Chapter 225: Asking for Grace - Expressions
After the salute, everyone sat down one after another, and Emperor Jianzhang smiled and raised his glass.
"General Yan is the minister of my Great Sign, between him like the pillar of the Great Sign, guarding the north, this time with the Huns is a great victory, worthy of the great sign of the victorious general.
Therefore, today is a celebration banquet and a reception banquet, and all Aiqing and I toast to General Yan. Emperor Jianzhang said with a smile.
Hearing Emperor Jianzhang's admiration for Yan Qifeng so much, the civil officials led by Song Yuandao secretly exchanged a look, smiled and raised a glass to Yan Qifeng with Emperor Jianzhang.
When Emperor Jianzhang advocated the crusade against the Xiongnu, they did not agree, and now even if Yan Qifeng won the war, they are still unhappy.
Civilian officials and military attachés seem to be inherently opposites, civilian officials look down on military attachés for being vulgar and only know how to fight, kill and kill, and military attachés dislike civilian hypocrisy and only know how to play lip service.
Yan Qifeng got up with a wine glass and bowed to Emperor Jianzhang, "Your Majesty praises falsely, this is what a minister should do." ”
"What I said is what I said from my heart, the general is for the sake of the people, for the sake of the great levy, and the soldiers are bravely killing the enemy in front, it is worth saying this." Emperor Jianzhang smiled and said, "The general is your celebration banquet today, and you are the protagonist, don't be so restrained, sit down."
Today, I have specially instructed the Imperial Dining Room to prepare today's dishes, and you can taste them later, and see which dishes are made to your heart's content, and then bring back which Imperial Chef. ”
Emperor Jianzhang's words were deeply meaningful, Yan Qifeng was very moved when he heard it, it was his luck to have such a king who trusted him wholeheartedly.
You don't see, how many generals in history who have made great achievements did not die on the battlefield, but died in the suspicion of the king.
There is a saying that since ancient times, kings have been suspicious, and accompanying kings is like accompanying tigers.
But he has never felt suspicion and jealousy in his body today.
The crown prince, who was sitting under Emperor Jianzhang, looked at General Yan's deeply moved appearance, and the corners of his lips unconsciously raised.
He has been with Emperor Jianzhang since he was a child, learning the way of the emperor, cultivating the rituals of the kings of the past dynasties, taking the essence from them and removing the dross.
He had seen many examples of emperors beheading generals from history books, and he also wondered why his father trusted General Yan so much.
But his father taught him that those who are emperors and one person are heavens, although they are in power, they must judge the situation and make the best use of things, and make the best use of their talents.
Since you have given him trust, you should not be easily suspicious, and if you want to be a gentleman and a minister, you must give the other party enough trust.
Now it seems that General Yan is worthy of his father's trust in him.
"Yes, General Yan, Your Majesty is right, you are the hero of my great recruitment, and the lower official will give you another drink." Zhang Qi got up and said with a smile.
Yan Qifeng and Zhang Qi were originally old acquaintances, raised a glass to him with a smile, and then drank it all.
"Good!"
"General Yan, the lower officials also respect you!"
"And the lower officials!"
Zhang Qi made a start, and then many people also coaxed to toast, Yan Qifeng remembered that this was in the palace, in order to prevent inappropriateness in front of the palace, he drank a few more glasses, and then refused the toast after that.
Looking at Yan Qifeng, who was surrounded by everyone and complimented, Song Yuandao snorted coldly, just a martial artist.
After hearing his cold snort, the civil officials surrounding Song Yuandao also whispered words slandering Yan Qifeng.
"What's the big deal, isn't it just to repel the Huns."
"That is, not to be a soldier is to fight, isn't it to win a battle, as for it! I don't know what to do. ”
Li Su's seat was not far from them, and he could just hear their voices, although he had no expression on his face, he was very disdainful in his heart.
These people only know how to eat corpses and slander others, and the little skills in the early years have long been exhausted in the day by day, and now they have no real skills at all, and it is time to remove these scum from the court.
The people who were slandering Yan Qifeng suddenly felt a chill on the back of their necks, and they were still happy, but they didn't know that someone had already sharpened their knives.
Although Song Yuandao disliked Yan Qifeng because of the party strife in the court, he still recognized him personally, and the generals who fought for the country would always be respected by others.
Thinking of this, Song Yuandao's eyes darkened, but he was only respectful, and he would not hesitate in the slightest when it was time to start.
"Okay, don't talk about it, and don't look at what this place is." A group of fools, they don't understand the truth that the wall has ears, why are there so many fools on his side, Song Yuandao couldn't help but question his soul.
"Yes."
The people who were chattering just now were silent after hearing Song Yuandao's rebuke, and they all stopped talking.
After three rounds of drinking, everyone was already slightly drunk, Emperor Jianzhang was in a good mood today, and couldn't help but drink a few more glasses, and the prince on the side couldn't help but persuade, "Father, drinking hurts your body, it's better for your father to drink less." ”
As soon as Emperor Jianzhang wanted to return to him, he saw Li Su stand up from his seat, "Your Majesty, today is the celebration banquet of General Yan, and Weichen dares to ask His Majesty for a favor." ”
As soon as Li Su stood up, the eyes of everyone in the hall couldn't help but look at him, and hearing his words, many people were guessing what he was doing.
Si Ning just glanced at him, and then withdrew his gaze, he had nothing to do with her now.
However, Song Yanqing looked at his abnormal behavior, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.
Emperor Jianzhang was already happy today, and Li Su was originally a capable minister he fancied, so hearing him make such a humble request, he naturally had nothing to do.
"You have solved a few big cases in a row, and you really deserve to receive a reward, say what grace you want to ask for, no matter what grace you ask, I will promise you."
Yan Qifeng looked at the young man standing in the hall, it turned out that he was Li Su, the secretary of the Criminal Department who had recently become famous, looking at His Majesty's attitude towards him, he was really very trusted by His Majesty.
"Your Majesty, Weichen is pleased with Si Ning, the county lord of Changle, and wants to ask His Majesty for marriage." Li Su said with a serious face.
Si Ning: !!
All:!!!
As soon as Li Su's voice fell, everyone was shocked, why did he suddenly like the county lord of Changle, didn't it mean that the county lord of Changle had no result in love with him and gave up, what was going on?
Emperor Jianzhang was also startled when he heard this, and the wine in the wine glass was spilled.
"What did you say?!" Emperor Jianzhang asked in disbelief, he seriously suspected that he had heard it wrong just now, why did Li Su suddenly like A-Ning?
The prince on the side also frowned and looked at Li Su who was standing in the hall with a serious face, didn't he dislike Ah Ning before? What's going on here?
Although he is good friends with Li Su, A-Ning is also his sister, and he will not let anyone bully A-Ning.