Long Yang's reprimand not only intimidated Li Wei, but also reduced the other court officials to silence.
Those who had placed their bets on Li Tong'er broke out in a cold sweat to see Li Wei being punished so miserably.
He had thought that Li Tong'er could catch the Emperor's eye.
Now, however, it seemed that he had been utterly wrong.
Meanwhile, on that same day, Li Tong'er attended yet another banquet with Madam Li as usual, completely unaware of what was happening in the imperial court.
The banquet of the day was hosted by Madam Gao and took place at the Gao Family's villa in the capital suburbs.
Madam Gao's villa housed a wide variety of precious and rare flowers. It was said that she had spent a lot of money and effort to get her hands on them, and she had hired gardeners to tend to them every day.
