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Concubine Wan Shu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you let me take you back? My father sent me a basket of lychees a few days ago for me to try. I couldn't bear to eat them, so I saved them for Your Majesty."

Lychees are very precious, and Emperor Jingzhang only got a few pounds this year. Wan Liming was really generous and sent a whole basket.

He glanced at Concubine Wan Shu, turned his sleeves and snorted coldly, "What a stupid woman."

Ling Yan frowned. His mother was too impatient. Lychees were tributes. How could they be brought up at this time?

He also stood up and said, "Mother, the lychees that grandpa gave you are the two kilograms that father gave him as a reward some time ago. They were packed in a small basket, so how can they be considered a basket?"

Concubine Wan Shu knew she had said something wrong, and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes, I saw that the small basket was very delicately made, so I just said that. Your Majesty..."

Emperor Jingzhang exhaled deeply, "Alright, both of you don't have to see me off, just enjoy your meal. Zhang Desheng, you come back with me."

"Yes." Zhang Desheng hurried forward to help. Emperor Jingzhang had drunk a little too much and was now upset by the open and secret struggles between his brothers. He didn't want to stay here anymore.

It would be better to let Zhang Desheng find a few young and soft-bodied palace maids to sleep with him.

As soon as Emperor Jingzhang left, Empress Jiang and Concubine Wan snorted at each other, neither of them liking the other.

Concubine Wan Shu continued to sit down and eat, enjoying the singing and dancing in the center of the hall.

But Queen Jiang was worried about her eldest son, so she couldn't sit still and left. Before leaving, she looked at Ling Yao deeply.

Ling Yao felt guilty after being looked at by this person, and walked over with his head held high: "Mother, let me help you."

Queen Jiang hummed lightly but did not withdraw her hand.

The most important people at the table had already left, and the rest of the people relaxed and began to toast each other, eat and drink, with a tacit smile between them, and everything was said without words.

Zhou Caiyao attended the palace banquet today as a maid, so there was no seat for her. She had been serving Zhu Anhe with a wine jug in her hand, and also witnessed the game between the royal families.

What's more, she realized that these princes and grandchildren were not as easy to get along with as rumored by the outside world. On the contrary, His Royal Highness Prince Heng was as gentle as jade, a gentleman, and was many times better than the others.

Her eyes always fell on Ling Heng from time to time, and naturally she also noticed that Ling Heng helped a little eunuch a quarter of an hour ago.

She fell more and more in love with him, and didn't notice that someone was looking at her.

Ling Shijiang glanced around the venue, raised his eyebrows and smiled, his eyes fixed on Zhou Caiyao.

At this glance, he found that the girl's mind was entirely on Ling Heng. He turned his head to look at Ling Heng again and saw that he was picking up a piece of fish with chopsticks. After carefully picking out the fish bones, he put the fish meat into Li Shuangwan's bowl and whispered something in her ear.

Li Shuangwan smiled faintly, a blush appeared on her face, and she picked up the fish with chopsticks and ate it.

The shy way the woman ate the fish made Ling Shijiang feel very uncomfortable. Ever since he saw this woman in the palace that time, he often thought of her and even wanted to pin her under him and torture her in his dreams.

He had played with many women, but he had never played with the daughter of a general. There was a kind of heroic spirit between the eyebrows of that woman that could make people fall in love with her. The cinnabar mole between her eyebrows added a touch of charm to her heroic spirit.

Heroic and charming, two completely opposite temperaments, are naturally present in her, making her incredibly beautiful.

Ling Shijiang took a big gulp of the wine. As the cold wine went down his throat, it immediately started burning in his stomach.

As he put down his wine glass, he glanced at the woman behind Zhu Anhe. The woman looked very similar to Li Shuangwan, but unfortunately she lacked that alluring heroism and charm.

However, he noticed something wrong on the woman's face as soon as he took a look. She was staring at Li Shuangwan's back with red eyes and a deep hatred in her eyes that made her want to eat him alive.

Ling Shijiang thought for a moment, touched his chin, and a vicious plan came to his mind. He whispered something to the eunuch behind him.

The young eunuch understood and quietly walked around behind Zhou Caiyao. As he passed by, he bumped into her arm with a little skill.

Zhou Caiyao's arm was knocked weak, and before she could make a sound, the wine jug fell to the ground.

Zhu Anhe was quick-witted and grabbed the wine jug with one hand. He shouted in a low voice: "What's going on? You can't even hold the wine jug. This is the imperial palace!"

Zhou Caiyao's face turned pale. She was currently a maid of the Zhu family. If a little maid like her got the wine jug smashed at the palace banquet today, she would be seriously injured if not killed.

But Zhu didn't ask any questions and started to accuse me.

Zhou Caiyao was trembling with fear and anger at the same time. If this happened to Li Shuangwan, she would still say the same thing. It would be too late to express her heartache!

Zhou Caiyao felt very aggrieved, but when she turned around, she could not see the eunuch who had bumped into her. She could only whisper with red eyes, "I didn't hold it firmly."

"I told you when you entered the palace that you must be careful with your words and actions in the palace. If you cause trouble, you will die without knowing how. I only dared to bring you into the palace after you promised me again and again."

"Yes, ma'am, I know I was wrong."

Seeing the wine stain on her skirt, Zhu Anhe said, "Okay, go to the side hall to change your clothes. Remember, the palace is different from other places. Let someone take you there. You must know clearly what you should and should not listen to, what you should and should not do."

Every young lady or lady who entered the palace would bring one or two sets of spare clothes, and the same went for the servants who served them. After entering the palace, someone would place their clothes in a side hall.

Zhou Caiyao responded in a low voice and quietly left the hall.

"Please take me to the side hall, young eunuch. I am Caiyao, a maidservant serving the wife of the general who guards the country." At the door, Zhou Caiyao said to a young eunuch who was standing at the door ready to serve her at any time.

The young eunuch glanced at the wine stains on her body and said indifferently, "Come with me."

"Thank you, young eunuch." Zhou Caiyao thanked him and followed the young eunuch.

After entering the side hall, the eunuch pointed to one of the cabinets and said, "This is the stuff from the General's Mansion. Miss, change your clothes and come out. The palace has its own rules. Don't stay in there for too long, and don't look through other people's stuff at will."

Although Zhou Caiyao was an actress, she had traveled extensively in recent years and had seen a lot of the world. She hurriedly stuffed a few taels of silver from her sleeve into the young eunuch's hands and said, "Yes, thank you for reminding me, eunuch."

The young eunuch looked better after receiving the silver: "You go and change it. I will guard the door for you."

The door closed and Zhou Caiyao was about to untie her belt when a tall figure loomed over her.