Two rows of gold-armored warriors lined up from the Taihe Hall all the way to the Wumen Square, and the huge horns were countless.

Countless drums are beaten every fifty paces, at the right time.

Nearly 10,000 Yulin troops also lined up, lined up, and stood all over the palace.

In the morning, the sound shook the earth and resounded.

Under the leadership of Liu Maolin and Cai Bingwen, the civil and military officials walked outside the Taihe Palace, waiting for the door, waiting for the arrival of the empress.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, the chief governor of the twelve houses in the palace, the chief eunuch Le Gonggong, walked out of the Taihe Palace, cleared the throat of the male duck, and said, "Ascend to the palace." ”

The civil and military officials turned into the Taihe Hall in an orderly manner, and a piece of purple clothes knelt in two rows.

The empress, supported by Narcissus, sat on the dragon chair.

Looking around, the empress waved her hand, and Father-in-law Le understood, so he picked up a volume of holy decrees from the table of the dragon book, opened it, and read aloud: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the anti-thief Guangling King rebelled, plotted to usurp the throne, and harmed my Suiyang Jiangshan Sheji, today, fortunately, Marshal Wang Xiaolai saved Sui Yang and the danger, saved the people and the water and fire, lasted seven months, and eliminated the rebel party..."

Le Gonggong said a lot, and the civil and military officials were a little tired of listening.

Finally, half an hour later, with the call of Father-in-law Le to invite Marshal Wang Xiaolai to lead the generals to the palace, the officials were clever and came to their senses.

They turned their heads to look out, and they saw that Wang Xiaolai, who was dressed in military uniform, pressed the sword in his hand, walked from outside the hall, and when he arrived at the entrance of the palace, Wang Xiaolai led the way and returned the sword hanging from his waist to the warrior in front of the palace.

Subsequently, Wang Xiaolai led Jin Shichang, Ning Shiguang, Shen Xiping, Liu Mianyi, Bai Wenle, Ning Xijia Kang, Pei Fang Lei Chong, as well as Xian Jingyu, Kong Ai (two stunned) and other cadres to the palace.

Originally, Xian Jingyu was not in the ranks of the rewards, after all, he participated in the war as Wang Xiaolai's general.

But the empress insisted, and she could only bring Xian Jingyu up.

Leading the generals to the palace, Wang Xiaolai took nine steps forward, and those generals stopped after walking three steps.

In the end, Wang Xiaolai led the way, lifted his robe, and knelt down on one knee: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

The empress looked at Wang Xiaolai and other generals, the corners of her eyes unconsciously curved, she smiled happily, stood up and said, "Zhong Aiqing, please get up, please get up." ”

Wang Xiaolai led the way, and the generals stood up.

The empress stepped down from the dragon chair and said with her hands behind her back: "In this Zhao Sui rebellion, fortunately, you have worked tirelessly, overcoming thorns and thorns, bless me Suiyang and protect the people of Suiyang. Grandpa Gao left a holy decree on the founding of the country that day, the heroes were not rewarded, and the national fortune was not long in coming, today, I held a reward ceremony in the Taihe Hall to reward all the heroes. ”

Wang Xiaolai hugged his fist with his head: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

The empress laughed and raised her chin at the camellia who was waiting at the door.

Camellia understood and turned to go.

I only heard the drums outside thundering, shouting in unison.

After a while, Camellia returned with a wooden box, went to the main hall, opened the wooden box, and inside, Zhao Sui's head was lying.

The empress frowned, and snorted: "Sprinkle lime, make a good wooden body, and march in Daxing City for three days." ”

"Yes."

Camellia turned and went.

The empress also turned around and went to the dragon chair, turned around, she beckoned, and Grandpa Le put down the holy decree in his hand before, picked up another one, and said, "The generals will listen to the order." ”

At this moment, everyone knew that the reward was about to begin.

Hearing this, Father-in-law Le took a deep breath and shouted, "Wang Xiaolai listens to the seal." ”

Wang Xiaolai stepped forward and knelt down.

"Wang Xiaolai, the servant, has been invincible and invincible since he commanded the army. In the battle of Hongnong, more than 10,000 rebels were wiped out, and the thief leader Zhao Lin was captured alive. In the first battle of the Long Snake Valley, 20,000 enemy soldiers were broken, and the two armies of Nanyang Wancheng were taken, and the battlefield was far away from Sizhou. In the battle of Runan, the thief Xue Tong was captured alive, and after that, he galloped thousands of miles to aid Daxing City, and the savior was high, and he attacked the enemy all the way into Yangzhou, quelled the rebellion, and rewarded him for his meritorious deeds. Bestow the title, Marquis Wu, and receive the position of general! ”

Hearing this, Wang Xiaolai was taken aback, what? The general's position was known before Wang Xiaolai came, but the empress had never discussed it with him.

Not only Wang Xiaolai, but even the ministers in the palace were surprised, how did the empress give Lu Gongyou's title to Wang Xiaolai?

Looking up, the empress chuckled faintly, and then looked at the narcissus next to her, which also looked like she had known it for a long time.

All of a sudden, everyone lowered their heads and began to think, isn't it, the two of them discussed?

Many people secretly turned their eyes to Liu Maolin, the key is that Liu Maolin didn't know the empress's decision, and stood in place in wonder.

Among the ministers, there were those who were happy, those who were surprised, and there was no lack of those who were angry.

The happy, naturally, are Fan Lin and Lu Yiping, and the surprised ones are some unnamed tricksters, annoyed, besides Feng Qingyun, who else will it be?

originally thought that giving Wang Xiaolai a position of a general would be enough to reflect the empress's attention to him, but Feng Qingyun didn't expect that the empress even gave Wang Xiaolai the title of Marquis of Wu.

What does this mean?

Wang Xiaolai's rise is already unstoppable.

The future triumvirate of the DPRK and China has taken shape.

Looking back at himself, he is just a servant of the Criminal Department, even if he has the support of the royalists behind him, how can he fight Wang Xiaolai?

Thinking of this, Feng Qingyun is annoyed in his heart.

The empress snorted and looked at the expressions of the officials.

Starting from the Taihe Palace, it was spread out layer by layer, and the fact that Wang Xiaolai was awarded the title of Marquis of Wu and the general was passed on to the outside of the palace.

Poor party, Wang Xiaolai, was still kneeling on the ground and didn't react.

The empress snapped her fingers, and a eunuch walked over with a sandalwood plate and two official seals on it.

One is Wuhou's, and the other is the general's.

The eunuch arrived, bent down, and placed the tray parallel to Wang Xiaolai.

Wang Xiaolai looked up at the empress, and his eyes narrowed with a smile at the empress.

Taking a deep breath, Wang Xiaolai reached out and took the tray, and then bent down to bow: "Minister, Wang Xiaolai, thank Your Majesty for your grace." ”

After speaking, Wang Xiaolai stood up and took two steps back.

The empress smiled and waved her hand to signal Grandpa Le to continue.

Jin Shichang stepped forward to listen to the seal.

Jin Shichang took a step forward and knelt down: "The last will be." ”

"Guerrilla Captain Jin Shichang, since he commanded the army, he has been bold and loyal. The battle of Hongnong, the capture of the thief Zhao Lin alive, the battle of the Long Snake Valley, the sneak attack on the traitor Zhumaguan, and then the battle of Runan, lure the enemy deep, beheaded the enemy general Xu Ying, and made a lot of contributions, was sealed, General Anton! ”

"Minister, thank you."

Ning Shiguang stepped forward to listen to the seal.

"The end will be."

"Tongguan guards Yu Ning Shiguang, since he joined the army, he has worked hard and complained. Guarding Tongguan for 20 days, thwarting the rebels, and then, in the battle of the Long Snake Valley, he attacked Nanyang Wancheng, made meritorious contributions, was awarded, and was a cavalry general. ”

"Minister, thank you."

"Shen Xiping, Liu Mianyi, Ning Xi Jia Kang, Pei Fang Lei Chong, stepped forward to listen to the seal."

The six generals stepped forward in unison.

"Since the beginning of the army, the six generals have not participated in any battle, have not moved forward without a war, and have been sealed, Zhonglang generals."

"Thank you."

After rewarding these people, Father-in-law Le looked at Bai Wenle, who was still kneeling at the end.

The latter was also worried at this time, he was originally a pirate, fundamentally, there was something wrong, although Wang Xiaolai kept comforting him that he was fine, but Bai Wenle still felt a little worried.

"Ordinary people Bai Wenle!"

Hearing his name called, Bai Wenle was smart, and hurriedly stepped forward: "The grass people are here." ”

"Bai Wenle, Hara..."

Father-in-law Le just wanted to speak, but was stopped by the empress.

Seeing this, Father-in-law Le hurriedly bowed and took two steps back from each other.

The empress stood up and said, "Bai Wenle, you were originally born as a pirate, fundamentally speaking, you are not allowed to be an official. ”

Bai Wenle's face suddenly became difficult to look at.

The empress said: "However, I, Sui Yang, am not the state of foolishness, and I am not the foolish king, this time to quell the chaos, you attacked Guangling, trapped Zhao Sui, and made a lot of contributions, I plan to form a naval army in Sui Yang, I don't know, are you interested?" ”

Bai Wenle's face was swollen red when he heard this, and it seemed that what the adults had told him before was true.

His head slammed into the ground: "The grass people dare to disobey their fate!" ”

The empress laughed: "Bai Wenle obeys. ”

"The minister is here."

"Named you the general of Zhenhai, the commander of the Suiyang Navy Corps, all your previous departments are classified as the navy, how to rise and expand, everything is discussed with the general Wang Xiaolai."

"Minister, obey!"