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This announcement meant that the emperor had important matters to attend and was calling on ministers, but only some high-ranking and powerful ministers were required to go.

Three beeps mean that the country is in danger or there is an emergency, and all officials need to go to the palace immediately.

The fourth tone means that the emperor himself is in danger and needs rescue.

The sound of this bell is somewhat like the beacon fire in ancient times, when the wind tower was lit to give warning when the enemy was approaching.

The clock was first built when the country was first founded.

The country was in turmoil at that time, so this was invented so that the emperor could gather everyone at the first time when something happened.

It is only through the efforts of successive generations of emperors and ministers that the country has gradually become stronger and has now achieved peace and prosperity.

So there are fewer and fewer urgent matters, and so they are used less and less later.

In fact, there would be times when it was necessary to summon ministers, but the eunuchs in the palace would go to notify each family one by one.

One of the reasons is that the sound of the bell represents that something big is happening, and people will panic when they hear it.

Therefore, in order to appease people's hearts, we had to switch to the cumbersome process below.

The ministers' residences were arranged according to the level of their official positions.

It was built from high to low around the imperial palace.

Therefore, officials in the capital rushed to the palace as soon as they heard the bell.

Some came in carriages, and some came on horseback.

When they arrived at the gate of the palace, no matter how high your official rank was, everyone dismounted from their horses or sedan chairs.

At first glance, everyone seemed to be in a hurry.

As soon as you look at their clothes, you can tell how anxious they are to come.

Some people's belts are crooked, and some people's hats or hair buns are tilted.

Under normal circumstances, if anyone among them behaved like this, they would be laughed at and even accused of disrespect by the censors.

But today, no one cares about these.

Some officials who have good relations with each other walked together in groups of three or five.

They asked each other, but they knew what was going on.

Afterwards, everyone got the same result, which was that they didn’t know.

Seeing that they couldn't come to a conclusion after discussing the matter together, the group of people had no choice but to quicken their pace towards the Golden Palace.

When they arrived at the Golden Palace, the emperor was already sitting there in court robes with a serious expression.

The officials knelt on the ground just like they did during the morning court session.

"Your Majesty, long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty."

After the officials finished their ceremony, the emperor began to call upon them.

"Everyone is safe!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After the emperor finished speaking, the ministers shouted again.

The ministers were extremely polite.

They were even more polite than when they usually attended the morning court.

They are all afraid that if they are not careful, they will be found to have faults and become the scapegoat.

After a burst of rustling sounds, everyone stood in their positions very obediently.

The emperor didn't speak, and they didn't move either.

It was the Fifth Prince Xiao Jingyi who was not afraid of death and stood up.

The people behind him tried to pull him back but failed.

"Your Majesty, why did you ask us to come here?"

In the court, there are only the emperor and his subjects, not fathers and sons.

Therefore, even the queen's son, the legitimate prince, like all the ministers, called the emperor "Your Majesty".

The reason why the emperor did not speak first was that he wanted to see if there were people who would speak frankly during his reign.

It seems that the result disappointed him a little.

Fortunately, he always thought that his son, who had no future and only knew how to hide behind the queen, was a good person.

At least he stood up when no one dared to speak.

"Well, I called you here in such a hurry, of course it's something important.

Come, Eunuch Wang, read the letter from the King of Qi to everyone."

After the emperor finished speaking, he took out the letter written to him by Xiao Jingyu from his arms.

The people below looked at each other, becoming even more confused.

It's just a letter from His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi. Is it necessary to sound the alarm and call them all here?

Is there a problem at the border?

Just when they were puzzled, Eunuch Wang had already taken the letter from the emperor and began to read it.

"Greetings to the Emperor..."

Eunuch Wang read out the contents of the letter word for word in front of everyone.

Because there were only a few words, Eunuch Wang read very quickly.

After Eunuch Wang finished reading, he looked at the people below.

He found that the expressions of the ministers were the same as when the emperor first saw it, all of them were full of disbelief.

Just when he thought no one would speak.

Look, the conspicuous bag is here.

"Your Majesty, this is just a speculation by His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi.

Jiangnan is located in the south, and it rains a lot in this season.

If just because of one person's speculation, he ordered everyone to "leave their homes".

Even if this is said out, I'm afraid people won't believe it.

And this is just the beginning. There is a lot of rain in the south of the Yangtze River. We can't stop work every time just because of one person's speculation, right?

Coincidentally, I have a fellow villager in Jiangnan, with whom I had corresponded.

At this time every year, he would complain to me about the heavy rain in the south of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, I feel that what His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi said is too serious.

Is it because Your Highness has been at the border for so long that he has become paranoid?"

What this official said earlier sounds reasonable.

But later on, he was so bold as to make up a story about the King of Qi himself.

"Zhao Zhong!

You are bold!

Your Highness the Prince of Qi, the general at the border, is it true that you can arrange this behind the scenes?

My third brother has always been a cautious person, so he certainly has his reasons for saying that.

You can't go against my Third Brother just because you have a problem with him and ignore the facts!"

Before the emperor could say anything, Xiao Jingyi got angry and scolded the minister.

In the emperor's mind, Xiao Jingyi has always been a trouble-making and erratic person.

This was the first time the emperor felt that Xiao Jingyi had grown up.

If the Queen hadn't forced him, he wouldn't have wanted Xiao Jingyi to attend court so early.

Xiao Jingyi's words just now pleased the emperor very much.

As an emperor, he has to be careful with his words and actions at all times, so there are some things he cannot say.

"Master Zhao, you are talking nonsense.

When I first received the letter from the King of Qi, I had already contacted the Imperial Observatory.

Wang Tianshi of the Imperial Observatory said that this was a natural disaster, not a man-made disaster.

So it is unavoidable and must be faced.

I summoned everyone here to pool your strengths and minimize the damage caused by the natural disaster."

After the emperor finished speaking, he cleared his throat and looked down.

The originally quiet Golden Throne Hall instantly turned into a vegetable market, with everyone discussing what the emperor had said.

After about a quarter of an hour, the emperor sitting on the throne could no longer bear it.

"Do you have any good suggestions?

Why not speak it out so we can discuss it together? "