Counting nine cold days, everything is silent, the cold wind is biting, the wind is blowing, and the air conditioning is pressing.

In the blink of an eye, the New Year is approaching, and the imperial city is full of lights, gongs and drums, and colorful colors.

The emperor granted amnesty to the world for three days, and held a banquet in the imperial city on the first day of the first lunar month, inviting the dignitaries and nobles of the former dynasty and the three thousand beauties of the harem to gather together and celebrate the whole country.

Li Junqi, as the only son of the regent and Prince Wen of the imperial court, was naturally invited.

And Tang Anxia, including Tang Wanning and Tang Dairou, as the family members of the General's Mansion, also have to participate in the annual royal banquet.

The eldest lady Hua Yao attended this palace banquet on behalf of the wives and concubines of the entire general's mansion.

However, Tang Anxia's biological mother Cuihe was not allowed to enter the palace due to her low status, and the identity of the courtier's concubine could not be recognized by the royal family.

Before leaving, Cuihe specially instructed Tang Anxia: "You can only have such a chance to face the saint once a year, you have to find a way to help your brother more, let the emperor notice your brother's talent, and let Princess Yue see your brother's sincerity. ”

Tang Anxia was unhappy in her heart, and said indignantly: "Mother, you hate me for not being punished for Tang Hong at the beginning, and you didn't come to Guiyuan for a whole month. Today, I came here again, and it was for Tang Hong's matter, you forgot that a while ago he found a servant girl and threw it at my Guiyuan, framed me, and caused me to be poisoned and almost died! Does he think of me as his own sister? ”

Cui He rolled her eyes and pinched Tang Anxia's arm fiercely: "Do you still have a grudge against your brother?" Your brother and I are the closest people to you, and helping Tang Hong is equivalent to helping yourself! ”

Tang Anxia stopped talking, no matter how much she spoke, she couldn't change her mother's deep-rooted thoughts.

On the day of the banquet, the whole palace was full of joy and peace, in addition to the emperor and the queen, the royal heirs were honored at the banquet with the eldest prince Li Mu, the second prince, the little prince and the emperor's only favorite princess of the moon.

The harem concubines are: Concubine Shu, the daughter of the prime minister, Concubine Jin, Jing Guiren, Yun Guiren, and several show girls with low status but favored by the emperor.

The heroes of the former dynasty include the Great Prime Minister, the Household Department Shangshu Songze, the Military Department Shangshu Changde, the Criminal Department Shangshu Xumin, the Duwei Haozhe, the Imperial Shi Yiwen, and even the Imperial Physician Langzhong headed by the Imperial Doctor Zhao of the Tai Hospital.

At the banquet, everyone was immersed in a joyful atmosphere, singing and dancing, bells and chimes, and melodious music.

Only Tang Anxia, who was in the corner, quietly drank the fragrant tea in the cup, and was preoccupied.

She remembered it clearly - in her previous life, it was this palace banquet that the prime minister set a trap.

Tang Hong secretly calculated Princess Mingyue, cooked raw rice and cooked rice, but happened to fall into the prime minister's scheme, and the entire Tang family was dragged into the water.

In order to protect his son, Tang Zhentian did not hesitate to sacrifice Tang Anxia, and promised to marry her to the prime minister as a concubine, and ended the matter without hiding from the world.

But he never imagined that on the wedding day, the entire Tang family would be uprooted and wiped out.

According to the rules of the royal family, Li Junqi, as the prince, is located in a high position on the left side of the banquet.

Tang Anxia, as the daughter of a courtier, sat in the back of the right side of the banquet.

However, Li Junqi had been secretly observing Tang Anxia from beginning to end, and he noticed her sad appearance, and felt that it seemed to be something that made her uneasy.

In Tang Anxia's memory, when the palace banquet was about to end, Tang Hong's scandal of defiling Mingyue had already reached Tang Zhentian's ears.

Then, when Mingyue left the table, she had to follow her every inch to prevent the tragedy of her previous life from happening again.

Just as in the past, halfway through the banquet, the heirs and concubines, and the families of the courtiers could leave the table on their own to enjoy the palace scene.

The emperor's grace is vast, and the rule that you are not allowed to walk around the palace at will on weekdays is naturally not counted at this time.

Tang Anxia kept paying attention, and the moment Princess Moon left the table, she hurriedly stood up, greeted Fang Yan, and followed Princess Yue's footsteps out.

Moreover, Tang Anxia noticed that before Mingyue left, Tang Hong disappeared without a single cup of tea before and after.

In the Imperial Garden, Tang Anxia stepped on the footprints of the bright moon and never left.

Mingyue noticed that someone was secretly accompanying behind her, and turned her head suddenly, with a little anger on her arrogant face, and said angrily: "Tang Anxia, do you think that this princess didn't find you?" From the moment you stepped out of the main hall, Princess Ben knew your intentions. ”

Tang Anxia respectfully blessed her body: "See Princess Yue, the courtiers have no intention of offending the princess, and I implore the princess not to misunderstand the courtiers." ”

Mingyue raised her eyebrows and sneered: "Tang Anxia, because today is the first day of the new year, my father will amnesty the world, and this princess will not sentence you for your crimes." Today I want to go back to the Bright Moon Palace alone, and I order you to disappear from my sight immediately. As for your younger brother Tang Hong, you persuade him to die as soon as possible, this princess would rather die than fall in love with him. ”

Tang Anxia lowered her eyelids, could Mingyue know what kind of danger awaited her after she went back.

Staring at her figure that was gradually moving away, Fang Yan muttered in a low voice: "Phew! Isn't it just that he was born in the royal family? Look at her arrogant and domineering appearance! Second Miss, why do you have to follow her? Let's go to the palace to see where it is not good, we have to see her face! ”

Tang Anxia took Fang Yan's little hand and followed quickly, becoming more and more uneasy in her heart.

Fang Yan didn't understand: "Second Miss, why are you doing this?" ”

Tang Anxia chased after him, and replied in a low voice: "Tang Hong left the banquet, I was worried that he would take this opportunity to attack the Moon Princess, do you know that Tang Hong was originally stubborn, and now he has drunk a few glasses of wine, taking the opportunity of entering the palace for amnesty, how can he let go of this opportunity to get close to the Moon Princess?" ”

Fang Yan suddenly realized and exclaimed, "What the second young lady said is extremely true! The ice bucket punishment last time made the second young master almost lose half of his life, if he caused trouble on the first day of the new year, I am afraid that he would really lose his head. It's your own brother, you can't let his temperament die, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years. ”

The two hurried to the gate of the Mingyue Palace, and the people in the palace were allowed to leave the palace for three days to reunite with their families, or they could take two monthly dollars in the palace on an errand.

More than half of the servants and maidservants in the hall have left, and the few remaining subordinates also take the opportunity of the palace banquet to relax, and there are no palace guards in front of the door of the Mingyue Palace.

Tang Anxia was stunned there, thinking in his heart: Tang Hong is afraid that he has already gone in, but he doesn't know where to hide, before there is no extraneous branch, before being noticed, he must find out what this beast is inferior!

She and Fang Yan crept in through the side door, trying not to make any noise.

The hall was brightly lit, Tang Hong definitely would not hide under everyone's noses, if he could do something defiled, he should have quietly sneaked into the cabinet of the Bright Moon Palace, and even the boudoir where he slept.