125. Getting A Beautiful She-Man For Prince Chen's Husband

Three hundred and ninety-nine steps. When Mo Yanzhi stepped onto the last step, the whole world seemed to fall into silence.

Then, Mo Yanzhi turned around and stared at the officials down the stairs.

However, Han Tingxuan was the only person in his eyes. He only cared about his husband.

Mo Yanzhi waved his hand and said solemnly and calmly. "On your feet."

"Long live the emperor!" the officials echoed.

The officials stood up. Mo Yanzhi turned around indifferently. This time, he knelt before the statues.

Lou Yanqing had already stood up on his feet. Holding the sacrificial speech in his hand, he walked to the front of the stairs and started reading.

It took a quarter of an hour to finish such a long speech.

In this quarter of an hour, none of the officials made a single sound, not even coughing. Because a little sound was blasphemy to former emperors and gods!

In this quarter of an hour, only Mo Yanzhi was kneeling there. He knelt straightly, looking straight ahead. His back was facing the officials. Even when he was kneeling, his upper body was upright.

Han Tingxuan looked at the top of the stairs. He saw thin and less powerful figures on the platform. It was hard to imagine just how powerful the figure was when needed.

That was his wife, his male wife, his life partner, the daddy of his child.

At this moment, Han Tingxuan felt his heart beating hot, for the person who was kneeling at the front…

After a quarter of an hour, after the speech was finished, Mo Yanzhi knelt and got up. Turning around and facing the officials, he gave his oath as an emperor, vowing to protect the country.

The officials once again knelt and repeated the oath together.

"God bless Heavenly Empire! God bless the Emperor!"

The oath echoed under the sky. Even Han Tingxuan was excited.

In the final segment of the ceremony, Lou Yanqing lit a fire stick to set the sacrificial speech into the fire.

Once the sacrificial speech was set on the fire, the fire stick shot straight into the sky. There was no rain, meaning that God had heard their wishes and would give his blessing.

The sacrificial speech burned until the end and Lou Yanqing took the gold fire stick back and put it in a box.

Once he finished all the procedures, the officials knelt once again. They chanted, "God bless Heaven Dynasty!”

This was the ending of the ceremony.

Mo Yanzhi and Lou Yanqing walked down the 399 stone stairs side by side. When they reached the last step, officials knelt again.

"Long live the emperor!"

Mo Yanzhi waved his hand. "On your feet."

"Long live the emperor!"

Then, under the leadership of Mo Yanzhi, the officials followed to the Golden Hall. However, because there were too many court officials, many of them were lined outside the Golden Hall.

This day's meeting was more than three times longer than routine meetings.

Because in addition to officials in the City of Capital, many officials had traveled from far to the City of Capital to report their duties.

They needed to report to the Emperor about their political achievements, including infrastructure, agriculture, and commerce work they were in charge of.

By the time the court meeting was over, it was already over one o’clock in the afternoon.

Officials were led by the servants to enjoy some snacks in the hall.

After enjoying the desserts, it would be time for officials to discuss issues.

Judging from the discussion, it could tell different sides of the political status.

The officials of one side would gather together.

They gathered around to discuss so many things.

There was a leader of each party, and this leader needed to implement some awards system for his inferiors. They might have to convince some new officials to join their sides.

They needed to brag about their influence and strength, and they needed to develop strategies for the future.

They needed to know who their opponent was and how to deal with them.

In short, the content of this discussion could cover a lot.

When officials were enjoying desserts, Lou Yanqing had already returned to his palace. The emperor had gone back to the imperial study, with Tian Yusu and Han Tingxuan together.

It was proof that how much the emperor cared about these two persons.

In the past, Tian Yusu had accompanied the emperor because Tian Yusu was the Regent. Naturally, he was qualified to assist the emperor. It had nothing to do with how much the emperor favored him.

Only Han Tingxuan enjoyed the honor of being with the emperor all the time!

Mo Yanzhi ate half a bowl of porridge for lunch, not much.

Han Tingxuan was hungry and ate a lot.

Tian Yusu also ate a lot.

After lunch, the three of them began to discuss some national affairs.

It was late at night that the evening banquet, which was the most important part of the ceremony, started.

In this palace banquet, officials were much more relaxed.

They were allowed to challenge others to a fight.

It was a good way for martial art practitioners to communicate with others.

Scholars were also allowed to challenge others to literature. They were allowed to put stakes.

And the stake could be a valuable item or even a "position."

It was an unwritten rule.

Each party would recommend an official to fight for a position.

Those who lost would not have the right to compete for it!

The banquet began. Mo Yanzhi sat on the throne of the emperor.

Tian Yu and Han Tingxuan sat at the front of both sides. Behind them were Duke Anjing and Duke Yong’an and the others.

However, Mo Yanzhi didn't need to stay in such an event for long. After watching two competitions between martial art practitioners, Mo Yanzhi left.

As for Han Tingxuan, he stayed from the beginning to the end.

During this period, he drank a lot with many other officials. In the end, he didn't even manage to walk steadily.

Tian Yusu also drank quite a lot, because he wanted to drink it himself. Not many officials had the guts to drink with him. Han Tingxuan came over to drink with him after he got drunk.

When the banquet was over, Zhou You came personally. Some of the drunk officials were left to sleepover in the palace. This was the only time throughout the year when some officials could be given the honor to sleep over the palace.

Tian Yu and Han Tingxuan were the major ones Zhou You would like to know if they wanted to stay.

Tian Yusu refused the gesture as he was not that drunk.

Zhou, You carried Han Tingxuan away personally.

Late at night, Han Tingxuan appeared in Mo Yanzhi's dormitory.

The emperor did not go to Consort Lou’s place but stayed in his palace!

When Han Tingxuan was brought over by the secret guard, Mo Yanzhi quickly got out of bed and helped him stand on his feet.

Han Tingxuan had drunk too much today. Those officials grabbed a rare opportunity to get him drunk.

And he wanted to stand firm in the court, he couldn't turn them down.

Therefore, he was a little drunk today, but he had not lost his mind. Otherwise, if he accidentally said what he shouldn't have said when he wasn't conscious, it would be big trouble.

"Hubby, why did you get so drunk?" Mo Yanzhi frowned slightly.

Han Tingxuan smiled and waved his hand. "I am really.. drunk. Yanzhi, I…" As he said, Han Tingxuan had already kissed Mo Yanzhi.

Mo Yanzhi didn't like the smell of alcohol. He did not like Han Tingxuan's breath of alcohol on his face.

Han Tingxuan wobbled back and forth as if he was about to fall at any time. Mo Yanzhi quickly supported him, not caring about the smell of alcohol.

"Hubby, are you okay?"

"I-I am fine," Han Tingxuan still could answer the question. "I've drunk a lot of alcohol. It's not good for you and the baby. I'll go take a shower first."

Mo Yanzhi was worried. "Are you sure that you can do it yourself?" I'll help you… "

"No need," Han Tingxuan waved his hand. "I'll do it myself." Then he smiled and said, "Perhaps you can get a pretty she-man for me…"

Mo Yanzhi's expression changed slightly.

Han Tingxuan was joking. He liked to joke especially after getting drunk. Mo Yanzhi was his male wife but he was also a man. There were two genders in Han Tingxuan’s mind, men and women.

Men usually joked or bragged about girls, but they all knew that it was a joke.

However, the situation was different for Mo Yanzhi. In addition, they shared the same bed from time to time but they had not had sex in a long time since Mo Yanzhi was pregnant.

Mo Yanzhi knew that some men would go find other concubines to satisfy their own needs while their male wife was pregnant. Some he-men even had an affair with someone else or brought a new concubine. Therefore, some male wives usually arranged sex life for their husbands. In this way, they could still have the idea of whom their husbands were having relationships with.

Mo Yanzhi and Han Tingxuan hadn't had sex for more than two months since they went back to the mountain. They made out occasionally, but they never performed it because he was pregnant.

It had been a big concern that he had on his mind for a long time. He was worried that Han Tingxuan would find someone else.

However, there was no way he could arrange someone else for Han Tingxuan. Even though this booty call was not as important as Nangong Yu who meant to marry Han Tingxuan, he still did not want to make such an arrangement.

Now his husband would mention it himself.

Mo Yanzhi's eyes darkened.

The fists were clenched tightly. Mo Yanzhi found that he was chilly from head to toe.

After Han Tingxuan made such a joke, he staggered towards the big bath pool behind the emperor’s dormitory.

Mo Yanzhi froze on the spot and looked terrible.

Moments later, Mo Yanzhi felt a piercing pain in his palms. He was shocked to notice that his nails had been squeezed into the flesh!

He closed his eyes and looked in the direction leading to the bathing pool.

Moments later, he walked to the door and summoned Shadow One.

"Go get a beautiful she-man, for Prince Chen’s husband."

Shadow One was surprised for a moment, then he replied, "Yes," then he disappeared.

Mo Yanzhi realized that he had used all his strength just now to make that order.

He could hardly feel his legs. He might fall at any time.

In the luxurious imperial dormitory and the huge dragon bed, he felt so cold and strange.

His husband would not belong to him anymore from tonight on.

The thought made Mo Yanzhi feel a little suffocated. He did not think he could stay in the room any longer.

Therefore, he walked out of the room. But after he walked out, he felt even more aimless. He didn't know where he should go.

It seemed that nothing belonged to him.