In the front hall, after Laifu brought the visiting officials in, he said "Wait a moment" and then left.
Before His Royal Highness King Yu arrived, the officials of Taicang City did not dare to sit down. They all stood in the middle of the lobby with some restraint, feeling uneasy in their hearts.
Originally, they deliberately did not come to see His Royal Highness Prince Yu in order to show off his power; but in the afternoon, when the servant sent to the post house did not reply, everyone became a little panicked.
Instead, they began to worry that His Highness Prince Yu would not want to see them.
If His Highness Prince Yu refuses to see them, then it means that His Highness Prince Yu intends to hold on to this matter.
His Royal Highness King Yu is the General of Zhenguan appointed by His Majesty, and the immediate boss of all of them. What they want most is to sideline him, but now it seems that this wish is impossible to realize.
It is conceivable how miserable their future situation would be if they were resented by a general with real power.
So, when the servants reported that His Highness Prince Yu agreed to their visit, Zhou Yanwai and Ouyang Lie could not help but heave a sigh of relief.
At the same time, they also understood that this was a small warning given to them by His Highness Prince Yu.
Just when everyone was thinking about what kind of person His Royal Highness Prince Yu was, Di Xin finally appeared with Xizi.
There was clearly a childishness unique to this age on his face, but all the officials present did not dare to look at the seventeen-year-old prince with disdain.
Even when Di Xin walked from the door to the main seat and sat down, every time he passed someone, that person lowered his head unconsciously, not even daring to look at each other.
This change in attitude, on the one hand, is due to Di Xin's series of operations today, which not only disrupted their plans, but even seized their leverage.
On the other hand, even though Di Xin was using the body of King Yu of the Great Li Dynasty, his true form was the Lord of the Prehistoric Realm, which was not only far away from the Ancient Moon Realm, but the Human Emperor Zhou of Great Shang.
As long as you stand there, you are the natural superior.
At this moment, no one dared to regard him as a young prince.
After Di Xin sat down, he glanced around the people present with great satisfaction. This kind of calm and intimidating aura was deliberately done by him in order to intimidate everyone.
He doesn't want to play tricks like pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger or pretending to be a slap in the face. Years of experience in controlling his subordinates have taught him that the fastest way to conquer others is to show your domineering power and make the other party not to underestimate him.
It can also prevent some fools who cannot see the reality clearly from jumping out to cause trouble.
Judging from the current situation, the effect is pretty good.
Laifu, who had disappeared just now, appeared again, handed a cup of tea at just the right temperature to Di Xin, and then disappeared again.
Laifu's entry and exit interrupted the increasingly tense atmosphere in the hall, and also alerted the standing Taicang City officials.
"I am from outside Zhou Yan, the magistrate of Taicang City."
"Your Majesty, Taicang City Commander Ouyang Lie."
"Twenty officials from Taicang City have met with His Royal Highness Prince Yu."
"I have met His Royal Highness Prince Yu."
As Zhou Yanwai and Ouyang Lie took the lead in saluting, other officials quickly followed suit and knelt down.
Not all officials from Taicang City are here, and naturally not all officials are qualified to come to see His Royal Highness King Yu. There are also some generals such as Zheng Qianhu who want to guard the guards outside the city to prevent the Turks from secretly
sneak attack.
Di Xin picked up the tea and took a sip. When the entire front hall fell into a strange silence, and everyone kneeling did not dare to breathe, he said leisurely: "Get up."
"Thank you, His Highness King Yu."
Everyone stood up and still stood stiffly.
"Okay, I'm not a bad person, don't be so nervous."
Di Xin spoke again: "Taicang City will still rely on you in the future, please take a seat."
"Thank you, His Highness King Yu."
Everyone sat down separately, but Di Xin did not speak, only occasionally taking a sip of tea.
Seeing that the hall was about to fall into a weird atmosphere again, the prefect Zhou Yanwai knew that he could not go on like this, so he gritted his teeth secretly and stood up.
Zhou Yanwai slightly bent over, cupped his hands and said: "His Royal Highness King Yu, you came from the capital, and the journey was very tiring and tiring. Therefore, I boldly made the decision last night and did not come to see His Highness King Yu at the first time. Please invite His Highness
Forgive me."
His attitude was sincere, but he didn't mention anything about what happened and he never came to see him.
Di Xin did not expose it, but nodded slightly to show that he understood, and asked casually: "Who are you?"
They also ignored what they said when they knelt down just now.
"I am a minister of Zhou Yanwai. He was a Jinshi for thirty-four years and is now appointed as the magistrate of Taicang City."
After Zhou Yanwai introduced himself, seeing that Di Xin's eyes did not waver at all, he continued: "This is my colleague Sun Wenxu."
"I have met His Royal Highness Prince Yu."
Sun Wenxu, who was sitting next to Zhou Yanwai and had a mustache, quickly stood up and imitated Zhou Yanwai's movements and raised his hands.
Seeing Di Xin nod slightly, Zhou Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and continued to point to the next person to introduce: "This is a fellow intellectual..."
Sun Wenxu sat down again, and the person pointed by Zhou Yanwai stood up.
"This is the general judge..."
"Who is this……"
As Zhou Yanwai introduced them one by one, everyone who was pointed out stood up and bowed their hands to Di Xin, but Di Xin did not speak during the whole process, only nodded slightly.
Soon, Zhou Yanwai finished introducing the officials sitting on the left side with him.
When Zhou Yanwai also sat down, Ouyang Lie, who was sitting in the first place on the right, stood up: "Your Majesty, the commander of Taicang City, Ouyang Lie."
Ouyang Xuan's father.
Di Xin looked at the bearded Ouyang Lie with a flash of understanding in his eyes.
At the same time, he was wary of Ouyang Lie. To be able to cultivate a person with a sharp mind like Ouyang Xuan, such a person would definitely not be simple.
Next, Ouyang Lie also introduced the officials on the right.
Different from the civil servants on the left who are responsible for the administration of Taicang City, the people in the command department are mainly military generals. Their statures are a bit rougher and their movements are not so gentle. Most of them just sit down with a simple cup of their hands.
After all the officials present were introduced, Di Xin did not say anything else, but immediately frowned, with a bit of doubt and unkindness in his tone: "Where are the people from the inspectorate?"
All the officials were shocked.
The Inspection Division is different from other departments in that one of its responsibilities is to supervise officials. Therefore, even officials with higher grades are generally reluctant to offend the Inspection Division.
However, His Royal Highness Prince Yu's tone was filled with questions, and he did not hide his dissatisfaction with the fact that no one from the Inspectorate Division had arrived.
But, is it really dissatisfaction with the Inspector General?
Maybe there is, but by saying this even though no one from the inspectors and envoys came, His Highness Prince Yu was going round the corner to express his dissatisfaction with all the officials present.
It was obvious that His Royal Highness Prince Yu had objections to this belated pilgrimage, and he did so in an undisguised manner.
Today's test was not so easy, and all the officials sighed in their hearts.
