Chapter 102

Yue Peng held up respectfully and said, "the key of a strategist is to be amazing and unpredictable, so that he can win. After battle, the art of war is often used, and the subtlety of its application is kept in one mind." These words have become famous military maxims in later generations

Zongze was overjoyed: "Peng said this, and the Committee won the opportunity." He paused a little, and then changed the topic, "in your opinion, how to use troops in the future?"

Yue Pengju said, "I have been fighting with Xixia for many years. The soldiers in Guanzhong are fine and fat, and the Jin army has been repatriated on a large scale. At present, it is better to send a large army to garrison the two rivers, and then map Guanzhong. When the court is first established, take advantage of the hot summer, and make a large-scale Northern Expedition..."

Zongze said, "this is exactly what I want."

The two discussed for a while. Yue Pengju was about to leave. He remembered again and knelt down: "please forgive me, master..."

Zongze was surprised: "what's the matter?"

"My mentor used to be a matchmaker for the young general, but the young general has resigned his engagement with the princess. Please forgive me."

Zongze was surprised. He just responded to Tian and didn't know the news

"Peng Ju, why is this?"

"The young general loves Hua Rong. He wants to marry Hua Rong..."

Zongze suddenly got up and angrily said, "Yue Pengju, are you crazy?"

"The young general and Hua Rong are not brothers and sisters..."

Zongze remembered what he saw tonight and their intimacy. Then he realized why Yue Pengju couldn't get a promotion He did not know how many storms he had experienced in his life, but he had never encountered such a dilemma. He also remembered that he had seen the emperor and Hua Rong answer each other. He secretly said that it was bad. If the emperor knew, how could he give up?

"Yue Pengju, do you know that the current emperor intends to admit your sister into the palace?"

"Yes. He once proposed to accept my sister as a concubine in Xiangzhou before, but my sister refused!"

"How dare you! Knowing this, you dare to repent? Don't you want to die?"

"The young general hopes to grow old with his sister for a long time, even if the sky blows!"

Zongze was surprised and angry: "Peng Ju, you must give up. I saw with my own eyes that your sister is quite able to say a few words in front of the emperor. Now the treacherous minister is in power, and Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan are courting all day. If there is a person around the emperor who dares to speak and gets his favor, it is good for all life in the world..."

Yue Peng raised his refutation and said, "accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. How many times have you seen that concubines can really interfere with the court's politics?"

Zongze couldn't answer for a moment Women in the court are spoiled when they are prosperous, and spoiled when they are weak. It is ridiculous to rely on a woman to control the political situation of the monarch

He didn't know how to continue to correct Yue Pengju's "appalling" behavior, so he had to wave feebly, "go down first."

The next day, Xu Caizhi was ordered to find the two: "Miss Hua, Peng Ju, the official family called you to the Palace Banquet."

Two people knew something was wrong, so they had to bite the bullet and go The banquet was held in the harem, and there were not many people, just the emperor and Wu jinnu, as well as several familiar old friends such as Xu Caizhi

She knelt down to salute, and the emperor immediately stood up and lifted her up: "ronger, don't be polite. They are all acquaintances. I just want you to talk about the past and Practice for Peng Ju by the way."

Yue Peng Ju Ben was answering the emperor's military information. Seeing his posture of supporting his sister, his eyes, his heart "cluttered"

Hua Rong saw Yue Pengju, and the sister and brother nodded and sat down according to the rewarded seats

At the beginning of the banquet, each person has several cases The first course starts with goose pear, Golden Apricot, spring peach, pine nut, lotus seed meat, gingko, steamed jujube and other ten kinds of fruits; The second is carved honey wax gourd, carved honey bamboo shoots, carved ginger dates, carved honey persimmon and other ten kinds of "carved honey fried", the third is salty purple cherry, salted musk plum, salty LinQin, salty pomegranate and other ten kinds of "thoroughly fragrant and salty"; The fourth course is preserved meat, cured chicken, cured rabbit, wine and vinegar mutton and other ten kinds of preserved meat After tasting each dish, the guest Secretary began to toast

Wine is silver and broken jade two kinds of famous wine, are millet wine, originated from Xiangzhou The wine is bright and clear, and Yinguang wine is sweet and sweet; And broken jade wine has a refreshing fragrance Most of these wines are yellow rice wine with low alcohol content

Each wine has two kinds of dishes The first one is cooked mutton and roasted chicken legs; The second dish is golden mutton tripe soup and mutton head stick. There are 15 dishes in front of and behind, counting 30 dishes, which are not repeated

Soup after drinking is a sweet soup boiled with licorice and other herbs

The tableware used at the banquet is all carmine Jun kiln When everyone ate, there was a group of musicians playing, one playing the Pipa and the other playing the flute

Hua Rong and Yue Pengju both came from poor families. They had never experienced such a feast in their lives. They just felt dazzled. Each lamp in front of them seemed not to be tableware, but a good art, and they couldn't enjoy it

The emperor sighed, "in the past, the banquet given by the court was 108 dishes; now in times of crisis, everything is simple..."

Hua Rongxin said, if this is still simple, what about luxury?

She looked up at the emperor and saw that he was staring at himself. Because he had drunk some wine, I don't know whether it was alcohol or something else, his face was a little red, and his eyes were a little strange

Next to Wu jinnu, he casually observed the official look, smiled, and turned to Yue Pengju: "General Yue is a young hero. Miss Hua has both talent and beauty. Your sister and brother are really rare in ancient and modern times."

"Thank you."

The emperor also laughed, "Peng Ju, you made great contributions this time, but you didn't get a reward. Have you ever regretted?"

Yue Pengju put down his glass: "tell the emperor back that I know I'm guilty. How dare I regret? Thank you for your forgiveness and repentance."

"Now, Jin Wushu, the evil thief, is pressing endlessly. He is leading the army to Ying Tian. Peng Ju, general Zong recommends you, so I order you to obey his orders. The next day you have to set out again and lead the troops with him to fight. Alas, I now place my hope on general Zong. You must not live up to the love of general Zong and me."

"Thank the emperor for his love. I will try my best."

Wu jinnu smiled and took over: "General Yue is loyal to the official family, has no time to worry about his family, and your sister has no one to take care of. This temple has been thinking about it for a long time, and has come up with a good way to take care of your sister for you."

Hua Rong knew something bad, and he laughed: "my mother took care of it. Hua Rong will take care of herself."

"That's not what I said. A woman has to rely on her life-long fate. Now that the official family is on the throne, you can follow it for a long time. It's not a small credit, so it's better to..."

Hua Rong didn't allow her to say what she was most worried about, and timely interrupted her words: "my mother doesn't know, Hua Rong has already been promised to others."

The emperor said unhappily, "rong'er, I have known you for many years, and I have never heard of your marriage. Why do I refuse in every way?"

"This..." at this time, I suddenly remembered King Qin's exhortation. I only vaguely realized that as soon as I said Yue Pengju, I was afraid that I would really cause death for him

She was still hesitating, but she heard Yue Peng Ju Lang say, "back to the emperor, the young general Yue Peng Ju has married Hua. Because of the busy war, she didn't report to her majesty. Please forgive me!"

Hua Rong was waiting to stop it. It was too late. His heart was beating, and even Xu Caizhi was stunned. Yue Pengju looked at the emperor, his face fearless, and his voice was very calm He knew the emperor's mind long ago, and this opening was to die and later, leaving no room for himself at all

Yue Pengju clearly said that he "has been married"!

In order to please the officials, Wu jinnu had tried his best to arrange this feast in order to reach a "wish" for the officials. In front of Yue Pengju, he wanted to call his "sister" into the palace. He didn't expect this to happen, and his face was white with anxiety

The emperor "Huo" stood up and said, "Yue Pengju, how dare you!"

Yue Pengju is still very calm. As a foreign minister, he is not called "official" like Hua Rong, but "emperor"

"It's all because I didn't have time to tell you. It has nothing to do with Hua Rong, but please bring the emperor down."

"Good you Yue Pengju! It's really this reason to repent the princess! But do you know that Hua Rong is your sister? Deceiving the king is originally a capital crime, and incest is even worse."

"The emperor apologizes. Chen and Hua Rong have met and known each other for many years, but they match each other, but they are not close to each other. The emperor also knows."

"Yue Pengju, since you said you were married, well, I ask you, where is the order of your parents and the words of the matchmaker?"

"In troubled times, sinners didn't take into account so much red tape. They just married Hua Rong in a simple way."

Hua Rong saw Yue Peng pleading loudly, without fear, and peeped at the emperor, but seeing his angry face, she only vaguely realized: now, it's really a catastrophe

The emperor flew into a rage and slapped the table: "Yue Pengju, when I gave you my marriage, I clearly asked you if you had ever been married. Now, you have gone back on your words, insulting the princess and deceiving you. In this short time, without any matchmaker, how can you get married? Say, why do you lie?"

Xu Caizhi immediately knelt down: "Yue Pengju, you have to think clearly. Bullying the king is a great crime of beheading. If you lie, you will not only harm yourself, but also implicate your sister..."

Xu Caizhi's meaning is to ask him to change his mouth quickly or stop insisting, so as to secure a name Yue Peng knew what he meant, but he said proudly: "sin minister dare not lie! Sin minister loves flower solution, and has already vowed to live and die, white head is not responsible, and he dare not change his original intention even if the sky blows and thunders! Therefore, he has to repent to marry the princess. He dare not defend anything anymore, but swear here, swear to kill gold thieves, defend the country, and even if blood stained the battlefield, he will never dare to frown a little, let alone ask for any reward. Ask the emperor for success!"

Everyone dared not take a breath. The emperor closed his eyes, sighed, and suddenly shook his head: "well, you should step back for the time being."

"Thank the emperor for his great kindness."

As soon as they got to the door, the emperor suddenly said, "rong'er, you stay."

Yue Pengju looked back: "emperor, this matter has nothing to do with Hua Rong because of the guilt of his ministers!"

The emperor said coldly, "step back!"

Hua Rong winked at him, and Yue Peng hesitated before retreating

Even a group of bodyguards have retired, and there are only two people left in Nuo Da's palace

The emperor slowly stepped down from the Dragon chair, walked all the way to her side, and stared at her, "rong'er, how long have we known each other? Eight or nine years?"

Hua Rong nodded silently

"I saved you in the hands of pirates and never despised you. I never liked a woman so much. Even if you didn't want to and never forced you, just think that one day, you will be willing to marry me..."

"Sorry! Hua Rong has the love of officials."

"Rong'er, tell me that you didn't marry Yue Pengju at all! This is not true!"

Hua Rong nodded firmly: "Hua Rong deserves to die! He has married Peng Ju, but he forgot to report it to the emperor."

"No! You lied to me! Your brothers and sisters met again last year, and there was not much time to get together. You were always by my side. If you married Yue Pengju, how could I not know? Besides, when he married Yue Pengju, he clearly said that he had not married - at that time, you were still married! After that, what opportunities do you have? Ronger, why did you lie to me?"

"I dare not deceive the officials."

"Well, when did you get married?"

Hua Rong was in a hurry, so he had to say, "it's the last time I escaped from Jinying, I left the official family and went to find Peng Ju, where I found him... In troubled times, it's precarious. Hua Rong is just a woman, and it's really impossible to save it, so..."