105 Audience 6yr

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The next table, a tall and skinny man stood up and followed the eunuch into the main hall. Several officials around him looked at him with envy.

“He’s very fortunate. How can this Chen Zhi be so fortunate to earn himself an audience with the Emperor?” The plump official said in between mouthfuls of food.

After sometime, Chen Zhi emerged, delight and satisfaction evidently etched across his face. The officials sitting around him all proposed toasts to him. Chen Zhi did not refuse them.

“His Majesty has an order. He wishes for Zhan Shi Prefecture’s Deputy, Han Xuan to enter the main hall to hold an audience with His Majesty.” The shrill voice of the eunuch rang out once more as another official stood up and entered the hall.

After sometime he emerged from the main hall.

‘It seems like most of the officials who had a chance of being called up into the main hall to seek an audience with the Emperor chose not to drink beforehand. This was to ensure they were completely clear headed so as to prevent saying or doing anything improper.’

‘However after they’ve been granted an audience with the Emperor, they know that they would not be called in again.