Liu Shuai's good news pushed the entire birthday celebration to a climax, and the Taihe Palace, which had become depressed because of the ceremonial officials, was immediately rejuvenated.

Because of the leadership of Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, the royal family and nobles also congratulated Song Jue and the Queen Mother, and threw out the beautiful words one by one, and even Wu Qingruo, who was very quiet on weekdays, said a few more words.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu never imagined that the step-by-step celebration would be broken by such an accident. But this accident was great news for the entire Great Xia, and he himself was very happy, if he could completely eradicate the calamity in the southern realm, it would really be a matter of immeasurable merit. Therefore, he didn't know whether he should cry or laugh at this moment and now.

Wait until the congratulations of the hundred officials are over, and the birthday banquet really begins.

At this birthday banquet, Song Jue personally begged Jin Miaomiao, hoping that she could be responsible for part of the dishes, mainly for himself, the Queen Mother, the imperial family, and the nobles, and the officials could be responsible for other imperial chefs.

Jin Miaomiao felt that she had to guide Song Jinyu to make that birthday dish anyway, and she was idle, so she agreed to Song Jue's request.

After Shen Haolin heard about this, he mocked him in front of Song Jue once, saying that when the birthday banquet began, when the officials saw that their dishes were different from those of the imperial family and the nobles, and found that they were treated differently, see what reason he had to convince them.

As a result, because of Liu Shuai's battle report, when the birthday banquet really started, everyone's excitement had not really passed, and they didn't find that the dishes in front of them were any different from those of other people, and their attention was still on discussing the results.

"Liu Shuai saved Song Jue's life." Shen Cha covered her mouth and snickered, and whispered to Shen Haolin, "Sister Jinyu is here." ”

When Song Jinyu walked in with the birthday dish she made herself, she slightly attracted the attention of the officials, she respectfully placed the roast meat she made in front of the Queen Mother, and watched the Queen Mother take a bite, and squinted her eyes happily.

"It tastes very good!"

Hearing the praise of the Queen Mother, Song Jinyu breathed a sigh of relief, and finally let go of her heart when she mentioned her throat.

The officials got up again and congratulated the Empress Dowager again, praising the eldest princess's good craftsmanship and filial piety to the Empress Dowager.

When the eldest princess left the Taihe Palace, the topic of discussion among the officials turned back to the battle report, and even people who didn't like each other on weekdays frequently raised their glasses to celebrate this victory.

"Liu Shuai's news is really timely!" Song Yaojia stretched out her thumb and whispered to Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "Look at Lord Shao's face, it was all green just now, and now it has eased up." Yesterday, he also told us very seriously that we must remember not to make any mistakes. As a result, people are not as good as heaven. Liu Shuai's battle report ruined all his arrangements, and he didn't dare to say anything. You say, did Liu Shuai count the time to send it? ”

"It's not impossible." Bai Meng, who had been standing beside Song Jue, walked over with the battle report and handed it to Shen Haolin, "Look at the date of payment, Liu Shuai was sent over eight hundred miles in an expedited manner." ”

Shen Haolin lowered his head to read the content of the battle report, Liu Shuai wrote in great detail, in the past month, there have been more than 30 encounters with the Japanese and water thieves, and the number of thieves who really committed the border is more than the final result of the battle, because there are more than 100 people who were shot down in the sea by the sailors of Great Xia but their whereabouts are unknown, and no one is alive or dead.

"This kind of large-scale invasion was not common in previous years." Song Yaojia looked at Shen Haolin, and then at Shen Cha, "According to the experience of previous years, it will take at least two months before the Japanese invaders are frequently harassed, why is it so early today?" It's still so aggressive? The number of pirates and pirates killed each year is not as high as this one. ”

"Probably because when Liu Shuai first arrived in the south, he fought with them and beat the pirates back to their lair. The pirates were unwilling, and after a brief break, they made a comeback. ”

"They didn't collude with the water thieves last time, but this time they knew that they couldn't beat Liu Shuai, so they asked the water thieves to help. But the water thief knew that Liu Shuai was powerful, even if he helped, he didn't come out of the nest, but he was old, weak, sick and disabled, and he was just dragging his feet. Bai Meng sneered, "This time, the wolf is lifting a stone and hitting his own foot." ”

"Water thief ......" Song Yaojia touched her chin and looked at Bai Meng sitting next to her, "It stands to reason that the south is rich, and the life is much better than that in the north, how can there be water thieves?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, do you think that's a real water thief?" Bai Meng took a chopstick and steamed fish and put it in his mouth, "Behind the so-called water thieves, there are local gentry and gentry. ”

"The gentry in the south all have their own guards and thugs, although the government has clear requirements that each house should be limited to twenty to thirty people, and should not exceed this range. But there is this statement above, and there is also a countermeasure below. Let their nurses or thugs pretend to be servants or servants, as long as they don't say it themselves, it's better to hide it, and no one will know. Shen Cha picked up the soup bowl and took a sip, her eyes lit up instantly, and she patted Shen Haolin's arm, "This soup is so fresh!" ”

When Song Yaojia heard Shen Cha's words, she took the lead in picking up the soup bowl and taking a sip, and motioned for Shen Cha to continue.

"Say what?" Shen Cha took another bite of the roast meat cooked by Song Jinyu that the Queen Mother asked Xiao Nei to send over, "Do you say that the water thief is actually not a water thief, but a nurse or thug raised by these wealthy gentlemen?" ”

"Even you in the north know that the local government is not uncounted, and they let it go?"

"Your Highness, the collusion between officials and businessmen is not just talking, the gold and silver received by some big men over there in the south are not a little bit of gold, only this time they kicked the iron plate, Liu Shuai doesn't eat their set."

"It's not pouring cold water, if you win this battle, you can't take it lightly, there will be a lot of things that need to be cleaned up in the future, the non-cooperation of local officials, and the gentry looking for trouble openly and secretly will cause a certain burden to Liu Shuai, although the battle is over, but the burden on Liu Shuai's shoulders will become heavier and heavier."

"Grandpa Guo is right, Liu Shuai had expected this before he left Beijing, and he was fully prepared, let's not worry, he has good help around him, and he encounters something that he is not good at, very difficult problems, and the old father and son of the Hua Pavilion are here, the old man of the Pavilion has gone through three dynasties, and he has seen all the winds and waves, and those people can't fool his old man." After Bai Meng finished speaking, she glanced at Shen Cha very nervously, waited for her to finish eating the roast meat in her mouth, raised her eyebrows at her, and asked, "This...... How does it taste? ”

"Hmm......" Shen Cha pondered for a while, and bared her teeth at Bai Meng, "It's not bad, it's much better than what she did before." ”