After being expelled from the mansion, I changed the dynasty by writing novels.

Chapter 139 Civil and Military Officials Shocked

Meanwhile, at the Lan residence, the door was also knocked on.

As soon as the drowsy servant opened the door, he saw several people dressed in blue eunuch robes and wearing hats. The servant had never seen such a sight before and was immediately startled.

Is Lord Lan here?

"Yes, yes, gentlemen... gentlemen, please come in."

Lans Nian, who was still in his study, suddenly heard a servant come to report something.

Lan's parents also heard the noise and got up to check.

Upon arriving at the main hall of the mansion, they saw that Lans Nian had already received the imperial decree and was to enter the palace.

"Si Miao? What's going on?" They had never seen anything like this before, and were naturally quite frightened.

Seeing the concern on his parents' faces, Lance quickly reassured them.

"Father, Mother, I am fine, but I need to go to the palace to meet the Emperor."

"What? Why so suddenly?" Hearing Lance's explanation, their hearts did not sink.

However, before Lance could explain in detail, the imperial messenger on the other side was already urging him. He knew that things could not be delayed, so before leaving with these people, he left with the words, "Don't worry," and hurriedly departed.

Lan's parents knew they had no other choice but to wait for news at home, which made them afraid to go to sleep.

Officials of the third rank and above entered the palace in a hurry, only to be told that they had to wait outside the Imperial Study.

Soon, many officials arrived one after another.

Many newly arrived officials couldn't help but greet the other officials.

The question is usually asked nervously: "Do you know why the Emperor suddenly summoned his ministers?"

Everyone who was asked shook their heads, saying, "We don't know, we were also summoned suddenly."

Some people were woken up as soon as they took off their clothes and lay down, and even if they had grievances in their hearts, they dared not say them out loud.

No one knew the reason, and everyone was confused.

"Where is Grand Tutor Zhao?" Someone observed that the Grand Preceptor, Grand Protector, and others had all arrived, and even the Prime Minister was among the first to arrive, but Grand Tutor Zhao had not been seen for so long.

"I heard from the Imperial Eunuch that Grand Tutor Zhao is..." The man pointed slightly to the location of the Imperial Study.

"Is it true? Could it be Grand Tutor Zhao...?" Everyone shushed each other, not daring to speculate further. But as more and more people arrived, their hearts grew more tense. They had a feeling that today's events must be extremely important!

Because of the cold weather, especially at midnight, some ministers who had arrived in a hurry did not have time to put on more clothes.

Therefore, you can see these officials of the third rank or above rubbing their hands together, breathing out hot air, and stomping their feet, disregarding their image.

But to their even greater surprise, the last to arrive was none other than the newly crowned champion, Lance, who had not yet taken office.

As soon as Lance arrived, before anyone could even greet him, Eunuch Fu De from the Imperial Study came out of the Imperial Study.

He flicked his whisk and addressed the assembled ministers in his distinctively eunuch-like shrill voice, “My lords, His Majesty is waiting for you in the Imperial Study. Please proceed.”

Great! We can finally go inside the palace. It was so cold outside.

While the ministers were thinking this, they first let the prime minister and others enter the imperial study.

The remaining ministers entered the hall in order of their official ranks.

Upon entering the hall, a rich aroma of ambergris permeated the entire space, yet the interior was much warmer than the outside, presumably due to the burning of charcoal inside.

This revitalized the ministers who had been frozen in place.

As soon as they entered the hall, they indeed saw Zhao Taifu's figure in front of the hall. Zhao Taifu looked no different from usual, but he seemed even more unfathomable.

Looking at Lance Nian, who was suddenly summoned, he remained neither humble nor arrogant, seemingly unafraid of the unknown events to come.

Did Lance know in advance?

But what's going on here?

Everyone who entered the hall was filled with questions.

They had been inside for a short time when His Highness the Crown Prince arrived.

His Majesty recently allowed His Highness the Crown Prince to recuperate in the Eastern Palace, but the ministers noticed that His Highness looked exhausted and clearly hadn't recovered well; it seemed his illness was taking too long to heal.

Before they could think any further, the emperor on the dragon throne began to speak.

"My beloved ministers, do you know why I summoned you here so late at night?"

"Your Majesty, we are unaware."

"Take a closer look at what I hold in my hand."

Upon hearing this, the ministers looked up at what the emperor was holding. Those who were closer could see it clearly, but those who were farther away could not see it very clearly.

The emperor seemed to have anticipated this, so he had Fu De walk down the steps with some white sugar that had been prepared beforehand and lined with paper.

Fude carefully held the white sugar in both hands and walked past the ministers in their neatly arranged line, ensuring that everyone could see the sugar up close.

Then, after walking around among the ministers, Eunuch Fude returned to the emperor's side with the white sugar.

"This, this is?" the Prime Minister suddenly exclaimed, clearly unaware of what the object was.

Qi Jingyue, sitting on the steps below the emperor's side, lowered his eyes, his mind filled with deep meaning.

"This is refined sugar," Grand Tutor Zhao said slowly, amidst the ministers' puzzled gazes.

"Refined sugar?!" The civil and military officials were shocked. The once quiet imperial study was now filled with noise as everyone whispered among themselves.

"How is this possible? This...this stuff is refined sugar?!"

As ministers, they were not ignorant about sugar. Their impression of it was based on the refined sugar of Fulin Kingdom. In the past, in order to learn how to make refined sugar, Jin Dynasty sent people to Fulin Kingdom to learn, but the other country had already mastered the technology and would not teach it to other countries.

Therefore, countries that want to get good sugar have to buy their refined sugar from the Kingdom of Fulin.

"Your Majesty, is this refined sugar genuine?" The Grand Tutor was relatively conservative and feared that someone was deliberately trying to fool him with fakes.

The emperor offered no explanation, and a rare smile appeared on his usually solemn face.

He waved his hand again, and Fude, knowing His Majesty's meaning, took the white sugar and went downstairs.

However, at this moment he was holding a delicate little copper spoon.

He first walked to the Crown Prince's side and scooped up a little bit and placed it in the Crown Prince's hand.

Then, following the same method, they scooped out a little sugar and placed it in the hands of the leading ministers.

The ministers looked at each other, raised their hands, and then looked at what they held.

The ministers standing behind them didn't dare to raise their heads.

They all wondered what His Highness meant.

"Stop looking, everyone, and have a taste!" At this moment, Grand Tutor Zhao, not wanting to cause any trouble, smiled and said to his colleagues.

Today wasn't a bad day, as I saw some unexpected expressions on the faces of several colleagues.

Zhao Taifu was in a great mood.

Zhao Taifu said this, but they still didn't put it in their mouths.

Then they saw that His Highness the Crown Prince and Marquis Wu'an put the fine, white sand-like substance into their mouths one after the other.

Qiao Songqing and Xiao Yulan, who were standing next to Bai Zunyue, were startled by his sudden action.