The Imperial City, the imperial capital, is slightly decorated today with colorful ribbons and red lights, and the faint sound of drums can be heard in the city.
Unlike Han Feng's imagination, where the emperor celebrates his birthday, the whole world celebrates, and the world is full of joy, Emperor Wu has eliminated many red tapes since he ascended the throne.
Regarding my birthday banquet, there have been rules for a long time. Everything will be kept simple, officials will not give gifts, and the court will not make any extravagant arrangements.
But the custom was retained. On the day of his birthday, civil and military officials of seventh grade or above were summoned to the palace for a banquet, where the monarch and his ministers gathered together happily.
But even so, when Han Feng and others arrived at the south gate of the imperial city, there were also carriages and sedan chairs crowded outside the city gate...
These are all officials from all levels of the imperial capital, coming to attend the birthday banquet in the imperial city.
Arriving outside the gate of the imperial city, everyone dismounted from their horses and sedan chairs. A group of more than ten people from the Hanlin Academy, led by Yu Zhangyuan, were interrogated by the guards at the city gate, and they were identified before they were allowed to enter the palace.
The group followed the main road of the palace, crossed two palace gates, passed the screening at all levels, and crossed the Kowloon Golden Water Bridge. What they saw was a majestic "Taihe Hall" with three parallel halls.
At this moment, the square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony was surrounded by lights and colorful music, and drums and music were playing, giving it the atmosphere of a birthday banquet.
Because today in the imperial capital, in addition to the civil and military officials, there are also aristocrats from the imperial capital who bring their families to the banquet. There are a large number of people, so the banquet venue is located in this square.
At this moment, the square is paved with seats, stretching hundreds of feet, with thousands of seats.
The seats extend from both sides of the square to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, along the white jade stairs and the "Dragon King Relief", until you reach the "Golden Lacquer Kowloon Supreme Chair".
At this time, His Majesty the Emperor has not yet arrived, but civil and military officials are already gathering in the square.
Han Feng and his party also came directly to the Square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The birthday banquet had not yet started, and everyone was moving freely. Many familiar officials and nobles were chatting in groups.
As soon as Han Feng and others arrived at the square, many officials immediately came to pay homage to Yu Zhangyuan. Among them were civil servants and military generals, and they were very respectful to the Master Yu.
Not only was Yu Zhangyuan the head of the Hanlin Academy of the third rank, but he also served as the minister of etiquette of the second rank.
What's more, because Yu is very senior and has been in charge of the Hanlin Academy for many years, he has been an honest and upright official. He has never participated in factional struggles and has brought out many civil servants and military generals, so he is very respected.
As for Han Feng who was following Yu Zhangyuan, although many people present had heard of his name, few of them greeted him.
There were even many people in the crowd who cast hateful and cold looks at him.
Han Feng had already expected this.
In the Inner Sea Trial, almost all of the geniuses he eliminated were outstanding descendants of the civil service group.
There are many civil servants in the imperial capital who want to kill Han Feng. If it were not for the appointment and protection of His Majesty Emperor Wu, Han Feng's bachelor's residence would have been razed to the ground long ago.
However, Han Feng is not without friends.
Not long after he arrived in the square, a group of people came towards him.
The leader was none other than Jun Beixuan, who was dressed in brocade clothes and had an improved figure.
With the experience of teaming up to challenge Tao Jun, being beaten together, sunbathing in the imperial city, and eating melon seeds together, Han Feng and Jun Beixuan can be regarded as congenial friends.
At this moment, Jun Beixuan came with a group of people to meet Han Feng.
After the two said hello, Jun Beixuan introduced the people behind him to Han Feng.
When Han Feng saw these people, they all had young faces, both men and women, and these faces were somewhat familiar.
After asking, I found out.
It turned out that these people also graduated with Jun Beixuan, elite students from the three colleges of Ares, Zhongzhou and Beidi.
The talents of these people are also extraordinary, and they all come from a family of military commanders. Now, as soon as they graduate from the academy, they serve in various departments of the Imperial Capital Military Department.
Although Han Feng is now only a fifth-grade Hanlin bachelor, the military ranks of everyone present are similar to his. Jun Beixuan, the deputy commander of the Imperial Army, is a fourth-grade official.
But during the Inner Sea Trial, everyone still vividly remembered the scene of Han Feng showing off his might, sweeping across the National Religion, Shadow, Tian Ge and Feng Xi's Fourth Academy Prodigy. The other party was still their benefactor, allowing them to maintain their ranking.
Not long ago, they even heard that Han Feng had defeated Tao Jun, the commander of Zuowu|Wei, a moon-level expert.
This group of junior generals who advocated force naturally admired and appreciated Han Feng from the bottom of their hearts, and the exchanges between the two parties were extremely pleasant.
Of course, in addition to the descendants of these military general families, Han Feng also received a warm welcome from "a group of people" at this banquet.
Those are the noble daughters of the major families in the imperial capital.
Today is Emperor Wu's birthday banquet, where he will be benevolent to hundreds of officials, with different levels of official positions and titles, and he can also bring a certain number of family members and descendants with him.
Many of these officials brought their "pearls in the eye" into the palace.
Firstly, he would bring them into the palace to see the world, and secondly, there might be a more powerful noble family who would like his daughter.
If the two families get married, they will naturally join forces in the future and their career will be smoother.
Coincidentally, almost most of these women had participated in the original Qionghua Club.
Today, these rich ladies are all dressed up beautifully, each of them carries an alluring fragrance, and their skin is more delicate and fairer than in the past.
The girls received perfume and facial masks presented by Master Han, and coupled with each other's status as "flower protectors", their "friendship" with each other is naturally extraordinary.
As soon as Han Feng appeared in the square, women from all directions were ogling him from time to time.
There were also some bold and open-minded women who directly gathered around Han Feng, exchanged polite greetings, and asked Bachelor Han if their skin had become more delicate.
In this regard, Han Feng also did not hesitate to communicate and teach the girls more skin care secrets.
It's not that he has any intentions towards these eldest ladies, but he knows that the family power behind these women is not small.
In the future, I might be able to get some inside information through this relationship, or even use the power of the other party's family.
It's just that Han Feng is so popular among the ladies present and from famous families, which makes his already hateful physique secretly receive countless "envious and jealous" glances.
When it was almost time to turn on the lanterns, thousands of people had gathered in the square, and the scene was very lively.
At this time, there was another commotion in front of the square.
Someone spread the word: "Situ Xiangguo and six other ministers are here!"
Hearing this, the noisy square couldn't help but startled. Immediately, the crowd automatically moved out of the way, and everyone looked towards the south of the square.
Han Feng followed everyone's gaze and saw a group of more than ten people climbing up the stairs from the outside of the square to the south of the square.
As soon as these figures appeared, they immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the room.
Because this group of people are the important ministers in the court who truly control the power of the empire, like Emperor Wu's "right-hand man".
The group of people were all wearing court uniforms and ranked first-class!
Among the crowd, the one walking at the front was a middle-aged scribe, wearing a crown and collar. He looked to be no more than forty years old. His body was light and strong, his appearance was elegant, and he had an air of elegance and elegance in his body.
However, the slightly young face was unsmiling, and its pair of deep and bright eyes were as silent as the abyss at this moment.
With just a casual glance at the Square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, it seemed as if an invisible force enveloped the noisy square, instantly becoming silent.
This person is "Situ Lingkong", the prime minister of the Qianlan Empire!
When Han Feng saw Situ Lingkong, he was also attracted by the opponent's aura, and the power of cave appeared in his eyes involuntarily, observing the world around him, trying to detect some suspicions.
Unexpectedly, Situ Lingkong was surrounded by a mist. The power of heaven and earth was completely obscured, and Han Feng could not see through it at all.
And Situ Lingkong seemed to sense Han Feng's spying instantly and glanced at him.
The moment the two looked at each other, Han Feng's heart was shocked, and there seemed to be thunder roaring in his ears.
At the same time, he felt his eyes burning and stinging, and he instantly avoided the other person's gaze.
Just by looking at each other, Han Feng already knew that this imperial prime minister was definitely no small matter!
When facing this person, Han Feng even felt as if he had seen the master of the Tianyuan Dynasty, "Huangfu Sheng" in the Great Yan Empire.
