Now that Qi Jingheng announced the resumption of the activity of worshipping the heavens, all the princes and ministers in the audience were very excited, and those princes and ministers who were old-fashioned and stuck to the old rules were even more excited.

He didn't expect that his casual announcement would make his usually very stubborn courtiers excited like this.

Looking at the scene in front of him, he was a little speechless for a while, and choked for a long time before he continued: "Today has prepared delicious wine and food, the ministers have been busy for a long time, and now is the time to be rewarded. ”

Hearing this, everyone was a little surprised, originally thought that they came here today just because of the New Year, but they didn't expect the emperor to want to reward all the meritorious courtiers on the first day of the New Year.

But seriously, since Prince Yu was personally stabbed, Qi Jingheng was only busy restoring the Northern Ring Kingdom to its original state, and he didn't even think about rewarding the meritorious heroes.

Liao Luan has made great contributions in this pacification, but he is now the king of Zhennan, and he doesn't like to be in an official position, and no one knows what the emperor wants to reward him.

I don't know what else he can be rewarded.

The ill-intentioned courtiers have been removed from their posts and thrown into prison early in the morning, and all the damned ones have been killed by both light and dark methods.

It's been so long, and now it's time to be rewarded.

"Since Prime Minister Zuo returned to his hometown, our dynasty has not determined a new prime minister for a long time, and I saw that Gao Shilang had both virtue and ability, and he was meritorious, so I specially appointed him as Prime Minister Zuo."

As soon as these words were spoken, the audience was in an uproar.

Without him, Gao Yanzhi turned out to be just a small squire, and Prime Minister Zuo was the identity of one person under ten thousand people in the court, except for everyone with a title.

His identity jumped to such an extent, which was something that everyone did not expect, although everyone knew that the emperor did rely on Gao Yanzhi very much, but they did not expect that the emperor would be able to directly mention him as the prime minister of Zuo despite public opinion.

The dark tide in everyone's hearts is surging, but the face is very appreciative, very agreeable, the emperor is full of words, at this time his words have been spoken, no matter how unwilling everyone is, but they can't directly raise objections here.

This is just the way of getting along with kings and ministers.

In this action to protect the emperor, in addition to Gao Yanzhi, there is also a person with first-class merit, who is naturally Liao Luan, the king of Zhennan.

However, Liao Luan was already a person whose status was above others, and the emperor's favor for him was countless.

He almost had no room for improvement, and everyone was secretly speculating in their hearts that since Gao Yanzhi had received such a reward, then Liao Luan, who had made meritorious contributions to saving the driver, should be rewarded better.

This is a general idea that ordinary people should think of, and this is because everyone does not understand the relationship between Qi Jingheng and Liao Luan.

The two of them are very harmonious, and they are already good to an unusual point.

He didn't need to maintain the relationship between him and Liao Luan by adding officials to the knighthood, so he didn't have to worry about whether it would make him feel unfair if he didn't have enough of his boss.

Therefore, when Qi Jingheng opened his mouth and said, "The biggest hero of this escort", everyone held their breath and waited for him to open his mouth to reward Liao Luan.

"It's Princess Zhennan." As soon as he said this, the atmosphere was even more enthusiastic than just now.

When everyone thought it was Liao Luan, the emperor actually said that the biggest hero was Lin Zuiliu, which surprised the entire Qinghe Palace, whether it was a man or a woman.

Faced with such a situation, Qi Jingheng didn't have any explanation, but smiled slightly and said: "Princess Zhennan, a heroine, has meritorious service in saving drivers, is both intelligent, smart and clever, and is worried about being a first-class lady." ”

It turned out to be Mrs. Fate, or a super product!

God knows, the ladies of the entire Northern Ring Country are just those talented and virtuous ladies who have a good family and have both children.

Mrs. Chaoyipin's Destiny is a title that only those old ladies can get, and no young lady can get it.

Such an honor for her is simply hard to find from ancient times to the present day, so not only the nobles but also the ladies who have experienced the wind and waves are all very surprised.

In fact, Lin Zuiliu didn't know that Qi Jingheng would come to this show today, and he didn't tell himself in advance, and Liao Luan never said a word to himself.

But obviously, not only her, but even the queen mother and Princess Zhaoyuan didn't know, as can be seen from the shocked expressions of the two of them.

Receiving such an honor, the first thing she had to do was certainly not to be stunned, after all, it was something that could not be embarrassed by Liao Luan.

At the moment when everyone was still stunned, Lin Zuiliu had already stood up from his seat and walked to the center of the Qinghe Palace.

Her etiquette is very in place, step by step, dignified and steady, step by step the skirt has never fluttered, and then fold her hands, bow and put it in front of her head.

"Concubine Xie Zhu Longen."

Her words, which were neither humble nor arrogant, made everyone come back to their senses, and Lin Zuiliu almost instantly felt the gaze from all directions.

There were inquiries, blessings, and naturally envy and jealousy in those sights, but she didn't pay any attention to them at this time, and only bowed her head and saluted.

Then, after hearing Qi Jingheng's sentence "No courtesy", he raised his eyes and looked at the emperor sitting at the top.

"Princess Zhennan is really a rare strange woman in the Northern Ring Country, and she has such a level, so you can take the reward and retreat."

Naturally, there is no reward today, after all, the reward of Mrs. Gaoming is extraordinary, and Qi Jingheng can't prepare it all at once, so he will naturally send it to Zhennan Wangfu in the future.

However, although the reward will be given at a later date, the saint has now given it.

Gonggong Li, who was beside him, hurriedly got off the high platform, sent the holy decree to Lin Zuiliu, and whispered, "Congratulations to Princess Zhennan."

"Thank you, father-in-law." She took the saint, and then walked back without humility or arrogance.

At this time, there was silence in the main hall of Qinghe Palace, so silent that even Lin Zuiliu's originally calm footsteps became the most obvious sound.

It seems that the most important thing in this banquet is to reward the meritorious heroes, and after Lin Zuiliu stepped down, the palace began to sing and dance again, and it looked peaceful.

However, under this peace, other ideas that are surging in the dark tide of everyone sprout in their own way.

Probably because it coincided with the first day of the Lunar New Year, the banquet did not last long, and ended in the afternoon.

The crowd went out of the palace in groups of three or five as if they had entered the palace in the morning.

Lin Zuiliu and Liao Luan thought about the old lady Liao at home, and it was not good to stay in the palace longer, and then there must be a lot of things that Qi Jingheng wanted to do now, and he didn't have time to care about them anymore.

After all, it is the emperor's family matter, and Lin Zuiliu can bring up the matter, and there is no need to continue to participate.

One of the results of the investigation came a month after Lin Zuiliu exposed the matter.

At this time, it was the end of the month, and it was almost time for the emperor to sacrifice to the sky, and the news of the murder of the queen mother had not spread outside the capital, so others did not know.

The news was told to her by Princess Zhaoyuan.

She happened to enter the palace that day to meet Princess Zhaoyuan, and as soon as she entered Changle Palace, Princess Zhaoyuan mysteriously pulled her aside.

"I finally know why you shut me up that day." She knelt down in Lin Zuiliu's ear and said: "Someone dares to murder my imperial sister-in-law, God knows how much my imperial brother cherishes this child, he is really looking for death." ”

Lin Zuiliu had long known that she couldn't hide this from Princess Zhaoyuan, although she usually didn't care about anything, but the grapevine was very well-informed.

"Speaking of which, I haven't asked yet, how is the queen mother now?" It's not gossip, it's all genuine concern.

After all, the queen mother treats her sincerely, and she also wants to treat that wise woman sincerely.

"Sister-in-law, she has been in a good mood recently, but she may have been scared by this incident, and she was careful when she did anything, and she was really worried to watch."

It is indeed a worrying thing that I and the child in my belly are in danger of being murdered at any time and at any time.

But even if she knew it in her heart, Lin Zuiliu had no way to keep her away from this pain.

People in high positions always have to bear troubles that others don't have, and this is the process that the queen must go through.

It's too sad to say.

"Has the murderer been found?" She asked, frowning.

Princess Zhaoyuan shook her head regretfully, but after a while, she nodded very excitedly, "I guess it must be that noble concubine Niangniang, who commands every day, and I don't know that I think she is the master of this harem." ”

may be because Lin Zuiliu likes the relationship between the queen and the queen, and Princess Zhaoyuan follows her, and she also likes the queen more.

It's just that the queen has always been a non-contentious person, although things are done very considerately, and there is the queen's Fengyi.

However, in the matter of competing for favor in the harem, it may be that she has experienced Concubine Chen, and it is difficult for her to come up with any motivation to win the emperor's favor now.

Fortunately, Qi Jingheng is not a blind faint gentleman, and he can finally see the goodness of his queen, and now he is also very fond of the queen.

That's what makes them a little more relieved.

However, at first glance, this matter is completely Princess Zhaoyuan's speculation, and this girl is simply because she is prejudiced against Concubine Shugui, so she can misunderstand others so openly.

"Don't talk nonsense, especially in this harem, be careful who can't get used to listening to you, sneaking over in the middle of the night and pulling out your tongue."

Lin Zuiliu's words were completely alarmist, and the annoyed Princess Zhaoyuan stretched out her hand and slapped her.

"I'm telling the truth, you're squeezing me like this, and I'll have to slap him a few times to relieve this hatred if I change someone else."