Whether intentionally or unintentionally, after Gao Xu let go of the beauty in his arms, he also looked towards Ning Yao. Then, he motioned for the beauty to take the wine, raised the glass towards Ning Yao, and drank the wine in one gulp.

He continued to be affectionate with that beauty.

Looking at Gao Xu's appearance, Ning Yao closed her eyes with a headache.

This Gao Xu will be a difficult opponent.

Guessing that the time was almost here, the emperor dismissed all the singers and bluntly said that all the countries were tired. Just as he was about to send someone to send them back to the embassy to rest, Gao Xu waved the beauty to step back and sat upright, but there was a gap between his eyebrows.

There is still a hint of frivolity.

"Wait a minute."

The emperor stood up and wanted to leave, but was stopped by a voice. He couldn't help but look back to see who was so bold and dared to disobey him. When he saw it was Liu Zhong, he couldn't help but frown and secretly wondered how Liu Yong could teach his son to be so stupid and yet be in a good mood at the same time.

Sit back.

It would not hurt Liu Yong if his son was stupider.

"What else?"

Seeing the emperor taking care of himself, Liu Zhong stood up and bowed to him and saluted, "I heard that the emperor has appointed a female general. I wonder if the emperor can introduce her to us?"

"This..." The emperor was stunned for a long time and looked embarrassed, "I'm afraid it's inappropriate."

"Your Majesty, I have something to say." The speaker was a junior official in the Ministry of Rites, named Fu Yun. The emperor glanced at him and nodded in agreement, and Fu Yun continued, "I think what the North Vietnamese envoy said is reasonable.

, I have been an official in the same court with General Zhennan for some time, and I have never communicated with him. Your Majesty, why not take this opportunity to introduce him to everyone."

"I think what Fu Yuanwai Lang said is right." The person who spoke was also an official of the Ministry of Rites, Lin Yuan, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites.

Seeing that his two officials agreed, the emperor glanced at everyone who was doing it again and couldn't help but his eyes darkened. Then, the darkness in his eyes disappeared in an instant. Unexpectedly, the emperor smiled a few times and looked at Ning Yao, "Zhen Yao."

General Nan, since everyone wants to get to know you, how about you introduce yourself to them?"

"Your Majesty's words are serious." Ning Yao stood up with the glass of wine from before. He raised his glass and glanced at everyone sitting again. His expression was indifferent, and even his tone was indifferent, "If someone wants to know me, I can't refuse.

I am Ning Yao, the general of Zhennan of the Yue Kingdom. As you can see, she is a woman."

After saying that, Ning Yao drank all the wine in the cup and ignored everyone's gazes. Whether intentionally or not, he turned his head and glanced at the Prime Minister, with a hint of determination flashing in his eyes.

Right Prime Minister Zhang Qun occupies most of the power in the court. If she wants to gain a foothold in the court, she will undoubtedly become an enemy of Zhang Qun. They are destined to be each other's roadblocks.

In the corner on one side, there was a man wearing a navy blue robe, sitting on his seat with his head on his hands, looking at Ning Yao intently, with a smile in his eyes. No one around him noticed him, because of this.

At this moment, they all couldn't help but look at Ning Yao. In fact, if you look at him carefully, you will find that he is Yanchi, the son of the current emperor and the fifth prince of the Yue Kingdom.

There are more or less rumors about people in the royal family, but the fifth prince Yanchi is the one with the least rumors among the members of the royal family. There are only a few words, almost nothing. It is said that the fifth prince is weak and sick and cannot

He practiced martial arts, so he was obsessed with studying literature. Compared with those princes who were both civil and military, he was not favored by the emperor.

But these rumors are considered to be a fact known to everyone in the entire palace, and they are not really rumors. But to say that Yanchi is the least favored by the emperor, it is not that much. Because Yanchi’s mother-in-law

Concubine Shu died young, and the emperor still cared about his childhood sweetheart relationship with Concubine Shu. Whenever the anniversary of Concubine Shu's death came, he would have dinner with Yanchi.

But it was only for this time. As a member of the royal family, one is always the king and his ministers first, and then the father and son. In addition, every time the emperor saw Yanchi, he would be sentimental because of Yanchi's appearance that resembled the concubine Shu, and was unwilling to communicate more with Yanchi.

The love between father and son is even thinner.

Therefore, it is impossible to say that he was favored.

Just like this, Yanchi was neither forgotten by the emperor nor favored, and his life in the palace was much more comfortable. The palace ladies and ladies in the palace could not say how much they respected him, but they never slacked off.

In this way, he lived in the palace for these years without being noticed by the public.

Ning Yao's eyes made contact with Yan Chi's gaze for a moment, and soon, Yan Chi quietly looked away. Ning Yao didn't pay too much attention to Yan Chi, but looked at her.

She cares about Gao Xu. She always feels that there is a layer of fog around Gao Xu, making it difficult for her to see what he wants to do.

This feeling made her very uncomfortable. She was always calm and could see through the other person's mind with just one glance, but the more she looked at Gao Xu, the more she couldn't figure it out.

After adjusting her mentality, she signaled Gong'e to fill up the wine for herself. Ning Yao held the wine glass and held up the hem of her skirt in one hand. With a smile on her lips, she walked down the high platform step by step, like a fairy stepping into the mortal world, but inexplicably...

There is a sense of depression that makes you glance at her and quickly look away, not daring to look at her again.

Looking at Ning Yao like that, Gao Xu felt that all the blood in his body was boiling. He was so excited that he took a deep breath and slowly let it out before looking directly into those calm eyes. Looking at the mask

Gao Xu couldn't help but become curious about the face that made it hard to fault. He suddenly wanted to see the panic expression of the person in front of him. It must be very interesting.

With this thought in mind, Gao Xu put on an expression as if he was ready to watch a good show, with a playful smile on his lips.

"Your Majesty, Ning Yao has something to ask of me." Ning Yao walked to the emperor and sat down, but he did not kneel down. He just stood there upright, as if he didn't know what the rules were and what decency was.

Sure enough, before the emperor could speak, Fu Yun, who had spoken before, stood up again and looked at her with dissatisfaction, "General Zhennan, although you are a hero of the Yue Kingdom, you can't be so disrespectful of etiquette, right?

"

"How come I don't follow the rules?"

Ning Yao didn't answer the question, which made him choke for a long time. Then he forced himself to look into Ning Yao's abyss-like eyes, cleared his throat, and spoke in an orderly manner.

"As a minister of His Majesty, the general would be disrespectful if he did not salute His Majesty."

"Really?" Ning Yao lowered his eyes, shaking the grape wine in his hand, frowning slightly, as if he was struggling with something, "Do you think this is not following etiquette?"

"yes."

"What if I say, this is the condition I made before I was granted the title?"

Ning Yao's rhetorical question made Fu Yun stunned for a moment, and then he fell into deep thought. Ning Yao had outstanding military achievements and held military power. If he wanted to make a name for himself, he could switch to another country. Moreover, Qi State's Xizhou was getting richer and stronger, and Yue State was getting weaker. It didn't matter.

However, after she defeated the Southern Kingdom in the battle of Leshan, she raised her troops and marched north to Chang'an, forcing the emperor to appoint her as an official.

Yes, forcing the emperor to appoint her as an official, not forcing the palace.

Ning Yao has the ability to force the palace. Although the Yue Kingdom is weak, it is not without the ability to compete with it. But if Ning Yao is determined to force the palace, it is not impossible. But she does not, she has only one purpose, she wants to enter the court

Be an official.

He has always been curious about what Ning Yao did to make the emperor insist on letting her join the court as an official despite everyone's opposition. Now that Ning Yao mentioned it, he couldn't help but think of a possibility.

If Ning Yao's condition is that he is willing to serve the emperor without kneeling to the emperor, then it is very likely that the emperor will agree to it based on his current situation. If this is really the condition proposed by Ning Yao, then based on what he is doing now, he will undoubtedly put the emperor

He and Ning Yao were both deeply offended.

"Moreover, I am the General of Zhennan, with a first-rank official position. You are just a member of the sixth rank, so what qualifications do you have to accuse me?" Ning Yao looked up at him with a gray complexion, and looked away with disdain.

"You said I don't follow etiquette and law, how do you 'obey etiquette and law' yourself?"

"I……"

"Wrong." Ning Yao's tone was still very calm, but Fu Yun thought it sounded shocking, "You should call yourself 'Xiaguan'."

"Xiaoguan... I know I was wrong."

"It's good to just admit your mistakes. You know, there are some things that you can't just say if you want to." Ning Yao raised his eyebrows and glanced at Lin Yuan, his expression unchanged, "Don't you think so, Dr. Lin?"

Hearing this, Lin Yuan was also startled. His hand could not hold the wine glass for a moment, and it shattered to the ground with a "pop" sound. He stood up with a panicked look on his face and nodded repeatedly, for fear that he would offend this woman again, otherwise

At that time, he didn't even know how he died.

Regarding Ning Yao, if they had always had a disdainful attitude towards Ning Yao before, then now, they realized that they had to observe this woman seriously.

Disdainful, yes, very disdainful. They disdain that a woman actually put on armor and went to the battlefield; they disdain that a woman actually went to the temple to stir up trouble; they disdain that just a woman, how big a storm can she stir up? Even if it is just by virtue of

He single-handedly subdued the already treasonous Zhennan Army and recaptured the woman who had lost their land from the Nanman people who were good at fighting; even though the woman's military prowess was far greater than theirs, making them feel ashamed.

But she's just a woman.

Women should stay at home, live peacefully in the back house, wait until they are old enough to get married, and then take care of their husbands, raise their children, and honor their parents-in-law. This is the mission that women are born with!

But now, this woman told them that she had done something that none of them sitting here could do, and she was a woman!

Ning Yao was in a good mood, and then she turned around, stood in front of the emperor, bowed deeply to him, and saluted with respect.

"I made my own decision, and I hope your Majesty will punish me!"

It was still a faint voice, but it was extremely firm and powerful, enough for everyone present to stop and understand clearly. She used the word "Chen", and she was telling them that she was not an ordinary boudoir woman, not one who devoted herself to the back house and wasted her time.

This woman, she is Ning Yao, is their colleague, and like them, is stirring up the situation in Chang'an City.

After all, Chang'an City has been quiet for so long that people have forgotten how bloody it originally was.

The emperor looked at Ning Yao like that and was silent for a long time. Finally, he waved his hand and shook his head helplessly.

"General Zhennan, you are drunk."

In a word, different people have different understandings in their hearts. The so-called benevolence is called benevolence in the eyes of benevolent people, and wisdom is called wisdom in the eyes of wise people. To most people, this is a clear tolerant attitude, and it is the emperor's single-minded intention to use it seriously.

It sounds like a warning to some people.

But from what Ning Yao heard, the emperor was just giving her a step down.

But within a moment, Ning Yao raised her hand to touch her temple, frowned slightly, closed her eyes gently, and stumbled, causing the maid next to her to help her up.

As a result, everyone was stunned.

What they never expected was that this woman who took back all the lost land from the Nanman in just three years would actually be a loser...

Who would believe it?

But they had to believe their own eyes, after all, they saw it with their own eyes.

Ning Yao let the maid hold him, and decided that since it was a show, he would do it more realistically. He became playful for a moment, and when he loosened his fingers holding the wine glass, the jade wine glass shattered into several pieces on the ground. Ning Yao frowned.
To be continued...