"Father, the hour is not early, and the celebration ceremony is also painstaking, why don't you send your father back to the palace to rest?" At the end of the celebration, it was time to light up the palace.

"Yun Qi, do you think I'm getting old?" Without waiting for King Yu to react, Emperor Liang immediately said: "I am indeed old, now that you have entered the palace, I will go to see your mother and concubine, and I have not been reunited for a long time." ”

Emperor Liang's words King Yu listened to it, but as soon as he mentioned Concubine Xian, King Yu could no longer refuse, so he accompanied Emperor Liang from Chengyuan Palace to Qingzhi Palace, along the way the father and son talked and laughed, and the picture was indescribably warm.

With Cui's father-in-law informed in advance, Concubine Du Xian had already changed into the clothes of Concubine Xian and led the palace people to wait outside the Qingzhi Palace, and when she saw Emperor Liang, she immediately saluted the palace, "The concubines see Your Majesty."

"Flat, don't be too restrained tonight, it's our family reunion." Emperor Liang held Concubine Du Xian with one hand and King Yu with the other, and walked into Qingzhi Palace comfortably. Qingzhi Palace is the same as before, not because of the rush of time, but because Concubine Du Xian politely rejected the decoration of the Internal Affairs Mansion and still kept the palace as it was, Emperor Liang did not feel abnormal, and King Yu felt the warmth of home. The three of them sat down around the table, and Concubine Du Xian poured tea before looking at her son carefully, her face full of pride and relief, "Yun Qi, are you hurt?" ”

"Back to my mother, my son is safe and sound."

"That's good, that's good!"

"I'll make you some of your favorite pastries tomorrow."

"As long as it's made by my mother, I love to eat any pastries!"

This scene of mother's kindness and filial piety also moved Emperor Liang, "Yun Qi will not leave for a while when he returns to Beijing this time, I can stay with you for a long time, you, you can make pastries for him every day!" Emperor Liang said this, but he did not relieve Concubine Du Xian's emotion at all, but made her a little unnatural, and the change in her expression did not escape the eyes of King Yu but did not attract the attention of Emperor Liang at all.

"Yun Qi, you are not young, and you are the only one of all my princes who is not married, this is your mother's heart disease! I thought that it was an opportunity for you to return to Beijing this time, and it would be good to get married and make your mother feel at ease. ”

King Yu didn't realize the severity of the situation, but just refused as usual: "What my father said is true, but Erchen has been used to being single in the army for a long time, and he has not thought about starting a family for the time being. ”

Emperor Liang had long expected King Yu's remarks, and was not surprised at all, "You are already the Prince of Wuzhu, if there is no princess by your side, how will the people of the world view my Liang royal family?" It is precisely because of your extermination of Hu that Xia Tang has already sent a request for peace and is willing to marry the princess to you, I have already read the picture scroll, and this Tang princess looks like a fairy, worthy of you! ”

"Father!" King Yu hurriedly picked up from his seat, lifted his skirt and knelt down, and said, "Please think twice about my father!" Erchen is a rough man in the military, I am afraid that he will not match the princess! ”

"Nonsense! You are the Prince of Wuzhu who I personally canonized, how can you be a rough man in the military? How is it not compatible with the princess? You must have been on the side for a long time, and the rough wind and sand have worn away the nobility of the royal family on you! ”

"Father, the son just wants to guard the frontier for my Daliang, indeed as the father said, the son is already used to the wind and sand of the border stopper, and the warmth in the palace is afraid that it is not suitable for the son!"

"Cloud prayer! You have just triumphed, experienced a tragic battle, I know that you are not completely calm, I do not blame you, and I am not in a hurry to force you, but this marriage involves the prospects of the two countries! If you are not used to life in the capital for a while, then stay longer. Obviously, King Yu's words somewhat angered Emperor Liang.

"Your Majesty" Concubine Du Xian didn't wait for King Yu to speak, poured tea for Emperor Liang again, and persuaded Wen Yan: "Today is a festive day for Da Liang, and Yun Qi must have not been able to recover from such a heavy favor. Speaking of which, the same is true for the concubines, don't blame your majesty, the concubines have been in the palace for all these years, and they are also looking forward to Yun Qi having a son and a half daughter, so the concubines are also very happy. As he spoke, he looked at King Yu affectionately.

Emperor Liang was obviously very useful, and his tone was also gentle, "Fu'er, you, you are the most considerate, then let Yun Qi accompany you for a few more days, and you can also enlighten him, today, I am here with you." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Concubine Du Xian looked at King Yu, and King Yu performed the palace salute with interest, "Father, mother, and son have retired." ”

Three days after the celebration ceremony, King Yu presented the completed "Military Merit Book" to Emperor Liang, and Emperor Liang approved the rest of the book except for the promotion of King Yu's military merits after a brief reading, and at the same time ordered it to be passed on to the world. In the "Book of Military Merit", soldiers who died in battle are given double pensions and are exempted from family taxes for five years; All surviving soldiers are promoted according to the rank of beheaded;

King Yu was promoted to the second rank - the general of the town army;

Yang Zhongjin is from the third grade - the general of Guide;

Shen Yongnian was promoted to the fourth rank - the general of Zhongwu;

He Yunke, Lu Wenxuan, Feng Chu, Gu Hongxuan, Geng Yan, Jiang Xiaoyu, and Xia Junmao were promoted to the top five products - General Dingyuan;

Miao Wei and Gu Junyuan were promoted to be ranger generals from the five grades;

Xuan Shaoning, Shi Gong Zhengyuan, Si Heng, Ling Feiyan have made outstanding contributions, Jin Xuan Shaoning is on the sixth grade - Zhaowu Captain, Jin Shi Gong Zhengyuan, Si Heng, Ling Feiyan is from the six grades - Zhenwei Captain;

Jin Cao Tie, Xing Gang, Qing Cang, Meng Kebao, Xie Yi, and Xie Yu are the captains of the Zhengqipin Shangzhiguo.

If the unprecedented military merit book has inspired the soldiers and civilians of the Liang Dynasty, then the wedding of King Yu is the hottest topic of conversation among the people in the capital after tea and dinner. On the day after the military merit book was spread, the rumors about the wedding of the king of Yu spread in the whole Beijing division with lightning speed, and the legend of the princess of the Tang Dynasty was exotic, and the appearance was different from the woman of the Liang Dynasty, but she was the first beauty of the Tang Dynasty, and the figure was even more exquisite, beautiful and incomprehensible, and the general of the Liang Dynasty Wang Shi was a good match made in heaven and earth.

"Now this rumor is already very loud, and it is clear that the retainers have not agreed to this marriage at all!" King Yu couldn't sit still at all, he stood in front of the window of Qingzhi Palace and complained loudly, whether in the court or in the army, because of his identity, King Yu must always maintain the majesty of the prince and the momentum of the general, although he loves the army like a son and rarely involves the government, after all, he can't vent his temper at will, if there is a place in the world where he can make himself unscrupulous and completely release his inner emotions, then there is only Qingzhi Palace.

"Look at your temper, you've grown up at this age!" Concubine Du Xian gently placed plates of pastries and a pot of tea on the stone table from the food plate in the maid's hand. "Don't you understand the truth that walls have ears? Now you are hot, but this cloud is often only one step away from hell, and the mother concubine has not listened to it at all? ”

"Mother, how can you not understand the truth you said, but the son-in-law really doesn't want to, the princess of the Tang Dynasty has never seen it, how can you talk about the emotional foundation?"

"How many royal marriages are based on feelings?" Concubine Du Xian sat on the stone pier, raised her hands and sleeves, poured a cup of tea for King Yu, and suddenly with the fainting of the tea soup, the rich fragrance of cinnamon began to spread throughout the room, and the smell was refreshing. "According to the mother's opinion, you should still accept this marriage."

"Mother?"

Concubine Du Xian looked at her son with a smile on her face full of surprise, and stretched out her hand to pull him to sit beside her, "Yun Qi, when will there be room for a turn in the matter decided by your father?" I don't need to say more about the consequences of angering the dragon's scales. The mother asked you, over the years, have you ever met a woman who makes your heart move? ”

King Yu thought about it very seriously for a while, and finally only shook his head, could it be that he had been in the army for too long, and he had never been able to contact women, so that he was already interested in women? King Yu shook his head and immediately denied himself. Is there anyone who is particularly interested in that? As soon as this question came out, a human face was slowly pieced together in my mind, that is? The man looked so familiar, and the more he looked at it, the more he looked like ......

"How, answer the mother!" Concubine Du Xian saw that her son thought for a while and then began to shake his head and nod for a while, just like when he was a child, Concubine Du Xian couldn't help but wonder, "It seems that there is none, otherwise it will definitely appear in your mind for the first time." Yun Qi, when it comes to age, you are indeed not young, the mother concubine naturally hopes that you can be happy, since you also said that you have never seen it, why don't you want to fall in love with the princess of the Tang Dynasty after getting married? Thinking about the good in everything, the mother concubine has encouraged herself all these years to come over. ”

"Mother!" King Yu held Concubine Du Xian's hand, her hard work as a son is the clearest, since he was born, he was not happy with Emperor Liang, so that his mother is still not high, seeing that other women have been promoted to the palace position by virtue of her son, but she has not gone further for many years, what a power the people in this harem are, every lonely night she has spent in the past 30 years, every pain and grievance she has eaten, and she has never said half a word to her son. "What the mother concubine said is that the sons have always lived too much by themselves, and they have never considered the situation of the mother concubine in the palace."

"The concubine doesn't need you to think about my situation, what the concubine needs is for you to think about your own situation. You became the Prince of Wuzhu by fighting and killing, this status is by you and your soldiers with flesh and blood, the mother concubine does not want you to ruin your future because of a momentary mood, not only is you irresponsible for yourself, but also disappoints the expectations of those soldiers who died in battle and are determined to follow you! In Daliang, only those who ascend to the throne are qualified to do whatever they want, and now you can't! ”

"Mother, do you want ......?"

"How? In terms of rank, among the five adult princes, in addition to the imprisoned prince, you and King Xiang are both the Prince of Wuzhu, the King of Ling is the Prince of Sanzhu, and the King of Zhuang is only the king of the county; In terms of military exploits, who can compare with you; Only in the court you are at a disadvantage. Although the mother concubine is only a woman, she also knows that the prince is mediocre and cowardly, King Xiang is scheming, and King Ling is ruthless, how long can your father be on the throne? If any of the three of them inherit the throne, it is rare for you, me, mother and son to die well. ”

Concubine Du Xian's tone was flat when she said these words, as if what she said was someone else's business, but the connotation revealed in the semantics was enough to shock King Yu, he never expected that his mother, who had been peaceful, obedient and indisputable for many years, would have such ambition in her heart!

Looking at her son's surprised look, Concubine Du Xian knew that sooner or later there would be such a thing, she picked up the jade chopsticks and put a piece of each of the pastries made by herself into the plate in front of King Yu, because the shape of the pastries is different, the flower-shaped and round pastries are placed at the bottom and the square pastries are placed at the top, because of the uneven force, it didn't take long for the topmost pastries to fall down, fell from the stone table to the ground, and fell into several petals, because of the red appearance, the broken pastries looked cruel in the eyes of King Yu.

"That's the rose honey cake, the selection is to open the rose petals, mashed and extracted with nectar to extract the bright red elixir, and then mixed into the Qingzhou glutinous rice juice, and finally steamed on the steamer for two hours, because the extraction of red skills is extremely difficult and the fusion of glutinous rice juice is difficult to mix, want to make this square of complete whole body pink pastry is also one out of ten. It's a pity for this one, but there are still two pieces in the plate, so you have to be very careful when you pick it up again. If the pastry is broken, the mother can make it again, and many things in the world are difficult to reverse once they happen. Concubine Du Xian suddenly changed the topic and began to describe the production of pastries, which seemed incomprehensible to others, but King Yu already understood his mother's intentions in his heart.

"Mother, my son-in-law understands your good intentions." King Yu picked up all the pastries on the plate and stuffed them into his mouth, chewed them heavily, and drank all the tea soup in the cup in one gulp, "Mother, the sons have retired first, you rest early." ”

King Yu strode out of Qingzhi Palace, Concubine Du Xian looked out of the window, and the inner struggle and pain finally showed on her face: her lips trembled, tears began to roll in her eyes, and the hand holding the window edged her nails into it. Since she was promoted to a virtuous concubine, the Qingzhi Palace, which has not been visited for a long time, is full of people, and the flow of people who come to congratulate is wave after wave, regardless of day and night, but she always declines the congratulatory gifts, and does not say much, everyone gives back the pastries made by themselves.

"Yun Qi, don't blame the concubine!"