Xiao Ce's eyebrows were slightly raised, but he didn't show displeasure, but said lightly: "All the ministers are exempt." ”

"Your Majesty—"

After everyone thanked the monarch, they got up, and then they all cast a slightly strange look at Qing Ci, and there were people who thought about it for a while.

Some people think that Qing Ci is too arrogant, and they think that they can despise the imperial power by inviting capable people; some people are speculating that the monarch can turn a blind eye to such a disrespectful act of this person, and they are afraid that this person's future is immeasurable; and some people just look on coldly, secretly thinking that the Huo family has finally climbed back to the position of "Zhenguo Gong", and ushered in such an arrogant son-in-law when the limelight is in its prime, I am afraid that it will not be long before the monarch will be completely offended, and he may even be given the title of "auxiliary general".

Everyone in the hall had their own thoughts, but Xiao Ce on the first seat nodded calmly to the attendant beside him, and then the attendant shouted again: "The banquet begins-"

The voice of the waiter fell, and the sound of silk and bamboo wind music suddenly sounded in the hall, and then a group of dancers poured in from outside the hall, and began to dance with the music in this hall.

Then there were palace people who walked to everyone's table in an orderly manner with all kinds of delicate and delicious delicacies, arranged the dishes neatly and filled their cups with wine one by one.

Xiao Ce raised his hand and raised the wine cup high, and said with a smile on his face: "Today's banquet should be an ordinary family banquet, and all Aiqing don't have to be restrained. ”

After that, Xiao Ce took the lead in drinking the wine in the cup.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" all the officials in the audience raised their glasses in agreement.

After three rounds of drinking, those dancing dancers also bowed and retired, and Qing Ci finally waited for Xiao Ce's purpose for this banquet.

I saw Xiao Ce sitting upright in the first seat, and slowly spoke: "Today's banquet has two purposes, one of which is to reward and commend General Huo Zhong, the Duke of Zhenguo, for leading the army to sacrifice his life to save the widow in danger seven days ago, and he is still not afraid in the face of strong enemies. ”

Hearing Xiao Ce's praise, Huo Zhong hurriedly stood up tremblingly: "Your Majesty has praised it falsely, the Huo family has been a military general for generations, and it is within his duty to serve the country. At present, the minister has no meritorious service, but he was exceptionally awarded the title of 'Zhenguo Gong', the minister...... Well deserved!"

"Eh——!" Xiao Ce waved his hand, "General Huo doesn't have to be humble, after the problem of the 'Eight Heat Volcano' is solved, is General Huo still afraid that he will have no combat merits?"

"This ......" Huo Zhong was dumbfounded.

It's not that he doesn't want to gallop on the battlefield for Changyue Kingdom, it's just that in order to solve the problem of the "Eight Heat Volcanoes" before, everyone has been exhausted by Ziqingke. Now that the demon master of Ziqingke has been driven away for the time being, and he doesn't know when he will recover his vitality and will come to trouble the people again, the monarch still has the heart to think about the problem of the volcano at this time, which really makes Huo Zhong a little helpless.

"What's wrong with the people living and working in peace and contentment now? What is in the mind of this monarch? Is he happy if he has to make the people unhappy?"

"I am afraid that the only one who can live and work in peace and contentment is at the feet of this son of heaven. Two days ago, I went to Qianji Pavilion to find out, the temperature of that volcano seems to be rising again recently, let alone a radius of thousands of miles, I am afraid that in the long run, the entire Changyue Kingdom will suffer because of it. This monarch, Xiao Ce, is bent on solving the problem of the 'Eight Heat Volcanoes', but it is not all for his own selfish desires. Cang Wunian said calmly.

"Why don't we go around the volcano in a few days and see if there's a solution?"

Cang Wunian nodded, "I also have this intention, I have heard Senior Luo Fan talk in detail about the situation near the Eight Heat Volcano in the past few days, and I guess that there is indeed a mystery in that volcano." Otherwise, an ordinary volcano is really not enough to seal the huge Changyue country for hundreds of years. ”

While the two were talking, they only heard Xiao Ce on the first seat say again: "Another purpose of today's banquet is to thank me for another great hero of Changyue Kingdom, Long Lian, the young castle master of Qinglong Castle. Presumably, those of you have already heard that the son of Long Lian has a weak temperament and rarely walks around in this complicated imperial city. A few days ago, I saw the demeanor of the young man of Long Pian, which made the widow very amazed, it turned out that the son had traveled abroad all the year round and had met so many foreign masters. If it weren't for Long Gongzi asking his friends to take action, I would have been in danger for a long time. ”

Hearing this, Qingci rolled his eyes fiercely in his heart, this Xiao Ce, on the surface, seemed to be praising him, but in fact, the implication was that he relied on the help of his friends to seriously injure Ziqingke by mistake.

His current identity is the young castle master of Qinglong Castle, and the outside world's evaluation of him is that he has a weak temperament and does not like mundane things, and that what is unpleasant is that he is idle and idle without doing his job, and the so-called travel is just another way of saying that he is playing in the mountains and rivers. But no matter what you say, he is a person from Qinglong Castle after all, an ordinary person, and a person who should be loyal to the king if he eats the king's fortune.

"I'm afraid this monarch didn't see Qing Ci make a move that day, right?, otherwise how would he think that Qing Ci relied on our help to subdue Zi Qingke?" said Hua Chengcheng pursed his lips.

Cang Wunian smiled, "Maybe he really didn't see it, but even if he didn't see it, he should have guessed it." The reason why he said this must be because he didn't want to put his position too low, he wanted Qing Ci to show loyalty to him and take the entire Qinglong Castle. ”

"If I were him, I would definitely not do such a thing, in the face of a person who is obviously stronger than myself, what capital do I have to put on a score? If I ask for something, I will sincerely ask for it, if I know that I can't ask for it, it is better to straighten my waist and harden it to the end. The painting shook his head, his face disapproving.

"All the officials who can get on the table in the DPRK and China are here, if he doesn't put on a show, how can he, the king, establish his majesty in the future? Besides, if Qingci is not controlled like Zi Qingke, he will show weakness, and the results he will not change. Not only can he not lose face, but he also has to bow his head and beg for others, and if you want me to say, it is not easy for him to listen to the king. Cang Wunian said with a faint sigh.

What Cang Wunian said was actually what Qing Ci was thinking at the moment, but he also used the identity of Long Lian to do something this time, as long as this monarch didn't have any excessive requirements, he would accept it, and he wouldn't mind giving Qinglong Fort some beneficial names.

"Your Majesty praised it falsely, the grass people just happened to be lucky enough to know one of those masters, as for the others, they were all friends of that senior, if you have to talk about the merits, then this credit also belongs to those who are outside the party, and the grass people really deserve it!" Qing Ci said along with Xiao Ce's words.

It seemed that he was very satisfied with Qing Ci's attitude, Xiao Ce waved his hand and said: "Young Master Long is too modest, if it weren't for Gongzi knowing that master, how could other masters come to help hit Ziqingke's demon path together." Originally, the widow wanted to invite those masters today, but he was worried that they had no interest in fame and fortune, but because of this, he thought that the widow was too tacky, so he could only have the son of Lao Long to thank them on behalf of the widow, and if there was any need, he could enter the palace at any time and raise it to the widow. ”

Hearing this, Qing Ci hurriedly thanked him: "The grass people have thanked Your Majesty for your grace for those seniors, and after you go back, the grass people will definitely bring Your Majesty's will." ”

"Well, that's good. Xiao Ce nodded with a smile, and after a little hesitation, he spoke again: "Although Young Master Long is the young lord of Qinglong Castle, he has not inherited the position of the head of the family after all, and he is still a commoner, so it is really a bit troublesome to enter and exit the palace. Your contribution is not small, if you don't give you the corresponding reward, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public, if not, from now on, the widow will make you the secretary, give you a thousand hectares of good land, a mansion, and allow you to go to court if you don't have a big event. ”

As soon as Xiao Ce's words came out, there was an immediate commotion in the palace, these officials all envied the good luck of "Long Lian", since the founding of the Changyue Kingdom, which secretary is not a minister or nobleman who has worked hard. Now this "dragon pity" is just because he knows a few foreign monks, so he has won the blue eyes of the monarch, and he is really more popular than people!

Those eyes of envy or jealousy Qing Ci felt it really, and he couldn't help but sweat for Qinglong Fort now, such a beautiful difference fell on their heads, how many red eyes had to be hot. If he really inherited the position of Shangqing, what should he do if the real Long Lian appeared and wore a goof?

Seeing that Qing Ci's face was strange, he fell into silence for a while, Huo Shudie, who was sitting opposite him, was anxious, and deliberately coughed a few times to attract his attention.

Qing Ci subconsciously looked at her when she heard the voice, and Huo Shudie hurriedly gestured with her hands and mouth: "Thank you, thank you!"

Qing Ci sighed in his heart, if you come, you will be safe, go back and let the people of Qianji Pavilion remind Qinglong Castle, so that their genuine young castle master is ready, and when they enter the palace in the future, they will have to use the art of disguise to get through.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!" said Qing Ci.

Seeing that Qing had accepted this reward, Xiao Ce laughed very happily, and then he actually Huo Ran stood up and said loudly: "The widow still has one last thing to be happy about with the Qingqing, the third daughter of the Zhenguo family, Huo Shudie, is elegant and elegant, the etiquette is graceful, and the appearance is outstanding. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"Congratulations to Zhen Guogong, congratulations to Lord Long!"

As soon as Xiao Ce's words fell, the voices of echo in the hall continued one after another.

Qing Ci thought at first that Xiao Ce had taken a fancy to Huo Shudie and was about to choose her as a concubine, but as soon as the sentence "Marriage to the Qing Long" came out, Qing Ci's face instantly froze.

It's not that his consciousness is too low, but he really didn't expect that this monarch would come to him as a matchmaker when he was full of food and had nothing to do, and the object of the matchmaker turned out to be the ignorant little girl of the Huo family.