In the front room, the civil and military officials who were chatting heard a "whoosh" and looked out the door. A dazzling light was imprinted in their eyes.

Heitan struck several handsome poses in front of them.

Everyone, look at me, am I pretty?

Little did they know that in the eyes of the officials they only saw a ball of light moving around.

Before anyone could see clearly what it was, the thing ran away from the room at the fastest speed.

The Minister of Personnel rubbed his aching eyes and asked, "What was that just now?"

The Minister of Revenue closed his eyes and shook his head: "I didn't see it clearly."

The Minister of Rites, who had seen Mu Nanjin riding Heitan several times, murmured, "From the sound, it should be a horse, and in the world today, only Mu Nanjin's horse king is so dazzling."

The Minister of Industry said angrily, "How dare Mu Nanjin ride into the palace on horseback?"

The Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites said faintly, "That horse is not an ordinary horse. It is a horse of the first rank conferred by the emperor himself. In fact, his rank is higher than yours."

The Minister of Works felt a lump in his throat.

The Minister of Rites snorted, "It's fine that it's higher in rank than us, but every piece of its horse gear has four characters engraved on it."

He had seen the charcoal up close and saw it clearly.

The Minister of Personnel asked curiously, "What are the words engraved on it?"

"As soon as I come, I will come."

The officials were silent for a moment.

I think they have been officials for many years but have never been able to get this plaque.

That horse is really good, every piece of equipment has these four words engraved on it.

Actually, the emperor only wanted to engrave words on one piece of equipment, but considering that Heitan is a horse and cannot speak, and some people are "blind" and may accidentally offend Heitan, so words were engraved on every piece of equipment, so even the blindest people should be able to see the words.

The Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites murmured, "Doesn't it mean that it can move freely in the Imperial Palace? Then it can also go to the harem?"

Of course you can go.

Heitan immediately went straight to the harem.

Although he was stopped by the guards, Heitan only had to stretch his face in front of the guards so that they could see the four words "As if I were here in person" on the curtain, and the guards hurriedly knelt down and let him pass.

Heitan galloped all the way to the harem, panting and shouting excitedly. In the quiet morning, the sound of his horse's hooves was very loud.

The emperor, who was staying in the Queen's palace last night, heard the sound of horse hooves, frowned, and angrily asked the people around him: "Who is so bold as to ride a horse in the palace?"

"I'll go out and take a look."

The chief eunuch hurriedly left the bedroom, and soon returned: "Your Majesty, it is the First-Rank Horse King galloping in the palace."

"First-class horse king? What do you mean by first-class..."

The emperor suddenly remembered the first-class horse king from some time ago: "Are you talking about Mu Nanjin's horse?"

"Yes, that's it."

The emperor was puzzled: "Why did Mu Nanjin ride it to the harem?"

"When I left, the Horse King had already run far away, so I didn't have time to ask."

"That's all."

The title of King of Horse was conferred by the emperor himself, so he couldn't say too much.

After he was dressed and left the palace and came to the outside of Taijin Palace, he saw Heitan standing in the square from afar.

There was no lighting at this time, but it stood under the gray sky and was as stunningly beautiful as a divine horse descending from heaven.

The emperor saw streaks of light flashing across the flying horse's tail and was stunned: "Mu Nanjin's horse is so beautiful, especially its tail."

He had been eavesdropping on everyone's discussion of his black charcoal and raised his chin with joy. It turned out that the emperor knew how to appreciate him.

The emperor thought for a moment and said, "Today it is Mu Nanjin's turn to be on duty in the palace."

The chief eunuch thought for a moment and said, "It should be a few days before it is her turn to come to the palace for duty."

"That……"

Before the emperor could ask the rest of the question, he heard Mu Nanjin's resentful voice.

[I finally understood why he woke me up so early in the morning to work in the palace. He had no one to show off to, so he went to the palace to let everyone see his golden equipment.]

[My lazy sleep...]

[If this happens again, I will strip you of all your equipment. ]

The emperor couldn't help laughing.

He walked into Taijin Palace and all the civil and military officials saluted him.

The emperor's eyes lit up when he saw Sha Pingai standing next to General Zhengxi, "General Sha."

Everyone looked at Sha Pingai.

Sha Pingai walked out of the military officer team with neither arrogance nor servility: "Your Majesty."

The emperor looked at the female official in armor and was very satisfied: "My dear ministers, General Sha is the second female official of Daqian Kingdom. You should get along well with each other and give more advice to each other in the future."

"yes."

The responses were all from military attachés.

At first, they were quite opposed to women holding official positions, but after hearing about Sha Pingai's story, their views on women changed greatly and they admired Sha Pingai's courage and strategy.

If they had such a female general in their army, it would be like adding wings to a tiger.

Nowadays, they not only do not oppose it, but strongly support it.

The emperor looked at the civil officials: "What about you?"

The civil servants looked at each other in bewilderment.

Some civil officials wanted to support it, but since other civil and military officials remained silent, they found it difficult to speak up.

At this time, the Minister of Justice, who had ten daughters, stood up and said, "We will definitely support General Sha."

Other members of the Ministry of Justice also expressed their support.

Then more and more people stood up, but most civil servants still remained neutral and opposed.

General Zhendong sneered, "Didn't everyone agree to the emperor opening a girls' school and a female special examination some time ago? Why are you opposing it after the emperor appointed a female general? Do you have any objections to the emperor's decision?"

The Minister of Industry stood up and said, "That's wrong. We don't disagree with the emperor's decision, but we think it's difficult for us as men to get along well with General Sha as a woman. Isn't there a saying that men and women should not touch each other? What if we exchange a few more words and cause misunderstandings? Also, we are civil officials and General Sha is a military officer. How can we, as civil officials, advise General Sha, General Zhendong, don't you think so?"

"you……"

General Zhendong was at a loss for words to refute.

The emperor looked at them sullenly, wondering how long they could quarrel.

[What's there to argue about? Can a military officer argue better than a civilian officer? ]

[Few of the military officers have real talent, but the civil officials are well-educated and can silence you with just a few words.]

[If you quarrel with them, you military officers will be the ones who suffer. ]

When the civil servants heard Mu Nanjin's thoughts, a hint of pride appeared on their faces. In the Taijin Palace, they always had the upper hand.

The military officers were filled with anger, but they had to admit that Mu Nanjin was right. They were just a little dissatisfied that Mu Nanjin was speaking for the civil officials.

[However powerful the civil officials are, they are only good at talking. Their fists are no match for the military officials.]

[If the military officer can't win an argument with words, he will use his fists. ]

[First, remember the civil officials who oppose you in Taijin Palace, and then put them in sacks and beat them up after the court session. ]

[The civil officials can't see who you are even if they are wearing sacks. It's useless for them to report to the emperor. They can only suffer this loss in silence. Hehe.]

[No matter how powerful your mouth is, your fists are the real thing, hehe. ]

Civil servants: "..."

The military officers gave the civil officials an evil smile, and then stared with wide eyes at the civil officials who opposed Sha Ping'ai.

The civil servants were terrified by their stares.

The left and right prime ministers quickly stood up and said, "We will definitely get along well with General Sha."

Afterwards, they said to Sha Pingai, "General Sha, if you have any questions, you can come to us at any time. We will tell you everything we know."

The other civil servants nodded quickly: "Yes, we will definitely get along well with General Sha."

The chief priest responded: "Yes."

Next, everyone discussed other state affairs.

Mu Nanjin felt drowsy after listening to this.

After finally waiting for the court to end, she hurried to leave, but the horse was gone.

Sha Pingai, who came out of the Taijin Palace, said to General Zhengxi: "Guardian Mu is really an interesting girl."

"It's quite interesting." General Zhengxi thought for a moment and said, "When she reveals your privacy, you will find her annoying."

Sha Pingai pursed her lips and smiled.

Suddenly, a sound exploded in everyone's ears.

Where is my horse?

[Did she get robbed because she was dressed too richly? 】

[Which bastard stole it? ]

[This shouldn't happen. My horse won't just follow anyone.]

Mu Nanjin walked all the way to the gate but didn't see Heitan.

Then a royal commander came up to her and said, "Guard Mu, your horse has been taken away by the Seventh Prince."

"Seventh Prince?"

Mu Nanjin thought about it carefully.

[I remember that the Seventh Prince likes to eat horse meat.]

[So the Seventh Prince wants to eat charcoal? ]

[Isn't Heitan the first-class horse king? Can I eat it? Forget it, never mind. ]

The Imperial Commander recalled that when the First-Rank Horse King left with the Seventh Prince, it seemed that the First-Rank Horse King did not wear his horse suit when he left with the Seventh Prince.

Perhaps the Seventh Prince did not know that Heitan was the First-Rank Horse King.

Should he tell the emperor about this? But the emperor is so busy, how can he have time to take care of this matter?

Since Mu Nanjin doesn't care, then he might as well not care either.

At the same time, the Seventh Prince led Heitan back to the Seventh Prince's Mansion.

The Seventh Prince ordered the guards: "Take it to the kitchen. This prince wants to have a horse feast tonight."

"yes."

The guards tried to get the horse, but they couldn't move it.

"Someone come."

The guard called another guard, and the two of them tried their best to drag the cat away, but they couldn't move it.

"puff."

Heitan angrily pushed them away and walked into the hall. He saw a treasure chest behind a chair and walked over.

The treasure chest was filled with valuable items. The Seventh Prince shouted anxiously, "Hurry up and hold it back. Don't let it pass."

The two guards ran over quickly.

Heitan saw a half-foot-tall golden Buddha on the treasure chest. He opened his mouth wide and bit into it, swallowing the golden Buddha into his stomach. Then, he swallowed the bronze tripod and the golden bottle next to it. He swallowed all the golden and yellow objects. The strange thing was that he could swallow objects that were bigger than his mouth into his stomach in one gulp.

“This prince’s golden Buddha and golden tripod…” The Seventh Prince was so angry that he screamed, “You beast, this prince must cut you open and take out the stuff.”

Two guards pulled the reins around its neck and walked out.

This time, Heitan followed them obediently, but when he turned around, he raised his hind legs and kicked towards the treasure box behind him.

"Bang-bang-bang--"

The treasure chest fell to the ground, and dozens of valuable items inside were smashed into pieces.

"No, my china."

The Seventh Prince hurried over and picked up the pieces on the ground: "It's all broken, all broken, gone, all gone, hundreds of thousands of taels are gone."

The guards quickly dragged Heitan away.

Heitan followed them into the backyard obediently, but did not go to the kitchen with them. Instead, he dragged the two guards to other courtyards.

“Let’s go…”

One of the guards slapped Heitan's butt hard.

Heitan kicked them away.

The two guards were no match for him and were immediately sent flying and fainted on the ground.

Black Charcoal swallowed all the golden things in the house, then went to other yards to look for golden objects, and finally found the vault.

There were ten guards guarding the vault. When they saw the black horse coming in, a look of vigilance flashed across their faces.

One of the guards stepped forward to drive Heitan away.

Heitan ignored them and rushed straight to the vault, broke open the door, and saw many golden objects in the room. He immediately swallowed one in one gulp.

"Beast, spit it out now."

The guards rushed forward with swords raised and stabbed Heitan's body.

Unexpectedly, its body was as hard as iron and stone. Not only did the sword not scratch its flesh, but it also broke.

The guards realized that the horse in front of them was not an ordinary horse, and hurriedly left the house to look for the Seventh Prince.

After Heitan finished eating the golden object, he bit open the box next to it and saw that it was full of gold. He quickly opened his mouth wide.

When it got close to the box, its mouth suddenly became bigger than the box. It then swallowed all the boxes in the room into its stomach before walking out of the warehouse contentedly.

"Beast—"

The Seventh Prince ran in and saw that the warehouse was almost emptied. He excitedly drew the sword of the guard next to him and stabbed Heitan.

Heitan kicked him directly, and he was kicked back, vomiting blood and fainting.

"The Seventh Prince."

The guards held him up anxiously and said, "Quickly call the imperial physician and notify the emperor."

"Tsk." Heitan jumped onto the wall, then stepped onto the roof, and then disappeared from the guards' sight after a few jumps.

The guards were dumbfounded.

They have heard that a dog will jump over the wall when it is desperate, but they have never heard that a horse can also jump over the wall or even the roof when it is desperate.

"Hurry, hurry up and send the Seventh Prince back to his room."

Some people carried the seventh prince back to his bedroom, some people went to chase the horses, and some people went to the palace to find the imperial physician and inform the emperor.

When the emperor learned that the seventh prince was not only kicked by the horse but also robbed by the horse, he was stunned.

He looked incredulous: "You said Ma robbed the Seventh Prince?"

Can horses rob people?

It's simply a fantasy.

The guards in the Seventh Prince's Palace: "Yes."

This shouldn't be the point, right?

The point is that the seventh prince was injured.

The chief eunuch Yuan Gonggong reminded him: "Your Majesty, should we go see the Seventh Prince first?"

"Yes, let's go check on the Seventh Prince. Is he seriously injured? What kind of horse could kick him and rob the Seventh Prince's mansion?"

The emperor quickly got up and went to the Seventh Prince's Mansion.

The Imperial Commander who had seen the Seventh Prince taking Heitan away learned of this and quickly informed the Emperor: "Your Majesty, if my guess is correct, it should be the First-Rank Horse King who kicked the Seventh Prince."

emperor:"……"

What a sin! (End of this chapter)