Ling'er returned to Beijing and did not hide her identity, the news of her entry into the palace quickly spread to the top of the imperial court, everyone knew that she must have brought important instructions from Han Fei, the prince of Zhongguo, and then Jia Yuanchun, the empress dowager of the West Palace, sent ministers to various places to inspect and rectify the rule of officials and other heavyweight measures, which were both unexpected and reasonable. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the military campaign against the rebels is nearing its end, and the next step must be to reorganize discipline.

But did Ling'er also bring back the affairs arranged by Han Fei in private? Of course, this is only a matter of concern for people close to Han Fei.

When Ling'er left the palace, he saw that there were subordinates from various families waiting outside the door, and secretly said that these people must have thought that Han Fei had an explanation.

A steward of the Du Mansion saw Ling'er leave the palace, and hurriedly stepped forward to bow and salute, and said, "Madam, the old man sent a little to ask, is the Duke of Zhongguo okay?" ”

"Grandpa, everything is fine, and the class teacher will return to the court soon!" Ling'er knew that Du Yun couldn't have sent someone purely to greet her, and she had something to say to Du Yun, so she pondered for a moment and said: "The Han family's manor has picked a lot of seasonal vegetables, and Aunt Du has invited Du Xianggong and his wife to go to the Han family to try it!" ”

The Han family has fresh vegetables and vegetables, which have always been delivered directly to Du Mansion, how can anyone eat them at home? When the people of the Du Mansion heard this, they knew that Ling'er had something important, so they bowed down and said, "The little one understands, let's go and report to the master!" ”

Ling'er bowed her head, and said to the subordinates of Jiang Mansion and Gong Mansion who were approaching: "Jiang Xianggong is a close friend of his father, and Gong Shangshu is his grandfather's teacher, you also return to Jiang Xianggong and Gong Shangshu, please go to Han Mansion for dinner in the evening." ”

"Little obedience!"

Ling'er sent away the people from all the families and was about to get on the horse and go back to the house, when she heard someone shouting, turned her head to look, and saw that it was Jia Zheng, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said: "The slave has seen the old lady!" ”

"Well, Ling'er, is it okay for Fei'er to be ahead?"

"Old lady Qiqi, grandpa is all right, the war is relatively smooth, no accident, grandpa will soon return to the court!"

"Okay, when you come back this time, does Fei'er need to handle it for his father?"

"Old lady, my grandfather didn't have a special explanation, and now that we have entered the stage of rectifying the rule of officials and resuming production after the war, the slave and maid want to come, as long as the Ministry of Industry cooperates with other departments!"

"Father knows, Ling'er, are you still going to Fei'er?"

"No, my grandfather asked the slave to protect the safety of the queen mother and the emperor in the capital!"

"Okay, if there is anything that needs to be done for my father, let me know!"

"Slaves obey!"

Ling'er returned to the Han Mansion and instructed the housekeeper to organize a banquet to receive Du Yun and the others, and then went to the backyard to tell the sisters about Han Fei's experience outside.

"Mrs. Qiyuling, the commander of Jinyi Mansion asks Tang Yue to see!"

Tang Yue is also the person Ling'er came back to see, she planned to send someone to invite her tomorrow, but Tang Yue took the initiative to come to the door, indicating that he is also an understanding person.

Ling'er met Tang Yue in the second hall, was polite, handed him a letter, and said: "This is a letter from my grandfather, and my grandfather said that the investigation of the officials and people who colluded with the rebels will be handed over to Jinyi Mansion!" ”

According to the unwritten regulations of the imperial court, the agency handling the case can take a part of the commission on the proceeds of the confiscation of the property of the criminal, and it is not up to the case-handling personnel to have the final say on how much money has been confiscated, which contains huge benefits. With such a big amount of oil and water, Han Fei did not hand it over to his internal guards, but gave it to Jinyi Mansion, which could be regarded as to appease Jinyi Mansion. The killing of the six kings, the Jinyi Mansion carried a murderous name, but in fact, it was all done by the White Lotus Sect and the Purple Mansion, the predecessor of the Inner Guard.

In the evening, Du Yun and his wife, Jiang Feng and his wife, and Gong Jing and his wife arrived as scheduled, and for a sumptuous dinner, several ladies went to the backyard to accompany the ninth princess and others to chat, and Ling'er invited Du Yun, Jiang Feng, and Gong Jing to the study.

Ling'er handed the three letters to the three of them separately and said, "Some of the explanations of the grandfather are in the letter, so the slave and maid will not say much, and the slave and maid will tell the three adults about the war!" ”

The process of the war was reported to the imperial court, but there was no detailed description of Ling'er's personal experience. The three of them can be said to be close to Han Fei, and Ling'er also told some unknown details one by one, of course, the rebellious King Manmen was still counted on the head of Jinyi Mansion. After all, King Fan is a member of the royal family, and it is inevitable that some people will talk about it afterwards, and it is most appropriate to let the famous Jinyi Mansion carry the black pot.

Jiang Feng doubted: "The other kings did not surrender and were hunted and killed, no one will say anything, but the king of Changsha has already surrendered, why did he commit suicide by taking poison all over the house?" ”

Ling'er sighed: "Grandpa is also very shocked by this matter, the king of Changsha surrendered, and the prince disbanded the palace guards in accordance with the law, put everyone in the palace under house arrest in the palace, and no one went in to disturb it, and handed it over to Jinyi Mansion to deal with it is also in line with the practice of the imperial court, I don't know what the king of Changsha thinks, before the people of Jinyi Mansion arrived, they committed suicide with their whole family." The grandfather judged that the king of Changsha must have committed some unforgivable crime, for fear that the Jinyi Mansion would find out, but this would not be known until the Jinyi Mansion investigated further. ”

"That's the only possibility!" Jiang Feng suddenly said again: "Zhongguo Gong led the army to quell the rebellion and saved Dahua's national fortunes, the merit is in the future, and the class teacher should be rewarded by the imperial court after returning to the court, I don't know if Zhongguo Gong can give instructions on this?" ”

"It is within the scope of the grandfather's loyalty to the country, and the reward of the imperial court, the queen mother and the cabinet ministers can discuss it!"

Gong Jing coughed and said, "With the merits of the Duke of Zhongguo, you can be crowned a king!" ”

Crowned king? The eyes of the few people present were all shining, and the Dahua Dynasty did not have a precedent for sealing a foreign surname king, but since someone proposed it, it seemed that it was not impossible.

Du Yun pondered for a moment and said: "The old man has no opinion on the merit of being loyal to the country, but this matter still needs to be decided by the Queen Mother!" ”

Jiang Feng also said: "Jiang agrees with Du Xianggong's opinion!" ”

Whether it is the king or not, Han Feizhen has not considered it, what he cares about now is to take Huainan City as soon as possible, the best way is of course to force the king of Huainan to surrender and take over peacefully, so he sent people into the city in the name of the imperial court to persuade him to surrender.

Soon the envoy came back with a middle-aged man, "Qi Yu Zhongguo Gong, this is the envoy of the King of Huainan!" ”

The middle-aged man Shi Li said: "Qi Yu is loyal to the country, the king of Huainan is willing to surrender to the imperial court and hand over the army, but requires the imperial court to keep the safety of the fief of the king of Huainan and his family!" ”

Han Fei laughed angrily, and said to the general next to him: "It seems that the king of Huainan is not sober, you go and set off a few cannons to make him sober!" ”

The sound of artillery rumbled, Han Fei walked out of the camp, saw that the tower on the city wall was blown up, and said coldly to the frightened middle-aged man: "Go back and tell the king of Huainan that you must surrender unconditionally and strive for leniency from the imperial court, otherwise the other six kings will be his example!" ”

"Zhongguo Gong......" The middle-aged man said hurriedly: "Huainan City is impregnable, it can't be conquered in a short time, the king of Huainan just wants to save the life of the whole family, if the king of Huainan is in a hurry, he has to burn the jade with more than 100,000 people in the city!" ”

"It turns out that the king of Huainan wants to use the people in the city as his bargaining chips?" Han Fei snorted coldly: "If you want to save the life of your whole family, why do you want to rebel?" Hmph, it's too late now, since he is obsessed, the court won't be merciful! A small Huainan City, in the eyes of this seat, is no different from paper paste, the imperial army can be broken at the snap of a finger, but it just doesn't want the people to suffer more! Come on, bang the gates of the city for this seat! ”

Several artillery pieces fired a salvo at the city gate, and the iron-clad city gate was instantly blasted open, and the middle-aged man was paralyzed to the ground in fright.

Han Fei glanced at the middle-aged man and said lightly: "Go back and tell the King of Huainan that before it gets dark tomorrow, you must go out of the city and surrender unconditionally!" ”

(End of chapter)