The next morning, the inner court came to the special envoy and announced that I would go to the palace to report my duties during the morning court.

I laughed in my heart. It turns out that good things cannot be bad, and bad things cannot be bad. Zhu Yijun asked me to come back but I didn’t have the intention to be kind. Now, I’m here without invitation!

Without saying a word, I changed into court clothes, packed up, and followed the imperial envoy to the Forbidden City to prepare for court.

Huamei and Yuan held my sleeve tightly before I left, fearing that I would never return, but they did not dare to shed tears, fearing that they would be unlucky.

I comforted them and said, "This time I go, there must be no danger. Don't worry, I have a magic weapon to protect my life, it's okay."

Huamei and Yuan knew that I had never been too proud, so they easily opened my sleeves and let me go to court.

The old father-in-law also got up. He patted my shoulder heavily and whispered: "Qi Lan, you can only go with confidence. No matter how you decide, I agree."

I nodded, gave them a look of confidence, and then turned around and left.

It was only five o'clock in the morning, and the Jinshui Bridge was already full of courtiers. They had lined up and were waiting to enter the palace.

After hearing the sound of horse hooves with sharp eyes, I turned around and saw me. I immediately spread ten, ten to hundreds, and within a moment everyone saw me.

According to my taste, I am a second-rank official, and now I am only ranked behind Shi Xing, the Minister of War. So everyone broke into a crowd again and watched me move forward all the way to the front of the team.

When I walked to the front, I stood in front of Shixing, next to me was the chief minister Shen Shixing. When I saw me, everyone had a serious expression, and Shen Shixing even sighed indefinitely.

"Qi Lan, you're back." The chief assistant whispered: "It's earlier than I thought."

Shi Xing also spoke softly and said, "The Lord hasn't been to court for a long time. I'm afraid it's against you today. You are indeed a little early to come back!"

I nodded and replied calmly: "If you should come back, you will come back sooner or later. It would be better to come back sooner or later."

Shen Shixing nodded and looked at Shi Xing. Shi Xing whispered: "We know that you are a loyal and martyr, so we must keep you safe. Don't worry!"

I bowed to the two of them slightly: "I don't thank you for your kindness, Qi Lan wrote it down."

The two of them stopped talking and turned around together. When the court guards sang, they went to the hall together with their literary and military officials.

Along the way, I was thinking that this Golden Palace is magnificent and looks brilliant, but in fact it hides a lot of marinated and obscure. Everyone loves power, but is it really happy to be in it?

Of course, everyone has their own ambitions, and everyone pursues differently, so there is no need to force it.

As the team went all the way to the hall, the civil and military positions stood still, many people still glanced at me quietly with their eyes.

I looked around for a while, except for a few acquaintances, everyone else quickly turned their faces and did not dare to look at me.

Humph! The jumping clown, who cares about your opinion?

Shortly after standing, the court official sang the emperor to court. I looked up and saw Zhu Yijun slowly coming out of the back hall and sitting on his dragon throne half-deadly.

This kid has not seen him for a long time, and he doesn't look energetic, but he looks dead all over his body, without any youthful appearance.

"If you have something to do, report it early, and if you have nothing to do, you will leave the court!" the court official sang.

Shi Xing, who was standing in front of me, sighed softly, stepped out and said loudly: "According to the imperial edict, the Marquis of Donghai, the Navy Admiral Sun Qilan, the Goryeo front line, returned to the court to report his duties."

Zhu Yijun asked in a fake manner: "Oh! He is back! Let him talk!"

Shi Xing replied: "After the order."

Then he turned around and said to me, "Marty Donghai, you should report your duties truthfully."

I stepped out of the line, walked to the front and bowed, but didn't give a big gift, and said loudly: "The Marquis of Donghai Sun Qilan is here to report his work."

Zhu Yijun was furious and pointed at me and shouted: "Sun Qilan, you don't give me a big gift, long live if you don't say anything. Who taught you bad rules? Are you going to deceive the emperor and mislead?"

I snorted and thought to myself, just like this, so I answered: "Your Majesty clearly understands and follows the laws of the Ming Dynasty. You do not perform regular rituals in wartime. Everything is based on military regulations. Now I am the current admiral of the navy. He is a military position and also conducts military and political reports, so he salutes. I wonder if Your Majesty agrees?"

Zhu Yijun was stunned when he heard my words. After a while, he gritted his teeth and asked Shi Xing: "Shi Xing, do you think the Ming Dynasty has this rule?"

Shi Xing bowed and replied: "Report to Your Majesty, what Admiral Sun said was the Ming military order, and there was no fault."

Zhu Yijun gritted his teeth in anger and glared at Shi Xing fiercely. The old man was willing to take charge and stood there steadily, but he was fearless.

Zhu Yijun had no choice but to speak: "Tell me!"

I bowed my hand again and started talking, but it was not a matter of the battlefield: "I was in the West before. I heard that the Spanish were interested in invading the Ming Dynasty. Japanese pirates from Japan also gathered troops to come, so I traveled thousands of miles to rush back to the Ming Dynasty from the West, but it was for the Ming Dynasty's reign, but I didn't seek any self-interest."

As soon as this sentence came out, buzzing and talking in the court came out. What I was telling the truth. Originally, I was free and easy, with the vast sea leaping with fish and the sky was high and the birds could fly. If I hadn't been to deal with the national crisis, why would I have to come back here?

"After the trust of the court, the navy went to Goryeo to meet the enemy, joined forces with Li Rusong and other generals to break the enemy on the beach, restore Pyongyang, recover Seoul, and seize the capital! Now all the three capitals of Goryeo have been restored, killing more than 111,000 enemies, and injuring the enemy indefinitely! Now the Japanese pirates in Japan have retreated to the western part of Goryeo, and are no longer as powerful as they were a few days ago."

"Wow!" There was an uproar in the court, annihilation of more than 100,000 enemies and restoring the three capitals! These contributions are absolutely remarkable.

For a moment, there was a lot of discussion in the lobby, and Zhu Yijun's face was unstable and his heart was extremely complicated.

What should he do? Praise me or find fault?

No matter how you do it, it cannot be achieved successfully.

If you praise me, this is not his true intention. He just went to court to suppress me.

But what is the basis for criticizing me?

For a moment, the discussion in the court was like a tight curse. He felt so painful that he could only speak, "What do you think of all my dear friends?"

I couldn't help but sneer, saying that I was speechless, and looking for reinforcements?

Look for it, childish!

Sure enough, shortly after Zhu Yijun spoke, a voice came from behind him: "Report to Your Majesty, I think the achievements that Lord Sun talked about are full of water."

Everyone turned around, but it was a third-rank official among the civil servants. Shi Xing whispered to me: "This is Yang Liuqing, the Minister of Rites, and a traitor. Humph!"

I looked at Yang Liuqing, and I heard this guy shake his head and start his discussion. What is it? Confucius Confucius, I don’t know what he is going to say. Anyway, in short, what he means is that I have water in my report, and my achievements may not be true.

After hearing him say that, Zhu Yijun, who yawned, became energetic again, shouted with fangs and claws: "Sun Qilan! Is what Yang Aiqing said true?"

I couldn't help laughing twice after saying this, pointing to a very energetic military officer behind me and said, "You can answer this question."

The military officer was about thirty years old and looked like a courtier of the fourth rank. When he saw me pointing at him, he was stunned by reality and then replied loudly: "This matter is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. The commander of the front enemy Li Rusong has already made a special report, and the memorial is about to be reported to the emperor by the Ministry of War."

As he said that, he bowed to Zhu Yijun and continued to answer: "The report from Admiral Sun is no different from that of Li Shuai's report, and he even reserved it. The subordinates believed that there was no problem."

Zhu Yijun glared at him, but the young man was fearless and full of righteousness.

The court was embarrassed for a moment, and Yang Liuqing's face turned red. He pointed at the young general and shouted: "Yuan Zipeng! You! Are you saying I'm talking nonsense?"

The general named Yuan Zipeng smiled and said, "Mr. Yang, the state has national laws and family rules. You should take good care of your ancestor worship ceremony and don't get involved in the affairs of the Ministry of War!"

"You!" Yang Liuqing was furious, but because she could not make any attacks in the hall, she just kept firing her eyebrow at Yuan Zipeng.

But Yuan Zipeng ignored him and Shi Xing whispered to me: "This Yuan Zipeng is a Guangdong celebrity and is upright. He gave birth to a son named Yuan Chonghuan. He is seven years old this year, and he is as powerful as him."

I was shocked. Unexpectedly, he was the father of Yuan Chonghuan, the last famous general in the late Ming Dynasty! I couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic about him.

In the hall, Yuan Zipeng and Yang Liuqing were quarreling together. Zhu Yijun was angry and patted the Long Case heavily: "Stop!"

He shouted angrily. If Yuan Zipeng hadn't been a Guangdong celebrity and was quite famous in the court and the country, he would have been unable to tolerate this thorn!

But there is no way, what others said makes sense. Before refuting this, I hope it is on others. However, the Ministry of War has a memorial and others are not qualified to argue. So he turned his attention to others. I followed his eyes, but it was the direction of the Inspectorate.

Sure enough, his eyes swept away, and someone stood up again, oh! He was still an acquaintance - Wang Senke, the right censor of the Inspectorate. He was the position when I left, but now seven or eight years have passed, he is still the position.

Wang Senke said sarcastically: "Your Majesty, I have received a report a few days ago that Sun Qilan had an affair with Japanese pirates and embezzled money and food, and was unscrupulous!"

"Wow!" This sentence once again poured a spoonful of cold water into the hot oil in the huge Golden Palace, and fryed the pot again!

The charge of acquaintance with the enemy is not casually mentioned, but it is confirmed that it will kill the family. Since the Inspectorate has used this ultimate move, it means preparing to duel with Sun Qilan. There is no turning back arrow when the arrow is drawn, but it is not that he knows who will die and who will live in the end!

It seems that this emperor has not been to court for a long time, and he will do something big as soon as he goes to court!

Is the long-awaited court going to cause another bloody storm?

Just when everyone was suspicious, the chief minister Shen Shixing, who was standing in front of the civil servant, spoke: "Chief Wang, you cannot say this randomly. Admiral Sun fought bravely on the front line and was self-reliant and dedicated to the public. General Li has reported it. If there is no evidence for what you say, you must not say it casually, otherwise you will be afraid that you will not end when the matter is found out!"

Wang Senke heard this and his momentum suddenly shrank, but when he saw Zhu Yijun's hatred look, he suddenly became excited and shouted: "Sir, you don't have to protect Sun Qilan! I, Wang Sen, reported Sun Qilan under my real name. He had an affair with the Japanese pirates and had a disobedient heart!"

In an uproar, everyone looked at me. I smiled. It seemed that I had never been out of the world for thirty years, and people had forgotten my reputation back then.

Since that's the case, I'll give you a ride!
Chapter completed!