From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 374

"Ah!"

A scream rang out in the room, Xiaozhuang rushed in instantly, looked around, and saw no suspicious people, then looked at the awakened Queen Zhaojing in confusion.

She asked in confusion, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

Empress Zhaojing looked at Xiaozhuang in horror and said in a trembling voice, "I...what did I do last night?"

Xiaozhuang couldn't help laughing and said, "Your Majesty forgot?"

Empress Zhaojing said, "It's because I remember that I was scared."

She sat up and said hurriedly, "It's over, Xiaozhuang, I'm done. My imperial majesty is gone, my demeanor as a senior sister is gone, I have nothing."

Xiaozhuang smiled and said, "At least your Majesty's body is still there."

Empress Zhaojing's face turned pale, her little fist clenched, and she wanted to hit herself, "It's a waste of time! Drinking is a waste of time! How could I give my junior brother... Oh, how could I dance for him, isn't that entertaining people with beauty!"

Xiaozhuang said, "Your Majesty is not just dancing..."

"You are also wearing a Taoist robe!"

Empress Zhaojing gritted her teeth and said these five words, then fell down, pulled up the quilt to cover her face, and made a wailing sound.

"I'm confused, I'm confused. I decided to comfort him, but I got drunk and lost my temper!"

Xiao Zhuang hesitated and whispered, "Aren't these planned?"

Empress Zhao Jing said anxiously, "They are not prepared! The sixteenth of next month is Master's birthday. This is the Taoist robe I asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make for Master."

"Last night, I was excited and suddenly thought that Junior Brother seemed to like this, so I put it on directly."

"I... I must be crazy!"

Xiao Zhuang smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, it's too late to say anything now. Get up quickly. It's time to go to court."

"No!"

Empress Zhao Jing said hurriedly, "No, no! I don't have the face to go to court. How dare I go to see Junior Brother when I looked like that last night!"

Xiao Zhuang said, "Your Majesty, this can't be avoided. Besides, Zhou Yuan might have been drunk last night and didn't remember anything."

"Really?"

Empress Zhao Jing's eyes lit up, and then she was helpless叹道：“他记性好得很，怎么可能忘，还好我没彻底醉糊涂，否则怕是要被他得手来了。”

“这该死的东西，怎么胆子这么大，连圣君他都敢…”

她说不下去了，只是咬牙道：“小庄，你快去警告小师弟，他若是把昨晚的事说出去，我就让他当太监！”

小庄捂嘴笑道：“我这就去”

昭景女皇道：“别说是我让你去的，以你的名义警告他，他才不怕我呢，偏偏怕你。”

小庄道：“那是因为陛下宠爱他，而我嘛，说揍他那一定是不手软的。”

昭景女皇捂住了连，无奈叹道：“不能喝酒了，以后不能再喝酒了。”

……

这一次早朝，是大晋许多年以来最重要的一次早朝之一，中原的胜局，给了这个走入暮年的王朝一次巨大的振奋，也给了文武百官一个天大的惊喜。

A rare victory will naturally bring rare rewards. The cabinet has their own judgment on how to measure Zhou Yuan's status in the court.

According to Yang Guozhong, it is enough for the Jin Dynasty to have one Zhenguogong, and there is no need for a second one.

The situation where military honors are dominant is not good for the overall situation of the court.

With such views, they can reach a corresponding tacit understanding without even communicating.

Another point is that Zhou Yuan is still young and should not be honored too much, otherwise it is easy to have a rebellious heart.

Based on various considerations, Yang Guozhong, the Prime Minister, stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the Earl of Zhongwu led 60,000 troops to fight in the Central Plains and wiped out more than 300,000 bandits. He has made great contributions and deserves a heavy reward."

"In my humble opinion, the Earl of Zhongwu can be promoted to the first-class Earl, rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold, and given a plaque of loyalty and bravery. The generals of the five military camps should all be promoted."

"The Nei Tingsi who made outstanding contributions in this battle should not be ignored."

These words are so beautiful, but they are all useless.

It's a bit dizzy to change the third-class Earl to the first-class Earl. Giving money and plaques is nothing. Yang Guozhong has figured out all the reasons.

Empress Zhaojing was a little afraid to look at Zhou Yuan, and said in a dignified voice: "Recovering the Central Plains is a great achievement, but it is only promoted from the third-class earl to the first-class earl. It is hard to convince the public."

Deng Bochi said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Earl of Zhongwu slaughtered the royal family in the Central Plains and even ignored the Yun family's golden medal of immunity from death and the red-lettered iron certificate. This is clearly an act of contempt for the imperial power and humiliation of the previous emperors, which is a capital crime."

"However, in view of the many evil deeds of the Yun family, they should be severely punished, so I am unwilling to make a big deal about this matter and blame the Earl of Zhongwu."

"ButThis at least shows that after all, the Zhongwu Earl is young and energetic, and he is not calm and experienced enough in doing things. He should be allowed to calm down for a while, which is also for his own good. "

They are all old foxes in the officialdom, and they speak better than each other, but they are all bad.

Empress Zhaojing said coldly: "The Yun family still has the nerve to mention the golden medal of immunity from death and the red book of iron certificate? For what they have done in these years, they should have paid the price for it long ago."

"Zhongwu Earl killed them to eliminate harm for the people, and also to maintain the dignity of the court's laws and the face of the royal family. Not only is it not wrong, but it is also meritorious!"

"I have thought about it again and again, and I have made up my mind. I will promote Zhou Yuan to the third-class Zhongwu Marquis, lead the post of the governor of the Beijing Camp, and protect the imperial capital."

As soon as these words came out, Yang Guozhong was the first to change color and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, you can't! The governor of the Jingying is an important position in the army. Qiu Huan has been in charge for less than a year. How can he..."

Empress Zhaojing said coldly: "Is it Qiu Huan who was defeated despite having ten times more enemies? Let him go back to Jinling. It is better to hand over my imperial city to capable people."

Yang Guozhong lowered his head and dared not speak again.

He knew in his heart that Zhou Yuan was young and could not be stopped.

This battle was too important for Dajin. It was also the first great victory since His Majesty ascended the throne. At this time, His Majesty must favor him.

Several cabinet ministers looked at each other and sighed in their hearts.

Empress Zhaojing saw that the ministers did not speak, then looked at Zhou Yuan and said lightly: "Zhongwu Bo, I am afraid I will call you Zhongwu Hou from now on."

Zhou Yuan hurriedly said: "I thank your majesty for your grace. I will live up to your trust and make the Jingying into a true king's army. "

Empress Zhaojing smiled and said, "Get up, you should teach these generals how to fight."

Xu Shigong took a deep breath and gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, regarding the war in the south, the Guangdong Sea Navy has assembled and will set out to attack Haojing on a chosen day. This time, the Duke Zhongwu cleaned up the Yun family and got a lot of dirty silver..."

"Your Majesty, I also ask Your Majesty to allocate 4 million silver taels to provide the Guangdong Sea Navy to repair warships and update guns and weapons."

Hearing this, Zhou Yuan looked up suddenly.

Guangdong Sea Navy? Fighting? What's going on!

Is the eldest sister crazy? How can those broken wooden boats fight the Portuguese iron boats?

I just took back the Central Plains, and these dogs are digging a hole in the southern coast again!