Everyone also noticed the change in the emperor's mood, but they couldn't give up their salaries.
So all the civil and military officials lived in fear while eating melon seeds.
The emperor quickly selected a target to make an example of, "You... come out!"
The person who was named was a minor official of the fifth rank named Daomeidan.
Dao Meidan stood up in bewilderment and asked stutteringly, "Your Majesty...you called me?"
The emperor nodded, with an evil smile on his face: "Dao Meidan, you yawned, ate melon seeds, and chatted with people around you during the court session. You will be punished with 300 strokes of the cane and a fine of 100 taels."
The emperor felt that this punishment was too severe. After all, few people could withstand 300 strokes of the cane.
Looking at the shocked looks in everyone's eyes, he was smug. It was ridiculous that a bunch of amateurs wanted to fight him.
Dao Meidan was really an unlucky guy. All the civil and military officials were eating melon seeds, yawning, chatting and not doing their jobs, but he was the only one who was singled out.
Not only was he to be caned 300 times, but he was also to be fined 100 taels. Unfortunately, his monthly salary was less than 100 taels.
Dao Meidan held his head and screamed, "Your Majesty, I am innocent."
The emperor would not listen to his cry for injustice. He was just a warning to others, so of course he was wronged.
Eunuch Liu and a group of guards dragged him out.
The court returned to silence. All the civil and military officials lowered their heads and did not eat melon seeds.
Even if they had 100 guts, they would not dare to go against the emperor at this moment. They had to get their salary back, but more importantly, they had to save their lives first.
At this moment, the only person eating melon seeds in the court was Xiang Hua.
The more she ate, the happier she became, and the louder she ate.
The emperor held his forehead in silence, what a sin! If he had known earlier, he should not have agreed to let her eat melon seeds in the court.
Xiang Hua also knew that the emperor couldn't do anything to her. After all, this was the condition that the emperor himself promised her to attend court.
Everyone spent the rest of the morning listening to Xiang Hua cracking melon seeds.
…
As soon as the morning came, Xiang Hua ran out in a hurry. When she found Dao Meidan, the unlucky guy had not been punished yet.
"Here, put it under your butt, hurry up." Xiang Hua took out a cotton pad and stuffed it into his hand.
It was sewn for her by Huang Si Niang, specifically to cope with the emperor's frequent kneeling etiquette.
Huang Si Niang was worried that her precious daughter's knees couldn't bear it, so she turned around and gave the thing to a stranger.
"Thank you, Lord Xiao Xiang. Lord Xiao Xiang is really a kind-hearted person. I, Dao Meidan, will remember your kindness for the rest of my life." Dao Meidan cried with tears in his eyes. How could he be so unlucky to have to deal with all these things for no reason?
"Don't cry. With this pad, it won't hurt so much. I guarantee you'll be able to run around in life after the fight." Xiang Hua comforted him in a soft voice.
When Eunuch Liu came over to supervise the beating, he always felt that Daomeidan's butt was too raised.
How should I put it, this butt is really big and perky, and very stylish.
Eunuch Liu never paid attention to Dao Meidan's butt. He thought his butt looked like this.
The two guards in charge were also very curious about Dao Meidan's butt.
They even observed the butt while beating it.
Well, it looks real and seems to have good elasticity.
Dao Meidan hid the pad given by Xiang Hua on his buttocks, and it really didn't hurt that much.
But in order to prevent others from noticing anything unusual, he still tried his best to shout.
Although his acting skills were poor, his crying was fake and his shouting was perfunctory, he still fooled several people including Eunuch Liu.
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That afternoon, in the yard of Xianghua's house, there was a group of people who usually lay together eating melons and eating melon seeds.
There is also a female lead with sharp eyebrows lying on a chair.
Although Dao Meidan's butt was not beaten to a pulp, it was in so much pain that he could not sit down and could only lie down.
Everyone looked at Dao Meidan and felt secretly delighted, fortunately they were not the unlucky one.
I couldn't help but worry that if I wasn't myself today, I might not be myself tomorrow.
Just when everyone was feeling threatened, Prime Minister Gongsun Tudou stepped forward.
"My colleagues, the time has come to test us. We must persevere and not be defeated by small difficulties and setbacks, otherwise all our previous efforts will be in vain."
Although the Prime Minister's words made sense, they did not dispel everyone's worries.
Xiang Hua spat out melon seeds all over the floor and said slowly, "If we give up now, you won't get a penny in the future. You will just have to work for the emperor for free for the rest of your life."
Everyone understands this sentence: either persevere or you will never get the salary you deserve in your entire life.
"The Prime Minister is right, Lord Xiao Xiang is right, we must persevere."
"Persist in the strike and persist in the passive slowdown."
Everyone was very excited, and Daomeidan also waved his hand with difficulty to show his agreement.
Xiang Hua smiled and thought that people would only listen if the words touched upon everyone's interests.
"Colleagues, our operations will need to be upgraded tomorrow."
"Master Xiao Xiang, how do you upgrade? What does it mean to upgrade?"
Everyone was puzzled and smiled at Hua, "Just listen to me."
So when everyone went home that night, they had a big bag of melon seeds in their pockets.
Xiang Hua didn't give them these melon seeds for free; they were charged for.
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That night, Huang Si Niang was busy embroidering under the oil lamp.
Xiang Hua was dragging her chin, dozing off, and looking at her mother with a tired face.
"Mom, I asked you to do these things, why didn't you ask what you were doing? You just did it for me."
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