Chapter 54 Check and Balance
As soon as the iron door opened and closed, there was no sound at all.

Chu Wei washed his hands, and when he wiped his hands, he took out his hands, and the frown between his eyebrows relaxed slightly.

Thinking of that little girl, his heavy heart relaxed a lot.

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In two days' time it will be the first day of the sixth lunar month. The Great Moon Dynasty attaches great importance to this festival. There are various celebrations among the people. In the imperial court, the emperor also entertains all officials.

At the end of April, all the ministries and divisions in the palace started preparations for the official banquet.

It's almost the end of the month, and the palace, which was festive and lively just a few days ago, is now a deserted scene.

Since yesterday afternoon, the Empress has been out of business. The second prince, Prince Huan, was raised by the Empress. Although he is not her biological son, the relationship between the two parties is very strong.

As soon as something happened to King Huan, a ten-level cold wind immediately blew in the Queen's place.

In the tall and spacious palace, the queen was leaning on the pillow with a sickly face, and a palace maid was sitting behind her, carefully pressing her temples.

The sound of shoe soles touching the ground was heard, and in the silence where a pindrop could be heard, the percussion made people panic.

Therefore, even though the visitor tried his best to be careful, the queen still sat upright the moment the footsteps sounded.

An old woman wearing dark brown palace clothes came in. The queen stared at the visitor and asked, "How about it? Is there any room for return from Prince Huan?"

The old woman walked in, and whispered with a deep eyebrow: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that it is dangerous, but His Highness Prince Huan doesn't care. I don't know if there is a secret hidden behind it that cannot be unearthed, or because I really can't wait any longer. Yesterday The emperor ordered the imperial guards to surround the residence of Prince Huan, but His Highness Prince Huan actually sent a letter back in advance to let the emperor's grandson escape."

The queen's face turned pale in an instant, and her two-inch long fingers almost split on the cold jade mat.

"Your Majesty," the old lady hurriedly took the Queen's hand and asked the little maid to fetch the scissors.

The queen didn't care about this and murmured: "We can't let King Huan harm my Qi family. We have to find a way."

The old woman whispered: "The emperor was so angry that when he came back yesterday, he followed Concubine Zhuang's words and removed your authority to manage the Sixth Palace. If you intercede on behalf of King Huan, I'm afraid..."

Everyone knows how King Huan, whose biological mother came from a humble background, was raised by the queen.The emperor wanted someone to check and balance the eldest prince who was born in a lineage and had excellent talents, so he had Prince Huan, who later became a valuable but not noble prince.

The following three princes, King Jing, the fourth prince, King Sui, and the fifth prince, King Ying, were all crowned kings in recent years, and the biological mother with the highest status was Concubine Liu, the mother of the King of England.

The mother of King Jing and King Sui is still a noble person to this day.

Emperor Xining did not want his other sons to covet the position of the eldest prince, nor did he want the prince to be too prominent. Such a shaky balance has been maintained for five or six years.

Now that the second prince falls, no one will be able to check and balance the prince for a while.

Therefore, our Qi family still has a chance to snag His Highness King Huan.

After thinking about it in her heart, the queen looked fiercely, grabbed the old woman's arm, and whispered something in her ear.

The old woman looked horrified and persuaded in a low voice: "My dear, no. That is the only son of Princess Luyang. Your Majesty trusts her very much, so you may not believe it."

The queen sneered and asked: "The eldest prince, who is the same mother as Princess Luyang, is still a trustworthy person in the eyes of the emperor? Ruiminghou, after all, is far away from the bloodline. The emperor's trust in him, Easier to be shaken."

After another two days, Xin Nuo, who had learned some rough etiquette, was finally notified by Mrs. Cheng: "Go to bed early tonight, wake up early tomorrow, and I will take you to the big banquet in the palace."

It had been two days since I had seen Chu Wei. When he heard this, Xin Nuo's eyes lit up and asked, "Will there be many people there?"

Mrs. Cheng folded her hands and put them on her knees. After hearing this, she nodded proudly and said slowly: "This is natural. When the time comes, you must not be rude."

Xinnuo nodded, looking forward to tomorrow.

She embroidered a lizard on the handkerchief. Grandma said it looked pretty, and my senior brother must also like it.

Mrs. Cheng explained a few more words. Seeing that Xin Nuo was still obedient, she waved her hand to ask her to retreat.

At this time, Nanny Chen, who was beside the old lady, came in with a plate of hairpin flowers and said with a smile: "Old madam, the hairpins you ordered to make for the ladies at home a few days ago have been delivered. Look, each one is very delicate. Woolen cloth."

Grandma Chen was very dignified with Mrs. Cheng, and said to Xin Nuo: "Second Miss, it's just right. You can choose first before leaving."

Mrs. Cheng was not angry, but just took a look at Xinnuo, this girl is only wearing a light blue summer dress today, with elegant floral trims, the simple clothes still have a strong beauty on her body.

Mrs. Cheng was very satisfied with her granddaughter's appearance, but the gestures she occasionally showed could not match this beauty at all.

"Take your pick," Mrs. Cheng picked up a cup of tea and took a sip, leaning leisurely on the armrest of the chair, "Tell me to see if you have learned anything in the past few days."

Since it was called picking things, Xin Nuo was not polite at all.

Grandma Chen opened the red cloth on the tray, glanced around, and picked out the two most complicated and expensive ones.

Mrs. Cheng nodded slowly, "The orchid-style one is noble and matches your clothes today. Come on down."

Fortunately, this approach was in line with Mrs. Cheng's wishes, otherwise she would have had to listen to a bunch of embarrassing words again.

But to be honest, at this time, the craftsmen who specialize in hairpin rings for your family, what kind of things they make don’t have a lot of good things to say?
Xinnuo came out with a golden magnolia hairpin in her hand, and met Cheng Xuelian face to face, and looked aside, her big maid was indeed carrying another food box.

"Eldest sister is here to deliver cakes to grandma again?"

In the past two days, Xin Nuo has found out the temperament of several sisters in the family.

The eldest sister Cheng Xuelian is the most considerate and filial. She cooks some exquisite and delicious cakes every day and sends them to Mrs. Cheng to show her filial piety.

Cheng Xuelan, on the other hand, uses her innocence and naivety to please people. The third lady who doesn't often go out to hang out with her sisters is called Cheng Xueyun. She is a talented woman with some talents.

The Cheng family and even Cheng Xueyao pretended to be good to Xinnuo, but Cheng Xueyun made no secret of his disdain for Xinnuo from Xia Liba.

Therefore, Xinnuo didn't pay much attention to her. For example, when they met during greetings on weekdays, they didn't even say a friendly greeting on the surface.

(End of this chapter)

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