In the square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Situ Lingkong led many first-class civil and military officials into the square.
Behind this Prime Minister are the six ministers.
Shangguan Qingfeng, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Xiong Tiangang, the minister of the Ministry of War, Feng Muyun, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Wei Chiyan, the minister of the Ministry of Punishments, He Tian, the minister of the Ministry of Husbandry, and Yuan Xiu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Of these officials, Han Feng had only met Shangguan Qingfeng and Xiong Tiangang, but he had already learned about the power of the other four from Chu Baoyu and many dandies in Feihualou.
Among the six ministers, except Bing Shang Xiong Tiangang, who is in the military camp, Xing Shang Wei Chi Yan remains neutral, and the other four are in the civilian camp.
Among this group of people, in addition to Situ Xiangguo and the six ministers, there were three middle-aged men wearing the official uniforms of first-class generals, with sturdy figures and resolute auras.
Han Feng also guessed their identities. These three people should be the "general commander" of the Twelve Guards of the Forbidden Army, the general of the "Imperial City Guard" who defended the imperial capital, and a special force of the Qianlan Empire stationed outside the imperial capital. The general of the "Shen Ce Camp".
The three of them are all first-class generals and are the mainstays of the military.
In comparison, in the imperial capital, there are more civil servants and important officials than military generals. After all, the duties of military generals are more to guard the borders and they are not in the imperial capital all year round.
Among the generals, the only one who can now be on the same level as Situ Lingkong is Zhang Dingnan, the commander-in-chief of Nanhai.
At this moment, this group of highly respected civil and military ministers passed through the center of the crowd in the square.
When passing Han Feng, Xiong Tiangang and the three military commanders looked at him casually, and Han Feng also took the initiative to salute several people with clasped fists.
Apart from this, among the others, only Shangguan Qingfeng looked at Han Feng with an extremely cold look, without any emotion in his eyes.
Among these important ministers today, Dugu Hong, the king of Zhenbei, was still missing.
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Following this group of people, they walked to the seats at the front of the square.
After a while, the sound of a chime sounded in the square, and a maid and eunuch came to invite all the adults in the square to take their seats.
Palace banquets are most hierarchical. The officials present take the center line of the square as the boundary, with civil servants on the left and generals on the right. They are all seated according to their department and official rank.
The Hanlin Academy where Han Feng was located was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, so Han Feng and Yu Zhangyuan came to the back of the seat of "Feng Muyun", the Minister of Rites.
Under the leadership of Yu Zhangyuan, everyone first paid homage to the head of the Ministry of Rites.
Feng Muyun himself is also the "Feng Family", one of the six noble families in the imperial capital. He is now the spokesperson in the court. He is an old man over sixty years old, with gray hair, but good spirits.
Facing everyone's greetings, Feng Muyun was still quite polite to Yu Zhangyuan and stood up to return the greeting in person.
But when the old man's eyes saw Han Feng behind Yu Zhangyuan, a hint of coldness flashed through his eyes, which was sensed by Han Feng with his keen spiritual sense.
After everyone finished saluting and took their seats, Han Feng couldn't help but quietly asked Chu Baoyu, who was sitting next to him, about this Feng Shangshu.
Chu Baoyu whispered: "Brother Han, in addition to Shangguan Shengyun, among the geniuses of the National Education Academy you abolished last time, there are two others with extraordinary strength, comparable to the disciples of the leader of the first-class academy. One of them is Feng Shangshu's grandson. , do you think he can stop hating you?"
When Han Feng heard this, he couldn't help but suddenly realized. He immediately shook his head and said to himself: "It seems that I am really unlucky. My immediate boss also has a grudge against me."
When Chu Baoyu heard this, he couldn't help but said with a strange expression: "Brother Han, it's not just Feng Shangshu, look around us, basically everyone is your enemy."
"Well……"
When Han Feng heard this, he glanced around quietly, and as expected, he received a lot of malicious looks hidden in the dark.
In the last battle of the Inner Sea Trial, Han Feng was ruthless and ruthless, and almost made a big enemy of the civil servants and dignitaries above the ninth floor of the imperial capital.
But at this moment, Han Feng found to his embarrassment that he was sitting in the civil official camp openly, as if he was sitting in a sea of knives and fire.
Fortunately, Han Feng knew that in the imperial capital, these people did not dare to do anything to him, so he simply ignored all these looks.
Not long after, it was time to turn on the lights. Lights rose around the square, and crystal stones emitted a soft light floated in the void. The entire square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony was as bright as day.
At this moment, the sound of the chime music had been sounded for the third time. From the side of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and from the direction of the Imperial Palace Avenue, the eunuch's shouts were finally heard.
"Your Majesty is here!"
Immediately, a mighty royal guard of honor was seen approaching from one side of the hall.
There were leading officials at the front of the team, accompanied by imperial troops on the left and right, and in the center was His Majesty the Emperor's sedan chair.
Emperor Wu sat high on the dragon chariot, wearing a five-clawed golden dragon robe. He sat upright with a solemn expression, giving him the majesty of an emperor.
Behind His Majesty the Emperor were a group of concubines and princes and princesses, but there was no queen riding the chariot. According to Chu Baoyu, there had never been a queen since Emperor Wu ascended the throne.
The only person who had enjoyed the honor of being a queen was the biological mother of the eighth prince. However, that noble concubine died before she could be canonized as queen, so the "postership" in the empire remained vacant.
When His Majesty the Emperor arrived, all the civil and military ministers in the square stood up to worship, shouting long live the mountain!
Then Emperor Wu, together with his concubines and princes, climbed up the steps and boarded the royal seat in front of the main entrance of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. During this process, in addition to His Majesty Emperor Wu, Han Feng also saw some familiar faces.
For example, the eighth prince "Zhu Hongyi", who was small in stature, followed behind everyone, his big eyes looking around as if he was looking for something.
When he saw Han Feng in the crowd on the square, Zhu Hongyi's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but waved to Han Feng, who also smiled at him and winked.
This scene happened to be seen by the fourth princess "Zhu Hongyue" in front of Zhu Hongyi, who was wearing a luxurious dress and was particularly charming.
Zhu Hongyue's bright big eyes immediately locked onto Han Feng in the crowd, her apricot eyes flashed slightly, and then she slightly glared at Han Feng, her eyes full of anger and anger, with a clear hint of resentment.
The princess seemed to be blaming Han Feng for receiving invitations from the palace recently, but there was no reply.
When Han Feng saw this, he couldn't help but feel dizzy. He didn't dare to flirt with the princess.
He turned his eyes and looked in front of the princes and princesses. A familiar figure suddenly appeared in front of him, making Han Feng's pupils shrink slightly!
The leader is a young man wearing a four-clawed golden python robe, a golden crown on his head, and a face like a crown of jade.
This person ranked first among the princes and princesses, with a calm and natural demeanor. At this moment, his calm eyes swept across the crowd as if unintentionally, and finally settled on Han Feng.
The two sides looked at each other, and in the calm atmosphere, there was already a storm!
This person is none other than Prince Qianlan "Zhu Hongyu".
Not long after Han Feng entered Tiannan College, he went to Beiyang Pass for duty. During this period, the empire's "Eye of Dongxu" was captured. The prince led the imperial army and chased him to Beiyang Pass.
Finally, by chance, the Eye of Dongxu fell into the hands of Han Feng.
His Highness the Crown Prince had a suspicion about Han Feng, and even if the suspicion was finally eliminated, he was ready to kill Han Feng to silence him.
If it hadn't been for the timely rescue of his eldest brother Zhang Dingnan's spiritual clone, Han Feng would have died in Beiyang Pass.
From then on, he and the prince never saw each other again even though they were thousands of miles apart.
But Han Feng knew that the Crown Prince must still be "thinking about" him, and Han Feng had not forgotten that the other party was regarded as an ant and wanted to kill him.
Han Feng even suspected that Shangguan Lin's successive attempts to frame him had something to do with the Crown Prince.
As the saying goes, enemies are extremely jealous when they meet, but now their eyes met, although there was no sharp edge.
But just one look made each other confirm that the other party was an enemy rather than a friend!
(PS: Today’s third update, please correct the previous article. Commander Dugu is named “Dugu Hong”.)
