As the banquet was about to start, many people took their seats, including the Prince of Yu and his wife who had hurried over.

As both are princes, the seats of the two families are next to each other, but Prince Heng and his family of three are closer to the dragon throne.

Lu Yuanjing glanced at Lu Chenxiao gloomily and sat down with a dark face.

Guo followed closely behind him.

Turning around, she saw Lu Chenxiao lowering his head to listen to his son's words, but he did not forget to hold Meng Yunshang's hand tightly, looking like they were inseparable.

Meng Yunshang looked at the father and son sitting next to her with a doting expression. Although she said nothing, her whole person gave off a sense of beauty of a peaceful and tranquil life.

On the other hand, I stayed awake all night because I was worried about my children.

After finally waiting until dawn for the prince to return with his two children, they were told that the two children were unconscious due to inhaling too much miasma.

Guo was heartbroken. Why should her children suffer outside while Meng Yunshang could live a peaceful life?

Obviously, Lu Youlin should have suffered all those things.

The person who has never slept at all should be Meng Yunshang.

"Princess Heng is really leisurely," Guo, who had no place to vent her resentment, stood in front of Meng Yunshang with a sullen face.

Meng Yunshang seemed not to notice her strangeness, and responded in a brisk tone, "If you have nothing to worry about, then this is a good time in the world."

Guo choked, and the energy in her body, which was already disturbed, became even more chaotic.

So angry!

"Why, isn't Princess Yu free? Is it because there are too many women in the mansion, and Princess Yu wants to help clean up the mess?"

"Meng Yunshang!" Guo was irritated by her careless tone.

Just after she called out her name, she saw Lu Chenxiao looking up at her, "Princess Yu, do you have any objections to my princess?"

Guo choked and asked through gritted teeth, "Does King Heng know about Longwu Mountain outside the city?"

Lu Chenxiao did not answer but asked, "Princess Yu is going to Longwu Mountain for retreat?"

Guo rolled her eyes at the rebuke and wanted to question Lu Chenxiao in front of everyone, asking him why he sent his son to Longwu Mountain.

However, she unexpectedly met Huai'an's sparkling eyes, "Aunt, why didn't Brother Honglang come? Did he get lost because of playing around like me?"

The little guy's chubby face was full of innocence, as if he was just curious why Lu Honglang didn't come.

But Guo was struck by lightning.

The incident was caused by their kidnapping of Lu Youlin. The Honglang siblings were sent to Longwu Mountain as a retaliation by Lu Chenxiao.

If the matter gets out of hand and the emperor finds out the cause and learns that they have sent people to kidnap Lu Youlin, I'm afraid he won't be on their side.

By then, the entire Prince Yu’s Mansion would probably be in trouble, and it might even affect their future plans to stay in Beijing.

Guo and Prince Yu looked at each other, and deep thought was clearly in their eyes.

But Huai'an was still asking, "Why isn't Auntie talking? Could it be that Brother Honglang..."

Guo responded loudly, "Honglang is fine, Prince Heng doesn't need to worry about him."

I was afraid that if I spoke too slowly, Huai'an would give me a bad stigma.

"Oh, I'm glad you're okay. I thought Brother Honglang was almost kidnapped like me."

When these words were spoken, Prince Yu and his wife were both trembling in their hearts.

But then there was more anger!

Their son was wronged, but they didn't even have the chance to tell the truth.

Did Lu Chenxiao already figure all this out, so he dared to send people to Longwu Mountain without any scruples?

What a good guy Lu Chenxiao!

Lu Yuanjing clenched his hands into fists.

Just wait, he will make Lu Chenxiao and his family of three pay the price they deserve.

"The Emperor has arrived!"

"The Queen has arrived!"

"Empress Dowager!"

The palace servants shouted loudly, and Emperor Yuan Qing strode over.

Queen Chen was only half a step behind him.

The Queen Mother walked side by side with Empress Chen, glancing at her belly from time to time.

Some sharp-eyed ministers speculated on the meaning behind this action.

Only the heads of many aristocratic families, led by the Chen family, looked at each other and exchanged information.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

"Long live the Queen, long live the Queen, long live the Queen, long live the Queen!"

"Long live the Queen Mother. Long live the Queen Mother. Long live the Queen Mother!"

Everyone knelt and saluted. After Emperor Yuanqing led Empress Chen to her seat, he waved his hand for everyone to stand up.

"The winner of this year's Mid-Autumn Festival competition has been announced. The Jingxi Camp led by Prince Heng continues to be the champion, and the second place is the Northwest Army led by Cheng Yao."

"According to the practice of previous years, each soldier in the Jingxi Camp team competition will be awarded 100 taels of silver, and those who win points in the individual competition will be awarded another 200 taels."

"The soldiers of the Northwest Army will be awarded 50 taels of silver in the team competition, and those who win points in the individual competition will be awarded another 100 taels of silver."

"Thank you, Lord!" Qian Fushun, Wu Dang and others knelt down to express their gratitude.

Emperor Yuan Qing waved his hand, signaling them to stand up.

Then he continued, "Fang Shao of the Southwest Army and Yuan Chengye of the East Camp are both unskilled generals and stubborn, which has resulted in the two teams being at the bottom of the points gap. They need to resign from their posts, concentrate on training, and strive to improve themselves as soon as possible."

Although Fang Shao and Yuan Chengye were reluctant, they still stepped out and bowed, "I obey your orders!"

"The Jingdong Camp is responsible for the safety of the capital, and cannot be without a leader, so I have decided to merge the Jingdong Camp and Jingxi Camp into the Jingwei Camp, which will be led by Prince Heng."

"Your Majesty is wise."

"Besides, Prince Heng is brave and good at fighting. I intend to appoint him as the Grand Marshal of the Army and command the millions of soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty. What do you think?"

"This..." All the officials looked at each other in bewilderment.

After some eye contact, Lin Xu stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate."

"Oh? What's wrong?"

"It is true that Prince Heng is brave and good at fighting, but, but he is too sentimental."

"Lord Lin is right. I also think that Prince Heng is not suitable to be the Grand Marshal of the Army."

"Five years ago, Your Majesty intended to let Prince Heng take charge of the military power, but Prince Heng gave up this honor without hesitation for a woman. How can such a person be trusted?"

"Your Majesty, I also think this is inappropriate."

"Yes, I also think it is inappropriate."

More and more ministers came forward to express their opinions, but without exception, they all opposed Lu Chenxiao's appointment as the Grand Marshal of the Army.

Meng Yunshang subconsciously wanted to stand up and speak for Lu Chenxiao, but he pulled her to sit down, "Don't be impatient."

"You could have gotten what you wanted five years ago, but you... are you stupid?"

Meng Yunshang glared at him with disappointment.

Five years ago, he could command millions of soldiers, but he gave up the power just to ask for an imperial decree to marry her.

I really don't know what to say about him.

Lu Chenxiao opened his palm and interlocked his fingers with hers, "Not stupid, because those are not as important as you."

It would be foolish to give up marrying her in order to gain control of the military power.

Meng Yunshang pushed him lightly helplessly, "Now that I'm by your side, you can take over without any scruples. Don't let others take advantage of it."

Lu Chenxiao was amused by her last words and gently pinched her fingers to comfort her, "Don't worry, my brother will make his own arrangements."

As soon as he finished speaking, Emperor Yuan Qing asked everyone, "My dear ministers, do you really not want Prince Heng to be the Grand Marshal of the Army?"

The whole place fell silent for a moment.

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