Forced to be a third person: I turned around and left the palace to marry a villain

What's more, today is the Chao Feng Banquet, a day to pay tribute to the mother of a country - the queen sitting on the high throne.

At such an important banquet, Zhou actually came wearing clothes embroidered with her family crest. Was she challenging the queen? Or was she provoking the Su family?

"Someone, take Zhou down and take off her clothes."

There was a hint of coldness in the queen's eyes, and she gave the order coldly.

Before Zhou could figure out the situation, she was held down by a group of servants and stripped of her clothes in public.

In the end, she could only wear a single piece of clothing, fold her hands across her chest, and stand nervously in the middle of the banquet.

"Princess Gong, she is from your house. Did you know that she entered the palace wearing this dress?"

The queen put down her hands that were resting on the armrest, sat up straight, and stared at Jiang Xue questioningly.

"Your Majesty, Changle is not aware of this."

"You are lying. This dress was clearly given to me by you, Queen. There was no family crest pattern on the dress originally. It must be that Princess Gong saw that I was not well-received and became jealous, so she added that pattern to frame me."

Zhou knelt on the ground and loudly protested her innocence to the queen.

Facing Zhou's accusations, Jiang Xue just looked at her coldly.

She had tolerated this woman's arrogance for too long. Today's scene was specially prepared for her, and it seemed to be working well.

"Changle, is that so? If what Zhou said is true, you know what a serious mistake you have made."

The Queen just wanted to use this Chao Feng Banquet to deal with Jiang Xue. Since someone offered her a knife, she was of course happy to borrow it.

"The clothes were indeed sent by Changle." As soon as Jiang Xue finished speaking, Zhou interrupted her immediately.

"Listen, Madam. She admitted it. She admitted that she did it."

"Concubine Zhou, you have to listen to the whole thing. If you jump to conclusions before Changle has finished speaking, it will easily cause misunderstandings. It's okay if you misunderstand Changle, but if the Queen makes a wrong judgment and causes unnecessary controversy, it will be troublesome."

These few words successfully prevented the queen from convicting her immediately.

After all, the queen is the mother of a country. If she makes a decision arbitrarily based on just one sentence and spreads it, where will her face as the queen be? Where will the face of the Su family be?

"Empress, this dress was indeed sent by Changle to Concubine Zhou. But Concubine Zhou, are you willing to explain the reason in person to all the ladies present here?" Jiang Xue looked down at Zhou, only to see that she avoided her gaze, gritting her teeth and remained silent.

"You don't want to say it? Then Changle has to say it." That's right. As a concubine, she actually snatched things from the main wife. How could she dare to admit such a thing in public?

Jiang Xue recounted exactly what happened that day, and everyone present looked at Concubine Zhou with contempt.

Of course, they all had different reasons for despising Concubine Zhou. Some people really felt sorry for Jiang Xue, such as Lu Linyi and Xiao Gui.

Some people felt that Concubine Zhou had brought shame to the nobles, such as the noble ladies who had previously followed Concubine Zhou in belittling Jiang Xue.

Others, like the Queen, lost the opportunity to punish Jiang Xue because she tried to steal the chicken but ended up losing the rice.

"As for the family crest embroidered on the lining of the clothes, if Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can ask the embroiderer who made the clothes in person and ask him whether Changle asked him to embroider the family crest on the lining on purpose."

After Jiang Xue finished speaking, she waved her hand and brought the embroiderer who made the dress up.

"I pay my respects to Her Majesty the Queen."

The embroiderer was an ordinary person who had never seen such a grand scene. As soon as he came in, he knelt on his knees and bowed to the queen.

"I'm asking you, did you make this dress?"

The queen threw the torn dress in front of the embroiderer and questioned.

"Your Highness, it was indeed done by me."

"Have you ever embroidered the family crest on the lining?"

"This..." The embroiderer carefully looked at the embroidery on the lining, frowning: "After repairing the damaged area, I did receive an order to add more embroidery."

The queen's eyes lit up, and she leaned forward and continued to ask, glancing at Jiang Xue beside her: "Who gave you the order? Was it the Princess Gong next to you?"

Her fingers were tightly clasped on the armrests. As long as the embroiderer nodded, she would immediately order Jiang Xue to be arrested.

The embroiderer looked up at Jiang Xue and shook her head: "Not this lady."

Disappointment surged in the queen's heart, and the corners of her mouth, which had just been raised, immediately drooped.

"It looks like that lady." Then the embroiderer pointed to Concubine Zhou who was standing behind in a single piece of clothing.

"Yes, that lady. She said that she wanted to bring honor to the family, so she specially added embroidery, and this is the totem she gave."

As she spoke, the embroiderer took out a piece of paper from her bosom and handed it over. On it was clearly drawn the Zhou family's crest.

"You're talking nonsense. I didn't do this, Your Majesty. I didn't do it! This bitch must have colluded to frame me. You have to believe me, Your Majesty." This time, Concubine Zhou was completely panicked. She cursed Jiang Xue in public, looking distraught and like a mad woman.

"How dare you speak so rudely and insult the Phoenix Emperor in front of the Empress?" An Qingyan, the wife of the Marquis of Yong'an, shouted loudly, then turned to the Empress and said, "Empress, this woman has disregarded the rules and not only slandered members of the royal family, but also insulted Princess Gong. Her behavior is so arrogant and extremely bad. Please punish her severely."

"Your Majesty, please punish them severely." An Qingyan took the lead, and Xiao Gui, Lu Linyi and others also echoed.

Under the pleas of so many female relatives, the queen had no choice but to nod her head and said, "Come here, Zhou was disrespectful to the emperor and had impure thoughts. She violated the palace rules. Bring her to the inner court to be punished."

"No, I won't go. I won't go." Upon hearing the three words "Inner Court", Concubine Zhou screamed and resisted as if she was possessed by a devil, but in the end she was no match for the strength of the numerous guards and was forcibly dragged away.

After Concubine Zhou was taken away, the atmosphere of the entire banquet became extremely heavy and depressing.

No one dared to say a word, fearing that the queen's gloomy expression would be aroused. There was no other sound at the banquet except for the occasional clinking of cups and plates. This depressing atmosphere was a torment for everyone.

After about half an hour, even the Queen couldn't stand it anymore, so she ordered a halftime break and let everyone walk around the palace and relax.

When the news came out, the women at the scene all breathed a sigh of relief as if they had been pardoned.

They left the banquet in groups of three or four and went somewhere else to get some fresh air.

An Qingyan did not move because of her mobility problems. In order to take care of her, Mrs. Fang stayed where she was and sat with her.

Only Wan Qiaoer, who is lively and active, can't sit still and always wants to walk around.