"Will the king let this thief go?" Letian said worriedly: "Even if the king lets him go this time, I'm afraid Wang Kai will not be grateful for the king's kindness and will still secretly obstruct him in the future."
"Yes!" Tang Yin nodded slowly and said, "Letian, later you go find Yuanji and ask him to arrange a deputy chief for Hedong County. This person must be smart, capable and thoughtful. After going to Hedong,
, Not only must we monitor Wang Kai’s every move, but we must also master all government affairs in Hedong County in the shortest possible time in order to be ready to take over Wang Kai’s position at any time.”
Lotte bowed his hands and said, "Yes! Your Majesty!"
At this time, the maid in the palace had brought the meals into the study one by one. Tang Yin looked at Lotte and asked with a smile: "Have you had dinner?"
"not yet."
"Then let's eat together!" Tang Yin waved to Letian and asked him to sit next to him.
Letian hesitated and said: "Didn't your Majesty ask me to go find Prime Minister Shangguan?"
Tang Yin was happy and said: "It's not urgent. It's not too late to go after dinner."
Letian nodded, asked no more questions, and knelt down beside Tang Yin.
The maids served six dishes and one soup. There were not too many dishes, but there were quite a few. Each dish was exquisite and tasted delicious. Tang Yin invited Yuan Wu, Yuan Biao, Ah San, and Ah Si to sit down and eat together.
Brother Shangguan and Tang Yin have long been accustomed to dining at the same table. Ah San and Ah Si still seemed a little awkward, and they were very reserved when they sat there. They rarely picked up food and just kept grilling rice.
During the meal, Tang Yin asked Letian: "The imperial decree should have been transmitted to Ning and Mozambique, right?"
Lotte swallowed the food in his mouth and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, but it will take a few days for it to spread to the capitals of the two countries."
"What's the reaction from Ningguo?"
"Before the imperial edict arrived, the Ningguo court was already full of opposition." Letian smiled and said: "None of the Ningguo ministers approved of Yan Chu coming to Yancheng to meet the Holy Spirit in person, saying that it was a trap designed by the king."
"Haha -" Tang Yin put down his bowl and chopsticks, looked up and laughed, and said: "They are quite smart. So, even if Yan Chu accepted the imperial edict, he would not come?"
"This is not necessarily true. Yan Chu has not made his position clear yet. Who knows whether he will act on a whim after receiving the imperial edict?!" Letian shook his head and said.
Tang Yin chuckled and said, "He will definitely not come. He knows it is a fire pit. Only a fool would jump into it."
Lotte agreed with his statement, nodded in agreement, changed the subject, and smiled: "King Mo Shaofang is ready to leave."
Tang Yin was not surprised by this. Shao Fang came to Yancheng this time not only to express his loyalty to the emperor, but more importantly, to have final discussions with him about joining forces to attack Ning. He said: "You have to send a message to Baguan
, inform General Yingbu that after Shao Fang enters our territory, he will send heavy troops to escort him, and there must not be any loss on the road."
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Letian looked serious.
Tang Yin looked around with a smile, waved his hand and said: "Don't just talk, eat, eat!"
They all had big appetites, and they had been marching and fighting for many years, so they ate very quickly. It didn't take long, and the dishes were all gone after six plates. Shangguan Yuanbiao looked around and felt that there was nothing good to eat.
Then he picked up the spoon and started to drink the soup. He drank up the full bowl of soup in two big gulps and wanted to drink more. Suddenly, Shangguan Yuanbiao stiffened and paused for two seconds. He seemed to have seen something.
He screamed like a ghost and threw the soup bowl in his hand on the table.
Tang Yin and Letian, who were chatting while eating, were both startled. They looked at Shangguan Yuan Biao in surprise, wondering what was wrong with him.
"Big... King..." Yuan Biao picked up the chopsticks with trembling hands, picked up a long and white worm from the vegetable residue at the bottom of the bowl, and stammered: "This... what is this?"
Everyone was shocked when they saw it. Yuan Wu quickly put down his bowl and chopsticks and asked nervously: "Where did you eat it from?"
"Soup... soup..."
Shangguan Yuanwu held up the soup basin with both hands and looked inside. He didn't see anything. Then he poured all the soup in the soup basin onto the ground and looked inside again. Well, the meat and vegetables on the bottom were mixed with...
There were more than a dozen white, long, soft things that resembled maggots. At this moment, Shangguan Yuanwu was also dumbfounded.
They had tested the food Tang Yin ate in advance and confirmed that it was non-toxic, but they did not take out all the food in the soup for inspection. Who knew there were so many disgusting bugs mixed in it.
"Well--"
Shangguan Yuanbiao hurriedly covered his mouth, forcing himself not to spit out the food he had just eaten. Shangguan Yuanwu broke out in cold sweat, looked at Tang Yin, and said: "Your Majesty, this soup..."
Tang Yin's expression remained unchanged. He picked up his chopsticks and picked up a long worm in the soup basin. He looked at it carefully, then put it down and said, "It's an earthworm."
"ah?"
Everyone was shocked again and said in unison: "Why are there so many earthworms in the soup?"
Tang Yin raised his eyebrows and asked, "You ask me?"
Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao looked at each other, stood up without saying a word, and walked out with long strides.
Tang Yin sighed secretly. The moment the Shangguan brothers went out, he stopped the two of them and said, "There is no need to go to the kitchen to check. The chef is not so brave, and no one in the entire palace is so brave, except for that one
Except for the little girl."
Yuan Wu and Yuan Biao said at the same time: "Princess Shaoxuan?"
Tang Yin picked up the earthworms in the soup basin with chopsticks and said quietly: "Who else but her would dare to play such a prank under my nose!"
"That's too much!" Shangguan Yuanbiao gritted his teeth angrily.
Tang Yin smiled bitterly, turned to look at the dumbfounded Lotte beside him, and asked: "Lotian, are you full?"
Even if he wasn't full, how could Lotte still have an appetite at this time? He shook his head, nodded again, and said, "Eat... I'm full..."
Tang Yin stood up and said: "Then let's do the work! Let Yuanji quickly select the candidate for the deputy head of Hedong. This matter cannot be delayed." It was about to launch a second war against Ning. If Hedong was not peaceful, in
How can the army at the front be stabilized?
Letian quickly raised his hands and said, "Yes! I will inform Prime Minister Shangguan right now." As he spoke, he carefully looked at the soup basin on the table, opened his mouth, and before he could speak, Tang Yin had already spoken:
"You don't have to worry about this, just go and do your business!"
"Yes! I'm going to leave!" Lotte did not dare to delay any longer and quickly exited the study.
Tang Yin said to Yuan Wu and Yuan Biao: "You two go to the kitchen and tell the chefs, maids, and guards there that no matter who they are in the future, as long as they have nothing to do with the kitchen, they are not allowed to approach. If something like this happens again, they will
All heads are at risk!"
"Yes!" Yuan Wu and Yuan Biao agreed and took the order.
Tang Yin said to Ah San and Ah Si again: "Go and inform the palace guards to keep Shao Xuan's courtyard under strict supervision. From now on, she is strictly prohibited from going out."
Ah San and Ah Si responded and walked out quickly.
When there was no one around, Tang Yin walked out of the study and came to an old tree not far away. Seeing no one around him, he stretched out his hand to support the tree trunk, bent down, and with a loud sound, he began to vomit.
Vomiting...
The palace guards had not yet sealed off the courtyard where Shao Xuan lived, but Tang Yin came first.
The maid in the courtyard saw Tang Yin and hurriedly came forward to salute. Tang Yin didn't even say a word, walked through the crowd and strode towards the main room.
"Your Majesty, the princess has rested now..."
The maids still wanted to stop Tang Yin, but under his sharp gaze, the maids who came to stop them all retreated in fear. They were all from the Mo country. They followed Shao Xuan to the Feng Kingdom to treat their master who was scouting.
He couldn't understand it better. Just looking at Tang Yin's angry look, he knew that Shao Xuan must have gotten into trouble again.
Bang!
Tang Yin walked to the main room and kicked the door open. After entering, he looked around and saw no sign of Shao Xuan. Then he walked to the bedroom inside. The two maids guarding the door of the bedroom were startled.
Jumping, looking at Tang Yin who was striding forward, he stammered and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, Your Highness the Princess has divorced..."
Ignoring the two girls at all, without even taking a second look, Tang Yin walked closer and pushed the door open directly.
Looking inside, Shao Xuan was indeed in the bedroom. She was lying on the bed, wrapped in a quilt like a big rice dumpling.
Tang Yin ignored the obstruction of the two maids and walked directly to the bed. He looked down at the 'little man' on the bed, and the anger in his heart surged upwards.
Shao Xuan seemed to be sleeping soundly, but Tang Yin knew that she was not asleep at all, which could be judged from her messy breathing.
"Get up!" Tang Yin said coldly.
Of course Shao Xuan, who was pretending to be asleep, knew why he came. Just hearing Tang Yin's cold and cold voice, she knew that he was going to explode. Shao Xuan was secretly happy in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it and continued to pretend to be asleep.
Tang Yin's patience had reached its limit. If she were not the princess of Mo Country or Shao Fang's sister, he would have been unable to control himself and strangled Shao Xuan to death. He said coldly again: "Get up!"
"Your Majesty, the princess is indeed asleep..." Two maids reminded tremblingly from behind: "And the princess is not wearing clothes. Even if the king lets the princess get up,... she should avoid it first..."
No clothes? Tang Yin sneered. Shao Xuan had just climbed into bed after hearing that he was coming. How could he not have clothes on? Let’s see how long you can keep pretending?!
Without any warning, Tang Yin reached out and grabbed the quilt, pulled it hard, and shouted at the same time: "You still want to deceive me..."
call!
"ah--"
At the same time as the quilt was pulled away, Shao Xuan's scream interrupted his next words. He lowered his head and looked, and his fair and handsome face also turned red. Tang Yin never expected that Shao Xuan was really not wearing any clothes.
, the small and delicate body only wore a bellyband and a pair of trousers, and a large area of white and flawless skin was exposed under his eyes.