Chapter 364 General's Childhood Sweetheart 16
Unlike modern convenient transportation, it took a lot of time for the army to return to Beijing.
We stopped and walked along the way.
After many days, we finally arrived at our destination.
——The capital city.
Lu Huan looked up at the hometown where the original owner was born and raised.
On the high city walls, soldiers from the Tianqi Kingdom were patrolling.
The army behind him stopped, Qu Ziming bowed to Pei Lin, and then galloped forward.
Song Jiao saw Qu Ziming arrive at the city gate, but did not see clearly what he did.
The next second, a shout resounded through the sky: "General Pei is back from the battle, quickly open the city gates—"
The originally closed city gate was opened little by little.
At the same time, there were deafening cheers coming from the city.
The news of Pei Lin's victory had already spread throughout the Tianqi Kingdom, and everyone was waiting for Pei Lin's return.
The city gates were opened and the army returned to Tianqi.
As soon as the horses entered the city, Song Jiao felt exactly what Xiao Qi had said before - just how popular Pei Lin was!
Both sides of the street were crowded with people, and almost everyone's eyes were on the man behind her.
Admire and worship.
At this moment, Pei Lin seemed to be their god.
Make them submit willingly.
Pei Lin seemed to have long been accustomed to such flowers and applause.
He whispered in her ear: "I will go to the palace to pay my respects to the emperor first. Ziming will take you back to the general's mansion and wait for me to come back."
As soon as he finished speaking, Song Jiao felt countless curious and envious eyes, and there was also a hint of jealousy from many women.
She curled her lips and replied, "Okay."
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When returning to the general's mansion, Song Jiao took a sedan chair.
Pei Lin waited until she got into the sedan chair before turning and heading towards the palace.
After he had walked for a while, someone came towards him and saluted.
"I respectfully welcome General Pei back to the city!"
Pei Lin recognized this person as someone close to the emperor and said calmly, "Get up."
The man stood up, straightened his back, and bowed to Pei Lin. His voice was slightly shrill: "General Pei, His Majesty just left the court, so he didn't have time to come to pick you up, so he sent me to bring you into the palace."
The previous few times Pei Lin returned victoriously, Emperor Tianqi personally welcomed him.
It is also well known that he values Pei Lin.
Pei Lin didn't care. He nodded and said, "Thank you for your help, Eunuch Su."
Eunuch Su laughed and said, "General, what are you talking about? Why are you being so polite to me?"
The two exchanged a brief greeting, and then Eunuch Su led Pei Lin into the palace, saving a lot of troublesome steps.
The palace had just finished its morning court session and many ministers had not yet left when they met Pei Lin outside the palace.
When they saw Pei Lin returning, they saluted hurriedly: "General Pei is back!"
"We congratulate General Pei on his victory!"
"Just now I heard deafening cheers outside the palace. It turned out to be General Pei..."
Pei Lin responded with a bow, replying to every one of them politely, regardless of their rank.
Everyone felt extremely relieved.
There is a chain of contempt everywhere, and the same is true in the court. Higher-ranking officials look down on lower-ranking officials, and lower-ranking officials want to cling to higher-ranking officials to climb up. People in the court even secretly form cliques.
Only Pei Lin was innocent. He had never been affiliated with any faction, nor did he look down on anyone.
Pei Lin had been fighting outside for many years and was rarely involved in court affairs. It was precisely because of this that Emperor Tianqi valued and favored him the most.
Everyone also tried to make friends with him, and complimented him: "It is a blessing for our country to have General Pei guarding Tianqi!"
"You are all too kind. Pei Lin is just doing his job.
Everyone laughed and then tentatively asked, "I heard that the general brought back the daughter of the former Minister of Personnel?"
It is well known that the former Minister of Personnel accepted bribes.
The main reason he accepted bribes was for his wife at home. This matter had been talked about a lot before, and many people in the court despised and looked down on him.
He ruined his official career for a woman and was despised by the world. Song Jiao's mother was once called a beauty who brings disaster.
So the Song family was exiled, which was a spectacle for everyone to watch. Everyone also knew that the Song couple died on the way to exile.
I thought this matter was over.
Who would have thought that a few days ago, the news that Pei Lin had recently won a victory in Tianqi's battle was brought back to the capital, along with the story of the daughter of the former Minister of Personnel.
He requested that Song Jiao be pardoned, and it was a letter written by Pei Lin himself!
One can't help but sigh that a beautiful girl is a disaster!!
Even after being exiled, he was still able to hook up with the general who defended the country! !
Pei Lin's smile faded a little: "Yes."
After the confirmation, there was a sigh of relief, and someone began to advise: "General, it would be better for you to draw a clear line between yourself and this woman as soon as possible..."
"Yes, yes, this girl might be like her mother..."
"Don't let this girl ruin your career as a general..."
Pei Lin didn't say anything, but his expression grew visibly colder.
He never makes too many friends, is polite to everyone, and knows people without judging them.
However, this group of people had never seen Song Jiao, let alone know her, but they kept saying that she was a beauty who brought disaster and would bring disaster to him.
"Thanks for the reminder." Pei Lin's eyes swept over the crowd. His polite smile was gone, replaced by endless coldness and indifference. "On the day Song Jiao and I get married, I will definitely invite you all to have a drink at the wedding."
After saying that, he walked away.
Everyone: "..."
Eunuch Su looked at the awkward and ugly faces of the crowd and bowed to them: "I will take my leave."
He was someone close to the emperor. Even though they had just been embarrassed by Pei Lin's move, they still managed to give Eunuch Su enough face and bowed to him.
After the two left, one of them snorted coldly with a sullen face: "I think this general who protects the country is just so-so. He can't escape the temptation of women after all!"
After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and left.
The others sighed and shook their heads: "It seems that Pei Lin's glorious days are almost over..."
Giving advice for a woman and asking the emperor to pardon Song Jiao's crime, how is this different from the former Minister of Personnel accepting bribes for his wife?
She is indeed the daughter of a beauty who brings disaster. She has bewitched the cold-hearted Pei Lin to this extent.
Lu Hua, who had already arrived at the General's Mansion, was completely unaware of what was happening in the palace, let alone what people were saying about her...
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