Quick Wear Beauty

Chapter 348: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (97)

Chapter 348 The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (Ninety-Seven)

There was no heavy snow today, but the palace banquet was not held outdoors. Instead, it was held in the spacious and bright palace.

Only royal relatives or important officials in the court could attend the banquet. The ladies of honor made preparations in advance for this palace banquet and must not make any mistakes.

Following the eunuch's loud announcement, Cui Li walked into the hall.

The appearance of the favored imperial concubine attracted everyone's attention!

The bright yellow auspicious dress matched her fair face, red lips, white teeth, delicate eyebrows, sweet smile, and bright lipstick, which made her look dazzling.

When she appeared in the hall, everyone greeted her and waited until she sat down before they stood up.

Cui Li calmly accepted everyone's gaze, and even exchanged a smile with Ji Wei who was looking diagonally below him.

Ji Wei's friendly appearance and weak and helpless eyes can really make people let down their guard.

Soon the Emperor and Empress arrived, but Cui Li looked up at Liang Sheng. Why did he seem to be in a bad mood? His lips were tightly pursed, and even at this palace banquet with a family reunion, there was not a trace of a smile on his face.

Liang Sheng felt Cui Li looking at him, so he subconsciously smiled at her with tenderness in his eyes.

This also made everyone feel relieved, as they were afraid that something was wrong and would anger the emperor.

After a while, Queen Mother Cui also arrived and the banquet officially began.

The dances performed by the Jiaofangsi were all carefully choreographed. Cui Li thought they were quite good, graceful and pleasing to the eye.

The banquet was filled with delicious food, fine wine, clinking glasses, singing and laughter.

She occasionally picked up her chopsticks and took a few bites, but not much. After all, she was already half full before coming.

The weather was cold, so even if the imperial kitchen served dishes quickly, they were still warm, not piping hot. Even the most delicious dishes were unappetizing when served lukewarm.

She estimated the time and prepared to take her leave. Liang Sheng even sent Le Chang to take her back personally.

Cui Li had already stood up and was about to walk towards the palace gate, but Qiqi told her to hide quickly because someone was trying to assassinate the emperor.

She did feel that danger was approaching. Her sensitive ears heard the sound of an arrow cutting through the air, and she shouted loudly.

Cui Li: "There's a rain of arrows coming, everyone hide!"

She shouted and dodged, turning behind a beam a few meters away. Before she could stand firm, a wave of arrows shot in!

Screams rang out one after another, and everyone hid nearby.

At this time, the nobles no longer cared about their manners. Not only could they crawl behind beams and pillars, they could even crawl under the table.

The hall was instantly in chaos. She looked around and felt relieved when she saw her mother being protected by her father and had retreated to a corner.

Fortunately, today is a family dinner, so there aren't many people and the scene isn't grand.

The main hall of Longhe Hall is 80 meters long, 37 meters wide and 35 meters high.

The seats for today's family dinner only occupy half the length of the hall and are some distance away from the hall entrance.

If the birthday banquet is held at the entrance of the main hall during the emperor's birthday celebration, there will be countless casualties under the rain of arrows.

Now that the rain of arrows is coming, the first to bear the brunt of the injuries are the guards outside the palace.

Immediately afterwards, the hall was filled with smoke and a foul smell was emitted.

The enemy used poisonous smoke!

Cui Li felt weak all over, and quickly took out a detoxification pill from the porcelain bottle in his sleeve and took one.

She found that the situation in the hall was not good and everyone had lost the ability to move!

A group of men in black broke into the room through the windows and doors, and the sound of fighting suddenly broke out.

The royal guards in the palace were poisoned by the smoke and were no match for the men in black.

These men in black were filled with the smell of blood and murderous intent, and they moved quickly. Although they attacked straight into the palace, they would not let go of the dignitaries when they passed by.

The Empress Dowager and the Queen were escorted down the platform by the palace maids and prepared to retreat to the rear hall.

The others followed suit and tried to run towards the back hall, but they were in such a hurry that they were too slow. Their pampered bodies made it difficult for them to escape fast.

Seeing that the old King Jin was slashed with a knife, he covered his arm and screamed, and was about to be chopped off with a sharp knife. The sharp knife was chopped towards his forehead. In the despair of the old King Jin who closed his eyes and waited for death, Liang Sheng rushed forward with a sword to save the old King Jin.

Liang Sheng is worthy of being the War King appointed by the late emperor himself. Even after being poisoned by the smoke, he is still as powerful as ever. He can kill the men in black around him by fighting one against five.

Emperor Liang was here, and most of the men in black ran towards him.