Three points are destined, seven points depend on face

Xuan Er was laughing secretly on the side. If not now, when would he laugh?

These two female villains have finally met their day, hahaha, let them have some fun for a while!

Xia Chuntao thought, it was a good thing that the family had extra food. If it were an ordinary family, these two girls would have been severely beaten!

"I'll give you a piece of advice," Xia Chuntao put her hands on Xiaobai and Xiaoqing's shoulders and said solemnly, "If you want to find a husband in the future, find a bachelor, otherwise you might be beaten to death by your mother-in-law. Really."

Something that could have been finished in the morning, because of these unreliable guys, Xia Chuntao had to work until dark to prepare all the ingredients for tomorrow's meal.

Indeed, it makes sense that everyone has his or her own specialty.

Who would have thought that running a workshop, a shop, and a restaurant didn't tire Xia Chuntao out, but preparing ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner made Xiao Xia exhausted!

On New Year's Eve, Xia Chuntao was busy until Juhaowu closed at noon. At this time, the surrounding shops had already closed down, and most of them would not reopen until after the 15th.

Juhaowu is no exception.

However, high-end restaurants such as Jinshiju and Zhenweilou will open on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. Many guests have already booked banquets.

Xia Chuntao booked a party for her friends at Jinshiju on the fifth day of the first lunar month. She was too lazy to do it at home. After yesterday's incident, and thinking about her own blackened kitchen, Xia Chuntao thought it would be better to have the party at a restaurant, which would be more convenient and less troublesome.

The New Year's Eve dinner was very sumptuous. In addition to the French fries and prawns, pearl meatballs, braised spareribs, dry-fried meatballs, and caramel pudding that the children loved, there were also several spicy dishes that the adults loved, such as boiled fish, mouth-watering chicken, spicy diced chicken, and spicy shredded tripe.

Of course, reserved dishes must be prepared: a steamed fish is a must for "Year after Year of Abundance". In addition, several elaborate dishes were ordered from Jinshiju, which required several hours of cooking in advance, and Xia Chuntao really did not have the leisure to make them.

These dishes are not eaten in one meal. The tradition here is not to cook on the first day of the new year, so it is equivalent to the amount of dishes for two days. Considering that there are three more foodies in the family, it is safer to cook more.

Xia Chuntao made juice for the children, and the adults drank white wine. Everyone sat around the table, feeling like a family. The New Year's Eve dinner was so joyful!

After dinner, several kids gathered around Xuan Er to watch him practice swordplay. Xuan Er might have drunk a little too much, so he danced with the sword very well, sometimes flying onto the eaves, sometimes jumping onto the water tank. The kids were dazzled and applauded.

Xiao Qing rolled her eyes and said, "Look how proud he is!"

"Uncle Xuan Er, I want to go up too, please take me up!" Alai kept jumping below.

"Okay!" Xuan Er flipped down from the roof, picked up Alai and jumped onto the roof of the main house.

Alai screamed with excitement, causing the two little ones below to scream as well. Although Anzi didn't say anything, he also looked eager to try.

When Xia Chuntao saw this, she decided to ask Xiaobai and Xiaoqing to carry the children to the roof and play Peter Pan again.

Looking at the children's joy, Xia Chuntao suddenly remembered the scene last Mid-Autumn Festival when the prince took her to the eaves of the Observatory to enjoy the night view of Xiyang County.

Suddenly I miss the prince very much. I wonder what he is doing?

What is Ling Qingxuan doing at this moment?

He was at a banquet hosted by the emperor to entertain all officials.

The New Year's Eve banquet for ministers is a regular event in the imperial palace. It is held every year, but there is actually nothing new about it. To put it bluntly, it is like a company's year-end summary meeting.

The emperor praised the hard work of the officials and summarized the achievements of the year. Of course, this summary would not be made by the emperor himself, as there were many people below who were willing to sing his praises.

Apart from these, there is eating, drinking, and watching singing and dancing performances.

Most officials were not attending this kind of banquet for the first time, and they were used to it. However, Ling Qingxuan was not sitting here to eat and drink.

As the leader of the Dragon and Tiger Guards, his most important mission was to protect the emperor. No matter where he sat, he always kept an eye on the surroundings.

At first everything seemed normal. Halfway through the banquet, the sound of cups and plates falling and breaking suddenly could be heard in the hall, standing out amid the other sounds.

"Prince, please spare me! Prince, please spare me!"

The hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked in the direction of the prince.

The prince was also confused when he saw the little palace maid kneeling on the ground.

He did nothing, the maid came over with the wine and fell in front of him, and the cups and plates on the table were swept to the ground by the maid. Then he heard her shouting "Prince, spare my life".

The maid's reaction made those who didn't know the truth think that he had done something to her. It seemed like a small problem, but if you look closely, the prince of a country actually flirted with the maid in public, which was simply a moral violation.

The prince faced all kinds of looks from the crowd, sighed, and decided to clean up this mess first.

Just as the prince stood up, something unexpected happened!

A dancer who was closest to the emperor suddenly pulled out a dagger from her sleeve and stabbed the emperor. Everyone was stunned by this sudden change and had no time to react. They watched helplessly as the dagger stabbed the emperor!

Just as he was about to stab, a hidden weapon suddenly shot out from the emperor's rear and pierced directly into the dancer's forehead. The dancer fell to the ground and died on the spot.

"Take him away." Ling Qingxuan gave orders to the guards behind him.

"Yes!" Two guards quickly dragged the dancer out.

Ling Qingxuan winked at the guard next to him, and the guard understood what he meant and quickly walked to the palace maid who had just shouted "Prince, spare my life". When the palace maid saw the guard walking towards her, she suddenly grabbed the prince's clothes and shouted, "Prince, save me!"

The guard hesitated for a moment and looked at Ling Qingxuan. Ling Qingxuan flashed to the side of the palace maid, cut her jaw, and knocked her out with a knife.

"Take it down."

"Yes!"

All this seemed to take a long time, but in fact it only happened in a split second, so fast that no one around could react quickly enough.

The prince frowned.

Let everyone's attention focus on him, and then find the right time to assassinate his father. If the assassination succeeds, the world will change, right? Even if it fails, he can still be the scapegoat. Didn't the maid just shout "Prince, save me"? Who wouldn't misunderstand that this maid is his person?

wrong!

The chance of a successful assassination in the hall is basically zero. After all, at such a grand banquet, there are more guards protecting my father than usual. These guards have only one responsibility and it is impossible for them to divert their attention just because someone's cups and plates are broken.

That is to say... the assassination of my father was false, and the real thing is to make him bear all the responsibilities!

The prince finally realized what was happening. The damage to his reputation was just a pretext. Some people wanted to kill him!

The prince's face turned pale, but he did not kneel immediately. Instead, he moved closer to the emperor and asked anxiously, "Father, how are you?"