The young and beautiful palace maids came in one after another and served various dishes carefully arranged by the imperial kitchen.

Although there are not too rare ingredients, they are all cooked very exquisitely. They don’t look like food, but they are plates of artworks with different shapes, which look pleasing to the eye and dazzling.

However, Li Xu was not a particularly particular person to eat. He did not pursue the exquisite dishes. Instead, he felt that the skewers at night market stalls were more energetic than these so-called imperial dishes and could arouse people's appetite.

Three people, a total of more than 20 dishes, are naturally divided into separate meals.

There is a small table in front of each person, and the dishes are divided into three parts, and everyone's are the same, and the tables are full of them.

Empress Dowager Song sat on the top and asked Yu Yu to sit on her left, Li Xu sat on her right, and waited for the dishes to be served, waved his hand to signal the palace maids to retreat, leaving only one next to each person to serve.

"I have long heard that Xiao Yuer's sweetheart is a young hero. Even the elder and second brothers of the Ai family praised you. The Ai family's ears were almost calloused when they heard it. They always wanted to see what this young hero looked like. The emperor has heard it too many times, and it is so urgent today that he has lost his composure."

After listening to Empress Dowager Song’s smile, Li Xu chuckled and said, “I have made some contributions by chance. If it weren’t for the care and support of the elders, I wouldn’t have the blessing to listen to the teachings of Empress Dowager today.”

Li Xu didn't care when he heard Empress Dowager Song vaguely seeking excuses for the emperor.

In the era of imperial power, the so-called thunder, rain and dew are the kindness of the king. Not to mention that the emperor just scolds you, even if the emperor kills your whole family, you have to kneel on the ground and shout thank you for your kindness.

If a minister dares to show a trace of resentment towards the emperor, he may cause death.

Li Xu was not worried about this, but he thought that he would take the orphan and widowed mother's land in a short time. Then he would be full of grievances and anger and nowhere to tell, and the matter in front of him was nothing.

After all, he is a normal person, not the protagonists in brainless novels who kill the whole family with just one disagreement.

That is something that only a madman pervert would do, so he is naturally not a madman pervert.

It is good enough for Empress Dowager Song to act in such a low posture, and Li Xu naturally wouldn't say much.

Queen Mother Song asked Li Xu to enter the palace today, so of course it was not as simple as giving him a banquet to repay him for his contributions.

No matter how much contribution Li Xu made, how much Song Mu brothers admired Li Xu, and how deep Yu Yu and Li Xu had, they could not let her down and trust her completely.

It is said that the emperor is alone and no one dares to believe it completely.

In fact, the Empress Dowager Song, who ruled the country from behind the scenes, was actually the same.

Not to mention foreign ministers like Li Xu, even his own brothers should be wary.

So, for Li Xu, she had to meet and take a look in person no matter what.

At this time, seeing Li Xu so young, he was so dull about the palace feast, and he didn't have the feeling of fear and tension in front of him. While he was surprised, he did feel a little appreciation.

Especially Li Xu's handsomeness and extraordinary demeanor, calmness and sharpness made her think of the four words "extraordinary".

However, Li Xu like this made her feel wary for no reason.

A young man of sixteen or seventeen years old has been promoted from a white man in just a few months to more than ten levels, from a ninth-rank county magistrate to a second-rank ninth-rank ninth-rank admiral, and was invited to the palace to give him a banquet. There are princesses in their love and chief ministers outside. How many people can have such opportunities and gifts throughout history?

No matter how calm the average person is, he will be complacent and even be domineering and arrogant, not to mention that a young man with a firm mind and strong spirit.

But Li Xu was very calm and did not show any evil deeds after entering Beijing. Instead, he was very low-key and diligent.

In fact, since Li Xu entered Beijing, the palace's eyeliner has set his sights on him.

He is not from the Black Ice Platform, but a force directly belonging to the Queen Mother. He is usually in charge of Mu Di and is under the name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is very mysterious.

This mysterious power was taken by Empress Dowager Song from the late Emperor of Qin. There were almost no insiders, and even her brothers did not know the existence of this power.

If the Black Ice Platform is an openly spy organization of Qin State, then the power in the hands of Empress Dowager Song is another power in the secret.

The reason why I was able to hand over the Black Ice Platform to my brother Song Mu was largely because Empress Dowager Song had such constant power in her hands.

Song Mu didn't know the existence of this power, and Li Xu naturally didn't know it either.

Although he had noticed someone was secretly following him before, he didn't feel malice from that person, so he didn't care too much.

His activities in Chang'an City were all public and there was no need to cover them up at all.

His real secrets are all in his mind. It would be useless to rely on the simple means of tracking to find out his own secrets.

Although Empress Dowager Song still had a kind and warm smile on her face, smiling like an elder who thought she was loving, the small dot representing Empress Dowager Song on Li Xu's system map suddenly became a little heavier, from blue-gray to a little yellow.

This means that Empress Dowager Song has become a little vigilant about him.

Li Xu was a little surprised, but after a change of mind, he probably understood some of the reasons.

He suddenly felt aroused in his heart and was about to play with retreat to see Empress Dowager Song's reaction.

"The Empress Dowager, I have always been very frightened when I talk about it. Half a year ago, I was a young man from the countryside, ignorant. Now I have been entrusted by the Empress Dowager and Uncle Song as the admiral of the Nine Gate, and undertake the important task of defense in Chang'an City. Every night before going to bed, I feel like I am dreaming, and I am even more worried that I will not be able to do it and live up to the expectations and trust of the Empress Dowager and Uncle Song.

I have always wanted to resign from Uncle Song, but Uncle Song said that this was the grace of the Empress Dowager. I am really grateful to the Empress Dowager for his trust, but I am even more frightened and worried that I cannot bear such a heavy responsibility. Therefore, I beg the Empress Dowager to allow me to resign from the position of the Admiral of the Nine Gate and the General of the Yulin Guard, and let me return to Sanshui County to continue to be a county magistrate. When I get older and more mature in the future, I will share the worries of the Empress Dowager and Uncle Song.”

Li Xu was very serious and earnest when he said this, making people believe that he was definitely not doing this on purpose, but wanted to resign.

Because he had been thinking just now that I would be more comfortable going back to be my Tanghou, and wouldn't it be nice to bring tens of thousands of troops to the city of Chang'an?

Li Xu is now extremely ambitious, thinking of unifying the world and becoming a true common ruler of the world and a true emperor.

He really didn't take it seriously as a little emperor of Qin.

Not to mention an admiral of the Nine Gates.

I really don't like it at all.

As soon as Li Xu said this, let alone Queen Mother Song, even Yu Yu, who was smiling and looking at him, was shocked.

What is Brother Xu doing?
Chapter completed!