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Chapter 109Fu Tanghuan had long been used to this kind of process, so she could still sit still, but it was extrely tornting for Wen Yantong.Her heels were in pain after standing for a long ti.This so-called small room was not that small. Used to host and entertain the female relatives of officials, everyone in here were well-clothed and well-fed, noble ladies. So were young and beautiful, so were old and feeble, but regardless, they found it necessary to compare and compete with one another when sitting together.Wen Yantong was tired from listening to them.After waiting an unknown amount of ti among these chattering won, a bell rang outside. The won in the room collectively get up at the sa ti, walk out of the small room slowly, and walk towards the main hall.Wen Yantong also followed Fu Tanghuan out. When she left the room, she peeked up and saw many n standing on the opposite side, including Mu Yang. She glanced around several tis, but she didn't see Chi Jingxi.Then a loud voice rang from the entrance of the hall, "The Emperor has arrived!"Everyone adjusted their robes and knelt down to salute, "Welco Emperor! Long live the Emperor"The Emperor was dressed in a bright red garnt with bright gold embroidered patterns. There was a bright smile on his face, he seed quite happy. A long line followed behind him, and Chi Jingxi was among them.Chi Jingxi was also dressed in red. His long hair was fashioned with a white jade hairpin. His handso face remained expressionless, but because of his pair of smiling eyes made it seem as if he was smiling slightly.Beside him was the crown prince, Cheng Yanchuan, and behind him was a group of palace officials, there were no concubines present.Everyone only slowly got up after the Emperor sat on his dragon chair. Wen Yantong kept her head down, not daring to make a mistake.The Emperor said, "Every one of zhens beloved officials have made it to this years New Year's Banquet. Zhen is infinitely pleased [1]."In such a situation, only the highest ranked officials could answer his statent, so Pri Minister Fu said, "Your Majesty is thoughtful and has arranged this for all of us humble ministers and officials. It is already a great honor for us, how dare we shirk to attend this banquet?"His words were very hypocritical. Naturally, there were people who disapproved, but there was only one person who could outrightly oppose Pri Minister Fus words.Mu Yuan snorted softly, and said, "Pri Minister Fu really loves to joke. Didn't you not make it to last years banquet because of your illness? Truly Lord Ye's passion for dragons [2]."The hall fell silent for a while. The court officials knew that sothing had happened to Pri Minister Fu recently, so no one dared to provoke him at the mont.The Emperor looked at Mu Yuan in surprise and suddenly laughed. When Mu Yuan first entered the court, although he was well versed in martial arts, the reckless man could not read a single word. He single-handedly lowered the cultural level of the entire Shao Jing Dynastys imperial court.Later, his official position was promoted, and the Emperor pressed his head to read and recognize characters. It was only then did he get rid of the title of illiterate.Even so, he seldom used the idiom correctly. He would usually just take the superficial aning and use it indiscriminately, causing many to laugh at him. The Emperor didnt expect him to actually use the right idiom this ti. If it weren't for the presence of the civil and military family mbers, the Emperor would have rewarded Mu Yuan imdiately.Fu Sheng said calmly, "General Mu is the jokester. I was not the one who was drunk and mistakingly dragged Official Jiang's second son as if it were my own son. Why would I avoid such a lively event?"He was talking about what happened last year after Mu Yuan got drunk. Near the end of the New Year's Banquet, he was so drunk that he grabbed Jiang Musheng's collar and pulled him straight to his carriage, while Mu Yang chased after him.During that ti, Jiang Musheng struggled to explain but Mu Yuan didn't listen and just kept shouting, "Son! I'm your father! Listen to your father and go ho now!"This matter made the court officials laugh for a long ti, Jiang Musheng would also take a detour when he saw him. This incident gradually faded in ti, now that Fu Sheng brought it up again, long laughter spread in the hall.Mu Yuan blushed with anger. "I was drunk!"Fu Sheng still had a calm expression on his face. "Oh... Then it seems that General Mu should drink less."Even if Mu Yuan had ten mouths, he could never outspeak Fu Sheng. If only the Emperor allowed, he would like to compete with Fu Sheng with his fists.The toughest part of an illiterate reckless man was their bones and fists.The Emperor smiled and helped to resolve a dispute. "In zhens opinion, the Pri Minister is to speak less, and the general is to drink less, then everything will be alright."Fu Sheng cupped his hands in response.The Emperor continued, "This New Year's banquet is different from the past. All the ministers should know, so enjoy yourselves. Zhen pardons you even if you drink more than usual."Everyone cupped their hands and complied.The Emperor waved his hand lightly, and the palace servant by him imdiately shouted, "Invite the Illusionist from the outer tribe"The lights in the main hall seed to be extinguished at once. Everyone murmured in surprise, there were whispered discussions in the darkened hall.Seeing that everything had dimd, Wen Yantong now had the guts to lift her head and look around.She looked across the hall, at where Chi Jingxi was stationed. He was with Cheng Yanchuan, Cheng Xin, and other imperial princes. There just so happened to be a glazed glass lantern beside him. The soft light hit his profile, highlighting his handso but delicate jawline.It was difficult to make out everything since the lights were dimd. Wen Yantong vaguely saw Chi Jingxi's dark and heavy eyes, as he looked at the door like everyone else.Almost all the young gongzis standing opposite were handso and suave. At this mont, many maidens would use this opportunity to secretly peek at them from the other side. It's hard to imagine how many young noble ladies were now attracted to Chi Jingxi.Maybe because the gaze was too intense, Chi Jingxi seed to feel it as he turned suddenly. His dazzling eyes looked at Wen Yantong. In a spark-like instant, separated by a long distance, within the hazy light, and across the several people standing in between, their eyes actually collided.Suddenly her heart started to race, almost jumping out of Wen Yantong's chest....Footnotes:[1] Zhen - its how the Emperor addressed himself.[2] Lord Ye's passion for dragons - to pretend to be fond of sth while actually fearing it; ostensible fondness of sth one really fears
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