Feng Gouqing, after abandoning, walk alone in the world

Chapter 118 I Really Want to Sue Him for Sexual Harassment

The next day, a banquet was held in the palace to celebrate the surrender of the Sirius Kingdom without a fight, and also to clean up the dust for Gu Shaoqing, the third son of the Gu family.

Before the banquet, Mu Ting only brought De Hai to Fengqi Palace, Su Mianyue stood up to greet her, and Mu Ting didn't go around and directly mentioned Gu Changqing's matter.

"Gu Changqing has made a great contribution this time, how should the Queen think the reward can best reflect the might of Long En?" Mu Ting sat down with his robe lifted, and asked in a cheerful voice.

"The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and my concubines dare not speak nonsense. I think the emperor has made a decision in his heart." Su Mianyue replied indifferently when she stood up.

"Since I asked the Queen, the Queen can just speak freely." Mu Ting stretched out his hand and pulled Su Mianyue to sit beside her.

"The concubine obeys the order." Su Mianyue smiled and nodded, and asked without answering: "The concubine has heard about Gu Changqing's extraordinary achievements, but I have also heard some doubts. Presumably the emperor also knows it. Concubine is presumptuous Let me ask you a question, if Gu Changqing hadn't negotiated with the Sirius Nation, what would have been the outcome of this battle? And Gu Changqing negotiated with the Sirius Nation, what are the interests of the Tianlan Nation?"

Mu Ting smiled slightly, thought for a while and said: "General Shangguan will certainly go all out to invade the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom and take the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom into its hinterland. Although Tianlan Kingdom will consume a lot of food and grass, many soldiers will die in battle, but The income obtained is not only the surrender of the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom, but also more than [-] gold and [-] cattle and sheep each year."

Su Mianyue nodded, this is well known, but Gu Changqing's courage is commendable, if you don't reward them, it will chill the hearts of those soldiers who fought bloody battles, no one wants to die on the battlefield, especially if you can surrender without fighting Soldiers of man.

After receiving the hot tea from Biwu, Su Mianyue handed it over to Mu Ting, and said softly, "Nowadays, there will be a shortage of food and grass due to the plague of insects in the south of the Yangtze River, and Gu Changqing's contribution to the fact that hundreds of thousands of soldiers have been spared from fighting on the battlefield is indeed indispensable. However, this time In the second battle, General Shangguan was the commander in chief. Gu Changqing did not ask General Shangguan for his actions, which was a violation of military discipline. Even if the soldiers were grateful to him, they could not allow him to be in the army. Otherwise, the military law would be useless and everyone would follow suit. Gu Changqing insists on going his own way, and sooner or later the army will become scattered."

Praising Gu Changqing for his meritorious service first, and then talking about military regulations, Su Mianyue didn't mention how to reward Gu Changqing.

"Concubine Ling will definitely attend the banquet tonight, what does the queen think about it?" Mu Ting asked again.

Su Mianyue looked at Mu Ting with a slight smile, and said softly: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, the front court and the harem have been inseparable. However, Gu Changqing has both merits and demerits in this matter, and the concubine Ling made mistakes first. Now, I personally pardoned Concubine Ling's crime of disrespect, which can be regarded as sympathy for Gu Changqing, what does the emperor think?"

There is no sound when you slap, and when you give a sweet date, you can't be too sweet, otherwise Gu Ling will definitely jump up.

Mu Ting frowned, his eyes locked on Su Mianyue's face, seeing that she was still smiling, he nodded and said, "The Queen should be in charge of the harem, so let the Queen decide."

"Doesn't the emperor feel that his concubines are arrogant because of favors, and that he can't allow anyone to be favored by the emperor?" Su Mianyue asked.

"If the empress is really proud of being favored, I'd be very pleased." Mu Ting squeezed Su Mianyue's palm, stood up with a smile and said, "Queen, let's change clothes first. I haven't visited Concubine Qing for a long time, so I just found time to go." have a look."

"Your Majesty." Su Mianyue got up and chased after a few steps, and said in a low voice, "Concubine Qing has been pregnant for more than six months. I heard that the fetus in the womb at this time can hear the voices of the outside world, and often hear Whoever sounds the voice will be intimate with whom in the future, the emperor might as well have more conversations with Concubine Qing, so that the little prince can know how much his father is looking forward to his arrival, and he will be stronger."

"The queen knows a lot." Mu Ting's face relaxed a lot, and he asked, "How does the queen know it's the little prince?"

"The concubine is not a fortune teller, of course I don't know." Su Mianyue curled her lips, and then said with a worried expression: "The concubine only knows that the prosperity of the royal heirs represents the prosperity of the country, and only when the emperor has many heirs can the best be selected For a prince who is suitable to inherit the throne, Tianlan Kingdom will surely be more prosperous."

Mu Ting's eyes softened a bit, and he raised his hand to caress Su Mianyue's cheek: "The queen has indeed changed, and she has more and more potential to be a good queen, but I hope that the queen is carefree in front of me. Be more honest."

Su Mianyue forced out a smirk, Mu Ting sighed in disappointment, and walked away. De Hai took a deep look at Su Mianyue before following her, and quickly looked away.

When Mu Ting's figure walked away, Su Mianyue immediately wiped her cheeks with a brocade handkerchief, and muttered, "It is said that a gentleman uses his mouth but not his hands. I really want to sue him for sexual harassment."

Aside from Su Mianyue's dressing and makeup, and Mu Tingde's small sitting in the Qing Palace, after the banquet started, the emperor and empress met outside the banquet hall, walked into the banquet hand in hand, and all the courtiers and Mrs. Gao Ming knelt down to welcome her.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live."

"The empress is a thousand years old, a thousand years old."

Mu Ting waved the crowd to stand up, and then said: "Gu Changqing made great contributions in the battle of the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom, and stepped forward to accept the seal."

"The last general, Gu Changqing, see the emperor." Gu Changqing stepped forward and knelt down on one knee.

"Gu Changqing entered the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom alone, surrendered the soldiers without fighting, and let the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom bow down and proclaim its vassal. This is a great achievement. I am willing to reward Gu Changqing as a general. However, I heard that the military regulations are strict, and Gu Changqing did not report it when he acted. Going up to the peak, if you return to the army again, you will have to bear the [-] military regulations. I can't bear it. Therefore..." Mu Ting's ending sound was drawn out, which made everyone's hearts hang, especially Gu Changqing's face had turned pale. Mu Ting His eyes dimmed, and he continued: "Gu Changqing is a third-rank official, and he will take up a post in the cabinet today."

The cabinet is a confidential place of the imperial court, but the officials of the third rank can only be miscellaneous, and there is no chance of being promoted in ten or eight years, otherwise they will be suspected by the emperor.

Moreover, Gu Changqing joined the army and followed the route of a military attache, so if he were to go to the cabinet, he would be suspected of being promoted secretly.

It's just that Mu Ting's thinking has always been weird, and no one can guess his ultimate goal, so Manchu civil and military can only wait and see what happens.

Gu Changqing stood there in a daze, even forgetting Xie En. Su Mianyue gave him a sarcasm, covered her lips and smiled, "Look, Your Majesty, the Gu Qing family is so happy that they even forgot to thank the Lord Long En. The concubine originally I also wanted to take advantage of this festive day to forgive Concubine Ling's sin of being arrogant because of being favored, but seeing the state of Gu Qing's family, let's forget it, lest Gu Qing's family will not be able to bear so much good news."

Mu Ting just glanced at Su Mianyue, but didn't speak, obviously agreeing with Su Mianyue's meaning.

Although Gu Changqing made meritorious deeds, but the thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king, and he showed dissatisfaction with Mu Ting's will, and Mu Ting was naturally angry.

"Sir, thank you Lord Long En." Gu Changqing regained his composure, and immediately kowtowed to thank him, but there was a raging flame burning in his heart. The Gu family set up a big game for him to control the military power, and unexpectedly...

Gu Taifu also had a sullen face, his smile was uglier than crying, Su Chengye shook his head in disappointment, and did not take this opportunity to criticize Gu Taifu for his party's wrongdoing, otherwise they would not be tolerant enough to tolerate meritorious ministers .

The banquet was still going on, because Mu Ting's reward was unexpected, so the atmosphere was not high.

Let's talk about Weiyang Palace, Gu Ling specially dressed up today. She originally looked like Xiaojiabiyu, but now she is dressed more like a lotus with clear water. There is no lack of innocence in her beauty. It will definitely make a man love her when she sees her.

However, after waiting for several hours, there was still no palace official coming to announce the decree, so Gu Ling sent the palace staff to the banquet hall to inquire about the news.

"Returning to your mother, there is news from the banquet hall that your mother's guilt cannot be forgiven..." Bi Zhu spoke cautiously, fearing that Gu Ling would take it out on her.

Hearing this, Gu Ling's face immediately sank, and he shot Bi Zhu with sharp eyes, and asked, "What title did my third brother confer?"

Bizhu looked at Gu Ling hesitantly, met her knife-like gaze, hurriedly lowered her head, and said in a low voice, "The third son was assigned to the cabinet as an official of the third rank."

After finishing speaking, Bizhu quietly moved her body backwards, at least the beating would not hurt so much.

When Gu Ling heard this, he immediately became furious, and swept down the white jade vase beside him with a wave of his hand, and said in a hateful voice: "It must be the trick of that little bitch Su Mianyue, the emperor has already said that he will bestow a title on my third brother, How could it be a mere third-rank official, or arranged to go to the cabinet? Isn't this the same as being promoted secretly?"

Hearing Gu Ling's words, Bizhu's head drooped even lower, but she didn't dare to speak casually. She was just a slave, so how could she guess what the emperor was thinking.

After venting, Gu Ling stood up abruptly, and said, "No, I can't just sit and wait like this, the third brother has put in so much effort to get the position of general, we must not let that bitch Su Mianyue ruin his future. Moreover, the emperor has not been to Weiyang Palace for a long time, if this continues, what is the difference between Weiyang Palace and Lenggong!"

Bizhu froze. She originally wanted to stop Gu Ling from acting impulsively, but she rolled her eyes, but finally took a step back and let Gu Ling do what she wanted.

With a group of people in the palace, Gu Ling soon came to the banquet hall and begged to see Mu Ting loudly, which made Mu Ting's face darken a little. Even Gu Taifu was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed in satisfaction. The daughter he cultivated with all his efforts is really outstanding.

Glancing at Gu Ling indifferently, Su Mianyue picked up the wine glass and looked at Mu Ting. Seeing that his original anger had subsided a lot after seeing Gu Ling, she smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, this concubine's face is well beaten. It hurts, so let's kneel down."

Saying that, Su Mianyue was about to get up, but was grabbed by Mu Ting.

"As the mother of the country, the emperor is in good health, so how can he leave the banquet halfway?" Mu Ting's voice was warm, and he ignored Gu Ling who was kneeling below, and ordered De Hai: "Go and prepare a bowl of soup for the empress to relieve the cold. I remember that the tribute from the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom this time included a piece of mutton fat warm jade, and someone made a set of gestures and sent it to the queen."

"No." Su Mianyue stopped her. Knowing that Mu Ting was trying to comfort her, she said softly, "Nuanyu is a rare thing that can't be found. Although my palace is cold, the empress dowager needs it more. On the side of the Empress Dowager. Besides, the emperor was assassinated and injured, wearing a piece of warm jade is good for the body, and the concubines must not be in the front row."

Hearing this, Mu Ting's heart warmed up, and he couldn't bear to let go of Su Mianyue's hand, so he signaled De Hai to follow Su Mianyue's wishes, after all, filial piety comes first.

"It's still the queen's thoughtfulness, but I'm not filial." Hearing the compliments from the courtiers below, Mu Ting praised Su Mianyue in a good mood, stealing the limelight from the hero Gu Changqing.

"The emperor has a lot of things to do every day, so he can't take care of everything. This is what the concubine should do. What's more, the emperor must have a better gift to honor the queen mother. The concubine will go to the Palace of Compassion and Peace tomorrow to feast on her eyes." Su Mianyue laughed In response, the couple sang together, which made Gu Ling's knees hurt, and he didn't get a word of peace.

Gu Ling was not welcome, and it was still at Gu Changqing's merit banquet, which was tantamount to slapping the Gu family's face in disguise. Who could not see that this was the intention of the empress?
But Gu Ling didn't know how to play, so he insisted on getting his face close to being beaten, which made Su Mianyue laugh secretly.

"Concubine and concubine, see the emperor." Gu Ling gritted her teeth and shouted again. She remembered all the humiliation today.

"Why is Concubine Ling here?" Seeing Mu Ting frowned and said nothing, Concubine Shu looked up at the head with a smile and said: "The concubine heard that Concubine Ling was grounded because she was proud of being favored. She is still grounded now However, trespassing into the banquet hall without being summoned is really worthy of the crime, and it also made the concubines feel 1 times more relieved. If they accidentally do something wrong in the future, there will also be a concubine Ling as a reference, so they can be excused."

"Sister Concubine Shu's words are wrong. Concubine Ling's sister is proud of her favor. She used to be favored by the emperor, but now she has the glory of her elder brother. How can Sister Concubine Shu compare with us?" Concubine Hua covered her mouth and sneered. Ignore Gu Ling's poisonous eyes.

The good palace banquet was completely ignored because of the Gu family's repeated ignorance of flattery, and Mu Ting's face was dripping with ink.

(End of this chapter)