Chapter Forty-Seven: Coming to the Fore
"Your Majesty, did Wei Qing really win the battle?" In the Zhaoyang Palace, Wei Zifu was surprised and delighted when he heard this. Wei Qing led the troops for the first time, she was already worried, these days the news of the defeat of people from all walks of life came one after another, which made her even more worried, and now she suddenly heard that Wei Qing had made military achievements, and she didn't believe it for a while.
Liu Che laughed and said, "When did I deceive you?" ”
Seeing that Wei Zifu was suspicious, Liu Che smiled and said: "Wei Qing is indeed a rare general, he led his troops to attack the Xiongnu's Heavenly Sacrifice Holy Land Dragon City, killing more than 700 Xiongnu people, and making great achievements for the Han Dynasty. Son-in-law, you sent a general to me! ”
Wei Zifu humbly said: "Wei Qing was able to make this military exploit, it was all because His Majesty had a good plan, how could the concubines dare to take credit?" ”
"Hahaha, that's good! When Wei Qing returns to the court, I will definitely be rewarded! Liu Chelong's face was happy, and there was a smile between his eyebrows.
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"The ministers knock to see Your Majesty, Your Majesty has no boundaries for ten thousand years, and you will be happy for a long time!!" In the Xuanshu Palace, hundreds of officials bow and chant.
Liu Che sat on the top of the Golden Palace, more than ten years ago when he first ascended to the throne, he was still a puppet emperor with no real power, and now he is the ninety-five lord who looks at the world and truly controls the lifeblood of the Han Dynasty, "Zhongqing is flat!" ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The ministers stood up respectfully and bowed their heads one by one to listen carefully to the words of heaven.
"The general of the cavalry, Wei Qing, won the first battle, and broke the Huns to sacrifice to the heavens and holy land, I am very relieved! What Huns were invincible? That's all in the past! From now on, my Han Dynasty will definitely return the Huns to the color and establish the prestige of my Han Dynasty! ”
The ministers congratulated in unison: "Congratulations to Your Majesty! ”
Liu Che smiled and said, "Wei Qing stepped forward to listen to the seal!" ”
Wei Qinghu stepped out of the ranks, knelt down and listened to the order: "The end will be!" ”
"The general of the chariot cavalry, Wei Qing, broke the dragon city, entered the seal of the inner marquis, gave the mansion, the rank ratio was 2,000 stones, the food was 300 households, and the reward was 1,000 taels of gold, in order to show loyalty and bravery!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wei Qing bowed down and thanked him and retreated to the court.
Liu Che looked around at His Royal Highness's ministers and asked, "Does the Tingwei Mansion have a decision about Li Guangke?" ”
Tingwei Zhang Tang bowed down and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the Tingwei Mansion has counted Li Guangbu, Li Guangbu has more than 8,000 dead and wounded, and more than 6,000 horses have been damaged. ”
Redemption began in ancient times, but the system of the past dynasties is not the same, from the death penalty, down to the rod, flogging, you can use money to atone for the crime, so I heard that Li Guang was willing to redeem the sentence with coins, Liu Che frowned and said slightly: "Li Guang has been fighting for many years, but he was captured by the Huns, and his subordinates were also killed and wounded. Then he asked, "How is Gongsun Aobu's inventory?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty, Gongsun Aobu has more than 7,000 dead and wounded, and more than 3,000 horses have been damaged, and he should be beheaded according to the law." Zhang Tang replied.
Seeing that Zhang Tang did not mention that Gongsun Ao was willing to redeem the sentence with coins, Wei Qing couldn't help but get anxious, Gongsun Ao led the army out of Dai County, and now he suffered heavy losses according to the law, but it was impossible for him not to know the system of redeeming punishment with coins, but in an instant, Wei Qing immediately understood, Li Guang had been in the dynasty for many years, but Gongsun Ao had only been in the court for a few years, so why did he get such a large sum of money? Without waiting for Liu Che's order, Wei Qing hurriedly came out and said, "Your Majesty, the minister Wei Qing is willing to redeem the sentence for Gongsun Ao with coins." ”
Seeing this, Liu Che nodded after a slight thought: "Since the Marquis of Guan Nei is willing to redeem Gongsun Ao with coins, I am approved!" ”
"Zhang Tang!" Liu Che said, "Convert Gongsun Ao's battle losses into the Tingwei Mansion, redeem the sentence with coins, go to Gongsun Ao's cavalry general, and demote him to a concubine." ”
Zhang Tang respectfully agreed. "Thank you, Your Majesty!" Seeing that Gongsun Ao's death sentence was exempted, Wei Qing's heart settled down.
"Although Gongsun Hebu has no war damage, he has worked in vain, and he went to the post of general of light car." Liu Che said, "You should enjoy the benefits of the imperial court, and you should share the worries of the imperial court." Those who have merit will be rewarded, and those who have faults will be punished, so remember! ”
The hundred officials responded in unison: "No! ”
After the next court, the ministers dispersed in twos and threes, and a small yellow door called Wei Qing and said, "General Wei, Your Majesty ordered the general to go to the inner hall to see the driver!" ”
Wei Qing bowed his head and thanked the attendant, "There is a rumor from Lao Nei, Wei Qing will go immediately." ”
The golden beast burned incense in the inner hall, and Liu Che said with a smile on his face: "Wei Qing, I am very relieved that you have made such a great achievement in this expedition, Han Yan really didn't see the wrong person!" ”
Wei Qing was surprised: "Lord Han? ”
Speaking of Han Yan, Liu Che smiled and looked solemn, "Han Yan has praised you many times in front of me before, saying that you are not only skilled in riding and archery, but also extremely talented in the method of marching and arranging, but it is a pity that he was victimized, but I can't do anything!" Otherwise, I would have been much more relieved to have you two by my side. ”
Speaking of Han Yan, Liu Che was still sad, and Wei Qing comforted him with kind words: "Your Majesty, don't blame yourself, Your Majesty's heart for Lord Han, how can Lord Han not know?" Now although Lord Han can no longer follow His Majesty, His Majesty still has the minister Wei Qing, Wei Qing will definitely fulfill his duties and live up to His Majesty's expectations, and Lord Han trusts! ”
"Well... Good! Liu Che was slightly moved, and said with his head bowed: "Although the battle of Longcheng is your first battle, you can return with a great victory, which makes the Huns' military ministers Shan Yu have a great setback, and I am very relieved to get out of the evil breath in my chest!" ”
"After the battle of Longcheng, I expected that the military minister Shan Yu would definitely retaliate, Wei Qing, you have to be prepared for the attack of the Huns!" Liu Che Zhengse instructed.
The battle between Han and Hun lasted for nearly a hundred years, and so far the battle of Longcheng was the most impressive one among the large and small battles. Although Dragon City won the first battle, there was still a gap in the combat strength of the enemy and us, which was also what worried Liu Che.
"Your Majesty, rest assured, the ministers will always be vigilant, and the soldiers will not take off their armor and wait for them! If the military minister dares to lead troops to attack, the minister will definitely fight back! Wei Qing replied in a deep voice.
"Good!" Liu Che patted Wei Qing on the shoulder and said, "If you have such words, I will rest assured!" Since you set out on the expedition, your sister has been worried day and night, and now that you have won the victory, go to Zhaoyang Hall to meet her! ”
"No!" Wei Qing said gratefully, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your favor!" ”
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"Vomit..."Wei Zifu suddenly felt sick to his stomach, couldn't help vomiting, Cai Xi hurriedly caught it with a gilded bowl, stroked Wei Zifu and said with concern: "Madame, where is it uncomfortable, the slave maid will go and ask Imperial Doctor Xu to come and have a look!" ”
"Sister, what's wrong with you?" Wei Qing walked into the hall and saw Wei Zifu leaning over and vomiting, so he hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
Wei Zifu bowed his head and stopped, "I'm fine." After a moment of stopping vomiting, after rinsing a sip of water, Fang said happily: "Qing'er, you are back!" ”
"Sister..."Wei Qing said, "Sister is unwell, let Cai Xi go and invite the imperial doctor to come over and take a look!" ”
"Good! Let's go to the please! Wei Zifu nodded with a smile and said, "It's been very hot these days, maybe I have eaten more cold melons, and the discomfort in my stomach will be like this." Qing'er, are you okay this way? ”
Wei Qing knelt down with Wei Zifu and said, "Let my sister worry, Qing'er will be fine all the way." ”
Then Wei Qing explained the itinerary in detail. Hearing that Wei Qingshan was lost, Wei Zifu was anxious for a while; When he heard that Wei Qinglu met Xiao Sui, he showed his face for a while; When he heard that Dragon City had won, he was overjoyed; When he heard that Xiao Sui had passed away, he was sad for a while. "Qing'er, where is Miss Xiao now?" Wei Zifu asked.
"Sister, Your Majesty gave Wei Qing a mansion in the Jiadi District, and Miss Xiao is now temporarily living here, but she is a girl's house, and it is inconvenient to follow me..."
Wei Zifu smiled: "Qing'er, you are not young, that Miss Xiao is the same age as you, my sister is not as good..." ”
Seeing this, Wei Zifu's eyes were full of smiles, and he said, "Seeing that my brother is so weak-hearted, he should be interested in Miss Xiao in his heart, right?" ”
Wei Qing lowered her head and blushed and said, "Sister..."
"When a man gets married, a woman should get married, and as a sister, she should worry about her brother's marriage." Wei Zifu smiled, "I don't think it's as good as this, didn't you say that her girl's family is inconvenient with you?" It's better to let her stay with me in the palace for a few days, and I can ask her what she wants. ”
"This..."Wei Qing's face was puzzled, "I don't know if Miss Xiao is willing to enter the palace..."
"It's easy to do!" Wei Zifu thought for a moment and said, "You just said that my sister is not in good health during this time, and you can't always accompany and take care of her, so let her take care of me for a few days." ”
"Is this okay?" Wei Qing felt that the wording was too vain when he heard it, "My sister has her own palace people to take care of her in the palace, when I say this, isn't it..."
"Isn't it... What the? Wei Zifu pursed his lips and smiled, "Wouldn't you know it's fake as soon as you hear it, right?" ”
"yes!" Wei Qing nodded and said, "My sister said the same thing, how can I speak?" ”
"So, this is also a test of her heart!" Wei Zifu said with a smile, "If she doesn't have the heart to you, she will naturally refuse when she hears it, and if she has the heart, she will naturally not break it, Qing'er, just listen to my sister in this matter!" ”
Wei Qing blushed and nodded slightly.
The afterglow of the setting sun shook the gold fragments in the Zhaoyang Palace, and the cool breeze from the north window brought a moment of soothing coolness.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Madame, Madame has been pregnant for more than a month." After the imperial physician Xu Guangnian carefully checked the pulse for Wei Zifu, he leaned over to congratulate Liu Che.
"Really?" Liu Che couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"Back to Your Majesty, Mrs. is fluent in pulse, like a bead, which should mean smooth, and there is no doubt that she is pregnant. It's just that the lady gave birth to the third princess for less than half a year, and her body has not fully recovered. If you don't pay attention to this pregnancy, I'm afraid that it will hurt your blood and blood, so I will prepare some conditioning recipes for my wife and recuperate carefully. ”
"Exactly! No matter what kind of precious medicinal herbs are, as long as they are beneficial to the body of the lady, you can match them, if the Imperial Doctor Department does not have them, you can play them directly to me. ”
Xu Guangnian replied respectfully: "No! ”
"Zifu, Wei Qing has just made a contribution to the Dragon City for me, and you are pregnant with my dragon son, God bless me again!" Liu Che looked at Wei Zifu, with a smile between his eyebrows.
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Since Liu Che agreed to Gongsun Ao's redemption with coins, the Tingwei Mansion converted the battle damage with money, and after Wei Qing paid the corresponding money according to the value of the battle damage, he waited for the released Gongsun Ao in front of the Tingwei Mansion, and after about half an hour, he saw Gongsun Ao coming out of it, Wei Qing hurriedly greeted him, "Brother Gongsun!" ”
Gongsun Ao saw that it was Wei Qing, so he hurriedly bowed and said: "Gongsun was in trouble, fortunately Wei Qing's brothers rescued him, this kindness Gongsun Ming feels guilty!" He bowed deeply.
Wei Qing hurriedly replied: "Brother is serious! If it wasn't for his brother who sacrificed his life to save him in the Jiaofang Palace, how could Wei Qing come to today? Please don't do that, brother! ”
"You and my brother are friends of life, Gongsun will not say anything!" Gongsun Ao said with gratitude on his face, "If the battle damage is redeemed in coins, it must be a lot of money..." ”
Wei Qing smiled when he heard this: "Brother doesn't know, Your Majesty rewarded me with a thousand taels of gold for my war exploits, and now I am just returning what Your Majesty has given to Your Majesty!" ”
"Wei Qing..."Gongsun Ao said movingly when he heard this, "Gongsun owes you so much, I really don't know how many years it will take to pay it off..."
"Brother!" Wei Qing said, "Money is something outside the body, how can it be compared with brotherhood? Brother An's good, Wei Qing is also relieved! ”
Seeing Gongsun Ao bowing slightly, Wei Qing said again: "Now that my brother has no official status, what are your plans for the future?" ”
Gongsun Ao shook his head and sighed: "Gongsun has no long things, if he dies on the battlefield, he will also die well, but now he is defeated, and Gongsun will not be able to see His Majesty and his colleagues again." Even if he is a concubine, Gongsun has no plan, thinking of returning to Yiqu, if he can see the Huns, he will go out and kill enough, but he will not lose the blood of a man! ”
"Never!" Wei Qing said hurriedly when he heard this, "Brother is confused, how is this different from sending him to death?" ”
"Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and my brother doesn't have to haunt his heart." Wei Qing comforted in a good voice, "Let's rest for a while, the coming day will be long, and then it's not too late to plan!" ”
"Good!" Gongsun Ao nodded slowly, "Listen to you!" ”
Wei Qing smiled, grabbed Gongsun Ao's shoulder and said: "Brother is a happy event when he leaves the Tingwei Mansion today, you and my brother should drink together to congratulate, go!" ”
Gongsun Ao looked at Wei Qing and smiled accordingly, "Let's go!" ”