Emperor Tianyou pulled Qin Lei into the car and signaled him to stand side by side on the chariot and accept the cheers and worship of all the people. Qin Lei did not want to make everyone look at him for some vain. He smiled slightly, but took a step back and stood behind Emperor Tianyou.

Emperor Tianyou grabbed his cuff and pulled him to his side without any trace, saying in slightest: "Have it calmly." Qin Lei had to stand on his own.

After accepting the service of the people, Emperor Tianyou and Qin Lei returned to the palace from Chengtianmen, and held a big banquet in the Taihe Hall, Baohe Hall, Jin'an Hall and Yin'an Hall to celebrate Prince Wucheng's triumphant success. The palace maids and palace maids led the princes and ministers, civil and military officials to sit in their seats, and the wine and food came up like flowing water, and they passed the cup, hairpin, flowers, drums, and zithers, which made a great banquet scene.

Emperor Tianyou and Qin Lei naturally accompanied the most noble Hall of Supreme Harmony, including princes and dukes, three masters and ministers, six ministries and nine generals, and great achievements. They were either noble or important.

Emperor Tianyou pulled Qin Lei and sat side by side with him on the upper head. Qin Lei wanted to refuse again, but Emperor Tianyou insisted on pulling him down and raised his glass and said, "Your family." Then a melodious chime sounded, reminding the officials in the hall to be quiet.

Looking at His Highness’s heroes and honors, Emperor Tianyou’s elegant and gentle voice sounded: “It has been nine months since the army set out last year. What kind of crisis has I faced in the past nine months? What difficulties have I encountered? I know, everyone here knows that the people in the world are also clear.”

Following the emperor's words, everyone recalled the ups and downs of the past year, and was filled with grief and sighed. Qin Lei was also filled with emotion, but the people in the capital were like a thorn lying on his heart. No matter how great the honor was, he couldn't feel comfortable.

Qin Lei sat there quietly, with some emotions turbulent in his chest - many people did not understand his various behaviors over the past year. Even if he was close to his subordinates, he could not help but indirectly advise him not to be too stupid, but to consider his own interests. It is no exaggeration to say that this period of time has been the most questioned period. Although Qin Lei smiled it, he really wanted to ask them - how can there be a complete egg when the nest is destroyed?

People are not sages, who can be selfless? Qin Yutian is also selfish. But he is clear-headed and knows that he is surrounded by people, calling the wind and rain, worshipped by thousands of people, and being supported by hundreds of people, not because he is a good-hearted person in Qin Lei, but because he is the prince of the Qin Dynasty. If Qin State is gone, what is the meaning of him? Can everything about him still exist?

It is true that he ultimately wanted to defend his status and protect everything about himself, but he was willing to take risks and was not afraid of sacrifice, saving the billions of people of the Qin Dynasty; saving the national destiny of the Qin Dynasty and saving the wealth of everyone at this banquet is an ironclad fact!

However, what did these people who were saved by him do? During the entire Tongguan offensive and defensive battle, he did not get a reinforcement or a grain of food... and there was no words of condolence. Now welcoming with each other with a warm welcome, what would you do long ago? If you could help, would I die so many brothers?

As he thought about it, Qin Lei's face became more and more gray. He had to force the corners of his mouth to raise so that his expression would not be too horrible.

Looking at the surging younger brother beside him, Emperor Tianyou said in a deep voice: "Fortunately, the sky did not destroy my Great Qin, and he lowered a pillar of the country and the mainstay for my Great Qin, which supported the general building; let my Great Qin go from a pile of loose sand to a rock-solid unity; from clouds all over the sky, soldiers approached the city to the clouds and fog dissipated, and defeated the enemy for thousands of miles. My Great Qin finally defeated the arrogant Duke of Qi, finally turned danger into safety, and finally created a miracle that turned the tide!"

As he said that, he raised Qin Lei's left hand with his right hand, Emperor Xinghua's face turned slightly red: "The creator of this miracle is my younger brother, Prince Wucheng Qin Lei Qin Yutian! When almost everyone was desperate about the status quo, he stood up, regardless of personal safety, took on important responsibilities, and saved the country's danger! When the situation was in chaos and the country was in a desperate situation, he took on it with all his strength and struggled to survive until the victory came!"

Finally, hearing a few words of human words made Qin Lei feel slightly depressed and his expression finally relaxed.

Emperor Tianyou held Qin Lei's hand with excitement, as if he wanted to draw the fearless courage from him. He only heard his voice becoming louder and louder, and his tone became louder and louder: "No matter how complex and difficult the situation is, or how dark the prospect is, he has never given up hope and always insisted on his efforts and struggle! It is no exaggeration to say that without his unconcerned efforts and without his sacrifice to take into account the overall situation, our Qin Dynasty will undoubtedly be destroyed, and I, the emperor, became the king of the country; you princes and ministers, will all be imprisoned by the underworld!"

Everyone was silent and nodded.

The emperor suddenly changed his tone and said with a deep expression: "Compare him, what have we all done to enjoy our lives?" He said, "Since I ascended the throne, I have issued seventeen decrees in a row, requiring the Ministry of Revenue to allocate supplies to Tongguan; the Ministry of War sent more reinforcements to Tongguan! Why did there not a grain of food until the end of the war, and a team of reinforcements were sent to Tongguan City!"

Qin Lei suddenly realized, and the ministers present also realized that His Majesty was going to declare war with this victory that had nothing to do with the Grand Marshal!

Several great scholars quickly stood up and apologized, "Your Majesty is all the fault of me." All the ministers in the hall also stood up and said, "Your Majesty is guilty, please punish me."

"Don't rush to take responsibility!" Emperor Tianyou waved his hand and said, "If you have any responsibility, you have no responsibility!" He said, "Today is a happy day, so I won't be held accountable one by one. After I go back, I will give some comments to talk about my views on this matter, and see why such a shameful situation occurs. I will see it before noon tomorrow!"

Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. As soon as they thanked me, they listened to the emperor's tough words: "But there are two people who can't explain to the emperor's brother without asking, and they can't explain to the soldiers who died without asking!" As they said that, they glanced at the right and said: "Li Qing, Qian Weiyong, the officials of your Ministry of War and Ministry of Revenue, should you explain to me and Prince Wucheng?"

Qian Weiyong was nothing. Li Qingke burst into anger. Although he was not very smart, he also knew that Emperor Tianyou suddenly started attacking and all the swords were slashed at his Li family. Today, his brother said that he was unwell and did not attend today's ceremony. He was the only one who could speak on behalf of the Li family.

‘I have to resist this critical moment!’ Li Qing stood up with a blue face, but his head was high, like a victorious rooster.

The hall was solemn, and there was no joyous atmosphere at the beginning. People held their breath and quietly watched the first confrontation between the Qin and Li families during the Tianyou period.

"Why don't you obey your orders and refuse to save me when you die?" Although the two people were asked, Emperor Tianyou's eyes, which looked like Nai's father, stared at Li Qing alone.

But Li Qing ignored it and pointed his nostrils at His Majesty the Emperor.

Emperor Tianyou had no choice but to say angrily: "Qian Weiyong, you talk first!"

Qian Weiyong quickly bowed his head and apologized: "Your Majesty, in order to raise military salaries for the front line, the Ministry of Revenue has stopped all expenditures last year. Even officials at all levels only paid half of their salary, which saved 3.73 million taels of official silver. According to the list issued by the Ministry of War, all the supplies were purchased and allocated to the Ministry of War... All of this has real evidence. Your Majesty can send someone to investigate in detail!"

"Whose is there, which one?" Emperor Tianyou asked in a deep voice.

"Ministry of War." Seeing Li Qing, Qian Weiyong completely cleared his mind.

"Ministry of War, Qian Shangshu said that all the money and grain were allocated to your Ministry of War. Why didn't you allocate materials or send reinforcements?" Emperor Tianyou had to name directly.

"The Ministry of War has indeed received supplies, and it has indeed not sent reinforcements." Li Qing's heart was overturned, and he thought about the words carefully, and after a long time he lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, you also know that we were on the road of Qi and were blown up to the road to return to China. The Taiwei had to take the troops to discard the baggage and war horses, cross mountains and ridges before returning to the country. And our Qin Dynasty is all cavalry, and we cannot go into battle without the armor of war horses. Therefore, we must first replenish and then go into battle."

"You mean that the supplies are used to supplement reinforcements, but the reinforcements didn't have time to set off, right?" Emperor Tianyou asked coldly.

"Your Majesty is wise, I am the one who is the one who is in this way." Li Qing said in a muffled voice.

"Absurd, why can Prince Wucheng block hundreds of thousands of Qi troops without repairing it?" Emperor Tianyou slapped the table and said, "Even if you are really unable to fight, you should send out the supplies. How can you occupy the pit and not leave Gong?"

"That's because the Taiwei is planning the curtain!" Li Qing said on the top of the head: "There are natural dangers at the entrance of Tongguan, and it is also full of materials. With Prince Wucheng's natural attitude, the court does not need to allocate one army and one grain to keep the Qi army out! Instead of adding more materials in one fell swoop, it is better to use the good steel on the blade and restore our combat power to counterattack Qi!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Qin Lei, who had a gloomy face and said, "The prince was able to win before the reinforcements set out, which shows that the Taiwei was completely up to his mind, so how could he blame his subordinates instead?" These words were inconsistent and were extremely difficult to refute. They were definitely not something that Li Qing could say at his level. Obviously, there was an expert behind them!

Seeing everyone looking at each other, Li Qing squeezed two more tears and kowtowed and cried, "Your Majesty and your colleagues don't think about it. My eldest brother's three sons and three tigers were broken on the Muyeyuan of Qi. My Li family and Qi are so bitter. Moreover, the last son of the eldest brother, Si Hai, is also trapped in Tongguan City. Even if the eldest brother has a selfish intention, how could he not save him?" As he said that, he burst into tears and said, "Your Majesty, you can tell the truth. My Li family's loyalty can tell the sun and the moon, and you will have no shame in the world..." But he cursed in his heart: 'This hand works. If it doesn't work, he will definitely pull out the beard of Mr. Yin's old bastard!'

After crying and clamoring, and fighting, he actually eliminated the long-planned attack that Emperor Tianyou had planned to invisibly. This made the emperor, who thought he was sure to win, look particularly ugly and was so angry that he couldn't speak for a moment.

Qin Lei saw that I should stop being stubborn, so I would say a few words, then cleared my throat and said, "Mr. Li is considerate. Lao Chengming Guo means that your family is like that."

He spoke directly to the Li family, which was beyond Li Qing's expectations. He thought to himself: 'Old Yin didn't teach me what to say.' But he couldn't help but answer, so he had to wipe his tears and said: "Your Majesty understands it."

"But the front-line war has been settled, Tongguan City has been defended, Hangu Pass has also been recovered," Qin Lei said as he played with the wine glass in his hand: "I wonder what is the purpose of Mr. Li using so many troops and reserves so many supplies?"

"Well..." Li Qing scratched his head and said, "It was originally planned to counterattack Qi, but who knew that the prince was moving too fast, and it seemed that he would not be able to use it."

"Oh," Qin Lei sat upright and said coldly: "How bad this battle was fought, you know in the newspaper. Should the Ministry of War give the Lone King an explanation?"

"That's natural." Li Qing nodded and said, "I will give the prince an explanation."

"What explanation?" Qin Lei smiled again and said, "The Lone King must know now."

"The losses will be supplemented, and the deaths will be compensated." Li Qing secretly complained in his heart. He really didn't want to make this blood, but Qin Lei was the biggest today. How could he refuse the request he made?

"Okay!" Qin Lei slapped his thigh and said, "I will feel relieved if you say this." He bowed to the emperor and said, "Brother, I have a reluctant request."

"Brother, please speak." Emperor Tianyou smiled reluctantly.

"Today is a very happy day," Qin Lei smiled faintly, "Let's just put unpleasant things aside and let everyone start the meal first." The ministers also looked at the emperor pitifully and said to himself: 'The food is cold, and you will have a stomachache after eating it.'

Knowing that he had broken again, Emperor Tianyou said with ease: "Let's get started." Suddenly, drums and music sounded, and the singing sang, dispelling the murderous aura that filled the hall.

Emperor Tianyou was in a bad mood, and his wine glass was just a little bit touched, and he whispered: "My brother and everyone have a feast. After the fun, don't forget to pay tribute to the emperor and grandmother, and then go to the back to talk to me." After saying that, he looked at Li Qing, who seemed to be nothing, and got up and brushed his sleeves and left the table.

After seeing off the emperor, everyone stood up to toast Prince Wucheng. Qin Lei refused everyone. After dozens of glasses of fine wine, he stood up and bowed and said, "The rain field is enough, and I have to pay my respects to the emperor and grandmother. If you drink it again, you will overdose it." He moved out the old lady, and everyone had nothing to say, so he had to praise him, "The prince is filial, how can we stop it?"

"Then I'll lose my companion, everyone." Qin Lei bowed, then left the hall and went to the harem.

As soon as he left the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Qin Lei found a corner to stand, regulate his breath, transported Zhoutian, and used the immortality technique taught by Le Buyi. He had achieved some success now, and just a Zhoutian, he evaded the alcohol all over his body and his mind returned to the clarity.

After slowly opening his eyes, Qin Lei saw Shi Gan beside him and asked softly: "Where are you sent to the palace?"

"We have all been sent in." Shi Gan replied in a low voice: "It was His Majesty's personal eunuch who was picked up by. According to the prince's instructions, we kept escorting into the harem before turning back."

Nodded, Qin Lei said in a deep voice: "From the emperor's opinion, I am not going to make this public, but I must not leak the news."

"This is impossible to say," Shi Gan whispered: "There is no airtight wall in the world."

"Yes," Qin Lei frowned and said, "I will persuade the emperor later." He said that, and went to the Cining Palace where the Empress Dowager lived.

Eunuch Qiu took the eunuch palace maids and waited at the palace gate. When he saw Qin Lei appear, he hurried forward to greet him. Qin Lei kindly patted the old eunuch's shoulder and laughed: "Old Qiu is in good health."

Eunuch Qiu smiled like a chrysanthemum and said, "Your blessing is more heroic." As he said that, he welcomed Qin Lei into the palace. Qin Lei asked in a low voice: "How is the emperor's grandmother's body?"

Eunuch Qiu sighed softly and said, "It's good and bad. Today I know the prince is coming, but it looks pretty good." As he said, he lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Coke told me that it's only been one or two years." He is an old man and an old eunuch. He is very indifferent to life and death, and he doesn't have any pretentious words when speaking.
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