"Hasn't he been castrated?" Ye Chao asked again. He knew that His Majesty was deliberately using Erhu to threaten him, but he still felt uneasy.
Ye Hongxue was even more confused. Why did his father care so much about whether a big, stupid guy who had nothing to do with him was purged? No, there must be something else going on. So, he played along: "If he wasn't purged, how could a grown man like him live in the palace of a peasant girl and practice drumming? He's not a guard!"
"Ah? Is this true?" Ye Chao didn't care about anything else and hurried to the palace to find Baili Tang to ask him why he was making things difficult for this old minister. He had already apologized!
At this moment, Baili Tang was meeting with Zhang Dongzheng, Meng Fang and Zhang Xiaofeng. There was something that needed to be started.
Zhang Dongzheng and the other two had been wondering for the past few days why His Majesty hadn't taken any major action against the two countries causing unrest, murder, and panic in Jingyang City. This was completely unlike His Majesty's style!
It turned out that His Majesty was waiting for them here.
His Majesty once said: Sooner or later, you will have to pay for your actions!
Moreover, pay it back a thousand times!
Even though Zhang Dongzheng was just a civil servant, after hearing His Majesty's words, he was so excited that he wanted to join in the action! He wanted to carry a large bag of explosives and blow up the capital of Beidan Kingdom...
"I will hold a banquet for them three days later. Xiaofeng, after your performance, leave the capital overnight and catch up with your people. Tomorrow, have your people follow the escort agency to Yue State. Anyway, prices in the capital have been extremely high recently, so it's normal for escort agencies from other places to leave.
On the contrary, it is a big problem for the Northern Dan Kingdom to transport our goodies into their capital."
Meng Fang said: "Your Majesty, perhaps Marshal Ye can find a way at this time..."
"Your Majesty, Marshal Ye requests an audience!"
This guy came at the right time!
Baili Tang did not intend to hide their plan from Ye Chao and told him.
After hearing this, Ye Chao patted his chest and assured, "Your Majesty, don't worry about this matter. Leave it to me, this old minister. Unless it's absolutely necessary, we must not mobilize our intelligence network. After all, this matter can be easily exposed! In addition..."
Baili Tang: "Just say it if you have something to say."
Ye Chao glanced at the people beside him and said, "Your Majesty, could you please let them go first?"
"Can you tell me now? What's the matter?" After letting Zhang Dongzheng and others go down, Baili Tang looked at Ye Chao with a playful expression.
"Erhu, he..." Was he purified?
"He's intact. Furthermore, Lord Ye, before we can confirm the relationship between you and Erhu, I advise you to take it easy, lest you end up with nothing. Even if Erhu is your son, at this moment, you should remain calm. Once this gets out, how many people will want to kill him?"
"This old minister knows everything...but I can't help it..." There are three kinds of unfilial behavior, and having no descendants is the worst... "Also, this old minister heard that Your Majesty saved Erhu's life?"
"Stay calm."
"Calm down, calm down! Hehe!"
There is always God's will in everything.
If Baili Tang hadn't gone to Xiyun County, he wouldn't have been struck by lightning... and he wouldn't have saved Erhu...
Anyway, Ye Chao's resentment towards Baili Tang gradually disappeared.
Three days later, at the hour of Si, it was midday.
The banquet begins.
Originally, banquets held at the Jing Kingdom's palace were complicated, extravagant, and rigidly structured. Even the entrances through which gates were strictly regulated. The inner and outer princes, dukes, and officials would gather at the Taihe Gate in court attire, while civil and military officials would gather at the Wumen Gate. Envoys would gather at the Wumen Gate later to meet the emperor.
Except for the guards, no one is allowed to bring sharp weapons into the palace.
Today was quite different, especially because all the royal relatives, nobles, civil and military officials attending the banquet could bring one or two family members with them. These family members could be wives, concubines, or children.
You can bring whoever you want, there are not so many rules today.
For example, Prince An only took care of two children. He wouldn't take care of a princess or anything like that, because no matter who he took or who he didn't, he would be the one to get annoyed in the end! However, when Baili Tang saw Prince An's two children, he was immediately happy.
These were twins, chubby little kids, so cute. Baili Tang couldn't help but stretched out his claws and pinched the two kids' faces.
"Greetings to Uncle Huang!"
"No need to be polite! Brother, your two sons are much cuter than you!" Baili Tang joked. Actually, he was thinking, Prince An, you're so handsome, yet you have such fat sons. Haha! Could they be his biological children?
"All I do all day is eat! That's why I look like this!" Prince An said depressedly.
"How old are you?"
"Five."
"You two, come to the palace often in the future to keep Yaer company!" Baili Tang also asked someone to prepare a special dessert for the two little guys - cake!
You read that right, it’s cake!
In order to coax Baili Yaer to eat, Baili Tang specially called the imperial chef to teach them step by step.
The preparation was completed the evening before yesterday. After the success, Baili Tang asked the imperial chef to make more and send some to each palace. As a result, it was loved by everyone.
He dotes on Baili Yaer, but he can't dote on her too much, otherwise it will only cause more people to be crazy and jealous!
Prince An frowned and said, "Wait, my royal brother, what is this? Will I get fat if I eat it?"
"No." I'd be surprised if he didn't! "Would you like to try it?"
Just as Prince An was about to try it, his two little devils grabbed it and started eating it. It was sweet, soft, and had a nice milky aroma...
So, before the banquet even started, the two little devils had already eaten their fill.
Prince An was speechless and helpless - if he had known earlier, he would not have brought these two starving ghosts out to embarrass himself!
Ye Hongxue also came. She had to dress up nicely for such a grand occasion. It turned out that every woman was dressed up in an exaggerated way! Just like the flowers blooming in spring, as if they were trying to seduce someone!
Older single women in ancient times also had the same troubles, especially those like Ye Hongxue, who was already 20 years old!
Seeing a group of women, Ye Hongxue quickly avoided them, lest another nosy woman try to act as a matchmaker for her.
There was no way to hide, a shrill sound came over!
"Oh! Isn't this Ye Hongxue, the brave and heroic General Ye? I just thought he was some young man who was so handsome!" Lin Wanqiu said sarcastically.
"Huh? Sister, come and see? It seems that General Ye has really grown a beard!" Lin Wanshuang said even more exaggeratedly.
The news that Ye Hongxue was told by Baili Tang that she was starting to grow a beard had already spread.
"You don't have to worry about General Ye. Anyway, she won't be able to answer the couplet given by His Majesty, and His Majesty will eventually betroth her to an eighty-year-old man!" said a rich lady with a smile.
Another rich young lady laughed and said, "Poor old man in his eighties, what did he do to deserve to marry a woman who would bring bad luck to her husband?"
Who is Ye Hongxue? She is the one who dares to "torture" even Baili Tang: "Your Majesty didn't say who I must marry. If I make great contributions in these three years, then I can ask Your Majesty to betroth me to your father. Or, betroth me to your future husband."
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