Erzhu Caihuang was silent for a long time after listening to it, as if she was thinking about something, Qiu Niang was about to ask her, only to hear Caihuang sigh and say: "It's only to blame the Li family for doing their own crimes, this kind of thing is an unspeakable shame for ordinary people, not to mention the King Ninety-Five Supreme, she doesn't cherish her reputation too much." ”

Qiu Niang approached Caihuang and asked in a low voice, "Miss, should we tell the king about this matter?" Cai Huang shook his head and replied: "Don't say this in advance, when the king comes back, I will see his mood first, and mention it a little when he is in a good mood, after all, we have no evidence." If there is a misunderstanding, wouldn't it be boring to find yourself? ”

Cai Huang seemed to remember something, grabbed Qiu Niang's hand and asked eagerly, "Who else knows about this?" Is that man still in the storeroom at the moment? ”

Qiu Niang was taken aback by her actions, and hurriedly comforted: "Miss, don't worry, only me and the maid know about this." As for whether the man was in the storeroom or not, it's hard to say, at least we didn't see a man coming out of the storeroom from beginning to end, and it stands to reason that after the door was locked by us, the people inside should not be able to get out. Maybe it's still in there. ”

Cai Huang then got up and said to Qiu Niang: "You take a few people to the warehouse now to check." Remember it's the people around me. It turned out that most of the sisters left behind by Ruyi were repatriated to their hometowns, but there were still three or five women who stayed in the palace because they were homeless. At this moment, the people brought by Qiu Niang are these people. There should be no problem with these people's loyalty to Caihuang, so Caihuang is not worried that they will leak secrets.

Qiu Niang took someone to the treasury to arrest the adulterer, and opened the door to take a look. The room has been cleaned up, and even the food and drinks on the table have been taken away. It seems that the Li family must have come to destroy the corpse again, and Qiu Niang had no choice but to bring people back. Caihuang pretended not to know and put the matter on hold for the time being.

The successful triumph of Gao Huan's army was in the late autumn of this year, November (the beginning of the first year of the balance). The expedition was only more than two months to exterminate more than 500,000 thieves, the whole Shandong was solemn, and even Yu Jiulu sent a congratulatory telegram to send tribute, and the Eastern Wei Dynasty is indeed extraordinary in national strength now.

On the morning of the ugly day when he entered Yecheng, Murong Heng suggested to Gao Huan that this victory should be flaunted, in order to reassure the countrymen and make the enemy country afraid to act rashly, so the generals who went out of the battle this time received orders when they returned to the city, and a grand military parade was held in the southern suburbs of the city five days later. This was Gao Huan who came up with it himself.

The so-called flex of force is sometimes a foreshadowing of political peace. The necessary flex of muscles is to have enough capital to negotiate with hostile forces. Therefore, all the generals of the Gao Huan Group must be dressed up to attend this military parade, and according to his meaning, everyone must reach a high-level level, and they must be famous in history.

Nominally, the filial piety of the emperor is still the lord of the world, Gao Huan needs to have a good relationship with him now, so the first thing he did when he returned to Beijing was to enter the palace to report on his work.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair in the East Palace, looking at the fold in his hand expressionlessly. The chief chamberlain on the side, the grandfather of the housekeeper, whispered to him with a pleasant face: "Your Majesty, King Qi is still kneeling." ”

When the emperor heard this, he was very disgusted, and even the attendants around him became Gao Huan's person, what is he, the emperor? The tools in Gao Huan's hands? But now people are under the roof. The whole world is happy with him, and he is lonely and weak, let alone resist him, even if he survives, he still has to look at his face. A real puppet emperor.

So Emperor Xiaojing said very coldly: "Aiqing get up quickly, come and sit down." "Gao Huan originally entered the dynasty and did not tend to praise and worship. This is already very good, but he still has to do the necessary etiquette for the emperor. This is not only for others to see, but also a spur to one's own heart: there is an emperor on his head, and he should be cautious in everything. One cannot live without reverence.

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to invite you and the queen to attend the national military parade in a few days to show the prestige of our country and the majestic momentum of Your Majesty." Gao Huan said to Emperor Xiaojing very respectfully.

When the emperor heard this, he thought to himself that this is just a show of your high joy, what does it have to do with me, a puppet? Thinking about his occupation of the three concubines of the first emperor (Ying'e, Li, and), this incident is simply a great shame for the royal family. But after all, the emperor has lived under the people for a long time, and immediately turned his face and smiled: "Okay, Aiqing works hard for the country, and I am very happy." Since the military parade can shock the overseas Quartet, then I naturally want to go with the queen and celebrate with the whole world. ”

Murong Heng and other generals heard it clearly, even the emperor had to attend this military parade, and everyone couldn't hide the excitement in their hearts, and they all secretly thought that they would go back and prepare well.

After a long time, the emperor said to Gao Huan: "This time the king of Qi has made great contributions, great achievements, and the soldiers are all working hard, and the reward is something to think about first, and a specific plan will be promulgated in a few days, what does Aiqing think?" Although the emperor was suspected of delaying, he personally asked Gao Huan in a low voice, although Gao Huan was not happy, but he still wanted to agree.

This is Murong Heng who stepped forward and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to do." After that, he stepped forward to bow to the two of them, and then said loudly: "This time, the list of rewards for the war in Shandong has been verified by the order of the king of Qi, please look at it." As he spoke, he presented the music with both hands.

Gao Huan looked at Murong Heng with a blank face and a little annoyed, thinking to himself, aren't you hurting me? The emperor hasn't agreed to the reward yet, and you say that I have prepared the roster to reward meritorious deeds, doesn't it mean that I have more power than the emperor? But the Steward, the Father-in-law, had already taken his piece and handed it to the Emperor.

Emperor Xiaojing said while watching: "It's still King Qi who thinks thoughtfully. But the more I looked at the emperor, the more angry I became, where is this list of records of merits, it is completely a list of directly appointed official positions, which clearly states the reward official titles of each general of Shandong's expeditionary forces, and even ordinary soldiers have to be promoted to one level, and it is really not a matter of taking the rights of his Tuoba family seriously, and the people of the Gao Huan Group take random rewards at will, as if they are joking.

Imperial power loses its majesty and intimidation. It is no longer imperial power, not even official power. Emperor Xiaojing looked at the music in his hand, and he already hated Gao Huan and Murong Heng in his heart. But on the surface, he still said very indifferently: "What Aiqing played is all what I think." Just do it according to the will of the king of Qi. ”

Emperor Xiaojing is now very clear about the situation he is in, just think of himself as Emperor Liu Che, this Gao Huan is Cao Cao, since it is already a man-made sword and I am a fish, then don't do some unnecessary resistance, so for the time being, I will first Taoguang Yang to show weakness, and wait for the opportunity to take back the right one day. This is called forbearance and humiliation.

Emperor Xiaojing was subdued by his wisdom of seeing reality clearly, and secretly thought that if he didn't have Gao Huan, he would definitely be a generation of Ming monarchs, and it was not necessary to be able to achieve hegemony for thousands of years. This self-entertaining Ah Q spirit. Even the author is convinced.

On the way out of the palace, Gao Yue, Li Erhu and others chatted happily, and Gao Yue said to everyone: "See, please appreciate that meeting, I see that the emperor's face is green, hahaha is really happy." Murong Heng said a little unhappily: "General Gao, don't talk nonsense, be careful that the wall has ears." ”

"Hey, I said old master, you're too alarmist. Now the whole world is the king with me and so on, and his emperor Lao Tzu can sit on it and enjoy it without going out to fight, is this not satisfied? Besides, since ancient times, meritorious service must be rewarded, otherwise who will give him his life? Li Erhu also joined in the fun. is unashamed to preach to everyone, in fact, he contributed the least and contributed the least to this Shandong expedition.

Murong Heng snorted coldly and ignored him. Thinking about it, the old master also looked down on this Li Erhu a little.

Gao Huan didn't forget to admonish them for unnecessary trouble: "Having said that, you still have to be careful in how you behave and do things. Although you are all pillars of the country and heroes of the imperial court. But you must know that people's words are terrible, and they are really going to commit the crime of deceiving the king, not to mention you, even I will suffer with it. "The implication is that you are all usually honest, don't hold the gold bricks and gnaw on the radishes, and ask for hardship.

Gao Yue and Li Erhu both bowed their heads and shut up when they heard this, and Sima Ziru and Sun Teng said to Gao Huan: "The king's victory this time is worth celebrating, why don't you go to Sun Shangshu's house for a gathering?" When He Batsheng heard this, he immediately agreed, and whispered: "Third brother, the four of us brothers haven't been together for a long time. ”

Gao Huan had long wanted to find someone to chat and drink, this daily march and war was really boring, and when he heard their words, he smiled and said to the three of them: "This is very good, I will go home first, after all, I have been out for so long, I have to go back to see first, you all go home first, and go to the second brother's house at night to get together, why don't we get drunk and not return." ”

Everyone was in a hurry to return home and said goodbye and left, and Sima Ziru and the three of them were also happy to make such an arrangement, and they all retired immediately.

Gao Huan has not yet arrived at the door, according to the sight of a few good horses from the northwest tied to the door, at a glance, he knew that it was Princess Grace and her younger brother Ejit who came to the palace, and said that the previous marriage contract has not been fulfilled yet, and it seems that this matter can no longer be delayed.

Gao Zhongming returned to the Qi Palace, first to inform Lou Mingchun and them, so the whole family was waiting in the hall, and even Gao Shu was sitting on the upper seat drinking tea and waiting for him. Gao Huan walked in quickly, and everyone got up to greet him. Lou Mingchun took Zihui to be the first to greet him. Gao Huan grabbed her hand and said very happily: "I'm back, everything is okay at home, how are you doing." ”

Lou Mingchun was a little shy because of Gao Huan's cold greeting, and replied softly: "With me and Sister Caihuang at home, everything is fine, you have suffered these days, and today my father and mother are here." As he spoke, he took him by the hand and went to worship.

Gao Huan picked up Zihui, this son is five or six years old, and he hasn't gotten along with him yet, Caihuang hugged Zijin and looked at him with a smile, Gao Huan was a little moved and whispered: "Go to your room later, I have something to do with you." ”

In order to attract Gao Huan's attention, the curvaceous princess deliberately snorted, and found that Gao Huan turned her head to look at her, so she pretended not to care and didn't look at him, this woman is so duplicitous.

"The son has seen his father and mother, and he can't serve you at home, and the son will be at a loss." Gao Huan put down Zihui and pulled him to kowtow to Gao Shu and Gao Han. The two old men were overjoyed, Gao Shu helped Gao Huan up with a smile on his face, Gao Han hugged Zihui distressedly, Gao Shu said: "You don't have to worry about your family, you have Mingchun and Caihuang to take care of, our old couple are very good, you have the responsibility of the world, and you should do your best for the country and the people." ”

I haven't seen this Gao Shu's level of speaking for a while, Gao Huan is a little skeptical that he has found a female gentleman who teaches and made a good match.

Gao Hanshi also said to Gao Huan with a smile: "Mother, now that my children and grandchildren are around my knees, I can enjoy wealth and prosperity by relying on you, and I only ask God to let my old wife live for a few more years." You have to take care of yourself outside, and if you really can't go out, you will bring Mingchun and Caihuang with you when you go out, so that they can serve you at any time. ”

The method is a good way, you can help Gao Huan solve the physiological problem, but it is still inconvenient to march and fight with a female dependent, for example, I marched around with Ruyi before, and I was almost captured by the enemy by accident several times, if it wasn't for Ruyi's kung fu, it would be really hard to say.

"My son knows, there won't be many days of fighting outside in the future, we are now in peace and security, and I will accompany you and my father at home in the future." Gao Huan's words were obviously currying favor with the two old men, he said that if he didn't fight, the world really wouldn't fight? He is willing to do it, but Yuwentai is unwilling, and there is Xiao Yan of Nanliang eyeing him. (To be continued.) )