Being favored by the paranoid master, the whole imperial capital kneels down

A large group of people rushed up, and Liu Jie probably didn't even have time to react.

He was pinned down by the guards from the East Palace.

He was about to shout, but Wang Lanzhi, with a gloomy face and furious, ordered his men to knock him unconscious.

In the deep inner palace, it is extremely easy to deal with someone without them noticing.

Liu Jie disappeared silently from the East Palace.

Wang Lanzhi raised her head and looked in the direction of Chu Jingyue. Her face was ferocious.

"This bitch must be trying to harm me."

How else to explain the sudden appearance of an unknown man in the East Palace?

A palace maid ran hurriedly to Wang Lanzhi.

"Her Royal Highness, something bad has happened. Madam Chu has gone to the main hall."

Wang Lanzhi's face suddenly turned as pale as snow.

She knew that Chu Jingyue would definitely not miss the opportunity to trick her.

Fortunately, Wang Lanzhi also had some leverage over Chu Jingyue.

If Chu Jingyue wants to harm her, Wang Lanzhi will not go down well either.

"Let's go to the main hall together."

At this time, the banquet in the hall had entered its climax.

Both the Queen and the Crown Prince had satisfied looks on their faces.

They looked at the generals who had returned from the northern border with smiles on their faces.

Then he knew that this banquet made the northern border generals very satisfied.

This is the Prince's Party and the Queen's Party, a good start.

The Queen turned aside and whispered to the Prince,

"Yanluo Si has controlled the government for so many years, and the Nan family's power is intertwined and complex, but the Nan family is still the Nan family after all. This Great Sheng Dynasty still belongs to our Qin family."

This is just the first step.

Once they have control of the military power, they will target the Nan family, a thousand-year-old family.

The queen was happy just thinking about it.

By then, she will no longer compromise herself and live such a frugal life every day.

She no longer has to worry that Emperor Bai Jing will depose her at any time.

Yes, she was just pretending, in fact she was not that frugal at all.

Think about it, for the past few decades, she has been walking on thin ice in the palace every day, dragging along a family that is not worthy of being mentioned in public.

Not only does he have to ensure that he does not dislike Emperor Bai Jing, but he also has to create a good reputation for himself to the outside world.

He had to guard against it strictly, lest the sons born by some coquettish and slutty women threaten the crown prince's position as the Eastern Palace.

The Queen has been really tired these years.

But the good thing is that she will have military power soon.

At this moment, one of the generals from the Northern Frontier pointed at Xu Jiaoxue who was sitting next to Su Shizhi and said,

"Won't Madam Su come and toast us a glass of wine?"

After three rounds of drinking, the generals of the Northern Frontier would inevitably reveal some of their true nature.

They were originally in the northern border and often played with Zhou Mingzhu.

Because Zhou Mingzhu was Su Shizhi's wife, the generals of the Northern Frontier acquiesced as long as she was Su Shizhi's woman.

They can all play with it as they please.

In the hall, the clinking of glasses suddenly stopped for a moment.

Everyone's eyes were on Xu Jiaoxue, intentionally or unintentionally.

Xu Jiaoxue's face flushed red, and she tilted her head to look at Su Shizhi uneasily.

Even though she didn't understand the rules of upper-class society, she could sense some of the meaning in this situation.

The banquet in the palace seemed to be similar to the scenes of pleasure-seeking in their brothels.

But now they have moved to a bigger place.

Everyone was dressed more luxuriously and had more servants.

Xu Jiaoxue tugged at Su Shizhi's sleeve.

She is Su Shizhi's woman, even if she is just Su Shizhi's concubine.

But in such an occasion, she represents Su Shizhi's face.

Being asked to toast in public, those Northern Frontier generals were not just teasing Xu Jiaoxue.

He also slapped Su Shizhi in the face in public and did not give Su Shizhi any face.

At this time, Su Shizhi should show his integrity as a scholar.

But Su Shizhi just had no expression on his face and pulled his sleeve out of Su Jiaoxue's hand.

"Aren't you going over yet?"

"Today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Empress are hosting a banquet for several generals."

"Don't be disrespectful to the generals."

Su Shizhi's tone was cold, and Xu Jiaoxue had no choice but to stand up and toast the generals.

And her action was placed at the banquet.

Everyone looked at Xu Jiaoxue with a hint of contempt.

As a woman, it is totally inappropriate to toast a man in public.

Xu Jiaoxue's behavior is too frivolous.

Everyone had complicated expressions, but they were very happy to see the generals returning from the northern border.

Everyone temporarily suppressed their contempt for Xu Jiaoxue.

The queen felt something was wrong, but after thinking about it, she realized that Xu Jiaoxue was just Su Shizhi's concubine.

Maybe Su Shizhi himself doesn't take Xu Jiaoxue seriously.

Otherwise, when the Northern Frontier generals asked Xu Jiaoxue to drink, Su Shizhi, as a prestigious literary giant, would have spoken out to defend his dignity.

Su Shizhi didn't say anything, which meant that Xu Jiaoxue was just a toy in his eyes.

It is just a cheap thing that everyone can play with and tease.

After the palace banquet ended, Xu Jiaoxue followed Su Shizhi.

She felt a little aggrieved. She didn't expect that even after trying every possible way, she could still be by Su Shizhi's side.

Can't escape the fate of being despised.

Xu Jiaoxue didn't like this, and she didn't like the way those people looked at her even more.

It was as if she was still a lowly girl in a brothel who could be played with at will by spending some money.

Just as he walked out of the palace gate and was about to get on the carriage, a laugh sounded behind him.

"Mr. Su, please walk slowly."

Su Shizhi turned around with a numb expression and looked at a general from the Northern Frontier who was striding towards him.

The Northern Frontier general's gaze fell on Xu Jiaoxue's face, and he looked her up and down unscrupulously.

"It's been a long time since I last saw Mr. Su. I'm staying at Mr. Su's house today. Is Mr. Su still welcoming?"

As he spoke, the general from the northern border took out a bag of silver from his pocket.

"Of course, the price is naturally higher than before. After all, Mr. Su is no longer the same person as before."

The price of an exile's woman is naturally different from that of a fifth-rank official's woman.

They are in it for the thrill, so they naturally understand the ins and outs and the prices involved.

Xu Jiaoxue stood there, feeling as if she was falling into an icy cave.

She guessed that things were definitely not what she imagined.

Su Shizhi was an ambitious literary scholar.

He returned to the imperial capital with great achievements and was promoted to a fifth-rank official.

Moreover, Su Shizhi also announced that he would make Xu Jiaoxue his principal wife.

How dare those generals in the northern border?

Xu Jiaoxue watched Su Shizhi take the bag of silver from the Northern Frontier general.

He nodded numbly, "The general can come anytime."

After a pause, Su Shizhi continued, "It's the same as when we were in Northern Xinjiang."

The general of the northern border raised his head and laughed heartily.

"Mr. Su is such a good man."