The eunuch stood in front of everyone.

"Your Majesty holds a banquet in Chengyun Hall. Please come with me."

Hold a banquet?

Not only Lu Liangsheng was a little confused, but the other Jinshi also showed doubts. After passing the palace examination, shouldn’t it be the imperial pen to point out the third grade?

The eunuchs walking in front seemed to understand their doubts and turned around and smiled:

"Your Majesty is happy to feast all the ministers. You are also rare young talents. You are all excellent in poetry, essays, songs, and essays. Naturally, you need to entertain yourself. Even all the civil and military officials have come."

After saying this, when he arrived at Chengyun Hall, Lu Liangsheng walked among the eighteen people, his face was calm and he was a little nervous. When he entered, he was brightly lit even during the day. Chengyun Hall was spacious, with civil and military officials sitting on both sides. Min Changwen, the Minister of Personnel, was also among them, sitting in the seat on the left, with a solemn expression.

The chimes were soft, and the sound of silk and bamboo was soft, and the green smoke of sandalwood was curling. After Lu Liangsheng and others walked through the middle and stood still, the dragon table above the front, the emperor raised his cuff and waved it.

Several women dancing with long sleeves slowly retreated.

As a group of beakers left, Lu Liangsheng's vision became clear. Under the intertwined large golden palm-leaf fan, Chen Shubao was wearing a dragon robe, looking about his early thirties, and had a good appearance. However, there were two women sitting on the left and right. One of them was a red peony dress, a black-hair hairpin, and a crystal-carved flower on it, adding to the beauty, making people feel a little familiar.

"He Jingqiu?"

When Lu Liangsheng murmured softly, the woman seemed to have noticed the scholar in the crowd. Her beautiful eyes widened for no reason, and her small red lips slightly opened.

"Mr. Lu..."

Chen Shubao, who was talking to another concubine, turned his head away.

"What did the beloved concubine say?"

"I, I said that all the Jinshis this year are so young."

On the dragon throne, Chen Shubao looked at Zhang Lihua over there, curled her lips, sat upright, put his hands on the armrest, looked in front, and slowly opened his mouth.

"Yes, they are all my future ministers. Look at my beloved concubine. Many of them are really young, handsome and elegant... I can't compare to them."

Although the words above were only talked between the two, Lu Liangsheng could hear them and frowned.

...How come this tastes a bit sour vinegar?

"I won't announce the third grade for the first time in the palace examination."

At this time, the emperor in the dragon court stood up, his voice slowly and in a straight voice, but then he chuckled.

"Everyone is my handsome Chen Chao. I like it very much. All the civil and military officials in this palace know that I have a habit. Every time I hold a banquet, I will invite my concubine to accompany me. If you are about to be my ministers, I will invite you to come and adapt."

The words behind became a little frivolous. Min Changwen in the seat on the left couldn't help but want to speak, but at this time the emperor was talking. If he interrupted, it would hinder the harmony between the monarch and the ministers, so he had to continue listening.

Uncle Chen took the initiative to fill in nineteen new seats. After the 18 Jinshis over there thanked him, he politely treated each other.

"Brother Chang, please."

"My brother should be with Brother Zhou."

"Go together."

I went over and took my seat one by one, and someone turned around and saw Lu Liangsheng standing alone.

"Brother Lu, take your seat."

Lu Liangsheng smiled at him, bowed politely, and then looked at the emperor who turned around and sat back on the dragon throne. He was half nervous and half expectant. Although it was a bit abrupt, it was the best opportunity.

He took a deep breath, spread his sleeves and bowed to the imperial steps.

"Your Majesty, the new Jinshi Lu Liangsheng, please report if you have any questions."

The voices of the two sides gradually became less and less. During the banquet, the civil and military officials looked at each other and looked at each other, and were a little curious about what they would say.

"oh?"

Chen Shubao pressed the handrail with one elbow, rubbed his fingertips, and looked at the graceful scholar standing in the hall with a smile.

"you say."

Below, many thoughts flashed through Lu Liangsheng's heart like lightning, and quickly organized what he wanted to say in his mind.

"I told Your Majesty that I have been to Heliangzhou last year. At that time, droughts were everywhere, disaster victims were everywhere, and hunger could be seen everywhere. The granaries of various cities paid the imperial taxes and were unable to provide food for the maintenance..."

Hearing these words, Chen Shubao felt a headache and waved his hand to interrupt the other party's words.

"Isn't it raining anymore? There will be a good harvest this year."

"But your Majesty, the tax will still make them breathless..."

Lu Liangsheng also wanted to say that the emperor lowered his hand, looked at him, and looked forward slightly: "Lu Liangsheng, you are not an official yet."

In Chengyun Hall, Lu Liangsheng's face and neck were red by these words. The civil and military officials on both sides, and the eighteen newly-entered Jinshi were silent.

After a moment, the fingers slowly flexed in the slightly trembling cuffs and clenched their fists.

"His Majesty……"

Lu Liangsheng's voice sounded again in the hall and said softly: "In the first exam of the Imperial Examination, I wrote that the country is a green tree, and the people are the roots of trees. However, the roots of the fibres can be firmly firm, and the trees will not fall. He Liangzhou is poor, and thousands of lives are struggling with His Majesty's thoughts. If a place is damaged, it will damage the foundation of the country..."

"alright."

Chen Shubao leaned back against the back of the chair, his eyes turned to the civil and military officials, and snorted coldly between his mouth and nose.

"The Chen Dynasty was rich and the rice and millet were full of warehouses. It was just that the border officials were acting urgently and said that the disaster was a big disaster. The border people cooperated with more money and food. What do you, a little scholar, know?!"

The emperor looked at the stunned expression of the scholar below with satisfaction, feeling a sense of pleasure venting from his heart.

"Your Majesty!" Lu Liangsheng shouted again.

"Don't say anything again... By the way, I have something I want to ask you."

On the dragon chaise, Chen Shubao looked slightly and glanced at Zhang Lihua who was sitting not far away. He remembered the jade pendant lying on the table in the study room. His lips curled up, chuckled, and turned around.

"I heard you know some tricks on the street."

Pressing his elbows against the handrail, he looked at Lu Liangsheng below and raised his chin.

"Come on, let me have a trick."

"His Majesty!"

Hearing this, the civil and military officials were stunned. Many people stood up. Min Changwen even raised his hands at the emperor. Scholars were very proud of their face, not to mention that they were a Taoist practitioner. Even Zhang Lihua on the side of the imperial stairs frowned and turned her face to look at the emperor.

"Your Majesty, you..."

Around the palace guards subconsciously took off the hilt of the knife and stared at the middle of the hall.

Magic trick

Lu Liangsheng stood there, looking at the dragon chaise above, closed his eyes for a while, and let go of his fists.

"Your Majesty, I just think I am a magician? After four years of hard study, Your Majesty turned out to be a magician when I came to this Golden Palace to perform magicians... Haha... Okay, then Lu Liangsheng will change his Majesty once."

He clenched his teeth, his fists clenched in his cuffs, and he was trembling.

"You can change one quickly, let me see it. If you can't change it, you can beat it with sticks" came.

The scholar whipped his wide sleeves and turned around and left. The moment he stepped out of the hall gate, a guard came to stop him. Just in the sight of the emperor, civil and military officials, his figure became blurred and then disappeared into the sunshine.

Outside, there were sounds coming from afar.

"Lu Liangsheng, Qixia Mountain, say goodbye!"

In the hall, there was an uproar, and they stood up and looked around. Some were afraid and some were curious.

"Oh, Lu Liangsheng really knows magic."

"Your Majesty, Lu Liangsheng's association is probably not just as simple as street tricks!"

"That's right, why did Your Majesty insult him alone? This Lu Liangsheng is also a humble gentleman..."

Min Changwen walked out of the seat and chased after a few steps. His figure had long disappeared. He looked at the bright sunshine outside in a daze, beating his chest and stamping his feet in anger.

"Your Majesty, I, Chen Chao, have a few more pillars."

"What pillar?!"

Chen Shubao returned to the dragon throne, feeling happy, and waved his heroic sleeves: "Have a banquet!"

...

The skylight outside reflected on people's faces, which was a little dazzling. Lu Liangsheng walked across the deserted street in a daze, and his eyebrows were filled with disappointment.

"Ha... it turned out to be such an emperor... This kind of emperor... ignores the millions of people in Heliangzhou..."

Bathing in the sunshine, closing your eyes, not saying that you are humiliated for no reason, the behavior of the person on the dragon throne is not like the way an emperor should have.

"Addicted to wine and sex, superstitious about monsters, and do not pity the people...hehe..."

Not far away, outside a tavern, the guy in the shop yawned boredly, suddenly saw the scholar passing by, and hurriedly went up to greet him.

"Come on~ This guest official, the wine in the store is mellow. Look at you having a lot of worries, why not come in and have a few drinks, maybe the worries will be solved."

Lu Liangsheng stopped and smelled the scent of wine floating out of the store. After a turn, he walked in with his friend.

Soon, the guy trotted to the second floor with a few pots of warm wine from the guest.

"Kei, you ordered pear blossom wine and Huangxing wine. By the way, I might as well order some more wine dishes."

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Liangsheng, who was behind the table opposite, reached out and grabbed the wine pot directly and poured it into his mouth.

Cough ~

Cough cough

Putting down the wine pot, the spicy taste made Lu Liangsheng cry almost out. His eyes were slightly red and staring at the pen and ink on the table. He reached out and grabbed it, and squeezed it tightly.
Chapter completed!