Song Chengxuan's face was cold and his expression was as usual. Just now, her figure flashed past the teahouse upstairs, like a gust of wind. Before he could take a closer look, she had already disappeared without a trace.
Young Master Song's face instantly became more majestic and solemn.
Perhaps it was because of the long journey after the war that Song Chengxuan felt a little unhappy.
The imperial document ordering them to enter Beijing arrived a few days late. The emperor was frightened by Su Wan and became more and more suspicious. He sent people to select the soldiers and horses entering Beijing to prevent anyone from taking advantage of it to cause trouble.
This is the way of an emperor to be a king, to be cautious and cautious, for fear that someone will drag him off the throne in the blink of an eye.
When their group was about to arrive in the capital, Yongye came to talk about the deeds of Zhang He and his group. Although Zhang He had learned a lesson, it was not enough in his opinion.
Huang Tian took in the refugees but failed to control them, causing them to become bandits nearby.
It happened that he had soldiers and horses trusted by the emperor, so he took away the lair of the bandits overnight, captured dozens of them, and escorted them to the capital.
"General, what should we do with those bandits?" the deputy general stepped forward and asked.
"Take it with you. Someone will naturally take over when you get to the front," Song Chengxuan said. "How to deal with them is up to the Yamen."
He has already brought people there. Whether or not the secret of the Zhang family's reclamation of wasteland will be revealed depends on the competition between the forces in the capital. Even if the Zhang family is not pushed to the forefront, they will have to pick up the slack from now on.
"Let the team move forward quickly," Song Chengxuan ordered calmly, "Don't make the Holy Master anxious." There is no reason to move so slowly.
Zhao Tong responded and immediately went down to make arrangements.
Arriving in front of the palace gate, Marquis Anyi, Xue Chen and Song Chengxuan dismounted from their horses, and officials from Zhongshu Province and six ministries immediately came to greet them.
Hong Chuanting, Minister of the Ministry of War, walked at the front with a smile on his face: "Marquis An Yi, General Xue, Lord Song, thank you for your hard work." He knew that Changzhou would definitely win this battle.
When the news of the victory came to the capital, Hong Chuanting could hardly smile from ear to ear. It was not the time to talk now, otherwise he would pull Song Chengxuan aside, ask carefully about the details of the war, and reminisce about the old days with Xue Shouzui. Naturally, he would not forget it.
An Yihou, these three people together are truly invincible.
Officials from the Ministry of Rites also came and said, "My lords, wait a moment, the emperor is here to greet all the heroes."
Immediately, someone came to take away the sharp weapons in everyone's hands. After everything was prepared, the lieutenant-general shouted loudly: "The holy chariot has arrived."
Everyone bowed and saluted.
"My beloved, please recover quickly." The emperor immediately stepped forward to help An Yihou and Xue Chen. "My beloved, thank you for your hard work. You have won this battle. My beloved has made great contributions."
After the emperor finished speaking, he went to look at Song Chengxuan: "As expected of the person recommended by Xue Aiqing. Song Aiqing captured the Japanese nobles alive. Just because of this, I will promote you to the rank of general. All the officers and soldiers are all meritorious officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and I will act according to their merits."
Rewards and pensions for soldiers."
"Long live my emperor, long live the emperor." Everyone knelt down and saluted again.
"Let's go, come with me to the palace." The emperor came to hold Song Chengxuan's arm in high spirits.
The emperor and Song Chengxuan were similar in age, and when they were both in their prime, they walked into the city like this, feeling quite like the emperor and his ministers were of the same mind.
Entering the palace, ritual music was played.
The young general was extremely excited.
Song Chengxuan walked slowly forward with the emperor. When he was young, he entered the palace with his father and met the emperor. At that time, the emperor had just been named crown prince.
The late emperor and his father walked in front, and he and the prince walked behind, surrounded by chamberlains and female officials.
The late emperor also held his father's hand in this way, acting like brothers and sisters. The two chatted about domestic matters, as if they had forgotten state affairs. Especially when the late emperor was lingering on the sickbed, he gave many instructions to his father, and several times he had to ask the great Zhou Dynasty.
The country was handed over to his father, who immediately knelt on the ground and resigned.
In the blink of an eye, everything was like smoke. No one remembered the King of Wei who turned the tide and stabilized the political situation of the Zhou Dynasty. They only remembered that the King of Wei was a rebellious traitor who wanted to rebel.
Entering the Yangxin Hall, the emperor sat on the throne, Song Chengxuan and others bowed and saluted again.
"I am very pleased to have you dear friends in the Great Zhou Dynasty," the emperor said, picking up the memorial. "Now that the war is over, what do you dear ladies think is the most important thing right now?"
Xue Chen said: "The case of Princess Huayang's consort is very involved. Coupled with the previous smuggling case, Changzhou is already riddled with holes. The most important thing now is to stabilize Changzhou."
The emperor pondered for a moment: "Nine out of ten of the officials in Changzhou are useless. The general soldiers in Changzhou are stupid and incompetent. They deceive the court and buy and sell military merits. I will also investigate carefully at the Changzhou Guards." Then he looked at Xue Chen, "I have no choice.
Before taking up the post of Changzhou's candidate, General Xue will first take charge of Changzhou's affairs."
Xue Chen immediately took the order.
The emperor stood up and said: "It's not that I'm too suspicious, it's just that the matter in Changzhou is of great importance, and I have to entrust it to a loyal minister and good general so that I can feel at ease."
Everyone claimed it was.
The emperor looked at Song Chengxuan: "I have already set up a banquet to welcome you all. Marquis An Yi and Xue Aiqing will go first. I have a few words to ask Song Aiqing."
An Yihou and Xue Chen walked out of the hall, and the chamberlain immediately closed the door.
The emperor looked at Song Chengxuan again. For some reason, Master Song gave him a familiar feeling, but this feeling disappeared in an instant.
"Song Qing has heard something," the emperor said. "On their way back to the capital, the female family members of the Anyi Hou Mansion had a conflict with the Zhang family."
"Wei Chen heard about it," Song Chengxuan said, "Wei Chen captured some bandits because of this, and one of the criminals has been taken away by the Shuntian Prefecture's Yamen."
The emperor's face turned cold: "You didn't hide it, but do you know why such a thing happened?"
Song Chengxuan said: "The Queen Mother wants the Zhang family to marry the Xu family.
After the Changzhou case, the Zhang family was hit hard. Changzhou is no longer under the control of the Zhang family. Today's Zhang family meeting is all because Miss Xu found out about Zhang Yucong's smuggling case.
If the marriage between the two families is to show their loyalty to the emperor, except for Zhang Yucong, the rest of the Zhang family has nothing to do with the smuggling case, and they will not harbor revenge against Marquis An Yi for this reason.
Secondly, after the marriage between the Zhang family and the Xu family, Marquis Anyi will definitely not target the Zhang family again, and the Zhang family will lose a strong enemy. After the battle of Changzhou, it can at least be proved that Marquis Anyi is still a rare good general in the Great Zhou Dynasty. If
It will naturally be of great benefit to the Zhang family that the Xu family can seek refuge with the Zhang family."
The emperor nodded: "In addition, the Queen Mother also feels that I will not agree to the marriage between Song Aiqing and the Xu family. An Yihou followed the late emperor to fight everywhere and was a person of great importance to the late emperor. However, because of the rebellion of King Wei, he has always been
It's hard to get rid of the suspicion." As he said this, he stared at Song Chengxuan with his slender eyes, "Only the ministers who I personally promoted can become my ministers. Song Aiqing can do a lot in the future. There is no need to be imprisoned because of the old cases of the late emperor.
People are suspicious, which delays the future."
"Your Majesty," Song Chengxuan's face remained unchanged and his eyes were deep, "I think the Empress Dowager is narrow-minded and presumes to speculate on the holy will. The Empress Dowager has moved to Cining Palace. She really shouldn't interfere in the affairs of the government, let alone pave the way for her mother's family. The power of the Zhang family is overwhelming.
Is it possible that Zhang Yucong was causing trouble for both the government and the public because the Queen Mother was behind it?
Wei Chen was born in a humble background. He only knew that marriage was the order of his parents and the matchmaker. He never thought about the competition for interests. Marquis Anyi and Miss Xu have both good looks and good looks. They are worthy of Wei Chen's proposal. If the Xu family is willing to agree, Wei Chen will definitely marry him.
I am grateful to the elders of the Xu family for their success."
The emperor frowned: "So you won't listen to what others say?"
Song Chengxuan said: "Exactly."
The emperor's face turned ugly: "What if I don't agree?"
Don't wait for Song Chengxuan to speak.
The emperor turned around and walked out: "There is a celebration banquet outside. Song Aiqing thinks about it carefully."
The emperor left the main hall and the door of the main hall was closed.
After a while of burning incense, I thought the lieutenant came to Song Chengxuan: "Sir Song, have you figured it out? If you have figured it out, you can go to the front for the banquet."
