On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Imperial Palace hosts a banquet, and Song Ci is naturally on the invitation list. However, the night before the festival, she overeats two crabs and drinks chrysanthemum wine, ending up with a stomachache at midnight, miserably becoming a toilet tyrant and stirring up the whole family.
The palace banquet was out of the question, so Song Ci could only have her eldest daughter-in-law excuse her absence.
Madam Song was worried about Song Ci's health and wanted to ask for leave too, but Song Ci stopped her.
"It's not a big deal, just take a couple of doses of medicine, and it'll be fine. With Lin Qing here, why do you all need to stay? The Prime Minister's Mansion can't have everyone from the female quarters absent," Song Ci waved her hand.
Madam Song asked Lin Qing and confirmed it wasn't a big problem, so she didn't insist and went to the palace to attend the banquet herself.
