention.

At this moment, she was glancing at Yu Fei, who was drinking with other family members below her on the right.

Seeing her pretty face smiling and revealing a hint of pride, Jiang Wanwan just sneered in her heart.

When his gaze fell on the second prince, who was still in the arms of a palace maid beside Yu Wenxuan, he paused slightly.

I don't know what she was thinking of, but her hands on her legs slightly grasped the hem of her skirt, her beautiful eyes were cold, and she even looked at the Second Prince with malice.

But this emotion was very faint and disappeared in just a moment.

Jiang Wanwan looked down with a smile on her face again, returning to her elegant and graceful appearance as the queen.

But the brief malice she expressed was still keenly noticed by Emperor Yuan Xun. His handsome brows frowned slightly, but soon relaxed.

His handsome face pursed his thin lips indifferently, and he glanced at Jiang Wanwan's beautiful profile, his heart moving slightly.

Jiang Wanwan glanced back without noticing anything, and asked with a smile, "Your Majesty, why are you looking at me like this? There's something wrong with my makeup."

As she spoke, her bare hands touched her temples, as if she was looking for something wrong.

Yuan Xun paused for a moment, then praised calmly, "There's nothing wrong with that. Your makeup is very beautiful today."

Jiang Wanwan blushed when she heard this, and raised her glass to Emperor Yuan Xun in a shy manner, "This is the first time Your Majesty has praised my makeup. If Your Majesty likes it, I will always put on makeup like this in the future."

"Yeah." Yuan Xun also raised his glass, and his eyes seemed less cold.

Jiang Wanwan covered her face with her wide red sleeves and took a sip of the wine in the glass without a smile in her eyes.

She felt slightly relieved, as she thought Yuan Xun had noticed something.

As for the makeup... I will definitely draw it for him to see every day in the future, provided that I visit Yuan Xun when he is sick.

Concubine Yu, who was originally drinking with the official's wife, threw down her wine glass. Her almond-shaped eyes trembled slightly, with a hint of jealousy in her eyes.

The young man sitting in the left seat below saw the actions of the emperor and empress, as well as Yu Wenxuan's reactions.

The fingers holding the light blue wine glass were lightly tapping the glass as if he was thinking.

This person is the prime minister of the current dynasty, Shen Qingci.

Born as the top scholar in the imperial examination, he was promoted from Hanlin scholar to Shangshu in less than three years, and was finally appointed as prime minister by Yuan Xun.

He was wearing a frost-colored robe with an orchid pattern outlined in silver on the lapels.

Her face is like a beautiful jade, her eyebrows are handsome and beautiful, her eyes are clear as water, and her temperament is as noble as an immortal.

At this moment, he was shaking the wine in the glass with a slightly raised eyebrow, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

Interesting, it seems that His Majesty is not as heartless as he imagined.

Looking at Jiang Wanwan's face, which was gorgeous and elegant like a peony, Shen Qingci couldn't help but drink up the wine in the glass with a slight movement in his throat.

Facing that beautiful face every day, living with her day and night, it would be difficult even for a cold-hearted person to be ruthless.

The ministers below naturally saw the interaction between the emperor and the empress.

The queen is the queen after all, and even if Concubine Yu gives birth to a prince, it cannot shake her position.

Some ministers who were originally willing to take sides suppressed their thoughts and decided to wait and see.

Although the emperor now has only one son, the second prince, there is no guarantee that another one will not suddenly appear.

What's more, Queen Jiang Wanwan and Concubine Yu are obviously not on good terms. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to take sides now and confront the Queen in advance?

Jiang Wanwan naturally noticed Yu Wenxuan's anger. Her beautiful eyes turned and she said with a dazzling smile on her red lips, "Your Majesty, since today is a banquet to celebrate the Second Prince's full moon, then Sister Yu Fei is the protagonist. I heard that Yu Fei and Your Majesty fell in love with each other through a dance. Today is Yu Fei's wedding day, so why not have another dance to add to the celebration."

He even reached out and covered the back of Yuan Xun's hand on his leg.

"Your Majesty, what do you think of my suggestion?"

Feeling the soft palm on the back of his hand, Yuan Xun did not dodge. Instead, with a slightly dark look in his eyes, he grabbed the hand and clenched it tightly.

"His Majesty…."

Seeing the intimate actions of the two people below, Yu Fei couldn't help but open her mouth to interrupt.

She looked at Yuan Xun who was sitting above her with an aggrieved look, feeling that the queen was insulting her.

Dancing for Yuan Xun in private was just for fun, but as the mother of the prince, if she danced in public for all the ministers, wouldn't she be like a dancer?

She didn't expect the queen to be so jealous of her that she compared her to a dancer, which was obviously humiliating her by saying that she climbed to the top through dancing.

She gave birth to the emperor's only son, but the queen dared to humiliate her like this without any fear...

Yu Wenxuan felt even more resentful towards her younger sister. If it weren't for her suggestion, how could she have become a dancer?

She had completely forgotten the joy she felt when she was conferred the title of Concubine because of her dance.

Yuan Xun ignored Yu Wenxuan's aggrieved expression, but held Jiang Wanwan's hand and said nonchalantly: "It's just a dance, how can there be any love?"

He saw Jiang Wanwan looking at him with a smile in her beautiful eyes.

Yuan Xun's clenched fingers moved slightly, and his obsidian eyes became cold and dark.

She whispered hoarsely, "Since the Queen wants to see it, Concubine Yu, why don't you dance a little and add some fun to the banquet."

Seeing Yuan Xun nod in agreement, Jiang Wanwan smiled and looked down at Yu Wenxuan, "Your Majesty has agreed. I think he also misses Concubine Yu's dance. Concubine Yu should go down and change her clothes quickly, so as not to keep Your Majesty waiting."

He even pulled his hand back calmly.

Yuan Xun pursed his thin lips and looked at his empty palms, wondering what he was thinking.

"emperor…."

Yu Wenxuan looked up in disbelief, and met the emperor's cold eyes. The words she was about to say were instantly frozen.

Feeling the gazes from all directions and the mocking look of Carp Princess Anyun, Jade Princess pinched her fingers tightly, feeling secretly resentful in her heart.

If she jumped today, she would become a joke.

Yu Shuxin, who had been sitting obediently in her seat, became anxious when she saw her heroine, her half-sister, being embarrassed.

Although she didn't think there was anything wrong with dancing in public, she knew that this was not modern times.

If Yu Yu Wenxuan really performed this dance, she would not be able to hold her head up in the palace.

How could Yu Shuxin, who wanted to curry favor with the Queen, watch Yu Wenxuan fall into the Queen's trap?

It must be that the Queen was unhappy with Yu Wenxuan giving birth to a prince, so she made things difficult for her.

As for why Emperor Yuan Xun did not stop it, perhaps it was just to avoid losing face for the Queen.

Thinking of this, Yu Shuxin felt more confident. She stood up and bowed slightly towards Jiang Wanwan above her.

"Your Majesty, it has only been a month since Concubine Yu gave birth to the Second Prince. She is still very weak and should not be tired. If Your Majesty wants to see a dance, I am willing to dance for Concubine Yu to please Your Majesty."

Jiang Wanwan raised her eyebrows slightly, and asked without showing any emotion: "You are Concubine Yu's younger sister, and you are quite courageous. Have you studied medicine?"

Although she didn't understand why the Queen asked whether she had studied medicine, she still subconsciously said vaguely: "I only know a little bit, not worthy of being in the upper class."

Jiang Wanwan raised her chin and chuckled, "Oh~, I thought Miss Yu had learned medical skills from some miracle doctor, otherwise how would you know the conclusion that the Imperial Hospital has not reached!"

The banquet suddenly fell silent, the singing and dancing stopped, and both the musicians and dancers lowered their heads.

Yu Shuxin didn't react for a moment when she was suddenly held accountable. It was only until she felt the slightly tense atmosphere that she hurriedly walked out of her seat and knelt in the hall.

"I am stupid and not as good as the doctors in the Imperial Hospital."

Seeing that her own sister was being held accountable, Concubine Yu took into consideration that Yu Shuxin had once given her advice, not to mention that it was because of her that she was being so rude.

She was about to open her mouth to beg for mercy, but was given a cold look by Yuan Xun, who had been watching silently without interrupting her.

Yu Fei instantly fell silent as if her neck was strangled.