Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 358 The Queen Mother Lifted the House Arrest

Ningyuxuan.

"Jieyu Lin is locked up, and the Queen Mother is under house arrest. We can't have a good New Year this year."

Concubine Du breathed a sigh of relief, as she was now in charge of the affairs of the harem.

The New Year’s Eve banquet every year is a big event. The ministers in the court and their families, as long as they are of high rank, will attend the New Year’s Eve banquet held in the palace.

She was not afraid of anything else but big banquets, and she was afraid that Concubine Lin would give her a surprise attack like she did at the family reunion banquet.

Even if the truth is found out later, it is still disgusting.

The most important thing is that if something goes wrong with the New Year’s Eve dinner, it would be a big deal, involving so many people outside the palace.

Not only will it be unlucky, but she will also have to bear the responsibility.

Don't think she doesn't know that after the Queen was deposed, the Queen Mother dreamed of taking the power of managing the harem from her.

So just waiting for her to make a mistake.

If it were the former Concubine Du, she would not bother to think about these things, and she would not care whether she had power or not.

She knew that she couldn't hold that position, so why bother making wedding dresses for others.

Besides, she is not short of money. Whoever sits on that position can deduct the food, clothing and other expenses of a concubine from her.

But now she doesn't think so. First of all, she has to make plans for the eldest princess.

Only if she, the mother, has real power can the eldest princess live a better life.

The second reason is for the Concubine Ye in front of him.

She had a hunch that this Concubine Ye would definitely move higher, and she had to protect this position for her.

Ye Jieyu...is definitely not as harmless as they see her to be.

Therefore, it is a good thing that Concubine Lin is locked up. Without this troublemaker like her, Concubine Du feels that the air is a lot fresher.

"Not always…"

Huang Ye poured cold water on her without any hesitation.

Seeing Concubine Du's puzzled look, Huang Ye raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the Cining Palace.

"She has been under house arrest for almost half a year. Can she be under house arrest again during the New Year?"

What Huang Ye didn't say was that even for the sake of filial piety, the emperor would lift the empress dowager's house arrest.

If everything goes as expected, the Empress Dowager will come out on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, when the Chinese New Year comes.

Princess Du had indeed not thought of this before, and her heart suddenly began to tighten.

"The Queen Mother has long been eyeing the power in the hands of the deposed Queen, and now that the deposed Queen has fallen..."

"She can then legitimately take back the power of the harem."

Huang Ye took over her words.

"That…"

Princess Du opened her mouth but could not utter a word.

After a while, Concubine Du finally sighed.

"Are we just going to let the Queen Mother bring disaster to the harem once again?"

She asked Huang Ye.

"Before, it was only the Queen Mother who was making trouble, and now Concubine Xu has joined in..."

"Don't worry, sister. The emperor won't let her do whatever she wants."

Huang Ye thought much more than Du Fei did.

If the Queen Mother were to lift the house arrest, wouldn't the first person she would deal with be the thorn in her side, the Queen Mother's side?

Even if the Queen Mother did not fight for the management rights of the harem, there was no doubt that she wanted to kill herself.

Therefore, she also had to be extremely alert to deal with the provocation and suppression from the Queen Mother.

In any case, the title of the Queen Mother is there, and it is easy to punish her by using her status as an elder.

Qianqing Palace.

The Great Xia Dynasty celebrated the Little New Year on the night of the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month.

The palace is holding a banquet in the Qianqing Palace tonight to celebrate the New Year.

As Huang Ye expected, the Emperor lifted the empress dowager's house arrest on this day, so she would also come to the Qianqing Palace tonight.

Before evening, guests who were eligible to attend the palace's New Year's Eve banquet had arrived one after another.

Just as Huang Ye had expected, Prince Su and his family did not come to attend the New Year's Eve banquet this time.

This time, Huang Ye's seat was no longer against the wall, but at the same table with Concubine Liang and the two beauties.

Huang Ye sighed, there were too few concubines in the harem, and they couldn't even fill two tables.

When An Ning came in, the first thing she did was to look for where Huang Ye was sitting.

Her eyes lit up when she saw Huang Ye, and she came over and sat next to her. She was alone anyway, so it didn't matter where she sat.

"Princess, it's not appropriate for you to sit here. You will have dinner with the Queen Mother when she comes."

Huang Ye whispered to her.

"She has Xu Rou with her, so she won't pay attention to me."

An Ning curled her lips.

Ever since her mother scolded her and told her to die, she has never been to the Cining Palace again.

Huang Ye knew that she was heartbroken and did not try to persuade her anymore.

Forget it. The Queen Mother will definitely find fault with her when she sees her sitting with me.

Then let her say a few words. It won’t hurt you to say a few words.

The Queen Mother came in when almost everyone had arrived. She was wearing a bright red palace dress and looked very happy.

and also…

Who else could it be but Xu Rou and Shi Cairen who were supporting her on both sides?

When they saw the Empress Dowager come in, everyone in the Qianqing Palace stood up and saluted her.

Although everyone knew why she was released from house arrest, she was the emperor's mother and not someone they could look down upon.

Huang Ye looked at the table against the wall again.

Now there were only Jin Cairen and Jiang Cairen at the table, looking a little pitiful.

Huang Ye thought about it and decided to discuss with An Ning and ask her to go over with him and sit with them, so that the table would not seem so deserted.

"Princess, let's go sit over there. It's more relaxed there."

An Ning nodded. She was a person who didn't care about details. She would sit wherever Concubine Ye was.

Huang Ye apologized to Liang Fei and pulled An Ning up, and the two of them walked towards the table together.

"An Ning, come and sit here with me."

The Queen Mother suppressed her anger and looked at An Ning lovingly and called out.

Even if An Ning was unwilling in her heart, she could not offend the empress dowager in front of so many people.

"Ye Jieyu, I'll come play with you after dinner."

An Ning's face was almost filled with unhappiness as she reluctantly walked towards the Empress Dowager's table.

Seeing An Ning coming over, Shi Yaoyao hurriedly stood up and saluted, giving up her seat next to the empress dowager.

Then she signaled to the palace maid serving her to pour another bowl of tea, and placed it respectfully in front of An Ning with both hands.

Xu Rou sat there motionless.

She knew that An Ning was not favored by her aunt, the Empress Dowager. She knew that she was much more favored by her aunt than An Ning.

Besides, a divorced princess was not worth her fawning over.

The Queen Mother did not feel anything was wrong about Xu Rou's rudeness towards An Ning.

She just saw An Ning and that Concubine Ye walking together and felt it was an eyesore, so she separated them on purpose.

Not only did her daughter get married and then divorced, she also brought shame to her.

She hangs out with that Concubine Ye all day long. Doesn't she know that she and Concubine Ye have an irreconcilable feud?

If she hadn't still had some sense, the Queen Mother would have really wanted to curse loudly. She really didn't want this daughter of hers anymore.

The Queen Mother regretted now that she should not have called An Ning to her table to get in her way.

In her heart, even Shi Cairen was much closer to her than An Ning.