Help! I just woke up and was stabbed by a big kid

Things finally came to an end.

The insane Mu You and his family were imprisoned for treason. Males over ten years old were beheaded, the rest were exiled, and the women were enslaved. The four main generals involved with Mu You were beheaded, and the rest were forced to work as coolies. His family was not affected. Baoshun Pharmacy was uprooted, and all branches in various places were closed down.

Incidentally, several officials who had close ties with Mu You were implicated. Although they were not openly punished, they were demoted by the emperor one after another, and the power in the court underwent tremendous changes.

Of the three princes involved in the Ganzhou case, the third prince was confined to his house, and the fifth prince's establishment of a palace was postponed, and he was confined to Chonghua Palace to reflect on his mistakes. Concubine Mu asked to become a nun, but the emperor did not agree.

The Queen's mammary glands were more unobstructed than ever before.

Only Qin Zhaoyue not only did not suffer any harm, but also won the reputation of "virtuous prince" among the people because of exposing the secrets of Ganzhou. In addition, the grandson of the Su family joined him, and the Su family also vaguely revealed their intention to stand on Qin Zhaoyue's side.

The emperor rewarded all those who had made contributions in the Ganzhou case with silver and land. Feilan of Zuihonglou also got what she wished for. She and her family were stripped of their citizenship and became commoners again.

However, the celebration banquet was postponed for several days because of Qin Zhaoning's incident.

These few days are of course very useful. Gu Yue is going to meet the emperor, but a country boy who doesn't know the rules can't do it.

The queen sent a eunuch to teach etiquette. This matter was her responsibility, and because of Qin Zhaoyue's matter, she was very fond of Dun Xinbo, whom she had never met before, and the eunuch was also very friendly and wanted to praise Gu Yue to the sky.

Gu Xu had not been home for the past few days, and was said to be out on business. Since they arrived in Luoyang, Gu Xu had been coming home less and less.

On the day of the celebration banquet, Gu Yue got up early and changed into the official robe that was made by the palace. It was a brown-red round-necked robe with intricate patterns similar to official uniforms. The embroidery was extremely delicate and it fit him well. He wore a crown on his head - Gu Dashi had already reached the age of a crown, so he couldn't just use a hairband to hold it up.

Wearing a crown does make one look more mature. Gu Yue looked at himself in the mirror, and the novelty of the ancient costume slightly alleviated his nervousness about the banquet.

After noon, the palace carriage arrived and waited at the gate.

Gu Xu still hadn't come back yet, so he just sent a letter asking Gu Yue to go alone.

He got on the car. He was a little uncomfortable without Shi San by his side. But Wu Huo and Wu Feng were still there, so there should be nothing to be afraid of.

Soon, the carriage drove into the imperial city.

The eunuch said, "Your Majesty, you don't have to get off the carriage. This is a special favor granted by His Majesty, as he thought you were injured and couldn't bear to work hard."

Gu Yue replied in the car: "Okay, thank you, Your Majesty."

The carriage arrived outside the Taiji Palace.

"Please come in, sir." The eunuch went to the door of the carriage and helped him.

Gu Yue got down from the ground and looked around.

The layout here is somewhat similar to the Forbidden City. There is a square inside the vermilion gate, where you can see a tall and majestic building, and many palace people come and go. The palace is hung with palace lanterns and silk, which looks very festive.

Only Lord Dunxin could ride to the gate, and the other officials walked here. Seeing this, they all looked sideways. Gu Yue did not look sideways and had no intention of talking to anyone.

However, whether out of concern or something else, although there were familiar faces among the officials present, no one spoke to Gu Yue. The officials who survived the fall of the Mu family were naturally the winners, and they were chatting about something.

There were constant glances towards Gu Yue, each with their own considerations. Gu Yue thought, they probably wanted to see what the emperor's attitude towards him was.

After waiting for about half an hour, Gu Xu hurried over. As soon as the two of them met and had no time to say anything, the sound of ritual music rang out outside.

The emperor rode in a carriage to the square.

The Crown Prince followed closely behind, and the concubines in the harem, royal relatives and court officials came forward in turn to kowtow. Then, led by the Emperor, they worshiped something in front of the huge incense burner in the center of the square.

After the ceremony, the emperor entered the palace and sat on the throne. The crown prince, his relatives, and the concubines in the harem took their seats, followed by the court officials and wives of the various families standing neatly beside the seats on both sides. Outside the palace were the seats for officials below the fifth rank, and they also stood.

The emperor sat on the throne and began his pre-dinner speech. It was very brief, and the gist of it was: this is a family dinner, everyone is welcome; this dinner is to celebrate our victory over the traitors, and so on.

After all the ministers kowtowed, they were finally allowed to take their seats. Gu Yue's legs were sore from standing so long.

Formalism, formalism!

But it's a feudal society, so it's normal.

Gu Xu's seat was right next to him, in the same seating order as the children of other court officials.

After they sat down, three dishes were served, perhaps some appetizers. The chopsticks for the palace banquet were all covered with exquisitely carved gold ornaments, and there were silver fruit forks. Gu Yue had just stretched out his hand when he heard the emperor's voice from the throne in the middle of the hall.

"Is Lord Dunxin here?"

Gu Yue stood up and stepped forward, kneeling to greet him. This was not the time for ordinary people to be clever, he had to kneel.

The emperor did not make things difficult for him and directly asked him to take a seat.

The emperor of Northern Qin had a good appearance and an imperial aura. The original text described the emperor as very ordinary, but after Gu Yue actually saw him, he had a new estimate of the emperor's scheming.

There weren't many rules for the family dinner, and the queen had been in high spirits recently, so she smiled and said, "I thought Lord Dunxin was a middle-aged man, but he turned out to be so young..."

Gu Yue said quickly: "Your Majesty, your words are too kind."

But when the Queen Mother saw his face clearly, she couldn't laugh anymore.

Why is there a scar on this face?

She couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

She had intended to take advantage of this banquet to let the girls from her mother's family take a look at this uncle, but his appearance was really not good enough.

If you want to say ugly, it's not ugly. It's just that scar is really not pleasing to the eye. Although the whole person looks gentle and regular, there is something awkward in the way. The elegance and roughness of this person conflict with each other. No matter how you look at him...

The queen gave up the idea of ​​matchmaking and just left it to the children themselves.

The emperor asked, "Dun Xinbo was assassinated and injured a few days ago. How is he now?"

Gu Yue smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. The injury is not serious and I am well now."

The emperor smiled. It was indeed impossible to tell what he was thinking just by looking at his expression. Gu Yue was trying to figure it out, and then he heard the emperor say, "I heard that you were originally from a farmer's family in Liuli Town?"

"That's right." Gu Yue said, "I made some money from doing business, so I'm feeling better now."

The emperor nodded and said, "Very good. You have made great contributions in the Ganzhou incident, and the grandson of the Su family that you have raised is also very good."

Gu Xu also had to stand up and salute: "Your Majesty, you are too kind."

The two of them walked one in front and one behind, unable to see the expressions on each other's faces.