Because they were ordered to meet the Liao army, they could not withdraw from the front line without receiving the holy decree of the class teacher, so they had been waiting at the border, and at the same time strictly preventing the Liao army from attacking again. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

On this day, the decree of commendation finally came. Although the Song army fought a great victory, killing tens of thousands of Liao troops and capturing countless horses and baggage. However, the commendation decree only promoted Li Hanqiong to the rank of lieutenant, and the rest of the generals did not have a reward. It's just that with the holy decree, countless cattle and sheep were sent to reward the soldiers of the three armies. In addition, the holy decree also allowed Yang Xianmao and Li Jilong to return to Beijing to resume their lives.

When he received this holy decree, Yang Xianmao was still treating the injured ordinary soldiers of the Liao army, and when the holy decree came, Yang Xianmao still chuckled in his heart when he heard it.

He began to be nervous in his heart, after all, he finally made a choice to change the formation, although he won a big battle, but judging from the Commendation Decree, he knew that the emperor was very dissatisfied with this battle, because he changed his battle intentions.

After Yang Xianmao finished the operation in his hand, he returned to the capital with Li Jilong.

This time he did not beat the donkey and whipped like last time, and rushed back to the capital. The so-called official Mo is in front, and the guest is not behind, the emperor is the biggest official, he is now angry, it is best to slow down, and wait for the emperor's anger to almost disappear before going to see him, so as not to hit the fire.

Therefore, they walked all the way to the capital unhurriedly, Li Longji, like Yang Xianmao, was worried in his heart, but along the way, Li Jilong saw Yang Xianmao talking and laughing, and he didn't take this matter to heart, so he turned his heart sideways, and really responded to that sentence, whether it was a blessing or a curse, and a disaster that could not be avoided, so why bother to be nervous about this?

Yang Xianmao was actually still very anxious in his heart, he was anxious to know the outcome of this matter, and hurried home to meet Han Xue'e and the others. He thought that he should not live up to Song Taizong's wishes in this battle, so the holy decree of canonization of Han Xue'e promised by Song Taizong should not be yellow, as long as he gets Han Xue'e's canonization holy decree, he doesn't care about other awards.

On this day, they finally returned to the capital.

Unexpectedly, someone from outside the capital came to greet him.

The person who greeted him was Zhao Tingmei, the king of Qin. Zhao Tingmei also received the emperor's commendation this time, of course, not because of the battle of Mancheng, but because of the reward he received from following Song Taizong to the north to conquer the Northern Han Dynasty and attacking Youzhou, so he was very happy. When he learned that Yang Xianmao had returned to the capital, he took his entourage out of the city to greet him.

After the meeting, Yang Xianmao asked about Mrs. Chen's condition, knowing that she had basically recovered, and she just chattered every day to repay Lord Yang for saving his life, but he didn't know when Lord Yang would be able to return to the court. Now that he has returned, he must invite Yang Xianmao to meet Mrs. Chen Guo, so Zhao Tingmei sincerely invited Yang Xianmao to live in his prince's mansion.

Yang Xianmao also did not want to live alone in the inner office of the Tai Hospital, and although the main building of the mansion given to him by the emperor has been basically completed, it is still being renovated and internally arranged, so it will take some time. The clerk in charge of the project patted his chest and said that he would definitely complete it before the Spring Festival and hand it over to Yang Xianmao. The emperor was set to finish the project before the end of the year, and they did not dare to delay it at all.

Unable to live in either place, Yang Xianmao could only follow Zhao Tingmei and live in the Qin Palace.

made an appointment with Li Jilong to enter the palace early the next morning to face the saint, and then the two broke up. After saying goodbye, Yang Xianmao returned to the Qin Palace, with Zhao Tingmei. First of all, I went to Mrs. Chen Guo's house and gave Mrs. Chen Guo a follow-up examination, and she recovered well, so I was relieved.

Mrs. Chen Guo took his hand, snorted and tears to express her gratitude, saying that she didn't expect to live in this life, and thought that she was going to follow the first emperor. expressed infinite gratitude to Yang Xianmao.

Zhao Tingmei set up a banquet for Yang Xianmao to catch the wind.

At the banquet, Yang Xianmao was still a little uneasy in his heart, and he didn't know what the result would be when he met the emperor. The regal is unpredictable, and it is really hard to say how it will be handled.

Zhao Tingmei seemed to have seen the worry in Yang Xianmao's heart, so he was relieved that when he saw the emperor a few days ago, the emperor also praised Yang Xianmao for coming, saying that he was really conscientious and dedicated to treating the injured generals on the front line day and night. Therefore, even if the emperor is unhappy, he will not punish him severely, so that he can rest assured.

After listening to what Zhao Tingmeiyi said, Yang Xianmao still relieved himself a little, and thought that no matter what, he would still see the emperor tomorrow anyway, whether it was a blessing or a curse, and a disaster that could not be avoided.

The transcendent state of mind has been stored in his heart, and Yang Xianmao will be disposed of safely.

Early the next morning, Yang Xianmao came to the outside of the imperial city in an official sedan chair, Li Jilong and Yang Xianmao had already made an appointment to meet the saint together on this day, so they almost arrived at the gate of the imperial city at the same time as Yang Xianmao to ask to see the emperor.

The envoy of the east gate of the imperial city asked the two to wait, waiting for the emperor's summons.

But from the morning when the fish belly was just white, until sunset, the sky was full of stars, and the eunuch came out to tell them that the emperor could not see them on this day, and let them come back another day.

The two had no choice but to go home separately, and the next day, as usual, Dongfang showed his fish belly and waited at the gate of the imperial city to ask to see the emperor, but although the emperor ordered them to rush back to meet them, the emperor did not seem to be in a hurry to see them, just as they returned to the capital unhurriedly on the road. On this day, it was until nightfall, and the eunuchs in the palace came out and told them that the emperor was still not available to come back the next day.

After more than ten days, the weather became colder and colder, and their mood became lower and lower day by day.

Yang Xianmao and Li Jilong went to the palace again and again to ask to see the emperor, but every time they were closed, from morning to evening, the emperor did not see them, even the early dynasty did not let them enter the court to meet, because the participants of the early dynasty are clearly limited, and their official qualities are enough to participate in the early dynasty, but they are not included in the list, so they cannot participate in the early dynasty, and they cannot meet the emperor in the early dynasty.

They didn't dare not come, so they could only report every day, and came to the gate of the palace to wait with apprehension. From this, we know that the emperor's anger at them is extraordinary.

The emperor may also be using this time to calm himself down, otherwise he is afraid that he will not be able to hold back his anger and will severely punish these two important ministers, and regret it in the future, so he has been delaying.

It looks like it's about to be the wax moon. Finally, on this day, they waited until evening, and saw that the palace gate was about to close, so the emperor summoned the two of them, and only met in the palace.

The people that the emperor saw in the palace were either very important ministers who were about to meet or very unimportant ministers, and it was rare for the emperor to meet in the Jinluan Palace.

When the two of them heard that the emperor actually met in the palace, they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts, knowing that the emperor was still very angry with them.

But now, Li Jilong put his mind at ease, pretended to be relaxed, patted Yang Xianmao's shoulder, and said, "Lord Yang, don't be afraid, I will bear all the sins." ”

Yang Xianmao smiled, also reached out and patted him on the shoulder twice, and said: "General Li, we are brothers in life and death, if you talk like this, I won't recognize you as a big brother." ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Jilong was very moved, stood still, bowed to Yang Xianmao to the end and said: "Since the lord is willing to recognize me as a brother, then I will have the courage to marry Jin Lan with Lord Yang, and we will advance and retreat together in the future, not to live together, but to die together." Life and death together, with all sincerity. ”

Yang Xianmao laughed, he respected Li Longji, the general, very much, after he knew that the result of the formation change was the most unfavorable for him, although he hesitated, he finally agreed to the formation change, so that today there is such a catastrophe.

No matter how serious the end was, they both decided to face it together. Before that. The two of them can marry Jin Lan, which is an encouragement for both parties.

Yang Xianmao walked to the side of the road, grabbed a lump of soil from the flowers, raised it in his hand, gently crushed it, and as the dust flew in the air, Yang Xianmao said: "Today I and General Li Jilong are married to Jinlan, pinch the soil for incense, life and death together, if you recite the oath, it is like this soil." ”

Li Jilong was greatly moved, and also reached out to grab a lump of dirt on the side of the road, crushed it, and said in the air: "Li and Yang Xianmao are married to Jinlan, live and die together, if they violate their oath, they will be crushed and abandoned." ”

When the two of them were summoned by the emperor's wrath, they married Jin Lan, and their hearts were depressed for a while, and they both felt a little more sympathetic to each other, clasped their hands, shook them a few times, and couldn't help but laugh at the sky, and felt full of pride for a while, even if they suffered a big reproach, it was not a problem.

The two entered the gate of the palace and waited for the emperor to summon them.

After a while, the eunuch who passed the decree walked out of it, glanced at the two of them with a horizontal nose, and shouted loudly: "Li Jilong stepped forward to listen to the decree." ”

When Li Jilong heard this, his heart chuckled, and suddenly his heart was cold to the bottom, because the emperor didn't see him and gave an order directly, which was not a good thing, he stepped forward and knelt down, prostrate on the ground, and said: "The criminal minister Li Jilong listens to the order." ”

The eunuch snorted heavily in his nostrils, and recited a long holy decree in a sharp voice, the first half of which was all about scolding Li Jilong for not fulfilling his duties as a prisoner, and really degraded him to nothing, Li Jilong was like a leather whip on his body, and when he heard the end, his whole body was soaked in cold sweat, although it was a cold winter, the ground was covered with snow, he knelt in the snow, and his whole body seemed to be wrapped in an ice cave.

While the holy decree was being read, snowflakes floated between the heavens and the earth, one by one, and soon they were overwhelming, and even the sky could not be seen clearly under the firmament, only the lead-gray clouds covered the sky, and the snowflakes soon covered the earth, and fell all over the official hats on the heads and the official robes on the body, and the ground was soon covered with a piece of white velvet.

Finally, after the eunuch finished reading the previous rebuke, he finally read out the final decision of the holy decree and demoted Li Jilong to the palace envoy.

This is different from Guo Shouwen's envoy, the palace envoy is just an idle position of Qipin, and he has nothing to do.