Inside the Golden Palace, civil and military officials were neatly dressed and stood in line, trying to resist the tiredness of waking up early and enduring the hunger in their stomachs.

"The emperor has arrived! The morning court begins!" Eunuch Debao shouted at the top of his voice.

What followed was the sound of officials kneeling down and the thunderous shouts of "Long live the emperor".

[Oops! Child laborers are being forced to work again!]

[You, the Emperor, are such a fool! You have all sorts of hobbies, but you just love to bring your daughter to court!]

Xia Miaoyuan sat in Xia Zhengqi's arms, yawning and complaining.

Xia Zhengqi listened to his daughter's thoughts, suppressed his laughter, and said seriously, "Master Cui, please arrange it!"

The Minister of Justice Cui Lie nodded and said "yes", then walked towards the palace gate.

【Huh? What's going on today? 】

Seeing this, Xia Miaoyuan immediately became more cheerful.

A moment later, Cui Lie walked in calmly from outside again, followed by three people.

Xia Miaoyuan stared at the three people with wide eyes. They were two guards wearing armor and holding swords. They walked in with a dirty and smelly prisoner.

In an instant, the entire court was filled with the sound of murmurs and discussions.

"Who is this?"

"What is the emperor going to do today?"

All the officials were talking about it.

Xia Zhengqi has always

"Isn't that Master Jiang?"

A sharp-eyed minister whispered.

[Wow, it's actually Old Man Jiang!]

Xia Miaoyuan carefully identified and found that the prisoner was indeed Master Jiang.

What's going on? Is the Emperor going to interrogate him in court today?