Ouyang Ming laughed and said nothing. Sometimes he was quite happy.
If you are not in the capital, that's fine. If you are in the capital and the emperor appoints an official, you have to go to the palace to pay your respects.
What's more, the emperor has already hinted so obviously.
"Then let's go, hurry up, it's almost noon now, and it'll be dinner time by the time we get to the palace."
Nie Chen stood up and said.
"Oh? What's the significance of this, my lord?"
"I went to the palace to visit the emperor. When it was time for dinner, he had the nerve not to let me have a meal?"
Nie Chen also felt very happy.
He found his county guard's robe, left the imperial edict, and then said,
"By the way, can I bring someone with me to the palace to meet the saint?"
"You definitely can't bring him with you. It's you, my lord, who has made you a marquis. We idlers are not qualified to go to see the saint. Even my wife can't go. You can only go in by yourself.
Of course, you can still bring guards along the way, but when entering the palace, the guards must stay outside. "
Ouyang Ming smiled and then said,
"However, at tomorrow's Wanshou Banquet, every invited prince can still bring his wife and bodyguard. After all, the Wanshou Banquet is the emperor's birthday. It is considered a family banquet, not a state banquet. General Zhou An and I can accompany you to tomorrow's banquet. You enter together."
"Oh well."
Nie Chen watched Weng Qiuchan help him tie his belt, and then said,
"Then go meet the emperor and see what his plan is. I always feel that there must be some agenda in conferring a title on me the day before the longevity banquet.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be more glorious to confer a title on me directly at the Wanshou Banquet? "
"Zhou An, Zhou Long, Zhou Hu, bring your brothers and follow me!"
Nie Chen waved his hand, took his steel knife and walked outside.
When everyone looked at Nie Chen's walking pace, they didn't think he was going to face the saint, but they thought he was going to assassinate the king.
There is still chaos at the front door. People from the government sent people to move the bodies and clean the streets.
Nie Chen took the people in a carriage, went out through the back door, and went straight to the palace.
When entering the palace, you must go through the front door. It is impossible to go through the back door. It is the emperor's harem, how can he be allowed in.
The carriage brought the guards all the way to the gate of the palace. Nie Chen put the steel knife on the carriage, got out of the carriage, and walked toward the main entrance of the palace alone.
You are definitely not allowed to bring a knife into the palace. He brought a knife mainly for self-defense on the road. After all, King Anton is always trying to catch him now.
All the way to the main entrance of the palace, a palace guard stood up, hugged his hands and said,
"May I ask if you are Sir Nie, the governor of Weihu County?"
"Exactly. I am here to express my gratitude. Please go and inform His Majesty."
"No need, Eunuch Cao came over and said, Your Majesty has an order. If you are to meet the Holy Spirit today, you can just go in directly without any notification.
However, we need to verify your identity and make sure, Mr. Nie, that you are not carrying a weapon.
Mr. Nie, please forgive me, we have never met you after all. "
Nie Chen nodded. No matter how the imperial court declined, it still had to have the dignity it deserved, and security work had to be done well.
He took out his county guard badge and general badge and showed them to the guards, who then conducted a simple body search on him.
Nie Chen suddenly asked,
"If the Four Kings come to interview the Holy Spirit, will you search them?"
"Master Nie, everyone must be searched unless they break in by force."
"What if we break in by force?"
"That's an assassin. We have the right to kill them on the spot."
The guard commander glanced at Nie Chen and felt that Lord Nie's thoughts were very dangerous.
"Okay, Mr. Nie, Your Majesty is in the imperial study. Please come with me."
Nie Chen followed the guards and walked along the long road to the palace, passed through five gates, and then bypassed the main hall and arrived outside the emperor's study room.
"Your Majesty, Lord Nie is here."
"Xuan."
A thick male voice came from inside.
Nie Chen strolled in, then turned and looked to the right, seeing His Majesty the Emperor of the Gale Kingdom.
The fashion is black, and the emperor is wearing a black dragon robe. He is about fifty years old. You don't need to look at this, after all, tomorrow is the emperor's fiftieth birthday.
The emperor is quite thin, with sunken eye sockets and white temples. He looks quite majestic.
This year is the twenty-eighth year of Jianping, and the man in front of him is Emperor Jianping, who has ruled Feng Kingdom for twenty-eight years.
"Master Nie, salute, salute."
Eunuch Zeng, who was standing aside, reminded him in a low voice.
He was extremely worried. What happened to Mr. Nie? How could he stare at the emperor like this? This is a great crime of disrespect.
There were two eunuchs in the imperial study room. One was standing behind the emperor, and the other was Eunuch Zeng, standing outside the imperial desk.
Come to think of it, the person who can stand behind the emperor should be Eunuch Cao, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony.
Nie Chen patted his sleeves, then knelt down to salute and said loudly,
"Nie Chen, a humble minister, pays homage to your Majesty. Long live your Majesty. Long live your Majesty."
"Flat body."
The emperor said calmly.
Nie Chen stood up, straightened his back, and looked at the emperor quietly.
The emperor smiled and said,
"My dear, you want to see me, but you didn't say anything when you came. Then where did you come from?"
"Come to get something."
Nie Chen said.
"Get something? Do I owe you something?"
"Since your Majesty has conferred upon me the title of Marquis of Zhengbei, it is natural that there should be matching court uniforms, ceremonial guards, tokens, tiger talismans and other items. However, you did not ask Eunuch Zeng to bring these with you, so I came to get them. .”
"Oh, it turns out you didn't come here to thank me, you came here to get some benefits from me."
The emperor's eyes gradually became colder, he looked at Nie Chen and said,
"Aren't you afraid that I will kill you for being so domineering?"
Nie Chen smiled slightly, it was nice and kind, and he said,
"Then you, aren't you afraid that Wei Chen will kill you?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the palace guards outside immediately rushed in, drew their swords and pointed their guns at Nie Chen.
Eunuch Cao and Eunuch Zeng were so frightened that they quickly knelt down and said,
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty, please calm down. Mr. Nie is young and vigorous. He has never been an official before and does not understand the rules of the court. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"
The emperor leaned back, leaned on the back of the dragon chair, and looked at Nie Chen coldly.
Nie Chen looked at him with no fear in his eyes.
After a moment, the emperor slowly spoke,
"Someone is coming."
The guards immediately prepared for the attack.
"Give Master Nie a seat."
"yes!"
The guards immediately turned around and left. Eunuch Zeng quickly stood up from the ground, moved a chair and placed it behind Nie Chen.
Nie Chen sat down and said to Eunuch Zeng,
"Eunuch Zeng, do you look better?"
"Um...Thank you for your concern, Master Nie. My slave is feeling much better."
Eunuch Zeng broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly backed away, thinking to himself, little ancestor, please stop talking and stop being disrespectful to the emperor.
