The emperor laughed heartily. "You fought brilliantly, champion martial artist! Without bloodshed, you secured trade rights for the Great Zhou. I must reward you. Tell me, what do you want?"
"As a citizen of the Great Zhou, I am obliged to do this. I dare not covet rewards."
"Let's put it this way. I still want the reward, but you can say it anyway."
"That……"
Jiang Chen glanced at Lin Shuangshuang secretly, bowed and said, "I'm already married, so it's not appropriate for me to live in my grandfather's house. But I haven't taken office yet, and I don't have my own mansion. I want... to have my own home, which would be more convenient."
"As you deserve, I will grant you a mansion and confer upon Lin the title of Third Rank Imperial Madam!"
The Lin couple were so shocked that they didn't know what to say.
Lin Shuangshuang didn't even know how to react.
She had just gotten married, and her husband had just been conferred a fifth-rank position with a monthly salary of only a dozen or twenty taels of silver. How come she had become a third-rank official?
Her mother didn't even have an imperial decree, so how did she become a lady of imperial decree?
The Queen laughed and said, "Look at this child, he's completely stunned! What are you still standing there for? Come on, thank me!"
The sisters hurriedly poked Lin Shuangshuang, who suddenly stood up and walked to Jiang Chen, kneeling down with him: "Your Majesty, I thank you for your grace!"
"Okay, okay, I won't assign him any heavy tasks recently. You two should take care of the important things in your life first, so that you won't complain about me in the future and say that I'm unkind."
"I dare not."
Lin Shuangshuang blushed, lowered her head, and was too embarrassed to look up.
Jiang Chen muttered softly: "The emperor is quite humane."
She gave Jiang Chen a fierce look.
Don't you see where you are? You are so shameless. How shameless.
"By the way, what about the Kingdom of Jin?"
The emperor smiled broadly, but there was no warmth in the cold light in his eyes.
Jin San was very glad that he had drawn a clear line between himself and that idiot before he took action, otherwise he, the Great Jin, would have suffered as well.
Jin San pretended to be nonchalant and said, "I, Da Jin, didn't make any bets, so what does it have to do with us? Meng Taiqi is not as skilled as others, so he deserves to lose!"
There were two envoys from Mongolia present at the scene. After hearing this, their faces were distorted with anger.
If we were not so weak now, we would definitely teach Kim Jong-un a lesson.
"You're right. Let's talk about the matter with Dajin later. Mother, shall we have a banquet?"
The Queen Mother nodded, and the banquet began as normal.
Jiang Shuyue tried to hold back at first and took three bites of a grape.
Zhou Yunshen was afraid that she would starve herself to death, so he teased her a few times and made her forget about losing weight. Only then did she start eating as much as she could.
Jiang Shuyue: [Wow, this is so delicious! As expected of the Imperial Kitchen, even pre-prepared dishes can be so delicious! Amazing!]
Huahua: [Those fermented rice chicken feet look pretty good, and so do the pig's feet! Look at how few other people have touched their dishes. You can eat more. We'll secretly find Eunuch Qin later and ask him to pack up!]
Jiang Shuyue: [Huahua, you are truly my good wife! I hadn’t even thought of that!]
Hua Hua: [It's okay, I'll remember it for you. There are 108 people, and there are still 100 pig's trotters left. Pack them all up, and we can still feed Wei Da Hua for a few days, and we can even save some for its food expenses!]
Jiang Shuyue: [Huahua, you're such a good housekeeper! How would I live without you?]
The Queen Mother watched the singing and dancing and laughed, while stealing glances at Jiang Shuyue.
How many years has it been since I had such an interesting birthday?
The atmosphere at the banquet was peaceful.
Jiang Shuyue suddenly clutched her stomach, and Huahua hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you? Are you having a stomachache? The food in the imperial kitchen should be very clean, so how could you have an upset stomach? Are you poisoned?"
Zhou Yunshen's heart tightened, and she smiled sheepishly: "I got up too early today and haven't had time to hum. Now my intestines are protesting!"
Zhou Yunshen: ...
Mother Jiang really wanted to dig a hole in the hall and crawl into it.
Who does this daughter resemble in character? It's definitely not her!
Jiang Shuyue came out and a little palace maid took her to the toilet.
Huahua: [That's not right. The layout of the palace is all about feng shui. The toilet shouldn't be here. Let me take a look...]
【oops! 】
Huahua screamed in shock: "This little palace maid accepted five hundred taels of silver and wants to take you to her mistress!"
Jiang Shuyue: ???
Is it what she thought?
Huahua: [She followed someone else's instructions and locked you and your mistress in a room, then led someone to find you and ruin your reputation.]
It was just as she thought.
Jiang Shuyue: [A classic form of framing in palace intrigues and family fights. I'm so outstanding, there must be a lot of people who are jealous, so it's normal for them to frame me.]
Huahua: [I really admire your inner qualities.]
Jiang Shuyue: [It's okay, but I'm also curious. If she wanted to frame me, why did she choose her lover? What kind of fetish does she have?]
Huahua: [Who made her have so many mistresses? A fifteen-year-old girl, she has seven, including a eunuch. The man who raped you today will marry a merchant girl next month. This palace maid feels betrayed, so she's using others as pawns.]
Women’s hearts are the most vicious, the ancients were right!
Jiang Shuyue: [But she already has seven mistresses herself, how can she have the nerve to despise others for betraying her?]
Huahua: [She's so arrogant. She kneels to the nobles in the palace every day. After kneeling for a long time, she thinks she can become a noble too. She expects others to kneel down and lick her ass. She doesn't think about how a third-class maid can afford to be kowtowed to! Host, she has a handkerchief stained with drugs. Although you are immune to most toxins, if she wants to harm you, shouldn't we strike first?]
Jiang Shuyue: [Do you know who asked her to frame me? ]
Huahua: [I don't know. I can only read text events, not see the images.]
Jiang Shuyue adjusted her tone and suddenly looked up at the sky and shouted, "Look, what is that? There's a pig flying in the sky!"
"Can pigs fly?"
The palace maid looked up in surprise, and Jiang Shuyue used all her strength to strike the person unconscious with a knife.
Jiang Shuyue: [Huahua, where is that mistress? ]
Huahua: [It's behind the rockery not far ahead. There are few people there, so it's usually hard to find anyone there.]
Jiang Shuyue: [Come, help me carry the person over!]
Huahua: ...Seriously? You want a system to help you lift it?
Huahua puffed out her cheeks to cheer her up, and she risked her life to get her behind the rockery.
Huahua: [My mistress is coming in half a cup of tea, but it's so dark here, can he see clearly?]
Jiang Shuyue: [When a man smells something foul, he's like a detective dog. He'll definitely find it! Let's get down to business first, and then we'll come back to check the results.]
Huahua was puzzled: [Business? What business do we have?]
Jiang Shuyue: [Pull~~shi]
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