After Pei Yue left the post house, he originally planned to go to the Shouyang Mountain Mine to see with his own eyes the progress of the forging craftsmen. However, as soon as he arrived near the north gate, he was informed by an anxious palace eunuch.

He led more than ten imperial guards to stop him.

This man was known as Liu Bao, and he was an acquaintance of Pei Yue. He had gone to Zhongshan Marquis Mansion many times to announce his decree.

Now that he has entered the palace more times, Pei Yue gradually understands the situation in the palace. The internal prison of Daliang is divided into the internal affairs department and the palace affairs department, which the world simply calls the two provinces inside and outside. The palace affairs department is responsible for guarding the palace gates and cleaning up everything in the inner court.

Relatively speaking, the power is relatively small. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for serving the nobles in the palace and taking charge of several important departments in the palace, so its status is obviously higher.

The ranks of the internal eunuchs from high to low are the young eunuchs, who are known to serve as servants and visitors, etc. Among them, the highest rank of the young eunuchs is from the fourth rank, which is known as the fifth rank. Although these palace officials are not high in rank,

But as the confidants of the emperor and the empress, ordinary officials did not dare to look down upon him too much.

Pei Yue is of course not included in this list. On the one hand, it is because of his transcendent status, and on the other hand, it is related to Emperor Kaiping.

In fact, the power of internal supervision in Daliang was very small and was limited to the palace. This was a rule set by Emperor Gaozu during his reign. Emperors of all dynasties have not broken this restriction. Emperors like Emperor Kaiping were even less likely to allow these slaves to act recklessly. Since he ascended the throne,

There has never been a young eunuch appointed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and everyone knows that he is the highest-ranking eunuch.

In addition, Emperor Kaiping could not tolerate sand in his eyes. Regardless of Liu Bao or Hou Yu, the people who served around these emperors had always been cautious and did not dare to give others any clues.

Pei Yue looked at Liu Bao, who looked cautious, and frowned slightly: "Liu Douzhi, Your Majesty wants me to enter the palace now?"

The court guards nearby were not surprised by this. After all, they had all experienced the Huanqiu Tan Rebellion and the subsequent rebellion of King Yan. They admired the Marquis of Zhongshan from the bottom of their hearts and knew that His Majesty valued him particularly.

Liu Bao thought that only this man dared to bargain. Who among the others didn't leave immediately after hearing the call?

Thinking of this, he said more respectfully: "Master Marquis, Your Majesty is waiting in Liangyi Hall. He should have something urgent to ask the Marquis."

Liangyi Palace?

Pei Yue's heart moved slightly, so he didn't ask any more questions and rode his horse to the palace first.

Generally speaking, Emperor Kaiping would meet with important ministers in the Imperial Study Room, where the environment and atmosphere were more suitable for discussions. Although Liangyi Hall is the smallest among the three halls, it still seems too solemn, and regular court meetings are held there most of the time.

After entering the palace, Liu Bao personally led the way and took Pei Yue to the side hall of Liangyi Palace.

There were many important ministers standing in the hall, the only ones missing were Han Gongduan, who participated in the political affairs of the East Palace, and Wang Pingzhang, a left-wing military commander of the West Palace. The former had already led a group of accompanying officials to Qinzhou south to handle the disaster relief matters under the protection of a thousand forbidden troops. The latter reported illness a few days ago.

Asking for leave, after all, he was an old man in his late seventies, and it was not unusual for him to catch wind and cold occasionally. Emperor Kaiping sent an imperial doctor to the Wei Guogong Mansion with precious medicinal materials for diagnosis and treatment, and sent the eldest prince Liu Xian to visit him on his behalf.

Of course, anyone with a discerning eye knows that Wei Guogong may have a bad heart this time. Pei Yue knocked out all of Wang Shenqi's teeth in front of him. This incident has already spread in the capital.

Pei Yue noticed a slightly unfamiliar face in the palace, it was the new Kyoto garrison commander, First Class Marquis of Xiangcheng Xiao Jin.

The two met once outside Hucheng. Xiao Jin happened to look over at this time and nodded slightly to Pei Yue.

Pei Yue nodded calmly, but his mind was on other people. Because after he entered, the palace was as quiet as a bird, and everyone, including civil servants and military officials, was looking at him. Although Pei Yue was used to being the focus of everyone's attention, The scene today doesn't seem very good, because most people have faint smiles on their faces.

Did the emperor suddenly go crazy and want to attack him? Otherwise, why would these people be happy?

Upon thinking of this, Pei Yue gathered his thoughts, walked over with a steady pace, and bowed to Emperor Kaiping on the dragon throne: "Your Majesty, Pei Yue, is here to see you."

No reply.

Pei Yue was puzzled. This was obviously unreasonable. The question was why did the emperor turn his back?

He thought calmly, could it be that the emperor suddenly shook hands with Wang Pingzhang and prepared to target him?

At this moment, I only heard a powerful voice saying: "Your Majesty, the saint kings of the past generations have made the same thing, and the same style has been followed for hundreds of generations. Praise for virtue and merit has come naturally. Therefore, officials are appointed to the virtuous, and titles and salaries are rewarded. Gong also means setting up official positions, Chen Juelu, and scholars arriving by themselves, and the emperor will ridicule his hard work."

The man paused for a moment and said with excitement: "Now there is Pei Yue, the Marquis of Zhongshan. Although he is only young, he has repeatedly made great achievements. He has helped the people in the bitter and cold years, defended the enemy outside the country's gates, and punished the rebels in times of hardship and danger. There are many. If a humble minister is bold, he asks your majesty to reward his merits generously, in order to set an example for the courtiers."

Pei Yue felt that the voice was particularly familiar. When he turned around, he saw that it was Jian Rong, the supervisor of Shitan Temple.

Then I heard Emperor Kaiping, who was sitting upright, say gently: "What are you still doing? Do you want me to go down and help you?"

Pei Yue looked up at the emperor's rare expression of approval and said in confusion: "Your Majesty, what is going on?"

Emperor Kaiping saw that he was not pretending, and couldn't help laughing: "You don't know?"

Pei Yue shook his head honestly and said, "I don't know."

Emperor Kaiping said: "You did a good job in the Sifang Pavilion today, and you lived up to my high expectations for you."

Pei Yue suddenly understood, but he felt that he couldn't understand it. Compared with the major things he had done before, dealing with an envoy from the Southern Zhou Dynasty who was already in a weak position seemed not worth mentioning. However, he ignored one thing. The people standing in the hall have a strong interest in opening up new territories, especially places with prosperous civilizations such as Southern Zhou.

To put it simply, the monarchs and ministers in the palace at this moment always believed that the wealthy poetry and calligraphy families who crossed to the south were originally the people of Daliang, but were forced to go south because of the war that year, and were later forcibly left behind by the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

Pei Yue was originally an outsider and established himself as a warrior, so he did not understand the obsession of scholars well enough.

But he has already felt the change in his situation.

After many years of life and death after entering the dynasty, he had quite a lot of enemies. The attitude of most military officers towards him could only be described as superficial respect, not to mention the civil servants. He only had two close friends, Luo Ting and Jian Rong.

But now, look at it, most of the civil servants in the palace smiled and greeted him.

The reason is naturally related to his performance in the negotiations between Liang and Zhou. Although Xu Ziping has not relented, how could these important ministers not see the direction of the matter with their vision and experience. As long as Southern Zhou publicly recognized that stretch of water Belonging to Daliang alone is equivalent to opening a gap in their solid city wall.

Things are tough, and the hardest thing is the first step.

Not to mention Luo Ting and Jian Rong, from the imperial censor Huang Rentai down, the six ministers and ministers all looked at Pei Yue with smiles on their faces, their eyes full of approval.

Pei Yue calmed down and said humbly: "Your Majesty, I just tried my best, and the envoy of the Southern Zhou Dynasty did not agree, so the credit cannot be attributed to me."

"It's rare to see you so humble one day." Emperor Kaiping was obviously in a good mood and joked in front of the courtiers.

For this king who aspired to pacify the world, Pei Yue's performance was indeed an unexpected surprise and completely exceeded his plans.

Pei Yue said softly: "Your Majesty, I have always been very humble."

Emperor Kaiping did not mock him this time. He turned to look at Hou Yu, who was standing aside, and then heard the eunuch's voice echoing in the palace.

"... Immediately, I will confer Pei Yue with the title of first-class Zhongshan Marquis. I admire this!"

This time the ministers were not surprised or resentful, they just looked at the young man in front of the imperial steps calmly and with a certain degree of certainty.

Pei Yue took a deep breath and saluted: "Your Majesty, Pei Yue, I would like to thank you for your kindness."

He knew that the emperor's reward was not only for negotiating with the Southern Zhou envoys, but also to bring closure to the case of King Yan's rebellion. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, Pei Yue was the first person to protect the emperor. If there was no additional reward,

That's strange.

Among the Wuxun trains, Xiangcheng Marquis Xiao Jin's face remained as usual, and thoughts were surging in his heart.

This is the only seventh first-class prince in Daliang today, and he is only eighteen years old. How far will he go in the future?

Xiao Jin was a little worried and a little curious.

Standing in front of him, Guangping Hou Guliang smiled slightly, and some scenes from that year seemed to appear in his mind.

It's a pity...it's a pity that some people can't see this scene...

Under the gaze of all the important officials in the palace, Pei Yue received the imperial edict and stood tall, as graceful as a orchid orchid tree.

Emperor Kaiping looked at him with satisfaction, stood up and said casually: "Gu Qing's family and Luo Qing's family, come to my study."

"I obey the decree."

"And Pei Yue, come here too."

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