Why are you so anxious?

Let’s say that Zhuang Lin led the Northwest Army and returned with a letter of surrender written by the new Northern Huns Shan Yukelu, pilgrimage envoys and all kinds of cattle, sheep, war horses, and rare treasures paid by the Northern Huns.Enter Dachu from the border, enter Mayi, enter Taiyuan, cross the Yellow River, and enter Guanzhong... Every time you pass through, local officials, gentry and people are all welcome, but within a dozen days, the reputation of the Northwest Army has spread throughout the country. The beautiful rivers and mountains of Dachu.

At the same time, the officials of the Ministry of Rituals also rushed to spread the will of Emperor Yongqian, saying that His Majesty would lead all civil and military officials to welcome them out of the capital in person, and wash away the dust for the triumphant soldiers.

Zhuang Lin and Jun Shaoyou were not surprised when they received this decree.After all, before the great victory of the imperial court, Emperor Yongqian also did such things as celebrating in person.One is to reward the generals and soldiers of the court for their hard work, and the other is to let the people all over the world look at the courteous and virtuous corporals of the royal family and act close to the people.Zhuang Lin is used to this, and just cooperates with the officials of the Ministry of Rites to teach the etiquette of the soldiers, so that the soldiers will not be rude and offend Longyan.

However, when Shi Shiran, the army, arrived outside the suburbs of Beijing, there was a scene that Zhuang Lin and his wife couldn't believe.

Jun Shaoyou rubbed his eyes almost out of composure, pointed to the front and asked, "Look, Zhuang Lin, is that person the concubine mother?"

Zhuang Lin also stared in astonishment at the welcoming team in front of the city gate.The one who stood first in the yellow robe was undoubtedly Emperor Yongqian, but standing next to Emperor Yongqian, a woman with a peerless elegance, bright eyes and bright eyes, looking forward to flying, and easy to get a hairpin, isn't it Zhuang Lin's biological mother Chen? concubine empress.

For a moment, not to mention Jun Shaoyou, even Zhuang Lin was stunned and at a loss.

The two were a little stunned, and the generals behind them dismounted under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites and walked to Emperor Yongqian. They bowed and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

The soldiers and the envoys from the Northern Huns had already trained countless times, and immediately bowed and knelt down and said, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Thousands of people shouted together, the sound resounded through the sky, shaking the birds on both sides of the road.

Emperor Yonggan's face was full of joy and pride, looking at the sons and courtiers kneeling in front of him, and seeing the envoys of the Huns who had to kneel willingly after the army, he couldn't hide his excitement.

He took two steps forward, helped Zhuang Lin and the generals up with his own hands, and said with a warm smile: "Please hurry up, all the generals, it is really hard for you to put down the civil strife in the Xiongnu."

Many generals heard the words and shouted in unison: "Allegiance to His Majesty, serve the country faithfully."

This sentence was taught by Jun Shaoyou in private.Sure enough, Emperor Yongqian heard that many soldiers put loyalty to His Majesty before serving the country with loyalty, and the smile on his face became deeper.

Jun Shaoyou and Zhuang Lin looked at each other without a trace, and smiled at each other.

Emperor Yongqian had prepared a draft for a long time. In front of many soldiers and civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, he made an impassioned speech, with passionate words, and personally commended the three armies and awarded the generals.It attracted the blood of many soldiers, and after many shouts of long live, he signaled to the officials of the Ministry of Rites to lead the triumphant army into the palace for the celebration banquet.

On the other hand, he took a step forward, patted Zhuang Lin on the shoulder very kindly, and said with a look of comfort, "It's my royal galloping horse."

Zhuang Lin bowed his head and said a few words, and listened to Emperor Yongqian whispering: "I will definitely explain to you about Zhu Yao's matter. Your mother was really frightened by your injury. This time, when you return to the palace, you You have to calm her down."

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Lin immediately looked in the direction of Concubine Chen.He said in his mouth, "Don't worry, Dad, the baby is fine."

After finishing speaking, she couldn't help looking in the direction of Concubine Chen.At this moment, Concubine Chen also looked excited, and kept looking at Zhuang Lin with tears in her eyes.She wished she could come over immediately and hold her son in her arms, and take a closer look at how injured he was.It's just that due to etiquette and rules, Concubine Chen didn't dare to make too many moves.This time, Emperor Yongqian could agree to let her, a concubine, surpass the queen, and follow the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to welcome the army back to the court, which is already extremely rare.Concubine Chen will definitely not do any eye-catching things again to embarrass Emperor Yongqian.

For so many years, Concubine Chen has been able to win over Emperor Yongqian and has always favored her. Apart from her being the daughter of the general of the town, the most important thing is that Concubine Chen knows how to advance and retreat, and has a sense of proportion.

Sure enough, Emperor Yongqian appreciated Concubine Chen's self-sufficiency despite being so excited.When the whole guard of honor returned to the imperial city, Emperor Yongqian even invited Concubine Chen and Zhuang Lin to go back to the palace together on the dragon chariot to express his favor.However, Concubine Chen and Zhuang Lin repeatedly declined, and Emperor Yongqian said with a smile: "After so many years, Concubine Ai still does not forget the virtue of chariot. Under your teaching, Lin'er never self-defeating. It is really rare."

Concubine Chen and Zhuang Lin bowed to salute, and said modestly: "This is what a concubine (son) should do."

Jun Shaoyou stood aside and watched coldly, feeling that the family was really exhausted.

After returning to the palace for a while, Emperor Yongqian held a large banquet in the Taiji Hall to celebrate the achievements of the Northwest soldiers.

At the banquet, Zhuang Lin and Jun Shaoyou naturally stole the limelight.Even the lineage of General Zhen Guo's Mansion is rising, and all the meritorious relatives and nobles flock here to exchange pleasantries and persuade them to drink.Pushing cups and changing cups, toasting and staggering, the atmosphere is extremely hot.

Just looking at Zhuang Lin's style and glory, some people feel uncomfortable in the end.Queen Yan is one of them.She sat on the side of the first emperor, looked coldly at Emperor Yongqian and Concubine Chen flirting with each other, and watched with cold eyes the civil and military officials of the court who only paid attention to flattering Zhuang Lin and neglected his son Zhuang Zhou, feeling sore beyond words .

It's just that the relationship between Emperor Yongqian and Zhuang Lin was provoked that day, and the empress's line had already angered Emperor Yonggan, so there was later the event that Emperor Yonggan took the concubine Chen out of the city.The lesson from the past is still there, the queen will naturally not get angry easily, not only can't succeed, but it will benefit that bitch Chenfei.Such a thing that is not worth the loss, the queen only needs to do it once.

She thought about it for a moment, then raised her glass to respect Emperor Yongqian, and said: "The monarch is wise and diligent, and the officials are clear and bright, and the country is peaceful and the people are safe. It has only been more than ten years since I founded the country, and now the people are rich and the weather is good. All nations come to court, and the four fields submit .It is really due to His Majesty's virtue and benevolence. My concubine respects Your Majesty."

Emperor Yongqian lightly hooked the corner of his mouth and drank the cup to the brim.

The queen smiled with satisfaction, and then asked Zhuang Lin at the table with concern: "When I was in the palace, I heard people from the previous court say that the eldest prince was trapped in the wolf's mountain and was seriously injured. I really think about it, but I don't know Lin'er, how are you doing now?"

Zhuang Lin got up and replied: "For those who are in the army, it is a trivial matter to suffer some flesh and blood injuries. I will worry about the Empress Dowager."

The queen smiled and said: "You are young now, and you have a good physique since you practiced martial arts since you were a child. Naturally, you don't take this disease seriously. It's just that you have been fighting for many years, and you have suffered from old injuries. After all, you have lost your foundation. If you don't know how to carefully Take care of yourself, I'm afraid you will suffer in the future. It's better to drink less water and take care of yourself more. Only when you are in good health can you be more loyal to His Majesty."

Zhuang Lin replied with a smile: "Thank you, Empress Empress, for teaching me, I will keep it in mind."

The queen looked at Zhuang Lin with a loving and concerned expression on her face.But when the topic changed, he couldn't help saying: "When you lead troops to fight, the old saying goes that victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. If the time and place are not right, so that the battle fails, people have nothing to say. But if it is artificial, it is always satisfactory. It's hard to settle. Even if the person who caused the disaster didn't have intentions, it's not appropriate to cause damage to the entire army because of him alone."

Everyone's heart skipped a beat, and they all looked at Empress Yan.

Emperor Yongqian raised his eyebrows calmly, played with the wine cup in his hand, and asked with a smile: "The queen also studied the affairs of the previous dynasty?"

The queen smiled lightly, and said: "A concubine is a woman, how can I study the affairs of the previous court. It's just a few gossips from the mother's position. If there is any inappropriateness, please forgive me .”

Jun Shaoyou and Zhuang Lin watched coldly, and for a moment they couldn't figure out which play the queen was acting.

At the table, Princess Pingyang stood up with righteous indignation and said: "My daughter thinks that the empress is not wrong. You must know that a few days ago, I heard the news that the elder brother was seriously injured in the palace, and it was like five thunderbolts. Uneasy sitting and lying, I wish I could go to the eldest brother's side to take care of him immediately. As the eldest emperor's aunt, the Empress Empress has never slept well for several days and nights. It can be seen that even though the blood relatives are thousands of miles away, I still worry about it day and night. I’m like this for Brother Dahuang. The more than 1 soldiers who died in battle also had parents, wives and children. Naturally, their parents, wives and children would also worry about it. However, these [-] soldiers should have returned with the army. In the end, they died tragically on Langjuxu Mountain thousands of miles away because of one person, and some even refused to return their corpses.”

"Your Majesty loves the people like a son, and all the people in the world are His Majesty's subjects. How can Your Majesty watch over 1 soldiers die tragically due to the negligence of one person, but not investigate that person's fault?"

As soon as he said a word, everyone at the table fell silent.Looking at the queen's line of sight is like looking at a neuropathy.

There is no other, only because Jiang Zuo Zhu's family is originally from the same line of the aristocratic family.Why did the empress get cold feet this time?

Zhuang Lin and Jun Shaoyou looked at each other, but smiled and said nothing.

However, Emperor Yongqian was playing with the wine cup in one hand, and said at the same time: "The dead are dead, and the living are still alive. Today's banquet is to celebrate the achievements of all the soldiers. Since it is a celebration, I don't want to mention more people's hearts. It's a heartbreaking thing. But since the queen mentioned it, I might as well toast these dead soldiers with a glass of wine, because without their bloody battles, I wouldn't be where I am today."

After finishing speaking, Emperor Yonggan stood up, poured wine to pay homage to Tianyi, and then poured a glass of wine on the ground with his backhand.Seeing this, all civil and military officials at the table immediately stood up to pay respects.

After toasting three cups, Emperor Yongqian looked solemn, and said: "I will have my own considerations at tomorrow's court meeting about the supervisory army's mistaken battle. To celebrate today, I also invite civil and military officials. All the soldiers will not return if they are not drunk."

Everyone at the table agreed with a loud bang.Then drink three cups with Emperor Yongqian.The originally depressing atmosphere gradually warmed up.But for a moment, there was another burst of pushing and changing cups, you come and go.No one mentioned the little episode just now.

The empress held up the wine bottle apologetically, and apologized to Emperor Yongqian: "The concubine is rude, please forgive me."

Emperor Yongqian waved his hand indifferently, and said casually: "You are also a loving mother, so that's all."

What Emperor Yonggan said was calm and breezy, but the queen saw the flash of satisfaction in Emperor Yonggan's eyes sharply, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In fact, when the story of Zhu Yao was just reported back to Da Chu, the Queen's side really thought about using it to make a fuss about separating Yongqian Emperor and Zhuang Lin.After all, this supervisor was ordered by His Majesty. Even if he made a mistake, His Majesty would not have a good impression of Zhuang Lin even if he was forced to deal with Zhu Yao because of his face and the aggressiveness of the General Zhen Guo's House. .What the queen wanted was to mediate from it, and use Zhu Yao, a pawn destined to be discarded, to slowly pull Zhuang Lin down from the horse.

But he didn't expect that the always domineering General Zhen Guo's Mansion would act uncharacteristically, pretending to be pitiful and weak in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.The rumors about Zhuang Lin's life and death came back again, and His Majesty was so frightened that he didn't even think about the matter of his great achievements, and directly angered Zhu Yao, who was ineffective.If it wasn't for face, Princess Anle and Jiang Zuo's family, I'm afraid Zhu Yao would have the heart to kill Zhu Yao directly.

After Zhuang Lin was rescued, Emperor Yongqian breathed a sigh of relief and noticed the ups and downs of the Yan family, and naturally vented his anger towards the Yan family.The empress's line of stealing chickens can't lose a lot of money, now in order to appease Emperor Yonggan's anger, she had to pretend to be a good boy, and pushed Zhu Yao out according to Emperor Yonggan's wishes.It is used to express that the Yan family is determined to follow His Majesty's orders.Don't dare to think otherwise.

However, in the eyes of others, the Yan family probably betrayed their faith, and when they saw their allies and friends in trouble for a while, they fell into trouble.

It's just that the queen can't help it. Compared with the future of her son Zhuang Zhou, a pawn destined to be abandoned is not in the queen's consideration after all.If Jiang Zuo Zhu's family wanted to complain, they could only blame them for teaching their sons to be too frivolous and idiotic.

It's just that the queen wants to show the Yan family's obedience to Emperor Yongqian, will Jun Shaoyou and Zhuang Lin go with it?

At the court meeting the next day, the Yan family took the lead in demanding that Zhu Yao be held accountable for the crime of negligence, and implored His Majesty to sentence Zhu Yao severely to comfort the souls of the [-] soldiers in heaven.However, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials who had been prepared for a long time, that is, Zhu Ting, the head of Jiang Zuo Zhu's family, played in court, saying that if His Majesty can save Zhu Yao's life, Zhu's family is willing to pay [-] yuan to comfort the families of the [-] soldiers who died in battle.

Wang Zhuanglin of Yong'an also followed up, saying that he would rather see the families of [-] officers and men take care of their children and depend on their old age than Zhu Yao's life.Instead of taking the small pension given by the court, living in hardship.

At the same time, Zhu Ting also stated that if His Majesty can save Zhu Yao's life, the Zhu family is willing to fund and open a school to educate the offspring of the [-] soldiers who died in battle.

Emperor Yongqian pondered for a long time, and finally exchanged Zhu Yao's life for [-] real gold and a school.The reason why he wanted to punish Zhu Yao was to give an explanation to the people of the world and to his son.Now that there is a better solution, Emperor Yongqian will not insist on killing him.It's just that Zhu Yao's official position will never be hired.For a son of a family with a glorious family, only this one is no different from killing Zhu Yao.

After dealing with Zhu Yao, Emperor Yongqian naturally would not forget the usual balancing technique of slapping a sweet date.Immediately, on the grounds that the second prince Zhuang Zhou was already married and an adult, he decreed that the second prince Zhuang Zhou should be thrown into the Ministry of Officials for training.The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the promotion of officials all over the world, and it is an extremely fat department.If there were no previous twists and turns, Zhuang Zhou would naturally be extremely happy, but right now...

Zhuang Zhou looked bitterly at the official minister Zhu Ting with knife-like eyes, feeling as if he was lifting a rock to shoot himself in the foot.