"Poof!"

At this time, Concubine Mei couldn't help but smile, she glanced at Emperor Longwu coquettishly, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, don't scare Xiao Qi anymore, what if you frighten him?"

With such a smile, a roll of her eyes, and a coquettish look, Emperor Longwu's majesty suddenly disappeared, and even the atmosphere in the Baifang Pavilion became much more relaxed.

"Concubine Ai, I know you love Xiao Qi, but you can't spoil him!" Emperor Longwu shook his head with a wry smile and said, "How can you discipline him in the future if you let me do this?"

Concubine Mei pursed her lips and smiled, but she still had a smug look.

Gonggong Li secretly admired it below, the three thousand beauties in the harem were like clouds, and it was not unreasonable for Emperor Longwu to favor Concubine Mei, the latter was honest but knew how to measure the quality, which many concubines did not have.

Many concubines may not be inferior to Concubine Mei in appearance, but they either dare not even take a breath in front of Emperor Longwu, or try their best to pretend to be virtuous and virtuous, and some like to fight for the wind and be jealous and provoke right and wrong, which is really far behind Concubine Mei.

was interrupted by Concubine Mei like this, and Emperor Longwu couldn't continue to scold Yan Lingyun, in fact, most of his anger was also pretended, it was nothing more than wanting to knock on his son, so that Yan Lingyun knew that there were some things that could not be done.

"Hmph! this time, for the sake of Concubine Mei's face, I won't punish you," he said to Yan Lingyun: "But remember to be cautious in your words and deeds in the future, and you can't act arbitrarily in the future!"

Yan Lingyun saluted with relief: "Thank you for your magnanimity, my son must keep it in mind!"

Emperor Longwu snorted and said, "You just thank me?"

Yan Lingyun wiped his sweat. Hurriedly turned around and saluted Concubine Mei and said, "Son, thank you!"

He took out a white jade box that had been prepared and handed it respectfully: "This ice mantis bead is the filial piety of the son, and I ask the mother to accept it!"

Of course, the Ice Bead was given to him by Qin Yun, and Yan Lingyun certainly wouldn't covet Qin Yun's things, but with Yan Fangfei's hints and guidance, he couldn't refuse Qin Yun's kindness.

It's just that Yan Lingyun originally planned to dedicate it to Emperor Longwu, but now that there is such a situation, of course this ice mantis bead must be dedicated to Concubine Mei, if he doesn't even have this look, then it is really better to die headlong.

"Ice Mantis Beads?"

Concubine Mei's eyes lit up suddenly. Unceremoniously stretched out his hand to take it and opened it, and said with a smile: "This is the Ice Bead that has been rumored in Yanjing recently? Xiao Qi, you are so polite!"

Concubine Mei can be favored by Emperor Longwu, of course, it is related to her intelligent conduct, but her own youth and beauty are also important reasons, otherwise how can she maintain the emperor's favor when she is old and decrepit, so she is naturally particularly tempted by this legendary jewel that can stay young forever.

In fact, she knew very well who had the ice mantis beads in her hand, but those few were not characters she could easily provoke, and it was completely impossible to take them by force, so she deliberately showed her mouth.

Today, Yan Lingyun and Qin Yun came to meet Emperor Longwu. Concubine Mei's heart has some bottom, so she will say good things for Yan Lingyun. As she expected, Yan Lingyun took out the Ice Bead and offered it.

Entering the treasure bead, this noble concubine was naturally very happy in her heart, and her delicate and radiant appearance was simply overwhelming, and even Emperor Longwu looked at it with a wave in his heart, and couldn't help but reach out and grab her little hand.

Concubine Mei blushed and said angrily: "Your Majesty"

Emperor Longwu suddenly found that he had lost his temper, and his son was kneeling in front of him!

He coughed a little embarrassedly, and said warmly to Yan Lingyun: "Your filial piety is commendable." Get up!"

Yan Lingyun stood up as if he had received amnesty, and did not dare to sit back in his position.

Emperor Longwu thought for a while and said: "It's been a year since you returned from the Heavenly City Sword Sect, and it's time to go out and do something, last time you said that you wanted to go to Jingnan Town to guard Lingyang, I think your idea is very good!"

He slowly stood up and took two steps behind his back, and said: "A good man has ambitions in all directions, and Jingnan is located in a remote area and the conditions are difficult. The Great Chu in the south is eyeing the tiger, and there are still white seedlings in the 100,000 mountains, as a royal nobleman, you are willing to make contributions to the empire's defense of the frontier, I am really happy in my heart!"

"Preach the message!"

His voice had just fallen. Gonggong Li, who was standing on the steps and had been waiting for a long time, immediately stepped forward, took out a roll of yellow silk and said loudly: "The Seventh Prince, Yan Lingyun, has received the order!"

Yan Lingyun immediately pushed Jin Shan and knelt on the ground like a jade pillar, only to see Gonggong Li unfold the holy decree and read word by word: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says, the seventh son Yan Lingyun is both virtuous and virtuous and benevolent out of Jingnan County, and he will be crowned the king of Lingyang!"

Out of Jingnan County, the king of Lingyang!

This means that Yan Lingyun really has the status and title of competing for the throne of the crown prince, although it is a great test for any prince to say that Zhenjingnan County, but it is what Yan Lingyun expects.

He respectfully kowtowed to Emperor Longwu three times, stretched out his hands to receive the holy decree, and his heart was very excited.

Emperor Longwu looked at him and said, "Get up, be your Lingyang King, I will watch in Yanjing!"

"Thank you for your kindness!"

Yan Lingyun held back the excitement in his heart, stood up and sat back in his place.

Emperor Longwu turned his head to look at Qin Yun and said with a smile: "Qin Yun, you have made great achievements in Lingyang to expose the rebellion conspiracy of the Shangguan family, help Xu Jingye repel the army of 100,000 Chu States, kill dozens of enemy generals with one force, and prevent the land of the southern frontier of the empire and hundreds of thousands of people from falling into the hands of the enemy!"

"My Dayan established the country with martial arts, and meritorious service will be rewarded, what reward do you want?"

Under the gaze of his scorching gaze, Qin Yun stood up and bowed down and replied: "The battle of Lingyang can be won completely, it all depends on the lives of Lingyang's soldiers and the unity of the people, Qin Yun does not dare to be greedy for the merits of the sky, let alone ask for a reward for this!"

His answer made Emperor Longwu stunned, and Yan Lingyun was even more surprised.

Among the people present, it is still Yan Lingyun who knows Qin Yun the most, he intended to recruit Qin Yun when he was in the Heavenly City Sword Sect, knowing that he grew up in the countryside since he was a child, and later entered the Qianchao Qin Clan through the return to the sect, and was able to worship under the Sword Sect because of fate.

In Yan Lingyun's opinion, although Qin Yun's talent is extremely good, after all, he is young and from a humble background, and it is inevitable that something will go wrong when he meets Emperor Longwu, so he reminded Qin Yun a lot when he was on the road.

But he never thought that Qin Yun didn't have the slightest stage fright in front of Emperor Longwu, and he was almost impeccable in dealing with it, where he looked like a teenager from a rural background, and the children of famous families he had cultivated since childhood were nothing more than that!

It's just that this calmness and composure is far from being comparable to ordinary people.

Emperor Longwu's eyes showed a hint of appreciation, nodded and said, "I am very pleased that you can think so. ”

His tone gradually became low: "In the battle of Lingyang, 30,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, and every family in Lingyang was dressed in linen and filial piety, and I was also very sad after hearing about it, I only blamed myself for being too negligent before, so that the thieves had a chance!"

"I let Yun'er out of Jingnan, and I also have the intention of comforting the people of Lingyang and rebuilding the southern frontier, but your credit Dayan will not forget it, let alone erase it, Qin Yun, you should also accept the order!"

The holy decree given to Qin Yun was obviously prepared in advance like the one given to Yan Lingyun, and Emperor Longwu's words just now were nothing more than a temptation for him, but obviously Qin Yun's answer made this Supreme Majesty very satisfied.

For Qin Yun's contributions, the reward given by Emperor Longwu was a reward of 10,000 taels of silver, the hereditary rank of general Zuo, a set of Yanji mansions, and special access to the palace to walk with a sword!

Such a reward is definitely incomparably heavy for a child of a non-noble royal family like Qin Yun!

The reward of 10,000 taels of silver is nothing, 10,000 taels of silver is not as good as a piece of high-grade fire spirit jade that Yan Fangfei gave to Qin Yun, the mansion in the land of Yanji is extremely valuable, but it can also be bought with money, but the rank of general Fengzuo is very different.

In the military system of the Great Yan Empire, there are nine orders of generals, which are divided into first-rank Zhenguo, second-rank Zhuguo, second-rank auxiliary generals, third-rank hussar generals, fourth-rank Duhu generals and fourth-rank Wei generals, as well as fifth-rank left generals, sixth-rank right generals and sixth-rank Zhonglang generals.

Among them, the Zhenguo, Zhuguo, and Auxiliary States are known as the three generals, and the ruling side is extremely powerful.

Hussars, Duhu and Wei generals are the third generals, the left general, the right general and the middle lang general are called the three generals, although the left general Qin Yun got belongs to the lower three generals, but there are also five-rank military ranks, many people have spent their lives fighting on the battlefield, and they may not be able to climb to this position in the end.

He originally had the rank of seventh-rank Cloud Cavalry Captain, but this time he was promoted to three levels and two grades in a row!

Although it is said that with Qin Yun's current situation, it is impossible to directly enter the Great Yan army, so the title of General Zuo is only a fictitious position, but this is enough for him to rank among the ranks of the Great Yan nobles, and it can also be hereditary, which is even more rare.

As for the special entry to the palace, you can walk with a sword, which is another kind of honor, and it also represents the trust of Emperor Longwu.

Although Qin Yun was determined to pursue the martial arts, as an inner disciple of the Heavenly City Sword Sect, he would not value the rewards and honors of the empire as much as ordinary people, but there was no harm in having the emperor ** rank, and it also represented Da Yan's affirmation of his bloody battle in the Battle of Lingyang, so he was still very happy in his heart.

After the reward was completed, Emperor Longwu was very interested, waved his hand and said, "It's rare to be happy today, you two will stay here for dinner." Yun'er went to Qianning Palace to chat with the Queen Mother, her old man has been talking to you several times recently, and Qin Yun, who lives in Luoyang Palace at night, will go back together tomorrow morning!"

Qin Yun and Yan Lingyun looked at each other, no one expected that Emperor Longwu would leave the two of them to stay in the palace overnight.

Of course, neither of them had any objections, and they all stayed together.

At noon, Qin Yun and Yan Lingyun had lunch in Qianning Palace, Qin Yun accompanied Yan Lingyun to meet the Empress Dowager Cining, and the kind-hearted old Empress Dowager also rewarded Qin Yun with a piece of superb spiritual jade.

In the evening, Emperor Longwu held a family banquet to entertain Qin Yun, showing the emperor's grace.

After the dinner, Qin Yun stayed in Luoyang Palace.