Four hundred and twentieth chapters against the sky
Xu Qinghuan sat on the carriage and immediately saw the fat bird in the carriage.
After not seeing each other for a while, the fat bird lost a lot of weight and looked a bit like a bird. Before, it had a round body like a hen.
Xu Qinghuan opened the curtain and looked at Xu Qingan: "What is Prince Jian doing?"
Xu Qing'an said: "There is nothing serious. When I went there, he was drying his belly in the yard and asked me about Prince Shunyang. I told the truth. King Jian said that Prince Shunyang was a nice person, and he asked me
Let’s give more help to the prince, maybe the second brother of the prince of Shunyang really died unjustly back then.”
Xu Qinghuan stretched out his hand to tease the fat bird in Feng Chu's hand. King Jian was still the idle prince who stayed out of things.
Although the case in Changzhou involves Princess Jian's natal family, they are only side children. In addition, Xie Yuan almost died because of it, so the Xie family should not be too involved.
This time when they met Princess Jian and Qi Yingyue at the eldest princess's residence, neither of them asked about the Xie family's affairs, which had obviously been taken care of.
Xu Qinghuan asked again: "Where is Xie Yuan?"
Xu Qing'an said: "After recovering from his injuries, he left the capital and returned to Xie's family. Prince Jian also said that he would invite his father and mother over in two days to thank us properly."
Xu Qinghuan nodded: "Thank you for your hard work, brother."
A smile appeared on Xu Qingan's face, but he soon darkened his face. His sister actually said "thank you" to him. Was this intentional to annoy him?
Xu Qingan was dejected: "Everyone in Beijing seems to have known that the Song family came to propose marriage to my father."
Xu Qinghuan said: "We don't know much now."
Xu Qingan was stunned. With just a few sweet words, the man named Song had really stolen his sister's heart.
Xu Qinghuan continued: "Everyone will know about what happened today."
Xu Qing'an sniffed, wondering if the smell of green onion was still there, which made him feel choked in the eyes, and tears almost fell down.
Finding that no one was looking at him, Xu Qingan immediately said: "Don't worry about me, I just narrowed my eyes due to the sand, I don't need comfort."
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In the Cining Palace, the Queen Mother was playing with the canary in the cage.
"The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother's Hospital has sent word that Mr. Song was seriously injured. He may have moved his muscles and bones. Although he has used the best wound medicine, it is still unknown whether he can recover."
I'm afraid I've moved my muscles.
How could an imperial physician speak like this?
The Queen Mother's eyes darkened, but the Emperor was still so impatient that he dealt with such a heavy hand on the first day of welcoming the hero, for fear that the civil and military officials in the court would not know what the Emperor meant.
"I'm afraid Mr. Song won't even be able to attend the celebration banquet. It's not easy for the emperor to cultivate his own confidants. It's not easy to fall in love with one, but something like this happened again." The Queen Mother said, extending her hand to Canary.
The bird just let the Queen Mother play with its pointed beak without any intention of resisting.
The Queen Mother said: "As a sparrow, you have to be obedient. Otherwise, how can you survive if you are released? Is the Ai family right?"
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At the celebration banquet, the seat next to Xue Chen was always empty. At the emperor's suggestion, everyone raised their glasses, and everyone looked at that seat.
Mr. Song never came.
An Yihou finally couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, I wonder how Lord Song's injury is?"
The atmosphere in the hall was stagnant.
The emperor looked at Feng Shun with a worried look: "What did the hospital say?"
Feng Shun immediately said: "I have been serving you there just now. Master Song's injury is not serious."
"They are all a bunch of losers," the emperor immediately put down his wine glass with a hint of anger in his brows, "On weekdays they are pampered in the imperial hospital, but at critical moments they push back and forth. What's the use of keeping them?"
As he spoke, the envoy from Taiyuan Hospital hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Even if we try our best, Master Song has been injured for too long, and the bumps along the way have caused the wound to fester. I'm afraid this arm..."
The imperial emissary did not dare to speak any more.
The emperor said angrily: "Say..."
The hospital envoy from the Taiyuan Hospital said in a trembling voice: "If you don't recover well and cannot lift heavy objects with your arms for a while, the root cause of your disease will be caused."
An Yihou was about to stand up, but saw Xue Chen shaking his head at him. Anyi Hou clenched his fists. He knew very well whether Song Chengxuan was injured. To capture those bandits, Song Chengxuan also drew his bow and shot arrows. Song Chengxuan used two weapons.
He had seen all kinds of bows. Ordinary archers in the imperial army used one-stone bows, and Song Chengxuan's lightest one only had three-stone bows. How could a man bend his bow and shoot without taking a breath and get seriously injured?
What is the emperor going to do? Is it true that Song Chengxuan's arm is crippled? What happened? He has seen so many ups and downs in the court over the years. Even though An Yihou doesn't know the inside story, he can still guess a thing or two.
, the emperor made things difficult for Song Chengxuan, it must be that Song Chengxuan refused to bow to the emperor because of something.
If An Yihou would endure it in normal times, offending the Holy Emperor at this moment would not have good consequences, but he still stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I am worried about Lord Song's injury. Can you go with the envoy from the Taiyuan Hospital to see if you can."
The imperial envoy from the imperial hospital said hurriedly: "The imperial doctor is treating the injury, and it is not appropriate for people to go there now."
"That Wei Chen is waiting outside." An Yihou bowed and saluted, "To be honest with Your Majesty, if it weren't for Lord Song, Wei Chen would have died at the hands of the Japanese. Lord Song's injury was also due to Wei Chen. Lord Song suffered this at such a young age.
The serious injury makes Wei Chen feel uneasy. If he had known this, Wei Chen would rather not take this life."
The emperor's brows furrowed, but he still said: "Marquis An Yi is a minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, how can there be any mistakes?"
"Wei Chen is old," said Marquis An Yi, "and is no longer useful. On this trip to Changzhou, Wei Chen found that his strength is beyond his capabilities, and I am afraid he will no longer be able to lead an army. The borders of the Great Zhou Dynasty are now unstable, and what is lacking are generals to fight for the country.
Master Song's arm is more important than the life of a minor minister.
If there were more generals like Mr. Song, neither foreign enemies nor thieves would dare to cause trouble again."
An Yihou's voice was hoarse and his throat was getting dry. He looked at the emperor earnestly with his eyes.
The emperor narrowed his eyes: "I value loyal ministers and good generals like Song Aiqing more than anyone else. Only by having such ministers can my country be prosperous and stable. I have ordered the Imperial Hospital to do its best to treat Song Aiqing. Isn't it true that Marquis An Yi said this?"
Do you trust my hospital?"
"The old minister is scared," said Marquis An Yi, "the old minister just wants to do his best."
When An Yihou said such words, everyone at the banquet changed their expressions.
Hong Chuanting couldn't help but feel worried about An Yihou. If he contradicted the emperor like this, the emperor would probably punish An Yihou for defying the holy authority.
After thinking about it, he understood the intention of Marquis An Yi. Even if the emperor was dissatisfied, he could not punish all the heroes who came back from Changzhou, but could only punish one person.
Song Chengxuan had the lowest official position, and Marquis Anyi was afraid that the emperor would attack Song Chengxuan.
The atmosphere was tense for a moment.
Seeing this, Feng Shun waved his hand gently, and soon a chamberlain came in to report: "Your Majesty, Master Song's injury has been taken care of, and the servants have placed him in the side hall to rest."
The emperor's face was gloomy and uncertain, and he finally looked at An Yihou: "An Yihou will go and see Song Qing's situation on my behalf. I know that the Song family is far away in Quanzhou, and I will give Song Qing a house so that Song Qing can rest in peace in the capital.
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"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor."
Everyone bowed and saluted.
The emperor stood up and said: "I still have government affairs to deal with. I will leave this to Hong Aiqing. Aiqing must make my meritorious officials happy."
Hong Chuanting took the order.
The emperor walked out quickly, and Feng Shun hurriedly stepped forward to serve him.
When they arrived at the Yangxin Hall, the emperor sat on the throne and the chamberlain closed the door.
The emperor reached out and threw the memorial on the table to the ground: "If Marquis An Yi wants to rebel, I will punish him and kill the entire Xu family."
"Your Majesty, no," Feng Shun said immediately, "Marquis An Yi almost died for his country in Changzhou. This is a well-known fact. You must have a reason to punish the Xu family."
"I know you can't," the emperor said through gritted teeth. "What does it mean for me as an emperor to restrain his hands and feet? I don't believe it. Without An Yihou and Song Chengxuan, there would be no one in my court.
Draw up a decree and ask the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel to immediately recommend suitable officials to Changzhou."
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Anyihou Mansion.
Xu Qinghuan heard the news: "Master Hou is back, and Lord Song is here too."