The whole family traveled through time and became the wronged species, collectively going crazy and

The next step is the banquet, commonly known as dry rice.

The palace maids came in one after another carrying delicious food.

At this time, Prince Ding suddenly stood up and said:

"Your Majesty, in order to celebrate your birthday, this old minister has specially found a rare food. I would like to ask Your Majesty and everyone present to evaluate it."

"Oh?" The emperor became interested after hearing this: "Uncle Ding, what kind of exotic food is this? Bring it up for me to see."

Prince Ding clapped his hands, and several palace servants entered one after another carrying trays.

There were glass cups filled with red liquid on the tray.

It's freshly squeezed watermelon juice.

Finally, two young eunuchs carried a wooden box, which contained several green watermelons.

Both watermelon and watermelon juice were rare items that the people in the hall had never seen before.

When the glass cup was placed closer, a sweet smell came to my face.

Everyone looked at the red liquid in the glass cup and sniffed, it smelled delicious.

Emperor: "Uncle Ding, what is this?"

Prince Ding stood up and walked into the hall, pointing at the watermelon carried by the eunuch and said:

"The juice in the glass cup is watermelon juice, which is squeezed from watermelon. The juice is sweet and delicious. Your Majesty can have a taste."

The emperor picked up the glass cup and took a sip. As the sweet juice went down his throat, his eyes lit up instantly:

"It's really sweet."

After saying that, he took a few more sips.

Seeing this, others picked up their glasses and tasted the watermelon juice.

After everyone had drunk the watermelon juice, Prince Ding asked the palace servants to cut the watermelons in the wooden box into small pieces in front of everyone.

Serve one piece to each person.

"Your Majesty, try the unjuiced watermelon, it's also delicious."

The emperor put down the empty glass cup, picked up the watermelon and took a bite:

"Mmm, crunchy and sweet, it's really delicious."

There wasn't much watermelon juice in the glass cup, but everyone was still reluctant to leave after drinking it.

Seeing that there was still watermelon to eat, they quickly picked up the watermelons and started eating them.

The sound of someone chewing watermelon could be heard in the hall.

Everyone praised the watermelon.

The Empress Dowager Cixi had been looking forward to the serving of food and wine since she entered the palace.

Seeing that all the food and wine had been served, but everyone did not eat, but instead started drinking watermelon juice and eating watermelon, the Empress Dowager Cixi became a little annoyed.

Could not help but urge the emperor:

"My son, no matter how delicious the watermelon is, it won't satisfy your hunger. Let the nobles eat the vegetables first."

The emperor was happily eating a watermelon. Upon hearing this, he turned his head and looked at the Empress Dowager Cixi.

"Mother, why don't you drink watermelon juice or eat watermelon? It's delicious. Try it."

The emperor grinned and highly recommended it.

The Empress Dowager suppressed her irritation and took a sip of the watermelon juice.

It is indeed delicious.

However, the Empress Dowager had other thoughts today and didn't care whether the watermelon juice tasted good or not.

She urged again:

"My son, your mother didn't eat much for breakfast because of your birthday banquet. Why don't we eat?"

The emperor thought his mother was really hungry, so he ordered the queen:

"Queen, let's have a banquet."

"Yes."

The queen gave a look to the maid next to her, and the maids serving at the banquet placed the wine and food on the table and started the banquet.

The banquet finally started.

The complex emotions of excitement about avenging Ming Ao and fear of the plan failing made the Empress Dowager's fingers tremble slightly.

The emperor picked up a piece of boneless fish and put it on the Empress Dowager's plate.

"Mother, you are hungry, come and try this fish. Hey, what happened to your hand?"

The Emperor noticed the Empress Dowager's slightly trembling fingers.

The Empress Dowager quickly clenched her fingers to stop trembling.

Facing the emperor's concerned look, the Empress Dowager Cixi smiled and explained:

"It's an old problem, it will be cured in a while."

"I'll ask the imperial physician to come and see my mother."

"No need," the Empress Dowager Cixi quickly refused, "Today is your birthday. It won't be too late to treat your little problem tomorrow."

As she spoke, the Empress Dowager picked up the wine jug and filled the Emperor's glass with wine.

I poured myself another cup:

"My son, come here. Mother will have a drink with you."

The emperor had no doubts and drank the wine in one gulp.

The Queen Mother then raised the wine glass and used the posture of drinking to suppress the excitement on the corners of her mouth.

Looking towards the main hall again, the ministers and their families were all drinking.

You respect me and I respect you.

The Empress Dowager was so excited that her eyes almost overflowed with excitement when she saw this.

She paid special attention to the people in Prince Ding's Mansion and the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion.

At this time, Prince Ding was holding a glass of wine to toast the old Duke.

"Come on, old man, I'll toast you a glass, cheers!"

The old Duke was also generous and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

Everyone in the hall was filled with joy.

The imperial guards are stationed outside the main hall.

Palace servants and eunuchs came in one after another, carrying plates of wine and food.

The leader of the Royal Guard stopped the leading palace servant:

"What is this, father-in-law?"

The leading eunuch narrowed his eyes with a smile, "Oh my, today is the emperor's birthday.

The emperor is very happy and has specially asked me to give you some wine and food to celebrate his birthday together."

The aroma of wine and food filled the air, and many guards subconsciously twitched their noses, sniffing the fragrance in the air.

In the past, the emperor would sometimes provide wine and food at palace banquets, but he would always ask the eunuch Jiang Defu or Jiang Defu's capable men to provide them.

The eunuch who came today looked unfamiliar.

The leader of the Royal Guards was cautious and asked carefully:

"You look unfamiliar, eunuch. When did you start working for the Emperor?"

The eunuch was not panicked at all and still had a smiling face:

"I just got promoted to my position, so you may not know me."

Then he took out a token.

This is a token only given to the emperor's palace maids.

"The food and wine are getting cold, please see..."

The leader of the Royal Guards glanced at the token and made way.

The palace servants placed plates of wine and food on the table, then left respectfully.

"Boss, can we start eating?"

The subordinates looked at him eagerly, and the leader of the Royal Guards pursed his lips and thought for a moment:

"We have to go on duty later, so don't drink. Just eat the food."

"Hey, okay, thank you, boss. Brothers, hurry up and eat. When you're done, let the brothers on duty eat."

At this time, the banquet in the main hall was at the stage where everyone raised their glasses to celebrate the emperor's birthday.

The emperor raised his glass and said, "Hahaha, let's have fun together. Come on, let's drink together."

The Empress Dowager also raised her glass and watched everyone drink excitedly.

Suddenly, the emperor's hand trembled and the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground.

With a crisp sound, the wine glass fell to the ground.

Jiang Defu, who was serving beside him, was startled and hurriedly stepped forward to support the emperor:

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

When everyone in the hall heard Jiang Defu's sharp cry, they all looked up at the emperor sitting at the top.

The emperor was seen holding his stomach with both hands, with a look of pain on his face.

"Your Majesty...Quick, call the imperial physician!"

Jiang Defu exclaimed again.

The ministers panicked instantly.

Suddenly, another person fell to the ground in pain, holding his stomach.

"Well……"

It’s the old Duke.

"Dad, what's wrong with you?"

"Grandfather, Grandfather, please don't scare me."

More and more people fell to the ground, each holding their stomach in pain.

Some people couldn't help but groan.

Some people were sweating profusely from the pain.