29. Chapter 29
Emperor Qin Ying sat on the dragon chair, his eyes were like torches, sweeping the ministers and their families who were still kneeling below, Princess Huofeng's words made some people's faces a little ugly, and he saw a lot of information just by sweeping it away.
Zuixianglou, on the surface, belongs to a chamber of commerce called Beilin, this chamber of commerce is not only very famous in the Haotian Empire, but also in the other two empires of the Star Continent, the Sixteen Kingdoms have their branches, known as one of the three major chambers of commerce in the Star Continent.
Compared with this kind of transnational top chamber of commerce, the three major chambers of commerce in the Haotian Empire are a bit insignificant, and there is no comparison at all!
The headquarters of the Behrin Chamber of Commerce is located in the Blue Moon Empire, which is adjacent to the Haotian Empire, and their influence in the Haotian Empire is also very large, according to the information received by the Emperor, this multinational Chamber of Commerce seems to be very close to the Fan family in recent years.
In other words, one of the hidden shareholders behind Zuixianglou has the shadow of Fan's!
Because of this, all the Fan officials who knelt down at the bottom showed a shocked face, and Princess Huofeng's words just hit the sore spot of these people, and it was strange that they were not worried.
In a moment's effort, the emperor sitting on the dragon chair thought a lot, and all kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind!
"Feng'er, don't buckle your big hat indiscriminately! After all, Zuixianglou has also suffered a lot of losses, and they are unwilling to hand over Xia Qinglian to Du Long unconditionally!"
When Zuixianglou auctioned Xia Qinglian away from Dali Temple, a total of 1,200 gold coins were spent, and last night the small one returned 1,200 gold coins in addition to 800 gold coins, plus Xia Qinglian has also made a lot of money for Zuixianglou in recent years, but the Zuixianglou side is still unwilling to let go, and wants to detain Xia Qinglian to auction it!
You know, people are lovers who have been pardoned by the emperor, what right does Zuixianglou have to auction them? Xiao was out of righteous indignation for a while, and with Princess Huofeng's advice before leaving, he forcibly rescued the weak woman Xia Qinglian from the fire pit, hoping that the emperor would see it!" Du Long took the opportunity to add.
Princess Huofeng also said cooperatively: "That's right! When Du Long was going to ransom people last night, Erchen told him, if anyone saw the princess's gold medal and still didn't let them go, I would beat them up!"
The two of you say a word, I say a word, and in a few words, all the charges will be pushed on the head of Zuixiang Building!
The emperor sitting on the dragon chair suddenly became indecisive, and the queen next to him reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty! Today is a good day for the New Year, if this kind of trivial matter is dealt with at this time, it will make His Royal Highness and the ministers laugh, Feng'er and Du Long have not performed the coming-of-age ceremony, according to the opinion of the concubines, this matter should not be pursued anymore, it is all the fault of the child's impulsive and ignorant family, besides, their explanation just now is also very reasonable!"
After being beaten and cut by the queen like this, what was originally a big or small crime immediately became a trivial matter, and the emperor glanced at His Royal Highness's ministers who were still kneeling down, and then sighed: "That's it, Du Long, if you dare to take the little princess to that kind of place to mess around, I will definitely let you know how serious the consequences are!"
"Thank you for the magnanimity of the emperor and the queen! the villain will never go to that kind of place to have fun from now on, and will not give the princess a chance to follow!" Du Long replied secretly with joy.
"Okay, Feng'er, you and Du Long should both step down quickly!" the queen waved her hand at the right time and said with a smile.
"Emperor Xie!" Du Long stood up and glanced at each other with Princess Huofeng, and the two could see a smile in each other's eyes, and then got up and went back to everyone.
"All the Qing families are all flat!" After the two of them returned to each other, the emperor squeezed out a slightly embarrassed smile, and said majestically, and the ministers below naturally stood up one after another.
After such a farce, everyone's gaze at Du Long was a little strange, this famous second ancestor waste in the capital of the Haotian Empire seemed to be very different from the legendary performance, in front of the extremely powerful emperor, there were even more civil and military officials, this kid can do this step is really rare!
'I'm afraid it's difficult for some of the important ministers of the court to be as calm as him?!' Many people have such a thought in their hearts.
"Lord Zhao, it seems that your family is a little unwise to withdraw from the marriage this time......" Next to Zhao Guodong, the minister of the second-grade household department, the second-grade subordinate department Shangshu Zeng Kai teased him in a low voice, and Zeng Wan'er in the back couldn't help but listen to it, since she met Du Long at the party, she felt that he was not as hateful as the legend, and she naturally began to favor this kid like Princess Huofeng in her heart.
Zhao Guodong snorted with a blue face, and did not answer, as the so-called Tao is different and does not want to make a plan, Zhao Lin'er, who was standing behind him, had already lowered his head, and almost didn't find a crack in the ground to get in.
The next procedure of the New Year's celebration is not complicated, according to the custom, there will be some auspicious signs for the New Year, and then the emperor will lead the ministers to burn incense outside the palace and worship the sky!
This work was done by Xia Qinglian's father Xia Ye back then, but unfortunately, Xia Ye was too stubborn, in this kind of New Year's celebration, he actually dared to say something that should not be said, and the end was naturally doomed!
After the sacrifice to the queen of heaven, there will be a feast on the square in front of the Chengde Palace, the emperor and the hundred officials celebrate the New Year together, this process will last until midnight, probably meaning that the civil and military officials and the king celebrate the New Year together, and the civil and military officials will accompany the king in the palace to keep the New Year!
Entering the banquet time, the ministers began to go to the center of the square in an orderly manner according to the official rank, lined up to toast to the emperor and queen above the main seat, even Du Long's family was no exception, and soon under the leadership of Du Zhentian, the family of three came to the main emperor and queen with wine glasses under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes.
Huofeng, the princess who is extremely favored by the emperor and queen, will be accompanying the queen, and when she saw the three members of the Du family coming to toast, she hurriedly reminded: "Father, the queen mother, General Du's family of three has come to toast!"
This Huofeng princess was ignored when others came to toast, but when the three members of the Du family came to toast, she immediately opened her mouth to remind her, what kind of mentality she was, the emperor and queen saw through it at a glance, and they all showed a helpless wry smile!
"Weichen's family wishes the emperor, the queen and Princess Huofeng a good New Year and all the best!" Du Zhentian squeezed out a respectful smile on his old-fashioned face, raised his wine glass and toasted to the emperor and queen, and Zhou Ruoxue and Du Long beside him raised their glasses to follow.
"Haha! General Du, you have raised a good son! You actually kidnapped the heart of my precious princess!" The emperor looked at Princess Huofeng, who couldn't wait to raise a glass to the Du family, and could only raise a glass to the queen helplessly and smiled.
"Let the emperor laugh! The dog is young and ignorant, and he always causes trouble for the emperor, but fortunately the emperor is magnanimous to avoid offense, and in the future, Zhentian will be strictly disciplined and will no longer cause trouble to the emperor!" Du Zhentian replied with a grateful face.
"Hurry up and toast! everyone's hands are sore!hehehe!" Princess Huofeng shouted in a timely voice, and when she was so disturbed, everyone was dumbfounded, and they no longer talked nonsense, they raised their glasses and touched them, and the three mouthfuls of the Du family naturally drank it all respectfully, even Princess Huofeng.
"Father, the emperor, the queen mother, you have paid for countless mouthfuls of this glass of wine! It's less than one-third of the amount, let's do it together this time!
was fooled around by her like this, the emperor and queen could only glance at her, and once again raised their glasses and drank it all, this scene fell into the eyes of countless ministers, and the meaning was different.
As Du Zhentian's family of three left, people continued to come forward to toast, and Princess Huofeng was still the same, ignoring most of the toasters, and she didn't even bother to move the wine glass.
During this period, she also raised a few cups, all of which were good families, such as Zeng Wan'er with the second-grade subordinate Shangshu, Xu Luyin with the second-grade Jingzhao Metropolitan Governor Xu Qirui, Du Caini from the second-grade city guard general Du Zhendong and so on!
But even if Princess Huofeng's friends and family came to toast, she didn't force the emperor and queen to drink all the wine in the cup, and careful people could still see a hint from it.
All the officials above the third rank, and the chief officials of all places above the fifth rank lined up to toast, and the officials of other levels went to the front of the palace to toast together according to their ranks, and then it was free time.
The piles of officials set up each other's routines, and those family members got together again, and many young people got together again like a party in Longquan Palace, but today there are many more people!
"Good brother, thanks to you today, I finally raised my eyebrows in front of my father!" finally met Yue Xiaoshan, and this guy patted Du Long's shoulder excitedly and said loudly.
"What do you mean by that?!" Du Long asked suspiciously.
"If it weren't for your brother, how could I, Yue Xiaoshan, be treated by Princess Huofeng, just now I went with my father and mother to toast the emperor and queen, and Her Royal Highness the princess actually stood up politely to greet me, and even touched a glass with us!" Yue Xiaoshan still said excitedly.
Du Long rolled his eyes violently, only then did he understand the meaning of Yue Xiaoshan's words, he didn't know that Princess Huofeng's face was not simple at all!