Hurry up and rushed forward. Chen Leng and Meng Chang'an still didn't come back to Chang'an for the New Year. Fortunately, they entered the city before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so of course they could not go home directly. According to the rules, they had to go outside the Weiyang Palace to wait for His Majesty to summon him. Perhaps because His Majesty was too busy today, the three of them were waiting outside the palace for half an hour. The people coming and going looked at them with a complicated look.

The things Chen Leng and Meng Chang'an bought halfway have been arranged to be sent home first, while those from Bohai Kingdom followed secretly.

Outside the Weiyang Palace, the weather is cold, so the iron armor is cold.

Chen Leng looked at Meng Chang'an: "Why do His Majesty all those who summoned the war and returned to Beijing to wear armor?"

Meng Chang'an: "I haven't heard of any clear rules, but everyone seems to be like this. I will not take off my armor when I return to Beijing."

Chen Leng lowered his head and looked at the black black armor on his body. The blood had been wiped clean, but the knife marks on it were still there. No matter how strong the armor was, it would not be possible that there would be no trace after being hit by the heavy knife, so the armor was a little more solemn.

Meng Chang'an looked at his black iron armor and Chen Leng felt embarrassed: "I had already asked the martial arts workshop people to rush to make your new armor before leaving Chang'an. It has been almost two years since then, so it should have been done long ago."

Meng Changan nodded: "Same as yours?"

"no the same."

Chen Leng said: "Of course it is not as majestic as mine."

Meng Chang'an: "Well."

Chen Leng: "But the material of making iron armor is the same. The materials I asked Lin Luoyu and the others to help find should have spent a lot of money. When do you plan to settle the account?"

Meng Chang'an looked up at the sky.

Chen Leng sighed: "It seems that he can't take it back."

Meng Changan's mouth curled.

At this moment, Dai Fangzhou ran out from the palace gate quickly. After seeing Chen Leng, his eyebrows and eyes opened: "Why are the three generals waiting? Your Majesty has ordered before. If the three generals return triumphantly, they can go directly to the palace."

Chen Leng and the other three greeted each other at the same time, Chen sneered: "The rules are rules, but they can't be messed up."

Dai Fangzhou led the three people into Weiyang Palace, and went outside the East Warehouse Pavilion and whispered: "Your Majesty has always been thinking about the three generals. He will ask about the trip of the three generals every day. He knows that he will enter the palace today. Your Majesty has been busy preparing things. Please wait a moment before you can go in and report."

"Let them come in."

The emperor's voice came from the East Warehouse, Dai Fangzhou smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please ask the three generals to come in."

When I entered the hall gate, I smelled a scent, and my cold eyebrows raised: "Hotpot?"

When I turned into the East Warehouse, I saw that His Majesty was rolling up his sleeves and cutting meat. He asked someone to set up a table in the study. The vegetables had been washed and the meat slices had been cut a lot. The hot pot in the middle of the table had already started, and it was bubbling. The aroma of the bottom of the pot filled the entire study. The smell made people want to cry intimately. I hadn't had a serious meal in the northeast frontier for a long time.

"I have thought about it. You three probably can't eat well in the northeastern border, so I just took someone to search the imperial kitchen. I haven't been using it for many years and I'm not familiar with it. If you cut it in a thick and uneven thickness, you can just make do with it."

The three of them looked at each other, and their hearts were even warmer than the stove in the East Warehouse.

"I first asked the people who came to the imperial kitchen to prepare, but the things they made were too fine and looked OK, but they didn't feel satisfied."

The emperor picked up a piece of meat: "It's still a little thicker and refreshing to eat."

In addition to the emperor, there were two heavyweights from Daning in the East Nuan Pavilion, one was the old dean Lu Congwu, and the other was the imperial guard general Dan Tai Yuan Shu. Chen Leng and the other were greeted by the two important officials, but the emperor waved his hand and said, "Where are there so many rules? Go and move the stool and sit on it yourself."

Chen Leng and the other two hurriedly moved the stools that were about to be on the side. He found a place to wash his hands, came to the emperor and looked at it, lowered his voice and said, "Or why should I come?"

The emperor handed him the kitchen knife: "If you come, you will come, my waist will be sore when I stand."

He moved out of the position and looked at Chen Leng and said seriously: "You can't cut it better than me, otherwise you can pull it out and kill it."

Chen sneered: "I have a flattery when I have a sudden inspiration."

The emperor said: "Come and take a look."

Chen Leng cleared his throat: "Your Majesty said that if you are better than Your Majesty, you will chop off your head. I don't care at all. Even if I do my best, I will not be able to surpass Your Majesty's skill. I cannot do it now or in the future. Naturally, I will not worry about my head moving."

The emperor curled his lips: "The marks of this flattery are too heavy and very exaggerated."

Shen Leng: "..."

The emperor said, "I punish you to pour wine for everyone."

Chen Leng said while cutting meat: "I'm so scared that I think I'm going to deduct my salary again."

"You reminded me."

The emperor pulled a chair and sat at the table and watched Chen Leng cut the meat: "Tell me, how many years of your salary will be deducted?"

Shen Leng: "..."

The emperor looked at Yan Kaisong with a little restrainedness and said with a smile: "It's not the first time you have seen me, nor the first time you have had a meal with me. Why do you look like a new wife who just passed by? If you feel uncomfortable sitting like this, then go there and bring the white tofu over, the old dean's favorite food."

Yan Kaisong quickly stood up: "I am just panic in my heart."

"What are you afraid of?"

The emperor waved his hand, and the servants serving in the study immediately retreated. He smiled and said, "I don't plan to punish you, but I'm going to mention the third rank to you. I'm going to punish those two guys. Do you think they are both afraid?"

Meng Changan was actually a little uncomfortable. After all, he was not in the capital for many years and had too little contact with His Majesty. Just sitting in his calm face made people feel that he was more relaxed than Yan Kaisong. He heard the emperor say he would punish him and Shen Leng, thinking about how to respond. After thinking for a while, he felt that it was still out of his original intention, so he asked: "Can't you just punish Chen Leng?"

The emperor burst out laughing: "It's indeed a good brother."

Meng Changan didn't know how to answer the conversation again.

Chen Leng cut the meat and took it over and the white tofu handed it to him by Yan Kaisong: "It's not easy to cut tofu. You need to apply a little water on the knife, so that it won't stick to the knife or cut it too much. Not only will it not feel troublesome to taste it, it will also look more comfortable."

The old dean: "Even if you cut out the flowers, I will not plead for you. The crime of starting a war without authorization is to think about how you should receive the punishment?"

Chen Leng looked at Dan Tai Yuan Shu, and Dan Tai Yuan Shu shook his head: "You didn't cut me tofu, see what I'm doing."

The emperor was in a good mood, and the people in the house were not disgusted no matter how he looked at it. Everyone was someone he could be honest with. Meng Chang'an and Yan Kaisong were restrained, and the emperor did not feel that they were alienated.

Chen Leng cut all the meat and dishes in a regular manner, then washed his hands again and put ingredients into the hot pot: "I have made a temporary decision on the northeastern border, and I have to take them to fight Bohai. If Your Majesty wants to punish me, I will punish me one, anyway, I will get used to it."

Emperor: "Hmm?"

Chen Leng: "No... I am convinced."

The emperor snorted: "Since you take all the blame on yourself, I will fulfill your wish. After finishing the meal, I will go to Caishikou to wait. I will ask Han Huazhi to behead him."

Chen Leng: "Mr. Han is working hard, so I'll take a good rest, I'm not in a hurry."

The emperor glared at him, but the smile on the corner of his mouth could not be stopped.

Chen Leng said: "This matter really has nothing to do with them. It was because the minister was trolling and playing scoundrels who had no choice but to participate... Otherwise, I would punish the minister for ten years' salary? Otherwise, twenty years or twenty years would be fine."

The emperor smiled and shook his head: "I have already drafted the imperial edict from the cabinet. You have been demoted to the third rank and will not be reduced for the time being. The salary is a must-have to be fined. I will be fined for five years first. I will be ordered to think about my mistakes after going back. I will not be allowed to go out without my will within ten days. I will hold back a memorial to apologize. The words must be earnest and the written seriously. I will circulate it to all civil and military officials in the court."

Chen Leng was shocked: "Everyone wants to see it."

The emperor nodded, and suddenly realized what Chen Leng was afraid of, so he laughed: "I asked you to practice calligraphy well, but you just don't listen, but don't worry too much, no one in the civil and military officials in the court knows your words."

Shen Leng: "..."

The emperor lifted the wine glass: "I will give you three first."

The three of them quickly stood up and held the cups in their hands.

The emperor was silent for a while and said, "I know that you have worked hard and can imagine how dangerous the few months you fought in Bohai are. Without my will, I have to gamble on your own wealth and life. I have to thank you. Do you know why I let you wear armor and armor into the palace? Do you know why I deliberately asked you to wait outside the palace gate for a while? I want more people to see the traces left by the knife and gun stab on your body."

He let out a long sigh: "I am proud of you."

Yan Kaisong choked and cried.

Chen Leng and Meng Changan were also touched. At least they were younger, they could hold back their tears.

The emperor said: "You understand me, I understand you."

He drank the wine in his cup: "After tomorrow morning court, you will all rest at home for a few days. As for what the court officials say, I will deal with it. Yan Kaisong is promoted to the third rank and the first rank, and Meng Chang'an is promoted to the third rank, and Chen Leng has no reward."

Chen Leng said sincerely: "It would be better if you don't have to punish."

The emperor was amused by him again: "After eating, they all went back to rest, take a shower and reunite with their family. No matter what someone said when they went to court tomorrow, you can just bear it."

"I obey the order."

Three people leaned over.

At this moment, footsteps sounded outside, and Dai Fangzhou came in: "Your Majesty, Lai Cheng, the second assistant to the cabinet, asked for a visit."

"This guy's nose is so good."

The emperor smiled and said, "Let him come in."

Lai Cheng came in with two memorials in his hand. As soon as he entered the door and bowed, he couldn't help laughing: "What a coincidence."

Emperor: "It's really a coincidence?"

Lai Cheng: "It's a coincidence that I'm sure I'm calculating the time."

The emperor gave him a blank look: "Move the stool and sit on it."

Lai Chengdao: "I will talk about the important things first."

He handed the two memorials in his hand to the emperor: "The first memorial, including ministers, 23 people from the cabinet jointly participated in the report of Chen Leng, Meng Chang'an and Yan Kaisong's crime of starting a war without authorization, indifferent to the national laws, disrespect the court, and disrespect Your Majesty, please punish him severely."

The emperor's face changed slightly. Although he knew that the cabinet would report, it was obvious that he would not even give the emperor's face at this time.

"The second memorial, including ministers, 23 people from the cabinet jointly submitted a memorial. Chen Leng, Meng Chang'an, Yan Kaisong and others made contributions to the country and expanded their territory. They destroyed the Bohai Sea. The contributions will be made to the country for thousands of years and the people. Please reward your Majesty with great rewards."

The emperor was stunned.
Chapter completed!