"Yuan Fengye, grant me a mansion, ten thousand taels of silver, and a thousand acres of fertile land..."
After Eunuch Su finished speaking, the person standing next to Zhou Huaiqian was obviously stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly took two steps forward to the center of the hall.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the promotion!"
Zhou Huaiqian raised his head in disbelief and stared at Yuan Fengye in front of the hall.
My head is buzzing.
How, how could it be him?
Yuan Fengye is the capable lieutenant beside him. Although he is outstanding in all abilities, the lieutenant is still a lieutenant after all. He can only make suggestions from the side, and it is up to him to finalize major military affairs.
He thought that as the commander-in-chief of the army, it was certain that he would be promoted to a mighty general, but why, why was it his subordinates who were finally promoted?
Just when Zhou Huaiqian was puzzled, another minister stood up. This man was Zhou Huaiqian's archrival in the army, General Wang.
"Your Majesty, I have something I don't know whether to say or not."
Song Wenjing said lightly: "I love you, but it doesn't matter."
General Wang glanced at Zhou Huaiqian beside him with a vague gaze. It was this glance that made Zhou Huaiqian's heart skip a beat, and the alarm bells suddenly sounded.
Zhou Huaiqian's mouth opened slightly, but it was too late to stop him. General Wang's rough voice sounded in the hall.
"This is General Zhou's family matter, and I should not have intervened. But now this matter has become more and more serious, and it has even reached the level where His Majesty cannot recognize people. I thought that once His Majesty is involved, it will be no small matter!"
Zhou Huaiqian's eyebrows were twitching, and he had obviously realized what General Wang was referring to.
Zhou Huaiqian hurriedly took two steps forward, cupped his hands and said: "General Wang, I will handle my family affairs personally, and I will definitely stop these ridiculous remarks. I don't need to bother Your Majesty with this trivial matter, right?"
General Wang snorted coldly: "A trivial matter? General Zhou, you allowed your brother to be domineering and oppress the people. Yesterday, you touched a pregnant woman in the street, almost killing both mother and son! What do you call this? A small matter?"
"Yesterday, before you were even awarded the title of mighty general, your brother spoke arrogantly and even ignored the laws of the dynasty. If this really made you a mighty general, your brother would probably rebel. this day?!"
"Now the people in the imperial city are saying that your general has great achievements, and even your majesty doesn't look down on him. He also says that your majesty doesn't know people well, so that someone who bullies the people becomes a son of an official!"
"General Zhou, we all know that you have led the three armies to achieve great military exploits, but if you can't even take care of your family affairs, how can you control the three armies!"
General Wang yelled one after another, giving Zhou Huaiqian no chance to quibble.
After hearing the end, Zhou Huaiqian's expression darkened to the extreme.
He took a deep look at General Wang, then lifted up his robe and knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, I have neglected to discipline my brother for many years, causing him to develop such a arrogant temper. I sincerely ask your Majesty to give me a chance. I will definitely discipline him strictly to prevent such things from happening again!"
The things he tried to hide in every possible way have been exposed in front of His Majesty. How dare he ask Your Majesty to reward him now? It would be a blessing in misfortune if he was not punished!
Song Wenjing, who was in a high position, lowered her eyes and looked at Zhou Huaiqian who was kneeling in the main hall.
He already knew what happened yesterday when the Queen Mother sent someone to get incense.
A good general's palace is the king's method!
Under the pressure of ordinary people, Zhou Huaiqian tensed up and lowered his head to the ground.
After a long time, just when Zhou Huaiqian was about to be unable to bear it any longer, Song Wenjing spoke.
"It seems that I have placed too heavy a burden on you, so that you have no time to take care of your family affairs. In this case, I will put aside the affairs in your hands and take care of your family affairs. If you have no time to take care of your family affairs, I will not Would you mind personally sharing the burden for Aiqing?"
Zhou Huaiqian shuddered and said in fear: "I can handle my household affairs myself, how dare I trouble Your Majesty!"
"According to my decree, General Zhou was not strict in his family affairs, allowed his family to oppress the people, regarded human life as nothing, and regarded the law as nothing. He committed a major crime of contempt for the imperial power. However, considering his military exploits, the merits and demerits are outweighed. The official will be demoted three levels and fined one year's salary."
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On the other side, Mrs. Zhang was instructing the servants in the house to pack their things.
"Be gentle, be gentle. I bought that vase specially from Qiao Xiangfang. It costs dozens of taels of silver. Don't let me break it!"
"Both of you, move the sandalwood table to the right, but don't let me scratch it!"
"And you guys, oh, why are you running so fast? Be careful! It doesn't matter if someone falls, but don't break my baby!"
Mrs. Zhang was very busy in the yard, giving a few pointers here and nagging three times there.
Zhou Huaiqian returned to the mansion in despair. After seeing this scene, he was already unhappy and his eyebrows knitted together.
"Mom, what kind of trouble are you trying to make?"
Mrs. Zhang's face lit up when she heard the sound, and she hurriedly walked over with a smile.
"Qian'er, mother, aren't you thinking that you will be awarded the title of mighty general today? You want them to clean up in advance. Let's move to the new mansion today!"
Zhou Huaiqian: "..."
His face was extremely dark.
Seeing that his expression was not good, Madam Zhang worriedly grabbed his arm: "Qian'er, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so ugly? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Go back and rest quickly, and leave this small matter of moving to your mother!" "
Zhou Huaiqian lowered his eyes with anger in his eyes.
"Moving? To what house? Thanks to you and my good brother, now I have been demoted to three ranks and fined a year's salary! Are you satisfied?!"
Zhang's pupils shrank: "Demoted to the third level? How, how could this happen? Isn't today the ceremony for the conferment of the title??"
Zhou Huaiqian gave her a cold look, not wanting to say anything more to her, let alone look at Mrs. Zhang again, otherwise he was afraid that he would not be able to help but do something treasonous!
Zhou Huaiqian shook off Zhang's hand and strode towards his yard.
Madam Zhang, who had recovered her senses, hurriedly chased after her: "Qian'er, Qian'er, don't leave yet! An'er is still locked up in the Yamen. Go to the Yamen quickly and rescue him!"
Zhou Huaiqian's steps stopped.
The sinister look in his eyes was no longer concealed, and he looked at Mrs. Zhang with gritted teeth.
He said word by word: "How dare you mention him to me? If he hadn't done evil in my name outside, how could I have been demoted to the third level?"
"How could you just watch the title fall into the hands of others? How could you become the laughing stock of all the officials in the court!"
"He deserves to be in jail. Even if the Yamen doesn't arrest him, I will personally send him to jail so that he can endure hardship and remember it for a long time!"
Zhou Huaiqian left these words with a cold expression, flicked his sleeves and left Zhang's sight.
Mrs. Zhang froze on the spot, looking at Zhou Huaiqian's back in disbelief.
"He is your biological brother! How can you bear to watch him suffer in prison?"
"You're not going to save An'er, are you? Well, then I'll go there myself!"
