Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Cracked Silk (Part II)
Ruan Shuoren's eyes were bright: "Although I haven't seen it in person, the heart of the concubine is on the prince, what the prince sees in his eyes, the concubine naturally feels the same way! Thinking about the heroic appearance of the prince, I am afraid that today's female Jiao'e in Beijing will be dumped by the prince, and the concubine really can't stand by the prince's side, and she drove them away with her teeth and claws!"
King Xiao couldn't help but twist Ruan Liangdi's waist with a smile: "The more you talk about it, the more unruly it becomes!"
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And they all stood up and saluted.
Wei Di smiled heartily and shouted. And they all took their seats.
When I straightened up, I met the prince's cold gaze, and I couldn't help but shudder.
When the prince saw me looking over, he stretched out his hand and slowly made a throat-cutting motion at his neck, and suddenly smiled proudly.
King Xiao noticed my abnormality and reached over and grabbed my hand. A warm and reassuring feeling dispelled the cold fear just now. I remembered for no reason what he said in the Jokhang Temple, if I see the prince again, he will protect me. There was a subtle sweetness in my heart.
However, he quickly let go of his hand. stopped looking at me, and concentrated on talking to Ruan Liangdi about which of the dishes on the table was the proud work of the imperial chef.
I sat alone in silence.
In his ears, Emperor Wei said with great satisfaction: "Since I personally conquered Goryeo fourteen years ago, there has never been a major war, and the small disputes in the north have been directly led by the generals of the DPRK to eliminate them in recent years. Several veterans were disarmed and returned to the field after saying goodbye to old age, and only a few generals were still serving in the army. I still sigh that there is no rising star in the army, and there must be hidden worries in Daqi. The good news is that now that the sixth child has grown up, he is no less than me in military affairs, and I am very relieved!"
The ministers and their families who attended the palace banquet below echoed the voice.
However, a discordant voice sounded: "The emperor's words are wrong, King Xiao is warlike and happy in the front, and after returning to Beijing, he stays in the Jokhang Temple, and the **Buddha Land is behind, how can he be compared with His Majesty back then?"
The chatter and laughter in the hall suddenly stopped, and there was silence for a while.
A person stood up from the sixth case on his left hand, bowed to Emperor Wei and said: "The minister thinks that King Xiao is trusted by His Majesty and entrusted him with the important task related to the safety of Kyoto, but King Xiao is greedy for merit and rash progress, abandoning Wuwei City and taking Shuofang first, in a vain attempt to go deep into the hinterland of the Turkic people and storm the royal court in order to gain immortal merits and sell his reputation, so he was attacked by the Turks inside and outside, so that our army lost more than half of its strength. Fortunately, Huo Changfeng, the commander of the Zuoyuan battalion, rescued him from the enemy's back. Therefore, the minister thought that it was Commander Huo who should be rewarded, and King Xiao should be punished!"
Looking up, it was Jiang Yuhong, the secretary of the Ministry of War.
I glanced sideways at King Xiao, and my heart was bright: Concubine Shu has joined forces with the crown prince.
Concubine Shu's eleventh prince is still young and cannot compete with the crown prince, King Xiao, the fifth prince, and King Wei. Concubine Shu naturally had to help one of them first. However, Concubine Shu and the queen are on the same page, so naturally they will not choose King Xiao. After all, King Xiao has the advantage of being a descendant, and the queen is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period and is in the middle palace. Even if he joined forces with King Xiao to defeat the crown prince, the eleventh prince and the concubine mother and son would not be able to pick up any bargains.
The crown prince is different, a prince who occupies the heir but is notorious and has lost the protection of his mother, there is really no better candidate. Now he first considers himself an orthodox defender, keeps the prince, and waits for the eleventh prince to grow up, and the prince and King Xiao have lost their troops and lost their strength due to years of competition, and they are just replacing them.
This method of borrowing people to occupy a place is really spicy.
Chen Jilun seconded. The minister once wrote to His Majesty, King Xiao led troops into Beijing, but he was stationed in the Jokhang Temple, regardless of the purity of Buddhism, and the concubines in the palace were in the Jokhang Temple. Such a miscreet person really has the high expectations of His Majesty. They should be severely punished to set an example. It's the right time!"
This is Chen Jilun, the counselor of the province that King Xiao said that day!
King Xiao is stationed in the Jokhang Temple, and it is called the war soul superdularity to the outside world, as for the fact that Qingzhuo and I are also in the Jokhang Temple, few people know about it, and among the few insiders, only the prince will use this as an excuse to attack King Xiao.
In fact, when I was in the Jokhang Temple, I had been strictly observing the fasting rules, and King Xiao and I did not exceed the rules, but we were still crowned with such unbearable crimes!
It's a shame that Chen Jilun also listens to him.
I gritted my teeth secretly: Although it is unbearable, it is very effective, it is a fact that Qingzhuo and I are in the Jokhang Temple after all, and we can't deny it in front of Emperor Wei. King Xiao is really speechless.
It's just that King Xiao learned about this from Yao Huatang on the second day of returning home, and it has been more than ten days from the seventeenth day of the lunar month to today, so did he have no action to deal with it?
It's not a good habit to sit back and wait.
I couldn't help but look at King Xiao suspiciously.
He didn't say a word, and his slender and powerful fingers pinched the silver gold cup and shook it slowly. Occasionally, he took an unhurried sip of the wine, and the corners of his mouth, which was wet with amber wine, turned up slightly.
There was a hint of a non-existent smile.
I was immediately relieved.
Emperor Wei saw that King Xiao did not make a sound, but took the initiative to ask: "Yao'er, do you have an explanation for what the two Qing families said? Is there a misunderstanding in the middle?"
King Xiao put down his wine glass, bowed to Emperor Wei, and said with a smile: "Erchen has nothing to explain. After Erchen was attacked by the enemy on his back and broke out of the encirclement, it was indeed Huo Changfeng who led people to help. This great victory in the Northland should have rewarded the soldiers who fought bravely to kill the enemy. It's just that I don't know what Jiang Shangshu said should be rewarded by Huo Changfeng, but what is the right reward?"
Jiang Yuhong blurted out without hesitation: "Naturally, he will be promoted to the general of Yingyanglang, and he will dominate the Zuoyuan battalion and the Fengtai battalion, and create an invincible and invincible internal army for Daqi! In this way, it can not only defend the Beijing division, but also control the foreign army of the twelve prefectures!"
I saw clearly, and there was obvious jealousy flashing in Wei Di's eyes!
It's no wonder that Jiang Yuhong really has a big appetite. According to what he said, the troops of the Beijing Division, including the several counties adjacent to the Beijing Division, were all in Huo Chang's windbag.
Wei Di is only afraid that it will be difficult to rest assured.
However, four or five more ministers in the hall stood up, bowed down and said: "What Jiang Shangshu said is very true, Huo Changfeng is loyal, brave and resolute, and he is known to be a general, please reward him with your majesty!"
The minister seconded. ”
The ministers seconded. ”……
Emperor Wei stood up and said with a smile: "Where is Commander Huo? I have always known that you are good, but now that I have returned triumphantly, I and my ministers have made this glass of wine with you!"
A military general strode out from the fourth case on the right hand of the main hall, knelt down in front of Emperor Wei very simply, and said with a fist: "Thank you for your appreciation!
actually turned a blind eye to Emperor Wei's false shot of not expressing his position on the reward by toasting, and the words still led Emperor Wei to agree to Jiang Yuhong's proposal.
I subconsciously turned my head sideways to find Changruo, Huo Changfeng is Xie Fu's in-law, he dealt with it so toughly in front of the emperor, I don't know if Xie Fu knows?