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Along the way, the atmosphere was heavy, and Shen Qi guessed that they had met with a thorny problem. She tried her best to reduce the feeling of her own existence, and was able to tell that Duke Xian was feeling extremely frustrated, so she didn't vent her anger on him.

After returning to the Duke Palace, Shen Qi instructed the kitchen to bring the duck meat porridge over, "Your Highness, you should eat a bowl of porridge." There wasn't much to eat at the banquet, so who would still have an appetite when something like this happened?

Duke Xian nodded his head but did not object. Looking at Shen Qi who seemed to be a little afraid of him, she knew that her expression might not be good, so she restrained his own Qi, "It's okay, I'll tell you after dinner."

Shen Qi smiled and nodded her head. Seeing that she was smiling again, Duke Xian's mood improved a lot. She reached out to stroke her hair, then calmly began to eat the porridge.

Shen Qi blinked her eyes, indicating that she was still a little confused. The person who was previously covered in cold air was actually stroking her hair, but seeing that Duke Xian was not doing anything, Shen Qi found it funny, and seeing him look over, she immediately lowered her head and started to eat her porridge.

After washing his face and rinsing his mouth, there were only two people left in the room. The moment he opened his mouth, he received such explosive news, causing Shen Qi to be unable to react for a long time.

She knew that the women of the imperial harem were scheming and scheming against everything they could, but under such circumstances, didn't they still scheme against the empress? It had to be known that the empress had personally organized such a banquet, so it was difficult for Empress Chi to let go of the blame.

Of course, there was a possibility that the empress had done so, after all, everyone would think about who would ruin the signboard on such an occasion. Of course, there was a possibility that the empress had done so, because everyone would think of who would ruin the signboard on such an occasion.

However, no matter if it was the people who framed her or the empress, the empress would still be held responsible in the end. If she didn't do it, then she would be charged with incompetent supervision, and if she did it, that would be even worse.

No matter how mature and steady she was, she was still a little girl. It was unknown if telling her all these would scare her, but Duke Xian suddenly realized that he shouldn't have told her anything. What if the little girl was afraid?

Seeing that she was only surprised at such a matter, King Xian put down his food and shook his head. "This matter is extremely similar to what happened ten years ago, when my Imperial Father was still alive."

Shen Qi blinked her eyes. She could not react. How could such a banquet be so easy to deal with? And what did he mean by that?

Maybe the doubt in Shen Qi's eyes was too obvious, for she had pleased Duke Xian, who had kindly answered her, "At that time, the reason for the matter was because of mother, and she had always suspected that it was Consort De's doing, but at that time, the Consort De was favored by the palace to the gods, and the Queen Mother's hands were limited, even if she suspected that it was her, she did not have any evidence to prove that it was her doing. In the end, she decided to let it be.

Even this one month was enough to make them anxious. The Consort De was already favored by herself, and she became even more unscrupulous with her authority. It was at that time that she blew on the side of the late emperor and arranged such a marriage just to humiliate him.

At this point, he had to first explain the reason why Duke Xian's two fiancées were in such a miserable state.

The first Queen's Consort who did not pass the gates was the direct daughter of Prince An Qing, who was crippled by war because he held the military power. Thus, the late emperor, remembering his contributions to the imperial court and his final miserable ending, gave him the title of Prince An Qing, the only prince of the opposite sex so far.

Normally, this kind of person's daughter, regardless of background or talent, could afford it as the Queen's Consort. But this Princess An Qing relied on her beautiful and sexy figure to stir up trouble everywhere, and there were a lot of people who attended the scene, she was a slut who was weak, did not know etiquette or shame, and could marry anyone she wanted.

Not to mention being a royal daughter-in-law, even an average family wouldn't want such a woman as their daughter-in-law. Why would they give her to King Duanren?

This was the result of the late emperor's favorite concubine, the Consort De Empress blowing wind by the emperor's ear. It was used to humiliate Prince Ying and his mother.

Although this kind of woman, King Duanren, seemed to agree to the marriage on the surface, from beginning to end, he had never thought of marrying into their family, even if the situation at the time had been disadvantageous to them.

Fortunately, Princess Anqing was two years older than Prince Xian, so he could delay the marriage due to her being too young. Prince An Qing also knew about his daughter's character, so he didn't dare force her to marry into his household. Just like that, two years later, Prince An Qing's wings gradually grew, and then he found an opportunity to silently let her die in the Prince An Qing's mansion.

If one were to say that she had been scared to death, then Princess An Qing had truly been scared to death.

However, the candidate for the second wangfei was decided by the Esteemed Empress Dowager herself after Her Majesty ascended to the throne. She was the direct daughter of the previous prime minister, and possessed sufficient status and power.

After he ascended the throne of the emperor, the former prime minister handed in a paper slip to announce his arrival, and neither of his two sons had inherited the talents of the old prime minister.

Of course, the one assigned to King Xian was the eldest daughter of Shu Jisi, but not long after, this Miss Wang suffered a strange illness and died without being able to cure it.

From then on, King Quan's reputation was in an irreparable mess. Coupled with the deliberate propaganda from others, it led to the current situation.

Furthermore, at that time, the Consort De was in charge of the palace for a month and the Queen was in seclusion for a month. At that time, no matter what the Consort De wanted to do, she could do it within a month and it wouldn't matter.

Every time King Duanren thought of the proud face of the Consort De at that time, he hated his Imperial Father even more. A bunch of women in such a harem dared to say that they were deeply in love, even if it meant his death, he wouldn't give up on his plans for the woman he loved.

If royal father had 10% of the determination and power of royal grandfather, he would not have allowed them to fall into their current situation.

But when Shen Qi heard his words, she was completely stunned, "Your Highness, are you saying that this was done by the King Rui? King Rui's men snuck into the Imperial Palace? "

The Consort De was clearly telling them that what happened ten years ago was done by her. And now she was using this move to humiliate her royal brother, even if he ascended to the throne, he still wouldn't be able to keep his royal heir. This time, she wanted to make a concubine concubine concubine bear a little, so what about the next time?

However, he still shook his head and said, "He is the person who doesn't care whether or not there's him in the palace." That is to say, these nails have always been there. However, let's see how deep you have buried them!

Many of the officials who attended the banquet had also heard about it, so no one dared to speak up when something like this happened. They were afraid of getting into trouble, but fortunately, the imperial court sent them off on the new year, so they didn't have to worry about incurring the emperor's wrath.

It was common for people to fight in the harem. They never thought that someone would have the guts to make a move at the New Year's Eve banquet. Some of the elders could not help but recall a similar incident in the former emperor's era.

In the past two days, the Emperor's mood had been terrible. The imperial concubines in the palace had all started acting like a man who didn't dare to provoke him. They didn't even dare use their usual pampering tactics anymore, and they all wished that the Emperor wouldn't come to their own palace.

Leng Ning had been fine these past two days, but if she were to provoke the Emperor at this time and make him unhappy, then she would most likely be able to make him stay aloof for the rest of his life.

The empress dowager's heart was in a mess as well. There were four sons and two daughters in total, and amongst the princes, other than the eldest prince who was given to her by the empress, they were all concubines under the rank of concubine. The eldest princess' matriarch was a concubine, and the second princess was a concubine from the Lifei.

Even though the empress dowager already had a few grandchildren, no one would turn their back on the child, especially with the matter of the concubine, which reminded her of what had happened to her ten years ago. The person she hated the most in her life was Consort De, and he had also fought with her for half of her life.

Thinking about how the late emperor had planned all these for the Consort De, the empress dowager gritted her teeth in hatred. She hated the Consort De and wished that she could die, especially at a time like this.

If the late emperor had investigated thoroughly back then, he would not have wronged her. Even if she had punished him for his miscarriage of justice, he would not have allowed the authority of the palace to be given to the Consort De to manage. If that had happened, his reputation would not have been reduced to such a level that a marriage could be arranged for him.

The empress was in a bad mood as well. Whether it was her doing or not, she had to take responsibility for such a thing, so she had vomited to death in the past two days. Fortunately, the empress dowager trusted her and sent people to comfort her.

When Shen Qi followed him to the palace to pay respects to the empress dowager, he went to the Sacred Gan Palace to discuss things with the emperor at the place where the emperor would review the imperial reports.

The empress dowager was in a bad mood, yet she didn't have the leisure to bother with Shen Qi. She simply spoke a few sentences and accompanied her after finishing her meal to send Shen Qi out of the palace, while King Duanren might have finished his discussion with the emperor and returned to the prince's estate together with him. However, he wasn't in a good mood, even though he had been expressionless the entire time, Shen Qi could still feel that he was in a bad mood.

After returning to the Duke Palace, he said to Shen Qi, "This king will go to the study room, you rest first." Yesterday's incident had caused quite a commotion, and since he had gotten up early this morning to go to the palace, he was still rather tired.

Shen Qi nodded his head, "Your highness should also pay attention to your body." In the end, she said in a considerate tone.

When Prince Duan heard this, he felt much better due to the events of the morning. The corners of his mouth curved up into a smile. He reached out to caress her hair and said, "I understand now." Then he turned around and left.

Shen Qi, "..." Was she addicted to touching her own hair? Then she shook her head and went back to sleep.

Although some things had affected their mood, Shen Qi still ordered all the servants in the house to get a red packet. Everyone had worked hard for a year during the New Year, but they would always reward Shen Qi with some silver coins in the end.

In fact, there was a bit of joy on the outside, but everyone knew that they were affected. Consort De and King Rui had achieved their goals successfully, and they definitely did not intend to cause much damage at this time.