Rebirth: The wedding night, my whole family was exiled, I raised 500,000 soldiers

For this palace banquet, Emperor Renxiao asked the Empress and the eldest prince's wife to jointly organize it.

It not only honored the eldest prince, but also did not lose face for Zhou Ruyuan.

After all, Zhou Ruyuan doesn’t even have a wife now.

The eldest prince's wife was officially released from house arrest. In order to organize this banquet well, she went into the palace early every day and left only after the palace gates were locked.

Queen Qi Yingqun was busy for two days. On the third day, the eighteenth prince felt unwell. After that, Qi Yingqun focused on taking care of the eighteenth prince and left the matter of organizing the palace banquet to the eldest prince's wife.

After Zhou Rulin learned about it, he went to the palace, and then several unmarried princesses and Shen Yuantang were arranged to help the eldest prince's wife organize the palace banquet.

When Concubine Shu heard the news, she was so angry that she almost fainted.

"My queen, why don't you find an excuse to transfer the concubine away?"

After thinking for a moment, Concubine Shu said viciously, "She is just a concubine. If we just call her away, wouldn't it arouse suspicion?"

Now that the concubine is gone, she is gone. When she recovers, I will choose a better one for her son.

"Don't let me find out who is plotting against me this time. When I find out, I will tear that person into pieces!"

Fortunately, the doctor who came to check her pulse that day was her man. Otherwise, if the news of the false pregnancy spread, not only would she be banished to the cold palace, but her son would also be implicated.

Her son's reputation is already damaged, and she cannot have another mother faking a pregnancy to deceive His Majesty.

……

On the night of the palace banquet, Shen Lanxi was setting up wine in the courtyard, with three or five subordinates beside her, looking up in the direction of the imperial palace.

wait!

A solitary moon hangs in the sky, and a carrier pigeon flies over.

Che Mingyuan opened the message with a smile on his face.

"Just as you expected, sir~!"

Shen Lanxi raised her glass to the moon and drank it all in one gulp.

If something happens in the palace, no one attending the palace banquet will be allowed to leave.

The door of the Juding Mansion was knocked open overnight.

"His Majesty has ordered, Lord Ju Ding, enter the palace immediately!"

Shen Lanxi calculated the time and found that she had stayed in the mansion for exactly fifteen days.

……

All those who attended the palace banquet were detained in the main hall. This incident was a family scandal, and Emperor Renxiao meant that family disgrace should not be made public.

If we ask Shen Lanxi to come over, we won’t have to alert the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice.

"Long live His Majesty!" Shen Lanxi kowtowed.

Emperor Renxiao was furious and had a headache. Now that Shen Lanxi was here, someone finally did something that would offend others.

"Your Majesty, I already know what happened on the way here."

Emperor Renxiao nodded, Wang Bao always did things properly.

"I will definitely live up to the emperor's grace and get to the bottom of this matter!"

Emperor Renxiao stood up and said, "Everyone is here, you can ask them slowly. I will go and see Concubine Shu."

The Queen also stood up and said, "I will accompany Your Majesty to visit!"

The emperor and empress left one after another.

Shen Lanxi walked to where the eldest prince and his wife were, nodded to the eldest prince, and then began to follow the procedure.

"Everyone, I am also doing my duty under the Emperor's orders. If I have offended you, please forgive me."

Zhou Rulin had a gloomy face, but when he saw Shen Lanxi coming over, he relaxed a little.

"Sir Shen, Cao has been with me for many years. Although she is a bit domineering, she would never cause trouble in such an occasion. Please judge for yourself, Sir Shen."

Cao was already frightened out of her wits. She didn't understand why Concubine Shu had her bleeding when she just offered her a glass of wine.

How did she become a murderer of the heir to the throne?

"I am innocent. I didn't even touch the corner of Concubine Shu's clothes today." Cao had long lost her previous arrogance. Before she even opened her mouth, she broke down and cried.

Shen Lanxi: "Every word the eldest princess says will be recorded. If you are truly innocent, please tell the truth so that we can clear the eldest princess' name as soon as possible."

Just now when Emperor Renxiao was here, Cao was only concerned with being afraid and didn't care about anything else.

Now that the emperor and empress are gone, Cao has relaxed and is unable to control her emotions.

"I am innocent. I did not murder the heir to the throne. I did not..."

Zhou Rulin's face was dark, and she kept cursing at him in her heart. She kept yelling when she was not allowed to speak just now. Now that she was allowed to speak, she couldn't say anything.

Useless thing. He should have listened to his father and dealt with Cao.

"Cao, calm down and think carefully about what you have done today." Even if Zhou Rulin hated Cao in his heart, he could not show it at this juncture.

Cao collapsed on the ground, covering her face with a handkerchief, sobbing. She did listen to what Zhou Rulin said, but the more she listened, the more aggrieved she felt, and the more aggrieved she felt, the more she wanted to cry.

"I have been working hard these past few days, just to make sure that the palace banquet is well organized. I haven't had a good rest for several days because of this."

"Why do you blame me when something goes wrong..."

"With so many people joining in the palace banquet, why are they only targeting me..."

Zhou Rulin's face was dark and he was furious.

He explained to Shen Lanxi awkwardly: "She is upset for a while, why don't you let her take it easy and ask someone else first?"

Shen Lanxi nodded: "Okay."

Everyone present here is a royal descendant and a noble. How could she really make things difficult for anyone?

The remaining person in charge of the palace banquet, besides several princesses, was Shen Yuantang.

After the incident, the princesses had already hidden away.

When Shen Lanxi glanced over, the princesses shrank back even more.

"Who will come first? Ask earlier so you can go back and rest earlier."

Zhou Ruyuan whispered something to Shen Yuantang beside him, and Shen Yuantang stood up.

"Let me do it. If the Empress Shufei is to be believed according to folk sayings, she is my mother-in-law. There is absolutely no way I would murder my own mother-in-law." Shen Yuantang said righteously.

Shen Lanxi: "The imperial physician said that musk, saffron and other substances were added to the wine that Concubine Shu drank. Who was responsible for the wine?"

Shen Yuantang looked at Cao: "The eldest prince's wife is in charge."

Cao, who had been crying incessantly, suddenly stopped crying.

She swiftly got up from the ground, pointed at Shen Yuantang and started yelling.

"Concubine Shen, what do you mean?"

"How could I possibly plot against Concubine Shu? Please stop slandering me."

"Shen Lanxi, don't favor Shen Yuantang just because she is your sister and put the blame on me. When the Grand Princess hosted the flower viewing banquet, many people knew that we had a feud. If you dare to take revenge, I will ask my father to make the decision!"

Zhou Rulin couldn't stand it anymore and yelled in a low voice: "Shut up!"

Cao: "You are helping Shen Lanxi too? Are you attracted to Shen Lanxi's face?"

Zhou Rulin's face was so dark that he couldn't even face people.

"Cao, don't force me to have someone gag you. Don't you see where you are? If you dare to talk nonsense again, even if it turns out that you have nothing to do with it, I will ask for an imperial decree to depose you!"

Cao screamed loudly.

Shen Lanxi: "The eldest prince's wife is obstructing the investigation. Someone, shut her up. If she dares to make trouble again, I will write to His Majesty and make her guilty as the murderer!"