After traveling through time, I thrived in ancient times

Chapter 202 The banquet begins

As the sun was setting, Yu Tingwan put on a royal dress suitable for a prince's wife and went to the palace with her maid.

On the way, they met the Jiang family, greeted each other, and walked towards the palace together.

When Yu Tingwan arrived with the Jiang family, many people had already arrived. She looked around but did not see Shen Chenli. She simply did not go to the arranged seat and followed Jiang Wanyun to where the Jiang family was.

"Finally I've seen him!"

Just as I arrived at the seat, I heard a voice not far away. I turned around and found that it was the eldest princess, the duke's wife and several other ladies who came over.

When they got closer, before they even greeted each other, Jiang Wanyun's hand was grabbed by the eldest princess.

The eldest princess looked Jiang Wanyun up and down, and was relieved to see that she was fine.

"It's a blessing that you can come back safely. No matter what, now that you're back, Tingwan won't have to live without a mother anymore! It's good that you're back!"

"Yes." The Duke's wife also nodded repeatedly and looked at her with satisfaction.

"It's good that you're back. You don't know that when the princess heard the news of your return, she put down the account book in her hand and wanted to look for you. She was already at the gate of the mansion when she realized that you had just returned and needed to reunite with your family. It would be inappropriate for her to go over now, so she went back to the mansion!"

After hearing this, Jiang Wanyun was touched. Besides her family, there were still people in the capital who cared about her.

"Wanyun thanks the Princess for her concern, thanks to the Duke's wife, and thanks to everyone. Wanyun is doing well. Yesterday, my father said that he would hold a banquet in the mansion. I hope you will come and enjoy it."

Everyone nodded repeatedly. They had all had contact with each other before, and even if they were not close friends, they knew each other.

When the news of Jiang Wanyun's death first came out, everyone sighed. Now that it is a happy event, they naturally have to go.

They didn't spend too much time reminiscing about the past. After all, this was in the main hall, not their own house.

The Jiang family had already attracted a lot of attention when they arrived. Now, a group of people were standing together, including the eldest princess, the duke's wife, a prince's wife, and Jiang Wanyun, who had recently been rumored to have 'come back from the dead' in the capital!

This scene was enough to attract the attention of the entire hall.

When Yu Tingwan first arrived in the palace, he felt many gazes, some direct and some implicit.

Among them, the gazes from those who had come to pay tribute before were the strongest. Even without looking, Yu Tingwan knew who was sending the most malicious gaze!

A trace of disgust flashed through his heart. Thinking of his mother's experience and how Shen Chenli's mother was eventually forced to flee to another country, Yu Tingwan wished he could kill this man right now.

After everyone left, Yu Tingwan looked at the time and saw that it was almost time, so he prepared to sit down at his seat.

"Mother, I'm going to go there first. If you have anything, please ask Mammy to find me."

Jiang Wanyun nodded, "Don't worry, mother knows what's going on, and your aunt and the others are with you!"

Seeing her two aunts nodding at her with a smile, Yu Tingwan felt much more relieved and returned to her seat in Prince Chen's Mansion.

Sure enough, not long after, the eunuch in the palace came to remind everyone that the palace banquet was about to begin and the emperor was already coming over here.

Afterwards, Yu Tingwan saw Shen Chenli and Prince Rui coming to the hall together. Seeing them together, Yu Tingwan was a little surprised, but when she thought that they might have been called over by the emperor, she understood.

"How is it? What did the emperor say?"

Seeing him coming over, Yu Tingwan moved a little to let his wheelchair come over.

"Nothing, just discussing what these tribute-paying people are here for so that we can have a response!"

Yu Tingwan was speechless after hearing this. Seeing Shen Chenli's indifferent expression, she found it funny in her heart.

"The emperor really is...preparing for a rainy day!"

Those who come to pay tribute are here to pay tribute. What else can they do?

No matter what he wants to do, no one would be stupid enough to take his place with just a few people! That would be crazy!

Shen Chenli was also speechless. He was called to the palace early in the morning and talked about the tribute teams from several countries and the recent events in the capital for the whole day. If he had known this, he would have claimed to be sick and stayed at home. Who would want to listen to him talk!

"But he didn't ask you about your previous assassination or what happened in the capital? He didn't doubt you either?"

Yu Tingwan thought this was impossible!

Sure enough, Shen Chenli sneered and said:

"Why didn't you ask? He asked as soon as I arrived."

The general meaning is whether the injury is serious, whether to see the imperial physician again, how could someone be so bold, whether there are any survivors, whether they have found out anything, etc.!

It always translates to mean, it's a pity that he is not dead and there is no sign of injury, but we are also afraid of catching him alive and leaving evidence. It's simply disgusting!

Is this the mindset that an emperor should have?

It's really disheartening, isn't it?

Although Yu Tingwan did not continue to ask, she knew that Shen Chenli might not be feeling well.

It was fine since he wasn't in the capital much before, but now that he's been back for a short time, there have been assassinations, tests, and poisonings. Anyone would feel chilled to the bone!

"The Emperor has arrived!"

Following a shout from the eunuch outside the hall, the emperor appeared outside the hall. The entire hall fell silent, leaving only the voices of the ministers shouting "Long live the emperor!"

Taking advantage of his high position, Yu Tingwan looked around, only to discover that there was already another person sitting in the position of the Minister of Revenue!

This emperor is very efficient. I'm afraid he has wanted to replace Yu Huaiyi a long time ago.

"Everyone is safe."

The emperor glanced at everyone in the hall, pausing for a moment on Jiang Jia and Yu Tingwan, before asking everyone to stand up.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Yu Tingwan was speechless as she clearly felt the emperor's gaze. At a time like this, the emperor wouldn't be so out of touch with his words, right?

After they all sat back in their seats, the emperor made a few routine remarks and welcomed the envoys from various countries before announcing the official start of the palace banquet.

The sound of music came from the corner, and Yu Tingwan yawned secretly. It was really easy to fall asleep like this!

After taking a look at the people in the hall, Yu Tingwan rolled his eyes.

Well, maybe she's the only one who's sleepy!

"Greetings to the Emperor of Dasheng. I am Mu Qianjing, the third prince of Xiyan. My father has ordered me to be in charge of the tribute this time. This is our country's tribute to you."

Suddenly, an abrupt voice was heard in the hall. Everyone turned around and saw that it was the envoy who came to pay tribute. Everyone was curious. Was the Third Prince, who had caused a lot of trouble just after arriving in Dasheng, preparing to be the first to take action?

The third prince Mu Qianjing ordered his men to carry the things in.

Everyone looked over curiously and saw several servants carrying in a very large box.

And this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is, looking at the appearance of these people, the things in the box seem to be very heavy, and it seems very strenuous for them to lift it.