Chapter 170: His Majesty Welcomes You in Person
In fact, the right prime minister was not speaking for the left prime minister, he just felt that it was inappropriate for Ning Chen to be made a marquis.
Everyone is jealous!
He has worked hard for decades to get to his current position, why can you, Ning Chen, be on equal footing with us at the age of fifteen?
"Your Majesty, I also think it is inappropriate!"
Everyone was stunned for a while, because it was Ning Ziming who spoke.
Your Majesty wanted to make his son a marquis, but he, as a father, actually opposed it? It was really weird.
"Father, I also think it is inappropriate to make Ning Chen a marquis now."
No one expected that the prince would also stand up to stop it.
Emperor Xuan looked ugly.
These bastards, there are always people who jump out to oppose his decisions...As if not opposing does not show their ability?
Especially these censors, they are extremely annoying and always go against him!
He looked at the prince in some surprise.
This idiot, it's okay for others to obstruct, but why did you jump out?
He carefully cultivated Ning Chen just to let Ning Chen assist the prince in the future.
The prince jumped out now, isn't this pushing Ning Chen away?
The prince continued: "Father, Ning Chen has indeed worked hard and made great contributions, but what you said is not unreasonable... He is only fifteen years old, and he has been appointed as a general and made a marquis. If he makes meritorious contributions in the future, how should he be rewarded?"
The face of Emperor Xuan became more and more ugly.
Even if the civil and military officials are right, you shouldn't jump out at this time.
How could he give birth to such a thing?
It's just a pig brain.
The emperor was so angry!
"Two days later, all the ministers will follow me out of the city to welcome Ning Chen's triumphant return!"
"Since all the ministers are against the matter of making a marquis, let's discuss it later!"
"Dismiss the court!"
Emperor Xuan stood up and left with a wave of his sleeves.
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Furong Palace.
"What did you say?"
The queen looked at the old eunuch in front of her with astonishment, she even suspected that she had heard it wrong!
The old eunuch lowered his head, "I just got the news that Ning Chen actually captured Prince Zuo Ting alive."
The queen was in disbelief, "How is this possible? How did this bastard do it? Is the news accurate?"
The old eunuch nodded.
"Just now in the court, His Majesty proposed in public to confer Ning Chen the title of Marquis of Xiaoyao...but most people were opposed, so His Majesty could only order that the discussion be held later."
"Confer the title of Marquis?"
The queen's voice rose eight degrees.
The old eunuch hurriedly said, "Fortunately, the left prime minister and others have temporarily suppressed this matter."
"But I have already heard that His Majesty has asked people to post the victory report throughout the city to celebrate with the people!"
"My queen, in this way, even if he is not granted a title, Ning Chen's prestige will become higher and higher... I am afraid that if we don't take action now, it will be even more difficult to kill him in the future!"
The queen was furious, "How does this useless left prime minister do things? Is it so difficult to get rid of a little bastard?"
"He repeatedly assured me before that this little bastard would not be able to return to the capital alive... Now he has not only returned, but also returned with such great merit."
"You go to the prime minister's mansion and tell him... I will give him another month. If he fails to get rid of Ning Chen, don't blame me for being rude to him!"
The old eunuch nodded, "Yes, I will go now!"
.......
Two days later, at the Tianhe Ferry, the dragon flag was flying.
Emperor Xuan really brought civil and military officials to pick up Ning Chen.
This is a great honor for any minister.
You know, in the past, the only one who could make Emperor Xuan go out of the city to greet him was General Chen.
For a general general to be summoned back to the capital to meet the emperor, Emperor Xuan would step down to greet him, which was considered a great favor.
It can be seen that His Majesty's favor to Ning Chen is unparalleled.
Five warships slowly came and docked!
Ning Chen saw the dragon flag fluttering on the ship.
He didn't expect Emperor Xuan to come?
Instead of feeling honored, he was a little unhappy.
Because the appearance of Emperor Xuan completely disrupted his deployment.
His original plan was to hide Kong Yongchun and others first, then find the secret letter, and then make a long-term plan to try to make the most of these testimonies.
Even if he couldn't overthrow Zuo Xiang, he had to hurt him.
But now, Emperor Xuan suddenly appeared, and Kong Yongchun couldn't hide anymore!
Ning Chen led his men off the ship, walked quickly to Emperor Xuan's dragon sedan, and knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"
"Your Majesty, I have been ordered to go to the border. Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission and lived up to the emperor's grace...Now I have the King of Beiting and present it to you!"
Emperor Xuan said, "Stand up!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Ning Chen and others stood up.
Emperor Xuan looked at Ning Chen, and the smile on his face was harder to suppress than AK.
I haven't seen this kid for two months, and I miss him a lot...Every time I see Ning Chen, he always feels at ease.
And Ning Chen did not live up to his favor, always bringing him surprises!
"Darker, thinner...It seems that you have suffered a lot at the border."
Ning Chen grinned and said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. The soldiers rushed thousands of miles, killed through the Beidu Royal Court, and captured the Zuoting King alive...They ate and ate snow all the way, so it is inevitable that they will lose weight."
Emperor Xuan smiled, "You don't have to ask for credit for them everywhere. I remember their contributions and will reward them."
At this time, several people with handcuffs and shackles were taken off the boat.
Emperor Xuan was a little curious, why are there so many people?
But the moment Zuo Xiang saw Kong Yongchun and Zhang Yuancang, his face turned pale, and he was completely stunned, his head was buzzing!
Kong Yongchun was actually arrested, and he didn't get any news at all.
And Zhang Yuancang, wasn't he killed by Ning Chen? How is he still alive?
Zuo Xiang shuddered and woke up, and immediately realized that this was all Ning Chen's trick.
Ning Chen glanced at Zuo Xiang, then leaned over and said: "Your Majesty, in addition to Prince Zuo Ting, I have another thing to report."
Emperor Xuan smiled and said: "What is it?"
"The military supervisor of Beilin Pass, Kong Yongchun."
"Your Majesty, I have found out that Kong Yongchun colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, colluded with Prince Zuo Ting, and killed seven generals of my Great Xuan, as well as countless soldiers. His crime is unforgivable!"
When these words came out, the faces of the civil and military officials were full of astonishment!
Emperor Xuan, who was originally smiling, suddenly sank.
Ning Chen pointed at Zhang Yuancang and said loudly: "Your Majesty, this person is Zhang Yuancang, the prefect of Lingzhou."
Emperor Xuan and the civil and military officials were all stunned!
Emperor Xuan said in a deep voice: "Didn't you behead Zhang Yuancang as a warning to the public?"
"Your Majesty, Zhang Yuancang was not the mastermind of the private mining of gold. Someone behind him was instructing him... This person was in a high position and had great power. I was going to the border at that time, and I was worried that Zhang Yuancang would be killed by the person behind the scenes, so I had no choice but to hide the truth. In fact, I hid him."
Ning Chen paused and continued: "Your Majesty, Kong Yongchun was just a small military supervisor, and he definitely didn't have the courage to do this. He also had someone instructing him to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country."
Emperor Xuan He angrily asked, "Who is it?"
Ning Chen said, "This person is in a high position and has great power. Although I have the evidence now, I haven't got it yet...I beg Your Majesty to take all these people back to the Supervisory Department and have Lord Geng send someone to guard them."
"Please allow me to get people and evidence now... Later, I will find out the biggest worm, Da Xuan, for Your Majesty."
All the civil and military officials were silent. Collaboration with the enemy and treason was a serious crime that would punish the entire clan. No one dared to speak at this time, fearing that they would get into trouble.
Only the left prime minister turned pale, feeling that a disaster was about to happen.
The Emperor Xuan looked gloomy and said, "Geng Jing, take them back to the Supervisory Department and keep them under strict supervision."
"Yes!"
Geng Jing accepted the order.
The Emperor Xuan looked at Ning Chen, "I will take all the civil and military officials to wait for you in the Supervisory Department...I also want to know who this thief is?"
"Minister, obey your order!"
Ning Chen led his men, jumped on his horse, and galloped away!
"Lord Ning..."
"General Ning..."
"Ning Shixian..."
In the distance, the people cheered.
Because Emperor Xuan ordered to post the victory report all over the city, the people knew about Ning Chen's feat and came to welcome the hero of Daxuan.
In the crowd, a slender figure, wearing a light blue dress and a gauze... her big watery eyes looked at Ning Chen infatuatedly.
Yudie also got the news and rushed over early.
Ning Chen waved to the people in the distance, as if he was touched, his eyes moved, and finally fell on the blue figure.
Ning Chen waved to her, showing a gentle smile, and then rode away.
"Xiao Xing, Ning Lang saw me, he saw me..."
Yudie said excitedly, holding Xiao Xing's hand.
Xiao Xing smiled, "Lord Ning has a girl in his heart... It's cold, let's go back first? When Lord Ning is done, he will come to see you."
Ning Chen took Pan Yucheng, Yuan Long, Qi Yuanzhong, and a group of cavalrymen and went straight to the Zuo Xiang Mansion.
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At the Zuo Xiang Mansion, Steward Ding paced back and forth at the door, waiting to welcome the Zuo Xiang.
Someone came to the palace just now, but the Zuo Xiang was not there.
Looking at the face of the eunuch just now, the one above must be very angry now!
Ning Chen, this bastard, actually has such a great ability to capture Zuo Ting Wang alive.
Suddenly, the ground shook.
Standard Ding looked up and saw a team of cavalrymen running wildly.
The leader was Ning Chen.
Standard Ding's face changed drastically, and he turned around and wanted to go back to the mansion.
"Stop!"
Ning Chen had already seen him and shouted sternly.
Standard Ding felt something was wrong and quickened his pace.
"Old Pan, take him down, don't let him get away!"
Pan Yucheng just hummed, and suddenly jumped off the horse's back, kicked his feet on the horse's back, and the whole person flew across seven or eight meters and landed on the wall of the prime minister's residence.
Then he used the force of the wall to pounce and disappeared directly behind the wall.
Fuck! ! !
Ning Chen was stunned.
Pan Yucheng can fly.
"Yuan Long, take people to surround the prime minister's residence, and you are allowed to enter but not leave."
"Yes!"
Ning Chen led the others and rushed directly into the prime minister's residence.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Pan Yucheng blocking the way of housekeeper Ding.
Housekeeper Ding yelled in a cowardly voice: "Ning Chen, you are so brave... You dare to trespass into the prime minister's residence, this is a capital crime."
Ning Chen looked at him coldly, "Housekeeper Ding, do you know Kong Yongchun, the military supervisor of Beilin Pass... He has been taken down by me."
Housekeeper Ding's face suddenly changed, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead at that time.
Ning Chen returned victorious today, but he showed up here with his troops. He felt something was wrong the second he saw Ning Chen... When Ning Chen mentioned Kong Yongchun, he felt cold all over.
"I don't know him, I don't know this person at all!"
Ning Chen sneered, "Whether you know him or not, you will know when you meet, take him down."
Pan Yucheng said indifferently: "Surrender, don't resist in vain, you are not my opponent."
Steward Ding suddenly jumped to the side.
Pan Yucheng snorted coldly, raised his hand and swung it, two sharp bursts of cold light shot out with a sharp sound of breaking through the air, hitting Steward Ding's legs.
With a scream!
Butler Ding fell headfirst, and because of inertia, he turned into a rolling gourd.
Ning Chen opened his mouth wide, because he saw clearly at this time that it was two stones that knocked Butler Ding down, just ordinary stones that can be seen everywhere on the roadside.
Good guy, he still underestimated Pan Yucheng.
This taciturn gourd, his skills are so high... He knocked Butler Ding down with only two stones.
Butler Ding is a real master.
Ning Chen's eyes flickered, Pan Yucheng must ask him to teach him this skill of throwing stones.