Chapter 171: On Meritorious Deeds

According to the personal merits of this campaign, the emperor rewarded him one after another, or gave gold, silver and jewelry, or directly raised the rank and official position, as for Pei Yuan, the emperor naturally didn't want to see him occupy too much position in the court, so he just rewarded some crystal and gave up.

After the reward, the emperor looked at Yang Shuo and said, "Before Yang Aiqing set off, I gave you a gold medal, and now that Yang Aiqing has come back, I will take back the gold medal." ”

"The minister can't hand over the gold medal." Yang Shuo knelt down directly.

The emperor frowned: "Why did Yang Aiqing say this?" ”

Yang Shuo glanced at Pei Yuan viciously, and said about Pei Yuan's sword cutting off the token: "King Xian, relying on his identity as a deputy general and prince, has not listened to Weichen's advice many times, and this time he directly cut off the gold medal given by the emperor, which is not in the eyes of the emperor at all. ”

The emperor was shocked and looked at Pei Yuan coldly: "King Xian, what Lord Yang said is true?" You...... How can you do that. ”

Shi Xiangjie was about to defend Pei Yuan, so Pei Yuan raised his hand to stop him, he took the initiative to stand beside Yang Shuo and looked at him condescendingly: "Why did Yang Jianjun only say half of what he said?" The narration of facts should tell a complete account of one thing, otherwise it is easy to cause misunderstanding. ”

"The minister is to eliminate hidden dangers, for the sake of the emperor and the Pei family, and the minister doesn't think that the minister has done wrong." Yang Shuo argued with a stiff neck.

Pei Yuan snorted coldly: "After taking Yucheng, Yang Jianjun ordered the slaughter of the city, and after some discussion between the king and General Shi, he felt that this move was inappropriate, so he advised Yang Jianjun to withdraw the military order, but Yang Jianjun not only did not listen to the dissuasion, but also threatened with the token, and the king waved his sword to cut off the token as a last resort, and he hoped that the emperor could understand. ”

These words made the court explode, and all the ministers accused Yang Shuo of being cruel: "Lord Yang, although the Qin clan is our opponent, but the people are innocent, we have suffered the Qin clan's massacre, and we all hate it, why should Lord Yang do such a thing." ”

"I heard that several city-states of the Qin clan took the initiative to surrender, why should such people kill them all, the emperor has always been based on benevolence, righteousness, etiquette and wisdom in the world, where is Lord Yang doing this?"

"I didn't expect Lord Yang to be such a person who doesn't care about the lives of the people, it's really unheard of and unseen."

Yang Shuo listened to these accusations against himself, so he had no choice but to kowtow to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are all for the emperor's sake, if the people who surrender have different intentions, such wars will be endless, and the ministers just want to strangle the unknown rebellion in the cradle." ”

"Lord Yang's words are wrong, they are just ordinary people, Lord Yang not only can't kill the people who have rebelled after doing this, but it will make some people who have surrendered or our own people feel the horror of the Pei army, and give birth to a rebellious heart, Lord Yang has never been on the battlefield, and this wrong idea can be understood." Shen Xiang said.

The emperor looked at the people who echoed what Shen Xiang only said, and sighed in his heart, this Yang Shuo originally wanted to put him in an important position with this military exploit, but now it seems that he can't keep it.

"Yang Jian Jun has no benevolence, no battlefield experience, and can't drink good coordination and cooperation among colleagues, so he is indeed not suitable for the position of Jian Jun, so Lord Yang's position, I announce that I will be dismissed." The emperor looked at Yang Shuo and said with hatred that iron is not steel.

After solving Yang Shuo, the emperor got up again and ordered: "I have already instructed the imperial dining room to hold a banquet in the palace to catch the wind and wash the dust for the army, and all the Aiqing below will go to the banquet with me." ”

Shi Xiangyuan and Lu Jiuzhi often go back and forth to the Prime Minister's Mansion these days to talk to Shen's mother, and the three of them were feeding koi fish in the koi pond this day, and the subordinate who hurried back from the palace told Shen's mother: "Madam, the princess has come back safely." ”

"Really, you saw it?" Mother Shen got up and asked.

The man scratched his head, "I didn't see this little one with my own eyes, but it was said by Miss Bai Ying herself, it should be right, the whole palace is busy, saying that it is to pick up the wind and wash the dust for the princess." ”

Shen's mother suddenly cried: "That's right, that's right." ”

Lu Jiuzhi hurriedly helped Shen's mother and comforted: "Jiahe has returned, aunt should be happy, if you cry and break your eyes, you can't let Jiahe worry." ”

"Alas, what Jiuzhi said is, don't cry, don't cry." Mother Shen covered her heart and sat down, "My heart can be regarded as letting go." ”

She pulled Shi Xiangyuan on the side again, and said to the two: "I'm a little inconvenient, you two go to see it for your aunt, I don't see anyone, it's still a little unsteady." ”

Shi Xiangyuan and Lu Jiuzhi also had this meaning, so they happily agreed, "When we see Jiahe, we will come and talk back to my aunt, and my aunt will wait at home with peace of mind." ”

Knowing that Shi Xiangyuan and Lu Jiuzhi had come to the palace, Shen Jiahe didn't care about resting, and hurriedly took Bai Ying to the front hall to receive him: "You two are really well-informed, I didn't send a letter here, you happened to come." ”

"We are talking to my aunt in the Prime Minister's house, don't you know the past reply to the letter, my aunt is concerned about your comfort, and specially asked us to come and see you." Lu Jiuzhi explained with a smile.

"No wonder, this time it was really my unfilial piety, so that my mother worried about me for so long." Shen Jiahe instructed his subordinates to serve tea, and then instructed Bai Ying to take out the gadgets he brought back, "I'll go and ask my mother for guilt in two days." ”

Shi Xiangyuan said with a smile: "Auntie just sees that you are fine, where is the need to ask for such a serious crime, but when you go to the border this time, you must have encountered a lot of interesting things." ”

Shen Jiahe told the two of them everything along the way and on the battlefield, and joked with a smile: "I saved your brother's life on the battlefield, you owe this favor!" ”

Shi Xiangyuan pouted and said: "What, my brother is both your brother-in-law and your cousin, and he is embarrassed to ask for favors to save his own people, and he is not shy!" ”

The three of them all laughed, and Lu Jiuzhi still had palpitations and said, "I'm scared just by listening, it's best if you're not injured." ”

Shen Jiahe thought of the lost child, and some gloom flashed in his eyes, but he laughed again in an instant: "I have dragged your blessing and come back safely, but you still need to keep the matter of going to the battlefield secret for me this time." ”

"That's natural, we're never going to say it." Shi Xiangyuan and Lu Jiuzhi assured.

Lu Jiuzhi saw that Shen Jiahe was a little tired on his face, so he took the initiative to leave, "We can rest assured that we have seen you, and we will go to talk back to my aunt later, so that she can rest assured, so I won't bother you." ”

Shi Xiangyuan also said: "Yes, you have a good rest, and when you are free another day, we will talk well." ”

After sending the two away, Bai Ying brought lunch to Shen Jiahe: "The princess will go to rest after eating!" ”

Shen Jiahe ate a spoonful of whitebait steamed eggs, and narrowed his eyes with satisfaction: "The food at home is still delicious, and even Liuyu said that he misses the dishes of the palace." ”

Speaking of Liuzhen, Shen Jiahe remembered what they said before, and hurriedly asked, "Father-in-law Fu didn't embarrass them, did you send today's lunch?" ”

Bai Ying smiled and nodded: "Gonggong Fu felt sorry for them running around and working hard, so he just scolded them a few words and let them go back to rest, and lunch was naturally sent over." ”

Shen Jiahe walked in the courtyard for a while after lunch, and then went back to the room to take a nap, and the banquet in the palace was just in full swing at this time, Pei Yuan whispered to Shi Xiangjie, "I'll go first, you drink slowly." ”

Shi Xiangjie also wanted to leave, but if the two of them left, wouldn't they be slapping the emperor in the face, so he had to resign himself to his fate and continue to sit and accept the toasts of others.

The chief manager whispered close to the emperor's ear: "King Xian said that he wants to go back to the house to accompany the princess, do you see the emperor?" ”

The emperor was not happy to see Pei Yuan, and when he knew that he was leaving, he just snorted coldly: "What to accompany the princess, he has been with Shen Jiahe for so many days, forget it, let him go!" ”

The chief manager went out and replied: "The emperor said that if King Xian doesn't want to stay longer, then go back, be careful on the road." ”

Pei Yuan arched his hand and rode back to the palace directly, and when he saw Bai Ying guarding the door doing needlework, he asked, "Is the princess asleep?" ”

"Yes, my lord, do you want the slave to wake up the princess?" Bai Ying hurriedly put down the affairs in his hand and lowered his head and asked.

"No need, I'll go to the study, and when the princess wakes up, you will go back to someone." After speaking, he strode to the study.

Pei Shu looked at Pei Yuan's vacant seat before, and knew that he was going back to accompany Shen Jiahe, and finally stayed up until the end of the banquet, Pei Shu did not return to the East Palace as usual, but took a carriage to King Xian's Mansion.

He stood at the gate of King Xian's Mansion and watched for a long time, they were neighbors a long time ago, and at that time, Shen Jiahe took advantage of this convenience to travel back and forth between King Xian's Mansion and King Kang's Mansion.

Pei Shu smiled bitterly, and Alai beside him asked, "Prince, shall we go in?" ”

Pei Shu nodded and ordered, "Knock on the door!" ”

When the porter saw that the person who came was the prince, he didn't dare to stop him, so he only sent someone to report to the prince quickly, and after listening to it, Liuyu said with a cold face: "It must be that you are not well-intentioned, as soon as you come back, he will come over to find fault, I really can't see you well." ”

Although Pei Yuan was a little surprised, he could think of his purpose if he thought about it casually, Shen Jiahe had disappeared for so long, I was afraid that he and the queen were anxious, so he waved his hand and ordered: "I'll go and see, you don't have to follow." ”

Pei Shu watched Pei Yuan walk in step by step, after changing into his regular clothes, he was less fierce when he was at the city gate, and now he was in an approachable state with some alienation, Pei Shu's eyes darkened: "Uncle Huang hasn't seen him for many days, don't come unharmed." ”

"The minister has seen the prince, thanks to the blessing of the prince, I can come back to see you alive." Pei Yuan's eyes were calm, ignoring the deep meaning of his words, and it seemed that it was just an ordinary greeting, "The prince is here for something."

Pei Shu originally wanted to find some excuses to enter King Xian's mansion, and by the way, he met Shen Jiahe to see if she was okay now, but standing in front of Pei Yuan, it seemed that all the excuses and reasons would be very ridiculous, he paused and said straightforwardly: "This palace wants to see Princess Xian." "I can't call the imperial aunt in the end.

"The palace is just worried about her safety, if the imperial uncle doesn't care, the palace will come into the palace and ask you for a cup of tea." The prince looked at Pei Yuan and continued.

Pei Yuan looked at the prince, he has changed a lot in a short period of time, the former prince would never speak in such a tone, he laughed: "This king doesn't care, the prince can care so much about the princess is naturally my honor to show the palace, but the princess is still asleep at this time, and I heard the maid say that she has just fallen asleep, and I don't know when she will wake up, it's really unfortunate that the prince came." ”

Pei Shu looked at Pei Yuan, and saw that there was no dodge in his eyes, and the expression on his face was also calm, so he knew that it was indeed the wrong time for him to come, so he had to give his hand and leave: "Since this is the case, the palace will not disturb the imperial uncle." ”

After Pei Yuan sent Pei Shu out of the mansion and took two steps, Pei Shu turned around again: "Please also ask the imperial uncle to say hello to the princess on behalf of the palace." ”

Pei Yuan replied with a smile: "Yes." The prince walked slowly. ”

After the banquet, Shen Xiang and his two sons hurried back to the house, and after waving off all the subordinates, they asked in a low voice, "Jiahe is back?" ”

He originally wanted to ask Pei Yuan, but he never found a chance to speak alone, and he was afraid that there would be a mistake in the palace, so he went home and asked about it.

"I'm back, Jiuzhi and Xiang Yuan also helped me go and see it, it's safe, you can rest assured." Shen's mother also relaxed.

Shen Jiajue lay on the chair loudly: "She is really bold, fortunately there was no accident, but I am afraid that the person above will still ask about this matter, and we have to think of a countermeasure in advance." ”

"The boss is right, this matter has to be communicated with Jiahe's side, and the two sides will have the same rhetoric when the time comes, this matter must be as soon as possible, I will write a letter to the Xianwang Mansion in a while." Shen Xiang said and went to the study.