Fortunate Young Gentleman

Although the content of the emergency report was brief, every word weighed as much as a thousand pounds.

The Chen State is in the critical autumn of life and death. The Western Regions and the grasslands are in trouble at the same time. If the south of the Yangtze River is in chaos again, the domestic chaos will be out of control.

Now that Jiangnan is pacified, not only will it not cause chaos behind the scenes, but it will also become a solid backing for Chen State. Even if the grasslands and the Western Regions change at the same time, Chen State will not be tired of dealing with it.

This good news from Jiangnan was like a reassurance, which finally calmed down Chen Huang's worries these days.

Lu Ding and others had just arrived at the door of the Imperial Study Room when they heard bursts of laughter coming from the palace. Everyone was shocked. They had never seen His Majesty so happy since the incidents in Northwest and Jiangnan.

In the palace, after Emperor Chen had finished laughing, a young eunuch came in and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, Minister Qian, Minister Lu and several other adults are asking for an audience outside the palace."

"You're here just in time." Chen Huang's smile became even brighter and he said, "Let them come in."

"See your majesty." Everyone walked into the imperial study. After the greetings, Qian Shuo, the minister of household affairs, looked up at Emperor Chen and asked tentatively: "I dare to ask your majesty, but what happy events are ahead?"

Chen Huang laughed twice and said, "Tang Aiqing's good news has just arrived in Beijing, and Jiangnan has been decided!"

Several important officials in the court naturally knew the significance of this matter. After hearing this, they were stunned, and their faces showed joy at the same time.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"I would like to congratulate Your Majesty and congratulate me, Chen Guo!"

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This is the first good news that the capital has heard in recent days, and it is also very important good news. If Jiangnan is certain, the people will be certain, and Chen Guo’s country will be certain...

Emperor Chen looked at the person who had traveled a long way to deliver the message, and said, "You have worked hard all the way to deliver the message. You will be rewarded with a jade belt, a thousand taels of silver, and a promotion..."

The envoy was running all the way, and his spirit was already very low. He immediately cheered up after hearing this, knelt down and said thanks: "Thank you for your grace!"

"The south of the Yangtze River has been pacified, the whole world is celebrating, and the Hanlin Academy is ordered to draw up a decree and announce it to the world!"

"Starting from today, the curfew in the capital will be lifted for three days, and all government offices in the capital will also be closed for three days!"

"I ordered the inner government to prepare. Tomorrow I will have a banquet for all the ministers in the palace. Officials of the seventh rank and above in the capital can bring their families to participate..."

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Emperor Chen was in a happy mood and issued several imperial edicts one after another, and the faces of several important ministers were also beaming with joy.

Jiangnan is sure, and they can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

These imperial edicts also hope that the people can rejoice with the country. The only thing that is a bit surprising is that at tomorrow's state banquet, seventh-rank officials can bring their families to participate. As a result, the expenses of the inner government will be a large amount. .

I don’t know how much benefit your Majesty’s inner palace has gained from Jiangnan this time. They have just allocated five million taels of silver, and now they are spending money on a grand banquet. It is completely different from your majesty’s previous style...

After several people exited the hall, Emperor Chen thought of something and said with a look of pain on his face: "Jiangnan must be certain, and the Western Regions and grasslands do not dare to use troops anymore. My five million taels have been wasted..."

Wei Jian asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, Hanlin's imperial edict has not been drafted yet. Do you want to send someone to take it back?"

"You bastard!" Emperor Chen glared at him and said, "I am the emperor, and you have no words to say. How can I take back what I have said?"

Wei Jian lowered his head and said, "This old slave is confused..."

"But that's five million taels..." Chen Huang paced in the palace and murmured: "He said he also paid some silver in Runzhou. I wonder if there are five million taels..."

Wei Jian thought of something again and reminded: "Your Majesty, Mr. Tang has made such a great contribution to the court this time. It seems that it is not a good reward..."

Even the messenger who delivered the message was rewarded, and the entire capital celebrated with the country. Naturally, Emperor Chen would not forget the person who made the greatest contribution.

But at the age when he was crowned, he was already Zuo Xiao's Cavalry Guard Zhonglang General, and the official's deputy minister. He could not be promoted. There was no precedent for Chen Guo to become a general at the age of twenty, let alone a twenty-year-old official's minister.

But as an emperor, those who have committed crimes should be punished, and those who have performed meritorious deeds should be rewarded. These are also the principles that must be practiced. How to reward Tangning is indeed a question that he must think about.

He rubbed his brows, feeling a little headache, and murmured: "The Zhong family is really cheap..."

If he is not married yet, just give him the position of Prince Consort. Unfortunately, he has three wives and concubines in his family. It is naturally impossible for a royal princess to be a fourth wife.

Thinking of this, he realized that he still had one more thing to worry about.

The name of Princess Pingyang Kefu has spread out, and the high-ranking officials in the capital are more afraid of her than Princess Yiyang.

There was an heir in the family who was of marriageable age. After hearing that he wanted to choose a son-in-law for Princess Pingyang, he got married to someone else overnight. As the emperor, although he could directly propose the marriage, if he really needed to force someone to make things difficult for him, If he appoints a consort, where will he put the emperor's face?

After thinking for a moment, a trace of determination appeared on his face and he said: "Well, the Han Dynasty has Huo Qubing who was appointed as a general at the age of eighteen. Why can't our Chen country produce a general and minister who are twenty years old?"

He looked at Wei Jian and said, "Draw up the decree..."

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The emotions that had been suppressed for a long time in the capital and the people's hearts were finally released today.

The three-day curfew in the capital was lifted. In previous years, it happened during the most lively Shangyuan Festival. But for the people of the capital, on this extremely ordinary day, they were even happier than during the Shangyuan Festival.

The rebellion in Jiangnan was quelled, which meant that the Western Regions and the grasslands dared not act rashly, and the dark clouds covering the entire Chen Kingdom dissipated. Although today was not a lively festival, it was a great day for universal celebration.

In Tang Mansion, Zhong Yi and Su Ru, who had just received the imperial edict, were still a little dazed.

His Majesty had just sent a large number of rewards and an imperial edict from the palace.

The rank of their imperial edicts was raised by one level each. Zhong Yi is now a third-rank imperial edict, and Su Ru's rank has also been raised to the fourth rank, because just now, their husbands have changed from the left Xiaowei Zhonglang Jiang to the left Xiaowei Right General, and the acting vice minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and have also become the real left vice minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

In Tang Mansion, Chen Yuxian looked at Zhong Yi's new imperial edict clothes with envy, and her eyes could not help but look at Zhong Mingli.

The third-rank imperial robe is at least a special honor that only the wives of officials above the rank of minister can have. Zhong Mingli coughed lightly, looked at Zhong Yi, and changed the subject: "Xiaoyi, you just said that Ning'er wrote a letter, let me see..."

...

Tang Ning, who was far away in Runzhou, didn't know that he had achieved success in both military and political affairs, becoming the right general of the Left Guard, and the position of the acting assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel was also promoted... He had just taken off his outer robe and was about to go to bed.

Sleep alone.

Su Mei was actually addicted to sleeping with Tang Yaoyao, so he could only sleep alone. Tang Ning forced himself not to think about the scene of the two of them sleeping in the same bed. After finally waiting for a little sleepiness, there was a knock on the door.

He got off the bed, looked at Tang Yaoyao standing outside the door, wearing an outer coat, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Come here." Tang Yaoyao glanced at him and walked back to her and Su Mei's room.

Tang Ning was stunned and suddenly lost all sleepiness.

He walked to their room and saw her and Su Mei sitting on the bed, both looking up at him.

Tang Yaoyao lifted the quilt and asked, "You come and judge, which of us has longer legs?"

Tang Ning looked at the four long, white legs and felt a little dazzled and dizzy.

He looked at Tang Yaoyao and asked, "You called me here just to ask this?"

Tang Yaoyao asked back, "What else?"

Tang Ning took a deep breath and answered honestly, "Your..."

"Are you convinced?" Tang Yaoyao looked at Su Mei proudly, then looked at Tang Ning and said, "Okay, you can go back."

"..."

Tang Yaoyao got off the bed, pushed him out the door, and said, "Go back quickly, we need to rest..."

Tang Ning lay down on the bed again, and when he closed his eyes, his mind was full of four long, white legs swaying back and forth. The sleepiness that he had cultivated with great difficulty just now could no longer be found...

He sat up from the bed and sighed, "What a sin..." [This chapter is first published on . Love . You . Voice . Novel Network, please remember the website address]