Not long after, Ling Yang appeared at the head of all officials.

He still had a serious expression and looked straight ahead.

At first glance, he was a role model for all officials. However, from Lin Hai's perspective, he could see that the corners of his mouth were greasy, which made Lin Hai furious.

"Brother Lin, they haven't finished all the food, have they?"

Shi Zhener whispered.

"I think it's a close call. Look, Ding Lin is gone too. You know how much he eats. He almost bankrupted us both back then. If we had known earlier, we wouldn't have had to fight. We could have sent them to surrender. They could have bankrupted the Khmer with just food."

Lin Hai said unhappily.

After Song Wusao stammered out the congratulatory message that she had copied from somewhere and presented the "Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup" that she had prepared herself, Lin Hai waved his hand to signal the ceremony to be paused.

"I've heard that Fifth Sister-in-law's Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup is a highly nutritious delicacy, hard to come by on ordinary days. Now that I've got it today, I certainly can't miss it."

Lin Hai sat on the throne and told lies seriously.

There is no such thing as Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup or Ten-Whip Tonic Soup by Mrs. Song Wu. It is also hard to say whether the soup contains whips or some kind of breeding medicine for cattle and horses. I don’t know where she got the courage to use such things as gifts.

But now just gave Lin Hai an opportunity.

"As the saying goes, happiness is better shared than happiness alone. This soup is not easy to make. Now that it's served, let's share it among us. If it's not enough, please have me make a few more pots."

When Song Wusao heard this, she quickly waved her hands and said, "No trouble, no trouble. This medicine was mixed last time, oh no, there is still some left after we brought it back from the mountain last time. It's enough, absolutely enough."

Lin Hai's eyelids twitched when he heard this, but he remained calm and said, "It just so happens that all of you beloved ministers got married a while ago and married several beloved wives."

At this point, Lin Hai deliberately emphasized the word "many" and said it through gritted teeth:

"It is even more appropriate to nourish yourself. After all, you are all young. If you don't nourish yourself when you are young, your bodies will be seriously depleted when you are old. Come, come, my dear ministers who got married a while ago, please stand in front and celebrate with me."

There was no other way out now, and everyone had to step out and line up in front of the water mirror under the throne. Naturally, they felt embarrassed to sneak out to eat again.

As for this Ten Whips (crossed out) tonic soup, whoever wants to drink it can drink it, but they have made up their minds not to drink it. After all, if anyone drinks it, wouldn’t it be admitting that they have suffered heavy losses recently?

Even if you want to drink this kind of thing, don't you have to drink it secretly?

You can't go to court to attend the coronation ceremony, then take a bowl of soup home after get off work. When your neighbors ask you what the emperor gave you as a reward today, you answer, "Aphrodisiac soup. Very nourishing."

That would really bring shame to Liang Country.

It would be a shame not to move.

However, since it was a gift from the emperor and Lin Hai said it himself, no one dared to refuse. They could only bow and express their gratitude as if they had eaten a dead fly.

Seeing everyone's unhappy faces, Lin Hai was obviously much happier.

Speaking of the trick of pulling people out and standing in front of the water mirror, he learned it when he was reading online novels. It turned out that reading can broaden one's horizons. Reading more time-travel novels can help one gain experience, which will be useful in case one really travels through time one day.

Now everyone was standing in front of Lin Hai, which made Lin Hai feel a lot more at ease, after all, he was still sitting.

Moreover, this so-called dragon throne is actually the big chair in the mansion of prefect Gao Bin back then. The person who sat on it all year round was Gao Bin, who had nothing to do because it was empty, but had to pretend to be busy to comfort himself. Then it was wrapped with a layer of gold foil.

I don’t know how Gao Bin felt when he saw his chair turned into a dragon throne.

Gao Bin was determined to keep this secret to himself, and he felt deeply that there was really no money to be made working in Qinghe. They even used second-hand thrones, so how could they make any money? He had no idea how he was going to raise over a hundred children at home...

Fortunately, I didn’t get a portion of the tonic soup this time, otherwise I would have a few more children to go home to.

Everyone also experienced Lin Hai's bad taste, but this is better than being thrown into the water mirror to soak. After all, it is a celebration, and it is good to make the principal happy. Besides, standing in the front can indeed show the difference of their status.

But accidents always come before tomorrow.

The problem arises when foreign envoys present gifts.

You have to know that in this world, for Qinghe, there are only three foreign countries.

The first is the Daliang Empire.

Whether as Qinghe's original country or the most powerful country on paper in the world, Daliang is undoubtedly ranked first.

Besides, Yan Zipei came to Xijing early and met with Lin Hai privately, stating the position of the empire and the emperor, so it is well deserved to put the Daliang Empire first.

Anyway, Yan Zipei had already said many things in private that couldn't be said publicly, so both Lin Hai and Yan Zipei technically ignored the fact that Qinghe had previously belonged to the Daliang Empire. In short, they didn't even mention it. After a lot of diplomatic rhetoric, Lin Hai even solemnly envisioned the future relationship between the two countries, and then quickly sent Yan Zipei away...

People have been hungry for a long time, so we need to speed up.

However, there was a little unpleasantness when it came to who was the second place.

After all, logically speaking, the Chen Dynasty envoy would naturally be second.

However, this special envoy of the Chen Dynasty named Lu Shan just arrived in Xijing this morning. He entered the palace without even washing his face. Not only was he lacking in etiquette, he even failed to express the attitude of the Chen Dynasty. This was very puzzling. But since they were already here, and there were only three foreign guests in total, they should not be excluded from participating in the celebration.

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