The prince's wife is even more cruel, and the weak prince is afraid of his wife.

When everyone saw that the protagonist had left, they all went to Yihexuan together, while whispering to each other whether Gu Meng had sacrificed herself or not.

The Yihexuan is a peaceful place, and it is also where the Empress Dowager holds her birthday banquet.

Many square mahogany tables and chairs are placed around the huge lake.

There is also a large red platform in the center which is used for birthday performances.

Gu Qianyue asked the palace maid next to her when today's performance would start.

The maid bowed her head nervously and said, "Miss Gu San, the performance of the Queen at the birthday banquet is scheduled for the hour of Si. This is your seat."

Gu Qianyue gave Durian a look.

Durian secretly handed the silver to the palace maid and asked her to leave.

Liu Yue's palms were sweating. Although he had often seen all kinds of scenes with Gu Qianyue, this was his first time in the palace. He heard that there were many hidden weapons in the palace that could hurt people, and one could be easily caught if he was not careful.

Therefore, Liu Yue carefully observed the surrounding situation from the moment he arrived at the palace gate, trying his best to protect his master. Although the master did not need his own protection, it was difficult to guard against hidden arrows.

"Liu Yue, don't be nervous. Don't talk today. Stay quiet and don't reveal the fact that you know martial arts unless it's absolutely necessary." Gu Qianyue used internal energy to transmit sound to Liu Yue.

Although Liu Yue didn't understand her master's arrangements, she would generally do as her master told her to do. She just didn't know when it would be necessary.

At this time, many people came and sat down. Some were chatting and laughing with their close friends, some were complimenting people with higher official positions than themselves, and some were quietly looking after Qianyue.

Jiang Yubai walked towards Gu Qianyue step by step.

In an instant, everyone's breathing gradually slowed down, and everyone wanted to see how this Prince Jiang would treat Gu Qianyue.

Some girls in the boudoir really hope that Gu Qianyue will be disliked by Master Jiang. They all think that Gu Qianyue is not worthy of him.

But to everyone's disappointment, Prince Jiang walked to the mahogany table next to Gu Qianyue and sat down, and smiled at Gu Qianyue ambiguously and said, "Xiao Yueyue, did you miss me?"

Suddenly, all the women in the boudoir looked at Gu Qianyue with murderous eyes. If those eyes were knives, Gu Qianyue would have fallen to the ground and died.

Everyone thought that Prince Jiang was deceived by the seductive vixen Gu Qianyue.

Gu Qianyue turned her head and glanced at Jiang Yubai and said, "You still owe me money?"

Jiang Yubai held his chin with one hand and looked at her with a smile, saying, "When the banquet is over, I will present the silver with both hands and then discuss a business deal. How about that?"

Suddenly the eunuch shouted loudly: "The prince has arrived!"

The ministers all knelt down and saluted, saying, "Long live your Majesty!"

"My dear ministers, please don't be polite!" said the prince.

When everyone stood up, they saw that the prince appeared with the eldest daughter of the Gu family.

However, some loyal ministers felt that this behavior was inappropriate. After all, Miss Gu had not yet married into the Eastern Palace, and they were just about to persuade her.

A eunuch said, "The Emperor, Empress, and Queen Mother have arrived!"

Everyone knelt down and shouted, "Long live the emperor!"

"Long live the Queen!"

"Long live the Queen Mother!"

Gu Qianyue was also among them. Her skirt was quite large so it blocked the movement of her legs when she knelt. Since no one could see her anyway, she simply pressed her legs against the back of her feet instead of actually kneeling down.

While complaining to Xiao Lan: "In this evil feudal era, we have to kneel down at every turn!"

"How about you use Qian Qian's money to carry out an assassination, then save that dog emperor's life, and get a token that allows you to not have to kneel." Xiao Lan suggested unreliably.

Because Jiang Yubai was in poor health, the emperor exempted him from the kneeling ceremony and only required him to bend over. The main reason was to silence the minister.

At this time, Jiang Yubai could clearly see Gu Qianyue's movements, and he found them a little strange. On the surface, she seemed to be kneeling, but in fact, she was not kneeling at all. How did she do that?

The emperor sitting on the high throne also followed Jiang Yubai's gaze and looked at Gu Qianyue.

What is this useless emperor doing? He never tells people to stand up. Gu Qianyue is getting a little impatient. She is also tired after kneeling for so long.

Seeing that the emperor was looking in Jiang Yubai's direction, the queen gently pulled his sleeve.

The emperor said, "My dear ministers, please stand up!" Then he said, "Today is the birthday banquet of the Queen Mother. I will follow her arrangements in everything."

The Queen Mother laughed heartily and said, "Good! Good! Today is a bright and sunny autumn day, and the roses in my palace are in full bloom, so I will hold a banquet here for all the palace members to enjoy. You don't need to be so formal, just enjoy yourself.

The ministers raised their glasses and said, "May our country of Li prosper for thousands of years. I, your servants, congratulate the Queen Mother, may you be blessed with good fortune as vast as the East Sea and live as long as the Southern Mountains."

"My dear ministers, please don't be polite! Please take a seat." said the Queen Mother.

Everyone was keeping an eye and ears on all sides, eating and drinking nonchalantly.

After all, this is not just a simple birthday banquet, but also a banquet for the Queen and the ladies to select a princess for the prince.

However, there was one exception. Gu Qianyue ate quietly and chatted with Xiao Lan: "I didn't expect that the people in the palace are not that good, but the chef's skills are pretty good."

"I just went to check it out. There is an old man in the imperial kitchen who you saved before. Because his credit was taken away by his apprentice, he is now being neglected and bullied. Why don't you poach him? He looks so pitiful." Xiao Lan said.

"What's the use of an old man? It's not worth it to pay him extra wages." Gu Qianyue said with some disdain.

"Don't you like desserts? People nowadays don't make fancy cakes, and you're tired of those before. Why don't you let him try?" Xiao Lan advised. If there is no benefit, Qian Qian will not save him, and the old man will have to die tragically in the palace.

It's so sad! I don't know why Qian Qian saved him before, but now he doesn't want to save him.

Seeing that she was still unmoved, Xiao Lan let Gu Qianyue taste the white pastry.

"Is your data confused? Didn't you see that not many people touched the pastries, and you actually asked me to test for poison?" Gu Qianyue continued to drink the fruit wine on the table, which tasted pretty good.

"Qianqian, try it and see how I would lie to you." Xiaolan urged.

"Yue'er, try this pastry." Jiang Yubai suddenly came over and handed her a white pastry.

Gu Qianyue looked at Jiang Yubai, a little confused. The meaning was obvious: why should I eat this pastry?

Jiang Yubai smiled and whispered, "This is made by an old man who lives alone and loves all the delicacies in the world." He took a piece and started eating. "It tastes good, try it."

Gu Qianyue saw him eating, so she picked up a piece to taste it. Unexpectedly, it tasted really good.

Seeing Gu Qianyue eating, Xiao Lan quickly took advantage of the situation and said, "Qianqian, how does it taste? Is it delicious?"

"You seem to have endless sympathy!" said Gu Qianyue.

Then he used his inner strength to transmit a message to Jiang Yubai: "Do you want to save that old man too?"

Jiang Yubai was puzzled. What did that mean? Besides himself, who else wanted to save the old man?

However, what surprised him even more was Gu Qianyue's martial arts. In this place surrounded by experts, she used internal energy to transmit sound without being discovered. It seems that it was right to discuss business with Gu Qianyue. She should be the only person in this world who can take the old man out of the palace safely.

Jiang Yubai nodded slightly.

Gu Meng was observing this scene beside the prince. When did Prince Jiang and Gu Qianyue become so close?

The Queen hinted to the Crown Prince implicitly, wanting him to talk to Gu Qianyue and keep Gu Qianyue in our own hands, no matter whether it was the General's Mansion behind her or Jiang Yubai's military command.

The prince was reluctant at first, but today he became angry when he saw Gu Qianyue and Jiang Yubai being so close. After all, he had enjoyed the feeling of being pursued for so long, and he was not used to being abandoned suddenly.

At the same time, he also does not allow the things he regards as playthings to get close to other men. This is the man's self-esteem at work.

Therefore, his mood was very low at the moment. Gu Meng also noticed that the prince's attention was on Gu Qianyue, and he was about to pinch her face with the handkerchief in his hand.

Jiang Yubai naturally noticed it, so he deliberately reached out and affectionately took away the hair on Gu Qianyue's cheek.

Gu Meng deliberately whispered in his ear: "Your Highness, my sister will never change her mind. She must have done this to gain the trust of Master Jiang."

The prince stared at her intently, a little hesitant. Was she really just trying to gain Jiang Yubai's trust?

Gu Qianyue looked at Jiang Yubai's puzzled expression and mouthed, "Is spring here?"

Jiang Yubai held his forehead in silence, he really didn't know whether Gu Qianyue was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.

"Qianqian, that big white lotus is saying bad things about you." Xiaolan said while looking at the screen.

Gu Qianyue became interested when she heard about this. "Let's post it and have a look."

Oh, that depends on who is scheming against whom.

Gu Qianyue just watched Gu Meng comfort the prince, just like her own son. She didn't understand why Gu Meng liked the prince. Was it because she wanted to be his mother?

The people in the audience were listening to the songs and dancing, their eyes focused on the stage, while some were concentrating on drinking and eating, their minds racing as they wondered who the next unlucky guy would be.