After a fierce debate, Long Chen's marriage to the two princesses was finally in line with etiquette and law.
Just when the empress breathed a long sigh of relief, the eldest princess Di Yuwei suddenly jumped out and said that she wanted to marry Long Chen.
This time, the court was in trouble again.
The ministers looked at Di Yuwei with incredulous eyes.
Her status is different. She is the eldest daughter, the eldest princess in the East Palace, and will inherit the empress Jiangshan Sheji in the future.
Di Yuwei's marriage to Long Chen was equivalent to passing on the empress's empire to Long Chen.
Zhang Qian and the others were only slightly surprised, while Zhu Yong and Hu Jie were simply dumbfounded.
Not only did you marry two princesses, but you actually had to marry three?
How about simply marrying the four princesses together?
"Nonsense!"
This time, the empress did not ask if there was any precedent, but directly reprimanded Di Yuwei.
Di Luoxi and Di Lingyi looked at their elder sister in astonishment. The empress scolded her but she didn't agree. They immediately pulled Di Yu and retreated slightly.
"Sister, don't be impulsive."
"Sister, you drank too much."
"Sister, you are not awake."
The two of them said everything, except that they did not admit that Di Yuwei's words about getting married were true.
Di Luoxi and Di Lingyi were still arguing just now, but now a competitor appeared, and the two instantly became comrades-in-arms.
After Di Yuwei was scolded by the empress, his mind became clearer.
After returning to normal, Di Yu's face turned red with embarrassment, and he said awkwardly: "My son, I am not feeling well. Please leave first."
Di Yuwei quickly exited the Daming Palace.
Di Yu Wei left, and Long Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Two princesses are fine, but three princesses are really not good, it’s too much.
After Di Yuwei left, the laughter slowly subsided and the court slowly returned to normal.
"Okay, I will give the third princess to King Wu, and we will marry Luo Xi together."
"This matter will be handled by the Ministry of Etiquette."
The empress issued an edict, and Hao Zhiwen immediately bowed and said, "I accept the edict!"
The empress said to Gongsun Yun again: "Old Zhuguo, I still need to trouble you to handle this matter."
Gongsun Yun laughed and stood up to worship: "Old minister, I accept the decree."
Emperor Lingyi happily thanked her: "My son, I thank my mother and queen."
Di Luoxi curled her lips, feeling very unhappy, but the matter had already been settled, and there was no use in talking about it, so she could only accept it.
After discussing Long Chen's enfeoffment, the empress began to discuss the rewards for other generals.
"This time, the Long family army was the main force in the destruction of Xixia. The army's lieutenant generals have made many contributions. I should reward them one by one."
"Gongsun Linglong led the Thunder Fire Army to attack Xingqing City, was the first to rush into the city, and was promoted to the second rank of General."
Gongsun Linglong did not have the most military exploits, but because she was Gongsun Yun's daughter, the empress gave her the reward first.
Family status has been important since ancient times, and it was the same in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Gongsun Linglong came out and paid homage: "I thank you, Your Majesty."
Gongsun Yun listened very happily.
A grandson and a granddaughter.
Grandson Gongsun Ming has been in Linjiang City for many years, but has never been able to achieve any great achievements.
Gongsun Linglong followed Long Chen to destroy Xixia and made him a second-rank general.
It’s important to be with the right person.
"Zhang Qian, Wu Chuchu, Dugu Jiali, Wu Xiangyun and Bai Tingting, the five of you have been fighting with King Wu for many years, and you participated in the whole process of destroying Xixia this time."
"I designate you as a third-grade general."
The five people immediately worshiped: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After that came Han Ziping and the other three, and the empress named them fourth-grade generals.
These people are the backbone of the Long Family Army, and the Empress canonizes them first.
"Zhao Ying, you are the daughter of Zhao Lun, the governor of Yangcheng. You can obey God's will, join the Zhou Dynasty, and follow King Wu to kill the enemy and perform meritorious deeds. You are worthy of merit."
"I designate you as a fifth-grade guerrilla general."
Zhao Ying actually didn't have much merit. The empress gave her the rank of fifth-grade guerrilla general for Long Chen's sake.
Zhao Ying did not expect that he could also be granted the title, so he was overjoyed and said, "I thank you, Your Majesty."
Zhao Ying was granted the title of Fifth Rank Cong, and Zhu Yong and Hu Jie felt very disappointed.
In their opinion, Zhao Ying is a Longchen woman, but in the end she was only awarded the fifth rank, so they must be even worse off.
"Zhu Yong, Hu Jie, you two are originally from Xixia. If you can later submit to the Zhou Dynasty, you are also in compliance with nature."
"I confer Zhu Yong as the third-rank Anxi general; I designate Hu Jie as the third-rank Pingxi general."
"I hope you two can guard the western border and start well and end well."
The empress said the four words "a good beginning and a good end" have the meaning of reminder. After all, the two were originally from Xixia, but later betrayed and became generals of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
The two of them did not expect to be conferred the title of Third Grade Cong, and they immediately bowed and said, "Please remember this, thank you for your grace!"
From a third-grade actual general, he had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Both of them were very happy, which was much higher than their psychological expectations.
"The merits of the other generals will be carefully reviewed by the Ministry of War and rewarded one by one."
The empress looked at the Ministry of War, and Wang Wei immediately bowed and said, "Wei ministers have received the order."
After discussing the merits, the empress stood up and said: "King Wu destroyed Xixia. This is a great blessing for the country. The capital will celebrate it for three days."
All the ministers bowed in unison: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Congratulations to King Wu."
After the court meeting, there was a celebration banquet.
Long Chen was naturally a guest, and the empress personally toasted.
After the banquet, it was already late at night.
Everyone dispersed and the empress returned to the palace.
"Shall we go back?"
Zhang Qian and others were drunk and wanted to go back to sleep. Long Chen said: "You guys go back first, I still have some things to report."
A few people went back to Prince Wu's Mansion first, while Long Chen walked to Fengming Palace.
After entering the harem, Di Waner stopped Long Chen and asked, "Why don't you go back so late?"
At this time, in the dead of night, Long Chen hugged Di Waner with a smile and said, "Where is the small room we went to last time? I haven't been here for so long that I can't even remember."
Di Waner cursed resentfully: "You are heartless, you are happy enough outside, and you still remember my small room."
Long Chen smiled and said: "Why don't you remember? It's just that it's been too long and I don't remember the way."
"A road becomes familiar after you have walked it a lot. I haven't walked your path for a long time, so I can't remember it well. Let me take another path and enter your house."
Di Waner gave Long Chen a hard squeeze and pulled Long Chen into the small room at the corner.
After closing the door, Long Chen had already taken action before Di Waner could untie it.
Di Waner held on to the window lattice and looked at the lantern outside, feeling that the lantern was shaking.
After a long time, Long Chen came out with Di Waner in his arms.
Just now, Long Chen took advantage of the drunkenness and struck too hard, and Di Waner couldn't walk.
"Send you back to your room."
Long Chen kissed Di Waner. Di Waner looked around nervously and said, "You avoid people."
Long Chen hugged Di Waner and quickly returned to Di Waner's room.
After gently placing it on the bed and putting down the curtain, Long Chen said, "I'm going to see the Holy Father. You have a good rest."
Di Waner said in a resentful tone: "It's like this every time. Just leave after you finish it."
Men and women are different. Men enter sage mode afterwards, while women need tenderness and comfort.
After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that this was indeed the case, and Long Chen felt a little guilty.
Long Chen smiled and said: "Then I will accompany you again."
After taking off his shoes, Long Chen accompanied Di Waner to sleep
After coming out of the room, Long Chen arrived outside Fengming Palace. When the maid at the door saw Long Chen, she was surprised and said: "King Wu is here so late? The Holy Lord has already gone to bed."
It was already the ugly time, and it was indeed very late.
"Then I'll come back tomorrow."
It's really not appropriate to do it so late at night. You can't report it to the Empress in bed.
Long Chen turned around to leave, but Yingfeng walked out and said, "King Wu, stay here. Your Majesty invites you to come in."
