Chapter 216 Fu Yan Returns to Beijing
It was already late, and Lao Er left the restaurant and walked on the street. There were no people.
It was so late that even the cat had gone to bed. Lao Er couldn't help but feel bored.
Suddenly, there was a sound of horse hooves. Lao Er had trained his hearing on the battlefield to be very sensitive. Although the sound of horse hooves seemed to be at the city gate, Lao Er could hear it very alertly.
How could someone ride a horse into Beijing at this time?
He couldn't help but go towards the city gate.
The man didn't bring any soldiers with him, not even a guard.
Seeing that he was alone, Lao Er couldn't help but feel relieved and observed.
The man was wearing armor and had a saber on his waist. The tassel was unusual. It was...
The second brother was very surprised. This was General Fu Yan's saber!
So... the man who came to the capital alone was General Fu?
"Why did General Fu come back to the capital without hearing the imperial edict..."
The second brother guessed correctly. It was Fu Yan who rode on a horse and rushed to the palace.
This time the emperor did not issue an imperial edict to let him return to the capital, but he went to the capital privately. If His Majesty investigates, it will definitely be a capital crime.
Fu Yan's eyes flashed with various emotions.
In front of the city gate, he had already met Eunuch Wang. His Majesty asked him to come.
"General, His Majesty is waiting for you in the palace. Go quickly."
The emperor's spies were all over Daliang, and Fu Yan was not surprised that the emperor knew about this, but he didn't know what kind of punishment he would get...
Fu Yan pursed his lips, handed his sword to the guard outside the door, and entered the palace wearing armor.
After walking in, he vaguely saw His Majesty sitting on the dragon chair, but couldn't see his expression clearly.
He didn't dare to speculate too much, and knelt down as soon as he entered the palace.
"I am guilty, please punish me, Your Majesty."
The emperor's voice sounded unpredictable. His emotions.
"Didn't I say that you can be exempted from the kneeling ceremony?"
Although the emperor said so, Fu Yan dared not stand up.
"It is my fault that I returned to Beijing privately without Your Majesty's order. I dare not not kneel."
Feeling the emperor's inquiring expression, Fu Yan lowered his head and remained silent.
After a while, the emperor sighed and said helplessly.
"Of course I know that you have no intention of treason, but as a general, you come to the capital like this. I don't know how many people in the court will report you!"
Fu Yan holds military power, and there are many people who want to drag him down, and many people are eyeing him covetously, but he returns to the capital at this juncture. The emperor is really angry.
Fu Yan also understands the emperor's painstaking efforts, and can't help but lower his head.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
The emperor sighed again.
"Are you determined to be with Qin Shu this time?"
Fu Yan was stunned, as if he didn't expect the emperor to see through his intentions so quickly.
But think about it, there is nothing the emperor doesn't know.
"Stand up and talk."
Fu Yan dared to stand up and bowed to the emperor.
The two had already made it clear to this extent, and Fu Yan also admitted it.
"Your Majesty, I do have selfish motives, so I returned to the capital from the border. But it is my fault that there was no imperial edict to return to the capital. I really don't want to see Qin Shu marry someone else..." The emperor
understood that Fu Yan knew that Qin Shu was going to hold a martial arts competition to win a marriage.
Thinking of the other general who had feelings for Qin Shu, the emperor felt a little headache.
"Since you want to be with Qin Shu through a martial arts competition to win a marriage, do you know that Helian Shi also has feelings for Qin Shu in his heart?"
He only recently found out that Helian Shi actually had such deep thoughts.
This head of the Qin family is a wonderful person. He can actually make his two generals in Daliang fall in love with him.
Fu Yan and Helian Shi have not been married for all these years. If he hadn't known that Fu Yan had Qin Shu in his heart, he would have wanted to arrange marriages for these two generals.
As an emperor, he could come up with such a ridiculous idea. It was because he was anxious when he saw Fu Yan and Helian Shi. If
you tell others, they would think that he was unwilling to let them get married.
Fu Yan heard what the emperor said and nodded with a wry smile.
They both knew each other's thoughts at that time, but they were intercepted by Zhou Yiyang in the end.
Thinking of Zhou Yiyang, Fu Yan couldn't help but think of the suffering Qin Shu suffered because of him, and Fu Yan's expression couldn't help but become gloomy.
"Your Majesty, I didn't protect Qin Shu before, and let her marry a villain like Zhou Yiyang. This time I will definitely protect her..."
The emperor understood what Fu Yan meant.
No matter what kind of punishment he would receive, he had to participate in this martial arts competition to win a bride.
The emperor waved his hand helplessly.
"I don't want to punish you, but if I don't punish you this time, someone will inevitably use this as an excuse in the future. And if someone else runs back like you, the border of Daliang will be in chaos."
This time, because the two countries have negotiated peace, there is no war crisis in the short term, but there will inevitably be a crisis in the future. How can we sacrifice the greater good for a small relationship?
"This time, I will punish you with thirty strokes of the cane, and the military power will be temporarily handed over to the young emperor. When you return to the army after the new year, the military power will be transferred back."
It seems that the military power has been transferred, but the young emperor and Fu Yan are master and apprentice, and the military power is almost the same in whoever holds it.
Although thirty strokes of the cane are a lot, Fu Yan is a trained person and will not be left with a hidden disease because of this punishment.
Moreover, the emperor only gave a superficial punishment, which would surely have people hint to the punisher to let him off.
Therefore, when Fu Yan returned to Beijing secretly this time, he was not actually severely punished.
"Since you have worked hard and made great contributions over the years, and have no ulterior motives, and have worked diligently for the Liang Dynasty, I will show mercy this time, but I may not do so next time. Let's go."
Fu Yan did not expect the punishment to be so light. He was touched and hurriedly took his leave.
Early the next morning, Xiao Xixi was awakened by the cry of a rooster.
It was just getting light at this time, and the maids and servants in the Qin Mansion woke up early to clean up.
Xixi likes to sleep in, and this is the first time she got up so early.
Even Qin Shu was surprised when she found that she was awake.
"The sun is rising from the west? Why did Xixi get up so early?"
Qin Xixi was depressed.
In the past few days, she has solved the problems of her second and third brothers one after another. It is not her turn to interfere in her mother's marriage. Little Xixi didn't think about anything yesterday. She went to bed early out of boredom.
This time is really boring, and I don't know what to do.
[Oh, what should I do... Hey, haven't I seen the little grandson for a long time? ]
Little Xixi's eyes lit up.
The only people of similar age here are Fu Jianning and Little Huangsun.
As for Fu Jianning...
Xixi pouted her lips, forget it, she's silly and doesn't like her.
[Why don't you go find Little Huangsun to play with! ]
Qin Shu heard Xixi's thoughts and felt helpless.
Although she didn't want Xixi to have too much contact with Little Huangsun, Xixi really didn't have anyone of the same age to play with, so she just let her be.