Chapter 201: Generalissimo of Soldiers and Horses
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Before the palace banquet started, the women in the palace performed a wonderful play first, Ling Haoyue sighed lightly, so many women are circling around a man, can they not give birth to moths.
The Queen Mother came forward and finally calmed down the situation, and the palace banquet began smoothly.
Today's palace banquet is prepared for the heroes who returned from the great sage of southern Xinjiang, and at the beginning of the banquet, Emperor Xi Qin ordered Hu Quan to announce his decree.
The holy decree was very long, and it was all words of praise, which fell on everyone's ears, and only two messages were grasped: Wen Mohan, the commander of Southern Xinjiang, was appointed as the marquis of Xinjiang, and Xiao Qingfeng, the governor of Southern Xinjiang, was appointed as the generalissimo of soldiers and horses.
These two wills are very incomprehensible in everyone's ears, Wen Mohan is not enough, he himself is the son of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, and now he has made great contributions, and he should be crowned the Marquis in advance, so he can't be promoted to the Marquis of Zhenyuan again, so what should his father think, his son took the title of Lao Tzu? But Xiao Qingfeng was named the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, which is strange.
I can't help but feel that others don't understand, even Xiao Qingfeng's grandmother Mrs. Xiao is also puzzled, and the first one questioned it.
"Your Majesty, the old minister is grateful, but Qingfeng is still young, and he has only been on the battlefield once, how can he directly become the generalissimo of soldiers and horses? β
Mrs. Xiao has an upright temperament and loyalty, and no one doubts that his words are false.
Emperor Xiqin said with a smile: "Teacher, get up quickly, Qingfeng is young and promising, quite his father's style, I am grateful to General Xiao for my heroic sacrifice for the country, the loyalty of the Xiao family, unsurpassed, the generalissimo of soldiers and horses Xiao Qingfeng deserves it." β
The generalissimo of soldiers and horses, in charge of the soldiers and horses of the entire Western Qin, ability is one thing, the most important thing is loyalty, loyalty to the Emperor of Western Qin, and this Xiao Qingfeng is the most suitable.
"This ......" Mrs. Xiao has nothing to say, but the generalissimo of soldiers and horses can live in it if he is capable, so this position has been empty all these years, and it is better to lack than to abuse.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. "Mrs. Xiao is kowtowing to thank you after all.
And Xiao Qingfeng also knelt down and thanked him: "Minister Xiao Qingfeng thanks Your Majesty Longen, the minister is willing to do whatever it takes for Your Majesty's liver and brain, and will live up to Your Majesty's high expectations!"
Compared with Wen Mohan's humble, neither arrogant nor arrogant salute and thanks, Xiao Qingfeng is obviously more eloquent and loyal.
Wen Qingyao was the most happy, and as soon as Wen Mohan returned to his seat, he congratulated him again and again: "Congratulations, brother." β
"Hmm. Wen Mohan responded lightly, and sat quietly in his position, Wen Qingyao's enthusiasm was suddenly completely cold by the cold water.
Marquis Zhenyuan glanced at his daughter, and said to Wen Mohan: "Han'er, this is a gift from the emperor, don't let it down." β
Wen Qingyao hurriedly smiled and said, "Dad, don't worry, Brother Han will definitely satisfy His Majesty." β
Wen Mohan smiled faintly and did not say a word.
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Emperor Xiqin above looked at the song and dance, and smiled at Qi Yan: "Sixth prince, what do you think of my song and dance in Xiqin?"
Qi Yan picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "Singing and dancing is only for entertainment, but today Your Majesty is happy in my heart, and the heart of the palace is also happy, the focus is not on singing and dancing, but in my heart." β
Emperor Xiqin laughed: "I heard that the six princes are very eloquent, but I believe it today." β
Qi Yan raised his eyebrows slightly: "This hall is just telling the truth." This cup is the main hall to worship Xiqin. As he spoke, he picked up his wine glass, got up and started to turn around from Emperor Xiqin, to show his gratitude to Xiqin.
"This time it was Western Qin and Nanqi who joined forces to capture the thief, and the main hall thanked me here, so I did it first!" he said, and took the lead in raising his head and drinking a glass of wine.
Before everyone could react, Qi Yan picked up another glass of wine and said with a smile: "This cup is Lord Jingwen and Lord Xiao of the main hall, you caught the traitor King Ning of the Southern Qi Dynasty, and the main hall is here to thank you." β
Emperor Xiqin's face changed slightly, but Qi Yan would be tricky, and in front of the ministers of Western Qin, he told King Ning about the matter in the hands of Western Qin.
"How many more drinks did the six princes drink? Wasn't King Ning, a traitor of Southern Qi, already dead?" Emperor Xiqin pretended not to know.
As he spoke, he glanced at the imperial concubine again and said, "This matter was said by the imperial concubine herself." β
The imperial concubine's face turned pale, and the emperor was going to push her out.
"Your Majesty doesn't know, the imperial concubine has been married to the Western Qin Dynasty for many years, how do you know what happened in Southern Qi, King Ning is indeed not dead, didn't General Wei tell Lord Wen a long time ago?"
Qi Yan was right, when King Ning rebelled, the imperial concubine had already married to Western Qin, and it was normal not to know these things.
Emperor Xiqin wanted to talk about the imperial concubine, so Qi Yan would take Wen Mohan to talk about Xiang to see who had said whom.
Emperor Xiqin's fingers clenched tightly, but he couldn't find a reason to refute, so he could only look at Wen Mohan: "Wen Qing, is there such a thing?" Anyway, he can't carry this pot, so he can only see if Wen Mohan will dissolve it.
"General Wei did say, and repeatedly emphasized that King Ning was a traitor to Southern Qi, but regardless of the affairs of Southern Qi, the minister was afraid that this trivial matter would affect the relationship between the two countries, so he did not say it to His Majesty, asking His Majesty for forgiveness. β
Wen Mohan took on everything, and Emperor Western Qin was even more satisfied with him.
"Then dare to ask Lord Wen, where is King Ning now? Can I hear that Lord Wen has escorted people back to the capital, and General Wei is still waiting for King Ning's head to go back to the father of the main hall?"
Wen Mohan smiled warmly: "I'm sorry, Sixth Prince, Han doesn't know what King Daoning looks like. β
"That's right, the sixth prince, Wen Qing will bring back a lot of prisoners, I don't know who is King Ning, otherwise the six princes will recognize it themselves?"
Qi Yan was not annoyed, but smiled lightly: "Thank you, Your Majesty." β
Emperor Xiqin was afraid that Qi Yan would hold on to this matter again, so he quietly gave the queen a look, and the queen understood, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the concubines don't seem to like these songs and dances very much when they see the six princes, no matter how good these dancers are, the six princes are afraid that they are tired of watching it, why don't you let the noble ladies in the capital perform their writing talents, how about enjoying the elegance and vulgarity?"
"Well, the queen's proposal is good, the queen, you can arrange it. Emperor Xiqin nodded with satisfaction.
"The concubine sees that there are quite a lot of noble ladies present today, if they come to perform one by one, I'm afraid it's dark, and the performance hasn't finished yet, so the concubine thinks about letting the people who want to come to the performance draw lots to decide the order of play. β
The queen had long expected the palace banquet, and the nobles and ladies in the capital were waiting for this opportunity to show their faces, and these performance forms had already been prepared.
Emperor Xiqin didn't care about this matter, so he simply let the queen arrange it.
The palace people have done the lottery holders one by one from the banquet below, and those who are willing to perform will draw lots, and the number drawn is the number. When they arrived at the seat of the Ling Guo Mansion, Ling Wanrou and Ling Huaizhu drew lots, but Ling Haoyue did not move. Ling Wanrou glanced at her, this is fine, there is less competition, although she did not take Ling Haoyue in her eyes.
The lottery holder walked in front of Wen Qingyao, Wen Qingyao took the lot, and looked at it, No. 10, this order is similar.
"County Lord, why don't you draw lots? But you feel embarrassed?" Wen Qingyao said with a smile. In fact, she was secretly saying that Ling Haoyue didn't have any talent at all, and she was not as famous as Wen Qingyao in the capital.
Ling Haoyue replied lightly, "Why does this county lord want to draw lots?"
Wen Qingyao clearly heard the disdain from the words, why did the dignified county lord want to be as grandiose as a singer and dancer?
"Yes, the county lord is a betrothed person, so you can't just show your head. "Wen Qingyao repeatedly reminded Ling Haoyue, you are a person with a marriage contract, what to fight with me.
Ling Haoyue smiled, she was not so boring, and she had a verbal argument with a crazy woman.
Wen Qingyao said this, but it gave Mrs. Ling a wake-up call, this is obviously a performance, in fact, it is to give the aristocratic woman a chance to show her head openly, Wen Mohan is just that, but Xiao Qingfeng is Ling Haoyue's fiancΓ©, although it is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, but the wife has not passed the door but someone has seduced her, where is the face of the Ling Guo Mansion.
"Yue'er, you also go to draw a lot, this is a banquet to celebrate the victory of Southern Xinjiang, and it is nothing to perform. Old Madam Ling persuaded. According to Ling Haoyue's status as the county lord, there is naturally no need to cater to the public, but the women of Western Qin should also know that Ling Haoyue is both talented and beautiful, and no one can compare with her.
Ling Haoyue smiled faintly: "Grandmother, this lottery is over, so you still don't need it." She didn't explain so much to Old Madam Ling, and directly excused herself that the lottery had ended.
However, Old Madam Ling didn't think so, it seemed that Ling Haoyue was not unwilling to perform on stage, but she was just not enthusiastic.
"Zhu'er, give your signature to Yue'er. β
Ling Huaizhu's face changed greatly, and she hurriedly tightened the sign: "Grandmother, this is mine, how can I give it to the second sister?" She didn't want it, as a concubine, she usually didn't have the opportunity to participate in such a banquet, but today she finally came, and it was such a good opportunity for a celebration banquet, how could she let it go.
Old Madam Ling's face immediately sank, this granddaughter of the concubine dared to be disobedient.
"What yours! Yue'er is your sister, how can you not give it!"
The corners of Ling Huaizhu's mouth were deflated, tears were wrapped in her eyes, she was extremely aggrieved, just because she was a concubine, so she should be inferior?
She's not reconciled!
Ling Huaizhu held the sign in her arms, she didn't want to give it to Ling Haoyue.
Old Madam Ling became angry when she looked at Ling Huaizhu like this, and she was wronged, this grandmother's order didn't work!
"Grandmother, don't use it, Haoyue can't use it. Ling Haoyue said lightly.
She was telling the truth, but when she heard Ling Huaizhu's ears, her taste changed: Xiao Qingfeng is mine anyway, no matter how you Ling Huaizhu performs, it won't be your turn!
"Grandmother, second sister, she said that she didn't need it, do you still have to be strong?" Ling Huaizhu raised her head and said with a cold snort. She just wants to prove to Ling Haoyue that Xiao Qingfeng is just because of his marriage contract with you, but when he sees me, he will only like me.
Ling Haoyue didn't know about Ling Huaizhu's conjectures, but she vaguely felt that this banquet was not peaceful......