Ye Jing's temperament became very strange. He began to not worry about Ye Chunqiu's outside. No matter what rumors there were outside, he tried his best not to ask Ye Chunqiu. Perhaps... Deep in his heart, he felt that Ye Chunqiu was stronger than his father, so although he was worried occasionally, he was more willing to reduce Ye Chunqiu's psychological burden.

After having a meal with Ye Jing at noon, Ye Jing talked about the arrangements at the mansion. Ye Chunqiu couldn't help but smile: "Dad, you should find a stepmother for me, otherwise if this continues, wouldn't my dad become a housekeeper?"

Ye Jing didn't say anything at this time and buried his head in the meal. Ye Chunqiu thought he was angry and didn't know what to say. Ye Jing suddenly said melancholy: "If the embroidered lady knew that we father and son had lived such a life now, she would really not know how happy she would be." Then she was silent again.

He is still a person who is immersed in the past and refuses to extricate himself.

Ye Chunqiu shook his head in his heart. He dressed up and then walked to the Hanlin Academy. There was a newly appointed Hanlin Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy here, but the various institutions in the hospital did their own things for the time being. Zheng Tixue summoned the Hanlin who was waiting for the imperial edict, and he had to talk about some details and rules about entering the palace, how to perform rituals and how to worship. In fact, this was basically what Ye Chunqiu said. Others had more or less experience, but Ye Chunqiu was the first time he attended such a grand ceremony.

It is said that in the morning, the emperor had already paid sacrifice to the Taimiao, and then he would have some refreshments, and then he would receive the courtship of all civil and military officials in Fengtian Hall. This Fengtian Hall is the traditional Golden Palace and is the head of the three major halls of the outer court. Only on extremely important occasions will ministers and envoys be summoned here.

It was almost time to go, and the Hanlin people had gathered together. Today, we were neither entering the palace from the Meridian Gate nor Chongwen Gate, but entering from the Ming Gate.

This Daming Gate is the main gate of the Forbidden City. Generally speaking, only the emperor can enter and exit. However, today, it is a special order to open the Daming Gate to allow all officials to enter, and then everyone will go straight to Fengtian Hall along the central axis to participate in the court meeting.

Zheng Shixue specifically instructed: "Spring and Autumn, follow me later, you just need to follow me."

Ye Chunqiu's head responded.

Everyone went to the Daming Gate and stood according to their respective yamen and official positions. Ye Chunqiu followed Zheng Shixue closely. When the bells and drums sounded, the Daming Gate, which had been rarely opened, was opened with the concerted efforts of dozens of guards. Looking from here, a towering hall appeared in front of him in the depths of the door.

The Ming Gate is particularly wide, enough to accommodate dozens of people to advance in unison. All the ministers entered the palace one after another, and more than 200 ministers were arranged into long snakes, each with their own positions and slowly entered.

Ye Chunqiu had a humble official position and could only enter the Forbidden City at the end of the team. After crossing the Jinshui Bridge, he entered the Fengtian Palace.

Fengtian Hall was built when Emperor Wen Zhu Di moved the capital. It is said that Fengtian Xuyun is also called Fengtian Jingnan, and it has the purpose of whitewashing himself. Therefore, this Fengtian Hall is the head of the three main halls of the previous dynasty. It is the most grand and magnificent, covering a huge area, enough to accommodate thousands of people.

So much so that more than 200 ministers entered the hall, and they still felt empty. There were many cases and cushions on both sides of the hall. However, at this time, everyone could only gather in the hall and wait with their hands down.

After a while, Zhu Houzhao came in with a decadent look on her face, wearing a crown and a crown suit. Everyone saluted one after another. Zhu Houzhao took up his seat and looked around, as if he wanted to find Ye Chunqiu from the ministers. But there were too many people today, and Ye Chunqiu's location was a little remote. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, so he had to say, "Well, you don't have to be too polite."

After he finished speaking, he was actually nothing. The eunuchs from the Lishui Supervisor and officials from the Ministry of Personnel were singing. The first part was to announce the good news. First, Liu Jian stepped forward and as the chief minister of the cabinet, you started to recite the "happy poems" you had already prepared.

Then an official came forward and said, "The Yunnan Provincial Administration Commissioner came to report that the hunters of Mengmi comforted the department found a seven-colored deer in the mountains. The ancient saying goes: There are deer in the world, seven-colored horns, divine beasts in the fairy world, Di falls into the mortal world, protects the divine light, walks on the moon; once this beast comes out, the country will be prosperous and the people will be safe. This is the blessing of the country and the blessing of Your Majesty... Your Majesty, this is auspiciousness, and it is a sign of prosperity."

Everyone smiled. On such days, even if everyone was "dissatisfied" with Zhu Houzhao, they wouldn't mind saying a few auspicious words at this moment.

Zhu Houzhao was very interested: "Oh, the seven-colored deer? I have never seen it. Has the Yunnan Provincial Governor captured it? I immediately escorted it to the capital, I want to see it."

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The official's smile froze and the others were also embarrassed.

Ye Chunqiu was among the crowd and laughed.

He read too much official documents and naturally understood the so-called auspiciousness, just like a market economy. Some people have this demand, so naturally some people create it out of thin air. One is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten and the transaction is fair, and the court occasionally needs auspiciousness to frame it. However, local officials naturally inevitably create some so-called auspiciousness every now and then. If you really do this, you will lose.

It was good for everyone to be happy. On this occasion, I took out some auspiciousness and had fun. As for whether there was any, everyone knew it. Either it was fabricated out of thin air at Mengmi Fushi, or there were indeed suspected deer, which was mostly a mixed species of head gene mutation, and they did have some colors on their bodies. But if you really want to say that the seven colors and five colors are, the higher chance is an exaggeration.

But Zhu Houzhao actually believed it and really wanted to see it, which broke the rules of the game.

The official who reported the auspiciousness was mostly driven by ten thousand grass and mud horses, so he had to say, "The seven-colored deer has stepped on the clouds, uh..."

"Oh." Zhu Houzhao said with a disappointed look: "What a pity."

Everyone continued to report good news, but it was simply that the rebels in Wen'an, Bazhou had been defeated and were about to be killed.

Zhu Houzhao was also very interested in this and kept saying yes.

Ye Chunqiu saw that the ministers had no expression, and sighed in his heart. The rebellion in Wen'an, Bazhou had lasted for a year, and the censor fled without fighting. It was clearly a rebellion in Bazhou, but he was in charge of Tianjin Guards hundreds of miles away, and even the official army stopped moving forward. From the rebellion to now, the censor who ordered the arrest of the thief had sent three good news. Today, one thousand were suppressed, and tomorrow was another two thousand. Every time he said that he would be killed soon, and His Majesty did not take this small rebellion to heart. The ministers in the court must have known what was going on. However, the censor who was responsible for supervising the arrest of the thief seemed to have a close relationship with Zhang Cai, the Minister of Personnel, and he praised him for many years. Now someone used this to report good news, and Ye Chunqiu felt a little cold. (To be continued.)
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