When he returned to the capital, at the city gate, Yunze saw Song Rui waiting there, as well as Fan Hui, as well as some officials waiting to greet him.
Fan Hui held the imperial edict in his hand and looked happy. Song Rui also looked forward to it.
In the crowd, Yunze saw Marquis Jing'an and Luo Qingcen's uncle and two cousins. There is also the official position of Song Rui's faction. However, Li Zheng and Gao Chang were not seen.
After Yunze's team entered the city gate, they stopped. In front of them were those who greeted him. Yunze dismounted and walked over. Besides Song Lin and Song Youwei, Lu Junyi and Lin Chong were following behind him.
The rest of the people were waiting where they were.
Seeing Yunze coming, Fan Hui smiled at Yunze and unfolded the imperial edict in his hand.
"The bandit-suppressing imperial envoy Yunze listens to the order!" he shouted loudly.
When Yunze and others heard this, they all knelt down immediately, and even everyone around them knelt down.
"By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict... The bandit-suppressing imperial envoy Yunze was extraordinarily heroic. With the power of one man, he eliminated the banditry in Liangshan. This is truly the blessing of our Dajing. Today's special work... Yunze was promoted to the heroic general, worshiped as the second rank, Feng Yunze is a first-class heroic martial uncle, but he is hereditary and will not be replaced."
"In addition...there are Liangshan surrendered generals Lu Junyi, Lin Chong, and Liu Tang...a total of thirty-six people. They have made great contributions to the annihilation of Liangshan bandits, and they have been given official positions...Lu Junyi is the fourth rank of Zhenfusi, and Lin Chong is the fourth rank. Deputy Governor Pin..."
After Fan Hui received the contents of the imperial edict, in addition to the reward for Yunze, he also drafted another imperial edict for the generals of Liangshan.
All the Liangshan generals kowtowed in surprise and thanked him. The generals were even more loyal to Yunze. This was a real reward, not what Yunze had promised them, but an imperial edict from the emperor himself.
In addition, Yunze's reward was enough to show the emperor's favor and trust in Yunze, and everyone felt that he was being favored.
Song Rui looked at Yunze with a look of relief on his face. The look in his eyes became more and more satisfying. At the same time, he looked at his daughter behind Yunze, and a smile appeared on his lips unconsciously.
"Prime Minister Zuo, why are you laughing!" Just as Fan Hui was sending the imperial edict to Yunze, Marquis Jing'an beside Song Rui looked at Song Rui with a faint smile.
"Master Hou, today is a good day, aren't you happy? By the way, Master Hou, we may have to get closer in the future!" Song Rui smiled at Hou Jing'an.
Marquis Jing'an understood the meaning of Song Rui's previous sentence, but he was a little confused about the next sentence.
On the other side, Fan Hui handed the imperial decree to Yunze's hand with a smile on his face.
"My dear nephew, His Majesty is overjoyed and very satisfied with you. He never expected that you leveled Liangshan in just over a month without using any troops at court. His Majesty praised you for being a talented general. It’s his lucky star.”
"By the way, you and Princess Yulin will go to see His Majesty later. Your Majesty misses the princess! I will arrange the others. You should talk to Zuo Xiang and the others first!"
Fan Hui nodded to Yunze, and then walked towards Lu Junyi, Lin Chong and others behind him. At the same time, he asked the imperial guards in the palace to escort Song Jiang and others to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
Song Jiang and others were personally guarded by the imperial guards. Seeing this scene, Yunze knew that Gao Chang might be in danger this time.
At this time, Yunze turned to look at the officials who greeted him. These people were all from Song Rui's faction. It seemed that no one from Li Zheng and Gao Chang's faction had arrived.
This is not surprising. When welcoming Yunze here this time, the emperor asked Fan Hui to pick him up, which was already a great deal of honor. As for the court officials, he did not force them.
The safety of these officials who came to greet Yunze was led by Song Rui. Of course, there is also the intention of these people to curry favor with Yunze.
After all, it can be said that Yunze is currently in the limelight. Not to mention being favored by the emperor, it is just the entangled relationship between Yunze and Song Lin. Everyone knew that Yunze was probably going to become the consort.
Not to mention, Yunze is now named the Yingwu General, a second-rank official. He was also made a first-class earl, which was the first title under marquis.
If he were to be sealed again, he would at least have to start as a marquis. For example, Marquis Tongming of Wu'an was only a third-class knight. Among the five-level titles, it is considered high.
The next time Yunze gets a knighthood, he might directly surpass Wu'an Hou Tongming. He might even become the youngest marquis in the history of the Jing Dynasty.
Yunze's honor reflects the emperor's favor and trust in him. It should be said that the emperor was quite good to Yunze before, but now he is considered a favorite.
Regarding this, Yunze felt a little complicated. The better the old emperor treated him, the more guilty Yunze felt. He was wondering whether he should change the fate of old man Song Ji.
But thinking about his plan, Yunze hesitated again. If he changes the fate of old man Song Ji, then what he has done, once people discover it, will probably lead to an irreversible outcome.
After thinking about it, Yunze decided to take it one step at a time. Besides, it is impossible for Old Man Song to be the emperor for the rest of his life. After he dies, who knows what the subsequent emperors will do to him.
Currently, the eldest prince who is most promising to become the next emperor is Song Lin's eldest brother, and he has a good relationship with Song Lin. But it does not rule out the possibility of other princes taking the throne.
For example, the third prince, the fifth prince, and the second prince! These people all have the opportunity to become princes. In the DPRK, no one is taking sides now.
To say that the only ones who really took sides were Li Zheng and Gao Chang, they supported the third prince. As for the remaining people, some may be secretly supporting a certain prince.
People like Song Rui and Jing'anhou hold a neutral attitude and do not support any party.
"My nephew has met my uncle, met my grandpa, and met all of you!" Yunze walked closer and saluted Song Rui, Jing'anhou and others.
Song Rui smiled and glanced at Yunze, then at his daughter. He stepped forward and patted Yunze, and whispered: "Are you still calling me uncle?"
Hearing this, Yunze opened his mouth with a bit of shock on his face. However, Song Rui quickly reached out to stop him and said, "You can just call her like this in front of outsiders. However, in the future, don't treat Wei'er badly. She He is my only relative!"
Song Rui patted Yunze's shoulder and smiled. The conversation between him and Yunze was not heard by others.
Hearing this, Yunze nodded to Song Rui. He knew that Song Rui didn't want others to know about his relationship with Song Youwei for the time being, and he didn't want the matter to be made public for the time being.
As for how he knew about this matter, it was most likely that Song Youwei had already told Song Rui about it. They may have their own considerations.
At this time, Marquis Jing'an came over, smiled and patted Yunze's shoulder and said, "As expected of that girl Qingcen, I have you..."
Others also came over and congratulated Yunze with a smile. After everyone chatted for a while, Fan Hui, who had arranged for Lu Junyi, came over and led Yunze towards the palace.
After entering the palace, Yunze met Song Ji who was painting in the Yangxin Hall. The old emperor was still obsessed with his art.
However, when he saw Yunze coming, he smiled and waved to Yunze. Looking at his daughter Song Lin, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes, but soon he changed to a reproachful look and said:
"You girl, you are so bold this time, you went to Liangshan... But just come back..."
Hearing this, Song Lin quickly went over to hold Song Ji's arm, and said coquettishly: "Father, it's really boring for my son to stay in the capital, so he just left the palace... You can't watch your daughter being unhappy all day long. Bar!"
Hearing this, Song Ji tapped Song Lin's forehead with his hand, and said with a hint of endearment in his voice: "You are a kid who only knows how to play, and you don't want to think that your father will worry about you..."
Having said this, he looked at Yunze, smiled at his daughter and said, "Does Lin'er like this boy? If you do? Then I will make the decision for you and recruit him as your consort!"
When Song Lin heard this, her face suddenly turned red. She looked at Yunze with joy, lowered her head and said shyly: "My father is responsible for everything!"
She indirectly admitted her love for Yunze. When Song Ji heard this, he looked at his daughter with a smile, and the expression on his face was obviously full of relief.
He never imagined that his daughter would fall in love with Yunze after rejecting his numerous marriage proposals.
However, he was also very satisfied with Yunze. Whether it's the arrogance and arrogance of Yunze's character, or his talent. Song Ji felt lucky that his daughter fell in love with Yunze.
At least, my daughter still has good taste. In fact, he also wanted to bring Yunze and his daughter together. Otherwise, if Song Lin had followed Yunze to Liangshan, he would have sent people to chase her back.
At this time, Song Ji looked at Yun Ze, smiled and said: "Yun Aiqing, I will betroth Lin'er to you, are you willing?"
When Yunze heard this, his expression moved slightly and he opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment. If you refuse, you will definitely not be able to say it out loud, but Song Lin is a princess.
If the princess marries him, what will happen to the ladies and beauties in the family!
Song Lin also saw Yunze's concerns at this time, and quickly said: "Father, Yunze has a wife, and the child is willing to be a concubine!"
She was afraid that Yunze would refuse. After all, if she angered her father at this time, she was afraid that her father would be angry.
Song Ji frowned when he heard this. He looked at Yunze and said, "I know how many wives you have, and Marquis Jing'an's granddaughter is one of them. I will not let you divorce your wife and remarry. After all, I also I am not the kind of unreasonable person. I have only one request. When my daughter marries into your family, you cannot treat her badly. Moreover, it is impossible to be a concubine. Since she is my daughter, of course she must be the main wife. !”
When Yunze heard this, his expression relaxed. It would be easy if the emperor didn't let him divorce his wife. He was really afraid that the emperor would have to let him divorce his wife in order to force him to marry Song Lin.
If that was the case, then he would probably refuse the marriage. Of course, if necessary, he would kidnap Song Lin.
Song Ji did not force him to divorce his wife, which made Yunze feel lucky. He did not expect that Song Ji would be so open-minded about the matter. Of course, as for a wife who is not a wife, it is nothing in Yunze.
No matter which woman they are, Yunze will treat them as their real wives and will not favor one over the other. Of course, the one Yunze loves most in his heart is Yun Niang.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. It is my honor to marry the princess..." Yunze said quickly.
"Well, very good, then I will make the decree on this matter. As for your wedding, we will wait for the time being... wait until I find a good and auspicious day, and then let you get married."
"Come... Yunze, help me see how my painting is doing!" Song Ji pulled Yunze over at this time and looked at the painting he had painted.
Yunze walked over and looked at the scenery in the painting. Yunze couldn't help but admire Song Ji. He was worthy of being the emperor of art. He just pointed at it casually, and Song Ji's paintings had surpassed many masters.
"Your Majesty is really a master of this art. I am ashamed of myself. Your Majesty's pen is like a god, and his pen is like a wandering dragon. It is really high!"
Yunze flattered him, and Song Rui nodded repeatedly, his face full of joy.
He took Yunze to look at some of his previous paintings, and Yunze slapped them with another rainbow fart, which made Song Ji feel even better.
Song Lin on the side was filled with joy when she saw her father was so happy. She looked at Yunze with even deeper affection.
At this time, Song Ji looked at Yunze and said seriously: "The Prime Minister Zuo has told me about Gaochang and Liangshan Songjiang. What do you think about this matter?!"
Hearing this, Yunze glanced at Song Ji. There was no change in expression in the other person's eyes, but Yunze could tell that Song Ji wanted to protect Gao's prosperity.
If Song Ji really wanted to punish Gao Chang, it is estimated that Gao Chang would have been taken to the sky prison at this time. Gao Chang is still fine now. It can only be said that Song Ji actually did not want to kill Gao Chang.
After all, Gao Chang won his heart. He was a little reluctant to kill Gao Chang for a while. Besides, Gao Chang was not actually colluding with Liangshan. Speaking of this matter, it was at most Gao Chang's desire to recruit Liangshan.
However, if this matter is really investigated, it can also be said that Gaochang wanted to collude with Liangshan to rebel. But Song Ji obviously didn't want to deal with Gao Chang. Even if all the evidence of crime were put in front of Song Ji, he would probably not punish Gao Chang.
This emperor is like this, he doesn't follow any rules, he just does what he wants. I don’t pay too much attention to anything, I only think about my art.
Otherwise, he would definitely not appoint treacherous ministers like Li Zheng, Gao Chang and Tong Ming. Apart from their own interests, these people would not care about the life and death of the people or the prosperity and decline of the country.
"In this matter, I will obey your majesty. Whatever your majesty wants, then I will deal with it. If your majesty wants to govern Gaochang, I am willing to be a pawn..."
Yunze quickly bowed to Song Ji.
Since Song Ji doesn't want to punish Gaochang's crimes, he can't force Song Ji to punish Gaochang's crimes for the time being. But if he wants to kill Gao Chang, Yunze has many ways.
Even Li Zheng, he could find an opportunity to kill him.
Hearing this, Song Ji smiled and patted Yun Ze on the shoulder and said: "Well... he is indeed my son-in-law. He is deeply loved by me! Let the matter regarding Song Jiang be left to the Ministry of Punishment. The result should be available in a few days." . At that time, he will be beheaded. Leave the rest alone! Get ready, I will find a day for you to get married to Lin'er! "
