The emperor's eldest grandson's full moon banquet was held in the palace.
The emperor specifically told the ceremony to be solemn and solemnly skipped the morning session and went to the ancestral temple before dawn to burn incense and pray for blessings.
This shows the importance attached to this child.
Lan Ning and her son were picked up by the warm car in the palace, escorted by five hundred guards, and arrived at the palace early.
Everyone came to Furong Palace to see and praise the child for his good birth and strong growth.
The queen had recovered from her illness and specially asked someone to bring the emperor's grandson over. She said with a smile: "The palace has not heard the sound of children for a long time. This child has come at the right time."
Seeing the queen say this, everyone began to flatter her even more.
At three o'clock in the morning, Liang Jing came over and said to the queen and everyone: "Masters, please move to the Tian'en Hall. The banquet has been set up over there, and the ministers and wives have also arrived."
"Then let's go over! Wrap the emperor's grandson tightly. The same goes for Lan Ning, who is still weak." The queen said, holding Liang Jing's hand and standing up.
The ceremonial chariot outside has been prepared, and the ladies were carried to Tian'en Hall according to their order.
Ma Feiyan and Yao Wanyi were behind. These two people were quiet today and were extremely low-key.
When we arrived at Tian'en Hall, it was really grand.
Ma Feiyan and Yao Wanyi looked at each other and both smiled.
If it were normal times, Ma would be so angry when seeing such a scene.
But now she was indescribably happy. The higher the wedding stage was built, the harder someone fell.
The more people come, the more exciting the performance becomes.
The emperor had put so much effort into it, and when he found out that this child was no longer a member of the royal family, he would definitely become angrier and punish him more severely!
All in all, she is going to make things big today!
Beat those people to death with a stick! Let them never stand up again!
When she was angry, the Holy Spirit arrived.
Everyone present was busy greeting the Holy Master. The emperor was very happy and asked everyone to refrain from courtesy.
After he sat down, Shang Qiyan took the emperor's eldest grandson and carefully handed him into the emperor's hands.
"Hehe, this little guy is really fat and white." The emperor looked at his first grandson and said with a widened brow, "What a handsome child!"
He added: "It's a pity that Lao Wu has gone to provide disaster relief, but there is no rush at this moment.
You two are husband and wife, one is serving the country and the other is making meritorious service to the clan. They're all great! "
Lan Ning quickly knelt down to thank her, and said humbly: "It's all the blessing of our ancestors and the emperor and queen."
"Get up, get up, don't salute." The emperor has always been very fond of Lan Ning. "You are indeed a meritorious minister. I will give you a big gift soon."
Some people below could not help but whisper or exchange glances.
I wonder if this great gift is the fiefdom of Tanzhou.
After returning the child to Lan Ning, the emperor announced the banquet.
A group of dancers dressed in red and green Shi Shiran came out from behind the curtain, apparently about to perform a dance.
At this time, Ma had quietly left his seat and walked to the group of musicians.
He rushed the drummer aside, took the drum hammer himself, luckily, and started banging.
The dancers had just opened up their posture, but when they heard the music was wrong, they couldn't help but look back sideways.
The musicians were also panicked, but due to Ma's identity, they could not use force.
I could only plead: "Second Prince and Concubine, Second Prince and Concubine, please be merciful! Stop joking with the little ones."
But Ma ignored it and continued to hammer hard.
Concubine Ying couldn't sit still anymore and stopped her: "What is this kid doing? Come down!"
The queen also frowned, but just looked and said nothing.
Seeing that the fire was almost done, Mrs. Ma threw the drum hammer away, walked to the emperor and queen, and knelt down.
"Feiyan, what are you doing?" Only then did the queen ask.
"Daughter-in-law, please forgive me! I have no choice but to do this. I just want to ask the emperor and queen to make the decision for me." Ma Feiyan said she was sorry, but she didn't look like she had made any mistake. Instead, she was confident.
"What's going on? What grievances do you have, do you have to say it in front of everyone? Why are you so indifferent to the situation?!" Of course the queen wanted to reprimand her, even her own niece would have to reprimand her for being so unruly. It cannot be condoned.
However, she also vaguely sensed that something was going on here, and Ma was not so rude.
"My daughter-in-law played the drum just now to express her grievances," Mrs. Ma was waiting for the queen to ask her, "If there is a huge grievance, your majesty and the queen must make the decision together."
"Tell me what kind of grievance you have." Although the emperor was unhappy with Ma Feiyan's behavior, he did not get angry.
"Thank you, Your Majesty and the Empress, for your kindness," Ma Feiyan kowtowed, then took a deep breath and said, "It's a long story. It was only a month ago that a servant was kicked out of the fifth prince's house. Come to our house to find work.
The housekeeper didn't take him seriously. He just said that there was no shortage of people in the house and asked him to go elsewhere.
But the man refused to leave, saying that other governments did not dare to take him in.
When the housekeeper heard that he had committed a crime, he was about to take him back to the Fifth Prince's Mansion.
He argued that he came to us because he knew a huge secret and was afraid of being silenced.
Naturally, the butler asked him what was going on. He said that he accidentally heard people in the fifth prince's house talking about the emperor's eldest grandson being replaced by someone else.
What he said came and went, so he couldn't help but not believe it.
The housekeeper panicked and told me quickly. I immediately decided that he was a liar and ordered him to be tied up and sent to the government.
Unexpectedly, this man swore to the heavens and said that he knew who dropped the baby, the beggar woman who delivered the baby to the fifth prince's concubine.
He also told me to find this woman and question her. If what he said was wrong, I would be willing to be quartered with five horses.
I was a little hesitant when I heard this, thinking how could such a thing happen? But why would this man bet his life again? After thinking about it, it seems that someone is probably spreading such rumors intentionally.
Thinking of this, I couldn't sit still. The fifth prince was not in the capital, and the fifth brother and sister had just given birth. Is it okay for her to hear such a thing?
At the moment, the most important thing is to put this rumor to rest, otherwise it will be of no benefit to anyone.
Thinking of this, I ordered someone to find the woman who delivered the baby. Naturally, I wanted to find out who was spreading the rumor.
Who would have thought that the mother-in-law was so frightened to death when she arrived that I asked her who told her that the emperor's eldest grandson had been replaced?
She actually admitted it with a guilty conscience, saying that she shouldn't have been confused and greedy for money.
He entered from the left and found a newborn baby boy. Before delivering the baby, he quietly stuffed it into his clothes and brought it into the Fifth Prince's Mansion.
During the delivery, everyone was kicked out, and only she and a palace maid were beside Lan Ning.
Because Lan Ning had difficult labor for too long, the baby in her belly was stillborn.
So they took the opportunity to switch, put the stillborn fetus into a basket, covered it with a cloth, and then she took it out and threw it away! "
When Ma said this, most of the people in the room changed their expressions because her words were too shocking.
