Because both sides had to hurry, the second day was bright, Qin Mu and Chi Yu said goodbye and went to their respective destinations.

Compared with the day and night journey when I came, the return road is much more comfortable. In addition to the soldiers who were still stationed in the border fortress, the people and horses who returned to Beijing were the same as when they went, and those who passed by their hometowns stayed and no longer traveled, so most of the soldiers who participated in the war were from the northwest, so when they arrived in Xi'an, the number of men and horses was almost two-thirds less.

Watching the scene of the soldiers returning home and welcoming their relatives all the way, the father and son both thought of Mrs. Qin who was alone in the capital, so Qin Mu specially ordered the army to stay in Xi'an Mansion for two days and rest for a while.

Qin Yuan was on the spot in the Beijing Health Division, and he had not been far away, Qin Mu's hometown revisited, and it had been more than ten years since he passed by this place last time. At the beginning of the lanterns, the father and son changed into casual clothes, stepped into the area of the most lively City God Temple in Xi'an City, tasted the northwest food, and then wandered with the crowd.

Most of the local specialties have been sent to pick them during the day, Qin Mu took advantage of this last night to buy his wife the sweet corn cake she likes, although there are still ten days away, but the husband deliberately chooses the freshest to buy.

The northwest style is different from the capital, and the young people of Qinyuan like freshness, and they are also very interested in wandering around the city. Walking and walking, seeing that he was just buying things for his mother and sister, Qin Mu frowned, and couldn't help but remind: "Your mother and your sister have me, and they are about to get married, why don't you think about being a daughter-in-law?" ”

Qin Yuan paused for a moment, and then realized that there was no gift for his fiancée Luo Shu in his hand, although he had not yet married, but he delayed the marriage for his ambitions, and the other party did not blame, but waited for him firmly, and he should be grateful.

His face flushed slightly, and he said, "Thank you dad for reminding me, I know." ”

"Women are delicate, always considerate, they are comfortable, your life can be smooth!" Qin Mu spoke earnestly, and admonished his son with the valuable experience he had accumulated for half a lifetime.

Seeing his son nodding in response, Qin Mu thought for a while and added, "Let's go to Confucian Temple Street again." ”

Qin Yuan didn't know why, and the father was not angry and said: "And your father-in-law and mother-in-law!" ”

Qin Yuan was stunned.

This trip was not indispensable to the tolerance and understanding of the Luo couple, of course he had to thank him well, and sure enough, his father thought it through. After picking up a few pieces of jewelry in a famous silver building, the father and son went to Confucian Temple Street, which is most famous for calligraphy, painting and antiques.

~~

After a little repair in Xi'an, the soldiers did not stop all the way, and finally arrived in the capital twelve days later.

The Qin army's trip not only recovered the two cities occupied by the Huns, but also completely expelled the alien race back to its lair, so that it did not dare to invade again, not only to the border tranquility, but also to show the new emperor's prestige, Song Chen was very pleased, as early as the return of the army on the way back to think of the reward to the generals.

After Qin Mu and the others entered Beijing, they didn't care about going home, so they first entered the palace according to the rules to resume their lives.

Although the general's report was sent back early, when he knelt in front of the Son of Heaven, Qin Mu still reported the results of the battle one by one, and the general's voice was like a striking spring thunder, and all the ministers present were all amazed, with this military merit one after another, there was one more marquis in the imperial court.

Sure enough, on the morning of the second day, Song Chen issued a holy decree in court, sealing the dragon and tiger general Qin Mu as Anxi Hou, and his son Qin Yuan removed the position of Anxi Houshi as the prince, and added the post of Dingguo general, and the rest of the generals of the Qin family army were each added to the official level, in addition to the generals, the imperial court allocated 500,000 taels of silver from the treasury to appease the ordinary soldiers who went on this expedition.

The news spread to the people, and for a while, the whole country was praising the divine power of the Qin family army and praising the wisdom of the king.

At dinner on this day, Song Chen's face was full of red light, and he drank several glasses of wine in succession, and even Le'er noticed it, staring at his father vigorously.

Chu Xue also heard about the happy events of the previous dynasty, and did not persuade him, but only smiled and poured wine for him.

Under the teaching of mothers and nursing mothers, Le'er, who was one year old and three months old, could already call her father, and when she saw her father patronizing and drinking, she was also hungry and wanted to taste the taste in the cup, so she hurriedly shouted when Song Chen brought another glass of wine to his mouth, "Dad......"

Both parents were stunned, and they all turned their heads to look at the girl sitting in the small wooden chair.

"What was Le'er's name just now? Call it again? Song Chen was pleasantly surprised and teased her.

Hearing the question, Le'er looked away from the wine glass in his hand, blinking with big eyes, and looked up at his father blankly.

Chu Xue smiled and taught her softly, "Le'er, call your father again." ”

Hearing the words "father", Le'er finally remembered her mother's tireless teaching, opened her small mouth, and said a few words: "Father, father, emperor...... Father. ”

The two of them were really surprised, this is the first time that the little guy can say two words in a row, and it is still Song Chen's long-awaited "father", he was overjoyed, got up and hugged the little girl into his arms, and said: "Le'er is so smart, and my father will also reward you, okay?" ”

Chu Xue said with a smile: "Le'er should hurry up, see what your father wants to reward you?" ”

Le'er ignored anyone and leaned over to grab the wine glass in front of her.

Only then did the parents figure out the little guy's intentions, Song Chen frowned, hugged the little man upright, and said solemnly: "Girls can't touch wine, you have to learn from your mother, you haven't drunk alcohol before you get married." As he spoke, he turned his head and looked at Chu Xue.

Chu Xue then remembered that she had made a fool of herself in front of him on the night she got married, and her face flushed.

Although Le'er is small, she is very eye-catching, seeing her father frowning, knowing that she had made a mistake, she sneered for a while, and then turned her head to Chu Xue and opened her hand to call her mother.

Chu Xue took the child with a smile, and listened to Song Chen: "How do I think that Le'er is much more naughty than Ning Ning when she was a child." ”

Le'er's current personality is actually a bit like her own when she was a child, Chu Xue understood it in her heart, but she couldn't say it, so she had to ask inexplicably: "Isn't the emperor like this when he was a child?" The concubine heard the queen mother say that Le'er's personality is like that of the emperor when he was a child. ”

Song Chen thought about it for a while when he heard this, it was indeed a bit similar, so he didn't say anything more, pinched the little girl's face, and the family continued to eat.

~~

In Qin's mansion, the family is also having a reunion dinner.

The husband and son returned safely, and they all received rewards, Mrs. Qin was overjoyed and cooked a table of the dishes that the two loved to eat, and the family sat together and ate steadily.

After eating for a while, Mrs. Qin remembered something and said to Qin Yuan: "Ming'er, you two are resting, hurry up and go to Luo's house, the marriage has been delayed for several months, go and discuss it with your in-laws, and then set a good day." ”

What his wife said is not bad, after the business is done, it is time to think about his own affairs, Qin Mu swallowed a glass of wine, nodded and said, "It's okay!" Tomorrow bring a gift from the Northwest and pay a visit. He looked at his son.

Qin Yuan nodded in response.

After eating, he returned to the room, he found the jewelry he bought in the silver building of Xi'an Mansion, opened the two sandalwood boxes together, hesitated again and again, and finally put away the tourmaline butterfly hairpin, chose another one inlaid with agate gold, closed it and put it on the table outside, ready to bring it to Luo Shu tomorrow.

The little girl in my memory, with her little black hair in a bun, often carries a butterfly hairpin, she is lively and active, and the hairpin is like a real butterfly flapping its wings in front of his eyes. So that day, in that silver building, he fell in love with this butterfly hairpin at a glance, although he could never give it away.

Just stay by his side and think, although his butterfly has long since flown to other branches, but the little figure has long been in his heart.

On the second day, Luofu ushered in Anxihou and his son.

The news of the marquis of the Qin family has already spread all over the capital, and the whole Luo Mansion is also overjoyed, and the people are sighing that the old lady has a good vision, and she has found such a good marriage for the young lady, and the future uncle is a great talent, he was made a general at a young age, and he will inherit the position of marquis in the future, such a character, but it is difficult to find in the world.

Qin Mu was the marquis, and his official quality was higher than that of his in-law Luo Shizhen, but he still visited in person, and also brought gifts specially purchased from the northwest.

After the adults greeted each other, they cut to the chase and discussed that they would do their best to set a good day to handle the children's family affairs. After finalizing the matter, the two sides sat down for another meal, and Qin Mu and his son planned to say goodbye.

Because of the presence of the elders and the obstruction of the rules, Qin Yuan never saw Luo Shu, before leaving, he took out the sandalwood box, handed it to Mrs. Luo, and said, "Please hand it over to Miss, this is a little bit of heart from the juniors, to thank Miss for waiting." ”

Mrs. Qin's heart is very down-to-earth, it seems that this son-in-law really has a daughter in his heart, and he can still think of bringing gifts for his daughter after marching and fighting thousands of miles away, and he is really a caring person. When a mother is sincerely happy for her daughter.

Sure enough, after receiving the gift, Luo Shu's smile was sweeter than honey, although she couldn't meet Qin Yuan directly today, but she also secretly took a few glances outside, he was dark and thin, still handsome, but more manly, her husband was different from those white and weak families in the capital, and he was definitely the most extraordinary one. Thinking of this, Luo Shu was even more glad for her bold confession that day, otherwise once she missed it, where would she find such a good person?

Because they have been promoted to marquis and have to do a happy event, the Qin couple decided to set the child's marriage in the spring of the next year, and spend the remaining half a year to repair the mansion, and welcome the daughter-in-law into the door in a beautiful manner.

The in-laws fancy their daughter, and the Luo family and his wife have no objections, and they also plan to purchase some more dowry for their daughter, so as to be worthy of their daughter's status as the wife of the prince.

~~

While the whole country was still immersed in the joy of the great victory in the northwest, the southeast coast followed the riots.

Like the Huns in the northwest, the Japanese thought that the Great Qi had lost the former King of Ning to guard the southeast, as if the gate was open for them to attack.

But they forgot that although Daqi lost King Ning, there were still Chao troops who were good at fighting water battles, and there were also Pingnan Marquis who had pacified the southeast, and they didn't know that the new king of Daqi was also the king of the Iron Cavalry Domain in the past, and he was definitely not a soft persimmon, and he would let his subjects knead it.

There was the Qin army in the northwest battlefield, and this time the Japanese invaded the southeast, and the one who went to fight should be a figure familiar with water warfare and terrain.

This person is none other than Xu Jilin, the Marquis of Pingnan.

The reason why Xu Jilin was named the Marquis of Pingnan by Emperor Jianhe was precisely because he had repelled the Japanese invaders who had invaded on a large scale in the past and made great achievements. Although more than ten years have passed, the DPRK and China may not be able to choose a second general who is more familiar with the experience of fighting the Japanese invaders than him.

Maybe there are, such as Hu Chengzhi, the general under the former King Ning.

Song Chen has his own method of employing people.

Although Hu Chengzhi was King Ning's person in the past, Song Chen secretly probed his subordinates after King Ning was deposed, because he knew that although King Ning himself was vicious, he also governed his fiefdom well, and the reason for this was nothing more than that he had a group of capable people under him.

The hero doesn't ask where he comes from, in Song Chen's opinion, he doesn't care who a capable person has worked for in the past, he only cares if this person is available or not.

He felt that Hu Chengzhi, a military general, could be used.

Hu Chengzhi has an upright temperament, and he used to serve under King Ning, because he was a local and fought a beautiful water fight, so he was always used by King Ning for coastal security. He is not a foolish and loyal person, as a military general, he doesn't know King Ning's previous poisonous thoughts, he thinks that his allegiance is still to the court, so no matter who his master actually is, in official affairs, Hu Chengzhi has not been lazy.

Song Chen's fancy, in addition to this person's character, as well as his experience in garrisoning coastal defense for more than ten years, he is too familiar with the local terrain and water conditions, so Song Chen believes that he can help Xu Jilin fight this battle.

But Xu Jilin didn't think so, what good use could a person under the deposed king do? It's not that he Xu Jilin is arrogant, he doesn't think this person can be of much use, he thinks that with his own experience, he can completely repel those widows who don't know whether they are alive or dead.

But no matter how he thinks, it is Song Chen who is in charge of the world, and as a king, the more people available, the better. Therefore, he ignored Xu Jilin's opposition, and insisted on promoting Hu Chengzhi to be a deputy general to assist Xu Jilin, who went south, to fight against the Japanese invaders.

~~

The southeast beacon fire continued for three months, Xu Jilin and Hu Chengzhi complemented each other, and every time the battle reports were transmitted to Beijing, most of them were victories, but according to the news transmitted by Song Chen's secret agents in the army, there was another hidden story behind these victories.

For example, Xu Jilin and Hu Chengzhi often disagreed, Xu Jilin wanted to use the power of the main general to press, Hu Chengzhi gritted his teeth and refused, and the result of the matter was often that Xu Jilin insisted on going his own way, causing the army to suffer losses, and then made up for the loss of the sheep and acted according to the tactics of the deputy general Hu Chengzhi to finally save the situation and did not cause excessive losses.

Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, Song Chen is also a person who has led troops to fight, and he does not regard this matter very strictly, and he sent Xu Hu and the two to fight at the same time, that is, to let the two supervise and restrain each other, Xu Jilin has valuable experience in fighting with the Japanese Kou, and Hu Chengzhi is familiar with the southeast shape shì, these two complement each other to ensure the victory this time.

At the beginning of September, the news finally came that the Japanese were completely annihilated, and Song Chen was overjoyed and ordered the soldiers to return to the court, and he was also ready to reward them.

The Double Ninth Festival is approaching, and the palace bureau has cultivated a thousand pots of autumn chrysanthemums, intending to decorate the celebration banquet specially arranged by the king in the Qingde Hall ten days later.

However, the chrysanthemums bloomed just right, and the banquet menu was also drawn up, but the generals who came to the banquet did not return to Beijing for a long time.

In the imperial study, after reading the secret report, Song Chen's face was not very good.

Originally, half a month away, Xu Jilin and others walked for nearly a month, and they have not returned. According to the intelligence, Pingnanhou rested in Jiangnan for more than ten days on the grounds that he was unwell and needed to recuperate, but his actions and actions could not see the shadow of discomfort.

Night Song?

The king's eyebrows furrowed.

The holy decree has been issued, and it has long been stated that the imperial court will hold a celebration banquet in the palace, what does Xu Jilin mean by doing this?

Arrogant and arrogant, without a king?

The Son of Heaven in the dragon robe closed his eyes and let out a sullen breath, secretly glad that he had enabled Hu Chengzhi and cultivated another general who could defend in the southeast.

It seems that it is time to cultivate new talents one after another!

Although he was unhappy in his heart, Song Chen did not come out in front of him, and appeased the Xu family and Pei Guogong as usual, and the harsh winter was approaching, so he still allocated good winter supplies from the treasury and gave them to Peiguo Gong Xu Mao for special use. Sharing the glory with the royal family is the unique grace of the Song royal family to the founding old general.

When Empress Xu heard that her brother had not returned for a long time after his victory, and even missed the celebration date set by Song Chen himself, she was inevitably worried in her heart, worried that her brother Xu Jilin's move would anger Song Chen. But seeing that Song Chen's actions in the past few days didn't seem to be really angry, she gradually relaxed her heart.

What about the Qin family feudal marquis outside the palace, their Peiguo Mansion is still unshakable. Now that her brother has also won the battle, Qin Mu has been named Marquis for his military exploits, but I don't know how Song Chen should reward her brother?

~~

At the end of September, the Marquis of Pingnan ended his "recuperation", and the heroes finally arrived in Beijing.

The soldiers triumphed, Song Chen was rewarded for meritorious deeds as usual, and each of them was divided into people, and the deputy general Hu Chengzhi was promoted to the general of the dragon and tiger, and he was promoted from a third-grade general who was stationed in the southeast to a second-grade general in Beijing, and the rest of the generals were all promoted to one level of official rank, and the number of people doubled.

Everyone followed up and speculated about what reward Pingnanhou would get, but the will of the court surprised them a little, the Son of Heaven only rewarded the Xu family with thousands of hectares of good land, gold and silver ten thousand taels, in all fairness, this kind of material reward is not of much practical significance to the Xu family, which is already a top magnate, so the king's move is always a little unsatisfactory to the Xu family.

However, everyone thought about it, for the Xu family, the royal family seems to be able to only reward these, for Xu Jilin, his sister is the queen, his nephew is the prince, and he is both the marquis and the duke of his father, such a national uncle who can cover the sky with one hand, what does he still lack? What can the emperor reward him again?

It seems that there is really none.

It's just that outsiders can think clearly, but they don't know if the authorities of the Xu clan can think clearly.

Qin Tian Jian chose a good day, and one night in early October, the palace Qingde Hall was brightly lit, and a belated night banquet was arranged.

The theme of tonight is to celebrate the merits, and the celebration is naturally military merits, but the banquet is not only the generals of the Xu clan who pacified the southeast this time, but also Qin Mu and others who conquered the northwest of Hurong and settled the northwest a while ago, and there are also some civil ministers.

Song Chen's arrangement like this, it seems that it is a little impossible to see that it is a celebration wine specially placed for Xu Jilin.

The Xu faction, including the queen Xu Jinhe, was of course not very comfortable.

In the past, after Qin Mu returned victoriously, Song Chen had already held a celebration wine for them, and now this second time, the protagonist should have been their Xu family, what is the meaning of inviting these idle people?

Despite the resentment in their hearts, Pingnanhou and Empress Xu still walked into the banquet room with calm faces and neatly dressed.

Except for Concubine Wan, who was still grounded, she did not attend tonight, and the rest of the concubines were also seated, and Zhao Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, saw that his beloved daughter was the only one among the four concubines, and he felt very uncomfortable.

Xu Jilin, who was supposed to be the protagonist of the celebration banquet, was even more unhappy, and glanced at Chu Lin and Qin Mu who were sitting in the same hall, and he sneered in his heart.

also won a battle, and the one surnamed Qin sat in the same marquis as himself, and he didn't have anything to catch except for those useless gold and silver, and he was not even as good as the unpromising rebel general Hu Chengzhi! Looking at Chu Lin in the front row, he is even more unhappy, a poor and cowardly literati, just because he gave his daughter to the right person, the whole family ascended to heaven, and now he dares to be on an equal footing with himself!

Thinking of the flattering faces of those magistrates in Jiangnan, Pingnanhou was even more disdainful, only drinking a cup to relieve his dull feelings, and gradually, he who had always been a drunkard was a little drunk.

Because it was mainly a celebration, and most of the people attending the banquet were military generals, the atmosphere soon became lively, although Song Chen was wearing a dragon robe, he also put down the shelf and took the initiative to talk to the courtiers.

A few days ago, I happened to hear about the marriage of the Qin and Luo families, and the king took the initiative to care for Qin Mu in Anxi, "I heard that Anxi Houfu and Luofu got married, can the date be set?" Is the house ready? ”

Qin Mu hurriedly got up and said respectfully: "Your Majesty Xie Xià cares!" The dog marriage is scheduled for the tenth day of February of the next year, and the minister is stepping up preparations! ”

Song Chen nodded, and instructed Liangxi beside him: "Remember this day well, and remind me to send a congratulatory gift to Anxi Houfu when the time comes!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Qin Yuan and Luo Shizhen, who was also present, got up together, bowed together with Qin Mu, and said in unison: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Song Chen bowed his head, and the three of them sat down together.

Qin Yuan's gaze never dared to sweep to Song Chen's right hand, because Wenwen was sitting there.

There were not many people attending the banquet today, and he sat in the front, but he didn't dare to look at her at all, for fear that someone would find out and get her into trouble.

Since the Xu family already suspected that Chu Xue was replacing Li with a peach, they naturally inquired about the old affairs of the Yue family, and heard that the Yue and Qin families had married a baby for their children many years ago, that is to say, if Chu Xue is Yue Wen, then the son of the Qin family who is about to marry may be her original fiancé, Xu Jinhe feels that there can be no difference between the two people.

Xu Jinhe glanced at Chu Xue and Qin Yuan, who was sitting down, without a trace, and said with a warm smile: "I heard that the Chu and Qin families have married each other, so in this way, General Qin Yuan is also the righteous brother of Yi Guifei, I don't know if the righteous brother's wedding is imminent, what kind of congratulatory gift does Yi Guifei want to give?" ”

Chu Xue heard Xu Jinhe ask like this, and she understood that the other party was testing again, she smiled slightly, and replied: "The queen mother said that she laughed, how can the concubines have any good gifts to give, since the emperor has just opened his mouth, it is better to ......"

She stopped talking, looked at Song Chen, and when she saw Song Chen looking back, she smiled extremely charmingly, and continued: "It's better to ask the emperor to send this gift for the concubine." ”

Thinking that the friendship between the two families of Qin and Chu is also related to himself, Song Chen nodded lightly, "What Concubine Yi said is reasonable, then let the celebrant prepare an extra copy, and send it to Anbei Houfu at that time, which can be regarded as a gift for you." ”

Although he couldn't hear any emotion in his voice, the gaze cast over was full of doting, Chu Xue smiled with satisfaction, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Since experiencing Concubine Li's dance, Chu Xue's treatment of Song Chen has changed slightly, she began to not hide her emotions, did not hesitate to show charm in her eyes when she looked at him, and often coquettishly to him when the two were alone, so that he always enjoyed the feeling of being loved, but she stopped tasting it, which made him feel even more excited.

Sometimes he feels that she is becoming more and more like a vixen, which makes people want to stop, such a beauty is in front of him, how can he have thoughts about others? His soul has been completely hooked.

Because of his own concern, although Qin Yuan was reluctant to stand up at this time, he still got up and saluted: "Thank you for your majesty and the grace of the concubine." ”

Chu Xue smiled slightly, and Song Chen raised his hand and said, "No need to be polite." ”

is also a usable general, Song Chen naturally appreciates it very much.

I wanted to test something, but I aroused the love of my husband and the slut in public, Queen Xu was unhappy, and forced a smile to look away.

Just when the banquet was peaceful, I heard a "bang". Chu Xue raised her eyes and saw a silver wine bowl fall from Ping Nanhou's table, and the wine bowl rolled forward and stopped at her father Chu Lin's table.

Seeing this, the palace people who were waiting for the banquet behind Chu Lin wanted to lean over to pick it up, and the palace people next to Xu Jilin also wanted to change a new wine bowl for him, but they were all stopped by Pingnanhou.

The two were surprised, and they heard Xu Jilin say: "Ben Hou likes that one, please ask Master Chu to pick it up for Ben Hou." ”

The two palace people were all stunned, and they didn't know what to do.

Waiting for the banquet is their duty, they are understandable to serve the guests, although the status of Pingnanhou is noble, but Chu Lin is the master of Zhengyipin, and the father of Yi Guifei, how can he do these things for him?

Pingnanhou is like this today...... It can't be drunk, right?

Xu Jilin's voice was not low, he was already sitting near the king, so his words were not only heard by the ministers around him, but also by the emperor's family.

Song Chen smiled, his eyes a little cold.

Chu Xue's face was even more unsightly, although she had always disdained to look at that person, but now she also looked at him coldly.

Chu Lin's face was dark, and he didn't move.

Seeing that Chu Lin didn't move, Xu Jilin smiled slightly, and said again: "This wine bowl is very much in line with Ben Hou's wishes, and I hope Lord Chu will do me a favor and hand it over for Ben Hou." ”

He was clearly unaware of the inappropriateness of his actions.

In other words, he actually realized that he was deliberately doing it with the intention of drinking.

As he uttered another sentence, even the people who were feasting a little farther away stopped their glasses, and the hall suddenly became quiet, and the atmosphere was a little delicate.

Everyone's eyes were on Xu Chu and the others, and they were secretly guessing Chu Lin's reaction. Leaned less, but saw Chu Lin smile slightly, and really leaned over to pick up the wine bowl on the table, handed it to the waiter next to him, and said, "Don't send it to Pingnanhou's table yet." ”

The waiter hurriedly lowered his head and walked two steps quickly, and placed the wine bowl in front of Xu Jilin.

Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly sighed that it was still Master Chu who had a stomach, and a little condescension turned the big thing into a small one.

However, seeing that Ping Nanhou didn't seem to be very satisfied, he picked up the wine bowl that was sent back, and was about to put it down, but who expected that the wine bowl didn't seem to be stable, and the wine bowl rolled to the ground again, and still fell in front of Chu Lin impartially.

Everyone was also surprised, but Xu Jilin didn't think so, and still smiled: "It seems that this wine bowl likes Master Chu very much!" But Ben Hou is really reluctant, how about asking Lord Chu to help Ben Hou again? ”

Everyone in the hall gasped in their hearts, and Pingnanhou really drank a lot tonight!

The exchange between the two courtiers, the king on the throne was inconvenient to express his position, but although Song Chen did not speak, his eyes were already cold. He drank alone with his glass, without words.

But Chu Xue was already secretly gritting her teeth.

In order to calm things down, Chu Lin leaned over again and picked up the wine glass, and the waiter next to him hurriedly bent down to take it, and without waiting for the opening, he lowered his head and put it on Xu Jilin's table, and it happened to be next to his right hand, upright and extremely firm.

However, Xu Jilin picked up the wine glass and turned it slightly in front of him, but he didn't use it, but motioned to the waiter next to him to take it, and said, "This wine bowl is broken, replace it for Ben Hou!" ”

Now everyone didn't dare to come out, Pingnanhou was like this, the provocation was too obvious, this was obviously deliberately humiliating Chu Lin!

Xu Jinhe also felt nervous, although she was her brother, although she didn't look down on the Chu family, but in front of Song Chen, her brother was a little too risky.

Empress Xu was sitting precariously and quietly glanced at her husband.

However, after all, this is a matter between courtiers, and Song Chen is not good at expressing his position at this time.

Xu Jinhe secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, he suddenly heard Chu Xue, who was sitting on the other side of Song Chen, speak.

Chu Xue already hated Xu Jilin very much, every time she saw this person, her mind was full of scenes from the Yingyue Mountain Villa back then, and the hatred of devouring bones was like volcanic magma that would erupt at any time. And now this demon humiliated her father so much in public, which made her unbearable.

Song Chen is not good at saying anything as a monarch, but Chu Lin is his father, and Chu Xue should not and cannot stand by.

Chu Xue was dignified, her voice was as clear as a spring, but there was a faint coldness, she looked at Xu Jilin who was sitting down with a smile, and said: "I heard that Pingnanhou has always been very good at drinking, why did he get drunk so quickly today?" ”

Everyone didn't expect that Concubine Yi would speak, and Xu Jilin didn't expect Chu Xue to talk to him directly, he was a little stunned, and after a pause, he raised his hand and replied: "Concubine Gui Niangniang is really joking, the minister thinks that he is sober now, and he is not drunk." ”

"Oh? Since you weren't drunk, what did you mean by doing this? Chu Xue asked with her chin raised slightly.

Everyone's hearts were cold, Concubine Yi Guifei was questioning Pingnanhou to ask for an explanation for her father! Those who have good deeds are secretly happy in their hearts, sighing that there is a good show to watch, the concubine is on the uncle of the country, no matter who loses or wins, it is exciting enough!

Xu Jinhe secretly clenched his fists, and said in his heart that this slut dared to question his brother like this, he couldn't help but take himself too seriously! She wanted to stop Chu Xue, but seeing that Song Chen still didn't speak, she knew that she couldn't say anything, so she had to be silent for the time being.

Xu Jilin has always been invincible, he felt that a young woman like Chu Xue was not qualified to teach him a lesson, and he already suspected that she was the remnant of the Yue family, so he was even more uneasy, so he also lowered his voice and said: "The minister's actions just now didn't mean anything else, he just liked this wine glass......" He looked at Chu Lin, with disdain in his eyes, and said: "If the concubine feels that the minister has neglected Ling Zun, you can directly explain that the minister can apologize to Ling Zun." ”

He didn't believe that a woman who was on top of the throne with her hue dared to give orders to Pingnanhou, who dominated the territory!

This trick bows his head on the surface, but in fact he is arrogant, he wants to watch this woman's own interest die down.

To his surprise, he saw Chu Xue staring at him coldly, and said: "This palace also thinks that the Hou Ye is not a person who does not understand etiquette, and it is really a loss of your identity to act in front of His Majesty and the ministers, and it is indeed a neglect of the father of the palace." But since the Hou Ye is willing to apologize, then please apologize to the father of this palace! ”

As soon as these words came out, the good deeds were almost applauding, and they all secretly sighed that Concubine Yi was really powerful!

Xu Jilin was really surprised.

He thought that Chu Xue, a young girl, had no courage to argue with him, he thought that he would retreat as an advance and make the Chu family suffer a dumb loss, but he didn't expect that Chu Xue could be so arrogant.

Xu Jinhe also couldn't bear it anymore, she couldn't get used to Chu Xue, but now seeing that this woman actually dared to give orders to her brother and the dignified Pingnanhou, she really had no one in her eyes.

His brother was subordinate to this slut, but she herself was not, so she also opened her mouth coldly, intending to suppress Chu Xue, and said, "Why is Concubine Yi a little more serious today?" Bengong saw clearly just now, Ping Nanhou just slipped his hand, and the wine bowl happened to fall next to Lord Chu, if Lord Chu didn't want to do it, he could not do it at all. You are so aggressive, where do you put this palace? ”

Chu Xue expected that Xu Jinhe would speak, but she was not afraid, it was Xu Jilin's loss today, and Song Chen was present in front of everyone, she didn't believe that the brother and sister could still refer to the deer as a horse and cover the sky with one hand.

She bowed her head slightly to Xu Jinhe, and said: "Niangniang's words are serious, the concubine is not aggressive, and she never dares to disrespect Niangniang, besides, you are you, Pingnanhou is Pingnanhou, Pingnanhou is broad-minded, he is willing to apologize, and the concubine thinks, you shouldn't stop the queen......"

"You ......"

Choked by Chu Xue like this, Xu Jinhe was furious, but Danli was all occupied by Chu Xue, and it was difficult to say anything for a while.

At this point, Song Chen still didn't say anything, just looked at Xu Jilin who was sitting down, his eyes became colder and colder.

Xu Jilin's previous actions seemed to be suspected of being drunk, but at this time, he calmly confronted his own woman, but he was sober-minded. He had previously delayed his return from illness in Jiangnan, but tonight he was full of red light, and he couldn't see half of his sickness......

Song Chen felt that it was necessary to make Xu feel his displeasure.

Sensing her husband's displeasure, Xu Jinhe hurriedly withdrew her gaze from looking at Chu Xue, and pleaded for her brother, she said: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Pingnan has been in poor health recently, Xu drank too much just now, please see that he has just returned from his journey, don't blame." ”

However, before Song Chen could speak, he heard Chu Xue answer: "Oh? It turned out that Ping Nanhou was unwell just now, and the palace didn't see it, but he was negligent. She changed her words and continued: "However, it's not good not to drink too much when you're unwell, and if you are drunk in front of Your Majesty like just now, I'm afraid it will be disrespectful!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the palace secretly sighed that Concubine Yi was really eloquent, and she completely reversed the situation by grasping a little omission in the queen's words. If Xu Jilin deliberately looked for Chu Lin's fork, it would be reasonable to apologize, but if he was drunk and making trouble in front of the king, this sin would be a big one!

The Xu brothers and sisters didn't have a pang in their hearts, this time they asked Chu Xue to pinch Dali, Xu Jilin saw this and no longer insisted, and hurriedly walked to the hall and knelt down to Song Chen, saying: "The minister just lost his words, please surrender your majesty." He kowtowed heavily.

The king's face finally softened slightly.

Song Chen said lightly: "If you return from the expedition, don't worry about it, just calm down!" If you are still unwell, I will send a famous imperial doctor to treat you tomorrow. ”

Xu Jilin was just about to get up, when he heard the latter sentence, he immediately bowed his head and said: "The minister doesn't dare to work the imperial doctor in the palace, there is a doctor in the minister's house, and if you want to come for a few days of recuperation, you can also recover. "It's another ringing head.

Song Chen nodded unhappily and didn't say anything more.

Xu Jilin got up, paused, or walked to Chu Lin's table, lowered his head and said: "Ben Hou has just been rude, and I hope Lord Chu will not be surprised!" ”

This is indeed an apology.

Chu Lin replied: "The Marquis of Pingnan is serious. ”

Seeing Xu Jilin apologize and the two courtiers made peace, Song Chen said lightly: "Okay, go on!" ”

Xu Jilin returned to his position, Liangxi hurriedly waved to the music class in the distance, and the singing and dancing in the hall flowed again.

After watching a thrilling scene, Qin Mu picked up his wine glass and sighed in his heart. Wenwen did not disappoint the eldest brother's family, and also faced the kindness of Chu Lin's family, she became more and more like a concubine, and she would never lose Xu Jinhe in terms of momentum, this harem really made people grow!

Qin Yuan had a strange feeling, he hadn't seen her for many years, Wenwen had changed a lot, and the environment made Wenwen, who was lively and willful in the past, have to become the current Chu Xue, Yi Guifei. He knew that it was inevitable, and he knew that it was good for her own path, but it was always inevitable that he would feel distressed in his heart.

There is another kind, strange.

The Xu family was indignant for their master, but Qin Chu's friends and friends secretly admired Yi Guifei's domineering and wisdom, everyone had their own thoughts, and the dinner seemed to continue harmoniously.

But Empress Xu, who was sitting next to the emperor, although her face was calm and waveless, she almost crushed the wine glass in her hand and bit off her back molars.

This slut is so arrogant!

Today's humiliation of the Xu family, she must be returned another day!