According to the previous eunuch's instructions, Long Yu came in with his head lowered. He didn't raise his head to look until he stood in front of the big desk. {Swallow} "Haha, Yu'er, raise your head and let me take a look.
Look." The emperor sitting on the golden chair smiled and said kindly.
Hearing this, Long Yu raised his head and looked straight over. The person sitting behind the big desk was Li Xian, the current emperor of the Xianglong Empire. This famous emperor had nothing out of the ordinary about his appearance.
, but those eyes were particularly sharp. When his gaze came over, Long Yu couldn't help but feel a chill running down his back. The aura of this human emperor, a ninety-five-year-old man, was no less than that of a master of Taoism.
Long Yu looked at the emperor without hesitation. Generally speaking, it would be disrespectful to look directly at the emperor, but with Long Yu's status today, no one cared about it. The emperor nodded with satisfaction and said: "It is indeed true.
What a lion of the Long family!" Long Yu smiled modestly, neither admitting nor denying.
"Not bad, not bad." Li Xian stood up from behind the desk and walked slowly to Long Yu. Long Yu stood there steadily, staring at the emperor of the Xianglong Empire. Li Xian was wearing a
He was dressed in casual clothes, not tall, about 1.7 meters tall, with a fair face, three long strands of beard hanging on his chin, and kind brows, which was quite different from the emperor Long Yu had imagined.
"Yu'er, can you read?" Li Xian looked at his bookshelf and asked. "Reading." "What are you reading?" "Ancient and modern, miscellaneous collections of wild stories, and military books." Long Yu replied in detail.
"Oh?" Li Xian said meaningfully, paused, and continued: "Everyone, books,
Can the Four Books and Five Classics be read?" Long Yu shook his head directly. Although the names of those books were very similar to those in the previous life, they were not as highly accomplished as the books with the same name in the previous life. They were just traditional Chinese calligraphy. Read it carefully.
Long Yu, who has countless ancient Chinese books, naturally despises those books.
"It's interesting. I heard that Shouchunlou's pair was matched by you?" The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly and asked with a chuckle. Long Yu was slightly shocked. It seems that the emperor is still very capable.
Tongtian, he knew everything about Shouchun Tower. Long Yu nodded and said, "It's just a coincidence." "Is it a coincidence? Haha, let me get straight to the point. I asked you to come today. Firstly, I want to see you. Secondly,
I want to compensate you." Li Xian turned around and faced Long Yu and said.
Long Yu, who was only sixteen years old, was actually taller than the emperor, but this was such a funny scene. Against the background of this scene, Li Xian's figure became taller for no reason. Long Yu was slightly startled, and then his mind went blank.
They came around the corner, "The common people don't dare." "Afraid of what? Don't you dare ask for my compensation, or don't you dare to be angry with me?" Li Xian stared at Long Yu with burning eyes.
Long Yu's body was still upright and he didn't see any movement. He just whispered back: "Your Majesty is overthinking. The common people just don't dare to accept your Majesty's compensation. Besides, as a minister, your Majesty's decision is
The common people have obeyed unconditionally and have no complaints." Li Xian stared at Long Yu as he finished speaking, and saw that his eyes were not evasive and his words were sonorous and forceful. It didn't look like he was lying, so he smiled with some relief.
Slowly walking back behind the big desk and sitting down, Li Xian rubbed his brow and said, "Long Yu is granted the title." Long Yu immediately knelt down and said, "Today I am conferred the title of third-class Viscount Long."
Yu is a first-class marquis, with a bounty of 100,000, a thousand horses forged, and a pair of royal armor. I hope he will be loyal to the country.
Do your duty for the people." Li Xian finished speaking in an understatement, which shocked Long Yu. He didn't know what class of nobles the first-class earl was. He only knew that his father, as a first-class official, was
Earl, and he actually became a Marquis second only to the Earl.
Long Yu was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him. "Don't be too happy first. I can't give you this fiefdom yet. We have to wait until after your coming-of-age ceremony. Those ministers, you also know that I want the land."
It's not easy." Li Xian continued. Long Yu returned: "The common people received this great favor for no reason, so they are not very afraid."
Li Xian smiled and returned: "My friendship with your father means that I should give you a title, but don't take that matter to heart." Long Yu nodded repeatedly, that matter referred to the princess's matter, Long Yu said.
Everyone in the family, whether it was the Duke or Long Shangshu, did not say anything with their mouths, but in their hearts
He was extremely angry, but Long Yu was just as he said, he didn't care. What's so good about golden branches and jade leaves? Could it be said that he could be more beautiful than Ya'er? Long Yu, who was worried before entering the palace, didn't expect that he would be so beautiful after entering the second palace.
With such a reward, how can I be entangled with a princess I have never even met?
After chatting for a few more words, the emperor let Long Yu out. As soon as he walked out of the imperial study room, Long Yu couldn't help but speed up his steps. He wished he could smile up at the sky and get a marquis title after meeting the emperor.
, how can such a good thing not be enjoyable?
"Come out~!" Li Xian's previous kind smile disappeared, and his face changed to a gloomy one. A beautiful girl in palace clothes turned around from behind the screen, holding the hem of her clothes with one hand, looking pitiful
"You've also met the man, do you have anything to say?" Li Xian asked. The girl hesitated for a while and whispered: "People are just like that."
"Oh, since you said so, that's it. Okay, you can go down~!" Li Xian waved his hand and didn't want to say anything more. The girl stuck out her tongue and ran away quickly. After a long time, Li Xian said:
"Qing Ren, come in." A eunuch in green clothes walked in from outside the door.
"You heard everything, right? How is it? What do you think?" The emperor looked at the ceiling without even looking at him. "Among men, dragons and phoenixes." The man in Tsing Yi returned briefly. "Ah..." the emperor sighed,
He suddenly stood up, slammed the table and said angrily: "The only son of the Long family, just like this, I watched half of the empire's military strength slip away in vain."
"Your Majesty, this is not necessarily the case. Although marriage is not possible, it can be won over, but if it fails, it can be coerced and suppressed. There is always a way." The man in Tsing Yi comforted. "It's easy for you to say. How can the Long family be easily controlled? The late emperor envoy
Using so many means, it is not a matter of following
Even though it has been twenty years since Long Gaitian left the capital, the Long family has become deeper and deeper in the Northeast, and this time it even forced me to issue the conscription order." Li Xian said thoroughly.
He became so angry that the man in green was so frightened that he quickly fell to his knees in fear.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense. After about half an hour, it was not until the chamberlain came to ask the emperor if he wanted to have lunch that the emperor took a deep breath, waved his hand, dismissed everyone, and stayed alone.
Inside the royal study.
As soon as Long Yu entered the house, a bunch of people came over to congratulate him, but Long Yu was indifferent. After a noisy moment, Long Yu finally figured out that the imperial edict had been placed at home.
, even all the rewards have been distributed. Long Yu walked into the room while sighing at the speed and efficiency of the royal family.
As soon as he entered the hall door, Long Yu saw a room full of people. Even Long Zhantian, who was supposed to be at the Yamen, came back. Shui Rou'er was beaming. Her son was named a marquis. This is really something to be proud of.
Ya'er and Yi Shuihan were also smiling happily. As soon as they saw Long Yu coming back, Ya'er ran over from her seat, grabbed Long Yu's arm, and said with a smile: "The Marquis is back, what's the matter with me?"
Your Majesty, the Marquis, send you your regards."
Long Yu smiled awkwardly and walked in. Long Zhantian smiled very reservedly, just smiling slightly, and there was joy in his eyebrows. However, when Long Yu looked with his eyes, he saw his father's hidden face.
worries.
After chatting for a while, we were just in time for dinner. In order to celebrate today's happy event, all the people in Long Mansion added dishes, and all the servants gave red envelopes. The whole house was full of joy. After eating, I found an excuse,
Long Zhantian took Long Yu to the garden of his home.
"Father, is there something wrong?" Long Yu asked. Long Zhantian sighed and returned: "It seems that His Majesty is getting impatient. This time, conferring a title on you is a signal, Yu'er,
Don't lose your composure just because of this title. At times like this, you have to pay more attention. The eldest prince has also been looking for you, right? Now, the entire royal family has set its sights on the Long family, so you must pay attention.
"
"Father, I understand this, but I don't understand, what's the significance of this title?" Long Yu asked. Long Zhantian turned around, patted his son on the shoulder and said, "This title
I don’t need to tell you how difficult it is. There are so many important ministers in this court who are trying their best to get a title, but you, without any achievements, got a marquis for nothing, don’t you think it’s strange?”
"No wonder His Majesty said that he was compensating me. It turned out that he was using this excuse to express his gratitude to the Long family." Long Yu nodded and said. "It's not just that. Do you think he would really take that matter to heart? He is so
"Doing this is nothing more than publicizing to the court that the Long family is still his arm to comfort me and enable the Military Supervision Department to proceed smoothly. I wonder if he has any other intentions." Long Zhantianman said.
He said with a sad look.
"There is another layer, could it be~!" Long Yu's face tightened. Could it be that the kind-faced emperor was really so insidious? "Well, you are right. The Marquis is giving you this right now, just to let you have sex in the capital.
Hatred, think about you, you have no military achievements, no achievements in literature, you get this title for nothing, what will others think of you, if you know, you will keep silent, but if you don’t know, they will say nothing about you.
Thanks to the blessings of my father, this title of marquis seems to be infinitely glorious, but in fact it is a hot title. Your Majesty should know very well that our Long family does not lack such a marquis. The old man's title of duke is hereditary, and my title of earl is also hereditary.
Your Majesty's move to make you a marquis means a lot." Long Zhantian looked at the blue sky and said slowly.
"Uh" Long Yu was stunned. He heard his father say that the emperor's relationship with the Long family had deteriorated, but he never expected that it would deteriorate to this point. He was calculating the Long family almost all the time. Long Yu's heart was churning. He kept saying,
An amiable middle-aged man could actually use such methods.