Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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The emperor’s decree came suddenly, and he didn’t say why he summoned Su Yemu, but he was invited to get on the car; Kaili rolled his eyes and got on the car as well. The captain of the guard couldn’t chase him off, so he had to take him to the palace together.
The grand and magnificent palace appeared in front of him. Su Yemu stepped off the car and turned back instinctively. When he saw the city wall, a sense of familiarity came over him. Su Yemu remembered the dream from before. The child with ragged clothes and wounds all over his body was standing on this city wall and asking Su Yemu: Who are you?
“What are you looking at?” Kaili stretched his head and looked in the direction Su Yemu was looking.
Su Yemu shook his head, indicating that it was nothing; at least he couldn’t figure out who the child was with the man who looked like He Yunting in the dream.
Su Yemu walked in with the captain of the escort team. The decoration of the hall was luxurious and noble. The red carpet in the middle seemed to be endless. There were courtyards on both sides, which were well greened. There were many abstract paintings on the walls. Su Yemu sighed secretly. He still liked Chinese landscape paintings. If they had hung up the painting of a thousand miles of rivers and mountains, the momentum would come out immediately.
There were many porcelain ornaments under the painting. One half-human-high porcelain pattern ornament was particularly familiar. It was the four gentlemen that Su Yemu had painted.
Su Yemu couldn’t help but cheer for Boss Hei in his heart. It was amazing! He had done business in the palace.
The palace was very big. After walking through this long hall, the emperor’s office was behind. It was very big inside. Turning left and right, he felt dizzy. Was this place really where people lived? He didn’t know where the emperor walked.
After walking for about ten minutes, the group arrived at the door of the emperor’s study. The guards outside the door said that there was someone inside and asked Su Yemu to wait here. Then Su Yemu heard a roar from inside. It sounded like an old man who was full of energy.
Kaili was not satisfied when he heard that he had to wait outsisw. He moved around and couldn’t stand. He pulled two chairs and sat on one for himself and let Su Yemu sit on the other.
Su Yemu shook his head. Kaili was a prince, but he was not. It was better to be cautious. Kaili saw that Su Yemu didn’t sit down, so he didn’t want to sit down either. Just as he stood up, the door inside opened and a female official invited Su Yemu in. Kaili wanted to follow, but was rejected. There were six people sitting in the inner room. The emperor sat on the sofa in the middle, and Old Bai and Old Qin sat on the left. On the right were Professor Kaman and Professor Li, and an old man.
When Professor Li saw Su Yemu, he wanted to rush forward. Old Qin coughed twice, and Professor Li had to sit back.
This was the second time Su Yemu had met the emperor. The first time was when the farm opened. At that time, Su Yemu didn’t know he was the emperor.
Su Yemu walked forward, feeling a little tangled. Should he shake his hand? In fact, he only knew this one etiquette.
“Sit down!” The emperor spoke first, pointing to the sofa on the right. He looked kind, but he was the superior after all, and he was intimidating without being angry!
“Thank you, Your Majesty!” Su Yemu sat down and smiled at the two elders sitting opposite him: “Hello, Mr. Bai, hello, President Qin.”
The two elders nodded with satisfaction; Bai Lao spoke first: “Do you know why we asked you to come?”
Su Yemu shook his head: “I don’t know.”
“Since six hundred years ago, the Federation and the Empire have made state visits to each other every year. In a few days, it will be the day of their visit,” Bai Lao and Qin Lao smiled at each other and said, “We would like to invite you to host this year’s state banquet.”
Bai Lao’s words surprised Su Yemu. If it was just a state banquet, normally, would His Majesty have to come and summon him in person?
Bai Lao smiled and asked, “How is it?”
“It’s my honor, but I have never done a state banquet.” Although it was a bit against his will, it was also true. He had never managed a state banquet in the interstellar era, and he didn’t know what to pay attention to. It would be bad if he encountered any taboos.
Qin Lao replied, “Don’t worry, our Chef Association and Honglu Temple will assist you. If you need anything, just tell me directly.”
Three pair of eyes stared at Su Yemu, and Su Yemu couldn’t refuse.
The room became quiet, and the other three people’s eyes met, then turned away, as if they were a little hesitant to say something. Su Yemu’s heart skipped a beat, and he said that His Majesty the Emperor summoned him, it must not be just for the state banquet.
“Ahem, it’s like this,” Qin Lao looked at the other two people pretending to be stupid, and said helplessly, “Professor Kaman and Professor Li published two articles on the origin of pandas and historical mission on the interstellar network one after another. Many professors from the Federation are coming here this time, and they want to talk to you.”
In fact, the President of the Federation specifically wanted to see Su Yemu, so he asked Su Yemu to come, but what His Majesty meant was that there was no need to say it, anyway, he would be able to see him when the time came.
“I object.”
After Mr. Qin finished speaking, the three old men on the right all objected. Professor Li stood up: “Yemu is the treasure of our empire, how can we let them get involved?”
Su Yemu got goosebumps all over his body. It was so shameful to hear this!
Mr. Qin said helplessly: “They are just chatting!”
Professor Li was anxious: “What do you mean by chatting? That old man Huang actually told me that the Federation is the orthodox inheritor of China, and our empire is the extension of Western civilization. Su Yemu’s ancestors are in the Federation, and he should recognize his ancestors. Bah!”
“Ahem!” Old Bai’s face sank: “Professor Li, His Majesty is still here!”
Professor Li turned around quickly: “Your Majesty, I was rude, but please forgive my mood.”
Then Professor Li began to talk about how Professor Huang from the Federation wanted to kidnap Su Yemu, bring him back to the Federation, and help them study Chinese history. He became more and more angry as he talked. In Professor Li’s eyes, the Federation’s visit this time, with so many professors, was not good.
Finally, Professor Li grabbed Su Yemu’s hand and said, “Xiao Yemu, don’t be fooled by them.”
The old man beside him and Professor Kaman nodded at the same time, agreeing that if Su Yemu didn’t live in the Marshal’s Mansion, they would have gone to bother Su Yemu every day, and it was not the Federation’s turn.
“Professor Li, I’m 23 years old this year.”
The implication was that he couldn’t be fooled.
“Yes! Not yet an adult!”
Professor Li touched Su Yemu’s head and sighed.
Su Yemu: “!”
“Let’s talk about this later!” Old Bai was helpless: “Yemu!”
“Yes.” He always felt that it was not just that. Look, here it comes!
Old Bai said with difficulty: “During this period of time, we hope you can move into the palace.”
Su Yemu looked at Old Bai and encouraged him to continue.
“Of course, you go and tell General He.”
Old Bai touched his nose, breathed a sigh of relief, and finally finished.
“I understand, is there anything else?” Su Yemu always felt that there should be something else.
“That’s all.”
Old Bai was at a loss. Was there anything else?
“Knock, knock, knock!”
There was a knock on the door, and then it was pushed open. He Yunting, dressed in a black military uniform and with a righteous look, walked in.
Everyone stood up immediately, their eyes flickering; His Majesty the Emperor snorted and looked down at the documents.
“Your Majesty!”
He Yunting saluted the emperor in the main seat first, then walked to Su Yemu: “What are you talking about?”
Su Yemu replied: “Your Majesty said that I should be responsible for the state banquet…”
“It wasn’t me who said that, it was Old Bai who said that.”
His Majesty looked up and refuted Su Yemu’s words very seriously.
Su Yemu was stunned. What was going on?
Old Bai said awkwardly: “I just want to ask Yemu to assist our Chef Association in hosting this state banquet.”
He Yunting raised his eyebrows: “That’s it?”
Old Bai looked at Su Yemu, and Su Yemu immediately understood what Old Bai meant. This made him a little amused. Why did he feel that these people had an inexplicable awe of He Yunting?
Su Yemu said, “I will move into the palace for a few days.”
“It just so happens that I will be moving in for a few days as well.” He Yunting looked at the few people, seeing their eyes wandering, and smiled, “If there is nothing, I will take him away.”
“By the way, the association should take care of the state banquet! Su Su can just take some time to supervise.”
“Of course.”
Old Qin touched his nose; since He Yunting took Su Yemu to the Marshal’s Mansion and let him live in the master bedroom, everyone already knew what He Yunting meant.
Because of the relationship between General He and Emperor Shengyuan, although He Yunting was only a marshal to the outside world, he had a very important status for the royal family. Only Old Qin and the emperor knew about this, and Old Bai had a vague guess, but no one said it out loud. Su Yemu could live in the master bedroom of the Marshal’s Mansion, so his status was naturally not low. Who would dare to let him cook for the group of people in the Federation?
After He Yunting finished speaking, he took Su Yemu away. As soon as the two of them went out, a figure rushed towards Su Yemu. The speed was so fast that Su Yemu had no time to dodge. When the figure was close to his body, He Yunting kicked it away.
“Ah! It hurts.” Erha, who was lying on his back, cried out: “He bullied me, Master!” Erha howled loudly.
Su Yemu wanted to help him, but He Yunting held him back. General Gavin strode over from a distance.
Gavin said angrily: “Marshal He, you are committing a crime by harming the crown prince.”
He Yunting: “For not saluting his superiors and being rude to them, General Gavin will be punished to stand at attention outside for three hours! Execute immediately.”
General Gavin’s face sank, and the atmosphere became tense.
After a moment, General Gavin knocked his heels and saluted: “Yes, Marshal.”
“Get up.”
He Yunting said two words, Erha stopped howling, got up from the ground, wiped his tears and came to Su Yemu: “Master, I don’t want to be the crown prince.”
“Your Highness, this is not allowed.”
“General Gavin, why are you still here?”
The hands hanging by his side were clenched tightly, and the two people’s eyes met. Finally, Gavin saluted He Yunting and turned to leave.
Erha didn’t even look at Gavin, and took Su Yemu’s hand: “Master, I want to go back to the farm with you.”
Su Yemu held Erha’s hand: “I’m going to move into the palace in two days.”
Erha’s eyes lit up: “Really?”
Kaili, who was hiding behind the pillar, was about to come out to cheer, but he shrank back when he heard He Yunting’s words.
He Yunting said: “I’ll move in too.”
Kaili: I’d better go home!
He Yunting kicked away Erha who was pestering Su Yemu, and said to him before leaving: “Don’t stay with Gavin, idiot.”
Erha was not convinced: “It’s not my fault, it was my father who asked him to teach me my lessons.”
He Yunting had nothing to say and left with Su Yemu.
When Su Yemu returned to the Marshal’s Mansion, he received a notice from the Royal Academy asking Xiaonan to report on September 1st; Su Yemu felt for the first time the excitement of an old mother, “My child has been admitted to college”, and that he must celebrate today.
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