Xiong Taidou fled, and the turmoil in Kunpengfang came to an end.

Blood flowed like a river, corpses were everywhere, the fire had been extinguished, and black smoke rose into the sky.

Fortunately, the area hardest hit by the disaster was the Prime Minister's Mansion, and not many ordinary people in Kunpengfang were implicated.

About two hours before dawn, in the Duke of Lai's Mansion, Lu Yu was sleeping soundly in the small warm room next to his study.

Two days ago, he went to Tian'en Marquis' Mansion and complained to Mrs. Hu. The two reached a consensus on the matter of Lu Yi.

Mrs. Hu swore and vowed to kick Lu Yi out of the family tree and expel him from the clan.

Lu Yu claimed that he was an "elegant scholar" who was "carefree" and "not worried about anything". Since Mrs. Hu agreed to this matter, he put it out of his mind and returned to the mansion leisurely.

He read some books, wrote some calligraphy, and the high-paid retainers he hired found some rare ancient porcelain from somewhere. A group of people got together and held a literary appreciation party for these ancient porcelains. It was lively all day and they drank a lot of wine.

In the direction of the imperial city of Haojing, on top of the city wall, a row of 108 tall watchtowers, large butter lamps were lit, and large, polished crystal mirrors reflected the lights into the sky.

One hundred and eight light beams as thick as water tanks shot straight into the sky, forming a dazzling spot of light in the dark clouds in the sky.

At the night sentry post of Duke Lai's mansion, a yawning retainer glanced in the direction of the imperial city, and suddenly saw the row of brilliant light pillars in the night. He shivered, and hurriedly stretched out his fingers and began to count rapidly.

Just after counting a dozen or so, a loud bell sound came from the direction of the imperial city.

Mixed in with the sound of the bells was the crisp, rapid chiming of jade chimes.

The household general shuddered, and jumped down from the high sentry tower, shouting loudly: "Come here, come here, inform the master to quickly prepare the imperial robes... The court has urgently summoned him, a grand court meeting, a grand court meeting, there is no time to delay, we dare not delay, if you are late for a quarter of an hour, you will be demoted one level of nobility!"

In a short while, the maid forced the sleeping Lu Yu to wear a complete set of crown clothes. A frozen towel was rubbed on his face twice, causing him to wake up with a scream.

Afterwards, he, who was so weak that he would fall off his horse if he tried to ride it, was stuffed into a small warm sedan chair. Two chieftains who were half a step away from enlightenment carried the sedan chair one after the other, rushed out of the mansion gate, and ran towards the imperial city.

Behind the two chief generals, hundreds of generals on fast horses followed closely.

Half of Anlefang was in chaos. The nobles and officials who were qualified to attend the court jumped up as if their butts were on fire, put on their court robes as quickly as possible, and rushed to the imperial city at full speed, panting.

Large groups of guards surrounded their masters like streams, converging on the street, then galloping at full speed along the road in the middle of the street, whizzing across the stone bridge over the canal.

Lu Yu sat limp in the sedan chair, holding the handrails tightly with both hands. Even though the two chieftains tried their best to steady themselves, the sedan chair was still bumpy, and the ups and downs almost shook his internal organs out.

"Oh my god...it's not even the fifteenth day of the first lunar month yet...what are you doing?" Lu Yu wailed, almost crying, "There's no preparation at all, how can it be so sudden and hasty?"

According to the rules set by Taizu when Dayin was founded, once the 108 beacon pillars were lit in the imperial city and the golden bells and jade chimes were struck at the same time, it meant that there was an emergency in the court and all the nobles in Haojing and officials who were qualified to attend the court would be summoned to gather in the imperial city.

When the beacon pole is lit, ordinary officials will be fined if they are late within an hour.

But it is totally unreasonable for nobles to be demoted by one level for being late once.

But Lu Yu wanted to cry!

When Dayin was just founded, the first Duke of Lai had a cultivation level above the Pixue Realm. He had great supernatural powers and extraordinary strength. No matter where he was in the city of Haojing, once the beacon pole was lit, he could rush to the imperial city within a cup of tea.

And now Lu Yu...

Even if you set a hundred vicious dogs chasing and biting him, it would be great if he could run ten miles in an hour.

"Reform, reform, we must reform...Times have changed, the laws of our ancestors must not change, we must reform, at least the rules of this grand court meeting must be changed, must be changed, how can one hour be enough?"

Lu Yu leaned his head out of the sedan chair window with tears in his eyes and shouted hoarsely, "Slow down, slow down... Our mansion is the closest to the imperial city, why are we in such a hurry? Why are we in such a hurry? Ah, walk slower!"

Before he could finish his words, a cold wind blew in his face, and the alcohol from last night remained. Lu Yu felt annoyed and opened his mouth to vomit.

'Wow'...

Lu Yu vomited vigorously.

The same embarrassing sounds of vomiting were heard from the several teams of nobles and sedan chairs in front, behind, and on both sides of him.

Lu Yu pinched his neck in pain. At this moment, he completely became a devout supporter of the great sage Gongyang Yao, the Legalist who advocated reform. He must reform the law. It would be best if he could change the "evil law" that stripped the title of a noble if he was late for the grand court meeting.

A martial arts master who has reached the peak of the Expand Meridians Realm can travel five thousand miles in six hours.
The two chieftains were both experts in the Half-Step Opening Sutra realm, and their running speed was extremely fast. Moreover, they were usually "specialists" who focused on practicing the art of light body.

Leaving his boss behind on horseback, the guards galloping on horseback, it took Lu Yu only a quarter of an hour to finally reach the south gate of the imperial city, while trying his best to keep the sedan chair stable.

Lu Yu almost crawled out of the sedan chair, panting and patting his chest. He took a small warm teapot handed to him by the leader of the guards and hurriedly took a few sips of the fragrant tea.

Looking around, I saw that a group of officials who lived in Wuyinfang and Kunpengfang had already arrived at the south gate.

Lu Yu coughed lightly. He looked at the group of nobles standing aside, forming a small circle of their own. Then he looked at the other side, at several small circles of civil servants who were clearly separated from the nobles.

He hesitated for a moment, and wanted to take advantage of the fact that Bai Changkong had visited him in person to sneak into the civil servant group and say hello.

But he felt guilty after all, so he laughed dryly a few times and plunged into the circle of nobles, greeting them warmly: "Everyone, Happy New Year."

A group of sleepy nobles forced themselves to perk up, yawning and greeting Lu Yu.

They asked and inquired with each other and found that no one knew why the ministers were summoned to hold a grand court meeting today - logically speaking, it was only two days before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and there must have been a grand court meeting on that day.

As for the court of Dayin, there was usually nothing going on on weekdays. For general government affairs, those administrative officials would meet with the empress dowager and the emperor in private and hold small court meetings, and things would be covered up.

These nobles would only meet the Empress Dowager and the Emperor at the grand court meeting on the 15th day of the first month of each quarter. After all, very few of them had any real influence in the court. If they had nothing to do, why would they bother to come to court?

"Something is wrong with today's court meeting. Something big has happened." A marquis who was too excited last night to sleep and took his new concubine to a high place to see the distant view lowered his voice: "Last night, across the canal, I saw a big fire in Kunpeng Square and shouts of killing... Tsk!"

The group of nobles suddenly became excited, and they all looked at the gloomy-looking civil officials standing in the distance.

"What a pity! How come no one was burned to death?" A duke laughed strangely: "However, there was a big fire in Kunpeng Square? Haha, this is not comparable to the fire in Siji Square two days ago!"

Blinking his eyes, the duke took out a piece of white deerskin, one foot square, polished to be as thin as paper, as bright as a mirror, and as shiny as a mirror from his sleeve, and waved to a red-robed eunuch standing not far away.

On this square piece of white deerskin, there are the seal of the emperor of Dayin, the official seal of the Shaofuling of Dayin, and gorgeous patterns carved on it. In the middle is a line of numbers - 'worth one hundred thousand coins'!

This is the "White Deer Coin" issued privately by Emperor Jiayou Yinyuan, who did not go through the court channel, but was issued by the royal private treasury, the Shaofu Treasury, and his Jiuquyuan private treasury. The denominations of "worth one hundred thousand coins", "worth one million coins", and "worth ten million coins" were printed on the white deer skin of the same size, and were guaranteed by the credibility of the royal family and the emperor!

In certain circles and channels of Dayin, "White Deer Money" is extremely useful.

For example, if you give a favor to a eunuch now, you can easily stuff a thin piece of white deerskin into your sleeve, and you will get 100,000, 1 million or 10 million coins.

But if you want to give gold, silver, or even copper coins!

Let me ask you, a million copper coins weigh thousands of kilograms, how can you give benefits to your father-in-law in person? Even if it is gold or silver, it is still a lot of old burden.

The red-robed eunuch skillfully rolled the white deer money into a small roll, and with a smile on his face, he quietly put it into his sleeve.

Afterwards, under the questioning of a group of nobles, he swiftly and in detail recounted what happened in Kunpengfang last night.

Lu Yu's face looked a little ugly.

"Ah, that fellow Lu Yu, has he done something great again? Ha! Our Jingyang Lu family is going to pass down the family tradition of learning in the future, so what's the point of this fighting and killing? It really corrupts the younger generation!"

Shaking his head again, Lu Yu smiled at a group of family friends and nobles around him and said, "However, Kunpengfang was invaded by rebels? This matter is worthy of a grand court meeting. Hey, I don't know how to explain to the Gaojing Order, Kunpengfang Order, and the other government offices."

A group of nobles laughed happily.

It's none of my business, I just stay out of it and watch the civil servants get into trouble. Even though it has nothing to do with me, I feel comfortable in my heart.

Gradually, more and more officials came to the South Gate.

With a muffled sound, the southern gate of the imperial city slowly opened, and an old eunuch in a purple robe walked out slowly and waved to the nobles: "Hey, it's almost time. There is still some distance from here to Fuyao Palace. My lords, please go to bed early."

Large groups of young eunuchs in green robes lined up in a procession, carrying sedan chairs, and poured out from behind the old eunuch.

Lu Yu and other nobles came forward with their heads held high, took out white deer coins and handed them to the young eunuchs, then leisurely sat on the sedan chair, let the eunuchs carry them, and trotted along the road behind the south gate of the imperial city, heading straight for the Fuyao Palace behind the triple palace gates, which was nearly twenty miles away from here.

The civil servants on the side all made a "Pah" sound, feeling both envious and annoyed. They lined up in an orderly manner and, under the command of the eunuchs, stretched their legs and laboriously marched forward.

The young eunuchs walked briskly and they all had a certain level of accomplishment. It only took them a quarter of an hour to cover a mere twenty miles.

Lu Yi walked down from the sedan chair and patted his robe calmly.

Then, he saw Lu Yi standing at the foot of the magnificent pedestal of the Fuyao Palace, chatting and laughing with several old eunuchs around him.