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Chapter 632 So What If He Was Made a Duke? (first update)
Chapter 641

The emperor Zhao Xu, who was already so excited that he couldn't speak for a while, chattered towards Empress Meng beside him, his face was also flushed with excitement.

Seeing Zhao Xu's appearance, Empress Meng took two steps back before slowly bowing down. "The concubine congratulates your majesty, congratulates your majesty..."

"Zitong get up quickly, it's lucky to be able to share this good news with you, otherwise, I would have lost a lot of fun." Zhao Xu was startled at first, then moved forward quickly, and gently supported Thinking of this confidant queen, she smiled.

"This news, I will go to court tomorrow morning, and I must let all the civil and military officials in the dynasty feel it. Mr. Wushan is indeed my lucky star. No, Mr. Wushan should be my lucky star in the Song Dynasty."

Empress Meng beside her turned her bright eyes and whispered in Zhao Xu's ear. "Your Majesty, the day after tomorrow will be New Year's Day, which is the day your Majesty will be in court to listen to the government. Or, this news should be postponed for a day and made public?"

Zhao Xu was taken aback for a moment, and then he understood Empress Meng's thoughts, and he couldn't help showing a hint of hesitation on his face. "this……"

After Zhao Xu hesitated for a while, he spoke softly to Queen Meng. "What Zi Tong said is reasonable, but I'd better wait until I meet with the Imperial Grandmother to discuss it tomorrow morning..."

"Well, Your Majesty is right." After Empress Meng nodded slightly, her eyes fell on the messenger and the eunuch standing in the front.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, this servant will never reveal a single word." The eunuch didn't understand something, so he quickly assured Zhao Xu loudly.

Zhao Xu couldn't help but shook his head and smiled. "You guys, that's fine. I don't want this good news to be leaked out in advance, so please retreat first..."

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However, after the eunuch and messenger left, Zhao Xu didn't feel sleepy at all, and he and Empress Meng carefully appreciated the generous victory report.

He was delighted to see it, and he praised it repeatedly, until the sky was getting darker, and then he squinted for a while under the persuasion of Queen Meng.

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"This is the last time that the Ai family gets up so early. From now on, the Ai family will be relieved of its heavy burden..." Sitting in front of the dressing table, the maid behind him applied light makeup on himself and looked at himself. Gao Taotao couldn't help but look a little embarrassed and emotional on that face that was already full of wrinkles and no longer young.

"What did you say, the country of the Great Song Dynasty still needs to be reminded by someone who is old and prudent..." Xu Degong who was beside him hurriedly said.

"You, don't you think Aijia is not enough to worry about?" Gao Taotao naturally understood what the eunuch's confidant next to him was up to, and he smiled and stretched out his hand and nodded Xu Degong.

Gao Taotao's eyes fell to the distance. "When the former emperor was alive, the Ai family promised the former emperor to take good care of the country and society of the Song Dynasty for him.

But Ai's family is just taking care of him and the officials, and the world will eventually be handed over to the officials.Today's emperor is no longer as frivolous as in the past, otherwise, how dare Aijia let go so boldly? "

As they were talking here, they saw an eunuch hastily walking into the hall. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty and Empress Empress are here..."

"Why did they come so early?" Gao Taotao looked at the sky and asked in confusion. "Let them in."

"Grandmother, there is a piece of good news, very exciting news..." Soon, Zhao Xu entered the room with Empress Meng, and after greeting the Empress Dowager Gao Taotao, Zhao Xu couldn't wait to say.

"Oh? I wonder what kind of good news the official said, so that you are so handsome?" Gao Taotao raised his head and waved away the attendants around him, leaving only Xu Degong beside him.

"Emperor Grandmother, you should read it yourself. This was delivered to the palace at midnight yesterday, and it was a good news from Shaanxi Road." Zhao Xu took two steps forward, took out the good news from his sleeve, and handed it to Gao Taotao in front of.

"Could it be that I defeated Xixia again? Hiss..." Gao Taotao opened the victory report as he spoke, but when he saw the first page, he couldn't help but take a breath.

The eyeballs of Xu Degong standing behind him also suddenly widened.

After reading the good news, it took Gao Taotao a long time to calm down his excitement. "This, this is too unbelievable, why does the Ai family think that this time when we are facing Xixia in Song Dynasty, it seems that Xixia is almost vulnerable.

I was encircled and suppressed by the Great Song Dynasty before with [-] elite troops, and captured the Queen Mother and dozens of important ministers. This time, it was the Xiangguo of Xixia who led an army of [-] to surrender, and even took back Yanzhou ..."

Seeing Gao Taotao's shocked look, Zhao Xu smiled. "So, my grandson felt that this Wang Wushan was indeed the lucky star of our Song Dynasty. In the battle of Hongde Village, it was his suggestion and then his personal attendance at the battle formation to build a defensive line south of Hongde Village, which finally enabled our Song Dynasty to win. Big win."

"And this time, he was the one who proposed to surrender Liang Yibu, the majestic Prime Minister of the Xixia Kingdom. In the end, he really let him do it. Moreover, Liang Yibu not only led an army of [-] to surrender to our Great Song Dynasty, but also lost our Great Song Dynasty for a hundred years. Hongzhou and Youzhou donated."

"This kid, he's not afraid that he'll choke on his appetite." Gao Taotao shook his head in disbelief. "Even with the great victory of Hongdezhai, and now we have won Yanzhou, saying that if we surrender to the Prime Minister of Xixia, we will have to surrender [-] soldiers, and we will also gain hundreds of miles of Youzhou and Hongzhou."

"That's right, Wang Wushan was granted the title of marquis just now, but now it seems that at the age of a weak crown, if he is given the title of Duke, no one would dare to say anything, right?" Zhao Xu said There is something authentic with Rong.

"According to what was said in the victory report, Wang Wushan is indeed the minister who made the most contributions... Alas, I'm afraid it will cause headaches for the court's civil and military officials again." Looking at the greasy and crooked appearance in Gongshi, he couldn't help smiling.

"Haha, why does my grandson only feel happy?" Zhao Xu laughed and winked.

Gao Taotao looked at the emperor who had not completely lost his youthful nature, couldn't help but smiled wryly and rubbed the center of his brows, then patted his forehead lightly. "The Ai family is so happy that they are almost confused, the official family, this good news, those who know..."

"Apart from the messenger and the eunuch who accompanied the messenger last night, you are the third person who knows..." Having said that, Zhao Xu's eyes fell on Xu Degong.

It's just that now the chief manager Xu will only stand aside with a smiling face, pretending to be deaf and dumb.

Gao Taotao narrowed his eyes, pondered for a while and then spoke in a deep voice. "The Ai family has an idea. How about we postpone this good news with you for a day, and the Ai family will pretend that they have never seen this good news?"

"Royal Grandmother, do you want to wait until the day after tomorrow?" Zhao Xu couldn't help but glanced at Queen Meng next to him with a surprised look on his face, and then asked.

(End of this chapter)