As soon as the gong sounded at dawn, Zhao Dajia couldn't wait to leave for the palace. When he arrived at the palace gate, it was still closed.
The night wind was cold, but Zhao Dajia's heart was burning with excitement, and he didn't feel the cold at all.
After waiting for quite a while, the palace gates finally opened. Zhao Dajia went inside and stood in the waiting area for entering the court. The cold wind was blowing, but Zhao Dajia was oblivious to it.
The second person to arrive after Zhao Dajia was Fang Daren. Fang Daren had two big dark circles under his eyes and a sullen face. When he saw Zhao Dajia, his face darkened even more.
These past few days, with the emperor not holding court, although they still had to attend to official duties every day, at least they didn't have to get up so early. But then Zhao Dajia showed off his abilities and persuaded the emperor to attend court, forcing them to start those days of going to court in the cold night wind again.
The two didn't get along to begin with. Fang Daren ignored Zhao Dajia, and Zhao Dajia also held his chin up, too lazy to even glance at him.
A few more officials arrived shortly after. Although they also disliked Zhao Dajia's advice to the emperor to attend court, they still went over to inquire about his health, remembering how miserable Zhao Dajia had been before.
Zhao Dajia exchanged pleasantries with his colleagues who were concerned about his health, which made Fang Daren roll his eyes.
As dawn broke, the officials arrived one after another. After taking their positions, they entered the hall one by one after Huang Qi loudly announced "Attend court!"
After entering the main hall and standing in line, Chuan Hai first looked up at his eldest niece. As always, his niece dozed off as soon as the court session began, and her drool was almost dripping onto the little princess's face.
Chuan Hai wanted to cover his face, but when he peeked at the emperor's expression, he saw that the emperor was also looking at his eldest niece, looking like he wanted to go up and catch the drool that was about to drip onto the little princess's face but was also disgusted.
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