Biography of the traitorous officials who dominated the Song Dynasty

Chapter 170
After Zhao Gou, Earl Ying and others returned to the court, Zhao Gou was immediately granted the title of Taifu and Jiedushi by Emperor Huizong himself.

Earl Ying's mission to Jinying was due to the second battle to defend Bianliang.

He was directly promoted to the third rank in a row and officially became a second-rank official in the Great Song Dynasty Hall.

In terms of grade, Earl Ying is still one level below Zhao Gou.

But his goal has been achieved, and now everyone inside and outside the court is sincerely convinced of him.

When he first came to Bianliang City, the six thieves headed by Cai Jing and Gao Qiu were all above him.

But after these two incidents, it is certain that he has reached the point where he can be on an equal footing with the Six Thieves.

Speaking of which, this day is not a coincidence.

The day when Earl Ying and Zhao Gou returned to court happened to be the Chinese Valentine's Day this year.

At home, Pan Jinlian, Pang Chunmei, and Li Ping'er have made plans.

Tonight, Earl Ying and his family will go to a very famous restaurant in Bianliang to celebrate the festival.

But today happens to be the day when Earl Ying is promoted to a second-rank official by the emperor, and all the officials will definitely come home to celebrate.

In this way, the three women had to change their plans temporarily.

Earl Ying is going to hold a big banquet at home today to entertain all the civil and military officials.

A rough calculation shows that there are quite a few people coming.

If there is no fifty, there should be as many as thirty-eight to forty.

Early in the morning, Earl Ying ordered Zhao Xiangzhu to lead his servants to work in the kitchen.

Immediately, a row of servants and maidservants were drawn out, and a long table was set up in the courtyard, flowers were arranged, and red lanterns were hung high.

It's planned, and I will not get drunk with all the officials tonight.

Earl Ying walked out of his room and walked quickly to the dining room.

He stuck his head out toward the kitchen through the window and said to Zhao Xiangzhu, "You have to work hard today. Do you blame me in your heart?"

Zhao Xiangzhu was very busy holding the chicken in her left hand and the duck in her right hand.

Suddenly she heard Earl Ying talking to her, so she turned to look at Earl Ying.

Xiangzhu smiled and said: "Sir, where are you talking about hard work? When the emperor was still Prince Duan, I was the cook in the palace."

"Later, the emperor gave me to you. All this should be the responsibility of the slave family, and it's really not a hard thing to say."

Earl Ying picked up a rolling pin and patted Zhao Xiangzhu's spine along the window.

Talking and laughing, he said: "Tonight the emperor will most likely send someone from the palace to come to our house in person."

"It's inevitable at that time. The emperor will definitely give me a new house. At that time, I will gift this new house to you."

Zhao Xiangzhu smiled openly, shook his head and said, "No, no, we are all from our own family, so why be so polite."

Everyone in Earl Ying's mansion was filled with joy.

Everyone from the madam to the maids and servants knew that Earl Ying had completely escaped from Jinying and Kang Wang Zhao Gou, and everyone in the court was sincerely convinced.

Besides, Earl Ying is a popular person in front of the emperor today. Come to think of it, the words "boundless future" refer to people like Earl Ying.

Earl Ying stayed in the dining room for a few cups of tea, chatted with Zhao Xiangzhu for a few words, and then came to Chunmei's room.

Earl Ying opened the door and saw Pang Chunmei sitting in front of the window, drinking tea alone.

The look on Chunmei's face seemed a little sentimental, always gloomy.

"It's fine, what's the matter?"

Earl Ying walked over, put his hands on Chunmeixiang's shoulders, and asked softly.When Chunmei saw Earl Ying coming, she got up and took Earl Ying and walked to the bed.

She leaned her head on Earl Ying's shoulder.

After staying for a moment, he said softly: "It is said that when I was thirteen or fourteen years old, I was bought by my master Ximen Qing and became a maid in his house."

"Since I was a child, his house is where almost all my memories are. This morning, before dawn, I went to relieve my urination, and fell asleep again after I came back."

"Guess what? I actually had a very strange nightmare. In the dream, my father Ximen Qing passed away in all kinds of tragedy."

Earl Ying listened with interest.

Chunmei said again and again: "All the scenes in the dream are so real, as if they really happened."

"You see, I grew up in Ximenqing's mansion since I was a child. Some major incidents happened in his mansion. I have some psychological feelings, and it's only natural."

When Chunmei said this, Earl Ying was naturally very surprised when he heard it.

Earl Ying was in a daze for a moment, then turned to Chunmei and asked, "You shouldn't even think about it! Although you grew up in his house, you have no real friendship with the people in his house."

"Think about it, Chen Jingji and Sister Ximen were all bullying you in every possible way back then."

Pang Chunmei nodded thoughtfully, frowned and said, "I think... I think something big must have happened."

It turned out that Pang Chunmei had indeed had a psychological reaction to the death of Ximen Qing, who was thousands of miles away in Qinghe County.

She doesn't know now how miserable Ximen Qing's family members have fallen into, but if she knew, she wouldn't be able to just let it go.

Not long after, Li Ping'er and Huan'er heard the sound and walked in one after another.

Seeing Earl Ying and Pang Chunmei sitting by the bed, they were communicating enthusiastically.

Huan'er jokingly said, "Brother, you come back from the palace like a traveller, and you came directly to the second lady's room, isn't it possible that you are not afraid that the eldest lady and the third lady will be jealous?"

Earl Ying looked at Li Ping'er with an indifferent expression, knowing that this woman was already jealous.

So he quickly stood up and pulled the woman to sit beside the bed.

"These days, you have narrowly escaped death outside. Are you really okay?"

Li Ping'er crossed her legs, pouted her cherry lips, looked at Earl Ying and asked.

"It's quite good. Hey, you don't know what kind of talent Kang Wang Zhao Gou is!"

"I was a hostage in the Golden Camp with him, hehe! It's basically the same as taking a vacation."

Earl Ying said with a happy smile.

Li Ping'er's eyes lit up, she smiled sweetly, and asked: "Really? On vacation?"

Earl Ying nodded, stood up, walked to the window, and said, "It's been really interesting in Jin Camp these days."

"We can't even say there was a near miss. The two princes of the Jin Dynasty, who are regarded as heroes, have been tortured by King Kang."

Earl Ying recalled what he had experienced in Jinying these past few days.

The more I thought about it, the more interesting I found it, and I couldn't help but tremble and laugh again and again.

Pang Chunmei and Li Ping'er look at me and I look at you, but they don't feel the same way.

The two of them were just surprised. Prince Kang and Zhao Gou were too courageous.

He was actually fearless in front of the golden man who could be called a tiger or a wolf, and looked fearless.

At this moment, there was a sound of crisp footsteps outside the door.

Several people in the room turned their heads and saw Pan Jinlianyu holding Ying'er's hand and walking in quickly from outside.

(End of this chapter)