"Ding!"
"Congratulations to the host for completing the mission with high quality. The reward has been doubled tenfold and you have received ten life-sustaining pills."
Dachu Palace, main hall.
Fan Li stood on the imperial steps and accepted the worship of hundreds of officials together with Xiang Ning.
At this moment, he clearly felt that the civil and military officials of Da Chu were clearly kneeling to him, not Xiang Ning who was sitting on the dragon throne behind him.
"Just now we were trying to knock down a tree and scatter the hozens. These weeds have become so fast."
Fan Li murmured in his heart as he put the life-sustaining pill into his mouth.
"Hmph! Traitor! During the court meeting, you actually eat in front of me?"
Xiang Ning had cried just now, and her eyes were still red and swollen.
She was used to being hostile to Fan Li, but she could not forget the life-saving grace she had just received.
In fact, this incident quietly gave rise to another emotion in her heart.
She wanted Fan Li to coax her!
Moreover, every time she cries from now on, Fan Li had better come and comfort her!
"If you have something to do, leave the court if nothing happens." Xiang Ning suppressed the strange thoughts in his heart and said casually.
"My lord, Tingwei Song Zhong, has something to report."
"Play it."
Xiang Ning looked at Song Zhong, who had half-white hair and beard, and still looked forward to it.
This veteran minister had argued with Fan Li several times at court meetings and always stood firmly on her side. He was considered a royalist.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Fan Li has served me, the emperors of the two dynasties of Chu and Chu, and has done a great job with his hard work. He sacrificed his life to save your majesty today, and his merits are even greater."
"Therefore, I ask your Majesty to reward the Prime Minister generously!"
Xiang Ning frowned when he heard this.
What happened to this old man today? Actually speaking for Fan Li?
"Fan Li...my father-in-law has become a very popular minister. He rides horses in the imperial city, pays homage to his name, enters the court without rushing, and goes to the palace with swords and shoes. I seem to have no reward for him?"
Xiang Ning was a little restless.
"How does Tingwei think we should reward him?"
"Hehe." Song Zhong had an old face and actually ignored her, but smiled flatteringly at Fan Li.
"Actually, all of you have mentioned it just now, and I deeply agree. Your Majesty can grant the Prime Minister nine additional seals and the title of King..."
Listening to Xiang Ning, he felt like he was struck by lightning!
She finally realized that the few royalist ministers she had in the court seemed to be starting to rebel?
Add nine seals?
To be crowned a king?
This is obviously just one step away from usurping the throne. Is it time to force myself to take the throne next?
Song Zhong was also a great scholar who read poetry and books. How could he not understand this truth?
However, after Song Zhong finished speaking, several more royalist ministers stood up.
"Master Song's words make sense, and I agree with you!"
"I also second the proposal, please Your Majesty to reward Prime Minister Fan generously! Only with clear rewards and punishments can we ensure that our great Chu will always prosper!"
"This is what everyone has expected. Your Majesty, please take a closer look!"
Xiang Ning was stunned.
Fan Li was also a little confused.
"These guys have often quarreled with their original owners at court meetings. What's going on today?"
"Shouldn't I just catch the Overlord's Spear? How can the mere act of dancing with a spear and playing with a stick be so intimidating?"
Fan Li couldn't help but start thinking about asking the little emperor to borrow the Overlord Gun for fun.
Just borrow it for a few hundred years and carry it with you every time you go to court. Which minister dares to disobey me?
Xiang Ning was still unwilling.
She gritted her teeth and said: "Since the founding of the Great Chu Kingdom, there has never been a precedent of conferring the title of King of the opposite sex. Do you mean to force me to become the unworthy descendant of Emperor Taizu by admonishing me like this?"
Fan Li shook his head after hearing this.
"You're too young, speaking so straightforwardly, completely exposing your emotions... the little emperor still needs training."
Fan Li was also a middle-level leader in his unit in his previous life.
One of his lessons learned as a leader: During meetings, no matter what weird remarks colleagues or subordinates make, don’t deny them directly.
The leader's speech must be pleasing to the ears of the listeners and achieve his own goals. This is a technical job!
When he shook his head, he was seen by the ministers kneeling under the imperial steps.
Song Zhong hurriedly said loudly: "Your Majesty! There is no precedent for the king of the opposite sex in our country, just because there has never been anyone as accomplished as Prime Minister Fan! Your Majesty must not hesitate, otherwise things will change!"
Xiang Ning heard smoke coming out of his mouth and almost fainted.
"The traitor bullies me, mostly verbally. When something really happens, the traitor can stand up and ask me to share the burden."
"You bastards, seeing that Fan Li can use the Overlord Spear, you have clearly completely abandoned me. Do you want to quickly become loyal to Fan Li?"
"As long as Fan Li doesn't rebel, how dare you bully me?"
Xiang Ning could only vent in his heart.
She didn't want to agree, but she didn't dare to refuse.
Especially, she didn't know what Fan Li was thinking at the moment.
"If the traitor asks for reward in person, I really have no choice but to agree..."
The atmosphere in the court fell into awkwardness for a moment.
Fan Li didn't say anything. He only cared about when the system would release the task.
If there is no mission, he would rather be a wooden pile and not care about the little emperor and ministers' troubles.
"I am just a ruthless task machine." Fan Li said in his heart.
"The Queen Mother is here!"
Suddenly, the Queen Mother came.
Eunuch Chen, the chief eunuch and the number one master in the palace, led the way. Surrounded by dozens of palace maids and young eunuchs, the Empress Dowager of Da Chu slowly entered the main hall.
The Queen Mother's momentum was much stronger than Xiang Ning's, and Eunuch Chen was even more prestigious as the top master in the palace.
When Song Zhong and several other ministers saw the Queen Mother Fengjia, they immediately knelt on the ground and did not dare to say anything.
"The Ai family just heard that someone was threatening Your Majesty?" the Empress Dowager said quietly.
Her eyes glanced directly at Song Zhong and others, but not at Fan Li.
Song Zhong and the others began to tremble visibly!
Those ministers who did not speak also broke into cold sweat unconsciously.
After the death of the late emperor, the empress dowager and Eunuch Chen were the young emperor's biggest supporters.
Fan Li looked like he was fine.
In the court, all the civil and military officials are practitioners. He only has the realm of body refining, so he is undoubtedly the weakest.
But even if he had not practiced before, what would the Da Chu royal family dare to do to him?
"The Queen Mother wants to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys...well, warn me?" Fan Li thought in his heart.
"Queen Mother, it was Tingwei Song Zhong who was disrespectful to Your Majesty just now." Eunuch Chen's strange voice echoed in the hall.
"I'm guilty! I made a mistake!"
Song Zhong kowtowed quickly.
The Queen Mother smiled and nodded: "Since Song Zhong confessed his crime, let's act according to the laws of Chu."
"yes."
Only Eunuch Chen was still answering.
The old eunuch suddenly shook off the floating dust. Before Song Zhong could react, he felt a dark wind passing through his body.
Then, his court uniform suddenly burst into pieces and turned into rags on the ground.
Song Zhong was dressed in white, his hair disheveled and kneeling on the spot.
"Come here, put Mr. Song into the sky prison, awaiting trial."
As soon as Eunuch Chen finished speaking, two imperial guards came in and took the lost Song Zhong away.
"Mother."
Xiang Ning stood up from the dragon chair, feeling a little happy and a little worried.
Fan Li was also curious, did the Queen Mother really come to fall out with him today?
But the Queen Mother did not find trouble with Fan Li.
"Your Majesty, there is good news. Wu Zhui, the mount of Emperor Taizu, was originally transformed from a black dragon at the bottom of Wujiang River. After Taizu founded the country, Wu Zhui returned to Wujiang and worked hard to practice the art of dragon transformation."
"Recently, Wu Zui has successfully transformed into a dragon. If your Majesty can subdue Wu Zui, he will be able to comfort the spirits of the past emperors in heaven..."
