Chapter 116: Above the Court
Day 2!
It was still dark, Jia Rong got up early in the morning lightly, cautiously for fear of disturbing his wife's rest, and did not eat after washing, so he hurried out of the door of Ning Mansion and headed towards the imperial city.
"It's early in the morning, it's really tormenting."
Jia Rong got out of the carriage and yawned, he was quite dissatisfied with the early dynasty system of Dayue today, and the sixth watch began to go to the early dynasty, which means that as long as you live a little farther away from the imperial city, then you must get up very early.
Like Jia Rong, who lives on the edge of Chang'an, he has to get up on the third watch, wash and eat, set off on the fourth watch, wait outside the imperial city on the fifth watch, and enter in turn on the sixth watch, when the emperor sleeps, eats, sleeps, and arrives on time, all the officials must be present.
Then everyone held a meeting for more than an hour, reported what they did before the report, how they did it, bragged and bragged, and occasionally pulled one out to kill when they were in a hurry, and then everyone broke up and what to do.
With the sound of paging and announcing the dawn in the imperial city, hundreds of civil and military officials successively arrived in carriages or directly on horseback, almost everyone carried a lantern and waited for the court, looking from afar like a long fire dragon, leaping in the early morning of Chang'an.
Jia Rong carefully searched in the crowd and saw no trace of Yu Qian, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
After the drum of the Chengtian Gatehouse, the door of Wangxian Jianfu was opened, and hundreds of civil and military officials lined up to enter, and it took a lot of time to be interrogated and finally entered the scope of the Xuanzheng Palace.
At this time, Jia Rong finally saw Yu Qian, Yu Qian was one of the high-ranking officials standing at the forefront, and Jia Rong belonged to the sesame officials who stood outside the hall waiting for the summons.
Standing outside the hall, Jia Rong felt that she was going to be abolished, and she must persuade the emperor to change the time of the court a little later in the future, who can understand the pain of getting up after resting for a long time after exercising.
And it's coming, the key is that I can't go in to listen for a while, and it's really annoying to let myself stand cold when the temperature difference between day and night alternates outside, and I can't move.
Time passed bit by bit, and just when Jia Rong was bored, the voice of the imperial guard on duty in the Xuanzheng Hall finally came.
"Xuan, Jia Rong, the general of the four ranks, enter the palace to meet you!"
"Chen Jia Rong obeys the order!"
Jia Rong hurriedly saluted, and then walked into the Xuanzheng Palace, the emperor sat on a high place, this is not the first time Jia Rong has seen the emperor, but this time it looks much more majestic than the last time, if it is really a person who relies on clothes and horses to dock, when he is sloppy, he feels like that, and he feels a momentum emanating from a serious dragon robe.
Jia Rong secretly thought in her heart: I just don't know if the emperor has ever thought about wearing the emperor's new clothes to go shopping.
Then he bowed down again and shouted: "Long live my emperor!" ”
"No courtesy, Ai Qing Ping!"
"Emperor Xie!"
"Aiqing quickly stepped forward and let me see what kind of mighty general I am to kill thousands of enemies alone."
Damn, Commander Wan also blew me too hard!
As soon as the emperor said this, Jia Rong blinked his eyes in confusion, and then walked forward slowly, he didn't dare to jump out and say that this was fake data, otherwise he would not only harm himself but also implicate the kind-hearted commander Wan.
And the eyes of the civil and military officials all fell on Jia Rong, looking at his appearance and talking about it.
Both civil and military officials unanimously believed that Jia Rong was bragging and reported false information to the emperor.
"This cowhide is too big!"
"Isn't he afraid that the emperor will go up and investigate and punish him for his crimes?"
"Falsely reporting merits is really looking for death!"
"He is still alone and kills thousands of enemies, does he think he is a lone brave?"
Only Yu Qian smiled at Jia Rong alone, although he didn't believe that Jia Rong could kill thousands of enemies by himself, but he knew that Jia Rong's exploits in the past few months were real, far beyond his original expectations.
What shocked Yu Qian the most was that Jia Rong actually took all the people who had made mistakes in Jinling for the sake of righteousness, which made Yu Qian very happy, and felt that he really didn't see the wrong person.
Yu Qian couldn't help but look forward to Jia Rong's future performance, and at the same time decided that as long as Jia Rong didn't make any big mistakes in the future, then he would try his best to protect him.
After more than a dozen breaths, Jia Rong walked slowly to the bottom of the dragon chair in the main hall.
The emperor sat on the dragon chair and looked at Jia Rong below, at this time the emperor's face looked quite majestic, and said to Jia Rong with a smile: "Aiqing, you have great merit, I will live up to you, tell me what you want, I will reward you." ”
Although the emperor said something, how did Jia Rong know what she should and shouldn't want, and what if she asked for something she shouldn't want?
After all, we are only in the court for the first time, and we have no experience, so we can't mess with the emperor's things.
After thinking about it for a while, he replied: "Thank you for the grace of Emperor Wu, everything the minister does is for my Dayue, not for anything, the minister only needs the emperor to be happy!" ”
"Hahaha!" When the emperor heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "Okay, good, I like what you say, but things should be rewarded, and I never treat every meritorious person badly." ”
The emperor's words can be regarded as a reassuring pill for Jia Rong, since it was rewarded by the emperor, it should not displease the emperor.
Thinking of this, Jia Rong hurriedly respectfully thanked again: "My emperor is wise, it is my blessing to Dayue, and it is the luck of Weichen to be able to serve the emperor!" ”
"Hmph, I didn't expect this to be a sycophant!"
At this moment, a trace of discordant sound sounded in the court, Jia Rong didn't dare to say more, and the emperor on the dragon chair glanced at the civil and military officials in the court with dissatisfaction.
"Who said this, stand up and let me see you."
"It was the minister."
A white-bearded old man dressed in the official uniform of a crane walked out and saluted the emperor.
The emperor looked at him and asked the old man, "If you have any ideas, just say it, don't chew the root of your tongue in the back." ”
As soon as she heard this, Jia Rong felt a little strange, looking up at the emperor's expressionless face, she couldn't see what he was thinking, and the person who spoke just now was actually a person in the official uniform of the ship crane, the crane represented that he was a first-class official, and it stands to reason that a bottle of adult should not personally stand up against such a hairy boy.
"Your Majesty, it's good not to treat meritorious people badly, but what is there to reward for such sycophants who can only brag!"
As soon as this person's voice fell, Yu Qian also stood up, and said with a calm face: "Lord Chen, what do you mean by this, why did my Dayue hero become a sycophant in your mouth?" ”
When Yu Qian stood up, the emperor looked at Yu Qian, and Yu Qian also met the emperor's gaze as if he had a soul.
And the old man, who was called Master Chen by Yu Qian, heard Yu Qian's words, and said coldly: "I want to ask, why is it that even this kind of person can be called a hero in the mouth of adults, who can only slap horses, brag indiscriminately, and kill thousands of enemies alone, do you believe it?" ”
"Lord Yu, tell me, do you believe that one person can kill thousands of enemies alone?"
Master Chen looked at Yu Qian with a confident expression, and Yu Qian's face also looked a little embarrassed, because this really didn't sound like the truth.
Of course, none of these things are important in Qian's heart, what matters is the emperor's attitude.