With a "click" sound, Rao Huchen pressed the box on the table and pushed the wine bottle aside.

Gong E, who was kneeling next to him, was about to pour wine when she was startled.

Rao Huchen ignored the palace lady and looked at Li Xia who was diagonally opposite.

I saw that the other party was already watching the singing and dancing.

Li Xia's eyes were serious, but Rao Huchen didn't see much lust or evil in his eyes. He was more relaxed and appreciative.

Too relaxed.

This made Rao Huchen a little surprised.

Then I thought about it, if Li Xiacheng's palace was not deep, how could he have such a treacherous plan?

…

Rao Huchen is an upright person who can be bullied, but he is not stupid.

When he met Zhang Shijun by chance, he considered that at this time of year, he happened to meet a reformed man from the north, and there might be a conspiracy.

Therefore, he had no intention of letting Zhang Shijun go to see Zhang Shijie, and he had to check the evidence himself.

This is also for Zhang Shijie's good.

As a result, the evidence showed that...Li Xia was indeed colluding with the Mongolian princes and had a conspiracy to rebel against the Song Dynasty.

Rao Huchen suspected that it was a frame-up from the north, but the evidence was too detailed and too conclusive.

For example, Li Xia claimed that his wife's Gao family was after the Gao family in Shuzhong, but many evidences showed that his wife was clearly a Gao family in Dali.

After Gao Taixiang's death, the descendants of the Gao family descended to Mongolia and became princes. It was a capital offense for Li Xia to marry such a wife.

There are bigger and more terrible crimes.

No matter what the purpose of going north is, this matter is an indisputable fact...

Rao Huchen's heart was filled with rage.

Li Xia was personally given a cousin name by His Majesty, and was appointed Commander-in-Chief of Shu when he was only twenty years old. How profound is the national favor?

But is this how he repays his country’s kindness?

Married to a Mongolian prince and plotted rebellion.

Even death cannot atone for his sins!

While Rao Huchen was thinking about this, Ding Daquan arrived.

He watched with cold eyes as the traitor received the courtesy and sat down silently. He immediately looked at Li Xia and then lowered his head to drink again, looking very worried.

Rao Huchen couldn't help but think that once Li Xia's conspiracy was revealed, he could drive out the traitors.

Of course, this matter is extremely involved, and we should have planned it carefully and contacted loyal and upright people in the DPRK and China to discuss it.

But Li Xia is eager to return to the court, something must be wrong, and he can't wait any longer.

Tonight, Xu Hui will ruin the official's face and harm his own future.

But the country is the most important thing, so even if you give up this official title, you must eliminate hidden dangers for the country!

~~

"Right Prime Minister."

"I have met the right Prime Minister."

Following this call, everyone in the palace stood up and greeted Wu Qian.

"No need to be polite, just sit down, sit down."

Wu Qian is nearly seventy years old. He walks slowly and needs support from the small yellow door when he sits down.

He looked at Li Xia and sighed slightly, his eyes a little guilty but full of determination.

After this brief greeting, the atmosphere became silent again.

The veterans didn't speak, Li Xia didn't speak, and the military officers and military attachés had no choice but to drink in silence.

Until, loud laughter came from outside the hall.

"According to the regulations, Your Majesty, Commander-in-Chief, will give you a banquet when he sees you. Tonight, it is thanks to Feiyu that I get a jug of wine from the official family."

"Mr. Jia is here."

Jia Sidao was dressed in purple robe, and Shi Shiranran entered the palace.

Li Xia stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Jia's words are serious. It was only through the blessings of several ministers that I was able to return to the court."

This seems to have a different meaning.

When the important ministers in the Privy Council heard this, their faces showed no emotion, but their expressions changed slightly.

Rao Huchen's eyes were full of anger; Ding Daquan was still worried; Wu Qian was like an old monk in meditation...

Only Jia Sidao was still laughing heartily, pointing at Li Xia and pretending to be angry: "Enke released the results today. Do you regret not listening to me?"

"No regrets." Li Xia responded calmly.

Jia Sidao shook his head, looked around the people in the hall, and said with a smile: "In the early years, I advised Feiyu to take the imperial examination. He was unworthy and did not take the provincial examination. Now, isn't it a pity that he can't catch up with this exam?"

He dragged out the word "en" for a long time.

Li Xia then smiled and said, "I wonder what's the pity?"

"You will become a scholar-official after taking the imperial examination. Scholar-official..." Jia Sidao stopped and did not say anything else. He only said: "The prime minister must be a scholar."

Li Xia said: "That's because I have little talent and little knowledge, and I have let down Mr. Jia's love."

"No." Jia Sidao glanced at Ding Daquan and joked: "Feiyu doesn't know that the examiner of this subject is Prime Minister Ding. You, you, you have failed to live up to Prime Minister Ding's love."

Ding Daquan was not in the mood, but he had to answer the question on such occasions.

"Although I have a high regard for the generals and talents of Zhongfei Yu, the imperial examination is a national matter and must not be selfish. Even if you want to be affectionate, you cannot be affectionate."

Jia Sidao said leisurely: "I heard that Ding Xiangdian's Huiyuan is Zhou Zhenyan, a student of Taipei University? He can even beat Liu Chenweng, who is famous all over the world for his poems. Zhou Zhenyan must be very talented?"

Even though Ding Daquan, the prime minister who was in charge of the city, showed a hint of boredom at this time.

He didn't want to have another word with this frivolous maniac.

"When I was grading the papers, I didn't know which paper was Liu Chenweng's. Even if I knew, I wouldn't point to him because of his eloquence," Ding Daquan said.

Jia Sidao turned around, pointed at Li Xia again, and said, "You missed a big benefit."

"There is always a time in life when you don't force yourself." Li Xia responded with a smile.

Just now, he vaguely felt that Jia Sidao had murderous intentions towards Ding Daquan.

This feeling is a bit inexplicable. A group of civil servants and important officials are chatting, and they should not have such murderous intentions. Moreover, Jia Sidao should not be someone who cannot hide his thoughts.

"Don't force it? I think you, Li Feiyu, like to force it the most... It is with this ambition that you can build a country. Come on, let me toast you."

"I dare not take it seriously. I respect Xianggong Jia..."

An announcement came from outside the palace that the royal charioteer had arrived.

~~

The person accompanying Zhao Yun to the banquet tonight is Queen Xie Daoqing.

Xie Daoqing is the granddaughter of Xie Shenfu, the prime minister of Guangzong Dynasty.

She was born with dark skin and an eye disease, but she recovered completely later. Empress Dowager Yang considered her lucky and chose her as the queen. This ruined Zhao Yun's desire to make Jia his queen, and she was never favored.

At this time, as Zhao Yun took his seat, Xie Daoqing was always serious and dignified.

After Zhao Yun opened his mouth first to stop the officials from being restrained, Xie Daoqing spoke.

"I heard you talking, Jia Sidao, from afar. It's too frivolous and loses the style of a minister."

She said this with a smile, and it was obviously a joke, but it was obvious that he only knew Jia Sidao among the gentlemen.

Or it can be said...she only trusts Jia Sidao.

"The queen blames her ministers for not acting like ministers. However, tonight's banquet is only lively because of my ministers' presence." Jia Sidao responded with a smile.

In a word, the atmosphere is better.

Zhao Yun's face also relaxed.

He glanced at Li Xia and saw that Li Xia was also smiling. He couldn't help but nodded, feeling satisfied.

"Feiyu did not let me down."

Li Xia stood up quickly and responded: "Your Majesty treats his subjects with great kindness."

Zhao Yun raised his hand and said with a smile: "There is no need to be polite. We are having a good time drinking tonight. It would be boring if we were too restrained."

As a benevolent king, he is by no means a tyrannical person, and is willing to treat meritorious ministers favorably. As long as the other party can live in peace, this requirement is actually not high.

This is good, there will be less trouble in the future, the king and his ministers will get along well with each other, and it will be a good talk...

"Your Majesty, I have something important to report!"
To be continued...