With the sound of "Your Majesty has arrived," the door of the Golden Palace was pushed open again, and everyone's eyes were once again gathered at the door of the hall. All the people who were talking stopped talking, and then everyone naturally walked along the red pavement in the hall.

The blanket stood on both sides, giving way to the emperor's exclusive throne at the highest place, and the princes' disciples subconsciously gathered in one place.

Afterwards, the palace servants wearing golden armor filed in, standing silently on both sides... followed by the current supreme leader of the Great You Empire, His Majesty the Emperor, walked in on the carpet.

The little emperor did not wear a dragon robe today, but wore a bright gold brocade uniform, and a bright red cloak on the outside. The snow-white fox fur at the collar of the cloak was the most expensive variety at first glance, and the emperor's

There were two people slowly following behind him.

One of them, Mu Qiuhuang and others also knew him, and he was the young emperor's most trusted confidant, the great eunuch Bai You.

As for the other person, he was dressed in Taoist attire. Although he looked skinny, he had an air of immortality and Taoism that no one dared to underestimate.

The little emperor walked across the red carpet without squinting and sat on his own exclusive throne, with Bai You standing beside him quietly.

The Taoist priest stood on the steps in front of the little emperor, holding a whisk in his hand.

Seeing the position where the Taoist was standing, Mu Qiuhuang understood in her heart that except for the current Imperial Master, the Patriarch Daoyan of Longhu Mountain, I am afraid that no one else is qualified to stand in front of the current Prime Minister? Although the Imperial Master

They do not hold real power without being involved in the government, but their nominal titles in the empire are extremely high. After all, the emperor is ordered by heaven, and the main role of these Taoists is to communicate with heaven on behalf of the emperor... Therefore, in various positions in the empire,

The Imperial Master will be invited to attend the grand ceremony.

…

Under the leadership of Xiahou Wenyuan, everyone in the hall began to kneel down and salute the little emperor.

"No courtesy for all the ministers." The little emperor took off his cloak and said to everyone.

Mu Qiuhuang then stood up with everyone and looked towards the little emperor. This was the first time he saw the little emperor. He saw that the little emperor was sitting upright on the dragon chair, his lips tightly pursed.

He looked up, with a bit of determination on his slightly childish face.

However, Mu Qiuhuang's attention was all on the little emperor, but she did not notice that Patriarch Daoyan's eyes had been wandering on him and Ji Yan ever since they entered the hall.

…

Mu Qiuhuang noticed that while he was looking at the little emperor, the little emperor was also looking around at everyone in the palace.

Suddenly, when the little emperor looked at Xiahou Wenyuan's side, he frowned slightly. Although the little emperor's expression returned to normal in just an instant, the expression just now was still caught in Mu Qiuhuang's eyes.

Qiuhuang also believed that there were not a few people in this hall who saw the little emperor's gaze.

Mu Qiuhuang followed the little emperor's gaze and looked at Xiahou Wenyuan. Her heart couldn't help but move slightly, and she understood why the little emperor suddenly frowned just now.

Because until now, Xiahou Xuanba, the general of the country, has not yet arrived.

He dared to arrive after the emperor. Could it be that he thought he was more noble than the emperor?

At this point, Mu Qiuhuang is a little confused. Although some people say that the Xiahou family has the final say in the court, there are also rumors that Xiahou Xuanba is now "holding the emperor to order the princes"... But the more he comes,

In this situation, shouldn't Xiahou Xuanba pay more attention to his words and deeds? In this situation where all the princes' sons, civil and military officials, are present, Xiahou Xuanba dares to arrive later than the little emperor. This is a blatant failure to give

The little emperor's face is no longer the way to be a minister... Could it be that Xiahou Xuanba wanted to use this feast to demonstrate? But that's not right? Nowadays, everyone

How could he dare to do this when all the Hou disciples were present?... The thoughts in Mu Qiuhuang's mind were already changing at this time, because in his opinion, Xiahou Xuanba's move was simply stupid.

Mu Qiuhuang tried to see something on the face of Xiahou Wenyuan, Xiahou Xuanba's younger brother. But he was destined to be disappointed. Xiahou Wenyuan's face was as smooth as ever and nothing could be seen.

Although the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty also noticed this, no one dared to point it out.

For a moment, everything above the main hall was completely silent.

After the little emperor glanced at the ministers with a slight disappointment, he also withdrew his gaze. What was he thinking in his heart?

Suddenly, the little emperor said: "The general was sent by me to handle some matters. I think he will be back soon."

Seeing that the little emperor found a step for himself, the ministers in the hall relaxed and breathed a long sigh of relief.

After the little emperor glanced mockingly at the ministers present, he suddenly turned his eyes to the princes' children and asked slowly: "Where is Mu Qiuhuang, the prince of Beiyu?"

Mu Qiuhuang was among the crowd. When she heard the little emperor calling her first, she couldn't help but was stunned. She was quietly pushed by Linghu Jie, and then she walked out, stood in the middle of the red carpet, raised her hands and saluted: "

Your Majesty, I am here."

"Yes!" The little emperor nodded and said, "You don't have to be cautious. If we talk about our relationship, I have to call you cousin."

"I am terrified."

Mu Qiuhuang thought to herself: "Your cousin should be called Mu Qiulin..." But he was also very confused. At this time, although he was not in the court, there were hundreds of civil and military officials present... What was happening to the little emperor?

Are you trying to establish a relationship with yourself?

The little emperor continued: "My aunt has been married to Beiyu for more than ten years, and she has not taken the time to come back to the palace to see it. Although my father has already controlled Long Bintian, there is still my nephew in this palace.

Isn’t that right?...You return to Beiyu this time to send a message to my aunt, saying that my nephew misses her very much and hopes that she can return to Kyoto to pay a visit to me..."

"I obey the decree, and I will definitely deliver the message to Your Majesty." Mu Qiuhuang responded respectfully.

But I felt a little strange in my heart. When Princess Changling married Beiyu, the little emperor was not even born. Moreover, the emperor's family had a low regard for blood and family ties... Mu Qiuhuang didn't believe that the little emperor would treat her like this.

How much does he miss his aunt whom he has never met?

However, when some of the princes in the court heard this, they suddenly thought of the one who kowtowed to Princess Changling in tears in the Golden Palace, and then thought of Princess Changling's husband, who had an army of 300,000 tigers and wolves.

Beiyuhou ~ Mu Qingen.

After Emperor Longshuo ascended the throne, he secretly slaughtered all his brothers, so the young emperor now had no uncles to rely on. On the other hand, in order to prevent the emergence of ordinary people after his death,

The situation in previous years where "the emperor was young and interfered with politics in the harem" cruelly killed the little emperor's biological mother... leaving only two assistant ministers, Situ Changqing and Xiahou Xuanba, to the little emperor.

Emperor Longshuo's original purpose of doing this was to leave a clean court for the little emperor to prevent anyone from taking advantage of blood ties to cause trouble. However, he never thought that before the little emperor truly grew up and consolidated his power,

When he was in great power, the old master suddenly passed away.

The death of the old master immediately caused a series of butterfly effects... In other words, the little emperor was now truly alone, with no blood relatives for him to rely on.

And the little emperor mentioned this to Mu Qiuhuang in front of the courtiers, which was tantamount to

Said that he is not alone, he also has a biological aunt... He also has a powerful relative, the Marquis of Beiyu.

Therefore, the princes in the palace looked at Mu Qiuhuang with a hint of unknown meaning.

After the little emperor took Mu Qiuhuang to visit his relatives, he started joking with the other princes' disciples and talked about their respective local customs, customs and spiritual outlook. In short, it didn't matter what they talked about. What mattered was that the people above the main hall

The atmosphere was stirred up to alleviate the embarrassment of Xiahou Xuanba's delay in arriving... Therefore, the atmosphere in the main hall was intended to be harmonious for a while.

…

After a while, the time has reached You hour.

However, Xiahou Xuanba still hasn't arrived yet.

At this moment, the little emperor no longer concealed his dissatisfaction, and directly asked the officials to urge him.

Although today is the emperor's banquet hosted by the young emperor, it is not easy to start the banquet rashly without the late emperor's minister Tuogu, the first person in the military, and the general Xiahou Xuanba of the country to arrive.

At this time, all the officials in the court were whispering to each other...but Xiahou Wenyuan was still standing alone, a little dazed.

Originally, as the prime minister, he was much higher than the other officials in the court. Secondly, the content of the conversation among the officials in the court did not need to be guessed to know that it must be related to Xiahou Xuanba's delay in arriving.

…

Time passed again.

Just as there was a lot of discussion in the main hall, suddenly a sharp voice came from outside the hall, "General Zhenguo, here!"

As this song was sung, it was like a stone suddenly dropped into a calm lake, causing countless ripples and instantly attracting everyone's attention. Everyone in the hall turned around and looked at the entrance of the hall.

Mu Qiuhuang and other princes' disciples looked even more expectant at this time because they had never seen Xiahou Xuanba before.

Fortunately, everyone was not kept waiting for long. As the iron door of the hall was slowly pushed open, Xiahou Xuanba, dressed in military uniform, walked in under the gaze of everyone.

Yes, it is a military uniform.

The shiny armor, the bright red cloak, the left hand holding the sword hilt, the right hand embracing the helmet, the bright red long feather on the helmet slowly fluttering.

From the moment Xiahou Xuanba walked into the hall, he could feel the murderous atmosphere everywhere. Although the red and green decorations in the hall were extremely festive, there was also a tense atmosphere among everyone just now.

There was a peaceful atmosphere, but it still could not conceal the murderous aura that Xiahou Xuanba showed when he walked. It seemed that with the arrival of Xiahou Xuanba, even the temperature in the hall dropped by several degrees, adding to the atmosphere of the hall.

A bit of a chilling atmosphere.

At this time, Mu Qiuhuang suddenly felt a little uneasy in her heart, but she couldn't figure out where this uneasiness came from.

Mu Qiuhuang noticed that Linghu Jie beside him seemed to grab a handful in the air. Mu Qiuhuang, who was familiar with Linghu Jie's habits, naturally knew that he wanted to hold his Xuanhua axe... This could only mean that Xia Hou

Xuan Ba's aura was so powerful that he actually forced Goshawk, one of the six giants of Beiyu, Linghu Jie to feel safe in front of him only if he held a weapon in his hand.

After Xiahou Xuanba walked in, he walked straight ahead on the red carpet as if there was no one else around, and stood in the most eye-catching middle position in the hall.

"Old minister, I greet you, Your Majesty. I am late for the banquet. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me." Xiahou Xuanba knelt down on one knee and saluted the young emperor.
Chapter completed!