The next morning, Ye Jingfeng took Ye Xiang to go to the morning court together.
This time Ye Xiang could not go to the court hall with Ye Jingfeng, he could only wait in the side hall on the side of the main hall.
After all, Ye Xiang does not have a title or official position at this time. He is not qualified to participate in such an imperial court.
The last time Ye Jingfeng took him directly to the court, it was because Ye Jingfeng wanted the emperor of the empire to see him, to explain the fact that he was being chased and killed on the road, and to take the opportunity to express his anger. That's why Ye Xiang stayed there that time.
to the court, but this time it won’t work.
After the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government had discussed some trivial matters, Emperor Liu Kai, who was sitting on the dragon throne in front of him, looked at the ministers below and said, "I wonder if you, my beloved ministers, have anything else to do?"
"Weichen has something to report. Today Weichen brought my nephew here. What Weichen wants to say is exactly about my nephew." Ye Jingfeng walked to the middle and saluted Liu Kai before saying loudly.
"Your nephew? Is he the young man you brought two days ago?" Liu Kai looked at Ye Jingfeng and asked.
"Exactly." Ye Jingfeng quickly replied respectfully.
"Oh, what's going on? Hasn't the matter of your nephew and son being hunted down already come to an end?" Liu Kai looked at Ye Jingfeng and asked.
"That's why Wei Chen said this because of the results." Ye Jingfeng said.
"Then just tell me." Liu Kai nodded and then said.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, my nephew was being hunted, and the murderer Yelu Hongji has been executed by His Highness the Second Prince." Ye Jingfeng said loudly: "Thanks to the First Prince, the Second Prince and the Third Prince for tracking down the murderer of my nephew and son this time.
Only when the princes jointly come forward to help the nephew of the minister
It was enough for my nephew to successfully find the murderer who was chasing him, and finally the second prince also found the person behind it. Wei Chen thought that the three princes made great contributions in this incident and helped Wei Chen's nephew find the murderer.
His real culprits, Wei Chen, want to express his gratitude to them here."
It was obvious that Ye Jingfeng was showing favor to the three princes at the same time in the court.
The emperor sitting on the dragon throne and the ministers in the court all knew an indisputable fact: the three princes were fighting fiercely overtly and covertly for power.
Among the ministers in the court, unless they have already joined a certain camp, whoever encounters such a thing will definitely choose to express their gratitude in private. At this time, they must be afraid of getting involved in this fight.
Who would openly show affection to three princes at this time?!!
You must know that doing this will not only lose the favor of the three princes, but will also very likely arouse the suspicion of the three princes.
It might even arouse the suspicion of the emperor.
They would think that this was a show of goodwill to provoke the three princes to fight against each other, and to show their own importance.
If Ye Jingfeng does this, one bad move may offend three parties at the same time.
Although Ye Jingfeng holds a large number of troops and is an absolutely powerful figure, he is only in charge of a legion of the empire, which does not mean that his power is very great.
Even Emperor Liu Kai couldn't figure out why Ye Jingfeng did this.
Ye Jingfeng has some skills on the battlefield, which Liu Kai knows very well.
Liu Kai also knew that Ye Jingfeng was not good at intrigues in officialdom.
But Liu Kai knew better: Although Ye Jingfeng was not very tactful when dealing with officials from the DPRK and China, he was not so immature either.
Originally, he thought that this matter would pass quietly, so he never mentioned it.
At this time Liu Kai was a little confused.
Just when Liu Kai was confused, Liu Zhaoxu came out, saluted Liu Kai and said loudly:
"Father, in fact, the main credit for tracking down the murderer of Mr. Ye Xiang this time lies with Mr. Ye Xiang himself. He was the one who found the man in black who was chasing him. We only helped a little bit.
That’s it!!”
Obviously, he was also trying to show his favor to Ye Jingfeng.
When he thought about it, the only reasonable reason why Ye Jingfeng came out to say these words at this time was that he, Ye Jingfeng, valued his nephew very much. Ye Jingfeng, who had always been in a neutral position, stood up and said these words at this time.
In addition to being grateful, he probably also wanted to take the opportunity to show that his nephew was capable and pave the way for his nephew to be reused in the future. Otherwise, Ye Jingfeng would not have stood up and said these words.
In order to show his kindness to Ye Jingfeng, he was the first to stand up.
What he could think of, the eldest prince and the third prince would naturally think of.
That's why after he finished speaking, the eldest prince and the third prince immediately came out and expressed their politeness.
Naturally, the three princes were thinking the same thing at this time.
They thought that being polite at this time might gain Ye Jingfeng's favor.
However, this was different in the eyes of the ministers of the DPRK.
The three princes first personally came forward and tried their best to help Ye Jingfeng's nephew track down the murderer. This was another public show of goodwill to Ye Jingfeng in the court.
In their opinion, the three princes seemed to take Ye Jingfeng very seriously.
Although Ye Jingfeng is indeed very important, it is not so important.
This is tantamount to the three princes trying their best to win over Ye Jingfeng without any cover-up.
Naturally, they didn't know that the reason why the three princes went to track down the murderer was because Ye Xiang came to them. There were many links that they couldn't see. Otherwise, how could they possibly pay attention to this matter.
Liu Kai glanced at Ye Jingfeng with some confusion, and Liu Kai's drowsy old Yan narrowed his eyes slightly. At this time, the tiredness on his face became more obvious.
"Father! My son believes that Duke Ye's nephew Ye Xiang is a rare talent. He has performed very well in tracking down his murderer this time. Moreover, although he is only eighteen years old, he already has the strength of the martial arts level. These things
It all shows that he will definitely be a pillar of the empire in the future, so I thought he should be rewarded!!" At this time, the eldest prince stood up and said loudly.
"My son thinks so too!!" The third prince immediately stood up and loudly shouted after the eldest prince's voice had just faded away: "This time he not only captured the person who murdered him, but also found out who was hiding in the house.
Yelu Hongji, who has evil intentions in the imperial army, has made great contributions to the empire, so I think he should be rewarded!!"
Seeing the eldest prince and the third prince coming out to ask for a reward from Ye Xiang, Ye Jingfeng was really surprised and stood there not knowing what to say.
The second prince Liu Jinghui already felt that it was a bit too much for them to show their goodwill to Ye Jingfeng in the middle of the court. However, seeing the eldest prince and the third prince showing their goodwill to Ye Jingfeng again for a while, they were unwilling to fall behind. After a little hesitation, he immediately
He stood up and said, "My son thinks so too."
It was completely unexpected that his three sons would come out to ask for rewards for one person at the same time. Liu Kai became very interested in Ye Xiang. After thinking about it, he looked at Ye Jingfeng and said, "It seems that Aiqing has a good nephew."
!!”
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty!!" Ye Jingfeng did not expect that such a situation would occur at this time. This was equivalent to pushing the unknown Ye Xiang into everyone's sight. He was not sure whether it was good or bad.
"Since the three princes all think that Ye Xiang is a talented person, it means that this young man must have some talents." Liu Kai closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then opened his eyes and looked at Ye Jingfeng and said, "Yeluhong
Ji has been executed, and his position happens to be vacant at this time, so let Ye Xiang try to be the commander of the north gate of the imperial capital."
After his words fell, the court fell silent.
The rank of Commander-in-Chief is still quite high.
Of course, what is more important is not the size of the official title, but the particularity of the official title.
There are four capital commanders and one general commander in the imperial capital, respectively in charge of the most elite imperial guards in the empire.
Each commander was in charge of 30,000 Praetorian Guards and 5,000 heavily armored knights.
The commander-in-chief can control the commander-in-chief of the capital, and the commander-in-chief is directly in charge of the 50,000 imperial guards and 10,000 heavy knights in the center of the imperial capital.
The capital commander of the North Gate, referred to as the Northern Governor, is responsible for the defense of the northern area of the imperial capital. At a time like this, this is a very sensitive position.
Everyone in the court, including the three princes and Ye Jingfeng, did not expect that Liu Kai would arrange such a sensitive position for Ye Xiang at this time, and they were all a little dazed for a while.
"I wonder if everyone thinks this arrangement is appropriate?" Liu Kai said weakly, looking at the silent ministers.
Although the three princes felt that it was not appropriate at this time, they could not object for a while and had no choice but to remain silent.
Where is Ye Jingfeng? He didn't know what to say at this time.
Although he disapproved of Ye Xiang being such a sensitive general at this time, he didn't know how to object. The most important thing was, putting aside these complicated factors, Ye Jingfeng did not think that Ye Xiang was not capable of being this general.
Originally, he hoped that Ye Xiang could achieve something. The Northern Governor was already not a small general, and he was an absolutely powerful general. For Ye Jingfeng, who had a large number of troops, he was very satisfied with Ye Xiang getting this position.
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[This chapter is posted late. It’s the Chinese New Year, and I’m busy with some things, so I’m procrastinating a bit, but I’ll still try my best to write it down, so I’d like to say sorry in advance.]