Shen Shaoyu and Yuan Junyao walked out of the Yangxin Palace with the bouquet.

Xia Nanxing was the only one left in the hall.

Sitting alone at the desk, he looked very lonely.

Although the overall situation is still uncertain, he is not worried at all because of Shen Shaoyu and Yuan Junyao. However, there are still people he is worried about.

The queen is virtuous and Xia Jinxian has the qualities of an emperor. As long as he can sit on the throne safely, there will be no accidents.

Only his imperial sister made him worried.

Although Xia Shuhua is arrogant, domineering, absurd, cruel and ruthless, she is actually just a paper tiger.

I don’t know what would have happened without his protection.

Although he repeatedly reminded Xia Jinxian to treat his aunt well.

But once the other person leaves and the tea gets cold on you, the affection is gone.

He knew that many people disliked her, but now they were just being kind to her for his sake.

After he left, Xia Shuhua no longer had any close relatives in this world.

In this royal family, blood ties are inherently cold.

At this moment, he was thinking about how to settle Xia Shuhua in the future.

Wanhe Palace.

When Yuan Junyao and Shen Shaoyu came in with the bouquet, the noisy hall instantly became quiet.

The domineering flower ball scared many people so much that their faces turned pale, but miraculously, no one screamed and no one was scared away.

What happened on the palace road had already spread throughout the entire palace.

"Brother Hu, why don't you sit down?"

When they reached their seat, Yuan Junyao discovered that Hu Changgeng was standing beside them.

Hu Changgeng didn't have the nerve to say that he didn't dare to sit.

In fact, he had been wondering whether the palace servant had taken him to the wrong place.

This seat is too far forward; he doesn't dare sit there.

"Sit down, why are you standing?"

Yuan Junyao and Shen Shaoyu faced the gaze of the entire hall and sat down one after another.

Hu Changgeng had no choice but to follow along.

He was just a small county magistrate, a ninth-rank official, but now he was sitting above these first-rank ministers.

Huaqiu lay obediently beside Yuan Junyao.

Although it was lying down, its huge body was like a wall of flesh, which made it impossible to ignore it.

The entire hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. No one dared to make a sound, as if they were afraid of alarming the beast.

The bouquet, at this moment, represents the face of Bei Ming and severely slaps the face of the people of Nanjiang.

So although everyone was afraid, they all accepted its existence calmly.

There were too many eyes on them at this time, and Shen Shaoyu and Yuan Junyao ignored them all calmly.

Wei Yongsheng, who was sitting opposite them, felt extremely unbalanced at the moment.

Because this was Shen Shaoyu's first time attending a palace banquet, he had been wondering how the emperor would arrange a seat for Shen Shaoyu.

Now that Shen Shaoyu is above him, how can he be willing?

Does this mean that the emperor still intends for Shen Shaoyu to become the general?

Then what was the point of his hard work over the years?

Jealousy made him unrecognizable, and he even ignored Yuan Junyao and Hu Changgeng who were sitting with Shen Shaoyu.

Sitting directly opposite Shen Shaoyu and Yuan Junyao was Prince Huai and his family.

Prince Huai was sitting in a wheelchair, with Princess Huai next to him.

Sitting behind the couple were the Crown Prince Xia Lingzhou, the second son Xia Lingqian and the Princess Xia Lingshang.

"Brother Hu, try the snacks in the palace. They are quite good."

Yuan Junyao sat down and started eating and drinking, not caring about the unusual silence in the hall.

This must have been the quietest palace banquet in history.

Later, several princes arrived one after another and took their seats, their eyes naturally fixed on the bouquet.

This silence continued until the shrill shouts of eunuchs were heard outside the hall.

"The Emperor has arrived~The Empress has arrived~The Empress Dowager has arrived~"

Everyone stood up to greet him.

In addition to Shen Shaoyu and Yuan Junyao, there is also Prince Huai sitting in a wheelchair.

Subconsciously, the three of them looked at each other.

Prince Huai smiled slightly and nodded gently at the two of them.

Shen Shaoyu curled his lips and nodded slightly, looking very calm.

Yuan Junyao lowered her head and continued to eat snacks.

Xia Nanxing strode in, followed by the Queen Mother and the Empress.

All civil and military officials knelt on the ground and shouted "Long live the emperor" three times.

After everyone had taken their seats at the head of the table, Xia Nanxing raised his hand slightly and said in a steady voice, "My dear ministers, please stand."

The empress dowager's gaze first fell on Shen Shaoyu and Yuan Junyao who were sitting quietly, especially Yuan Junyao.

Prince Huai was unable to salute because he could not stand up.

What about Shen Shaoyu and Yuan Junyao?

This means that they are on equal footing with Prince Huai.

The Empress Dowager felt unbalanced and thought that Xia Nanxing did it on purpose to humiliate Prince Huai.

Xia Nanxing was not in a hurry to summon the people from southern Xinjiang.

Civil and military officials can enter the palace first, while people from southern Xinjiang are now waiting to be summoned in the side hall.

After Xia Nanxing and everyone else sat down, he started talking about other things.

"In addition to hosting the envoys from Southern Xinjiang at today's palace banquet, I also have several important announcements to make. Effective immediately, the law prohibiting women from serving as officials in the imperial court will be abolished. Women will now be allowed to participate in the imperial examinations and serve as officials."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar and talked a lot.

"emperor..."

At this time, someone stood up and wanted to say something.

"Roar~" Huaqiu let out a small roar, and the entire hall instantly became quiet.

Yuan Junyao raised her eyebrows slightly, and her slender jade fingers casually touched the huge tiger head, with a smile on her beautiful face.

Xia Nanxing had long anticipated that there would be a chorus of opposition.

But he didn't expect that the bouquet could actually have a deterrent effect. He couldn't help but smile, but he still subconsciously looked at the Queen Mother.

He thought that the person who opposed it the most should be the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother rarely said a word.

The entire hall was silent without a sound.

Xia Nanxing was a little uncomfortable with this, so he cleared his throat and said, "I am very pleased. It seems that all of you, my dear ministers, support my decision."

The entire hall was still very quiet and no one dared to speak.

This was the first time Xia Nanxing announced something so quietly and without any objection.

He is a little uncomfortable with it.

He is not used to it, and neither are the officials.

When I went to court or attended palace banquets, there was no tiger watching me closely.

Xia Nanxing glanced at Eunuch Zhao.

Eunuch Zhao immediately lowered his head, took out the imperial edict he had prepared earlier, and began to read it.

The first imperial edict praised the hybrid rice grown by Yuan Junyao and appointed Yuan Junyao as the third-rank minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, while the previous agricultural engineer of the Ministry of Agriculture was the ninth-rank minister.

With such achievements, there is nothing to say about being appointed as an official.

The second imperial edict commended her for providing disaster relief supplies and directly conferred the title of Princess Heshun on her.

The last imperial decree was to grant her marriage to Shen Shaoyu.

Although the two do not plan to get married, this does not affect the arrangement of the marriage.

Everyone only knew that the problem of disaster relief supplies had been solved, but they didn't expect that it was Yuan Junyao who provided it.

Now everyone understood why Yuan Junyao and Shen Shaoyu were sitting together and why they were a couple.

With their contributions, it is natural for them to sit in a position below the emperor.

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