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Chapter 597 Never bow your head
The unofficial and light Cui Pu returned to Chang'an with his sons, and then knelt down in front of Elder Cui Ge: "My son is useless, and the Boling Cui family will be implicated and humiliated again."

"No, you did a good job! Saved tens of thousands of women and children in Luoyang City by yourself, which is more gratifying than any great contribution. I am very proud of you as a father. You are worthy of being the queen of my Boling Cui family! "Cui Ge Lao helped him up with his own hands and advised him.

Afterwards, the children of the family and the clan also came after hearing the news, and everyone had a good time drinking and chatting together.

In the next few days, the famous families in Chang'an City also posted posts to invite Cui Pu to the banquet, as if they decided to carry the sedan chair for him collectively, and showed their support for him with actions.

While excited, Cui Pu also quietly said to Mu Jiaojiao: "I'm afraid this matter is not over yet. That prince of Huihe is not a good guy, he fell so badly in my hands this time, and in the end my fate is not yet over." What a pity, he will definitely hold a grudge if he is still supported by everyone after he returns. As for this saint...he should also feel that his prestige has been challenged, and he has to do something to consolidate his position."

Needless to say?Now this saint is a person who can kill his own son when he goes crazy, so it makes sense to attack a courtier.

"However, you are also the first group of people in Lingwu to support him as the throne, and he will not really do anything to you. Otherwise, it will really chill the hearts of the soldiers, and no one is willing to work for him." Mu Jiaojiao said in a low voice.

"Yeah, it was because of this that I dared to take Dalang and the others to confront the group of Huihe people. If I couldn't protect myself, I wouldn't be so stupid as to confront the saint." Cui Pu whispered, Then he leaned his head on her shoulder again, "Actually, people are selfish, and so am I."

"You can save so many people on the premise of protecting yourself, you are already good. If you say that you sacrifice yourself to save those people, it is indeed righteous in the eyes of outsiders, but to me, you are stupid. After all, saving Others, what about me? What about the children? Compared to the love and admiration of thousands of people, I would rather have you come back to accompany me." Mu Jiaojiao also leaned his head against his head, speaking softly road.

Cui Pu nodded. "I thought so too." He sighed again, "At first, I thought that when the war was over, I would be able to come back and be with you. Who would have thought that we are still fighting against the rebels now? Well, I'm already back."

The resentment in the words is obvious.

After all, he is still unwilling!In the past two or three years, he has been performing well. He fought all the way from the northwest to Chang'an with Guo Ziyi, and regained many places one after another. It was the time when his military exploits were shining, but because he protected a group of people, he was deprived of military power by his own emperor. , Not even an official position was left to him.This thing is really chilling.

Mu Jiaojiao patted him on the head: "It's okay, you still have me! Besides, maybe one day the sage will figure it out and call you back for reuse!"

"Forget it! Unless those Huihe people leave, the saint will not use me again. But speaking of it, the Huihe people are indeed powerful in combat. Every time we have their assistance, our attack speed is much faster." Cui Po said in a muffled voice.

"There is nothing impossible in this world." Mu Jiaojiao said.

Cui Pu closed his eyes and stopped talking.

Two days later, someone from the palace suddenly delivered an order, and Empress Zhang invited Mu Jiaojiao into the palace to speak.

This Empress Zhang is Zhang Liangdi who was once the crown prince. She was conferred the title of concubine Shu in Lingwu, and after returning to Chang'an, she was strengthened by the sage to be the empress.When the sage was wandering abroad, Empress Zhang was always by his side, cheering him on, which really boosted the morale of the sage.So now that she is back in Chang'an, it is only natural that the sage Zhientu has sealed her as a queen.

This time when entering the palace, Mu Jiaojiao still brought Mr. Xiaolang along.

In a blink of an eye, Xiao Langjun is more than one year old.Empress Zhang still called someone to bring her young son out to play with Mr. Xiao Lang, while she dragged Mu Jiaojiao to gossip about the family.

"Actually, I've heard about what happened in Luoyang. What Cui Jiedushi did was right. It's just that the sage has already made an appointment with Huihe. What he's doing now is to let the sage break the contract and make the sage lose face. The sage Naturally angry in my heart. And the reason why the Huihe people are willing to come to help, isn’t it for the treasures and beauties of our new Tang Dynasty? Without these as conditions, they are not willing to send troops at all. With their help, the two capitals were finally recovered. , it should be time for us to fulfill our promise to them, but who knows...the Prince Huihe was very angry this time, and insisted on asking the saint to punish Cui Jiedushi severely after he came back, otherwise their people would not go out to fight! Persuasion. Now the sage has promised that as long as Cui Jiedu envoy goes to admit his mistake to Prince Huihe, and then we compensate them with a hundred beauties, they will not pursue it."

"Impossible." Mu Jiaojiao interrupted her coldly.

Queen Zhang let out a long sigh. "Little Madam Cui, I'm also doing it for your own good! Do you know how much effort it took me to get the saint to nod and agree? How much effort did the saint spend to calm down Prince Huihe temporarily? Now that the rebel army has not been completely eliminated, my new The status of the Tang Dynasty is still in jeopardy, we can't delay for a moment! If it weren't for seeing that Cui Jiedu really wanted to recover the land of my new Tang Dynasty, and you and your wife have also sacrificed a lot in this battle, why should I be so earnest? I’m here to persuade you? For the sake of our New Tang Dynasty’s quick pacification, you and your wife will suffer a little bit, and I will persuade the saint to compensate you more after the matter is completed.”

Mu Jiaojiao raised his head suddenly. "Empress, I have something to ask you."

"Mrs. Cui, please tell me."

"This agreement with Huihe, you can't help the saint come up with it, can you?"

Empress Zhang was startled, and suddenly realized that she didn't dare to meet her bright eyes.She turned around embarrassingly: "At that time, the sage was so anxious that he couldn't come up with a strong army. I really couldn't stand it, so I helped him come up with this idea. After all, people who died in the war lost more than Luoyang." Even more, temporarily sacrificing them, but in exchange for the rapid demise of the rebel army, this deal is not a loss. I also made an agreement with the saint. When the war is settled, we will definitely compensate the people of Luoyang and take the lead in helping them Rest and rest."

The latter are all nonsense.Since they are all determined to sacrifice a whole city of women and children, how can they make up for it?Is it possible to bring back the people who were taken captive by the Huihe people?But it is clearly recorded in the history books that they did not do this later.On the contrary, when the Huihe people needed help again later, they betrayed the people of Luoyang again without hesitation.

Listening to Empress Zhang's stumbling explanation, Mu Jiaojiao just smiled slightly: "Empress, your idea of ​​this method is really bad. Do you know how much this matter hurt Luoyang? Some things are not just compensation after the event. It can be made up for. The damage has already been done, and it will stay there, engraved in the hearts of the people of Luoyang for generations, and become a pain that they will never erase."

"But now, hasn't Cui Jiedu envoy rescued them all?" Queen Zhang whispered.

"That's right, my husband also gave up his military power, and everyone, including my Dalangjun and Erlangjun, went home and stood by. It is very likely that they will never be recovered again. And things have come to this point, you guys But let him bow his head and confess to that Huihe prince!" Mu Jiaojiao sneered.

Empress Zhang's complexion became a little embarrassing. "In this matter, we owe Cui Jiedu too much. But other than that, there is no other way to save him and let him return to the battlefield to kill the enemy."

The implication is that as long as Cui Pu wants to go back to the battlefield to lead the army, he must do so!
"Then don't let him go back." Mu Jiaojiao said casually.

Queen Zhang was taken aback.Mu Jiaojiao smiled slightly: "Once he bows his head this time, this humiliation will follow him for the rest of his life, and it will also become a great shame in his life history. We will not do it. If you can't go back to the battlefield, don't go back. We will also It’s not rare for this little credit.”

"Little Mrs. Cui, do you know what you are talking about? You just made a decision for Cui Jiedu envoy without authorization, does he know? Does he agree to this matter?" Hearing her blunt words, Queen Zhang couldn't help but face down.

Mu Jiaojiao still smiled lightly. "Since you, Empress, can be the master of a saint, why can't I be the master of my husband? This matter, I can settle it after I say it, and he will definitely listen to me, no need to discuss it!"

"You... well, since you are so stubborn, then I have nothing to say. The only thing I can do to help you is this. Since you don't accept it, then you just take care of yourself and do what you want. I don't care about this. Already!"

Empress Zhang seemed to be angry too, so she brought tea to see off the guests.

Mu Jiaojiao was also unambiguous, and immediately got up and left.

Xiao Langjun was having a good time with the little prince, when he was picked up by his mother and walked outside, he immediately began to babble and struggle.But after Mu Jiaojiao patted him on the back a few times, he calmed down, nestled in his mother's arms docilely, and did not forget to raise his head and smile silly at her.

The little prince over there reacted more.The little playmate suddenly disappeared, and his face immediately collapsed, and he burst into tears.The nurse hurriedly picked him up, but no matter how much he coaxed him, his crying became louder and louder, and he couldn't stop it.In the end, Queen Zhang went out in person, but she couldn't coax him.When Mu Jiaojiao's mother and son were going out, they could still hear the loud and clear cry of the little prince that almost broke through the sky.

"Son, you have to be obedient in the future, and you can't be like this little prince, who will cry and make a fuss if things don't go your way, understand?" Mu Jiaojiao patted his son's little head, and educated the child in a low voice.

Mr. Xiao Lang raised his little head, looked at his mother with his big bright eyes for a while, and then quickly nodded his head cheerfully: "Yeah!"

"A Niang's good boy." Mu Jiaojiao patted his head again.

When the mother and son came here, they took a soft sedan chair, but now that they have offended Queen Zhang, there is no soft sedan chair to go back.Even the palace people who had led them here before were gone, only a timid little palace lady was leading the way.

Mu Jiaojiao didn't care at all.She hugged Xiao Langjun for a while and couldn't move anymore, so she put the child down, and the mother and son walked slowly towards the gate of the palace.

After walking for about half an hour, the mother and son finally arrived at the gate of the palace.

But at this moment, they saw a person blocking their way.

"You are Cui Pu's wife, the famous miraculous doctor lady in the New Tang Dynasty?" A pair of eyes sized her up and down unceremoniously, and what she said was even more impolite.

Mu Jiaojiao raised his head and looked at the other party. "Prince Ye Hu?"

"It's Gu." Prince Ye Hu raised his head proudly, "You are leaving the palace now, but to persuade your husband-in-law to come and apologize to Gu?"

"You think too much." Mu Jiaojiao said coldly.

Prince Ye Hu's face sank immediately: "Why, you don't think that your saint will still protect you, do you? Believe it or not, as long as you go in and talk to him alone now, your husband and son-in-law will never be able to get up again for the rest of your life body!"

"Prince Ye Hu, you should care more about yourself!" Mu Jiaojiao sneered.

Prince Ye Hu was so violent that he was shocked.But he knew that the woman in front of him was a miracle doctor praised by everyone, and she also had the unique skill of being able to diagnose diseases by looking at people's faces.Now that she said that, could it be...

"Gu is now strong and healthy, and he has made great contributions to your new Tang Dynasty, so he will live a long and prosperous life in the future!" He said loudly on purpose.

After hearing this, Mu Jiaojiao just smiled lightly: "Really? But why do I see that your seal is black and you won't survive next year?"

When Prince Ye Hu heard this, he immediately swayed and almost fell off his horse.

(End of this chapter)