Chapter 667: All Knew

Night.

The cotton curtain at the door moved, and the cold wind carried the fragrance inside.

Long Yao poked her head out.

"Elder, get up, there is a Great Court Assembly today, if you miss it, you will be beaten."

"What time is it?"

"Half past the Yin hour."

"Hu!"

Liang Qu lifted the quilt, turned over and sat up, exhaled a long breath, stunned.

Last night, New Year's Eve, everyone was lively until the Zi hour, not too sleepy, just took a nap, the whole body was lazy, really didn't want to go out to blow cold wind.

Looked out the window.

The sky was not bright, pitch black.

Why is the court assembly so early?

Court at the Mao hour, which is five o'clock in the morning.

Officials have to wait outside the Meridian Gate at the Yin hour, which is between three and five o'clock in the morning.

Getting up earlier than a chicken.

Fortunately, everyone has cultivation, and he only attends a few key times. If it were every day, without rest, it would be torture.

Yawned.

Long Yao, Long Li prepared all the corresponding clothes, from waist belt to accessories, square plaques and seals, folded and placed by the bed, boots toes side by side facing out, leaning against the ground.

Tied the waist belt.

The courtyard was quiet.

Even Tatta didn't get up for morning exercises, curled up in a small blanket and slept soundly, holding half a big fish bone in his claws, looking like he was tired from gnawing last night and fell asleep.

"Hard-working life."

"Elder, hot water is poured."

"Coming!"

Long Li poured hot water, wrung out the towel.

Applied to the face.

The warm steam made people feel refreshed.

"Comfortable!"

A slight sound came from the side room.

A moment later, the wooden door opened.

Long Eying stepped into the hall.

Liang Qu put down the towel: "Disturbed you?"

"No, just calculated the time, Elder should go to court, so I got up to see, lest there be a mistake."

"How?"

Long Eying looked up and down, nodded lightly.

"Not bad."

Waited for a long time, no other words.

"Okay..."

Long Eying looked thoughtful.

The branches were hung with ice edges, and the frost and snow on the ground crunched.

The surging waves by the river crushed the thin ice, and the half-dry, half-wet flower paper floated and disappeared.

Jishuitan was connected to the Taiye Pool in the imperial palace by a wall. The imperial palace was like spring all year round, so Jishuitan was not easy to freeze even in cold weather, but it was too far away, and there were occasional exceptions.

Puff!

Liang Qu hooked the stirrup, bent down to pick up a round stone, threw it obliquely, the whole stone galloped to the surface of the pool, countless ripples strung into a line, until it disappeared into the thin mist.

"Minister Liang is really in a leisurely mood, having the mind to skip stones on the way to court."

"Cough cough." Liang Qu sat up straight, turned his head awkwardly, "Uncle Xu?"

Xu Wenzhu lifted the curtain: "Why not prepare a carriage?"

"Too troublesome." Liang Qu drove the horse to the carriage, walking side by side, "I haven't been in the imperial capital for a few days, and I'm only from the fifth rank, I don't get a turn for court usually, it's all wasted in the end."

"How is it, nervous?"

"Nervous? What's there to be nervous about?" Liang Qu turned his head, "I attended the Noon Court Ceremony before, I think it's no different from the morning court, just stand still..."

"Pretending to be stupid!"

Xu Wenzhu sneered.

Liang Qu's heart jumped: "I don't know what Uncle Xu is asking?"

"I'm asking you, are you nervous about the competition with the Northern Court envoy group?"

Liang Qu's mouth was dry: "What competition?"

"Keep pretending!"

Liang Qu knew he couldn't hide it, looked around, asked quietly: "Uncle Xu, how do you know?"

"Heh, I didn't know originally, Meng Qiang that kid hid it quite well, and the source of the news was quite coincidental, but you kid ran to the Feather Forest Army's training ground for no reason, fighting with Zhang Shaofan, Hua Qingdu, and Li Bingzhong in broad daylight.

Four Great Martial Artists, the sword Gang cut out more than ten zhang, the arrow marks hung for half a day without dispersing, the momentum caused can be seen for miles around,"

Liang Qu stuttered: "That shouldn't leak the wind..."

Everyone competed, and the news leaked out?

There are thousands of Great Martial Artists in the imperial capital, not to mention fighting, don't they practice and compete every day?

"Others definitely wouldn't, just martial artists competing, a thousand or eight hundred a year is few, but you underestimate your own ability, underestimate how many people care, and what kind of people do what kind of things.

You are not a person who likes to pick things, and Meng Qiang is also slippery, among the dozen commandants of the Feather Forest Army, he is the most open.

An honest person suddenly makes trouble, no hidden feelings inside, who believes it?

If you ask carefully, good guy, all the honor guards in the Tianchen Hall today were arranged by him. Can the matter be hidden? Those who don't know think you are going to have a palace coup!"

"Cough cough cough." Liang Qu coughed violently, looking back and forth, "Uncle Xu, how many people know about this now?"

"Not many." Xu Wenzhu said lightly, "Dukes, ministers and above, plus a few with connections."

Damn!

Doesn't everyone know?

"What did His Majesty say?"

Liang Qu was worried.

In the final analysis, the matter is to provide emotional value to the Emperor.

The Northern Court jumped to the face unexpectedly, and the Heavenly Feather Guards ate it unexpectedly. Surprise and ordinary happiness, the emotional degree in between is different.

He entered Hunting Tiger from Wolf Smoke, all kinds of rewards were full, in the final analysis, it was also because the Emperor cared about his civil and military achievements, providing a lot of emotional value, a third-rate emperor who didn't care might not necessarily be so.

"His Majesty said, if you win nine out of nine, he will pretend not to know."

Fortunately!

Xu Wenzhu changed the subject: "But if you lose one game, not only will there be no reward, but you will be punished!"

Sss~

Liang Qu's mouth twitched.

The arrow was on the string and had to be fired, only hoping that the other eight companions were strong enough...

In front of the Meridian Gate.

Civil and military officials lined up on the left and right, many cast glances, the meaning in their eyes was inexplicable.

How much like watching a good show.

Liang Qu: "..."

Looked up at the building.

Hua Qingdu, Li Bingzhong both stood on the city wall, wearing tiger armor, holding long halberds.

Looking at each other, they were all bitter smiles.

A long time.

A large number of officials rushed to join the ranks, waiting respectfully, including envoys from local prefectures and small country envoy groups.

In the thin mist, a small mountain moved, like a mountain collapsing, with full oppression.

The Kucha envoy in the front row was trembling, his ankles softened while moving, and he fell to the ground, very embarrassed.

Haluhan grinned at the other party, looking even more ferocious.

Low murmurs sounded in front of the gate.

After the Northern Court arrived in the imperial capital, they had hardly left the Court of Diplomatic Reception, many people didn't know that such a behemoth followed the group, including many envoys from other countries.

"This must be one zhang?"

"More than one zhang."

Above the city wall.

Hua Qingdu, Li Bingzhong looked at each other, their expressions serious, what an exaggerated fat man!

"Looks familiar."

Liang Qu looked at Haluhan, frowning, he was sure he hadn't seen such a tall person in reality.

After a while.

Thoughts flowed like electric light.

Sss!

Naiman Khan!

It's a bit strange to wear clothes, could it be a descendant of the Naiman Khan?

Liang Qu pondered secretly.

"Could it be that the nineteen-year-old Great Martial Artist of the Northern Court is him? In this way, it really can't be underestimated..."

Dong dong dong!

The hinges turned, and the four gates opened wide.

The discussion of the hundred officials disappeared.

Liang Qu stopped his thoughts, mixed into the ranks, and arrived at the vast square.

Pa!

The whip exploded.

The official of the Court of Diplomatic Reception sang the names, and those who were called out stepped sideways, reorganizing the ranks.

Those who were called had the qualification to enter the Tianchen Hall, the big officials were in front, the small officials were in the back, civil and military were separated, respect and inferiority were ordered, those who were not called could only stand in the square as a foil.

Liang Qu had a small official position and a light title, but as a Great Shun auspicious sign, he was lucky enough to be listed among them.

Tianchen Hall.

The ground was still as smooth as a mirror, shining like a golden bronze mirror.

Above the great hall, beneath the jade steps.

The Heavenly Feather Guards spread out their wings, wearing armor and holding weapons, heroic and spirited.

The Prime Minister led the ministers to step forward first, reciting the New Year's article, followed by officials and envoys from local prefectures presenting the congratulatory tables one by one, the Emperor randomly selected one from them, and ordered the officials of the Court of Diplomatic Reception to read it.

Listened.

All parallel prose, one sentence can stuff ten rare characters, three allusions, two major events in the world, it is not for ordinary people to listen to at all.

Fortunately, there was the Censorate to supervise, Liang Qu didn't dare to look around, stared at his shoe surface, stunned.

Whenever a gaze swept over, he put on a serious expression, pretending to listen respectfully.

The Censor swept over and nodded secretly.

People having etiquette is like fish having water.

The sunlight gradually rose, and the shadows turned to the back of the pillars.

The congratulatory envoys from the prefectures of Great Shun worshipped one by one, and then it was the turn of the envoys from various countries, ranked by national strength, the first one should be the Northern Court!

"The 'He Biao' is here!"

Liang Qu's spirit was lifted.

The Northern Court envoy held the congratulatory table, stepped onto the hall, and felt that the atmosphere was a bit wrong.

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