Returning to the capital only at the end of the year, it wasn't long before the New Year's Eve palace banquet arrived.
This was Xie Wanqing's first New Year after returning to the capital, and also her first appearance as the Empress at a palace banquet.
The grand occasion was foreseeable.
Officials of the fourth rank and above with their families, members of the imperial clan, and those with hereditary noble titles, almost all attended.
Even the closely watched Duke Pei Mansion sent representatives.
As everyone knows, Duke Pei Mansion was the Empress's previous family, and Heir Pei was the Empress's former husband.
In the capital, countless secret bets had been placed.
Bets on whether the Emperor would find a pretext to make Duke Pei Mansion disappear.
In fact, with their Majesty's penchant for killing, a pretext might not even be needed.
What if it's a blood relative?
Killed then.
