Chen Shaojun's scalp was numb when he saw this scene.
Chen Shaojun was so popular in the Hall of Heroes and the Holy Temple before, but now his heart is numb.
Father must be waiting inside, this is the Hongmen Banquet.
Chen Shaojun was terrified. For a moment, he even had the urge to run away, but he was restrained in the end.
"come in."
And just when Chen Shaojun was having a war between heaven and man in his heart, his father's voice suddenly came from the lobby. His voice was calm and not even harsh at all.
"Um?"
Chen Shaojun was startled. He had never heard such a tone from his father. Almost by accident, Chen Shaojun crossed the threshold and walked in.
When Chen Shaojun walked in, he saw his father Chen Zongxi at a glance. He had already taken off his court clothes and was wearing cyan civilian clothes. But when Chen Shaojun walked in, he was holding a bowl of lotus seed soup in his hand, with his back to him and towards him.
Go to the seat.
"You've been working hard during this period. This bowl of lotus seed soup was just boiled, so drink it while it's hot, right?"
Chen Zongxi said, putting the bowl of lotus seed soup in his hand on the table.
"!!!"
Chen Shaojun was stunned. He had made various preparations before coming in, but he never expected that it would be like this. His father not only did not blame him, but also personally brought him a bowl of lotus seed soup.
In Chen Shaojun's memory, his father has always been strict. There was a time when his father would be so gentle. For a moment, Chen Shaojun even felt a little uneasy.
"Could it be that after drinking this bowl of lotus seed soup..."
However, ahead, his father Chen Zongxi did not think so much.
"After drinking the lotus seed soup in a while, you can go down and have a rest. I will go to the study first if I have anything else to do."
After Chen Zongxi finished speaking, he immediately walked inside without stopping at all. Before Chen Shaojun could even react, he was still confused, and his father had already left the lobby and turned into a side door.
Really, his father didn't really blame him.
At that moment, Chen Shaojun even felt as if he was in a dream. Happiness came so suddenly that it even felt unreal.
Just when Chen Shaojun was a little confused, even at a loss, suddenly, his father's familiar voice sounded in his ears again:
"This time... you did a good job. You won't have to be grounded at home in the future."
After leaving these words, his father quickly disappeared without a trace, while Chen Shaojun stood there in a daze. After a while, he finally confirmed that this time, he really gained his father's approval.
"Father……"
Chen Shaojun murmured to himself, feeling an unprecedented experience and emotion in his heart.
Happiness came too suddenly. At this moment, a certain heavy mountain that Chen Shaojun had been carrying suddenly disappeared. Chen Shaojun only felt relaxed as never before.
The Chen family mansion soon became quiet, and everything returned to the way it was before. My father still entered the palace very early every day, attended the morning court, and after returning, he went into his study, continued to read the classics and history, and studied knowledge. Everything was as before.
There is no difference, but there is harmony in the Chen family mansion.
In the conversation between father and son just a few days ago, Chen Shaojun was finally no longer subject to any restrictions and could practice martial arts at will, and his father no longer interfered.
A few days later, at the gate of the Imperial City in the east of the city, a carriage stopped there, with the logo of Dawen Kingdom branded on the carriage.
"Brother Chen, let's say goodbye. I have to go back. This time I can compete with Brother Chen in the literary field. It's so satisfying. I really have no regrets."
Beside the carriage, Liao Boya was still in the same attire, clasping his hands to Chen Shaojun.
"Brother Liao is very polite. It is an honor for me to meet Brother Liao."
Chen Shaojun said.
"Haha, although Da Wen and Da Shang belong to two different countries, I have always thought that Confucianism and Taoism are not separated. No matter whether Da Shang or Da Wen, I am the same. But the teachers obviously don't think so, and even I don't think so.
There is no other way. If Brother Chen is free, he might as well come to our Dawen Kingdom as a guest in the future, and I will definitely show my friendship as a landlord."
Liao Boya said that he still has a good impression of Chen Shaojun.
"must."
Chen Shaojun responded with a smile.
"Haha, I am really reluctant to leave so soon. I am afraid that I will rarely meet an opponent like Brother Chen again in the future. Hongru, I am afraid that it will be difficult to have someone like Brother Chen in the next few decades."
Chen Shaojun laughed when he heard this.
"Brother Liao, why do you say this? Aren't you a Hongru yourself?"
The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing at the same time.
Just like Liao Boya saw Chen Shaojun's cultivation, Chen Shaojun had long seen Liao Boya's literary attainments. Like himself, Liao Boya had already reached the realm of Confucianism, but neither Wang Xiaonian nor Zhang Ze had.
Just see it.
"Brother Chen, see you later."
"See you later."
Liao Boya boarded the carriage and was about to leave soon, but Chen Shaojun looked at the direction he was leaving, let out a long sigh, then quickly turned around and flew towards another place.
After parting ways with Liao Boya, Chen Shaojun passed through many palace gates and finally reached the depths of the palace.
On the steps of a white jade Danchi, the high-status eunuch in cloud-patterned brocade robes who had appeared in the Hall of Heroes was waiting silently with a whisk in his hand. When he saw Chen Shaojun appear, a smile appeared on his face.
"Mr. Chen, please come this way. Your Majesty is already waiting."
"Thank you, father-in-law."
Chen Shaojun bowed and quickly followed the eunuch in cloud-patterned brocade robes as he walked deeper.
After a few months, in the deepest part of the palace, in a magnificent hall, Chen Shaojun once again met the supreme ruler of the entire Shang Dynasty.
Great businessman emperor!
The moment he just stepped into the hall, a heavy power swept over him like a mountain. As time passed, Chen Shaojun was no longer what he used to be. In terms of pure strength, he had already reached the realm of Dharmakaya, the tenth largest body of bone and blood veins, not to mention Chen Shaojun.
He had just obtained the body of majesty, and his strength had been greatly improved. Looking at the world, he was already extremely powerful among his peers. However, the moment Chen Shaojun stepped into this hall, he still felt as small as an ant.
So vast!
Unfathomable!
This is how Chen Shaojun felt when he faced this great merchant emperor. Even the most ferocious prehistoric beasts were not as terrifying as this great merchant emperor.
Not only that, when Chen Shaojun saw the Human Emperor again, he found that he could only see the area below his abdomen, and could only see the golden yellow dragon robe and the cloud shoes exposed under the dragon robe.
——Chen Shaojun actually couldn't see his face no matter what.
It's not that Chen Shaojun is unwilling or afraid, but when his head is raised to his abdomen, he can no longer move up one step, as if there is a big invisible hand pressing firmly on his head.
This is the realm gap!
The great merchant emperor's cultivation has far surpassed the sky realm or the sun realm, and has reached a more terrifying realm. Compared with it, Chen Shaojun's cultivation is like the fluorescent light to the bright moon. When the two sides
When there is a huge gap in realm strength, there will be an effect, or to put it another way, this is the pressure of the superior on the inferior.
In front of this great merchant emperor, Chen Shaojun couldn't even have any distracting thoughts.
"Chen Shaojun has met Your Majesty."
Chen Shaojun bowed and knelt on the ground.
It was so quiet in the main hall that you could hear a pin drop. For a long time, a stern voice was extremely majestic, containing a sense of supreme power, and suddenly rang in Chen Shaojun's ears:
"Chen Shaojun, how have you considered the matter I mentioned?"
As soon as the sound fell, it was like thunder falling to the ground, and the void was filled with a shuddering and awe-inspiring aura.
Chen Shaojun didn't speak. His eyes were vaguely dazed for a moment, showing a hint of reminiscence.
Just a few days ago, a eunuch dressed in brocade suddenly appeared in the Chen Mansion, conveying a decree from the great merchant emperor and asking Chen Shaojun if he was willing to join the court as an official like his father, Chen Zongxi, and now was the time to reply.
"Back to Your Majesty, Wei Chen has thought about it. It is not Wei Chen's wish to become an official. Wei Chen still hopes to be able to travel in the wild."
Chen Shaojun pondered for a moment and then said.
If there are outsiders here, they will be shocked when they hear Chen Shaojun's answer. This is the great merchant emperor, who personally issued an edict to invite Chen Shaojun to become an official. This is something that countless people dream of, but Chen Shaojun actually refused.
You must know that this is a promise made by the Emperor himself, and usually it is from at least the fifth rank, or the fifth rank, or even the fourth rank official position, and most of them have real power. For many people, such a temptation is absolutely difficult to compare.
"Have you really thought about it?"
Above the main hall, the great businessman Huang An sat above him and frowned slightly. It seemed that he did not expect that Chen Shaojun, who was born in a literary family, would answer like this.
"Depending on your talent and qualifications, if you can enter the civil service and become an official, your future will be limitless."
Jun Wu joked that as a great merchant emperor, saying these words was tantamount to guaranteeing Chen Shaojun's career. Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for people from a literary family to refuse, but Chen Shaojun did not hesitate at all.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but I have already thought about it carefully."
Chen Shaojun knew very well that the reason why the Emperor valued him so much and even gave him an important official position as a teenager was entirely because of the sage chapter he wrote in the Hall of Heroes. If he could be replaced
Being drawn into the official career will definitely greatly enhance the reputation of Dashang, but this is not because of Chen Shaojun's ability to govern the country.
For Chen Shaojun, the most important thing is that from the beginning, his goal was not an official career, but the distant world of immortality.
But Chen Shaojun never mentioned all this to anyone.
The hall suddenly fell into extreme silence. Even the Human Emperor did not expect that Chen Shaojun's determination was so firm.