Chapter 215 Lu Shengling Returns to Beijing
Half a month later.
In the early morning, a ray of sunlight shines into the city gate, like a shining golden thread.
The heavy city gate opened with a creaky sound.
In the distance, the sound of horse hooves rumbled loudly, and the army rushed forward with unstoppable force.
Arrived close.
The general in silver armor at the front suddenly reined in his horse, and looked through the mask at the officials who were welcoming him at the city gate with sharp eyes, and saw the purple-robed woman on the right.
His gaze lingered for a moment, then he withdrew his gaze inconspicuously and stared at the snow horse under him, then rolled off the horse in a graceful manner.
Lu Shengling handed his mount to the soldier behind him, and walked slowly to Qin Xiang, the head of the civil officials, and said calmly:
"Thank you, Prime Minister Qin, for leading all the officials to welcome our Lu family army."
Qin Xiang smiled, glanced past the man to the Lu family army behind him, and said in a gentle voice:
"General Lu, thank you for your courtesy. We are all ordered by His Majesty to welcome you and the army. If you want to thank him, just go and thank His Majesty."
"Also, when I came here, His Majesty instructed that the Lu family army should be stationed outside and not enter the city. Please order the army to retreat, and you can bring the generals to the palace to receive the title."
Lu Shengling nodded.
Without turning back, he raised his hand and waved at the army behind him, and said in a stern voice with a slightly raised tone:
"The army will retreat and set up camp three miles away. All the generals will follow me into the city to receive the title."
As soon as he finished speaking, he was responded with a deafening shout:
“Y/N, General.”
Lu Shengling raised his lips slightly, looked at Qin Xiang with cold eyes, and asked:
"I have made all the arrangements as your majesty said. Can Prime Minister Qin take me into the city now?"
Qin Xiang half closed his eyes and snorted:
"That's natural."
She stepped aside slightly and gestured:
"General Lu is a meritorious official, please go first!"
Lu Shengling was not modest at all. He stepped past Prime Minister Qin and led a group of civil and military officials behind him towards the imperial palace.
Because Lu Shengling stood in the position of Prime Minister Qin, which was right next to Su Yuan.
There were many people around just now, so it was not convenient for her to interrupt. Now, even if they were walking normally, it was inevitable that people they knew would whisper to each other.
Su Yuan turned his head slightly, glanced at the little arrogant Lu Shengling, and smiled.
Since ancient times, it has been normal for civil and military officials to be at odds in the court. Lu Shengling and Qin Xiang are the heads of two different officials, so it is inevitable that there will be some friction on weekdays.
He just openly showed his displeasure to Prime Minister Qin, and now he is striding forward without saying a word, with an attitude of "one man blocking the pass against ten thousand men". Not to mention, he is quite adorable.
Of course, if we ignore the Qin Xiang with a slightly blue face chasing after Lu Shengling, he would be even cuter.
Prime Minister Qin ruined the mood.
Su Yuan quietly moved closer to the man, still looking at the road ahead, and whispered:
"Sheng Ling."
"Is it hard coming back all the way?"
Lu Shengling's clenched hands trembled slightly.
He turned his head with complicated eyes and quickly glanced at Su Yuan, a smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and he said lightly:
"Lord Su, please call me General Lu. I am not worthy of your title."
Hearing this, Su Yuan frowned slightly.
Looking back at the group of people following him, he couldn't figure out for a moment whether Lu Shengling was avoiding suspicion or what.
Wasn’t everything fine when we crossed the Liuyun Ferry?
She had been drugged by aphrodisiacs before, so her memory would not disappear, not to mention the jade pendant and the letter.
She really couldn't understand Lu Shengling's attitude now.
Tsk, it’s hard to guess what men are thinking!
Now is not a good time to reminisce about the past, let’s talk about it later.
All the officials came to welcome him.
But the city gate was quite far from the palace, so they got on the carriages not long after they walked a short distance. Hundreds of exquisite and gorgeous carriages marched towards the palace in a mighty procession.
Middle back position.
As soon as she entered the carriage, Lu Shengxue knelt down and hugged Lu Hanyi's thighs and cried:
"Woo woo, mother, what happened to your right arm?"
What Lu Hanyi hates most now is when people mention her right arm, especially the look of pity. This has made her want to kill someone often in the past month.
Now that Lu Shengxue was crying so loudly.
She felt ashamed and kicked him, gritting her teeth and saying:
"You jinx, who are you crying for when I'm not even dead yet?"
"You're just a decoration, what's wrong? Can't you see that my arm is gone? You're just adding fuel to the fire."
Lu Shengxue's chubby body was kicked and hit the wall of the car.
She cried out in pain, and didn't dare to move forward. She sat on the ground and asked timidly:
"Mother's arm is gone. Will she be able to go to the battlefield in the future? What about the door lintel of our second house?"
Can't rely on her?
Lu Hanyi glared at her and cursed:
"Stupid, this arm of mine was lost by Lu Shengling. What else can I do? Of course, every wrong has its perpetrator. Humph... Let's get what we deserve from him."
Lu Shengxue blinked a few times in a daze, then she reacted and sat up with a leap, angrily saying:
"Mother, he was the one who harmed you?"
After saying that, she scratched her head:
"But, but why would he want to harm you? We are concubines and cannot inherit the title, this is not right!"
Lu Hanyi's face was gloomy, and he said quietly:
"Who said that..., what if I insist?"
She sneered from her nose and raised her eyebrows:
"Hahaha, just wait and see."
Seeing her mother like this, Lu Shengxue, who was standing by, was so scared that she shrank her shoulders and swallowed hard to calm herself down.
Crazy, mother is crazy.
…………
Imperial Palace, Fengtian Hall.
Emperor Fengwu sat high on the nine-step dragon throne, with a group of civil and military officials standing on both sides of the hall.
The imperial edict attendant stood on the steps and read aloud:
"General Lu Shengling, the guardian of the country, has made great contributions in suppressing the rebellion. He is rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold, 1,000 acres of good farmland, and is allowed to inherit his mother's title of Marquis of Wu'an. General Wang Yao, the chariot and cavalry general, is promoted to a higher rank and is also awarded 1,000 taels of gold..."
After the palace attendants finished reading out the rewards for the generals in the army, there was another celebration banquet for all the merits.
There was singing and dancing at the banquet, and two rows of tables were filled with delicious food and fine wine.
The protagonist today was the victorious general of the Lu family army, so Emperor Fengwu spent the entire time greeting and comforting Lu Shengling and the others, leaving Su Yuan, who was sitting opposite him, with no opportunity to ask any questions.
Fortunately, the banquet always ends. After three rounds of drinks, the palace banquet ended when it got dark.
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