Chapter 71 (1/2)
Chapter 71 p.r.i.c.k meets lightning
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After three rounds of alcohol, a middle-aged sorry looking court official sitting by Xia Mingyuan stood up with a faint smile on his face and proposed a toast to Feng Tingye: ”This subject, Mu Li, five years ago, had accompanied our emperor to Ye Kingdom as an envoy. At that time, the late emperor was still present and this servant was waiting upon our emperor as an attendant. Thus when we met the Ye Emperor, I had the opportunity to meet Your Majesty who was still the crowned prince back then a few times. Does Your Majesty still remember?”
Hearing those words, everyone at the feast stopped their movements and casted their gazes upon the middle-aged man. Some envied him while others ridiculed him with disdain in their eyes. Amongst these gazes, the officials from Ye Kingdom were the most extreme. As soon as he approached, he's already trying to establish a relations.h.i.+p through past grat.i.tudes. How shameless!
Feng Tingye frowned, his line of sight lingered on Mu Li's face for a moment. It was as if he was using a great effort to try to recall whether he had seen this person. After quite a while then did he pretend to sigh with emotion: ”Five years ago, my imperial father did indeed bring zhen along to welcome the envoy from Xia Kingdom. But at that time Zhen was absorbed in the conversation with Xia Emperor, so I was not aware of anything else. Moreover, things that are not beautiful… Zhen isn't willing to let it stay in my eyesight for a long time. Thus…”
As soon as the words came out, Mu Li's original smug face suddenly became pale. There is nothing in this world that is more humiliating than being given a cold shoulder when you are trying to be friendly. A mouthful of blood was immediately stuck in his throat, and the rest of the words he was going to say was all swallowed back into his stomach. His mouth opened and closed for a long time. Then finally in the end he still chose to close his mouth and staggered back to his seat.
After witnessing what happened, in the crowd's minds, their respect for their emperor rose up by a few more percent.
The Emperor's poisonous tongue has become more and more vicious. With just a few words, he struck that minister who was trying to put on airs, completely knocking him out. Our bright guiding star!
When Yan Ran and the rest looked at that minister's appearance, they couldn't help but sneer. Followed the Xia Emperor to Ye Kingdom as an envoy five years ago, but five years later he is just following around some small princes as an envoy again. From these five years, his position has not risen nor fallen. This kind of matter, what good is there for it to be brought up? We really want to know if this man's head was squeezed by a door before!
Among everyone, only one person's gaze was aimed towards Feng Tingye, silently roasting him.