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Chapter 404: Celebration Banquet

Chapter 404: Celebration Banquet

After all the windows in the imperial study room opened, Zhao Jue used his internal energy to control the wind, swallowing up the white powder, and then threw it out, letting it disperse with the wind. After making sure everything was safe, he controlled his internal energy and made the mysterious letter float in the air.

Zhao Jue couldn’t help but snorted disdainfully when he read the contents of the letter. After a while, he finished reading the letter and threw it into the small burner on top of the table without hesitation. As he watched the letter slowly turn into ashes, the chief eunuch had already returned.

The chief eunuch stood outside the imperial study room, bent his waist, and saluted respectfully towards the closed door. His superior demeanor was not evident at all at this time. After taking a few deep breaths, the chief eunuch said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the punishment has been completed."

Inside the imperial study room, Zhao Jue listened to the words of the chief eunuch, but remained silent. Without his permission, the chief eunuch could only maintain his posture. Half an hour later, Zhao Jue said slowly: "There will be no second time."

After hearing Zhao Jue’s words and knowing that they had escaped the death penalty today, the chief eunuch’s heart finally dropped. Although he had served the emperor since childhood, the chief eunuch knew that the emperor never trusted him even for a second.

Recalling the emperor’s tragic past and his current situation that is similar to living in hell, the chief eunuch was heartbroken, but he had more respect and fear for the emperor than pity for him.

Thinking of the late Empress Dowager, the chief eunuch couldn’t help but blame her for her neglect of the emperor since he was born, and her pressure and impossible expectations, which forced the emperor to become what he is today.

After reminiscing for a few seconds, the chief eunuch said respectfully and sincerely: "This servant thanks the Emperor’s benevolence."

Unlike the deserted and cold imperial palace of the Shang Empire, the imperial palace of the Bei Wei Empire was full of joy and laughter since dawn. After Rui Wang, the eldest prince of the Bei Wei Empire, won the war on the border between the Shang Empire and the Bei Wei Empire, Emperor Ren personally welcomed him back and prepared a celebration banquet for him.

In the past, at this time of year, common people would celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and thank heaven for blessing them with a good harvest. But since the long drought began seven years ago, almost everyone has forgotten about this annual harvest festival.

If it hadn’t been for Emperor Ren’s decree to allow everyone in the Bei Wei Empire to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, no one would have remembered that it was already the time for the harvest festival. Unfortunately, the imperial decree not only failed to make the common people happy, but pushed them into the abyss instead.

When the imperial decree spread throughout the Bei Wei Empire, the common people could only cry and beg heaven for mercy. Years of continuous war and long-term drought have forced the common people to eat dirt. Where can they find food and water to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival? Their only wish now is to survive and be able to see the sun the next morning.

After the officers posted the imperial decree on the bulletin board and left, the common people suddenly burst into tears. Some even fall to their knees, crying and kowtowing to heaven, begging for mercy and salvation. Wishing that one day this hell on earth will end, and a benevolent, wise, and just ruler will appear to save them and repair the world.

In the second floor of a luxurious teahouse located in front of the bulletin board, a man wearing a cloak and a black mask sat calmly as he watched the commotion below. He took a sip of tea and frowned slightly after tasting it.

Putting down the tea cup, the man said calmly: "Distribute supplies secretly. Make sure no one dies."

After he finished speaking, a voice came from the beams on the ceiling: "Yes, Master."

As the morning breeze blew into the teahouse, a black shadow flew out from there. The masked man supported his chin with his palm lazily, and looked at the desperate people below without interest. When the officers finally came to arrest the rioter below, the man finally stood up and muttered something under his breath sadly.

"Ah Yun, where are you? Please let me find you as soon as possible. I’m afraid I can’t wait for you any longer."

When an officer suddenly raised his head and looked at the second floor of the luxurious teahouse, the masked man already disappeared. Next to the still warm tea cup, there is a small carving of a cloud. If Xu Xiang or Huan Yun saw this small carving now, they would know that this is how they draw clouds back in their original world.

Four hours later, in the imperial palace of the Bei Wei Empire, Qi Yuanli, the fifth prince of the Bei Wei Empire, was sipping wine elegantly. He calmly observed the people attending the eldest prince’s celebration banquet, and noted down in his heart which prince the ministers and generals supported.

As the least favored prince, Qi Yuanli had never been invited to such a banquet before. But for some unknown reason, this time his imperial father specially sent the chief eunuch to invite him to this victory celebration banquet. Knowing the cruelty and cunning of Emperor Ren, he did not dare to take it lightly.

’My imperial father personally invited me today, there must be some hidden ulterior motive. Does he want to establish Qi Gaoshen as the crown prince today?’

After thinking about it, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly as he thought: ’If this is really the case, then my plan will be easier to implement. But if not, then I can wait and just watch Qi Baijun and Qi Gaoshen kill each other, and then reap the benefits after they hurt each other.’

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