Dressing as Ziwei makes the Qing Dynasty more powerful

On this New Year's Eve filled with festive atmosphere, the palace was brightly lit and decorated with lights, and a grand dinner was being held.

Officials of the third rank and above came to the banquet with their families, and with the addition of many members of the royal family, the originally spacious Qianqing Palace now seemed overcrowded.

Ziwei, dressed in gorgeous palace attire, sat around a table with a group of princes and princesses. With a smile on her face, she patiently answered all sorts of strange questions from her younger siblings, her gentle and kind demeanor endearing.

Emperor Qianlong, the Empress, and the Empress Dowager entered the room one after another, and the atmosphere instantly became warm and cheerful. Everyone stood up and saluted, extending their most sincere New Year's greetings to them.

Yongqi carefully supported Xiaoyanzi and walked over. Xiaoyanzi was pregnant and her belly was slightly bulging. She snuggled up to Yongqi with a happy face.

However, Yongqi's attitude was a little surprising. He shouted at Qing'er without any politeness: "Xiaoyanzi is pregnant. Move over there and make a bigger space for us! Otherwise some blind guy will accidentally bump into her." When he spoke, his tone was not only blunt and rude, but his face also revealed an arrogant and disdainful expression.

Xiaoyanzi was carrying Emperor Qianlong's first grandson, a truly auspicious event for the imperial family. Yongqi was naturally extremely nervous, fearing any mishap. However, if others knew his inner thoughts, they would likely sneer at him.

Although the Third Prince was frail and had no children, the Fourth Prince had two lively and lovely children. However, because the Fourth Prince was not favored by the Emperor, his children were not well-liked by the Emperor either.

The Fifth Prince has been out of favor for many days, and no one knows where his pitiful sense of superiority comes from.

The smile on Qing'er's face disappeared, and there was a hint of anger on her face. I didn't know what she was thinking. She didn't fight back, but stood up and leaned silently towards Ziwei.

Xiaoyanzi glanced at them proudly and was about to sit down.

"You guys go sit over there!" Ziwei pointed indifferently at a corner of the hall, her tone so cold it seemed like ice chips could fall off. Following her finger's direction, a lone table lay empty, its surroundings devoid of any seated figures.

Upon hearing this, Xiaoyanzi's eyes widened, and she looked at Ziwei in disbelief. Meanwhile, Yongqi clenched his teeth tightly, his cheeks puffed up slightly with anger.

"Ziwei, I am your fifth brother! Xiaoyanzi is your fifth sister-in-law. How can you talk to us like this? Have you forgotten the ups and downs we have experienced together?" Yongqi suppressed the anger in his heart and tried to use family affection to persuade Ziwei to change her mind.

"Fifth brother, you're so arrogant! You're just a princess, yet you dare to expect Princess Gulun to address you as Fifth Sister-in-law? Where on earth do you get such audacity?"

Yong Zhang, watching from the side, couldn't help but snort coldly. He had long since grown tired of this brainless fifth brother, who only knew how to rely on the Emperor's favor to look down on everyone. Back when Yong Qi was in power, his arrogance and disregard for everyone was truly disgusting. Now that he'd fallen from grace, he still dared to act so arrogantly and domineeringly. He was simply an unreasonable psychopath!

Yongqi sneered, "I'm talking to Ziwei, why are you butting in?"

"Just because I'm your third brother!" Yong Zhang said in a loud voice.

"Haha, hahahahahaha... I'm dying of laughter! Even if you are my third brother, what can you do? You have never received the slightest favor from the emperor! You are just a prince in name only, with the noble status of a prince in vain. What qualifications do you have to control me?"

As soon as Yongqi finished speaking, he suddenly realized that there was something wrong with the atmosphere around him. He looked up and saw that in this spacious and bright hall, the eyes of all the people present were focused on him.

At that moment, the Fifth Prince's shocking and treasonous words suddenly exploded in the hall like a thunderclap, and everyone heard it clearly.

Look at the emperor who is high above. His originally dignified face has now turned ashen with anger, as if he will erupt in thunderous wrath at any time.

Emperor Qianlong's face was gloomy as he stared intently at his once-beloved son, a rage blazing in his heart. As a prince of the Qing Empire, he dared to speak so arrogantly in front of so many ministers, openly defying his superiors. It was sheer audacity!

"Someone, come here! Quickly take the Fifth Prince and Xiaoyanzi back to the Prince's Palace. From now on, without my decree, they are not allowed to step out of the palace, and no one is allowed to visit them!" Qianlong suppressed the anger in his heart and issued the order coldly.

For a moment, the entire hall fell into a deathly silence. Only Yongqi's cry of disbelief suddenly echoed in everyone's ears: "Father Emperor, you...are you planning to imprison your son?"

"Hmph! You are such an unfaithful, unfilial, unkind and unjust evil creature! Since even your third brother can't control you, today I will personally teach you a lesson, you ignorant thing! Take him away from me now!" Qianlong's eyes widened with anger, he snorted coldly, and waved his sleeves, signaling the guards to execute his orders immediately.

Ziwei rubbed her fingers, feeling quite proud. This magic actually had the effect of a loudspeaker. Just look at how loudly Yongqi spoke just now. Everyone in the hall could hear it clearly.

Yongqi and the others were taken out quickly, not because of their cooperation, but because Ziwei used magic again.

Everyone secretly looked at Qianlong above, and suddenly realized that few palace banquets in the palace could go on normally recently.

Ziwei stood up and shouted, "Father, your daughter and the Ministry of Works have made some gifts for everyone. Why don't we go outside and take a look?"

Qianlong agreed, and everyone went outside.

The Queen Mother sighed. How could Yongqi have grown up so crooked? That Xiaoyanzi was just a hooligans on the streets of the capital, how could she have charmed a prince so much? Ultimately, it was his own thinking that was flawed!

"Queen Mother, let's go and see the gifts Ziwei prepared. They must be beautiful. Qing'er is so excited!"

Qing'er knew that the Queen Mother was sad about the Fifth Prince, and didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only divert her attention in this way.