Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family-Chapter 780: Crisis Everywhere! (Part One)

Chapter 780 -780: Crisis Everywhere! (Part One)

This palace is a place where people devour each other; if you’re aggressive, you’ll survive!

If you’re weak, just wait for those dark enemies to gnaw you down to your bones!

The words of the Shadow Guard made Liu Sisi tremble all over!

She hadn’t grasped any real truth, all she was doing was protecting herself and her children, and hoping to leave this cage alive.

Niuniu and Chou Chou were very well-behaved today, sitting quietly and not saying a word.

Seeing that there was no one around, Chou Chou carefully tugged on the corner of Liu Sisi’s clothes: “Mom, can Chou Chou talk now?”

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Niuniu next to them nodded anxiously, full of eagerness.

“You can talk now. Today, both of you behaved very well, were obedient and listened. You are mom’s good children!”

Niuniu hurriedly stepped forward, hugged Liu Sisi’s thigh and rubbed affectionately: “Mom, Niuniu was good too. Chou Chou was not well-behaved, he even made a face at the Empress earlier.”

“I didn’t! Niuniu was moving around there and didn’t even kneel properly!”

Chou Chou was not willing to show weakness and exposed the other’s shortcomings.

“Bad Chou Chou! I said don’t call me Niuniu, you should call me Second Sister!”

“I won’t call you Second Sister, you’re not much older than me. Also, don’t call me Chou Chou, hmph!”

“I will call, I will…”

The two children were bickering endlessly.

Liu Sisi looked back and saw that the youngest, Xiaoxiao, was sitting quietly on one side, with a calm demeanor and deep wisdom in his eyes. At a glance, it seemed that the child sitting in front of her was not a four-and-a-half-year-old, but more like an…

“Mom, it’s still early, why don’t you take Niuniu and Chou Chou to rest first? Then get dressed up beautifully and blind the dog eyes of those people!”

Xiaoxiao winked playfully at her, instantly dissipating the momentum from earlier.

“Pfft! You kid… This is the palace, don’t talk nonsense, be careful of eavesdroppers.” She wouldn’t compete with these women for anything, so why bother comparing beauty?

Still, she couldn’t help but raise the corner of her mouth when she heard her son say she was beautiful.

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“What! She really killed my people? This Liu Sisi, she absolutely doesn’t respect me at all!”

The Empress was furious!

In her anger, she flicked her hand, directly sweeping all the desserts and fruit from the table onto the ground. The plates shattered, and the fruits and pastries scattered all over the floor.

“Your Majesty, there’s more. She also drove out all the palace maids who served in the room, even those who belonged to Princess Consort Virtue…”

An old imperial nanny whispered beside the Empress.

“Hmm! All the better!”

The Empress’s face twisted: “I’d like to see just what kind of tricks she can pull. What about Honored Princess Consort Luo, has she sent any news?”

“Your Majesty, rest assured, everything is under control.”

“You mustn’t take Luo Honored Princess Consort lightly!”

Her Majesty the Empress gradually softened her face, “That damn bastard is too young to take the throne. Not to mention that I don’t agree, even the civil and military officials of the court would not agree to it. When that time comes… Haha, there will be a good show for me to watch!”

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At dusk, as Liu Sisi and others were resting, a eunuch came to report that the Flower Admiring Banquet had begun.

“Didn’t His Majesty say anything else?”

Liu Sisi was full of curiosity.

She remembered that when she had refused in the morning, His Majesty had insisted again and again. How come in the blink of an eye, His Majesty had only sent a servant to inform her?

The eunuch who came to report was exceptionally young and stood in front of Liu Sisi with a solemn face: “I too am acting on orders. As His Majesty has not instructed me, I dare not speculate.”

Perhaps His Majesty was temporarily unable to attend due to something urgent?

Liu Sisi thought to herself before the four of them washed and changed their clothes. Then, under the guidance of the eunuch, they went to the banquet.

As they walked slowly along the spacious path of the Imperial Garden, surrounded by blooming flowers on both sides, Liu Sisi couldn’t understand why these women, who had been watching these flowers all year round and were locked up in the palace with a view of the four-cornered sky, still had the mood to hold a flower-admiring banquet every two or three days, which was quite boring!

At the moment, Shengping House was full of flowers in full bloom, with people more charming than flowers.

Countless palace maids and eunuchs were mixing among the guests, methodically adding everything needed for the Flower Admiring Banquet. The sounds of music and dancing filled the air, creating a scene of peace and prosperity.

The dancers on stage fluttered their sleeves, their waists swayed like a gentle breeze, and the music was melodious. Below the stage, the magnificent pavilions were surrounded by the clear, green water of Shengping Pond, which was covered with duckweed that created ripples in the breeze, scattering reflections in the green water.

Before they even got close, the noise of the bustling garden reached Liu Sisi’s ears from afar.

The eunuch leading the way unconsciously quickened his pace.

Soon after they turned a winding, white jade corridor over the lake and crossed a semi-circular engraved archway, Liu Sisi’s eyes suddenly brightened as she was captivated by the beauty of women in front of her.

In the middle of the pavilions above, the Empress was surrounded by a large group of palace maids, and there were also low tables on both sides of her with several luxuriously dressed women seated in front. Behind each of them were also a group of palace maids and eunuchs attending.

It seemed that upon noticing Liu Sisi’s arrival, everyone turned around to look at her.

It appeared that His Majesty had not yet arrived. By this point, there was no option for Liu Sisi to back down.

She slowly walked up the steps covered in red carpet, and when she stepped on the last stone step, she suddenly felt a slippery sensation under her feet. She was extremely alarmed! If she were to fall, not only would it be a violation of etiquette, but the fall from such a high stone step might result in injuries and bruises!

Just as she panicked, a gentle force came from the side, steadying her body. Her body swayed but finally steadied, and she was left sweating cold!

Who was it that tried to harm her?

Her embarrassment was naturally seen by everyone on the stage. Their eyes flashed, but what they were thinking could only be known by themselves.

Liu Sisi tightly clenched her fists hidden in her sleeves, but still maintained a soft smile on her face. She led the three children forward to pay her respects.

“Ruyu pays her respects to the Empress! I wish good health and prosperity to all of the Majesty.”

At this moment, the Empress was enjoying a string of crystal purple grapes with the help of a palace maid, as if she hadn’t heard Liu Sisi’s salutation. She continued talking to the palace maid beside her without getting up.

Liu Sisi knelt in place, her smile unchanged, maintaining her original appearance. The three children behind her also bowed down, without any movement.