"This, this..."

Chen Tuo held the quilt with a bitter look on his face.

He is a high-ranking scholar and a high-ranking official. He risked his fortune and life to join the emperor. Not to mention the benefits, he still did such a clown act...

"It'll be fine as long as you get over this hurdle."

Although Jiao Shun didn't like him, he couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder sympathetically and said comfortingly: "Your Majesty has always been clear about love and hate. If Brother Chen can make a splash at the court meeting, there will be many opportunities to thank the Lord for his kindness."

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Hearing Jiao Shun mention the "Thank you Lord for your kindness" joke again, Chen Tuo gritted his teeth and his eyelids jumped, but he pretended to burst into tears with gratitude on his face and said with cupped hands: "Thank you Jiao Jijiu for reminding me, Chen will never forget your respect in the future."

Thank you for your kindness today."

"Serious words, serious words."

Jiao Shun waved his hand and pointed to the corner, then turned around and returned to the palace.

As soon as he left, Chen He's face suddenly fell, he lowered his head and clutched the sheets tightly with both hands.

No matter what, he was the first among the literati to seek refuge with the emperor. He only had one reason to buy horse bones for a thousand gold, so he shouldn't have fallen to this.

So it must be the Jiao thief who made slanderous remarks in front of the emperor!

Thinking of this, Chen Tuo couldn't help but throw the sheet to the ground.

As a result, the sheet spread out and floated forward a few feet, just covering a pair of military boots.

Chen Gao looked up in shock, only to find that four guards with swords had surrounded him. They stood with their swords in their hands, their faces and eyes full of indifference.

Chen Tuo was startled, and then he suddenly realized that "love and hate are distinct" has another meaning.

So he hurriedly lowered his head to pick up the sheets, smiled flatteringly at the guards, then walked honestly to the bottom of the palace wall, leaned his back against the wall, and raised the sheets high with both hands to cover his body.

When the four guards saw this, they stood not far or near him, pretending to be chatting.

About a quarter of an hour passed.

People are arriving one after another outside Donghua Gate - this is not a great court meeting, but an ordinary court meeting that only officials from important departments above the third rank will participate in. Therefore, they will not enter and exit through the Meridian Gate, but will go to Wenhua through Donghua Gate nearby.

The palace discusses politics.

Just as Jiao Shun expected, most of the courtiers did not notice Chen Tuo holding up the sheets. A few of them noticed the abnormality, and based on the idea that more things are worse than less things, they ignored it.

As usual, the courtiers first gathered at the duty room of Bunren Hall near Wenhua Hall, but they had just chatted for a few words when they suddenly saw Dai Quan walking in from outside the door.

When everyone saw him, they thought that the morning meeting was going to be cancelled.

Many people were secretly planning to go home early to prepare for the Double Ninth Festival tomorrow. They didn't want Dai Quan to bow and bow before raising his voice: "Long live the Lord, please go to Jingren Palace to meet you."

"Jingren Palace?"

Wang Zhe, the heavenly official of the Ministry of Personnel, said suspiciously: "The morning court will be held in the harem today. Isn't it against the rules?"

Dai Quan smiled slightly: "You will know the truth when you get to Jingren Palace."

As he said this, he made a gesture of invitation.

Although the courtiers felt that it was inconsistent with etiquette, there were many things that Emperor Longyuan did not respect etiquette, so it would not be surprising to add another one.

So cabinet bachelors He Tiren and Xu Furen took the lead side by side, and the rest also filed out, passing through Wenhua Hall, Wenyuan Pavilion, passing through Arrow Pavilion, Jingyun Gate, and the inner left gate to the East Sixth Palace.

At this time, everyone had heard the loud rumbling sound coming from Jingren Palace, and they all exchanged looks, not knowing what was going on.

Wang Zhe couldn't help but ask again, but Dai Quan still held back.

All the courtiers made various speculations in their minds and thought of almost everything they could think of. However, when they finally entered Jingren Palace, they were still surprised by the rumbling train.

Especially today, a few wooden boards painted black were temporarily added to the two sides of the front of the train. Although it is actually of no use, the steel monster that stands out becomes even more ferocious.

More than half of the courtiers could not help but stop in their tracks, pointing at the train and talking loudly.

A few of them immediately lowered their faces and looked at the emperor outside the Yuyun Garden gate.

Upon seeing this, Dai Quan urged again and again at the top of his voice, and the somewhat scattered courtiers then lined up again and headed towards Yuyun Garden.

When they arrived in front of the emperor, several young eunuchs shouted in unison, and the courtiers also shouted long live the mountain at the top of their lungs.

The emperor raised his hand in the distance and saw that the train had received the signal and began to slow down. He looked around at everyone and said proudly: "Everyone, let's try this thing."

What responded to him was a dead silence.

Several officials from the Ministry of Works wanted to say a few words, but seeing their colleagues acting like this, they couldn't stand up casually.

The emperor was not annoyed at all. He waited for a while with a smile, and then suddenly raised his voice and asked: "Jiao Aiqing, what do you think?"
Chapter completed!