The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

Wan Lianxing picked up his fan and pointed at himself slowly, saying, "It was me. I didn't say anything auspicious to him, so he got angry with me."

Ge Dongqing stood up with a look of doubt on his face. He wanted to share Wan Lianxing's worries, so he said tentatively, "Why don't you say a few auspicious words to the old housekeeper for me? I'm also good at saying a few sets of auspicious New Year greetings."

Hearing this, Wan Lianxing smiled and looked at the old butler, "See if there is anyone willing to do it for you. Whatever you want to hear, just let Dong Qing say it. He is my brother, and what he says is the same as what I say."

Hearing this, a look of dejection appeared on the old butler's serious face. He bowed to Wan Lianxing and said, "I am old, and no one likes to listen to my words anymore. I can no longer serve the emperor, so I plan to retire and return home."

The ministers looked at Wan Lianxing and the old butler in bewilderment. Ge Dongqing spoke cautiously, "Your Majesty, what's going on?"

Wan Lianxing thought, this is just the same old trick. The old butler would repeat the same threatening words to Wan Lianxing two or three times every year, but these words could really threaten him, because Wan Lianxing was willing to be threatened by this old man.

Those taboo words were nothing to Wan Lianxing, he just said it casually, but in front of an old man, these words carried a thousand pounds of weight. This sentence was like a chop, saying it was like setting an obstacle for himself, and this obstacle must be broken immediately, otherwise it would be like committing suicide, but asking Wan Lianxing to slam the wooden board and say "Pooh, Pooh, Pooh" was like asking Wan Lianxing to take back his order in front of all the civil and military officials.

However, in order to change the old butler's stretched face back into its original smile, Wan Lianxing could only patiently ask the old butler, "You want to retire and return to your hometown in anger? Where is your hometown? You and I have been together for decades, how come I don't know where your hometown is?"

"Wherever my heart is at peace is my home. Your Majesty's words have made me uneasy. I am leaving."

The old butler's trick worked every time. Wan Lianxing completely compromised. He raised his hand and patted his dragon throne, then said very devoutly: "Pooh. Pooh. Pooh."

Wan Lianxing thought that if he obeyed the old butler, he would nod in satisfaction. However, the old butler didn't even smile at him. Not only that, he also warned Wan Lianxing: "Don't say those unlucky words in the future. They will be heard."

Wan Lianxing looked at the old butler pointing his finger at the sky and quickly nodded in agreement. Of course, he didn't dare to say anything. This was the only time he would engage in feudal superstition in front of his subjects, and he would never allow it to happen a second time because he couldn't afford to lose face. However, the old butler was satisfied and left.

As soon as the old butler left, Ge Dongqing touched the back of his neck, feeling cold, and asked Wan Lianxing suspiciously, "Your Majesty, were you and the old butler performing some kind of mysterious ritual just now?" Ge Dongqing also imitated the old butler, pointing a finger toward the sky above his head. However, his imitation was not quite the same. The old butler's eyes were firm and determined when he pointed his finger upwards, while Ge Dongqing was sneaky and thief-like. Then he asked Wan Lianxing mysteriously, "Your Majesty, who is up there?"

"Hahahaha, there's nothing, it's all superstition. By the way, don't leave at noon, accompany me for lunch."

Wan Lianxing was in a good mood today. Hong Zhekai, a doctor from the Ministry of Water Resources, arrived early and had already proposed a method to control the drought at the court meeting, which solved a major worry for Wan Lianxing. As long as Hong Zhekai was there, the ministers would no longer have to pester him to pray for rain.

Because of public opinion, every morning court there were ministers proposing that Wan Lianxing go to pray for rain. The form of praying for rain was not difficult, but the difficulty lay in the fact that the imperial teacher had already calculated that there had been no rain in the past two months, not even a drizzle, so how could he pray for rain?

But it was different when Hong Zhekai came. The problem was solved, so he decided to hold a royal banquet to entertain Hong Zhekai.

It was a great honor for the emperor to invite his ministers to dinner. The ministers were all grinning from ear to ear and forgot about what they were supposed to report.

Ge Dongqinghua was a man of many ideas and talents. He hated being alone. When he heard that the emperor was inviting them to dinner, singing and dancing would be necessary, he suggested, "Your Majesty, the Chengdong Music House has added several new musicians with outstanding looks and extraordinary talents."

When Wan Lianxing heard this, he immediately understood what Ge Dongqing meant. Men of letters and poets all like elegant musical instruments and wish to have music accompany them at three meals a day. Looking at the eager eyes of the ministers, Wan Lianxing agreed immediately and immediately sent someone to the East City Music Hall to invite people.

Recently, good things have been happening on the border. Song Tingzhi and Xu Shixun have also achieved some success in managing the refugees. Good things have been happening one after another. Although Wan Lianxing is burdened by political affairs, he is happy in his heart. Ministers want to listen to music, do they have to wait until dinner? He will satisfy them.

So Wan Lianxing said to the people around him, "Go and invite those drummers and musicians that Dongqing sent over the past few months. I'm going to reward everyone today."

When everyone heard that there was going to be singing and dancing, they clapped their hands in their hearts. They all felt that they were smart. Fortunately, they stayed after the court was dismissed, otherwise they would have missed the opportunity to feast their eyes.

At Wan Lianxing's command, a group of drummers and musicians and a group of beautiful young women came in. In an instant, the hall was filled with drums and music, singing and dancing.

Wan Lianxing was the most compassionate to his ministers. In addition to rewarding and punishing them, he also never forgot to reward them. The ministers often feasted their eyes on him.

Each of his singing and dancing performances was of the best quality, personally selected by Ge Dongqing and presented to him. He usually did not have the interest to perform these performances when he was alone, and only invited these performances out when he was rewarding his ministers.

Wan Lianxing glanced at the dancers and then glanced at his ministers. Most of them were hypocritical. They looked at them sitting steadily, but their hearts and souls had already been seduced by the dancing girls.

Wan Lianxing fanned the fan in his hand with great interest, and the smile on his face grew wider and wider. The wonderful expressions on his ministers' faces were more exciting than those of the dancing women.

As for the singing and dancing girls he kept in the palace, Wan Lianxing didn't know how many times he had invited them out for the sake of these ministers. Many of them were not seen by the ministers for the first time, but every time these singing and dancing girls appeared, the ministers' eyes widened as if they were seeing them for the first time.

Everyone was clearly holding teacups in their hands, but they poured cup after cup into their stomachs. Although it was tea, their grinning faces made them look as intoxicated as if they had drunk fine wine.

Seeing this, Wan Lianxing added fuel to the fire and asked the palace servants to give wine to the ministers. He was determined to let his ministers have a great time.