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The couple smiled and returned the greeting. "Thank you, Master Liu."

Liu Guang's character was straightforward, upon seeing Hua Rong bowing to him, he quickly sang another song for her: "Zhang Sanlang brags everyday about his good looks, if I meet Madame Yue, I'm afraid he will be so ashamed that he will smash his head against the wall."

"Zhang Sanlang" was one of Zhang Jun's ranking. Zhang Jun's beloved concubine was a renowned courtesan from the Yangzhou and was known for her beauty. The main wives of the three generals were all renowned courtesans, and Han Zhongliang also had three courtesans who were known as beauties and enchanting; Liu Guang himself also had two concubines who were considered famous courtesans. Liu Guang, who was a rude person himself, thought of something to say. After he finished speaking, he realized that the emperor was in line and awkwardly tilted his body.

Zhao Deji did not mind, and said: "Pengju, the reason we called you back to the capital this time, is because we have something important to discuss with you. Right now, our Da Song is facing internal and external troubles. Not only are we being intimidated by Liu Yu's great army, we are also having our Southern Dongting Lake s running rampant. You are stationed in the Xiangyang, and the two lakes are the place where your troops are stationed.

At first, the imperial government did not notice it. But now, unexpectedly, it had expanded to hundreds of thousands of citizens, gathered in lakes, and became an independent king. The leader, Yang Yi, called himself "Heavenly King Yang".

The area around the cave courtyard was one of the most important sources of the imperial government's taxable grains at that time. Now that it was occupied by Yang Tian King, the imperial government had cut off their road to wealth, and naturally viewed this Water Cock as a huge threat.

According to Yue Pengju's calculations, they should have attacked together first and then cleared away any internal problems. However, seeing that the Emperor obviously had Water Cock as his priority, he thought for a moment and said: "The country's situation is difficult, how could I dare to reject? When I first arrived at Xiangyang, I checked on Hu Xiang along the way. The soldiers fought well on land, the Water Cock fought well on ships, and they had sent out troops several times in the autumn and winter. It was right when the Water Cock was full of food and resources. "As I see it, I might as well change my strategy and take advantage of the hot summer to attack …"

Because of this huge problem in his heart, Zhao Deji had already heard the suggestions of many generals, but none of them were as expected. Hearing Yue Pengju's words, he nodded to himself, thinking that Yue Pengju was indeed different from others, he said: "Let us discuss this further.

The royal banquet was no small matter.

Three tables were set up, with Zhao Deji sitting in the first seat, Yue Pengju and his wife sat together, and Liu Guang and his wife sat together.

Zhao Deji took three big golden bottles, causing people to fill them up. Knowing that Hua Rong was not well, and could not drink, he only poured for Hua Rong half a cup. If a woman were to appear, it would be extremely impolite. Liu Guang was curious, when Zhao Deji said with a smile: "Rong Er has been following us on the sea for a long time, although she is a woman, the achievements of the Protector has surpassed the generals. Today, we have gotten a chance, so we will definitely toast to you personally …"

Hua Rong chuckled as she stood up, "It is all thanks to Shangguan Family's blessing, that Hua Rong was able to have this day, and I even have to thank Shangguan Family for her grace …"

Liu Guang then understood the reason and raised his glass to say, "Madame Yue is a hero, and our family would also like to toast to you and your wife."

The couple started to drink together. Zhao Deji laughed and said, "This is the coconut wine that the General Liu gifted to me. It's really delicious …."

Liu Guang was very pleased: "In the army, I will follow the instructions of the imperial government and return to business. I have some business, it was precisely because I relied on His Majesty Hong Fu to buy this wine from Guangzhou."

The so-called "Reversal" referred to the military trading. At that time, the imperial government was extremely short of funds, and it was common for the military to be in arrears in the payment of food. In order to solve this problem, the court allowed the mixed forces in the army to engage in trading and trading to supplement their pay. The miscellaneous army was the logistics outside of the main combat force, such as the crematorium army, the soldiers that delivered food and fodder, and so on.

In Yue Pengju's army, this kind of "recovery" gradually began during this one to two years. However, the money he obtained was all used for military equipment, so naturally, it was not as extravagant as Liu Guang's. He took a sip and praised, "Delicious."

Liu Guang said complacently, "Our family is even called the Tao Zhugong of the army …"

Tao Zhugong was one of Chun Qiu Wu Yue's famous officials, Fan Li. He succeeded in his endeavors and was accompanied by a beautiful woman to live in seclusion, which made him a rich man. Later on, he was called "Tao Zhugong", a synonym for Wealth. This story was naturally told to Liu Guang by someone else. At this time, he said it out loud with satisfaction, and Zhao Deji drank a cup as he said with a smile: "We want you to be the Da Song's Wei Qing and Huo Quou. We want you to be the one who gets sick … … … Tao Zhugong …"

Liu Guang did not know who Wei Qing and Huo Quou were, but hearing the Emperor's half-joking and half-blaming tone, he anxiously asked: "May I know who Wei Qinghuo is?"

He referred to Wei Qinghuo as "Wei Qinghuo" and laughed out loud. Seeing Hua Rong who was at the side, she could not help but smile and said: "Rong Er, please explain for General Liu …."

Hua Rong smiled and told Liu Guang about Wei Qing and Huo Quou. Her voice was clear, although she was smiling, it was definitely not mocking, and Liu Guang did not have any shameful intentions. After listening to Hua Rong's gentle explanation, she only said: "Many thanks Madame Yue, we understand."

Zhao Deji looked at his scholarly attire and laughed: "Liu Guang, you have been with us for many years, why have you never studied and learned?"

Liu Guang self-deprecated, "This subject knows that Han Wu and Zhang Sanlang don't know how to read big words too …" Han Wu was Han Zhongliang, everyone knew that he and Zhang Jun could not read.

Zhao Deji sighed, "The Four Great Generals, only Peng can read. When you have free time, all of you must read and learn from Yue Pengju."

Yue Pengju said anxiously: "I don't dare, this subject has only barely understood a few words."

Because of this joke of Liu Guang's, everyone was in an unprecedented elation at this banquet. This was also why Zhao Deji allowed him to attend the feast. These ignorant martial artists and the jokes they make, they made him extremely happy.

After the banquet, Liu Guang left. As Yue Pengju and his wife were about to leave, Zhao Deji said: "Rong Er, I want to talk to you alone."

Hua Rong looked at her husband, and Yue Pengju smiled as he gave her a meaningful glance. Only then did she say: "Hua Rong obeys the decree."

Yue Pengju's expression was extremely clever, even Zhao Deji did not see it, and only told Hua Rong to return to her study room to close the door.

He took a close look at Hua Rong. The woman who was originally seriously injured to death was now smiling like a flower. He only asked: "Rong Er, you really worked hard to go to Jinguo, and you almost lost your life there …"

Hua Rong had already told him about her visit to the Jinguo in detail in the letter. Now that he had asked, he couldn't help but tell him about their encounters.

Although Zhao Deji had read the letter long ago, after hearing Hua Rong's personal narration, he too was emotionally moved, and tears streamed down his cheeks.

Hua Rong said carefully, "Shangguan Family, I think that the only way to negotiate is to defeat them with an overwhelming military advantage …"

Zhao Deji nodded his head: "The reason we have been gathering with the The Four Great Generals all these days is to clean up all the internal and external troubles, and to truly welcome us back to Queen Mother …" He originally wanted to say "Second Saint", but in front of Hua Rong, he did not put on an act.

Hearing that he did not mention it, Hua Rong felt a bit of comfort in her heart. Luckily, Shangguan Family had not completely put on an act in front of him. And because of this, she held even more hope: "Shangguan Family, when Hua Rong was in the Fourth Prince of Jin Guo Palace, she personally saw the face of Qin Gui and his wife.

Zhao Deji muttered to himself, "Rong Er, not only you, Princess Tianwei has also mentioned this to us. To be honest, I will be on my guard against you …"

Hua Rong was overjoyed: "The Shangguan Family is enlightened."

In his memory, this seemed to be the first time she had said such respectful words in front of him. Zhao Deji sighed: "Rong Er, in those days when you were heavily injured, I have been worried about you. Hearing Wang Jixian say that you can't be cured, I feel very sad …"

"Hehe, in these past few days, I have obtained a large amount of precious Lingzhi from the Shangguan Family. In addition to that, Pengju hunted many tigers and leopards for me to nourish. With Shangguan Family's blessing and thanks to the heavens, I have actually gotten better …"

From start to finish, when she was heavily injured, he had felt sorrowful and tender towards her. However, in his heart, he felt a faint sense of relief, thinking that no one could get their hands on her; but who would have thought that one day, she would stand up again, with a more graceful demeanor than before. However, she was already like a beautiful jade, standing shoulder to shoulder with Yue Pengju, everyone knew that she was a "Madame Yue" under the heavens.

He was feeling complicated, but at the same time, lost. After being silent for a while, Hua Rong took the chance and left.

In the pavilion waiting outside, Yue Pengju welcomed his wife. The two of them were just about to leave when Zhao Deji walked out of the study room with a smile on his face: "I heard that the two of you adopted Lu Deng as your orphan?"

Yue Pengju hurriedly said: "This subject was fortunate enough to adopt Lord Lu's orphan, Lu Wenlong. Because the journey to the capital is very long, I did not bring him. I forgot to report this to His Majesty in my haste, and hope that His Majesty will forgive me. "

Zhao Deji sighed: "Master Lu and wife are loyal and loyal, everyone knows. We are regretting that we did not comfort his family, and now, knowing that he has successors, we are very happy. Peng Ju, Lu Wenlong will still be raised by your husband and wife. He will be bestowed with a title of nobility, two thousand in silver, and a hundred in brocade.

The couple were overjoyed and quickly thanked him.

Seeing Hua Rong's extremely happy expression of gratitude, Zhao Deji suddenly thought of Wang Jixian's words that even if he recuperated, he would not be able to have children, so it must be like this, and he enthusiastically adopted Lu Wenlong. He himself became impotent, and could not have children, but he felt a little pity for Hua Rong and said: "Rong Er, it's been hard on you, you take care of your child, it's better than being your biological father."

"Thank you, Shangguan Family. Hua Rong will definitely treat Wen Long as if he was Wen Long's son."

Zhao Deji then said, "Oh right, there's one more thing that I forgot to tell you two. Princess Tianwei will get married half a month later … Rong Er, you can be considered an old friend of Tian Wei. You should stay in the capital for now and leave after she gets married. "

The couple immediately replied, "Yes."

After the two of them left, Zhao Deji walked around for a bit, then entered with a cup of ginseng soup, smiling: "Shangguan Family, has Madame Yue recovered?"

"Yeah. Back then, Wang Jixian had personally said that she wouldn't treat it, but he didn't expect her to recover. "Unfortunately, I can't have children anymore …" Looking at the situation, Wu Jinnu knew that the Shangguan Family was secretly ill and knew what other people in the Shangguan Family were thinking. In order to cure his impotent state, he almost had an abnormal demand for women, no matter if it was inside or outside the palace. She did not reject anyone, as if she wanted to find some kind of strange stimulus and "pull herself together in one go". Because of this, Wang Junhua entered the palace day after day, made it seem like she was flirting with the emperor, and sent him away frequently. To the emperor, this kind of 'love stealing' was naturally more stimulating than being gentle in front of her own family, which was why she had become a little interested in Wang Junhua.

She was afraid that Hua Rong had returned and stimulated the kind of "hope" that the Shangguan Family had. When she heard that she was still infertile, she was truly ecstatic and quickly and carefully said, "The fact that the Madame Yue has adopted the son of a loyal servant is also enough to comfort … "If that's the case, then he and his wife really are doing their best to serve the country …"

"True."

"The's protection cannot be compared to chenqie and the rest. This time, when she enters the capital, chenqie and the rest will definitely have a good birthday feast to thank her for that."

"The Lady Wu is indeed virtuous. If that's the case, then I'll have to trouble you."