Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan, relying on his relationship with his trustee Ma Tong, inquired about some recent events in the palace...
Ma Xiaoquan actually doesn't care much about the title of Extreme Soldiers. What he cherishes is the group of team members who are as close as brothers to him. Those members of the Extreme Soldiers are just like Ma Xiaoquan's members in the National Special Forces Brigade.
Same as comrades-in-arms.
Since Ma Xiaoquan can only physically travel by himself, he cannot complete the mission with his teammates. Every time he sees the joy of his teammates when they work together to complete a mission, Ma Xiaoquan feels extremely envious.
I recall that when he was in the National Special Forces Brigade, Ma Xiaoquan went through life and death with his comrades again and again. At that time, everyone established a very deep friendship, a friendship that was closer than brothers...
"I wonder... are you all okay?" Ma Xiaoquan raised his head and suddenly remembered his former comrades in the National Special Forces Brigade. He couldn't help but smile and said to himself, "You must have never thought that I, Ma Xiaoquan, would leave the special forces.
After joining the team, he actually became the ultimate soldier in the underground world..."
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head, calmed down a little, and then said: "Underground detector? Zhao Yuntai? Well, it seems that in this era, I have to have a political identity, otherwise I will still be looking for that underground detector."
It’s not easy…”
At this point, Ma Xiaoquan has made up his mind. Of course, it is unrealistic for Ma Xiaoquan to become an official now. At the moment, Ma Xiaoquan can only wait, waiting for Emperor Taichang Zhu Changluo to die, and waiting for Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youxiao to come to the throne.
, only then will he have a chance...
In fact, Ma Xiaoquan ignored one point. There was another person who had the same thoughts as him. This person was Wei Jinzhong, who Ma Xiaoquan later tried his best to deal with, that is, the eunuch Wei Zhongxian. Of course, this is another story.
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On August 20, just early in the morning, the Ma family suddenly received an imperial edict from Emperor Taichang.
Mrs. Ma was very surprised. Although she was the imperial wife, she had no political rights at all. The emperor suddenly issued an order. Did someone in the family commit a crime?
The person who came to announce the decree was Wei Chao, an old friend of steward Ma Tong.
Ma Tong was very panicked. He stepped forward and was about to ask Wei Chao. Seeing the gloomy look on Wei Chao's face, Ma Tong swallowed back the words that came to his lips.
"Blessed by heaven... The emperor decreed... In the past, Li Qinghan, the grandson's daughter-in-law of Ma's parents, met me on the way to the palace... I will never forget your face for a long time.
I have been thinking hard...now...I heard that your husband died early, so I decided to borrow your favor in person. I hope you will prepare immediately and choose a good and auspicious day to go to Qianqing Palace to talk to me...
....I am...waiting for your approval." As Wei Chao finished speaking, his expression suddenly changed, and then turned from gloomy to clear. He smiled and put the imperial edict into Mrs. Ma's hands.
Mrs. Ma knelt on the ground in a daze and did not get up. She lowered her head and looked at the light imperial edict in her hand. For a moment, she felt that the edict had become extremely heavy.
"Mrs. Ma, congratulations, congratulations to the emperor, I believe you understand what I mean. Come on, I still have something to do, so I won't stay any longer." Wei Chao said and left Ma's house happily.
...
With a "pop" sound, Mrs. Ma collapsed on the ground.
Ma Tong stepped forward and supported Mrs. Ma, and asked with concern: "Madam, are you okay?"
Mrs. Ma closed her eyes and shook her head: "It's okay, Ma Tong, tell me, is this a good thing or a bad thing?"
Ma Tong shook his head. He, an imperfect man, couldn't answer such a thing at all.
At this moment, Li Qinghan and Ma Xiaoquan came out and saw Mrs. Ma slumped on the ground. They both stepped forward and helped Mrs. Ma up.
"Grandma, what's wrong with you?" Ma Xiaoquan asked.
Mrs. Ma ignored Ma Xiaoquan, but looked directly at Li Qinghan and said slowly: "Qinghan, congratulations."
Li Qinghan looked at Mrs. Ma inexplicably: "Grandma, you're so good? What are you congratulating me for?"
Mrs. Ma handed the imperial edict in her hand to Li Qinghan: "The emperor has favored you and wants you to serve in the palace."
"What?" Before Li Qinghan spoke, Ma Xiaoquan was surprised, "The emperor fell in love with my sister-in-law? Why didn't I know when it happened?"
Li Qinghan didn't say a word. She bit her lower lip tightly. After a while, Li Qinghan raised her head and said seriously: "Grandma, I'm not going!"
"What? You're not going?" Madam Ma said in surprise, "Qinghan, although grandma doesn't know whether this is good or bad, but if you don't go, my Ma family may..."
Li Qinghan lowered his head and clenched his little hands into fists.
Ma Xiaoquan squinted at Li Qinghan, then looked at grandma, and suddenly said: "Grandma, I think we should respect the choice of sister-in-law!"
Mrs. Ma was startled and turned around to look at Ma Xiaoquan in surprise: "Quan'er, do you know that anyone who violates the imperial edict will be beheaded?"
Ma Xiaoquan said disapprovingly: "Then you can't just send your sister-in-law away like this for someone she doesn't love, right?"
"Quan'er, do you know who that person is? It's the emperor! To disobey the emperor's will is to resist the edict! Do you know how detrimental it is to my Ma family to resist the edict?"
Ma Xiaoquan sighed and stopped talking.
Indeed, in this dynasty above the king, if you go against the emperor, you will undoubtedly end up dead.
It's just... looking at my sister-in-law like this, she seems very unwilling.
Mrs. Ma and the housekeeper Ma Tong sighed and walked away first, leaving only Ma Xiaoquan and Li Qinghan in the main hall.
Li Qinghan stood motionless. She never thought that just one day that day, the emperor would be thinking about him... It was all because of that Ma Xiaoquan. If she hadn't been waiting for him, she wouldn't have been like this...
...
Thinking of this, Li Qinghan raised his head with an angry expression, and happened to see Ma Xiaoquan's face, and he couldn't help but become even more angry.
Ma Xiaoquan saw that Li Qinghan's face looked strange and said quickly: "Sister-in-law, why are you looking at me like this?"
Li Qinghan gritted his teeth and suddenly cried: "If I hadn't waited for you, how could I have done this? I won't go, and I won't go to the palace even if I die... Ma Xiaoquan, it's all your fault,
If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have met the emperor... I won't go, wu wu wu, I won't go even if I die..."