Chapter 535: Something More Beautiful Than Ascension
This time, it was Du Liangdi who had an accident. In fact, the matter is very simple, but Du Liangdi's father was falsely accused, and Li Linfu added fuel to the trouble, the matter will inevitably affect the prince again, and the formation seems to be not small, and there are faint signs of abolishing the prince. The prince was panicked, and in order to protect himself, he resolutely threw Du Liangdi out as at the beginning of the year, and wrote the book of righteousness again.
Poor Du Liangdi didn't do anything, but she was moved out of the East Palace and demoted to a concubine. And the Du family was also demoted to Lingnan because of Li Linfu's frame-up, and Du Liangdi's father was even killed with a cane. She was homeless after leaving the palace, and her miserable situation can be imagined.
After learning the news, Cui Pu was more than angry.
"This prince, weak and incompetent, has no responsibility, and even pushed a woman out twice in a row to be a shield! Wait and see, the cycle of cause and effect, and retribution is unhappy. Now he should do this to women, he will definitely die at the hands of women when he turns around!"
After saying this, he turned around and found that Mu Jiaojiao was looking at him for a moment, and he couldn't help but be careful and his liver jumped around.
"Lady, what's wrong?
"Nope. I'm just thinking, how can you be sure that he will die at the hands of a woman, and he's a prince anyway!"
"Hey, do you need to say that? This prince is very cowardly, and has no opinion of his own. The main reason why the crown princess Wei and Du Liangdi were abandoned by him was that the prince wanted to protect himself, but was there no reason for their own personalities? But if they were stronger, do you see if the prince dared to touch them! And such a prince must only be subdued by a strong woman in the end. When the time comes...... Hmph, you see that woman doesn't play with her! If you don't believe it, let's just bet. Cui Pu's firm word.
Mu Jiaojiao blinked. "You're drawing conclusions from your own experience, right?"
"How can it be!" Cui Pu hurriedly shook his head, "Lady, you are not such a fierce woman, and I am not a weak man like the prince...... Well, I'll admit, a little bit. But it's really just a little bit, you trust me!"
Looking at his innocent eyes, Mu Jiaojiao couldn't help but laugh. "I didn't say I didn't believe you. ”
Cui Pu hurriedly let out a long breath and patted his chest desperately with both hands. "I'm scared to death!
Mu Jiaojiao turned her head weakly, and she had nothing to say to him.
After the New Year in a blink of an eye, Cui Pu has also been dormant in Liangzhou for nearly two years. In the past two years, he has already felt the situation in Liangzhou clearly. Now that he has finally got rid of the two opposition leaders of Zhan Sima and Liu Zhifu, and everyone else has also taken the initiative to surrender to him, he has a lot of power, and finally began to roll up his sleeves to carry out drastic reforms in public order and order in Liangzhou City.
He is busy here, and the same is true for Chang'an City.
It turned out that at the beginning of this year, An Lushan still went to Chang'an, and I don't know what means, he actually recognized Yang Guifei as his mother! An Lushan was extremely filial and was very loved by Yang Guifei. Yang Guifei also asked An Lushan to ask for the title of An Lushan's concubine Duan, and the sage actually agreed and gave Duan the title of Mrs. Chen Guo.
And at this time, An Lushan's original wife Kang is still alive in Chang'an! Those who are wives do not have titles, but those who are concubines get it first, which is also unusual.
When Cui Pu learned about it, he couldn't stop sneering.
An Lushan was a good talker, and sure enough, he got the title of Mrs. Guo to the Duan family, and the Duan family was very happy.
The wives of his subordinates also came to celebrate. Some people who knew that Duan and Mu Jiaojiao had only seen their grievances suggested: "How can Mrs. Fengguo not celebrate such a big event? I am so grateful to the emperor for his grace! Therefore, why don't we hold a banquet and invite the ladies we know well to celebrate together." ”
The other person hurriedly nodded: "The surrounding knots and generals can't miss the lady." Of course, although the status of Liangzhou Cui Tingshi's wife is not as good as theirs, because she is also friendly with these ladies, we have to invite her to sit down. ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone covered their lips and laughed.
Mrs. Yipin invited her next post, Mu Jiaojiao is a three-grade order, does she dare not come? And as long as she comes, in front of Mrs. Yipinguo, she will definitely bow down and make a big salute. Moreover, on someone else's territory, how arrogant can this woman be? The Duan clan can seize the opportunity to take revenge.
Duan also smiled lightly: "This Mrs. Cui Tingshi is a wonderful person. I still remember her vividly after the last time I met. When you see it, you will never forget it. ”
The memory is still fresh in the past, and the memory is naturally Mu Jiaojiao's arrogance. I will never forget it for the rest of my life, that is to say, I want them to see with their own eyes the ugliness of Mu Jiaojiao kneeling down in front of her!
Everyone couldn't help but laugh again.
However, they were not happy for long, when they saw a maid hurrying in, with a strange face.
Duan was in a good mood and didn't scold her much, just asked lazily, "But what happened?"
"Mrs. Hui, just listen to the people over there in Liangzhou, the sage not only named you the wife of the country, but also the wife of Cui Tingshi!"
"What?" Duan stood up suddenly, "What did you seal her?"
"Mrs. Jin Guo. ”
"Mrs. Jin Guo?" Duan suddenly raised his voice, and the smugness on his face disappeared in an instant.
"What a lady of the Jin Kingdom! This time, I lost again!"
Mu Jiaojiao's title was delivered after Duan's.
In view of Mu Jiaojiao's performance last year, the leaders of the various armies at the end of the year also played to the sage to commend Cui Pu and Mu Jiaojiao's exploits, and in addition, the spoils sent to Chang'an were indeed 30 percent more than in previous years, while the casualty rate of the soldiers reported was reduced by 70 percent! The sage was overjoyed, and not only rewarded the generals from all over the country, but also allocated a large sum of silk and other things to reward Cui Pu. With a stroke of the royal pen, Mu Jiaojiao was named the lady of the Jin Kingdom.
Her husband is only an official position under the third grade, but she, who is a wife, is already a first-grade wife. This is another rare thing.
Cui Pu was not jealous when he found out, he just sneered: "This so-called Mrs. Guo is obviously deliberately made by the saint and Yang Guifei to fool you." ”
Mu Jiaojiao also understood in her heart.
She had already made it so clear to Yang Guifei. But if Yang Guifei has a sense of distress, then she will consider her advice before doing things.
However, in the past few years, the life of pampering and holding the moon with stars still makes her appetite bigger and bigger. And the dignified envoy can be willing to recognize her as her mother, bow down in front of her, and pretend to be ugly, which is definitely a huge satisfaction for her psychology. Yang Guifei likes luxury, how could she let go of such a long-faced thing?
However, although she did this, she should still have thought about the things that Mu Jiaojiao had told her afterwards! Therefore, she was inevitably worried in her heart, but she still couldn't give up this vanity, so she asked the saint to give Mu Jiaojiao such a compensation. It seems that this can cover up the weakness in her heart, or can she still hope that Mu Jiaojiao will see the title of the lady of this country to help her dispel her bad luck?
If she still hugged the latter thoughts, Mu Jiaojiao could only say that she was thinking too much.
All the prompts were prompted, but she still couldn't resist the pursuit of vanity in her heart and embarked on this path, so she would never say a word to her again.
"Since you gave me this title, it's not bad. Mrs. Jin Guo, in terms of position, it is still before Mrs. Chen Guo!" Mu Jiaojiao said softly.
The Jin Kingdom, one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, is much more powerful than the Chen State of the Duan clan who didn't know which corner he pulled out of. Therefore, even with the title of Mrs. Guo, the Duan family will not want to raise their heads in front of her in the future. This should be Yang Guifei's biggest contribution to her in this matter.
Come to think of it, they and An Lushan and their grievances, these people also know it.
Cui Pu listened, and his face became a little better: "Yes." Now that they are still a little grateful to you in their hearts, we might as well seize the opportunity to do more bad things! Otherwise, in a few days, when the surname An has completely gained a firm foothold, I am afraid that there will be no existence in the eyes of the saint and Yang Guifei. ”
"Yes, that day is indeed coming. Mu Jiaojiao shook his head.
Although it was after giving the Duan family a title, they immediately gave her another title that was slightly better. However, the two women who are not in the right place were rewarded together, and she is Cui Pu's wife, but the Duan family is just a favored concubine, comparing the two of them is definitely a great humiliation for Mu Jiaojiao. While Yang Guifei comforted her, she also greatly elevated Duan's identity.
If this reward was given in person, Mu Jiaojiao would definitely refuse.
It's a pity that Liangzhou is seven hundred miles away from Chang'an, and this holy purpose was drawn up in Chang'an, and then sent all the way here, and it is the saint Mingfa, and now it must have been recorded. She couldn't refuse if she wanted to, so she could only grit her teeth and accept it.
"It's changing so fast...... It should be faster and faster in the future!" Mu Jiaojiao said softly.
And when An Lushan came back from Chang'an, the Duan family couldn't help but hug him and cry for a long time.
An Lushan also looked apologetic: "It's my fault, I didn't expect that woman to be so powerful, she actually made the saint and the concubine like them to that point, and almost gave them benefits when they had the opportunity." However, you don't have to be too sad, the saint and the concubine are both people who sit on the top, and they are used to being touted and supported. Like the two people surnamed Cui, they may feel strange when they occasionally shake their faces, and because they are talented, they will look at them twice. But there are more talented people in this world, and few of them will be as arrogant as them. Now, the saints and concubines are obviously not as attentive to them as they used to be. Wait a few more years, and their image will be replaced by others, and it will not be too late for us to take revenge again!"
"Then we'll have to wait a few years!" Duan said, sobbing.
"It's only a few years. Endure these few years first, and then you have decades to show off your power in front of her. When the time comes, you will have a chance to earn back everything she owed you before!"
Hearing him say this, Duan finally showed a smile.
"Then I'll believe you again. You'd better talk about it, though, and don't let me down again!"
"Don't worry, it's not a matter of three times, I won't let you lose face in front of that woman a third time. An Lushan swore by the truth.
But when he thought of Cui Pu and his wife, he couldn't help but have a toothache - why were these two people so difficult to deal with? It seemed that he had to speed up his pace to win all the favor of the concubine.
This year, they did not go to Liangzhou again.
Cui Pu and his wife also had a rare year of stability - of course, just for them.
Because Cui Pu caused a violent turmoil in the officialdom of Liangzhou in the middle of last year, although not many people were finally eliminated, many people were affected. To this day, when I think of the situation at that time, many people are still trembling with fear. Everyone was frightened by his forbearance and ruthlessness, so this year, no one dared to come to him again.
The regulations issued by Cui Pu to rectify the bandits and send them the regulations on the distribution and management of the Han people and the Qiang people have also been well implemented and implemented.
Suddenly, Liangzhou City was also a lot more stable and peaceful.
Because of the training of military doctors, the rectification of bandits in Liangzhou, and other merits, Cui Pu's performance evaluation for three years has been superior. Therefore, at the beginning of the second year, the officials issued an appointment and still let him continue to serve as the assassin of Liangzhou, but the territory under his rule expanded from Wuwei County to Wuwei County, Zhangye County, Jiuquan County, Dunhuang County, Jincheng County and Hexi County.
The number of officers and men under his command has also reached more than 20,000, and his power is almost the same as that of Guo Ziyi.
"This is much more beautiful than Gao Sheng!" Cui Pu said triumphantly after being appointed.