After that, it was Duke Liu and the others.

Zhan Tian separated the Three Dukes, which was the first time such a situation occurred.

Even Zhan Tian was a bit surprised.

Originally, he thought he would sit after Duke Yuan.

Of course, he didn’t mind.

However, he harbored a mischievous thought, raised his wine cup, and smiled at Duke Qin, "Should I call you Duke Zhan from now on?"

Then he slightly gestured his wine cup towards Duke Qin.

"Call you War Mother!"

Duke Qin shook his head helplessly, then drank the wine in his cup in one gulp, "You, try to stay out of trouble."

Zhan Tian also tilted his head back and finished his drink, pursing his lips with feigned dissatisfaction, "Are you unwelcoming me as Duke Zhan?"

"If you want it so much, let’s switch places. You become Duke Zhan, and I’ll go to your Three Judicial Departments?"

Duke Liu raised his wine cup.

"Nonsense!"

"Can you handle it?!"

Zhan Tian picked up a nearby full wine cup, and both downed their drinks simultaneously.

"You old guy should temper your temperament a little."

Duke Yuan directly downed a cup, "The temper is getting worse!"

"Talk again when you’ve reached my level."

That one sentence instantly outmaneuvered Duke Yuan.

It really made his teeth itch with anger, damn it, such bullying, in the end, he just drank sulkily without even looking at him.

"I wonder how long this peaceful moment can last."

Zhan Tian watched the dancing ladies below, listened to the melodic music, although he was enjoying it, a trace of worry appeared in the depths of his eyes.

"Watch your words!"

Beside him, Duke Qin glared at him, really audacious, daring to say anything.

But Zhan Tian was indifferent.

He leaned over a bit, lowered his voice slightly, and asked, "What do you think?"

"About what?"

Duke Qin asked, clearly pretending not to understand, and Zhan Tian obviously saw through it.

He even directly pointed it out, that’s just how he is.

"I’m talking about Qin Ying and the others..."

His gaze swept over the princes from Great Yu.

"You..."

Even Duke Qin was startled, didn’t expect he would speak so openly, especially since Your Majesty was right there!

"Rest assured, with a voice this loud, they won’t hear it."

Zhan Tian grinned mischievously.

"I don’t know!"

Duke Qin turned his head away, ignoring him.

"Boring!"

Zhan Tian pursed his lips, drinking by himself.

"Elder Zhan..."

Just then, Qin Ying transmitted a message to him.

"Why hasn’t he come?"

"Well, couldn’t resist anymore, huh."

Zhan Tian teased, "Hahaha..."

His laughter made Qin Ying’s face blush slightly, but it vanished quickly.

This scene was also caught by Emperor Yu, who followed her gaze and saw Zhan Tian’s mischievous smile, immediately guessing the gist.

However, he was also a bit curious, why hasn’t that lad come?

As a father, he was quite displeased, such an important occasion, yet not showing up?!

"Want to listen in?"

As a father, he was really itching a bit, but ultimately decided against it.

"He said he’s waiting for you at the Ritual Department."

"As for why, you should ask him yourself, old man doesn’t know."

He truly didn’t know.

"Alright, thank you, Elder Zhan."

Qin Ying nodded slightly, having some guesses in mind.

Otherwise, with his character, he wouldn’t possibly skip this.

"By the way, he wants you to help with something!"

"What is it?"

....

It lasted until dusk, when the officials and those from the families, one by one, were flushed red from drinking, not even using Spiritual Power to dissolve it, and after congratulating again, they successively left Zhenghe Hall.

Finally, even Qin Tiandao and the others left.

"Zhan Tian, aren’t you leaving!"

Just when Duke Qin was about to leave last, he discovered that Zhan Tian was still sitting there drinking, without any intention to move.

"I want to drink a while longer."

"You go first."

Zhan Tian said calmly.

Duke Qin looked puzzled, was there something to discuss with Your Majesty personally?

"Don’t stir up trouble!"

At this point, he couldn’t help but advise him, he is strong now, and a cornerstone minister of Great Yu, but still shouldn’t be too audacious.

"Got it, I know what I’m doing."

Zhan Tian waved at him, indicating him to leave.

"Better be."

Duke Qin said and then also left Zhenghe Hall.

At this time, besides a serving eunuch, there were only Zhan Tian, Qin Ying, and Emperor Yu in the hall.

"Zhan Tian, do you have something to say to me?"

Upon hearing this, Zhan Tian slowly got up, then walked to the center, bowed, "Your Majesty, this old minister indeed has a request."

"And it’s not just this old minister, but also Liu Sheng."

After speaking, he took out the memorandum delayed for over half a year from his bosom.

The eunuch immediately stepped forward, received it, then quickly walked to Emperor Yu, lowered his head, and presented it with both hands.

Emperor Yu’s expression was somewhat unusual, looking at the glaring memorandum.

He then took it in his hand and slowly unfolded it.

"Didn’t I promise him? After the burial ground, as long as the honor of Great Yu is maintained, I would give him the coordinates of the Child Realm."

After closing the memorandum, Emperor Yu said blandly.

"The Child Realm has already entered decay, so Prince Xuan wants to get it in advance, open the passage, hence there will be no worries, and asks Your Majesty to show mercy for the sake of this old minister and Liu Sheng’s old faces."

Zhan Tian spoke again, looking towards Emperor Yu.

He also wanted to know if his and Liu Sheng’s old faces were of any use.

"Is this your idea, Liu Sheng’s, or Prince Xuan’s?"

Emperor Yu looks at him calmly, though no emotion is visible, the entire great hall was instantly covered by imperial might.

Facing the imperial might, even Zhan Tian’s expression changed slightly.

"To report to Your Majesty, it’s just two old men feeling for their juniors, nothing else, Your Majesty overthinks."

Yet Emperor Yu laughed. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

"So it’s your idea!"

Instantly the smile vanished, "Are you forcing me?"

"Father!"

Qin Ying’s expression changed, she also stepped forward to the center.