moon walk

Chapter 19 Xu Tuo Assumes the Position of General

— the next day.
In the early morning, all civil and military officials gathered in the Hall of Supreme Harmony
At this time,

Eunuch Li took out the imperial decree and announced that General Liu Xianyu's whereabouts are unknown, the army cannot be without a commander for a day, Xu Tuo has made great achievements in the battle of Youzhou, and Xu Tuo will be appointed as the new general immediately.

When the courtiers below heard this decree, some were happy and some were worried. Those worried adults began to look around, with hesitant expressions.
However, Xu Tuo knelt down to accept the order and said:

"Thank you Lord Long En, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

He couldn't hide a smile all over his face, took the imperial decree, stood up neatly,

At this time, Xu Shaofu, who was standing aside, was even more secretly happy.

But at this moment, Du Shilang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, boldly stood up,

Said: "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"Say."

Du Shilang said with a firm expression:
"Your Majesty, although General Liu's whereabouts are unknown now, he has fought for our country for many years and made many great contributions. If a new general is appointed at this time, the morale of the army will inevitably be shaken."

At this moment, another adult stood up:
"That's right, Your Majesty, the top priority right now is to send additional manpower to search for the general's whereabouts. Maybe the general is recuperating somewhere, waiting for rescue."

Immediately afterwards, more and more people stood up and begged the emperor to think twice and take it back.
Su Wei stood there calmly, as if watching the fire from the other side.

When Xu Shi and his son saw this situation, they began to reprimand angrily:
"You guys are so bold, you dare to refute the emperor's holy will openly, do you think the emperor is not as thoughtful as you mediocre ministers?"

"Your majesty, according to my humble opinion, these gentlemen must have colluded with General Liu before, otherwise Liu Xianyu's whereabouts have been unknown for many days, and they still want to keep their position as generals and ignore the dangers of the emperor's country. Your majesty Don't forgive them so easily."

The words of Xu Shi's father and son made the emperor furious:
"I have made up my mind. If someone says one more word, it is disobedience to me. I will never forgive you."

Now, no one dared to step forward to refute, many people were beating their hearts, but the emperor left the hall with a straight face and waved his sleeves.
Then,

Eunuch Li stepped forward and shouted: "Retire."

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The adults walked out of the hall
Some officials began to curry favor with Xu Shi and his son, flattering words came out of their mouths.
"Congratulations to General Xu for being awarded the position of Great General. The general is expected to be favored by the Queen Mother. If there is anything you can do for a junior minister, please tell me. As long as the general can speak a few words of kindness for the young lady in front of the Queen Mother, it is fine. Thank you so much.”

As soon as he finished speaking, someone bumped his arm, and he turned to look.

I see,

Chen Kuo, Minister of the Ministry of War, said nonchalantly:
"You have a good idea. You are a mere servant, and you want to trouble the general to speak well for you. The general doesn't need to pay attention to him. The minister has prepared some congratulatory gifts and sent them to the Xu residence."

Then,

He courteously said to Xu Shaoxian:
"Master Xu has raised a good son. It seems that you are one step closer to the position of prime minister. I believe that there will be good news in a short time. Don't forget about me, my minister. I hope you can see more Rely on Master Xu."

"Hahaha, don't worry, as long as I become the prime minister, Chen Shangshu will definitely benefit from you." Xu Shaoxian looked at him secretly.

On the other side, the adults who had just dissuaded the emperor revealed only deep helplessness.
At this moment, Zou Changqing, a cabinet scholar, approached the sad-faced adult and spoke,

When Su Bing passed by, they all pretended to be indifferent, but Su Bing just glanced at them keenly, and passed by a few people
待，
After walking a little further, Zhao Xian greeted Su Bing and said:
"My lord, is Master Zou trying to win over Du Shilang and the others? Isn't the power of the Eleven Kings growing stronger and stronger, and the disappearance of General Liu has allowed Xu Tuo to take advantage of the loophole to become a general, and the military power is in his hands. One can imagine how chaotic the battlefield will be in the future.”

Su Bing said calmly:

"This matter will not hinder us for the time being, how is the Liu Mansion going?"

"Prime Minister Liu is gathering people in the mansion to search for Liu Xianyu with all his strength. The eldest lady of the mansion fell ill when she heard about it. Yesterday, Prime Minister Liu entered the palace and wanted to beg the Queen Mother to send people to search, but the Queen Mother refused. gone."

Su Yan raised his eyes to look at the suddenly dark sky, and said softly:

"It seems that this matter is not easy, you ask Guizi to take a few to look for it."

Ask free doubts:
"Master, you said just now that we are not in the way, why did you ask Guizi to look for someone?"

"Go as soon as you are told, there is so much nonsense, go quickly."

"Yes." Zhao Xian turned and left obediently.

Su Wei looked at the figure of the other party leaving,
As he was walking, he was thinking, and he said it was okay, but his face was still very serious, and his eyes were obviously thoughtful.

—— Muxi Palace
Mr. Xi sat on a small bench under the locust tree in the courtyard, watching the two crickets fighting in the porcelain.
"Miss, the emperor's court appointed the young master as a general, the master must be very happy."

Mr. Xigui said absent-mindedly:

"Then dad is one step closer to being promoted, and it seems that he doesn't need me anymore, that's good."

Bamboo Ying frowned, and said tangledly:
"However, the emperor is very fond of the young lady. The room is full of silks, satins, gold and silver jewelry sent by the emperor. He knows that you are fun, so he specially ordered someone to catch two crickets to relieve your boredom. The young lady is not at all. Excited? This harem empress is jealous of Miss."

Mr. Xi threw the stick in his hand, got up and said displeasedly:
"Zhuying, do you think Miss Ben is greedy for those vulgar things? And the emperor is so romantic, how could this lady be tempted, you have been with me for so long, why are you confused by those vulgar things, ask me what is my name?"

Looking at Mr. Xi Gui, what he said without restraint,

The bamboo warbler was startled and at a loss, and immediately said:
"Miss, you can take it easy. This wall has ears. The emperor is the son of heaven, and he must never be slandered. Our lives will not be lost."

"Look at how cowardly you are." Xi Guiren just finished speaking indifferently,
Seeing his elder brother Xu Tuo and his father Xu Shaoxian coming, he immediately got up expressionlessly.

Seeing this, the palace maid and eunuch hurriedly saluted the two of them and greeted them.
Mr. Xi stepped forward perfunctorily and said:

"Congratulations brother, the general is very mighty."

"Why do you look at my sister with such an unhappy look? Is it because I was bullied in this palace? Tell my brother, my brother will never forgive him and dare to bully my sister."

Mrs. Xi pushed off Xu Tuo's hand on her shoulder, and said:
"No, you still don't know my sister's temper, who dares to bully me."

At this time,

Xu Shaoxian also said:

"Yes, you also know that your temper is stinky, how can you please the emperor if you don't change it properly."

Mr. Xi rolled his eyes and signaled:

"Daddy and elder brother, let's talk in the back room."

……

(End of this chapter)