Hundreds of civil and military officials of the Southern Tang Dynasty gathered here, standing solemnly outside the pavilion, praying eagerly, looking at the south from afar, waiting for the imperial army that was about to return triumphantly.The scorching sun was like fire, and the leaves and grass stems outside the pavilion were roasted and shrunk a lot.All the officials were also baked by the scorching sun, their faces were covered with sweat, and their official uniforms were soaked through.I was fortunate enough to be able to sit and wait in the long pavilion, so as not to be dizzy from the sun, there were only the left and right phases, and the old general Qin.In the long pavilion, sitting on the head of the three old ministers is a peerless beauty.But seeing that she was born with bright eyes and bright teeth, her skin was as clear as jade, and she was wearing a set of solemn and gorgeous palace clothes, but she was the queen Zhou who was the mother of the main palace and was ordered to control the government.The status of Qin Guifei is also very noble in the palace, second only to Queen Zhou, this time she set out to return to the dynasty triumphantly, and made great contributions, Queen Zhou naturally could not slack off, so she personally led hundreds of civil and military officials to greet her, and waited for Qin Guifei and a group of generals at the ten mile long pavilion outside the city.She sat upright, holding a teacup in her small hand like white jade, took a sip of tea leisurely, looked into the distance with beautiful eyes, lightly opened her lips, and said indifferently: "Have the scouts sent in front ever reported that my sister's army is about to arrive?"
”Zuo Xiang Zhou Tai also smiled and said: "The queen doesn't have to worry, since the scout has been reported, it seems that we can't wait long, and the concubines will arrive." ”The beauty in the costume nodded with a smile, her eyes turned around on the faces of the three old ministers, and she smiled indifferently: "The merits of my sister and the generals this time are really too great, have you discussed how to reward them?"
”Due to the serious illness of Tang Emperor Li Yu, the authority has always been in the hands of Empress Zhou.Empress Zhou also knew that her identity was still better than the emperor after all, and she treated the officials very leniently, and issued an order to give the left and right two ministers, and the old general Qin could enter the court without participating in it, and she didn't have to kneel down when she saw herself, lest they get old, and worship and worship, if they flashed to the waist, it would be troublesome.For Queen Zhou's preferential treatment, Qian Song knows it.Empress Zhou did this, mostly for her father, or to show favor to the old general Qin, for herself, at present, the two families have a faint alliance to deal with their own faction.Now that the two factions have united, they are quite powerful, and they have hidden the power of Qian Song's faction in all aspects.However, Qian Song secretly sneered again: he has worked hard in the government and the opposition all these years, how can he easily suppress the union of these two families, obviously he is afraid of himself, he has contributed money and efforts over the years to help the Yinshan faction revitalize the Daomen, and it has really achieved miraculous results.As long as the strength of the Yinshan faction is restored, and the old Taoist priests who were seriously injured in the fire with the Guishan faction come out together, in this Tang Dynasty, how can there be room for these two families to speak, but now the situation is not conducive to the Qian family on the surface after all, and Qian Song can only endure with peace of mind and wait for the day after tomorrow.Empress Zhou stared at him, with a deep meaning in her eyes, and smiled: "Qian Xiang is too modest."
I'm a woman, how can I have any knowledge, or the three Aiqing discussed together and set a reward policy. ”The four of them were discussing in the long pavilion, and suddenly saw a war horse galloping in the distance, running to the outside of the pavilion, and immediately sent the commander to turn over and fall off the horse, bow to the ground, and said loudly: "Queen Qi, Guifei Niangniang led all the generals, already a mile away" A smile rose on Queen Zhou's beautiful red lips, Tingting stood up, and said with a smile: "My sister is here, let's go meet her" Watching her Yingying walk out of the long pavilion, the three old ministers hurriedly chased up, leading the civil and military officials, lined up to greet her, and greeted her.Not long after, smoke and dust rose in the distance, and hundreds of horses galloped over, and a large number of infantry ran panting behind them, but it was the army of the imperial court's southern expedition to level the thieves, and they came back triumphantly.At the forefront of the horse gallop was a heroic and beautiful female general, wearing armor, but it was the color of the marshal of the Southern Expeditionary Army, and under the sunlight, the golden light was dazzling.The appearance is also picturesque, the spirit is flying, the war horse gallops, this female general is full of pride, showing the heroic demeanor of women, which is prohibitive.On her right, a horse's head slightly behind her, was a little general, also born with white teeth and red lips, extremely handsome, wearing silver helmet and silver armor, with a respectful smile on his face, following her closely, patting his horse and galloping forward.In the back, it was the battalion generals of the imperial court who recruited the army, and this time they came to Jinling together to accept the reward.They were beaming with joy and joy at the reward they would receive.They were numerous, and they were not less numerous than when they first set out, but they were many more.Those additional generals can be seen at a glance.Although all of them have the heroic spirit of a military general, they are sandwiched among the generals and gallop, but they are quite timid, which is vaguely revealed in their eyes.These people are the leaders in the giant mountain cottage, and now they have surrendered to the court, and they have come to accept the gift, and they can be regarded as court officials in the future, but they are surrendered to the status of generals after all, for fear that the court will investigate the previous rebellion and rebellion, and the expression on their faces is also cautious, which is completely different from those generals who know that they have made great contributions.Li Xiaomin rode a horse and followed behind Qin Guifei, and saw from a distance that hundreds of officials were gathered in front of him, a peerless beauty, standing on the road with a smile, secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly followed.Queen Zhou stood on the avenue, standing with a smile, watching Qin Guifei lead the generals to gallop in front of her, roll the saddle and dismount, although she was wearing armor, she also bowed down, and said with a smile: "How dare you have Sister Lao, come to pick us up in person" Queen Zhou hurriedly stepped forward to support Qin Guifei, and said with a smile: "Sister, this time you have made a great contribution, the world knows, how dare my sister not come to pick you up" The two stunning beauties supported each other, and the beauty of the two different styles complemented each other, but the officials and the generals had no intention of appreciating such a beautiful scenery, just bowed to the ground, and praised in their mouths, The Tao is the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and there are only two queens and concubines, who share worries for the country, sweep away the giant mountain thieves in one fell swoop, and make the Tang Dynasty peaceful.Seeing these two beauties standing together with a smile, his eyes couldn't help but sparkle, he knelt on the ground, and forgot to stand up.Until Queen Zhou lightly opened her lips and said, "Everyone, Aiqing, don't be polite" Everyone stood up, Li Xiaomin looked at the most noble beauty with sadness, knowing that she would not help herself up, so she had to stand up in frustration and sigh secretly.On this side, Empress Zhou took Qin Guifei's hand and looked at her carefully.But seeing that although she is a servant of the wind and dust, and after several days of fighting, her complexion is slightly tanned, but there is a gentle and soft meaning, which is reflected on her face, and the jade body has become more graceful and colorful, full of feminine charm, so that she can't help but secretly wonder to herself: Could it be that going out to fight can make women more beautiful and attractive Not the vanguard of the imperial army, has also rushed to Shili Pavilion, after bowing to the queen's mother, escorting Queen Zhou, hundreds of officials, and generals to Jinling City.Empress Zhou affectionately held Qin Guifei, sat on the phoenix chariot, put down the bead curtain, walked at the front of the team, and entered Jinling City with a large team of people.Inside and outside the city gate, on both sides of the avenue, the people gathered, standing there shoulder to shoulder, looking at the army cheering loudly, loudly praising the generals for their bravery, and not much time to go out on the expedition, they broke the giant mountain traitors in one fell swoop, and returned with triumph, so that the people of the Tang Dynasty did not have to worry about the war from the rear.Li Xiaomin led the crowd to walk in the middle, and when he heard such a warm cheer, he couldn't help but be moved with joy, raised his hands and fists, and returned the salute to the people.When the people saw that the general led by him was a young man in silver armor and white robes, they couldn't help but be surprised, and asked each other loudly what the origin of that general was.If you know, you said excitedly: "Do you know that the young general is the father-in-law in the palace, and it is the famous Gonggong Li" The person who heard it couldn't help but sigh when he heard it: "Why, it's a pity to be a eunuch, look at his talent, and he can fight, but he goes to be a eunuch, it's a waste" and someone exclaimed: "Is Gonggong Li the Gonggong Li who was named Lingxiu Zhenren I heard that he won the commander in a martial arts competition, defeated the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and became the deputy commander of the army, is this the one?"
After getting a definite answer, the people were in a stir, and they all rushed forward to see it clearly and take a closer look at this handsome father-in-law who was excellent in immortal martial arts.Looking at the people who were full of surprise and worship, they rushed forward like a tide, cheered loudly to themselves, praised their great achievements, even if they were as modest as Li Xiaomin, they couldn't help but flutter up, smiled and saluted the people, and proudly walked towards the palace with the generals, and still thought happily in their hearts: "It's really good to be a hero, no wonder so many people dream of becoming famous" came to the court, hundreds of officials were lined up on both sides, and a group of generals went to the palace to bow to Queen Zhou and accept the gift.Because Qin Guifei was the imperial concubine in the palace and had never been to the palace, she was only announced by Queen Zhou with a smile behind the bead curtain, and her credit was too great, so she was given a thousand silk silks and a hundred horses, and a county fief was added as her fief.After Qin Guifei, the first person to accept the title was Li Xiaomin, the deputy marshal of the army.Li Xiaomin walked up to the hall without squinting, and before bowing down the jade steps, he listened to the jade man behind the bead curtain above smile and said softly: "Li Qing's family, raise your head, let the palace take a look" Li Xiaomin raised his head, looked at the beauty behind the bead curtain, his heart fluttered, and he smiled at her: "The credit of the Li Qing family, the palace has already heard what Marshal Qin said."
Now give 100 silk horses, and seal you as General Annan, the second rank of the official rank, the deputy commander of the Royal Forest Army, assist General Qian Wulin, lead the Royal Forest Army, and defend the Beijing Division. ”Li Xiaomin kowtowed and thanked him, muttering in his heart: "Annan has been called this name for a long time as the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and I don't know if he will become black." ”Below, Qian Song was secretly sneering.He tried his best, gave a lot of gifts, and used a lot of strategies to impress the emperor and let him Feng Wulin take charge of the Imperial Forest Army, and now he has laid a foundation in the Royal Forest Army.Empress Zhou only sent a little eunuch to come, and she wanted to take away the military power from him Next, Qin Yifu and a number of generals and generals of the Southern Expedition all stepped forward to listen to the seal, and all of them had a reward, even if it was the leader of the giant mountain who surrendered, they were all given military positions and sent to Qin Yifu and Li Xiaomin to listen to the order.After the reward was over, Qian Song stepped forward, bowed and saluted: "Queen Qiyu, the army of Northern Zhao, is ready to move on the border, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to my Datang."
Therefore, the old minister asked that it was better to order General Qin to lead the army north to help protect the border, so as not to have an opportunity for the Northern Zhao army. ”The officials of his faction also came forward one after another to ask for his opinion.After the bead curtain, Empress Zhou's eyes turned to General Qin, and said softly: "General Qin, do you have any opinions" General Qin lowered his head and thought, the defense in the north is indeed weaker, and the recent Northern Zhao army has been frequently mobilized, and the momentum is quite large, if you don't take precautions, once the Northern Zhao army attacks, I am afraid that the defense troops led by your eldest son will be difficult to stop.What's more, this time it was his grandson who was sent, and there was a new force in his hands, and their father and son were of the same heart to conquer Northern Zhao, which was also a good move to enhance the strength of their own family, so they saluted upwards and said: "What Qian Xiangguo said is extremely true."
The old minister does not shy away from his relatives, and is willing to recommend his grandson to lead the army to assist in the defense" Seeing that the old general Qin spoke, all the military generals in the DPRK and China also stepped forward to echo him, and the words were conclusive, saying that the defense of the north really needs to be strengthened.Seeing that most of the officials had such opinions, Empress Zhou nodded in agreement, and ordered Qin Yifu to lead the army and go north to resist Zhao.The court meeting was over, and the officials bowed respectfully and went down.When Li Xiaomin walked out of the court, an official came to salute, with a smile on his face, desperately trying to get in touch with him, hoping to climb the celebrity in front of the queen's mother.Li Xiaomin returned the salute with a smile and treated him humbly.After going down to the court, he first went to visit the left and right ministers and the old general Qin, and then visited his colleagues in the court.Naturally, many officials came to visit him in the palace, gave him generous gifts, and tried to convince him, hoping that he could say a few good words for himself in the palace, which was a great gratitude.Although his current mansion was given by the queen, he did not live in it often, and only stored some belongings in the treasury here.And in Jinling City, he also bought a few mansions in private, and now in addition to the mansions where Concubine Yun and Lan'er, Concubine Xiao Shufei and Qing Aya live, there is also a quiet private house, so that Song Xixi's mother and daughter can live in it, and buy a maidservant to serve.Spells were used to ban the courtyard, and his loyal soldiers were sent outside the gate to defend them, so that they would not escape.After arranging all this, Li Xiaomin hurriedly came out of the mansion and urged the horse to gallop to the mansion where Concubine Xiao Shu lived.After going on the expedition for so long, he really misses this gentle and graceful wife, as well as her talented and beautiful daughter.