In order to accept the admiration of the people in the capital, the border guards who won the battle in Saddle walked around the capital and went directly to the palace to accept the emperor's reward.

Emperor Jiang Tingshan and several important ministers waited in the Qianqing Palace early, after all, they won the battle in Anda, which was a stable and peaceful blessing for the entire Central Plains, and naturally they should pay attention to and give rich rewards.

The soldiers wore armor, and because they had been stationed in the northwest for a long time, their faces were a little rough and red. The order was forbidden, and he stepped neatly into the palace, and the head of the man held a brocade box containing the head of the leader of the saddle.

Wang Bao stayed in Jiangnan for about half a year, and when he saw that the embroidery workshop in Jiangnan was basically built, he returned to the capital.

Because Wang Bao is the closest chamberlain to the emperor, he has been following him since the emperor was about six or seven years old, and the emperor has become accustomed to his service. Moreover, Wang Bao is in charge of the celebrant and the East Factory, and the chamberlains in the capital need someone like Wang Bao to sit in charge.

Wang Bao watched from afar as the rewarded soldiers entered the palace gate, and ran into the Qianqing Palace while shouting in a sharp voice: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, here you are." ”

When Wang Bao entered the door to make a statement, he could hear the neat and uniform footsteps in the distance, like a rolling flood, surging towards the direction of the Qianqing Palace.

Jiang Tingshan broke out in some cold sweat on his forehead, and he couldn't sit still, his right hand was tightly grasping the armrest, and he didn't know whether it was better to sit or stand.

More than a year ago, when he demoted Chu Shancheng to the northwest, he was angry and impulsive, and he didn't expect that Old Man Gu would fall out of bed all of a sudden, and fall into the shape he is now.

Jiang Tingshan listened to the loud footsteps outside, and his heart became more and more panicked.

The great victory in the northwest, to win the saddle, to completely solve this stubborn disease is of course a good thing for the court and the country.

But for him Jiang Tingshan, he was indeed afraid that Chu Shancheng, the little overlord, would return to Beijing.

This fear comes more from the guilt in his heart, afraid that Chu Shancheng will come to him for revenge.

For more than a year, out of sight is pure, Jiang Tingshan has not heard any news of Chu Shancheng, he has no guilt at all, if he can't come back for the rest of his life and is trapped in the northwest, he will not feel guilty.

On the contrary, now, Chu Shancheng won the battle for him and returned to the capital, Jiang Tingshan felt guilty.

And not only guilt, but also panic!

Jiang Tingshan finally walked down from the dragon chair with his hands behind his back, and was in the same column as the courtiers, but the bright yellow dragon robe was particularly conspicuous among the crowd.

The soldiers were very orderly, except for the one who was holding the brocade box at the head, all the others stood outside the door, standing in place in a neat place, like rows of scarecrows, motionless.

The general holding the brocade box lowered his head, walked into the dormitory with clean steps, stood still in front of the emperor, knelt down on one knee, lifted the brocade box above his head, and did it in one go: ", Minister, Kuang Shiguang, the general of the Northwest Frontier, see Your Majesty, long live the emperor, long live long live!" ”

Jiang Tingshan helped him up with a smile: "Okay, good." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Wang Bao next to him and motioned for him to take the brocade box aside.

Jiang Tingshan just stood in front of Kuang Shiguang, and he could smell a smell of blood and rot filling the tip of his nose.

Wang Bao bowed forward, quietly held the brocade box in his arms from Kuang Shiguang's hand, bowed down again, and handed the brocade box to the little eunuch next to him.

After Jiang Tingshan helped Kuang Shiguang up, he said to him with relief: "In this battle, you have really worked hard, almost one enemy and one hundred, who dares to imagine that your team of hundreds of people has actually got rid of the stubborn disease of Saddle for the country." ”

Kuang Shiguang was not nervous in the face of the emperor, although he lowered his head, he spoke calmly: "The emperor praised it falsely, our battle is still thanks to Chu Shancheng Chu Gongzi and our internal and external cooperation, so we can have such a victory!" ”

Jiang Tingshan's tone was full of surprise, as if it was the first time he had heard about this matter: "Yes, General Kuang, it seems that I am going to reward this Chu Gongzi well, then- invite this Chu Gongzi out?" ”

Since Jiang Tingshan saw that it was not Chu Shancheng who came to return to him for this great victory in the northwest, he felt uneasy in his heart, and he didn't know what Chu Shancheng was going to do.

Kuang Shiguang suddenly knelt down again, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, on the way back to Beijing, Gongzi Chu told me that he was not a person in the barracks, and he should not enter the palace with us to be rewarded. ”

Jiang Tingshan smiled on his face, but he was extremely irritable in his heart.

Chu Shancheng: What does this mean?

"It's not from the barracks," I'm afraid I can say it to myself. Let yourself have a thorn in your heart, and carefully weigh the fact that he didn't give Chu Shancheng an official or a soldier at the beginning, so he let him go to the northwest alone.

Jiang Tingshan didn't have the heart to help Kuang Shiguang up from the cold ground, so he returned to the dragon chair and sat down, and summoned the Jinyi guard.

It didn't take long for Leng Zhongjie, who was carrying an embroidered spring knife, to come in with a cold face: "Your Majesty, what do you command?" ”

The emperor didn't even have a reluctant smile on his face, and asked in the emperor's cold tone, "Do you know where Chu Shancheng is now?" ”

Leng Zhongjie seemed to have known that the emperor would ask, and he had already prepared the answer in his heart, so he replied: "Back to the emperor, Chu Shancheng is kneeling at the door of Gu Weijun's room, the old man of the Gu family, at this moment, and he has been kneeling for several hours. ”

Jiang Tingshan let out a sigh slowly, as soon as Chu Shancheng came back, his head began to hurt again, he pressed his temple between his right hand, closed his eyes as if he was helpless to punch cotton, and spit out the words: "Okay, go down." ”

His gesture of welcome was in vain, but a stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

Chu Shancheng didn't want to see him, and he didn't want to see Chu Shancheng.

Chu Shancheng went to give Gu Weijun filial piety, in this matter, he, as the emperor, was already wrong, and he couldn't be harsh.

Then go with Chu Shancheng, but today's expression was done in vain.

Jiang Tingshan opened his eyes and unconsciously looked in the direction of the minister, Chu Shimao.

Chu Shimao looked like an old god and didn't care, his eyes were almost closed, and he stood aside without saying a word.

He is miserable as an emperor, but there are even worse, didn't Chu Shancheng not see his own father Chu Shimao!

This is a gentleman, forget it, let him go.

waved his hand to let Kuang Shiguang go down first, and the team of hundreds of people blocked the gate of the Qianqing Palace, covering the sun, making the hall look gray and gloomy, and the mood was depressed.

He turned his head and said to Leng Zhongjie: "Go and give Chu Shancheng an order, after all, he has made a contribution to quelling the rebellion against Anda, let him go to Dali Temple to be a Shaoqing for a while, and I will arrange for his specific whereabouts." ”