Although she was angry about Situ Yao's behavior, Su Mengyan also understood him a little. After all, Situ Yao was the ruler of a country, and his primary consideration was his country.
With a sigh, Su Mengyan turned around and left and went to the imperial study.
Situ Yao was handling official business in the imperial study when he heard the door of the imperial study suddenly ring. He thought it was a eunuch coming in, so he asked, "What's wrong?"
He was reading a memorial at the time, so he didn't even raise his head when he asked this question.
Seeing him like this, Su Mengyan felt a little distressed: "Your Majesty, I came here to discuss the matter of the envoy with you."
Hearing the familiar voice, Situ Yao suddenly raised his head, and what came into his sight was the figure that was so familiar that it couldn't be more familiar.
"Yan'er, why are you here?" Situ Yao immediately stood up from behind the table and walked to Su Mengyan.
So, Su Mengyan told Chen Yalan that she was unwilling to go to Tubo.
"Your Majesty, since Chen Yalan is unwilling to go, then we naturally need a new candidate." Su Mengyan said.
Situ Yao sighed. Even when Su Mengyan disagreed, he had guessed that Chen Yalan probably wouldn't agree either. So when he heard the news, he didn't feel too disappointed.
The emperor and empress then immersed themselves in the imperial study to select and choose a new candidate.
In the end, the two men agreed that Xu Mao, who had participated in the war against Tubo, could take on this important task.
At the beginning, because Xu Mao was the prime minister's man, Situ Yao was unwilling to use him. However, after the war in Tubo ended, he heard from Chen Yalan about Xu Mao's past deeds, and his prejudice against Xu Mao was reduced.
Moreover, Xu Mao was chosen for many reasons. Xu Mao had experienced the Tubo War and was an old acquaintance of Dillans. It would naturally be the best decision if he were to go.
After hearing this, the two of them immediately made the decision.
However, before that, they still had one thing to do. Ever since Chen Yalan and others pacified Tubo and returned to the court, the court had never held a proper celebration banquet for them.
Tonight is the day for the celebration banquet.
At the banquet, in addition to all the generals who participated in the Tubo War, there were also civil and military officials and their wives.
As people arrived one by one, the ministers or generals gathered in groups of three or four with people they knew, drinking and chatting happily.
Although Situ Yao had not arrived yet, these people were already in chaos.
Xu Mao looked at Chen Yalan who was following General Chen Yi, and walked over with the wine glass in his hand.
"General Chen, long time no see." Xu Mao's words were true. After Chen Yalan returned to the court, she stayed in the general's mansion for a few days and then returned to the harem. Xu Mao naturally knew that he had never seen her.
So, when he saw Chen Yalan, he immediately ran over. After all, Chen Yalan was a woman. In this crowd, she naturally couldn't treat him as a brother as they did on the battlefield, so she bowed to him.
Her slightly distant look made Xu Mao feel a little unhappy: "What are you doing? Is it necessary for the relationship between you and me to be like this?"
Although what she meant was that you and I had a friendship that was as strong as life and death on the battlefield, and there was no need to be so reserved, it had to be said that she actually wanted others to misunderstand that there was an unusual relationship between them.
However, before others could misunderstand anything, Mrs. Xu discovered something unusual. She and Xu Mao had been married for many years, and she knew everything about Xu Mao's every move.
So when she found that Xu Mao often stayed close to Chen Yalan, she knew that Xu Mao might have fallen in love with this woman.
She knew that Chen Yalan was a meritorious person, so she would not offend Chen Yalan, but she had no good face towards Xu Mao.
"Don't go in front of the girl all the time if there is nothing to do. You don't care about your face, but does the girl also not care about her face?" After Xu Mao returned empty-handed for who knows how many times, Mrs. Xu finally couldn't hold back her anger at Xu Mao.
Xu Mao was already unhappy because Chen Yalan was not friendly to him. Now he heard his wife say this, he muttered impatiently: "What do women know? Do you think she is an ordinary woman? She is a general who has fought on the battlefield. She is different from you. Don't use your thoughts in the backyard to guess her."
It would have been fine if he hadn't said anything. When he said that, Madam Xu's expression turned even uglier. She chuckled coldly, "Is it me who's trying to figure her out? Is it you or me? Don't think I can't see that you're obsessed with that girl. I'm telling you, that's absolutely impossible."
The couple did not know Chen Yalan's true identity yet, and did not know that Chen Yalan was actually the emperor's woman, so at this time the couple were both at odds.
Xu Mao was obsessed with taking Chen Yalan into his room and making her his confidante. Madam Xu, on the other hand, thought that a woman as outstanding as Chen Yalan would never be allowed to be a concubine, but asking her to give up her position as the legal wife was also out of the question.
These two people have their own ideas in their minds, but what they don’t know is that if Chen Yalan knew about their ideas, she would definitely sneer and say that they are thinking too much.
"The Emperor has arrived!" A sharp voice sounded and Situ Yao stepped forward.
"Long live our emperor, long live his." Everyone immediately fell to the ground and saluted Situ Yao.
At this time, everyone had arrived, and the banquet began.
Situ Yao first gave a performance of the generals who participated in the war against Tubo. His passionate speech made everyone present excited.
After praising him, Situ Yao's expression changed. "Although the external threat has been eliminated, internal troubles have arisen again. I've heard that many ministers have taken advantage of their status to take concubines without restraint, causing dissatisfaction among the people. I hope you can reflect on this matter."
After hearing Situ Yao's words, everyone below fell silent.
Speaking of Nawang, who among those present didn't have several beautiful concubines? So when Situ Yao asked them to reflect, they all fell silent.
Compared to the silence of these ministers, the ladies were naturally excited. They certainly did not want their husbands to have more concubines in their rooms. When they heard the emperor asking them to reflect, they all felt that the emperor understood them too well and was too considerate.
Different from these men, there is another person, and that person is Chen Yalan's father, General Chen Yi.
General Chen Yi had only one wife in his life, no concubines or mistresses.
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