On the other hand, although the officials of the Cuicang County Government only spoke to General Xu after landing and did not meet the officials here as usual, they did not dare to slacken, for fear that the emperor would summon him at any time.

So, they are all waiting outside this courtyard.

After waiting for most of the day, even Gong didn't dare to come out, and they all fought hard. Finally, in the middle of the night, they saw General Xu coming out of the inside. They waved their hand and said to them, "The emperor will not summon you all today, you all go down."

This was relieved at first, but then he felt a little regretful.

After all, His Majesty the Emperor rarely comes to small counties like them, and everyone hopes to take this opportunity to show their faces in front of the emperor.

So, after everyone went down to relax for a while, they each ate half of the steamed buns. After filling their stomachs, they returned to the courtyard one by one and found a place to rest so that they could go in at any time when the emperor summoned him.

All night, everyone just took a nap.

Even the county magistrate Lu Boying didn't even lie on the bed, sitting straight in the chair.

I was afraid that I would wrinkle my clothes, and if I didn't have time to sort out when the emperor summoned me, I would lose my manners in front of the emperor.

Just as everyone was so careful, a servant ran in and gently pushed Lu Boying. He suddenly bounced off the chair: "Emperor? Did the emperor summon the officials?"

The servant was also shocked.

Several officials around were awakened and looked around with wide eyes: "Emperor? Summoned by the Emperor?"

"Hurry and hurry!"

The servant was amused and cried and said, "My lords, the emperor has not summoned you, the emperor is—going out."

"What?"

When Lu Boying heard this, he opened his eyes wide in shock: "The emperor has gone out? Where have you gone?"

"I went to the river and said yes, and I wanted to pay tribute to Lord Ye."

"What!?"

When Lu Boying heard this, his face turned pale.

Although they all knew that Lord Ye not only had a high official position, but more importantly, he was also the emperor's confidant. He had been following the emperor in the secret residence since he was a child. Such a person had something to do in his own jurisdiction and had no complete corpse. They must have been in trouble, and they were afraid that they would be stripped down in their official uniforms.

However, they did not expect that the emperor would go to pay tribute to Ye Zheng in person.

The emperor personally pays homage!

You should know that from ancient times to the present, the emperor only worshiped his ancestors, or worshiped heaven and earth during Fengshan. When did he see the emperor worship other people, and he was also his own minister.

However, His Majesty the Emperor actually personally paid tribute to Ye Zheng!?

This is probably a honor that the concubines in the harem cannot get!

Thinking of this, several officials were so scared that their legs were trembling. Now the emperor finally came to Cuicang County. They were waiting to come to the emperor to apologize, but unexpectedly, the emperor did not see them at all. Now they went to pay tribute to Ye Zheng, and they did not accompany him.

I'm afraid this is not going to kill the nine tribes of them.

Several officials trembled around Lu Boying and asked, "Mr. Lu, what should we do now?"

Lu Boying thought for a while with a blank face and said, "What else can I do? Go to serve quickly. As long as I can talk to the emperor, there will always be a glimmer of hope for us."

After saying that, he hurried out with everyone.

The group immediately left the city in a sedan chair and rushed to the riverside. The place was already full of guards around the emperor, and the ordinary people were dispersed. Lu Boying took a group of officials out of the sedan chair and said to the guards who were blocking them: "I am the county magistrate of Cuicang County, and these are all officials of Cuicang County. We are all here to serve the emperor."

The guards said coldly: "The emperor has already given instructions to pay tribute to Lord Ye. The idle people should not get close. Please don't bother the emperor."

"Yes, Lord Ye is the emperor's confidant. The emperor can't let others be present for tribute to him."

"If you disturb the emperor, no one can save you!"

Hearing this, several officials looked at each other and couldn't speak.

I could only retreat carefully and wait for the emperor's ceremony to finish, so that I could take a look when I came out.

At this time, standing by the river on the altar specially built for this memorial service, ignited the eulogy and placed it in the brazier. Seeing all the words slowly being swallowed by the flames and eventually turned into a pile of ashes, Zhu Feng's face turned a little paler in the sun.

He slowly raised a glass of wine and spilled it into the river.

The river water flowed into the distance with that little bit of fresh wine.

However, Zhu Feng's eyes did not follow the direction of the river flowing, but turned around and looked upstream of the river.

The sun shines on the water surface, reflecting rippling waves.

It looks quiet and leisurely.

However, everyone knows that under such tranquility and leisure, there are countless undercurrents hidden. The calmer the more dangerous it is, the closer the danger is.

Looking at the twinkling light, Zhu Feng narrowed his eyes slightly.

No one knows what his mind is, with the same flashing eyes.

At this moment, Nan Yan's low voice came from behind—

"emperor."

At this time, only the imperial concubine dared to approach the emperor.

Zhu Feng turned his head and Nan Yan saw his pale face at a glance. Although his expression was still indifferent, only at such a close distance could he see his eyes turn red again.

Nan Yan said softly: "Emperor, if Ye Zheng was here, he wouldn't want to see the emperor doing this for him."

“…”

Zhu Feng looked at her for a while, then took a deep breath.

He said: "Let's go."

He held Nan Yan's hand and the two walked down the temporary altar, but did not walk back as the way they had come before, but walked down the river bank.

It looks like a stroll.

Xu Shifeng and Li Bushen followed along with their men.

Lu Boying and others, who were originally waiting on another road, were shocked as they watched the people around them began to wander downwards. They didn't care about sitting in the sedan chair and hurriedly followed, but the more they walked, they found that something was wrong.

They actually walked back to the dock where His Majesty the Emperor arrived yesterday.

And the dragon boat was already waiting there.

"What's going on here?!"

Lu Boying no longer cared about the rules and hurriedly ran forward with his clothes. The other officials did not dare to be like him, so they could only stand anxiously and look forward with their toes.

Lu Boying got on the pier and saw Xu Shifeng at a glance.

He rushed to Xu Shifeng with sweat on his head and said, "General Xu, what's going on? Why did the Emperor come here?"

Xu Shifeng glanced at him and said, "The emperor has already paid tribute to Lord Ye. Now, he is going to Jinling."
Chapter completed!