The abandoned queen is reborn: she makes the prince cry and seizes the throne!

"Madam, calm down..." Ji Kang sighed softly, "The second house has no male heirs, only Ning Qiu, so it is inevitable that they feel weak and powerless. Madam, please be broad-minded and don't bother with them..."

Ji Yuanzheng was a little dissatisfied, "Since everyone thinks it's related to the second house, why didn't you point it out just now?"

My brother is thinking too simply. The secret methods used by the lady in the inner house are not as upright as killing on the battlefield.

"Yuanzheng, when your grandparents passed away, they reminded us many times before they died that the Ji family was not prosperous and the three branches must not be separated..." Mother Jiang said, "Do you think I want to live with the second and third branches? If it weren't for the will of our ancestors, the second and third branches would have returned to their hometown in Fanyang long ago."

"Are we going to have to endure them like this forever?" Ji Yuanzheng muttered softly.

Father Ji saw that Mother Jiang was unhappy and said, "Brothers should help each other more. Besides, it was the maid who gossiped about it, which made people outside suspicious. But now the truth has been revealed, so let's leave it at that..."

After saying that, he went out directly, and Ji Kang followed like a shadow. Then he protected Ji Kang's safety in the dark.

Ji Mengshu didn't react much. Because of the will of their ancestors, Ji Kang had been tolerant many times by the second and third houses, but this tolerance was limited. This incident was just the beginning of a crack. Once something has a crack, it is no longer indestructible.

Let's wait and see.

The next day is the Mid-Autumn Festival.

It was supposed to be a night for family reunion.

After an imperial edict came down, Ji Mengshu had to go to the palace to see the emperor again. Fortunately, she was not the only one who went to the palace. The royal family had a private banquet, and the eldest wife of the Ji family participated in it.

Hongye followed her silently and asked worriedly, "Miss... the Queen Mother will not keep you in the palace again, right?"

Ji Mengshu shook his head. "No, it's unreasonable to force me to stay in the palace on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Besides, my father, mother and brother will go with me."

Several people got on a carriage outside the Ji Mansion, and the group left in a shaky but orderly manner. After they left, a graceful figure suddenly appeared at the gate.

The sharp-eyed guard recognized the person in the dim sunlight and bowed, "Second Miss..."

Ever since Xiao Cui was beaten with twenty boards and sold off yesterday, she suddenly had no one to serve her. The new maid Xiao Yuan was just a newly bought servant in the mansion. She was clumsy and not good at doing things. How could she be as comfortable as Xiao Cui in serving her?

Seeing His Majesty's imperial edict arrive at the Ji Mansion, she followed everyone else in accepting the order with great joy, thinking that His Majesty would not forget about her, but in the end he still invited someone from the first wife in a formal manner.

It's just the title of a big house...

The carriage stopped steadily outside the palace, and the group entered the palace smoothly. Jiang Mu was dressed in the palace dress for meeting the emperor, and she was dressed very solemnly. Even Ji Mengshu had to wash and dress neatly before going out.

Because the banquet was not just for the emperor. According to the rules of the Dali Dynasty, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, all the royal relatives and princes from all over the country had to come to the palace to meet the emperor. The reason why the Ji family was invited here today was because Ji Mengshu was the future queen and would soon enter the harem.

"Shu'er, today is a grand occasion. Royal relatives from all over the country will be here. I won't say much about the etiquette and rules, but you still need to be careful with your words and actions and cannot make any mistakes." Along the way, Jiang's mother gave detailed instructions. Under the eyes of the royal family, even if you can't be pleasing to others, you must not make any mistakes.

"Yes, mother, rest assured, your daughter will be careful in what she says and does."

The palace held a night banquet with singing and dancing. The main hall was magnificent with carved beams and painted rafters.

Ji Mengshu followed Jiang's mother obediently. In front of her were the princesses and their husbands who had lived in the imperial city for a long time. Above them was the empress dowager.

A yellow gate outside the palace shouted, "Prince Changping has arrived——"

The man had a dark face and did not look like a good person. Ji Mengshu glanced at him quickly and then lowered his head to drink tea, waiting for the princes behind him to come in.

Most of these vassal kings were the brothers of the previous emperor, as well as the descendants of the previous emperor who were granted fiefs after the new emperor ascended the throne, that is, Ning Huaixuan’s brothers.

No matter whether they are uncles or aunts, they still have to pay respects when they meet their nephew, the emperor. Not only that, not long ago, Ning Huaixuan also stripped the titles of two vassal kings in succession, which made the vassal kings even more frightened.

"King Changyou has arrived—"

With her thin eyebrows slightly raised, Ji Mengshu slowly put down her teacup and looked at the man who came in from outside leisurely. He was wearing the same brown prince's four-clawed dragon robe.

He wore a jade crown on his head and looked normal. If he didn't have the dragon robe, he would have looked like a young master of a royal family.

Ning Rongzhang had been looking straight ahead since the moment he stepped in, but the gaze of someone on the side was so eye-catching that it didn't matter if he was distracted. It turned out to be Ji Mengshu.

Ning Rongzhang said it was terrible.

In front of her, he had always been a big businessman in Western Xinjiang. Now that he appeared at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, his identity was completely exposed.

However, why did the Ji family come to this year's Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet? Could it be that His Majesty wanted to announce to the world that Ji Mengshu was the future queen?

He walked through the hall with a worried look on his face. When he arrived in front of Ning Rongzhang, he bowed with everyone else, "Your Majesty, we pay our respects to you..."

"Oh my, most of you are Huaixuan's uncles, cousins, and we are all here for a family dinner. Kneeling here and there would seem strange. Hurry up and get up."

Everyone stood up. Ning Rongzhang and Ning Huaixuan were of the same generation. Ning Rongzhang's father, the former Prince Changyou, was the youngest son of Taizu. However, Taizu favored the concubine and made the concubine's son the emperor, the late emperor. However, the late emperor died early, and Ning Rongzhang became the emperor at a young age. Although Ning Rongzhang's father was the youngest son, he was never favored and was finally conferred a title in the remote place of Xijiang.

The emperor said that he was close to the emperor, but everyone present was stupid. If anyone really got close to the emperor, he would be close to death.

Ning Rongzhang was young and indeed not very conspicuous among the old and cunning princes. Moreover, the Western Frontier was a chaotic area with a bad geographical location, and the taxes collected each year were not high. Therefore, Ning Rongzhang was even less conspicuous.

After seeing Ji Mengshu, Ning Rongzhang looked calm on the surface, but he was furious inside. I was really careless this year. If I had known earlier, I would have asked Ah San to find out first.

Ah San followed behind Ning Rongzhang and naturally saw the girl from the Ji family across from him. She came close to her own prince and said with a smile, "Hehe... Prince, look, the girl from the Ji family is here too."

He was really talking about something that was not related to the topic. Ning Rongzhang gave him a look and Asan didn't dare to say anything.

How cruel! He was clearly telling the truth.