From the chatter of the long-term workers, Zhilan learned that the capital has become more and more chaotic in the past few days. The day before yesterday, some people set fire to the south and north of the city one after another, burning dozens of households, and the losses were very heavy. Yesterday, I heard that another beggar got entangled and grabbed the shop, although he didn't grab anything, but it also made people panic. The government dispatched many officers and soldiers to maintain order, and it is said that even the palace guards sent some people out.

Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, no matter how chaotic it is, the festival always has to pass. So, in the past few days, Mrs. Lin has been busy directing the Lin Mansion to arrange the Mid-Autumn Festival moon viewing matters up and down, but Lin Mubai has been away from home all day and doesn't know what she is busy with. Thinking of the rumors of Princess Mingyue, Zhilan was a little uneasy, and pulled Guanyun's clothes and asked, "Brother, Zhilan hasn't seen her father for a long time, where has her father gone?" ”

Nine-year-old Guanyun is already stable and sensible, because of his talent, he was selected into the palace two years ago to be the companion of the three princes. Seeing that my sister's fleshy little face was full of gloom, I didn't feel funny. He pinched his little face and said, "Of course Daddy is busy with business, the Mid-Autumn Festival will be back, sister Mo Chou." ”

Zhilan sighed heavily and didn't speak again. Her concerns are unspeakable. Guan Yunnian will not understand, and as for Mrs. Lin, it can't be said. Could it be that she told her mother that she was worried that the woman she had seen when she was born might marry into the Lin Mansion? The most likely outcome is that she herself will be thrown out of the Lin Mansion first.

Zhilan shook her head and decided not to think about it anymore, maybe she was too worried.

Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. In the evening of this day, when Lin Mubai stepped into his home with a tired body, he caught a glimpse of two suspicious little figures flashing outside the kitchen from a distance. He chuckled, leaped forward, and caught his target.

I saw Lin Mubai carrying Zhilan in his left hand and Guanyun in his right hand, and the two villains had bitter faces, both holding mooncakes in their hands. Lin Mubai looked at them with a smile and said, "In such a hurry, can't you wait to eat together in the evening?" ”

Zhilan immediately shirked her responsibility: "My brother brought me here, ......" showed a cute and pleasing look after speaking.

Guanyun: "...... Uh......"

Fact: On the way to the kitchen, Zhilan met Guanyun who had returned from school in the palace, so she pulled him and coerced him, and Guanyun was forced to comply.

Seeing the different expressions of the two brothers and sisters who were lifted into his hands, Lin Mubai had already understood it, laughed and put them down, and took a little guy in one hand. Just as the three of them were about to go back to the room, Steward Li was out of breath and trotted all the way, shouting as he ran: "Master, master! ”

The three of them then stopped and looked at him with amusement.

"Master, the father-in-law of Bu Yi in the palace is here, and he said that there is an urgent matter to announce that you will enter the palace!" Steward Li finally stood up, wiped the sweat on his forehead with his hand, and added: "He said that 100,000 is urgent!" ”

As soon as he heard that Father-in-law Bu Yi was coming, Lin Mubai's expression immediately became solemn. Bu Yi was the chief eunuch in front of the emperor, and he didn't know what an urgent matter could be labored, so he came to report it in person.

"I'll take a look." As he spoke, he leaped three feet away, leaving the three of them stunned in place.

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As for the palace, something really happened.

Here's the thing:

In the evening of the same day, a Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet was held in the imperial garden of the palace, which was attended by all members of the royal family.

Although only members of the royal family attended the banquet, there were hundreds of people in total, including all the dozens of concubines, dozens of princesses and princesses, and their entourage, maids, and grandmothers. The Imperial Garden was crowded with people and bustling.

Suddenly, I heard a male duck's voice outside the garden: "The emperor has arrived!" The crowd immediately fell silent, fell to their knees, and shouted, "Hurrah, hooray, hooray!" Then the Emperor walked in. After the people had saluted, they took their seats according to their ranks.

During the banquet, a concubine who has been quite favored in recent years just gave birth to a little prince last year, and she was held by the nurse and stood behind her. The little prince has just turned one year old, and he is very cute. The emperor's favorite thing recently is this little prince, so he personally hugged him and teased him in his arms. The little prince is at the age of innocence, and he sucks whatever he sees. I saw him sitting on the emperor's lap, looking around curiously, and seeing a pair of silver chopsticks on the table in front of him was very good-looking, he grabbed it and stuffed it into his mouth and sucked it. Suddenly, the little prince was foaming at the mouth and convulsing. Everyone was shocked and hurriedly announced that they would come to the doctor for treatment, but it was too late. When the imperial physician trembled and announced that the little prince had died in the western sky, the concubine who suddenly lost her son started to go crazy as if she had lost her heart. Another concubine seemed to sigh and regret, but there was a faint sarcastic smile between her eyebrows.

After careful inspection, everyone found that the silver chopsticks placed in front of the emperor were hollow inside, only the outer layer was coated with silver, and the inside was filled with gelatinous poison. I don't know who has such sinister intentions!

Although the emperor himself was lucky to escape, he lost his beloved son. So Long Yan was furious and wanted to thoroughly investigate the details of the palace people.

Everyone in the palace bit each other, gritted their teeth and swore to the heavens and the earth, and the crying and grabbing the ground by the bite were extremely wronged. For a while, the inner garden of the palace was not chaotic.

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Compared with the chaotic scene in the palace, the Mid-Autumn Festival night in ordinary people's homes is much calmer. For example, the Lin Mansion at this moment.

In the small courtyard of Xiangyuan, a small stone table is covered with exquisite tablecloths, on which are placed all kinds of seasonal melons and fruits, moon cakes and snacks. Mrs. Lin and the two siblings Guanyun and Zhilan sat at the table, the breeze was blowing, and the wine was drinking (of course, there was no share of the brothers and sisters), and the mother and son were leisurely.

Mrs. Lin had the heart to take the test to learn from her son in the palace, so she pointed to the full moon and said, "Guanyun, can you write a poem on the topic of this scene?" ”

"Okay." I saw Guanyun look up at the moon, groaned slightly, and began to reverse: "When is the bright moon, ask the wine to the sky, I don't know the heavenly palace, what year is it tonight......"

"Gah?" Zhilan, who was concentrating on a snack, suddenly raised her head and looked at her brother with a frightened face.