I, who disguised myself as a woman, turned out to be a queen! ?

Chapter 703: The Queen made this for me, please don't worry about it

Zong Ze’s return is a big deal.

Meeting His Majesty and His Majesty the Queen as two saints is one thing, and some officials in the court hold a banquet to entertain them is another.

Xia Fengxiang knew about this and chose to accept it.

Whether it was Zhao Wuxiu and other generals, or Su Wenqing, Gao Rou, Li Jiulang, Wei Xuancheng and others, they all had things to discuss with Zong Ze.

So Xia Fengxiang didn't need to hide anything, and someone would keep sending her information about what happened at the banquet.

of course
Knowing that there would be such a banquet, Su Changan specially brought some duck legs, braised eggs and other things for Zong Ze before leaving.

It was obvious from the meal just now that Zong Ze was not full, which was very different from Zhu Huang. When Zhu Huang was entertained with a hotpot meal, Zhu Huang ate four large plates of mutton by himself without any restraint or worries.

When giving it to Zong Ze, Su Changan said, "Didn't your majesty say that brother doesn't like to eat those delicacies from the mountains and the sea? And you are not full, so you eat these when you go there, and say that it was me who said so."

Zong Ze couldn't refuse anymore, so he took it.

When he entered Chengtian Gate, Zong Ze's hands were full of lunch boxes, and it was the same when he came out.

But the two are completely different.

When he walked out of the city gate, Zong Ze saw Zhou Yuanrang and Chu Ying who were obviously waiting for him on the side of the imperial road. He smiled and walked over quickly.

Zhou Yuan asked Zhou Anbu beside him to follow him. Zhou Anbu was still dressed in purple, but he no longer held the round fan in his hand. His long hair that used to hang down his shoulders was tied into a bun.

Chu Ying and Zong Ze would meet every few months, so when they met they would just clasp their fists as a greeting.

After all, Chu Ying is a general under Zong Ze.

Zhou Yuanrang led two armies alone, and although he was also in the northern border, he was not under the command of Zong Ze, and Zong Ze was also brought up by Zhou Yuanrang.

Seeing the lunch box in Zhou Yuanrang's hand, he said, "I heard from Commander Yan that you bought a lot of food for the queen. How come His Majesty asked him to bring all of it out for you?"

It is impossible for the Queen to dislike gifts given by others.

So, in the end, it was His Majesty who asked me to bring him out.

Upon hearing this, Zong Ze immediately gave a brief explanation.

Zhou Yuanrang looked down at the two food boxes, sighed for a moment and said, "Your Highness is respected, and it's not without reason."

The true heart is revealed in the small things.

If you treat others with sincerity, how can you not get sincerity in return?

Zong Ze didn't say anything, just picked up the lunch box, but his eyes turned to the two people behind Zhou Yuanrang and Chu Ying.

Zong Ze heard from Bao Xian that today's banquet was his welcoming banquet.

However, before meeting the emperor, Zong Ze also asked Bao Xian to notify everyone who would come to participate today, and ask them to bring all their sons and nephews or promising rising stars in the court.

He wanted to see it.

After all, he can't stay there for long. He wants to take a look at these fresh bloods in the court of Daxia, and take away those who need to be taken to the northern border for training.

As for the future of the Great Xia court, we cannot just stay in the capital and talk about it. We must see everything we should see.

This is what the late emperor once said to Zong Ze, and Zong Ze will remember it even after his death.

He mentioned this matter to Xia Fengxiang before leaving.

Xia Fengxiang naturally knew this a long time ago, so he nodded and let Zong Ze do it.

Moreover, Xia Fengxiang also mentioned something new to him, the Military Academy.

It is said that it was the Empress who brought it up.

Xia Fengxiang had been waiting for Zong Ze to come back and talk about this.

We didn't discuss it in detail. We just said that we would discuss the establishment of the city when the generals were around, and that it would have to wait until the war was over.

However, Xia Fengxiang told Zong Ze that he could talk about this matter today.

Zong Ze was surprised by this, and was also surprised that the queen could think of such a thing.

According to what the queen said, there are many academies, and some of them also teach courses on military tactics, but they are really shallow.

There still needs to be a special military academy, with generals serving as lecturers and teachers to teach soldiers the art of war.

As a military general, Zong Ze understood the importance of this matter. The late emperor once said that there were too many scholars in Daxia and they could not defend the country. They still needed more military generals.

Therefore, the late emperor continued to recruit military generals, which resulted in the great generals of the border army today.

But if there is a military academy
Zong Ze didn't think much about it, but he knew that the matter was serious.

So keep this in mind and make sure to discuss it thoroughly before leaving.

But for now, let’s take a look at these younger generations first.

As for Zhou An'an, Zong Ze naturally knew him. Just looking at Zhou An'an, Zong Ze smiled. He looked more and more feminine and became more and more handsome. One of his two older brothers served as a vanguard under Zong Ze.

Zhou An'an clasped his fists towards Zong Ze and said, "Master Zong."

Zong Ze smiled and said, "If your father asks, I can let you into my tent."

Zhou Bu'an frowned slightly and looked at his father.

Zhou Yuanrang kept silent, but Duyan didn't even look at Zhou Anbu, which made it clear that this was not an option.

Zhou An'an sighed and stopped talking.

Zong Ze naturally knew the person around Chu Ying. Her name was Liangyu, and she was a female military general. She was not outstanding in appearance, but her ability to lead troops was excellent.

Liang Yu clasped his fists towards Zong Ze and did not say anything. He just moved away from Zhou An'an because he was disgusted by the rouge scent on Zhou An'an, which did not look like a man at all!

Zhou Yuanrang said, "The kids are all excellent, but there may be some that you won't want to take to the North. Will you take them away by force?"

As he spoke, Zhou Yuanrang reached out to take the lunch box.

However, he was stopped by Zong Ze, who picked up the lunch box himself.

Zhou Yuanrang immediately spoke up when he saw this: "Master Zong! When I was fighting in the war, you ate meat while I gnawed bones. Have you forgotten? Now you can't bear to be with me, right?"

Zong Ze shook his head: "My queen told me to eat alone."

Zhou Yuanrang wanted to curse, but no words came out of his mouth. Fine, the Empress has already brought it up, what can I say!
But he still cursed: "You kid still want to eat alone? Fine, wait until those old guys fight over it, don't expect me to stop it!"

I am really greedy.

Before, after everyone received the braised pork sent by Su Changan and ate it at home, they all started to miss it.

But unfortunately, it was made by the Empress herself, which is really rare.

So from the very beginning Zhou Yuanrang had been thinking about the food box.

I was even thinking about taking Zong Ze out to find a place to eat and then going to the banquet.

Zong Ze was an honest man. He nodded and said, "The Queen allowed me to eat alone."

Zhou Yuanrang hesitated and turned to look at Chu Ying, Zhou Anbu, Liang Yu and the others: "Let's go, if someone wants to eat alone, why should we follow him!"

After saying that, the general immediately walked forward, and after a few steps he turned back to look at Zong Ze and cursed: "You will definitely die of starvation if you eat alone!"

After saying that, he continued to walk forward angrily, but after walking a few steps, he turned back to look at Zong Ze and said, "Let's go! What! Do you want a one-eyed man like me to find a sedan chair to carry you, the great marshal who eats all the food alone?"

Zong Ze smiled helplessly.

General Zhou always gets angry suddenly about some things, just like now.

Just now when they were having dinner, they talked about the past events of General Zong Ze and others, and mentioned Zhou Yuanrang. Su Changan said that although General Zhou looked fierce, he was actually a very cute person.

……

A so-called welcoming banquet was held in Qingya Restaurant.

Firstly, it is the Su family's property, so letting Su Wenqing pay the bill means he doesn't have to pay. Secondly, because of the relationship with the Empress, any gatherings of officials here are mostly held here, and it has become a habit.

It's just that today's banquet for officials is as big as this one, and each of the participants is extremely important in the court. They can be said to be people who carry the land of several states of Daxia or other important matters on their shoulders.

The banquet was held in the central courtyard.

There were several tables placed in the huge courtyard, but only the one in the middle was occupied by Mu Xu and others.

There are still vacancies above the chairs, and not all the people have arrived yet.

However, Mu Xu, Zhao Wuxiu and others were all there.

Even Yan Yunxiao and Bao Xian were among them.

However, Baoxian did not sit at that table, but stepped aside to give his seat to his wife.

Yan Yunxiao had already picked up the wine and started drinking, not caring about the admiring looks from the young people around him.

Young people and old people walked into the yard one after another, and the young people followed behind them.

Without exception, they are all young talents, either descendants of these officials, or discovered people from humble backgrounds or common people.

Marshal Zong personally gave the order to bring the young people here.

Another meaning of this message is that I, Zong Ze, want to see these young people, and you can bring them here.

Whether you will be noticed and what your future will be like after being noticed are all matters to be discussed later.

However, it would be amazing if he could really be appreciated by the [Military Genius] Zong Ze.

And it’s not just Zong Ze who is here today, there are others too.

Therefore, regardless of Zong Ze’s words, it must be brought about just for the future of the younger generation.

Therefore, there are fewer old and middle-aged people in the yard, but too many young people.

Xun Kuang, who was sitting at another table, yawned and looked at the young people who came. Many of them were the sons and nephews of the officials in the capital, but there were also many who were minor officials in the court or children who had not yet achieved any official title.

Xun Kuang knew half of them, and he could guess the way to the other half and think of who they were.

So after a thorough review, there were no unqualified people who sneaked in, all of them were people with real skills.

But.
Looking over here, wow, some of the older people have already started comparing themselves with the younger generations they brought with them.

Especially my own teacher.

I saw Mu Xu walking around the yard with Yan Shu. Some people didn't say anything, but Mu Xu said, "Yes, he is the top scholar Yan Shu, the boy praised by the queen herself, my disciple."

Xun Kuang shook his head helplessly, not knowing what to say to the teacher. You should at least add the words "Xun Kuang's apprentice". Xun Kuang sighed and picked up the wine glass.

But you have to drink it.
"What! Only the fourth rank? Old Zhao, my grandson is the fifth rank. A few days ago, when he saw the fight between the queen and the commander of Yan, he was quite insightful and said that he would definitely be the sixth rank within three years. Your fourth rank is not bad, but don't show off to me."

"Old Qi, don't get me wrong. The fourth rank I mentioned is the fourth rank of his horizontal training before. But he gave up his horizontal training and wanted to practice swordsmanship. It's only been a year, and he's already the second rank. I thought of letting Zong Ze take him to the northern border. Practicing swordsmanship means killing people. How can you not kill people? But your grandson is already the fifth rank. At this age, he still hasn't joined the army. Does he have to find a wife before going?"

The speakers were two dukes, the Duke of Qi and the Duke of Zhao. Two young men stood next to each of the two old generals, who were over 70 years old.

The two old generals looked at each other sarcastically, but one could faintly feel the feeling of being glared at.

Xun Kuang shook his head. He was close, so he planned to stand up and leave so as not to involve him.

And deep down, I feel that this trend is worrying.

But at this time, Xun Kuang noticed Yan Ruyu coming over.

Yan Ruyu was naturally called over with Yan Yunxiao.

The reason was that Yan Yunxiao originally came alone, but when he sat here and saw that others brought their grandchildren and younger generations here, he asked someone to call Yan Ruyu over.

I saw Ruyu walk up to me, feeling a little embarrassed and a little ashamed.

After paying respect to the two dukes, Yan Ruyu said, "Dukes, my mother said that those of you who are only fourth or fifth rank should not speak so loudly. My Ruyu is ninth rank and I don't speak, so you two are almost the same."

After saying that, Yan Ruyu hurriedly bowed again, with an embarrassed and even slightly shy look on her face.

When Xun Kuang heard this, he almost spit out his wine.

I couldn't help but look over there at Commander Yan, only to see that Commander Yan was drinking and didn't even look at this side.

But the two Dukes, you look at me and I look at you.

If it were someone else, given these two people’s hot tempers, they would definitely chase after them and have a talk.

But Yan Yunxiao's words.

Endure it!

The main thing is that Yan Yunxiao really took action against them.

Zhao Huniu was sitting on a chair at this time, blinking her eyes with a bored look on her face, watching the old men chatting. She thought of the seriousness with which the generals and the people from the Ministry of War discussed the affairs of the Western Regions at home that day. It was a world of difference.

But Zhao Huniu was just curious as she looked at the adults showing off their daughters, and then looked at her father who was sitting in his seat and chatting with Lord Gao Rou about something.

Zhao Huniu turned her head and looked at Xia Yaomo beside her: "Xia Yaomo, why don't you tell me why my father doesn't take me to show off."

Xia Yaomo looked at Zhao Huniu with a complicated expression, because he didn't know how to answer. If he answered wrong, he would be beaten. If he answered right...
If you answer this question correctly, you will definitely get beaten!
The reason why Xia Yaomo was here was because he was pulled here by Zhao Wuxiu, otherwise he originally wanted to follow Yu Jianyi to find Qingshu and the other two at Luoying Mountain today, because Big Brother Yu had made an appointment to fight with the three of them, and Lian Qiao would also go!

However, Xia Yaomo was actually quite curious as to why Zhao Wuxiu came to pull him, and why many people looked at him with strange eyes.

Snapped!
Zhao Huniu couldn't understand it, so she reached out and slapped the girl next to her on the back of the head.

The little girl looked about fifteen or sixteen years old. She glared at Zhao Huniu angrily and waved her hands randomly a few times. She couldn't hit her, but she felt relieved. Then she said, "Sister Niuniu! What are you doing? I'm just thinking about the unity of knowledge and action. Why are you hitting me?"

Zhao Huniu reached out and rubbed the little girl's head: "My hands are itchy."

The little girl gasped in anger, but just after taking a breath, she deflated again.

The little girl is called Li Yueyue, the daughter of Li Wenyu. Although she is young, she has already been admitted to the Imperial College.

After the incident in the south, the students marched and this little girl was one of the leaders. The fight against the Zoroastrians a few days ago was also led by this little girl.

I heard that when the fight happened, the little girl picked up a tile from the roadside and hit the Zoroastrian Westerner on the head. Fortunately, it was a tile; if it was a brick, someone would definitely have been killed.

He is very much like his father, the vicious scholar Li Wenyou, who is cruel and ruthless, but also very polite and well-mannered.

The little girl was so angry that she turned her head to look at Cui Yuer beside her.

But just as she was about to speak, Cui Yuer turned her head and looked at her and said, "My hands don't itch."

Li Yueyue's cheeks puffed up. Sitting here, especially between these two people, he was unlucky for eight lifetimes! !
But at this time
The originally noisy central courtyard suddenly became quiet.

Li Yueyue and everyone else looked up.

Just at the entrance of the yard, Su Wenqing, Zong Ze, Zhou Yuanrang and others appeared.

Many people stood up and saluted.

Among all the military generals in the world, in terms of status and identity, Zong Ze, Zhao Wuxiu, Meng Qin and Li Xuance are at the top.

Therefore, except for those few people present, everyone else had to bow when they saw Zong Ze.

The young people looked at Zong Ze, the legendary "Military Genius".

There was disappointment in some people's eyes, but more people had admiration in their faces, just like when they saw Zhao Wuxiu.

Li Yueyue was standing on tiptoe and didn't see anything. After all, everyone stood up, so she stood on a chair to watch. She didn't care about etiquette, she would come down immediately anyway.

Seeing Zong Ze, Li Yueyue pursed her lips with a look of admiration.

I only admire two people in my life, one is my father, the Marshal Zong Ze, and the other is the Empress.

Meeting Zong Ze today was worth the trip!
I will wait until I can see the Queen up close again, and my life will not be lived in vain!
However, when she saw Zong Ze, Li Yueyue saw Su Linhan right behind Su Wenqing, and was so scared that she quickly got down from her chair, because Mr. Su was her teacher in the Imperial College, although he only occasionally took the place of the master in class.

After getting down from the chair, Li Yueyue tried hard to look again and saw a little girl. After a moment of confusion, he suddenly realized that it should be Su Wan'er, the disciple of Mr. Yuan and Mr. Shuiyun. She was quite cute and he wanted to pinch her face. However, she was so young with a sword by her side. It seemed that she had practiced sword with Mr. Yuan, but she was definitely not as good as me.

"I heard you guys talking about your nephews and nieces outside." Zhou Yuanrang looked at the old men standing at the entrance.

They smiled but didn't say anything yet.

Zhou Yuanrang said, "My family is worried. You guys don't dare to compete, right? His name is on the poetry list, and he looks like this. Do I need to say anything?"

When I first arrived, I started without doing anything extra.

This made Xun Kuang, who had already been frustrated with this trend, even more helpless.

But seeing Zong Ze on the side, thinking that Zong Shuai was a person who paid special attention to rules, I thought he would definitely say something.
But it seems that Zong Ze doesn't intend to say anything.

What made Xun Kuang a little strange was that Marshal was holding two food boxes in his hands.

At this time, Mu Xu and others had already stepped forward and greeted Zong Ze one after another.

Seeing Zhao Wuxiu, Zong Ze clasped his fists and said, "I heard from the queen that Hu Niu and Prince An's marriage is settled?"

Zhao Wuxiu was overjoyed when he heard this, he had never expected this to happen, he had begged the Queen Mother to arrange a marriage for his daughter, and his daughter had done some disrespectful things, but in the end the Queen Mother ended up matching her up with that kid Xia Yaomo.

It's the Crown Prince's family, and Prince An and his wife Zhao Wuxiu are also familiar with them. They are a good family.

Zhao Wuxiu was extremely happy and grateful to the Queen.

He immediately said, "It can't be considered settled. After all, I haven't talked to Prince An yet. And if I wasn't waiting for you, I would have returned to the Western Regions a long time ago. I will probably have to wait until later. But since the queen has spoken, there is no problem."

Zong Ze immediately clasped his fists and said, "Congratulations!"

Everyone looked at Xia Yaomo.

Xia Yaomo didn't hear what was said, but when he saw everyone looking at him, he was surprised again, so he whispered to Zhao Huniu beside him: "What's wrong? Why are you all looking at me?"

Zhao Huniu shook her head: "I don't know, it seems like he's looking at me too."

Mu Xu smiled and looked at Zong Ze: "It's getting darker and darker."

Zong Ze smiled and returned the greeting: "Sir."

Zong Ze was considered half a student of Mu Xu. When he fought with Mu Xu, he learned a lot of principles from books.

Mu Xu smiled and pulled Yan Shu: "Xun Kuang's student Yan Shu."

Zong Ze had heard of Yan Shu's name. After all, he was the top scholar. He looked at Yan Shu and nodded. He didn't care whether it was good or bad now and would talk about it later.

Su Wenqing looked at this scene and said with a smile: "One by one, are you starting to show off your juniors? Then should I start right away?"

As he spoke, his hand reached into his sleeve.

But suddenly!

Mu Xu grabbed Su Wenqing's wrist and said, "Don't take it out, old man! You've already brought Lin Han and Wan Er here!"

Su Wenqing said immediately, "Li Heng went to talk to Li Jiulang, so he couldn't come. Qing Ning was taken by Zhang Wenjing to see a doctor outside. Otherwise, they would all come, but these two children are not very successful. One of them saved a family during his first visit, and the other one just helped His Majesty manage the business in the south and made a small business of Jiangchun."

Hearing this, everyone looked at Su Wenqing.

Everyone has heard about the story of Su Qingning, the third girl in the Su family. It was said that she accidentally encountered a house collapse, and the girl rushed over to save people without caring about anything else.

The family was rescued covered in blood and mud, and everyone on one side was presumed dead.

Finally the little girl was rescued.

Needless to say, Su Liheng's story is a tall order. He is the head shopkeeper of Dianjiangchun and Li Jiulang claims to be his student.

Where does Prime Minister Li have any students? Su Liheng is the only one.

As a result, the Grand Tutor is saying this now?
Mu Xu wanted to beat Su Wenqing up, but he held back because he knew what this old guy had up his sleeves!
Su Wenqing looked at Mu Xu who was trying to stop him and said with a smile, "I just took it out."

Mu Xu immediately said, "Don't take it! Don't think I don't know what you are going to take out. If you take it out, these children will be nothing!"

Everyone was confused.

But some old people reacted one by one and immediately asked Su Wenqing not to take it out!
Su Wenqing smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Hey, seeing you guys showing off your grandchildren, I want to show off too, why aren't you letting me?"

Everyone looked at Su Wenqing, why do you think so?
Su Wenqing shook his head and looked down at Su Wan'er: "Wan'er, if the Queen was here, she would definitely let Grandpa show off."

No one mentioned it. Everyone knew exactly who the old man was showing off to, so they pretended not to know.

But you said it directly, and everyone fell silent. And each of them had only one thought in their mind, to curse Su Wenqing!

Zhao Wuxiu smiled helplessly and looked at Zongze, asking curiously, "Why did you bring a lunch box?"

Zong Ze also understood at this time, so he smiled and replied to Zhao Wuxiu: "The queen made it herself and asked me to bring it here."

After hearing this, everyone looked at Su Wenqing.

He immediately looked at the food box in Zong Ze's hand.

The Empress made it herself, and she asked me to bring it over?

I’m in for a treat today!

Seeing everyone's looks like this, Zong Ze immediately added: "The Queen made this for me and asked me to eat it, so you guys should stop thinking about it."

(End of this chapter)