Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 340: Jin Feng in front of the palace, marriage proposal outside the palace

This night was another sleepless night for Mu Wanqing.

Zhao Mu vented all his loneliness after being away for such a long time on her as his wife.

Although the bliss of this world is not something ordinary people can enjoy, it also strengthened Mu Wanqing's determination to find more concubines for Zhao Mu.

The next day, Zhao Mu also attended the court meeting as scheduled.

At the court meeting, Emperor Zhezong spoke at length about the great victory here.

And in order to divide the civil servant group. Zhezong also specially praised brothers Su Shi and Su Che in person. The reason for the praise was that the theory of the Six Kingdoms presented by their father Su Xun was correct.

Zhao Mu, who was standing aside, wanted to laugh when he saw the bewilderment of the Su Shi brothers and the uncertain old face of Sima Guang.

After singing the praises of merit, the discussion of merit and rewards began.

The greatest credit for this battle comes from Zhao Mu, which is indisputable. Therefore, Zhezong promoted Zhao Mu to prince in person, and inherited the title of "Prince Qi" from his ancestors. He was given the title of Minister of the Ministry of War.

But this time no one raised any objections or said anything.

Zhao Mu smiled and said: "Congratulations to the prince for being awarded the title of Shangzhu Kingdom."

This time, Zhao Mu was promoted to king, but he did not open another ancestral temple. Because Zhao Mu was already a king, he was just promoted midway, and there was no need to open a temple to worship his ancestors.

This is because everyone has indeed convinced Zhao Mu, even the civil service group that has always been difficult to deal with Zhao Mu. After all, Zhao Mu defeated the enemy with three thousand troops and captured the Liao army commander alive. This achievement has never been achieved since the founding of the Song Dynasty. Not to mention that Zhao Mu belongs to the clan, even if he has a foreign surname, his achievements are worthy of the title of Prince.

King Zhongxiao waved his hand and said: "Alas! I was able to get a little bit of credit all thanks to the bravery of His Highness King Qi. This time His Highness King Qi led us to such a great victory. I have never won such a great victory in my entire life in the army! "

As the actual military commander of this war, King Zhongxiao was granted an additional 10,000 food fiefs by his Lord Zhuguo.

The Ministry of Revenue also allocated two million taels of silver to reward the soldiers who participated in the war.

After leaving the main hall, the civil and military officials returned to their own yamen. Zhao Mu and King Zhongxiao walked side by side.

Now he only has the fictitious title of Minister of War, and being promoted to prince is still the title of his ancestor. In the eyes of everyone, they even felt that Zhe Zong did not reward him enough. At least Dr. Ziqing Guanglu, Sangong, an independent king, this is decent.

As for everyone in the Beggar Clan, Hu Yanjin, Gao Mei and others also have their own rewards. It's just that none of them have been given official positions, and most of them are material and symbolic rewards.

Those who have meritorious service in this battle will be promoted. Among them, Wang Jin performed best. Wang Jin was promoted from the former captain of the Forbidden Army to the captain of the Forbidden Army. Still serving in the Forbidden Army.

Zhao Mu said: "Your Majesty, you're welcome. If not for Your Majesty's immediate decision, how could we have regained the land of the two states?"

Facing Zhao Mu who deliberately came to get close to him, how could King Zhongxiao not know what he meant.

When the two of them walked to a deserted place, King Zhongxiao said: "I understand what His Highness King Qi means. As for my daughter's marriage, I still want to ask Your Highness to think twice." Zhao Mu asked strangely: "Why is this? Could it be the prince? Are you still jealous of Zhao Mu for breaking off the engagement?"

Upon hearing this, King Zhongxiao quickly waved his hands and said: "Of course not. His Highness King Qi put the overall situation first and turned Dali to us with just one marriage. It is reasonable to reject the marriage of my daughter. How dare I be jealous?"

Zhao Mu asked: "Could it be that the prince feels that Sister Huyan has wronged her by marrying me as a side concubine instead of the main concubine?"

King Zhongxiao continued to wave his hands and said: "Your Highness is serious. It is a blessing for my daughter to win His Highness's favor. But I feel that my daughter is older than Your Highness and has a more rude temperament. The young lady of the noble family who is proposing to marry King Qi is now Countless, I don’t want my little girl to show off her shame anymore.”

When King Zhongxiao said this, he couldn't help but sigh. He had always opposed his daughter marrying the "dandy" Zhao Mu, but he didn't expect that it would delay his daughter's life.

Now that Hu Yanjin is about to enter her prime years, if she were to be placed on other boudoir girls, their children would have already grown up.

In addition, Zhao Mu is no longer the little county prince he was back then. Zhao Mu is now a celebrity in front of the emperor, a real prince, and in the future there will be no need for a young girl in his prime to accompany him.

Now that Hu Yanjin has remarried, she will wait for her time to pass away and her beauty will fade with age. I'm afraid life will be difficult.

Moreover, Zhao Mu was now a minister, with the title of prince. King Zhongxiao felt that even as an old father, he could not suppress Zhao Mu.

And who are the women around Zhao Mu? That is the princess of Dali Kingdom. Both Zhao Mu and his wife had a higher status than him, the loyal and filial king.

If his daughter is wronged in the future, he, as a father, will only be able to see it in his eyes and feel pain in his heart.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to let Hu Yanjin get married, which would ensure her stability throughout her life.

Zhao Mu said: "What did the prince say? Sister Huyan is sincere to me, and I treat her the same way." Zhao Mu seemed to see through King Zhongxiao's thoughts, and then said, "I know what the prince is thinking in his heart. Don't worry, I won't treat Sister Huyan poorly. The nine gifts of bonus, the position of concubine, and the marriage of a matchmaker are not bad. As long as the prince is willing, the gift will be sent to the house tomorrow. Sister Huyan has been waiting for me for so many years. , I have to give her an explanation."

After King Zhongxiao pondered, he looked around and after confirming that there was no one else, he said: "Good nephew! I have a life-long friendship with your father, King Dongping. Now there are only you and me here. I have something to say. So I won’t beat around the bush.”

"Originally, Jin'er and you are indeed a good match. Before I objected, I just heard some bad rumors about you and was afraid that Jin'er would not be able to marry a good man. Now that you have become famous, it is enough to prove that many of the previous rumors were false. .I’m going to ask you now, do you really like Jin’er?”

Zhao Mu replied frankly: "Of course!"

King Zhongxiao said: "Isn't it because Jin'er has been waiting for you for many years and feels indebted? Or is it just because of Jin'er's appearance? I can tell you that Jin'er is now nearly 10 years old, and her years will fade away little by little. The number has decreased. I also heard from the princess and Lan'er that there are many families who want to propose marriage to you. Princess Chai of the Xinguo Duke's Mansion and Princess Qian of the Prince Deng's Mansion are all handsome women in their prime. My family, Jin My son is much older than them."

At this time, Zhao Mu waved his hand and interrupted: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I like Sister Huyan completely out of sincerity. As Your Majesty said yourself, there are many women who propose marriage to me now. My mother and sister-in-law have also made arrangements for me. , County Princess Chai and Princess Qian were highly recommended by them. But I still prevaricate. I asked the eldest sister to go back to the house to report the matter to the prince as soon as possible. Doesn’t this reflect my sincerity? "

King Zhongxiao heard this and murmured: "This is just..."

Zhao Mu said with a smile: "It's nothing. If one day, Zhao Mu treats sister Huyan badly, the prince can hit Zhao Mu on the head with the steel whip in his hand."

King Zhongxiao also smiled and said: "Haha, I don't dare." Then King Zhongxiao let out a sigh of relief and said, "Forget it! Since my nephew and my Jin'er are in love, there is no reason for me, an old man, to stop them. . But one thing is that the one I love the most in my life is Jin'er. From now on, if she is handed over to my nephew, she must be treated as a treasure!"

(End of this chapter)