Kick out the general as soon as you are reborn

Palace back garden

Liu Yanyan was wearing a light blue gown, a jade crown on her head, and cloud-patterned boots on her feet. She looked at the busy palace servants around her, walked to the front row, found her seat, knelt behind the table, and then relaxed.

She had attended many palace banquets, but this was her first time attending as a minister. She couldn't help feeling uneasy. She turned around and saw other new students sitting stiffly, so she didn't move.

At this time, the hoarse voice of Eunuch Li came, "The Emperor has arrived."

When Liu Yanyan heard this, she immediately knelt down with everyone else and bowed her head, "We respectfully welcome the Emperor."

Emperor Hongda, dressed in a light golden suit, walked to the high seat, sat upright on the dragon throne, and said lightly, "My dear ministers, please stand up." He watched everyone stand up, kneel down and sit down before saying, "Today's banquet is to celebrate all of you who have studied hard for decades and finally got your names on the list of successful candidates. Today, you can ignore the affairs of state and just relax." He waved his hand.

Several palace maids wearing low-necked pink tops and three-color pleated skirts came in and danced in the middle of the banquet.

Liu Yanyan knelt down and breathed a sigh of relief. She felt that they were far away, so she raised her head and glanced forward.

Seeing the Regent Zhou Yanze, dressed in a purple python robe and black boots, leaning on the chair below His Majesty, exuding a cold aura, holding a glass of wine and drinking with His Majesty.

The Regent felt the gazes on him and smiled slightly while drinking. She looked at me, so she must like me, of course. How could she not like me?

Emperor Hongda coughed while drinking. He looked over and found that the Regent was not smiling. He could not help but mutter to himself, "Is it because my eyes are blurry?"

Li Chuanyu stepped forward and asked, "Your Majesty, what do you want?"

Emperor Hongda waved his hand and said, "Nothing, nothing."

When the regent heard the sound, he turned to look at His Majesty calmly and said, "Your Majesty, what's wrong? Did you choke?"

Emperor Hongda smiled and shook his head, "No, I'm fine." He pretended to watch the singing and dancing below.

The Regent nodded lightly, withdrew his gaze, and returned to his previous attitude of keeping strangers away, but the smile in his eyes was always vaguely visible.

Seeing this, Liu Yanyan also withdrew her gaze. She was no longer interested in the singing and dancing, and searched for her father in the crowd. She did not notice the Regent's gaze, which seemed to fall on her vaguely.

Finally, Liu Yanyan found her father among a group of ministers. Her father was surrounded in the middle, drinking cup after cup. This made Liu Yanyan very anxious. She didn't care to be afraid, so she walked around from behind to her father and said, "Dear uncles, my father has just recovered from his injury and can't drink. I will drink this cup for him." After that, she took the wine glass from her father's hand and drank it all.

The Minister of Revenue next to him smiled and said, "It's okay for you to drink! Your father really gave birth to a good daughter! Unlike the bad boy in my family." It was good enough that they didn't let me help them drink.

Duke Liu said to protect his son, "Of course, my daughter is very capable! You old men, please don't make things difficult for her in the future. Come to me if you have any problems."

General Meng smiled and said, "How is that possible? If Nannan were assigned to my team, I would definitely protect her."

Duke Liu patted General Meng's shoulder speechlessly and said, "My daughter will definitely not share it. Thank you for everything!"

After saying this, he stared straight at the Minister of Revenue.

Li Ze, the Minister of Revenue, smiled awkwardly and said, "How can you be like this? Okay, fine. I promise that if I am assigned to this position, I will never let anyone bully your daughter. With you here, it's good enough that she doesn't bully others."

Duke Liu smiled and hugged Li Ze and said, "It's good that you know, but she's just a girl, and I'm still worried."

Minister Li untied the hand from his neck and said, "Alright, alright, I surrender. How could you be so blatant as to ask me to protect your daughter? Look, the other students are watching them!" Others sent things secretly, but you made a naked threat.

Seeing that Daddy was fine, Liu Yanyan stood behind him and acted like a quail. She rolled her eyes in her heart. Why didn't Daddy tell her in advance that his wine had been replaced with water? How embarrassing it was to rush over just now! How reckless!

Duke Liu looked at Minister Li's assurance and smiled happily. After all, according to Nannan's personality, her chance of going to the Ministry of Revenue was greater. Many girls who passed the exams were in the Ministry of Revenue.

When Minister Li saw that Duke Liu did not say anything else, he slipped away.

General Meng looked at Duke Liu and said, "Old Liu, that old bastard Old Li is gone. Let's go back and have a drink. Let's have a good time together."

Duke Liu waved his hand and said, "My daughter is staring at me here, how can I go out to drink? No, no, when my injury heals in a while, I'll invite you to Zhuangyuanlou to drink the best daughter's red wine."

General Meng nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, I'll be waiting. I can't forget the dishes at Zhuangyuanlou after eating them last time!" After saying that, he smiled and walked away.

Duke Liu looked at Nannan and smiled dotingly, "What's wrong? Are you afraid that daddy drinks? Come on, go back and stay. Daddy is an adult, and he is very wise. You don't need to worry about him. Don't worry about daddy." Daddy still has to go and have a good chat with a few adults.

Liu Yanyan smiled and nodded, "Okay, Daddy, take it easy, I'll go back first."

Duke Liu waved his hand, and Liu Yanyan walked back to her seat. After kneeling down, she was about to drink. When she picked up the wine glass, she found a faint red on it. Her eyes turned cold, and she covered her lips with a handkerchief and pretended to drink the wine in the glass.

Soon, she found the little palace maid behind her quietly retreating. Liu Yanyan frowned, not daring to think deeply, and sighed, "This palace is really full of tricks!" She was just a small new champion, but someone was plotting against her. She just didn't know what they were plotting against.

Liu Yanyan picked up a piece of goose meat with chopsticks. The goose meat was crystal clear and she was about to eat it when she found some white powder. She immediately lost her appetite, put down the chopsticks in her hand, and lost interest in the delicacies on the table. Fortunately, she had not entered the palace before.

After watching Liu Yanyan put down her chopsticks, the Regent's frown finally relaxed. Fortunately, the person he liked was smart, otherwise he would have to work hard.

Liu Yanyan felt a cold gaze, turned her head to look, but still didn't see anything, so she rubbed her hands awkwardly.

The Regent smiled faintly, and even the taste of the wine in his hand turned sweet.

From then on, Liu Yanyan didn't dare to leave, but stayed quietly in her seat, and refused all the toasts from others.

At this time, the palace maid who had just hurried away accidentally spilled the wine on her. Liu Yanyan helped the little palace maid up and said lightly, "You can leave."

The little maid knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Liu Zhuangyuan, I will take you to change your clothes."