Song Chengxuan's face was cold, her expression was as usual, just now her figure flashed upstairs in the teahouse, like a gust of wind, and before he could take a closer look, she had already gone without a trace.

The young Lord Song's face instantly added a bit of majesty and solemnity.

Maybe it was the long journey after the war, which made Song Chengxuan feel a little unhappy.

The documents ordered by the imperial court to enter Beijing arrived a few days late, and the emperor was frightened by Su Kun, and his suspicions became more and more serious, so he sent people to select the soldiers and horses entering Beijing to prevent anyone from taking advantage of this to cause trouble.

This is the emperor's way of kingship, carefully guarded, for fear that someone will drag him off the throne in the blink of an eye.

When they were about to go to the capital, Yongye came to talk about the actions of Zhang He and his party, although Zhang He had learned a lesson, in his opinion, it was far from enough, the Zhang family and the dignitaries in Beijing took in the displaced people by reclaiming the wasteland, and lost control over the displaced people, so that the displaced people became bandits nearby.

It happened that he had soldiers and horses trusted by the emperor in his hands, so he took the lair of those bandits overnight, grabbed dozens of people and escorted them to the capital together.

"General, what about those bandits?" The adjutant general stepped forward and asked.

"With it, someone will naturally take over when you get to the front," Song Chengxuan said, "How to deal with them, that's the matter of the yamen." ”

He has already brought people here, whether to uncover the secret of the Zhang family's reclamation of wasteland, it depends on the contest of forces in Beijing, even if the Zhang family is not pushed to the forefront, they will have to clamp their tails from now on.

"Let the team move forward quickly," Song Chengxuan instructed lightly, "Don't let the saint wait in a hurry." "There's no reason to go so slow.

Zhao Tong responded and immediately went down to make arrangements.

When they arrived at the palace gate, An Yihou, Xue Shen and Song Chengxuan turned over and dismounted, and the officials of Zhongshu Province and the Sixth Ministry immediately greeted them.

Hong Chuanting, the secretary of the military department, walked in the front with a smile on his face: "An Yihou, Xue Zongbing, Lord Song, you have worked hard. He knew that Changzhou would definitely win this battle.

When the victory report entered the capital, Hong Chuanting almost couldn't smile, now is not the time to speak, otherwise he would have to pull Song Chengxuan aside, carefully ask about the details of the battle, and by the way, talk about the old days with this Xue stinky mouth, naturally he can't forget An Yihou, these three people get together, and they are really invincible.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites also came and said: "Wait a moment, my lords, the emperor has come to greet you." ”

Immediately, someone came to collect the sharp weapons in everyone's hands, and everything was ready, only to hear the lieutenant say in a loud voice: "The holy car has arrived." ”

Everyone bowed.

"My Aiqing is quickly flattened," the emperor immediately stepped forward to support An Yihou and Xue Shen, "You Aiqing have worked hard and won this battle, and the Aiqing have made great contributions." ”

After the emperor finished speaking, he looked at Song Chengxuan again: "It is worthy of being recommended by Xue Aiqing, Song Aiqing captured the Japanese nobles alive, and with this alone, I will promote you to a general." All the soldiers are the heroes of the Great Zhou, and I will reward and compensate the soldiers according to their merits. ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live." Once again, everyone knelt down and saluted.

"Let's go, go into the palace with me." The emperor came to pull Song Chengxuan's arm in high spirits.

The emperor and Song Chengxuan were of the same age, and when they were both in their prime, they walked towards the city like this, and they felt a sense of unity between the monarchs and the ministers.

Entering the palace, the ceremonial music was played.

The young general was extremely excited.

Song Chengxuan followed the emperor slowly forward, and when he was young, he entered the palace with his father, and he also met the emperor, when the emperor had just been made the crown prince.

The emperor and his father walked in front, and he and the crown prince walked in the back, surrounded by chamberlains and female officials.

The first emperor also held his father's hand like this, the appearance of brothers, friends and brothers, the two gossiped about homely, as if they had left state affairs behind, especially when the emperor was lingering on the sickbed, he gave his father a lot of instructions, and several times he wanted to hand over the rivers and mountains of the Great Zhou Dynasty to his father, and his father immediately knelt on the ground and asked for his resignation.

In the blink of an eye, everything was like a cloud of smoke, and no one remembered the King of Wei who turned the tide and stabilized the political situation of the Great Zhou, only remembered that the King of Wei was a traitor who tried to rebel in vain.

Entering the Palace of Nourishing Hearts, the emperor sat on the throne, and Song Chengxuan and others bowed and saluted again.

"I am very pleased that there are all Aiqing in the Great Zhou," the emperor said and picked up the fold, "Now that the war is over, what do you Aiqing think is the most important thing at the moment?" ”

Xue Shen said: "The case of the eldest princess of Huayang is very involved, plus the previous smuggling case, Changzhou is already full of holes, and now the most important thing is to stabilize Changzhou." ”

The emperor pondered for a moment: "Nine out of ten Changzhou officials are no longer useful, the general army of Changzhou is stupid and incompetent, deceiving the imperial court, buying and selling military merits, and the upper and lower guards of Changzhou must also be carefully investigated," said and looked at Xue Shen, "Before the candidate for Changzhou is elected, General Xue will first take charge of Changzhou's affairs." ”

Xue Shen immediately received the order.

The emperor stood up: "It's not that I'm too suspicious, it's just that Changzhou is a big deal, and I have to entrust it to a loyal minister and a good general in order to feel at ease." ”

Everyone said yes.

The emperor looked at Song Chengxuan: "I have set up a banquet to catch the wind for all Aiqing, Marquis An Yihou and Xue Aiqing will go first, I have a few words to ask Song Aiqing." ”

An Yihou and Xue Shen walked out of the main hall, and the chamberlain immediately closed the door of the palace.

The emperor's gaze looked at Song Chengxuan again, and for some reason this Lord Song gave him a familiar feeling, but this feeling disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Song Qingke heard about something," the emperor said, "On the way back to Beijing, the female relatives of the Marquis of Anyi had a conflict with the Zhang family. ”

"Wechen has heard about it," Song Chengxuan said, "Wechen has captured some bandits because of this, and he has been escorted away by the Shuntian Mansion Yacha. ”

The emperor's face turned cold: "You didn't hide it, so do you know why there is such a thing?" ”

Song Chengxuan said: "The Queen Mother wants the Zhang family to marry the Xu family.

After the Changzhou case, the Zhang family was hit hard, Changzhou was no longer under the control of the Zhang family, and the Zhang family association today is because Miss Xu found out about Zhang Yucong's smuggling case.

If the two families marry, once they show their loyalty to the emperor, except for Zhang Yucong, the rest of the Zhang family has nothing to do with the smuggling case, and they will not take revenge on Marquis An Yi because of this.

After the marriage of the Zhang family and the Xu family, An Yihou will no longer target the Zhang family, and the Zhang family will have one less strong rival, after the battle of Changzhou, at least it can be proved that An Yihou is still a rare good general in the Great Zhou, if the Xu family can take refuge in the Zhang family, it will naturally be of great benefit to the Zhang family. ”

The emperor nodded: "In addition, the queen mother also feels that I will not agree to Song Aiqing's marriage with the Xu family, Marquis An Yihou followed the emperor to fight everywhere, and he was a person who was reused by the emperor, but because of the rebellion of King Wei, it was always difficult to get rid of the suspicion on his body," Speaking of this, his slender eyes stared at Song Chengxuan, "The courtiers I personally promoted can become my ministers, Song Aiqing can do a lot in the future, and there is no need to be suspicious because of the old cases of the former emperor, so the future is delayed." ”

"Your Majesty," Song Chengxuan's face did not change, his eyes were deep, "Weichen feels that the Queen Mother is narrow-minded and vainly trying to figure out the holy will, the Queen Mother has moved to Cining Palace, and she really shouldn't meddle in the government and politics, let alone pave the way for her mother's family.

Weichen came from a humble background, only knew that marriage was the life of his parents, and he never thought of involving the competition of interests. ”

The emperor frowned: "So, you won't listen to other people's words?" ”

Song Chengxuan said: "Exactly." ”

The emperor's face was ugly: "What if I don't agree?" ”

didn't wait for Song Chengxuan to speak.

The emperor turned around and walked out: "Outside is the celebration banquet, Song Aiqing thought carefully. ”

The emperor left the main hall, and the door of the main hall was closed.

After a stick of incense, I thought that the lieutenant walked to Song Chengxuan's side: "Lord Song, can you figure it out?" If you have figured it out, you can go to the front for the feast. ”