Chapter 773

The so-called reprimand means that the eunuch in the palace reprimands the emperor on behalf of the emperor.

This time, it was Cao Nuo who came forward to reprimand the King of Jingjun in place of the emperor.

He first bowed politely to King Jing, then straightened his back and began to lecture with a sullen face.

Because Cao Nuo was representing the emperor at this time, King Jing could only kneel on the ground, bow his head, and listen to the instructions honestly.

He felt extremely humiliated, his hands clenched into fists, his nails almost digging into his flesh.

After a full hour of training, Cao Nuo stopped. His throat was already a little hoarse, but he left without even taking a sip of tea.

Prince Jing stood up with the help of others.

He looked at the imperial decree on the table and remembered the scene when he was reprimanded in public by a vile eunuch just now.

He rushed up and grabbed the imperial edict, trying to tear it to pieces.

The butler hurriedly grabbed him and exclaimed.

"It can't be used! It can't be used!"

In the end, King Jing kept the last shred of reason and did not do anything to tear up the imperial decree.

He slammed the decree to the ground violently.

The housekeeper hurriedly knelt down, picked up the imperial decree with trembling hands, carefully patted off the dust on it, put it back on the table, and whispered to comfort the king, hoping that the king could calm down.

But Prince Jing is full of resentment, how can he listen to other people's persuasion?

After hearing a few sentences, he felt impatient and told the butler to get out.

The butler had to shut his mouth and back out angrily.

The more he thought about it, the more angry the King of Jing County became, and he called the two most trusted staff over and scolded him in the face.

"This king asked you to investigate Xiao Lingfeng's whereabouts. You swore to assure this king that Xiao Lingfeng had been killed by the bandits. What happened? Not only did he not die, but he came back alive and well!"

"The supplies were not robbed, the robbers were all caught, and we were played around like monkeys!"

"Tell me, what's the use of this king raising you rubbish?!"

The two aides knelt down on the ground, shivering, not daring to say a word.

When Prince Jing's anger was almost gone, then an aide spoke cautiously.

"Prince King, it is true that we miscalculated this matter, but the immediate priority is not to investigate the responsibility, but to solve the robbers as soon as possible."

King Jing took a breath.

He calmed down a little and asked in a deep voice.

"Hasn't the person responsible for contacting those robbers been dealt with? This matter should not be found on the king's head."

Staff: "The person in charge of the wiring is indeed dead, but all the money we gave to the robbers came from the official bank. This is a hidden danger and we must take precautions early."

In the next two days, the DPRK and the Central Committee carried out another round of transfer of officials. This time, not only the middle and low-level officials, but even the senior officials above the second rank also changed.

The DPRK and Chinese officials are all in danger, and they are even more cautious in handling matters, lest they go wrong.

In this tense atmosphere, ushered in the emperor's twenty-first birthday.

On the evening of the longevity festival, a birthday banquet was held in the palace, and officials of the fourth rank and above in the DPRK were invited.

They wore official uniforms and brought their family members to the palace for a banquet to congratulate the emperor on his birthday.

Countless congratulatory gifts were sent into the Shaofu like flowing water.

As a noble concubine, Xiao Xixi sat beside the emperor.

The Empress Dowager was sitting on the other side of the emperor, with a kind smile on her face all the time, and she didn't seem to be much different from before.

Her gaze swept across the numerous female relatives present, and finally stopped on the Princess Jiaoyang.

The Princess of Jiaoyang is named Xia Yuran, the daughter of Princess Hua'an. According to her seniority, she is the granddaughter of the Empress Dowager and the cousin of the current emperor.

Princess Hua'an was very thoughtful. She noticed that the Empress Dowager was looking this way, and immediately walked towards the Empress Dowager with the Princess Jiaoyang.

"My son, please give my mother the best of luck."

"Granddaughter greets grandmother."

The Empress Dowager looked at the Princess Jiaoyang with a smile, and asked a few words in a warm voice.

The Princess Jiaoyang occasionally accompanies her mother to the palace to meet the Empress Dowager. She is quite familiar with this grandmother, so she is also generous in dealing with it, without showing any timidity.

The Empress Dowager was very satisfied with her performance.

In fact, the Empress Dowager had the idea of ​​setting up the Princess of Jiaoyang as the Queen. Whether the Princess of Jiaoyang was worthy of the position of the Queen, whether it was family background or appearance and conversation.

The two are cousins, and it's a good story.

But the emperor was unwilling, and the princess of Jiaoyang seemed to have a heart, and neither of them had any ideas about each other. Forcing them together would only increase their resentment.

At this time, looking at the slender Princess of the Sun, the Empress Dowager could only sigh in her heart, what a pity!

In fact, it is not just the Empress Dowager, Princess Hua An also thought about making her daughter the queen, but she just expressed this meaning, she was sternly rejected by her daughter.

Although the marriage event is the word of the matchmaker's life, it also pays attention to consensuality.

Princess Hua An didn't want to force her daughter, so she could only give up in the end.

At the birthday banquet tonight, the emperor as the protagonist is naturally the focus of attention.

Aside from him, the newly promoted Yong An Bo and Li Qingyan, who had just been promoted to the official minister, were the most eye-catching.

Both of them were newly promoted by the emperor, and many people were secretly envious and jealous.

After three rounds of drinking, the Empress Dowager left the table early on the grounds of lack of energy.

The atmosphere at the banquet became more and more lively.

Many people got up with the strength of the wine, came to Yong Anbo and Li Qingyan, toasted the two of them, and congratulated them on their promotion.

Xiao Lingfeng was a military general, and the people who congratulated him were also generals.

The communication between the generals is very direct, not much nonsense, just drink it!

Xiao Lingfeng was happy in his heart. In addition, he was good at drinking, and he was almost always open to anyone who came. One cup after another, all the generals applauded him.

In contrast, Li Qingyan's atmosphere here is much more awkward.

The people who toasted Li Qingyan were all Wenchens, and Wenchen was best at lip service. They gathered around Li Qingyan, saying good things one after another, holding him high.

As the saying goes, Wen has no first and martial arts has no second. This kind of excessive praise will not do Li Qingyan any good, but will attract more jealousy to him.

No matter how eloquent Li Qingyan was, there were so many people on the other side that he couldn't stand it alone, so he could only drink cup after cup.

Soon he was drunk, his cheeks flushed, and his mind became a little chaotic.

He shook his head and said that he really couldn't do it.

The emperor was still sitting above, these civil servants did not dare to make too much trouble, they saw that Li Qingyan was really drunk, so they had to leave.

The fish soup tonight was extraordinarily delicious, and Xiao Xixi drank bowl after bowl.

Soon a large pot of fish soup had bottomed out.

She also drank a lot of milk tea in the afternoon, and now she added such a large pot of fish soup, her stomach was full of water, and she couldn't help wanting to go for convenience.