Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

No wonder everyone's eyes are so strange!

"Send it to you!"

Xia Yuxiao said angrily.

She can't hold the wine glass either, Qin Ji just took it to drink, so he can't take it and continue to use it, right?

"Uh, then, I thank Your Majesty."

Qin Ji had no choice but to put it away, but His Majesty's wine glass was indeed exquisitely crafted, made of crystal clear jade, and its moist texture was especially soft under the light.

"How about it, isn't the incense burner heavy?" Qin Ji asked.

Xia Yuxiao didn't speak, just picked up the chopsticks, and... tremblingly went to pinch the meat in front of her.

His hands were shaking so frighteningly that he almost couldn't pick up things.

Qin Ji suppressed a smile, took a new pair of chopsticks from the side, picked up the meat for her and handed it to her mouth: "Your Majesty, I can help you."

"I can eat by myself." Xia Yuxiao said coldly.

"Are you sure? You can't even pick up the food, and you can still eat by yourself?"

"I...I have Liu Songyao..."

"Liu Songyao is not here at the moment, she went to watch the back kitchen, I suggest that you don't call Chief Envoy Song over either, the Chief Envoy is responsible for protecting your safety, not feeding you."

"Then what do you do?"

"I'm not, but I'm the closest to you."

Qin Ji sighed, and then watched the emperor reluctantly ate the meat he had caught.

"How much money was spent on the national treasury for this moon sacrifice ceremony?"

Qin Ji asked.

"not much."

"Not many? I think the lighting of the Moon Altar alone is not a small amount."

"Qin Ji, the meaning of this money is not just for looking good, it has its own meaning. The fact that Daxia can stand upright today is due to the efforts of the emperors of all dynasties. No matter how ignorant they are, they also know that they are from Daxia. They know that being a Daxia is different from those foreigners."

Xia Yuxiao put her trembling arms under the table, then raised her chin, and pointed towards the salmon that was made like an open pine cone. Qin Ji saw her movement, and immediately understood it. He brought a piece of fish to her mouth.

"To be honest, the basic education you mentioned, Qin Ji, is very tempting to me. I know that Xia Yun also proposed these at the time, but you expect people today to be willing to leave their work in the field to learn It’s very difficult. People don’t like to study, and most of the work comes from their own desire to earn money to support their families. However, when it comes to watching the fun, everyone is more or less the same.”

"Since this is the case, in this kind of festival, it is a good way to educate them with unforgettable memories. This is why Daxia holds a moon sacrifice ceremony every year."

Xia Yuxiao enjoyed the service of her "loyal minister", and then raised her trembling hand: "Qin Ji, my ancestors handed over the country to me, and I must make a show of it, so , everything must be done as best as possible.”

"Yes, yes, I know, so your majesty, you should consider whether you can move your hands tomorrow."

"It's okay, I've already had the imperial doctor see it, they prescribed some medicine for me, and it will be fine if I put it on my hands tonight..."

"If your majesty thinks that the imperial doctor's medicine can restore your arm to its original state tomorrow, then I suggest that your majesty should not think about it." Qin Ji said.

"Why, you know better than the imperial doctor?"

"No, it's just that the imperial doctor's medicine is not so fast."

As Qin Ji said, he fed the chicken in front of Xia Yuxiao to Xia Yuxiao, and then stopped feeding this time under Xia Yuxiao's signal.

She had almost finished eating, or in other words, Xia Yuxiao didn't have the appetite to keep eating.

Every mouthful has to be fed by others. This way of eating is too shameful, especially when the other party is still a powerful minister of the court.Xia Yuxiao always felt that she was a mascot who had been emptied and tied up and couldn't do anything.

So I just stopped eating and let Liu Songyao feed herself at night.

Seeing that she didn't continue to eat, Qin Ji also put down the chopsticks in his hand, and then stood up: "Your Majesty, Rong Chen will leave the table for a while."

"Go, don't leave for too long, these people may still look for you at that time."

"Yes."

Qin Ji temporarily left his seat, and then walked out of the hall.Due to the large number of officials and many coming from various counties and counties, there are also banquets outside the main hall, which are brightly lit and very lively.

As for Qin Ji, he saw a lonely figure under the lights.

He smiled, stepped forward, and patted lightly:

"What are you doing?"

Lingyan, who was leaning on the back of the chair, turned her head, looked at him, and then smiled: "It's nothing, I'm just looking at the moon."

"Why don't you come in and eat together?" Qin Ji asked, looking at the high-talking officials not far away.

"I don't like this kind of place, it's too noisy, and... I'm not used to the way they look at me."

Lingyan said lightly.Qin Ji knew that she was telling the truth.

Some officials still have a big opinion on Lingyan. In their view, Lingyan, a remnant of the Demon Cult, just got into the position of the leader of the Huilin Department by relying on her looks.

Coupled with the fact that one of the missions of the Gray Scale is to investigate and even monitor those dignitaries, they naturally dislike Lingyan even more.

"Then come in with me, next to me, okay? It's so late, you should have something to eat, and you can't often enjoy the palace's autumn night banquet, it would be a pity to miss it."

Qin Ji said.

"Beside the young master, do others have any objections?"

"It's none of my business if they have an opinion."

"...Then let's go, young master."

Chapter 72 Eat together

Qin Ji walked into the hall with Lingyan. At this time, most people in the hall were still toasting and drinking together, and they didn't notice Lingyan's joining, but soon, a small number of people found out about their banquet. There is one more person on board.

And this person is disgusting to them.

The eyes of these people looking at Lingyan are really not very friendly. Although Lingyan herself doesn't pay much attention to these gazes, it will always make people feel uncomfortable to have someone staring at them all the time during a meal.

"Leave them alone, come and eat."

As Qin Ji spoke, he sat on his own seat, copied a chair for Lingyan, and placed it beside him.

By the way, I ordered the maids in charge of entertaining to bring the bowls and chopsticks that were originally Lingyan to my side.

Originally, as the leader of the Gray Scale Department, Lingyan had a lot of power.However, the power of this official position does not mean that her official university, although affiliated to the central government, is still a newly established department after all, and it is an independent department that is only responsible to the emperor.

Therefore, the official rank is really not as good as these central officials in the hall.At the beginning, because of Qin Ji, the court planned to make an exception to arrange Lingyan in the main hall, but after Lingyan entered, she felt that everything was not very friendly to her, and she couldn't let her young master have to do it for her at this time. He was in his early years, so he simply went outside and stayed by himself.

Now, Qin Ji put her seat directly beside him. Although those unfriendly eyes still exist, at least she is next to her young master, so she can feel at ease a little.

"Actually, it's fine if I don't eat." Lingyan said.

"Stop joking there, don't you want to eat so many delicious things?" Qin Ji said, picked up the very soft deer tendon and put it in her bowl, "Eat it, our family doesn't eat this often. "

In fact, strictly speaking, with the family background of the Qin family, it is not difficult to eat these things now, but Qin Ji himself does not like to offer dozens of delicacies from mountains and seas every day. (My own servants can't eat so much), I can't bear it, so I shrink my meals again and again.

Now that Lingyan has become an official of the central government, she has to eat something good.

"Taiwei," a familiar voice came from the other side of him, "The incident last time, thanks to the Taiwei helping me and Prime Minister Long to rescue me, we were able to live up to His Majesty's expectations and stabilize the situation. , get together today, I would like to offer a cup to the Taiwei."

Qin Ji turned his head, and sitting beside him was a handsome middle-aged man.

Although there are some traces of time on his face, this middle-aged man still has a handsome face, giving people the feeling of a frail scholar.

Of course Qin Ji recognized him, this was the only official in the court other than His Majesty and Prime Minister Long whose official position was not lower than him.

Wang Xiang, the royal doctor of Daxia.

As the censor doctor who supervises all officials, Wang Xiang has not been sitting in this position for a long time, only four years. However, few people in the court are willing to make an enemy of this middle-aged censor. There are many reasons. Simple——Wang Xiang has a backer behind him. His family was married to the late emperor at that time, and the Wang family has been down all the way. He is also the founding father of the empire.

Although the current Wang family's influence is not as good as before, Wang Xiang's ability to become a doctor of the royal family depends on his ability, but after all, he has relatives with the royal family, and he is a descendant of the founding fathers, so everyone will not mess with him.

The doctor Yushi supervised all the officials and represented the emperor, so it would be no good to offend him.

"Wang Yushi has won the award, but I just did my job." Qin Ji smiled, raised his glass and had a drink with him, "I heard that Wang Yushi is very busy these days, and I haven't seen much in the palace. After you come out, it seems that this is true?"

"Hi, I was released by His Majesty to inspect the canal project. A few days ago, I stopped by to see the harvest in Hexi County, and supervised the reconstruction of several counties."

"Oh? Hexi County should be better now, right?"

"That's right. When I went to Hexi County for disaster relief, it was hard to imagine such a tragic scene in the world. The people are suffering. Fortunately, the court still has spare power, so the situation didn't worsen. Otherwise, I don't know how much more I would starve to death. people."

Speaking of the disaster situation in Hexi County, the censor said with a long sigh.

"The incident in Hexi County is actually enough to show that Daxia still has more than enough energy to deal with the disaster. After the disaster in Hexi County, the disaster relief funds from all over the country should have been sent to the government as soon as possible. Pushing each other, everyone has to report to the central government, and wait for His Majesty's order before opening the warehouse to transport grain. Nearly half a month was wasted in the middle..."

When Qin Ji mentioned this, his blood pressure was high.

"Yeah, so this time I went to Hexi County, and by the way, I also supervised the expansion of the granary in Hexi County. I also heard about the purchase of private surplus grain by you, Taiwei. It is said that a large part of the grain you collected on behalf of the court was transported to the granary in Hexi County. At least it can guarantee that they will not be hungry, and it can be regarded as a precautionary measure for the future. Bar."

"Hey, let's not talk about this. The disaster is over, and we have to look forward. By the way, Taiwei, the person next to you is the commander of Lingyan at the gray scale, right? I haven't had time to visit since the commander of the spirit took office. Woolen cloth."

Wang Yushi greeted Lingyan with a smile.

"No, it's just that I was favored by my young master and found an errand to do." Lingyan said modestly.

"Hahaha, if you just rely on your relationship status, you won't be able to achieve such excellent results. I have heard about it for a long time. The operation of the Old Fren Chamber of Commerce was clean and beautiful. Is it? How is it?"

"After a part of the trial, it is basically conclusive."

It is inconvenient for Lingyan to say too much about her work—some of the work at Huilin involves internal secrets, so Lingyan just gave a vague answer without explaining it in detail.

"Look, your people in Qin Ji are just different, and your efficiency is not comparable to that of ordinary people. Come on, let's have another drink!"

.....................................

The banquet lasted until the second half of the night before finally dissipating.

Qin Ji was drunk like mud—in fact, he didn't drink much, and everyone in the court knew that he had a poor capacity for alcohol, so they didn't dare to drink him much, but even so, he was still drunk with such a small cup.

"Is he all right?"

Seeing Qin Ji who was too drunk to stand up, Xia Yuxiao was a little worried.

"It's okay, the young master is like this. Although he doesn't drink much, he will be completely fine after a night of sleep. Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will send him home."

Lingyan carried him on her back easily, and then said.

"Let me get someone to help you."