"What are you saying? To receive the imperial edict outside the manor gates?"
Upon hearing Jiang Yan's words, Han Mo was completely stunned.
Throughout history, wasn't receiving an imperial edict always done in the main hall of one's residence?
He had never heard of receiving an imperial edict on the street before!
"Young Master, the envoy has already arrived, please hurry!"
"Fine, fine, let's go!"
Although filled with suspicion, since the Emperor had spoken, even if he had any objections in his heart, he could only suppress them for now.
After quickly tidying his clothes, Han Mo followed Jiang Yan all the way to the manor gates.
"What's going on here?"
Looking at the eunuch standing on the street, Han Mo's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
"Lord Han, His Majesty requests you to move over here to receive the edict!"
Seeing Han Mo, the young eunuch's face was full of smiles. Behind him, another young eunuch held a brocade box wrapped in yellow cloth.
For some reason, looking at the eunuch's smile, Han Mo's heart suddenly sank, as if something was about to happen.
"Your subject, Han Mo, Commissioner of the Coastal Defense of Liangzhe and Fujian, receives the edict!"
Seeing the posture put on by Han Mo and the young eunuch, countless pedestrians on the street stopped to watch.
"Your Majesty, isn't it too far from here? We can't hear what they're saying. How about we go down and take a look?"
In a wine shop not far from the intersection, Liang Shicheng, with a mischievous smile, suddenly spoke.
"Look at so many people, if we squeeze through, won't that kid discover us? Let's just watch from here!"
Seeing that the young eunuch had already started reading the edict, Zhao Ji waved his hand dismissively, interrupting Liang Shicheng.
This imperial edict was issued by him, and every word on it was released with his permission.
With his memory, what was so interesting about this edict of barely a hundred characters? What he wanted to see was this kid's reaction after receiving the edict.
"Your Majesty, look at that kid's face!"
As soon as Zhao Ji finished speaking, Liang Shicheng suddenly burst into laughter, pointing at Han Mo.
"Lord Han, this is the tiger whip bestowed upon you by His Majesty. His Majesty also said that you are a pillar of the court, and if it's not enough, please don't be polite!"
You are kidding me!
After hearing the young eunuch's words, Han Mo felt terrible. Was this something a human could do?
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Looking at the complex expressions of the people around him, Han Mo's face, which was thicker than the corner of a city wall, felt a burning pain.
"Lord Han, these are six tiger whips. Please inspect them carefully!"
However, just as Han Mo was about to slip away, the eunuch who was delivering the edict started causing more trouble.
"What did you say?"
Han Mo, with a dark face, suddenly felt the urge to strangle him.
"Lord Han, this... this was ordered by His Majesty!"
Seeing Han Mo's almost murderous gaze, the young eunuch finally felt a chill down his spine.
Mixing in the palace, one naturally had access to very reliable information. Who didn't know that this lord was truly favored by the Emperor?
"I said there's no need to count!"
Grititng his teeth and squeezing out a few words, Han Mo directly snatched the box and turned to go back into the Han manor.
"No wonder the young Lord Han wanted to escape from Fan Lou that day. After all this... tsk tsk tsk!"
"How can such a strong build be reduced to this?"
"Young people still need to know how to take care of themselves! Otherwise, even if they achieve success at a young age, this... alas!"
...
"Hahahaha! Your Majesty, if we do this, will this kid resign in anger?"
Watching Han Mo cover his face and flee, Liang Shicheng asked with a laugh that was not very kind.
"Dare he! Is he rebelling against me!"
After saying this, Zhao Ji also started laughing wildly.
"Although this wine shop is small, the food is indeed quite flavorful, especially this plate of drunken carp. Have someone go to the kitchen later and see if the chef is willing to enter the palace, then send him to the Imperial Kitchen!"
"Yes!"
When his mood was good, his appetite also improved. Even the food from this roadside restaurant tasted quite delicious to Zhao Ji.
However, Han Mo, as the person involved, was in a completely different mood now!
He never expected that the Emperor would play such a trick on him. Was this something an Emperor could do?
No matter how you look at it, he had solved the Emperor's urgent problem, hadn't he?
How could he be repaid with such a move?
"Young Master, that, perhaps I should take this to the kitchen?"
In Han Mo's room, seeing Han Mo sitting there silently, Jiang Yan quickly said in a low voice.
"Alright, take it to the kitchen. Have them pan-fry it immediately. After it's fried, you eat every last bit of it!"
As soon as Jiang Yan finished speaking, Han Mo, filled with shame and anger, completely exploded.
"I..."
"Cough—Cough—Cough—"
Just as Jiang Yan was about to fall victim to his young master's wrath, the sound of Han Jiayan coughing from outside the door suddenly came.
"Great-Uncle!"
Seeing Han Jiayan arrive, Han Mo finally stopped, his anger still evident.
"You can go down first!"
With a casual wave, he dismissed Jiang Yan. Han Jiayan then sat opposite Han Mo with a smile.
"Grandson has embarrassed Great-Uncle!"
After Jiang Yan had walked away, Han Mo said with a dark expression.
"Still angry?"
Looking at Han Mo's face, which was as dark as the bottom of a pot, Han Jiayan asked with a smile.
"Great-Uncle, isn't His Majesty too absurd?"
He unceremoniously threw the box wrapped in yellow cloth to the ground, and Han Mo then said indignantly.
"Absurd? Think about it again?"
Han Jiayan smiled and then said meaningfully again.
"This isn't absurd?"
Han Mo was immediately exasperated. If this wasn't absurd, then what was?
"When you think it's not absurd, we'll talk!"
Han Jiayan spoke while reaching out to pour himself a cup of tea, speaking leisurely.
Looking at Han Jiayan's serious demeanor, Han Mo was momentarily silenced. Could there really be some hidden reason for this matter?
"Hoo—"
Letting out a long sigh of turbid air, Han Mo forced himself to calm down.
"Think carefully, has His Majesty ever treated any minister like this before?"
Seeing Han Mo's gaze return to clarity, Han Jiayan spoke again.
"You mean!"
Hearing his words, Han Mo suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and a cold sweat broke out all over him.
"That's right! This is a warning!"