Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 70
"Duke Xuanyi goes to the palace!"

In front of the Xiande Hall, the main hall of the East Palace, eunuchs sang loudly.

"Xuan Xue Wanche, Xie Shufang, Feng Li, Feng Xu go to the hall!"

Qin Lang took off his boots outside the hall, a little eunuch hurriedly bent down to take off Qin Lang's sweaty socks, wiped them with a wet towel first, and then put on a new pair of socks for him.

"Please, Lord Yi." The servant said very respectfully.

"Thank you." Qin Lang hurriedly thanked him.

The sword had already been taken off in front of the palace gate, and even the shoes were taken off at this moment. Unless Qin Lang could sneak into the palace with special sword shoes one day, the courtiers in the palace were not qualified to wear shoelace swords.

In comparison, Xue Wanche and the others were a little fearful, and they didn't dare to ask the eunuchs to help him take off his boots and change socks. They honestly took off their boots, wiped their feet and put on new socks to prevent His Highness from sweating and smelly feet.

After stepping into the hall, Qin Lang realized that a large group of civil and military officials had gathered in the hall, and the whole hall was full of Zi Fei.

He still doesn't know how much panic was caused in Chang'an just now when the beacon smoke illuminated Chang'an.

A censor in the hall called out, "Shangzhu Kingdom, Yi Kingdom Duke, and Zhenfu Sisi Cheng Qin Lang, please refer to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Qin Lang knelt down and shouted, "His Royal Highness is a thousand years old!
At the head of the main hall, Li Shimin raised his hand from a distance, "Your son-in-law has worked hard."

Qin Lang felt awkward listening to this sentence of a good son-in-law. He always felt that Li Shimin was taking advantage of him. He clearly said that he would meet for five years, but it was just a temporary engagement, and it was not true.

When Li Shimin saw Qin Lang coming in, he knelt down on the ground, buttocks raised up, Xue Xie and the others who didn't dare to move were in a good mood.

"The son-in-law has made a great contribution. From now on, I will give you a special praise."

As soon as these words came out, the hall was full of exclamation and envy.

Praise is not named, it is just like before, when Qin Lang came in to see the prince, he had to be called by the official name, but now Li Shimin has specially ordered that when Qin Lang comes to see the prince again in the future, he does not need to be called by the official .

It is a kind of honor to pay tribute to a person who is not named, and it shows the emperor's appreciation and respect. Generally speaking, courtiers do not enjoy this kind of courtesy.

To enter the imperial court and not to tend is to trot forward when seeing the prince or emperor, but now you can walk normally.

Of course, if the qualifications are old enough and the prestige is high enough, as high as Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao, they can still go to the palace with swords on, and directly wear shoes and bring the sword to the palace to meet the emperor.

You can even ride a horse in the palace, or ride a chariot in the palace.

Now Qin Lang is only given the privilege of being anonymous, but it is enough to be unusual, after all, others do not have it.

"Come here, give the lonely son-in-law a seat!"

Immediately, a servant brought a cushion and arranged for him to be closer to Li Shimin.

All the officials in the hall were kneeling on the ground, and some of the low-ranking ones didn't even have cushions. For example, he saw Hou Junji, Cheng Yaojin, and Yu Chigong, and they didn't have any. Although they were promoted to Generals of the Twelve Guards before, But it is only from the third rank.

Qin Lang quickly declined.

Li Shimin walked down himself, took his hand and sat down in front.

After doing this for a long time, the fourth general Xue Xie still knelt at the door and dared not get up, he didn't even dare to lift his head, his buttocks were raised high, and his forehead was pressed against the floor.

"Your Highness, Xue Xie and the generals deeply appreciate His Highness's benevolence and kindness. They have already understood their crimes, so they come here to plead guilty." Qin Lang spoke for the four of them.

Li Shimin seemed to have just remembered those guys.

He turned around and looked at the four of them.

"You waited in the East Palace. Instead of admonishing the prince to cultivate benevolence and virtue, but secretly slandering and slandering our brothers and sisters, this is a crime. On the day of Jingchao, you sent troops to fight again, killing lonely and loyal soldiers. It is the second crime to besiege the lonely family members of the royal family. After the army is defeated, it refuses to surrender, but leads the defeated soldiers to rush into Zhongnan Mountain to be a bandit and endanger one side. This is the third crime."

Li Shimin counted them one by one.

"There are three crimes, and the death penalty is also!"

Xue Wanche lay on the ground, not daring to defend himself, but kept shouting.

"The minister is guilty of capital punishment, capital punishment!"

The three of Xie Feng also called capital punishment.

Seeing the attitude of the four of them, Li Shimin was quite satisfied, but he didn't let go immediately.At this time, Qin Lang would come out willingly and ask for pardon for the four of them, and Wei Zheng and others also persuaded them together.

"If it weren't for the persuasion of the ministers and workers, I would have killed you today to comfort the heroes and soldiers who died that day."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for not killing me, and I will repay it with death!"

The four kowtowed their heads to thank each other like pounding garlic, especially Xue Wanche's head was bleeding from the beating.

Li Shimin was very satisfied and very happy.

So the four of them were rewarded again in public, and all four of them were granted the title of Duke of the county, or the general of the twelve guards, or the general of Zhonglang in Yifu.

"Xue Wanche, I think you are loyal and brave, and now the emperor's fifteenth sister, Princess Danyang, is specially married to you, are you willing?" Li Shimin asked.

All the courtiers in the palace looked strange.

Originally, the crown prince gave Danyang to Qin Lang, but Qin Lang refused to accept it, and the crown prince demoted him three times a day.

I thought that in the end Qin Lang would have to compromise and accept the marriage offer, but no one would have thought that in the end, he would become the princess of Changle, the daughter of Prince Qin Lang.

From a brother-in-law to a son-in-law, it can be said that the jaws of countless people were shocked. Originally, some censors said that this was not polite.

But Li Shimin still announced that the Ministry of Rites would choose a good day to hold an engagement ceremony for Qin Lang and Princess Changle, and they would get married ten years later.

In this incident, Princess Danyang undoubtedly became the biggest victim.

Originally, the prince wanted to make up for the imperial sister, and tried to pick a talented person from the five surnames and seven sects for her, but unexpectedly, as soon as the news got out, the right-age heroes from various families fled out of Beijing one after another, and ran back to their hometowns for various reasons. , Li Shimin was very angry, but he didn't want to force one to marry the imperial sister. After all, Qin Lang had learned from the past, if he overturned again, the royal family would really lose face.

Today the Highness gave Xue Wanche a marriage, but it was not a sudden whim, but a long time ago.Xue Wanche's age is quite suitable, and he is also brave. Moreover, his father was the prefect of Zhuojun in the Sui Dynasty, and the Xue family was also a generation of generals.

Xue Wanche is no better than Qin Lang, he is only surrendering to the Eastern Palace, and he is definitely not as stubborn as Qin Lang who dares to refuse marriage.

Xue Wanche over there was really stunned.

However, he didn't know that there was a refusal of marriage between Princess Danyang and Qin Lang. He stayed in Zhongnan Mountain before and the news was seriously behind. these new changes.

He was flattered in a daze.

Unexpectedly, the crown prince treated him so kindly, not to mention completely pardoning their crimes, but also rewarded him with the title of duke, promoted his official position, and directly promoted him to the position of leading general from the third rank right, and now he even married the princess.

"Why, you don't want to?" Li Shimin looked puzzled.

"Minister, minister..." Xue Wanche stuttered with excitement. It is of course a good thing for a general like him to marry the princess, let alone his current situation, "Thank you, His Royal Highness, for your kindness."

"Hahaha, just promise. From now on, you will be the lonely fifteenth brother-in-law, and we will be a family." When Li Shimin laughed, he did not forget to turn to Qin Lang and look at each other.

Look at how straightforward Xue Wanche is, this is the attitude that a courtier should have towards a marriage.

Qin Lang pouted.

I don't know if Lao Xue turned around and knew that he had rejected Danyang's marriage, would he feel uncomfortable when he came to take over the offer?Wouldn't it be a little unpleasant to meet again in the future?

Li Shimin is very happy today.

Xue Wanche, Xie Shufang, Feng Li, and Feng Xu are the four great generals, and now they are all attached, which shows that their position has become a bit more stable.

Princess Danyang, the fifteenth daughter of the emperor, gave a marriage to Xue Wanche, the general of the right leader and Duke of Wu'an County, and Princess Linhai, the sixteenth daughter of the emperor, gave a marriage to the second son of Zuo Pushe Peiji, the second son of former Prime Minister Shangshu, and lawyer Pei, Duke of Hedong County.

Xue Wanche was originally the number one general of the abolished princeling party, and Pei Ji was the emperor's number one confidant. These two are representatives of the two old forces. Now Li Shimin uses his two younger sisters to marry them and pull them over. He feels that This deal is very cost-effective, even if it is impossible for him to trust an old guy like Pei Ji, at least he has to win over and appease him now.

But this Qin Lang, originally gave Danyang the marriage to him, firstly, he really appreciated him, and secondly, he wanted to show more gratitude to Qin Qiong, the number one general under his command.It's just that Qin Lang was an idiot, and he almost couldn't accept the marriage by refusing to come to the stage. In the end, he had no choice but to marry the four-year-old Princess Changle to him, and finally coaxed this idiot with a verbal agreement. I agreed to come down.

After that, the atmosphere in the hall was full of joy.

Li Shimin gave wine to Xue Wanche and others, and also asked the imperial doctor to show Xie Shufang his wounds, and rewarded ginseng and so on.

Qin Lang found that the ministers next to him had the same attitude towards him. They all smiled on the surface, but in fact they kept him at a respectful distance. They chatted and drank in groups of three and five, but no one would take him to play with him.

It was Cheng Yaojin who took care of him and invited him to drink with him.

"Isn't it good to get together and drink in broad daylight?"

"What do you know, Xue Xie waited for this drop, the whole Chang'an is considered to be completely stable, and some people who were still waiting and watching have given up their minds. You don't know that Chang'an immediately became a little unstable when the beacon smoke came together just now, so This time, your kid has made another great contribution, and the hidden danger in Chang'an has been resolved, His Highness is of course very happy."

It turned out that the people from the East Palace, Zheng Shanguo, Wang Gui, Wei Zheng, Wei Ting, etc. from the civil servants had all joined the new crown prince. Now Xue Wanche, the military commander, thanked Shufang and others for surrendering, which was an excellent start.

As a result, there are only a few local powerful factions such as Li Yi and Li Yuan left.

"My son-in-law! Come here!"

Li Shimin beckoned him over with a wine glass.

"My son-in-law, although Changle is still young, you have to wait ten years for your wedding, but there must be a lot of etiquette, and you should also pick a good day, find a big matchmaker to write a wedding letter and give a gift. "Li Shimin said while recruiting Cheng Yaojin.

"Zhijie, I know that you and Shubao have been in a life-and-death relationship for many years, why don't you be the matchmaker for Huailiang and Changle, and you will be in charge of writing the marriage letter and giving gifts!"

When Lao Cheng heard this, he scratched his beard and said happily, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for appreciating me, Lao Cheng. It's no problem to leave this matter to the minister. I think it's better to hit the sun than to choose the day. Let's do it tomorrow. Tomorrow is a good auspicious day. I will go to Shubao to discuss the matter of the ceremonies, and I will send the geese to the East Palace tomorrow!"

"Well, tomorrow is indeed a good day, so let's do it tomorrow, Gu and the Crown Princess will be waiting in the palace for you, a big media, to come to your door."

Li Shimin and Cheng Yaojin raised their glasses there to finalize the deal.

Leaving Qin Lang alone felt that something was wrong.

"Your Highness, are you in no hurry?"

"It's settled like this, and it cannot be changed!" Li Shimin waved his hand directly, making a decision.

(End of this chapter)