The little Emperor had returned to the palace?
You still know how to come back?
Hearing this, all the officials trembled and stood up, looking angrily outside the hall.
The two days in Taiji Palace were the most difficult two days of their lives.
All of them were important officials of the imperial court. They had never thought that they would live such a life.
Outside the hall, Li Shentong carried a sack, followed Li Shenfu, Li Xiaogong, and Li Yuan excitedly behind Li Chengdao, and walked toward Taiji Palace.
The four Regional Kings wished they could run into the palace and tell them the news of their victory.
However, as soon as they entered the hall, the four Commandery Princes twitched their noses and their expressions changed drastically.
Li Shentong cried out involuntarily,"Hey, why is this hall so flirtatious?”
All the officials were speechless.
Seeing the officials fall into silence, the four Commandery Princes sized up the hall for a while, then quickly retreated out of the hall with flushed faces.
The civil and military officials also hurriedly walked out of the hall, breathing in the fresh air non-stop. They felt as if they had been reborn. Then, they glared angrily at Li Chengdao and suppressed their anger. They bowed and said,"Greetings, Your Majesty."
Li Shentong looked at them gnashing their teeth and bowing. He felt a toothache.
The little Emperor's throne was unstable, so he had to be careful.
However, in order to prevent the officials from causing trouble in Chang 'an during his absence from the palace, it was really unreasonable for them to eat and sleep in Taiji Palace.
Looking at the red-eyed and black-faced faces of these civil and military officials, it was obvious that they had suffered a lot in the past two days.
Li Shenfu furrowed his brows tightly. When an emperor was concerned about the harmony between the monarch and his subjects, the monarch was wise and the subjects were virtuous. However, the little emperor's actions were just short of being labeled as a bad emperor.
Li Chengdao glanced at the situation in Taiji Palace and gave Wang Yu a look, telling him to clean up. Then, he looked at the civil and military officials who were staring at him and said in a tender voice,
"I know that you are full of complaints and have lived two days worse than a dog. I understand your current attitude, so I have prepared something for you.”
As he spoke, Li Chengdao gave Wang Yu another look.
Wang Yu hurriedly nodded and then waved his hand. Immediately, more than twenty young eunuchs carried wooden boxes that had been prepared in advance and quickly walked over.
The officials were stunned.
In fact, they were waiting for Li Chengdao to come back. No matter what he said, they were determined to resign.
How could he continue to be an official?
All of the officials in the court were important ministers who ruled the world, and not the servants of the little Emperor.
However, when the wooden boxes were opened, the eyes of the officials widened.
The wooden boxes were filled with gold.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Pei Ji asked in astonishment.”
"This gold is the reward you deserve for enduring humiliation for the Imperial Court these past two days.”
Li Chengdao looked at them with a kind smile and raised a little finger."One hundred gold taels for each person!"
All the officials gasped and looked at him in shock.
According to the current prices, 100 taels of gold was enough to buy a mansion in Chang 'an!
All the officials looked at each other.
Excluding the fertile land, the salary of a first-grade official in the capital was eight hundred stone meters a year, which was equivalent to ten taels of gold.
Adding up the salary, it was at most eighty gold taels.
And this was the salary of a first-grade official. The lower the rank of the official, the less salary he would receive.
But now, Li Chengdao had given each of the officials a hundred gold taels just because they had stayed in Taiji Palace for two days?
If that was the case…
There was no harm in staying for a few more days.
Many of the officials were overjoyed. When the others came back to their senses, they also felt that staying in Taiji Palace for two days was nothing compared to 100 taels of gold.
Pei Ji, Chen Shuda, Feng Deyi, Xiao Yu, and the others frowned.
Li Gang, Dou Gui, Pei Ju, and the others were expressionless.
Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Zhangsun Wuji sneered at Li Chengdao.
Did he think that he could bribe all the officials with money?
Do you really think we are servants? You think you can let this matter go just by giving us some money?
Not everyone in the civil and military officials lacked money, and not everyone became officials to earn money.
"Your Majesty, money can't solve this problem!" Xiao Yu said coldly.”
"If this matter spreads to Chang 'an, how will we deal with it? How would the people of the world talk about us? Don't they think that all the civil and military officials in the court are His Majesty's slaves?”
" Of course," Li Chengdao said with a smile." So, in addition to the gold that I will reward you with, I will also make your names spread throughout Chang 'an!"”
"Do you know him? Who is he?”
As he spoke, Li Chengdao gave Li Shentong a look.
Li Shentong put the cloth bag on his shoulder on the ground and grinned.
"Fellow colleagues, you have to open your eyes and take a good look at the person inside!”
"Your Majesty, did you leave the palace to be a bandit for two days?" Chen Shuda frowned.”
" Let me see who Your Majesty kidnapped this time. Was it a woman or…"
As Chen Shuda spoke, he walked over and opened the bag. When he saw the burly figure inside, his eyes widened and he cried out involuntarily,
"Jie Jie-"
Thank you? The officials looked at him in astonishment.
Pei Ji couldn't help but say,"Shu Da, you've been thanking me for so long. Who are you thanking?"”
Chen Shuda's throat moved. He pointed at the people in the sack and shouted at them,"
"Jie Li, His Majesty has captured Jie Li!!”
As soon as he finished speaking, there was silence outside Taiji Palace.
All the officials looked at him in shock. Who did he capture?？
Jie Li?
Isn't that a Turkic Khagan?
What kind of joke was this? Jie Li should be in the grasslands now. How could he come to Chang 'an and be captured by the little Emperor?
"Shuda, did you get the wrong person?”Pei Ji looked at him suspiciously. He walked to his side and glanced at the burly figure who was unconscious in the sack. He felt his heart stop for a moment and said with a trembling voice," Really, really Jie Li?!"
Hiss--
Some of the officials gasped.
Chen Shuda might be mistaken, but Pei Ji definitely wouldn't. He had once gone to the Turks as an envoy to meet the Jie Li Khan.
In other words.
Jie Li was really captured by the little Emperor?
With a swoosh, all the officials looked at Li Chengdao.
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