Rebirth of the Merry Warrior

Chapter 54 Benevolent Government

On the evening of the next day of the Lantern Festival, a large palace banquet was held in Guijiang Palace as a farewell gift.In another day, the mighty Beichen army returned westward and bid farewell to Guijiang.

Long Chenyu was wearing a golden scale armor, sitting on a horse.He turned his head and looked casually, but saw Zhao Nu standing on the city wall and looking at him from a distance.From such a long distance, she couldn't see that she was happy or angry, so Long Chenyu only glanced at her, and smiled faintly as farewell.

Shen Chengqian was wrapped in fleece, sitting in the carriage, with a brocade box beside him, which was the treasure that King Wu Ling gave back to Emperor Beichen.Long Chenyu was afraid that it would be damaged in another car, so he asked him to watch it himself.

When the carriage was about to leave, Shen Cheng raised the curtain, poked his head out, and took a last look at the vast seedling field.Who knows if he will have the chance to come here again in his long life in the future.

Perhaps, this glance is a farewell forever.

This journey went extremely smoothly, but within three days, a group of troops and horses returned to the capital of Beichen Emperor.When Beichen Yuanhuang saw the night pearl that Wu Lingwang gave back, he greatly appreciated it and was very happy, so he also rewarded Long Chenyu and Shen Chengqian along the way.

After that, another period of calm days passed.

In a blink of an eye, it is spring.

On the fourth day of February, the Empress Dowager's [-]th birthday, there is a grand banquet in the palace for the court officials.

When he got this letter, Shen Chengqian was playing chess with Long Chenyu in Prince Wu's residence.After grabbing the little eunuch who sent the copper coins to deliver the letter, he asked puzzledly: "General, I have never understood. This Beichen Yuanhuang slaughtered the king and killed his brother, he is a cruel person. Now the queen mother is Beichen Yuan Geng's biological mother has no blood relationship with the current emperor. What's more, the Empress Dowager is also responsible for Beichen Yuanhuang's mother and concubine falling out of favor and humiliation. According to Your Majesty's violent temperament, the Empress Dowager should have been killed She was cut off, why did she stay in the harem to take care of her? Now, why is she celebrating her [-]th birthday?"

Long Chenyu just stared at the chessboard, and after a while he dropped a white piece, and said: "Oh, do you think His Majesty is kind? He has his own considerations."

"How do you say that?"

"There is probably hatred between him and the empress dowager that is like the sea, and the resentment is as high as the sky." Long Chenyu said. "If she ended up with a knife, wouldn't it be too cheap for her? I think His Majesty didn't want to give Beichen Yuangeng a happy death that day, but he was suspicious and didn't want to have long nights and dreams, so he let Beichen Yuangeng commit suicide. Beichen Yuangeng Geng died, leaving behind a mother concubine as a substitute, how could His Majesty let him go so easily?"

Shen Cheng shrugged slightly: "But I see that the Empress Dowager is enjoying her life in the harem now, and she is enjoying life at ease, and I have not seen anything wrong with His Majesty towards her."

Long Chenyu only said: "Do you know how the Empress Dowager is doing recently?"

"I don't know the details, I just heard from the imperial medical officer that the Queen Mother's body has become weaker and weaker recently, and it is even more uncomfortable in rainy days, and sometimes the water and rice can't get in for a whole day." Shen Chengqian dropped a sunspot on the small corner. "I saw her at the last New Year's banquet, and I saw that she was much thinner than before, and the luster in her eyes was gone."

"That's it." Long Chenyu said. "If Your Majesty wants her to die, if he cuts her down, she will lose everything. However, he is unwilling to give her a good time, leaving her to stare and suffer." The son continued: "Think about it, although the Empress Dowager is in the highest position, she must die or live. It's not what the emperor said. Maybe one day, a dish or a glass of wine in the meal will kill her. Whether it is early or late at that time depends on how Your Majesty likes it, how can the Empress Dowager not live in fear every day?"

Shen Chengqian nodded: "I don't know when he will die, it's really sad."

"What's more, Beichen Yuanhuang is not the son of the empress dowager, but the child of her enemy. But now, the soul of the empress dowager's own child has returned to the underworld, and the son of another family has inherited the throne and ascended the throne. How can she feel better in her heart? ?" Long Chenyu looked at the chess game and said. "Beichen Yuanhuang had a good idea. He thought that the queen mother had a heart disease, so he didn't dirty his hands, and let her feel sorry for herself, so she couldn't live a good life every day."

"It's true, he is supporting the Empress Dowager now, maybe ordinary people will think how benevolent he is." Shen Cheng said shallowly. "It's a good thing to kill two birds with one stone, no wonder he is happy to do it."

"Yes." Long Chenyu took a few more moves from Shen Chengqian, and finally counted the chess game. "You sent me seven sons, and I won again."

Shen Chengqian smiled helplessly, took a sip of tea, and then helped Long Chenyu put the chess pieces back into the chess box.

I hold the black, and at this time there is no rule in the world that the blacks need to give way. At the beginning of the game, I have the advantage of three to seven, but I lose.

He played against others, but he rarely lost.But every time he meets Long Chenyu, who doesn't play chess much, he always ends up in complete defeat.

Long Chenyu's eyes always seemed to be able to see through his thoughts, his chess moves, and his tactics.

In a blink of an eye, on the fourth day of February, there was a grand banquet in the palace.

The courtiers sit at the table first according to their civil and military distinctions, and secondly according to their official rank.No matter what the rules are, it is impossible for Shen Chengqian to sit with Long Chenyu.Long Chenyu is a general, his official position is much higher than him, and he also has a title of title, sitting in front of the main hall.As for him, a civil servant, although he looks like a big official, he doesn't have much power. He only sits in the middle and slightly in front, and happens to be next to Zhang Aoyue.

It stands to reason that Zhang Aoyue's official position is lower than hers, but they happened to be next to each other.

In this court, Zhang Aoyue was also someone who intended to befriend him early on, when he went to fight Xuanyi, he had comforted him with kind words, and Shen Chengqian had a good impression of him.When I saw him today, I just felt that he was more spring breeze than before, as if he had eaten honey.

Shen Chengqian toasted him with a glass of wine, and said: "Brother Aoyue, I haven't seen you for a long time, but my face is full of spring breeze, but what good happened? Tell me so that Chengqian can have fun with you."

Zhang Aoyue first had a drink with him, and then murmured: "Chengqian is worrying too much, how can there be any good things from heaven for me? Maybe it's just the joy of the Empress Dowager's birthday today."

Shen Chengqian didn't believe it, the Empress Dowager's birthday was in a dignified atmosphere, and it was almost in time for the funeral, so there was no joy at all, it was obvious to bluff him.

But Zhang Aoyue didn't want to say it, and Shen Chengqian didn't want to ask more.It's just that when he drank with Zhang Aoyue again, he clearly saw an extremely delicate plum blossom on Zhang Aoyue's cuff, the handwork was meticulous and the stitches were tight, one could tell at a glance that it was embroidered by a virtuous girl.

No wonder her face is full of red, it seems that she has a crush, and maybe it will become a big marriage soon.

Shen Chengqian had nothing to do left and right, so he had a drink and conversation with Zhang Aoyue, and when the palace banquet started, they had already had a few drinks.Fortunately, this wine has no alcoholic power, and it doesn't feel drunk.

When the ceremony and music of the palace banquet was remembered, Beichen Yuanhuang and the Queen Mother came to this hall to take their seats together.All the officials stood up and kowtowed, wishing the Empress Dowager Jin An.

After waiting for the decree to get up and take his seat, Shen Chengqian raised his head and looked at the front seat.However, the queen dowager, who used to be beautiful and beautiful, now has gray hair on the temples and a yellowish complexion, she seems to have aged in a year, but she is more than ten years old.His body was so thin that only a handful of bones remained, even if he was wearing a fine dress, he couldn't hide it.

Shen Cheng sighed lightly, and recalling what Long Chenyu said to him today, he felt that this woman was really pitiful.

A woman has worked hard all her life in the palace, and finally risked her life to become a queen, and to be a queen mother, isn't it to help her son ascend to the most prestigious position?Now that her own son is dead, and she has to live in fear every day under the eyes of the enemy's son, it's pity that she is too old to enjoy the blessings.

Zhang Aoyue looked at him and sighed softly, and said, "Why did Chengqian sigh on the day of great joy?"

Shen Chengqian only said that this piece of Aoyue was in love, but she seemed to be blindfolded by lard, so she couldn't see such an obvious thing, and she asked him openly.How could he explain why.So he could only shake his head, raised his glass and said, "It's nothing, it's just a beautiful day, just a feeling. Brother Aoyue, drink, drink."

In a blink of an eye, another few glasses of wine were drunk.Shen Chengqian drank on an empty stomach, and felt a little tipsy at the moment.

He originally wanted to eat some delicacies from mountains and seas at this palace banquet, but he didn't want to think that the food at this palace banquet seemed exquisite, but it was all prepared the night before.Today, although it is hot again, it has already dried and hardened, and some things that are not heat-resistant have already gone rancid.

Shen Chengqian had a bad stomach, so he didn't dare to eat these stale things.

How could he have forgotten how to prepare thousands of delicacies in this palace banquet in one day?It's just looking decent, and the only ones that can be eaten and freshly baked are the ones on the table of the emperor and empress dowager.

Songs and dances are still being performed in the hall at this moment, and the neon feather clothes are really bright and charming.Shen Chengqian watched with a bit of drunkenness, but was in a daze for a while.At this time, the grand duke beside the emperor came over and announced to the ears of the ministers one by one.

When he walked to Shen Chengqian's side, Shen Chengqian helped the grandpa before he had time to salute.This is the emperor's confidant, even though he is an eunuch, in terms of severity, he may be more important in the emperor's heart than himself, so why should he use his official airs to beat him up.

Shen Cheng smiled slightly and said, "Eunuch Sun, what's the matter?"

Sun De also smiled, and said softly: "Master Shen, His Majesty will also prepare songs, dances and operas on the Langya Pavilion in the Imperial Garden for a while, to pray for the Empress Dowager's birthday, and to make it lively. But His Majesty saw that it was getting late at this time. I'm afraid that the lords can't bear it anymore, so I asked the servants to pass the message first, and ask the lords what they mean. Your majesty ordered that the second half of the palace banquet will not be forced. If the lords are unwell or drunk, they can go back home on their own. That's it, His Majesty will not blame you."

On the bright side, he said that he would not blame him, but the emperor has come to invite him, so how can he say nothing?

Shen Chengqian only smiled and said: "Your Majesty sympathizes with our courtiers. You are really a benevolent and wise monarch, and you have betrayed me. Why don't you go, you will go, it's a rare happy event, how can you not be moved by the emperor?" Well."

Sun De nodded, and said: "The uterine banquet is over, my lord, don't go out of the palace, go directly to the imperial garden."

"Okay, I can save it." Shen Chengqian nodded. "Trouble your father-in-law."

Sun De saluted him again, but was also helped by Shen Chengqian.Shen Cheng looked at him with a slight smile, originally thought that Sun De would go to pass on Zhang Aoyue and other officials, but unexpectedly, Sun De only passed on a few people, and then returned to the emperor's side to serve him.

Why, in the second half of the palace banquet, isn't it true that the audience has a share?

If he remembered correctly, Sun De invited all the adults above the second rank in this palace, only a few of the third rank and none of the fourth rank.

However, Long Chenyu also wanted to go, thinking of this, he felt much more at ease.It doesn't matter if it's a palace banquet or a Hongmen banquet, the emperor can order him to go or not, just go straight.

The author has something to say: Is the character of the military adviser very crooked and hypocritical?