Li Qitian's face was ferocious, and the scouts and Xiong Jinshui and other servants were frightened into silence, and he buried his head tightly and did not dare to look at the saint's face.
It doesn't matter if they watch it now, if something goes wrong in the future and the Sage loses face, isn't it all the fault of those who know it
Li Qitian paced with his hands behind his back, his face gloomy.
At this moment, a jubilant voice from a small servant suddenly came from outside, "Your Majesty, the maid of honor in the Empress Dowager's Palace is here, saying that the Empress Dowager heard that Prince Zhongshun and Duke Dingguo had defeated the Tartars, and so quickly defeated the Tartars. Zi was driven out of Da Zhou and was very happy. The Empress Dowager will hold a banquet in the Ci’an Palace in the future to celebrate the victory of this battle. Ask the Holy Master if you have time and if you can have a family dinner together.”
Celebrate, celebrate! What to celebrate! Isn't it normal that Pang Xiao and Ji Zeyu can drive Tatar out of Dazhou? If it was him, he might be faster. How could he deserve so many people's praise
Li Qitian's face was dark, and after a long time he said patiently, "I know."
The little maid didn't know that Li Qitian had just gotten angry, and he thought he was also happy to regain the lost ground, so he agreed happily at this time, turned around and quickly went to deliver the letter to Ci'an Palace.
Kneeling on the ground, Xiong Jinshui's tense muscles tensed up. I'm afraid that the emperor will take their anger out in the blink of an eye.
Li Qitian gritted his teeth and endured for a long time before suppressing his anger. He can't show his anger and jealousy outside, that will lose his identity. He wants to be a wise king, and being able to tolerate his subjects is the biggest advantage.
About the same time, Li Qitian took Xiong Jinshui to Ci'an Palace.
Who would have guessed that as soon as he was in front of the palace gate, he saw from a distance that the courtyard of Ci'an Palace was decorated with lanterns. At first glance, Li Qitian thought that he was celebrating the New Year.
At the gate of the palace, the maids of Ci'an Palace saw Li Qitian from a distance and hurriedly ordered one person to tell the Queen Mother, and the rest knelt down and gave a big salute.
"Slave, see the Holy One."
Li Qitian strode into the courtyard of Ci'an Palace with a cold face. Sure enough, there were still bright red ribbons and flowers tied with silk and satin hanging on the top of the courtyard, and even the palace people who usually wore low-key clothes on weekdays began to wear red and green today.
It can be seen how much people who have been living in the shadow of war before, how much attention is paid to this news now, and how they admire Pang Xiao at this time.
These people in the palace who get along with him day and night are still like this, and the common people don't know how lively it will be.
As long as he thinks that ordinary people treat Pang Xiao as a god of war, and even forget that he is the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Li Qitian becomes even more angry.
When it comes to Pang Xiao, it is always one thing to overcome. From Tian Jizi's approval of Emperor Star to today's big and small matters, Li Qitian is almost numb when it comes to Pang Xiao, but facing the situation in Ci'an Palace. , Li Qitian was only left unwilling.
Because these ignorant women who don't know what the situation is, they won't understand at all when reasoning with them, but they have to get angry at themselves.
"Brother Huang, you are here." Hearing the message from the palace servants, Li Helan quickly walked out to greet her, bowed her knees and bowed, her delicately made-up face looked very festive.
Li Qitian suppressed his anger and responded with an "um".
Li Helan said with a smile: "The Great Zhou Dynasty is finally safe for the country and the people. This is also thanks to the emperor's brother's willingness to give Alan a chance."
Li Qitian glanced at Li Helan, "I thought you would mention Pang Zhixi."
Li Helan's expression was unpleasant for a moment, but in front of Li Qitian, she had always been able to control herself very well.
"Brother Huang is joking, Ji Lan is the concubine."
"Just understand, don't entangle Pang Zhixi like before. Don't look at his family's death, but he really loves Qin, you don't know." Li Qitian suddenly stopped In his footsteps, he told Li Helan the news that he had only recently learned, "The Qin family gave birth to another pair of twins."
Li Helan's eyes widened suddenly, her footsteps stopped, and she said incredulously: "Brother Huang... Isn't their pair of twins dead?"
"Yeah, but the Qin family is very good at giving birth, and gave birth to a pair of twins to Pang Zhixi." Li Qitian was very sad, and he couldn't help but be mean, "You and Ji Lan have been married for so long, and they have two babies in their arms. Four, look at you again? Both women, why can't you."
Li Helan's face flushed, her teeth biting her lips, looking up at Li Qitian as if in disbelief.
Seeing Li Helan like this, Li Qitian felt a lot more comfortable in his heart. All the way into the main hall.
The concubines and queens of the harem all gathered here, everyone dressed brightly and gratifyingly, and they saluted when they saw Li Qitian.
Li Qitian glanced at the concubines who looked like flowers, especially those who were more festive than the Chinese New Year, and the boredom in his heart was about to reach its peak.
The queen knew Li Qitian the most, and knew that he had never had a lot of jealousy towards Pang Xiao, and he didn't plan to come today. But the Queen Mother told her that she would not listen to her, nor would she make Li Qitian's thoughts public. At this time, seeing Li Qitian's expression like this, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly retreated without a trace.
"Empress mother." Li Qitian saluted the queen mother.
The empress dowager wore a peacock blue homely robe with a whole set of golden cicada heads on her head. Her whole face was flushed red, as if she was ten years younger all at once. Seeing Li Qitian, he helped his son up with smiling hands.
"Get up, get up quickly. It's still the Holy One who has great ability and arranged the right people, and the Tartars were completely driven out so quickly. The Aijia learned the news, and they couldn't be happy. Let's celebrate today, Holy Lord. Don't just focus on government affairs, just take the opportunity to rest?"
When the queen heard what the queen mother said, she knew that Li Qitian would not be happy, she lowered her head lower, and thought carefully about how she should leave early.
Li Qitian suppressed his impatience and said a few words with the queen mother.
The empress dowager said with emotion: "After all, it's all about fighting the world together. Although Aijia looks at Pang Zhixi sometimes arrogant, he still has the ability to fight in the end. How does the sage plan to reward him this time?"
The taut string in Li Qitian's heart had been touched several times as early as when Oh accompanied the Queen Mother constantly discussing matters on the front line. Now that I heard this sentence, after a long time, it finally broke out.
"He's just acting at the peak, and he's done what he deserves. If this courtier has done anything within his own right, he will come to me for a reward, what will I do with it?"
Li Qitian's tone was too cold, and there were still laughter and laughter in the entire side hall. As soon as he said this, the quiet needle fell immediately.
The queen mother blinked fiercely a few times before she completely suppressed the consternation of her son being shamed in public. Only then did she realize that she seemed to have misunderstood the holy will.
The queen mother smiled awkwardly and said, "What the emperor said is. Aijia has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and his knowledge is limited, and some things are not well understood. If there is something wrong, the emperor should not blame it."
The concubines and concubines lowered their heads. No matter how stupid they were, they knew that no one could be the first bird at this time. Once they did, they might have no chance of turning over in this life.
Li Qitian looked around for a week, and swept over the concubines and concubines present one by one with dissatisfaction, and finally his eyes fell on the Queen Mother.
"The queen mother has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and she doesn't understand anything. The queen mother should know what internal strength is not to be involved in politics, right? I didn't care about the mother queen's clan in the past, and the mother queen thought she had forgotten it, right?"
The queen mother's face changed dramatically, and her hands trembled.
"Yes, what the emperor said is very true. Aijia is old and doesn't understand too many things. Aijia only cares about the emperor, so I will say more."
Li Qitian sneered, "Really? The mother's body is important, you should think more about yourself. There is also a small Buddhist hall in Ci'an Palace. When I look back, I will let people decorate the Buddhist hall to look like the queen mother likes. Staying in the Buddhist hall, eating fast food, reciting Buddha’s words, copying scriptures, and calm down can you be at peace, don’t you think?”
Li Qitian has grounded the Queen Mother!
The queen buried her head lower, for fear of meeting Li Qitian's eyes.
But Li Qitian didn't care how these concubines looked at him, he smiled again: "You too, you have nothing to do with self-cultivation, the court is not rich now, and the treasury and internal money are tight because of the war. You are good, you only know how to dress up as demons. Qiaoqiao is walking around, and there is nothing to do when you are full? Do more needlework when you have time, or follow the Queen Mother to recite the Buddha together, if you have nothing to do, move around less and make trouble!"
"Chen and concubines obey the order!" The concubines and concubines knelt down and bowed.
Li Qitian stood up and dusted off the non-existent dust on his robe, "I am busy with government affairs, so I will go first."
Where does the queen mother dare to ask about the family banquet? The Son of Heaven had just said to be frugal, and he didn't dare to eat this banquet. The Queen Mother said that she was tired, so she called the crowd away.
The queen left the Ci'an Palace all the way, and returned to her own Kunning Palace to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Niangniang, my servant heard that Princess Zhongshun gave birth to a pair of twins for Prince Zhongshun again."
"Listen to what?"
"It was the little maid who served by the emperor's side, who said it unintentionally."
The queen raised her hand and waved away the maid, and smiled helplessly.
No wonder the emperor is so abnormal today, this is jealousy that can't be hidden.
Thinking of Pang Xiao, the queen couldn't help but think of the time she spent with Pang Xiao on the other side of the suspension bridge that day.
Looking back now, it was just a dream.
Just based on her understanding of Li Qitian, how can he relieve his anger if he only loses such a temper
Next, the emperor must have something to do with Pang Zhixi.
And she's just a harem woman, and she can't help at all with these things.
Pang Xiao and Ji Zeyu combined their swords to expel the Tartars, driving the Tartars out of the Tianyu Pass all the way. The news spread all over the capital.
For a time, the reputation of Prince Zhongshun and Dingguo, the God of War, were the same. Even Huangkou Xiaoer knew that when he grew up, he wanted to be a loyal minister who was as brave and good at fighting for the country and the people as Prince Zhongshun.
The people's remarks were inquired by spies, and they were continuously heard in Li Qitian's ears. He felt that his patience had almost reached the limit.
I can't give Pang Xiao another chance to perform!
"Tell Pang Zhixi, don't chase after poor thieves. You've all been driven out, so don't show off your abilities!"