Chapter 24: The Palace Banquet (6)

The arrival of Mo Lingxin caused turbulent waves in the harem. The concubine knew about her existence, and the emperor accompanied her to dine, even if it was not the concubine, it made them jealous. I don't know how many concubines have dropped their favorite porcelain and jewelry. Perhaps it was because of the emperor's change that they had a premonition that Mo Lingxin's favor was conclusive, but they were helpless.

Three days later

The palace is very lively, and they are all preparing for the reception banquet of the newly sealed eldest princess, and it is also a family recognition banquet. Because the emperor attaches great importance to it, it is very demanding in terms of decoration and food, and no one dares to slack off.

The banquet was about to begin, and all the ministers and their families came to the main hall one after another, and each found a seat to sit down, and talked with the people on the left and right. Officials sit on the left and women on the right.

"The emperor has arrived" Gonggong Li's voice sounded outside the door, and the emperor in a dragon robe walked into the hall with Mo Lingxin, who was dressed as a princess, and followed by Concubine Zhong Xian and other concubines.

"Long live my emperor, long live my princess, long live my princess." All the people in the hall knelt down to say hello.

Mo Tianlin walked to the throne and sat down, and motioned with his eyes for Mo Lingxin to sit on the first seat on the right side of the throne. Concubine Zhong Xian looked at this scene and secretly gritted her teeth, her eyes were full of jealousy, it was obviously her position. Concubine Zhong Xian had no choice but to go to the next position of Mo Lingxin and sit down, and the other concubines also sat down one by one.

"Zhongqing Pingsheng" Everyone sat down, and the emperor spoke.

All of them get up and go back to their places.

In the first position below the left hand side of the emperor, sitting is the emperor's eldest son, Mo Linyuan, the son of Concubine Zhong Xian, who is sixteen years old, very favored by the courtiers, and is the most prestigious candidate for the prince.

In the second position, it is the emperor's second son Mo Linxuan, the son of Li Nianxiang, the daughter of the Shufei Li Qingli Ministry, who is also sixteen years old, one month younger than the eldest prince Mo Linyuan.

The third position is the third son of the emperor, Mo Linyu, the son of Concubine Liang, and his maternal grandfather's family is Shangshu Wenfeng of the Criminal Department.

The fifth son, Mo Linchen, was just a seven-year-old boy with a lowly mother who died when he was born. has a low sense of presence in the palace, and is brought up by Concubine De, but Concubine De didn't care much about him, and it was all handed over to his subordinates. Therefore, not many people pay attention to this prince who has no power, no power and no background.

Emperor Mo Tianlin's fourth prince died early, and there was no princess under his knees. Therefore, Mo Lingxin became the emperor's only princess.

Further down, there are the courtiers, who sit in order of official position.

"Today, I have found the princess, and I am the only princess in Molin. The princess returns, tax-free for one year. Tomorrow will be issued an edict, and today, everyone will work together to wash the dust for the princess. The Emperor said with a smile on his face.

"Congratulations to the emperor and welcome the princess." All the courtiers and their families in the main hall raised the wine glasses on the table, and those who could not drink wine replaced the wine with tea to pay tribute to the emperor. Emperor Long Xin was happy, and Mo Lingxin glanced at each other, and both raised their wine glasses.

"However, I heard some bad things about the princess and questioned her identity. Therefore, here, in order to give the princess a rightful identity, a blood test will be performed. Mo Tianlin said.

Some ministers shouted "The emperor can't" and "Gonggong Li, bring the bowl up", and the emperor directly ignored their words.

"The servant obeyed" took a bowl of water from the plate held by the servant girl next to him. The emperor directly poked his finger with the silver needle next to him and dripped a drop of blood into it.

"Let's go down!" Mo Tianlin commanded.

"Yes," Gonggong Li brought the bowl to the table placed in the center of the hall.

Mo Lingxin got up, approached the table, and bit his finger directly with his teeth, dripping a drop of blood in the bowl. Everyone was quiet, quietly waiting for the results.