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Chapter 70

"Duke Xuanyi comes to the palace!"

In front of Xiande Hall in the main hall of the East Palace, the eunuchs sang loudly.

"Xuan Xue Wanche, Xie Shufang, Feng Li, and Feng Xu go to the palace!"

Qin Lang took off his boots outside the hall, and a young eunuch quickly bent down to take off his sweat socks for Qin Lang. He wiped them all with a wet towel before changing into him a pair of new socks.

"Duke of Yiguo, please." The eunuch said respectfully.

"I'm working hard." Qin Lang thanked quickly.

The sword had already been taken off in front of the palace gate, and even the shoes were taken off at this moment. Unless Qin Lang could one day get into the special sword shoes, the ministers in the hall would not be qualified to wear shoelace swords.

In comparison, Xue Wanche and the other two were a little nervous and did not dare to ask the young eunuchs to take off his boots and change his socks. They honestly took off their boots and wiped their feet clean and put on new socks to prevent their feet from being so stinky that the prince was.

After entering the hall, Qin Lang discovered that there were a large group of civil and military officials gathered in the hall, and the whole hall was full of Zi Fei.

He didn't know how much panic it had caused in Chang'an just now.

A censor in the hall called "Shangzhu Kingdom, Duke of Yi Kingdom, Qin Lang, the chief of the governor of the tutoring department, see His Royal Highness!"

Qin Lang knelt down and shouted, "Your Highness, Thousand Years Old!

At the head of the hall, Li Shimin raised his hand from a distance, "Thank you for your hard work, son-in-law."

This sentence of a virtuous son-in-law made Qin Lang feel uncomfortable. He always felt that Li Shimin was taking advantage of him. He clearly agreed to make an appointment for five years, but it was just a temporary fake engagement, which was not true.

When Li Shimin saw Qin Lang coming in, he knelt down on the ground and his butt was raised high. Xue Xie and others were in a good mood.

"A son-in-law has made another great contribution. From now on, I will give you praise and worship without a name."

As soon as these words came out, the hall was filled with exclamation and envy.

If you praise me and worship me, it means that as before, Qin Lang came in to see the prince, and he had to have a ritual official to report his official title. Now Li Shimin's special order is that when Qin Lang comes to see the prince again in the future, there is no need for the ritual official to sing the title first.

Praise and worship without name is a kind of honor, which means the emperor's appreciation and respect. Generally, ministers cannot enjoy this kind of courtesy, and praise and worship without name is generally associated with the dynasty.

If you don’t go to the court, you would have to trot forward when you see the prince or emperor, but now you can leave normally.

Of course, if you have a seniority and a high prestige enough to be as high as Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao, you can also go to the hall to walk on the hall with your sword and go to the hall to see the emperor with your shoes.

He can even ride horses in the palace or ride a chariot in the palace.

Now I have only given Qin Lang a privilege of praise and worshipping him, but it is already very obvious enough. After all, others do not have him.

"Come here, give the orphan son-in-law a seat!"

The eunuch immediately brought a seat cushion and arranged a seat closer to Li Shimin.

The ministers in the hall were all kneeling on the ground, with some low-ranking officials not even cushions. For example, he saw Hou Junji, Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong and others. Although he had been promoted to the General of the Twelve Guards before, he was only a third-rank official.

Qin Lang quickly refused.

But Li Shimin walked down in person, took his hand and sat down in front.

After doing this for a long time, General Xue Xie still knelt at the door and didn't dare to get up. He didn't even dare to raise his head. His butt was so loud that he was close to the floor.

"Your Highness, Xue Xie and other generals are deeply grateful to your highness and have already understood their crimes. I will apologize." Qin Lang spoke for the four people.

It was only then that Li Shimin seemed to remember those guys.

He turned around and looked at the four.

"You are in the Eastern Palace and do not advise the prince Xiu Ren Huaide, but secretly slandered and blocked our brothers' love. This is one crime. On the day of the rebellion, you sent troops to fight, killing Gu's loyal soldiers, and even besieging Gu's family. This is two crimes. After the defeat, you refused to surrender, but you led the defeated soldiers to flee to Zhongnan Mountain to harm one side. This is three crimes."

Li Shimin counted one after another.

"There are these three sins, and it is a death sentence!"

Xue Wanche lay on the ground and dared not defend himself, but just kept shouting.

"I am guilty of death, death penalty!"

Xie Feng and the other two also called for death.

Li Shimin was very satisfied when he saw the four of them having such an attitude, but he did not immediately give in. At this time, Qin Lang would come out to ask for pardon for the four of them, and Wei Zheng and others also persuaded them together.

"If it weren't for the persuasion of all the ministers, I would have killed you and others today to comfort the heroic spirits who died that day."

"Thank you for your prince's grace to not kill him, and you will eventually repay him with death!"

The four of them kowtowed and thanked him. Kowtowed like pounding garlic, especially Xue Wanche's head was bleeding.

Li Shimin was very satisfied and happy.

So he rewarded the four people again in public, and all four of them were granted the title of Duke of the County, either as generals of the Twelve Guards or as generals of the Yifu General.

"Xue Wanche, I think of your loyalty and courage. Now I will marry you with the fifteenth sister, Princess Danyang, to you, are you willing?" Li Shimin asked.

The ministers in the palace all looked strange.

Originally, the prince gave Danyang to Qin Lang, but Qin Lang refused to agree, and even made trouble for the prince to demote him three times a day.

I thought Qin Lang would have to compromise and accept the marriage, but no one expected that he would become Princess Changle, the legitimate daughter of Qin Langshang.

From a brother-in-law to a son-in-law, it was shocking countless people's chins. Some censors originally said that this was not etiquette.

But Li Shimin still announced that the Ministry of Rites would choose a good day to hold an engagement ceremony for Qin Lang and Princess Changle, and would get married ten years later.

In this incident, Princess Danyang undoubtedly became the biggest victim.

Originally, the prince wanted to make up for the emperor's sister and tried to choose a famous talent from the five surnames and seven sects for her. However, as soon as the news was released, the eligible heroes of each family escaped from Beijing and ran back to their hometown for various reasons. Li Shimin was very angry, but he didn't want to force a tie to marry the emperor's sister. After all, there was a lesson from Qin Lang's past. If he made a mistake again, the royal face would be completely lost.

Today, the palace gave the marriage to Xue Wanche, but it was not a whim, but had been thinking for a long time. Xue Wanche was quite old and brave. Moreover, his father was the prefect of Zhuo County in the Sui Dynasty, and the Xue family was also a general of generations. They were from the Xue family in Hedong, and the Xue family was also a top gentry.

Xue Wanche is no better than Qin Lang. He is just surrendering to the East Palace. He must not be as tough as Qin Lang. He dares to refuse marriage.

Xue Wanche was really stunned over there.

However, he didn't know that Princess Danyang and Qin Lang had a refusal to marry. The news of him staying in Zhongnan Mountain was seriously lagging behind. He had just returned to Chang'an and had not yet come to take over these recent new changes in Chang'an City.

He was flattered.

Unexpectedly, the prince treated him so well that he completely pardoned their crimes, but also rewarded the Duke of his county, promoted his official position, and directly promoted him to the position of general from the third-rank right-leading general, and now he still married the princess.

"What, you don't want to?" Li Shimin looked unhappy.

"My, my memory..." Xue Wanche was so excited that he stuttered. It would be a good thing for a general like him to marry a princess, let alone his current situation, "I thank the crown prince for his great kindness."

"Hahaha, just agree. From now on, you will be the 15th brother-in-law of the orphanage. We will be a family." When Li Shimin laughed, he did not forget to turn around and look at Qin Lang.

Look at how cheerful Xue Wanche is, this is the attitude my minister should have towards giving marriage.

Qin Lang curled his lips.

I don’t know if Lao Xue will feel unhappy when he comes to take over Danyang’s marriage? Will he be a little unhappy when he meets again?

Li Shimin is very happy today.

Xue Wanche, Xie Shufang, Feng Li, and Feng Xu are the four powerful generals, and now they are all here to submit, which shows that their status has become a little more stable.

The fifteenth daughter of the emperor, Princess Danyang, was given a marriage to the right-leading general, Xue Wanche, Duke of Wu'an County, and Princess Linhai, was given a marriage to the second son of former Prime Minister Shangshu Shangshu Pei Ji, and Lawyer Pei, Duke of Hedong County.

Xue Wanche was originally the most powerful general of the deposed princelings, and Pei Ji was the emperor's first confidant. These two were representatives of two old forces. Now Li Shimin used his two sisters to marry them and pulled them over. He felt that this deal was very cost-effective. Even an old guy like Pei Ji would never be able to be at ease with him, but now he has to win over and comfort him.

However, Qin Lang originally gave him Danyang to marry him, but firstly, he really appreciated him, and secondly, he wanted to show his gratitude to Qin Qiong, the number one general under his command. However, he didn't expect that Qin Lang was a fool, and he almost couldn't take the opportunity to get out of the market. In the end, he had no choice but to marry him, the four-year-old Princess Changle, and finally coaxed the fool to agree to it with a verbal appointment.

Next, the atmosphere in the hall was full of joy.

Li Shimin gave wine to Xue Wanche and others, and asked the imperial doctor to come to see Xie Shufang's wounds and rewarded ginseng and other places.

Qin Lang found that the ministers next to him had a surprisingly consistent attitude towards him. They all smiled on the surface, but in fact they were far away from him. They chatted and drank in groups of three, five, but no one was willing to take him to play with.

It was Cheng Yaojin who took care of him and asked him to drink with him.

"Isn't it good to drink together in broad daylight?"

"What do you know? When Xue Xie surrendered, the whole of Chang'an was completely stable. The people who were waiting and watching had given up. You don't know that the flames of the war just now, Chang'an immediately felt a little uneasy, so you have made another great contribution this time. Of course, your highness is very happy to solve the hidden dangers of Chang'an."

It turned out that the people from the East Palace, Zheng Shanguo, Wang Gui, Wei Zheng, Wei Ting and others from the civil servants, had already surrendered to the new crown prince. Now that the military generals Xue Wanche and Xie Shufang have come to surrender, they have even made a great start.

In this way, only a few local powerhouses such as Li Yi and Li Yuan are left.

"Son-in-law! Come here!"

Li Shimin held a wine glass and waved him over.

"Son-in-law, although Changle is still young, you have to wait ten years for your wedding. But the etiquette you should have must be short. You should also choose a good day and find a big match to give a wedding letter to give a wedding gift." Li Shimin said while also calling Cheng Yaojin over.

"Zhijie, I know that you and Shubao have been in life and death for many years. It is better for you to be the big match between Huailiang and Changle. You will be responsible for handling the wedding letter and the wedding gift!"

When Lao Cheng heard this, he grabbed his beard and said happily, "Thank you for your appreciation of me, Old Cheng. It's okay to leave this matter to me. I think it's better to choose a date than to hit the day. Just tomorrow. Tomorrow is a good auspicious day. I will go to Shubao to discuss the bride ceremony later, and I will send Dayan to the East Palace tomorrow!"

"Well, tomorrow's life is really good, so let's go tomorrow. Gu and the Crown Princess will wait for you, the big media, to come in the palace."

Li Shimin and Cheng Yaojin raised their glasses there to finalize.

It felt something was wrong to leave Qin Lang alone.

"Your Highness, don't you hurry?"
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