Chu Nanyue followed behind Donglin Shuo's side, all the way to the Qinzheng Palace. Along the way, Tanglin Shuo reminisced with her amicably, Chu Nanyue just echoed his thoughts, and did not see the complicated eyes that he had been staying on himself.

The two came to the Qinzheng Palace, the early dynasty had ended, and hundreds of officials gathered in the Qinzheng Palace, and there were also clan emperors in the ranks, waiting for the emperor to arrive. Tanglin Shuo introduced Chu Nanyue in, first introduced the royal family to her, and then to the important ministers of the court. Chu Nanyue responded intently, followed him all the time, and deliberately did not look at the Chu family father and son who had been watching her.

Her grandfather, Jing Ninghou, kept his eyes on her, and she cleverly avoided several times when he wanted to step forward.

Soon, the emperor changed his court clothes and arrived.

After everyone saluted, the emperor called Chu Nanyue and affirmed the battle of Yecheng, and then said in person that he wanted to seal the title of General Xuanwei.

"Your Majesty." Chu Nanyue took a deep breath, knelt down and kowtowed to the ground, and said loudly: "This great victory is the credit of 80,000 soldiers in the south, and the last general will not dare to take credit." ”

"Naturally, you have merit, but Chu Aiqing, you are the first merit and deserve to be rewarded." The emperor had a smile on his face, and seemed to be satisfied with Chu Nanyue's words.

"The last general will not dare to take credit, Your Majesty's kindness must be rewarded, please forgive the last general's sin first." Chu Nanyue kowtowed again, and her body was lower.

When she said and acted, the whole audience was surprised, they were all human spirits, and no one looked at them silently.

Jing Ninghou frowned, guessed what she was going to do, and hurriedly came out of the queue and knelt down, trying to steal the conversation. was preempted by Chu Nanyue.

She half-straightened up and said loudly, "Your Majesty." The last general, Chu Nanyue, is actually the eldest daughter of the Chu family, and she pretended to be in the name of her brother Chu Nanxuan and served in the army for five years, which is really a big crime, and the last general is willing to accept the responsibility! ”

"What?!"

"It's a woman?!"

The audience was shocked! Everyone's eyes were focused on Chu Nanyue.

Jing Ning waited for anger and trembled, choked in his throat, and half-coughed and half-roared: "You...... You ...... rebellious"

"What did you say?" The emperor was also surprised, and he looked at Chu Nanyue with a dignified gaze.

"Father!" Dongling Shuo, who was the first to digest the shock, stepped forward and knelt on Chu Nanyue's left side with the joy in his eyes that had not yet been completely put away, "General Chu has returned from a great victory, and his courage is really commendable. Although there are no women in our dynasty as officials, there is also a precedent for the eldest princess of Xunyang. Father, General Chu, as a woman, can serve the country, and the defeat of the 100,000 army of Nanling is indeed a great promotion of our country's prestige! Father Emperor Shengming, sons and ministers thought that General Chu should be rewarded. ”

The eldest princess of Xunyang, the youngest daughter of the founding Holy Ancestor Emperor, led the army with her father and brother to fight back then. Now she is eighty-five years old, and she is the aunt of the current emperor.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Chu Nanyue was surprised that Dongling Shuo interceded for her so quickly, and thought that they had been in the same comradeship for more than a year, it seemed that this Sixth Highness was still very humane. With him pleading, she has more chances of winning.

"You, really a woman?" The emperor listened to Dongling Shuo's words, but did not make a decision immediately, but looked at Chu Nanyue.

"Back to Your Majesty, it is." Chu Nanyue raised his hand to take off his official hat, put it on one side and pulled off the hairpin, took off the crown, and the head was scattered like a waterfall and green silk. Her delicate and handsome face has softened a little, and although she does not apply powder, she has a beautiful posture.

Tanglin Shuo was the closest, and he looked at the scene in front of him intently, his expression was full of expressions, and it was difficult to speak.

There was a gasp in the hall, but no one spoke.

Jing Ninghou was shocked, angry and frightened, she almost couldn't get up in one breath, she forced her shrinking body, glared at Chu Nanyue angrily, and scolded her thousands of times in her heart. He peeked at the emperor in horror, and today's saint does not rule the world with benevolence. The great crime of bullying the king, the life and death of the Chu family, are all in an instant!

The emperor raised his eyebrows, "It's really a woman, she has been in the army for five years, and no one has found out." The emperor seemed to be very curious about this, "Shuo'er, I remember, you have been training in Yecheng for a year, have you ever been in contact with her?" ”

Dongling Shuo was named, quickly put away all kinds of emotions, and replied respectfully: "Back to my father, my son worked with General Chu in Yecheng. At that time, I only felt that General Chu was brave in battle, brilliant in intelligence, loose in temperament, and not meritorious, and his sons admired it very much. I don't want to be a woman! Now I admire her even more, she is a woman, five years in the army, participated in dozens of large and small wars, eight times of first achievement, three times led the army to retreat outside the city gate, step by step from a small sergeant to the chief general of the first army. Now that Yecheng has won a great victory, the Nanling Army will not be able to attack the border again for at least five years, father, such a great achievement should not be erased, and such a talent should be cherished. ”

The emperor only nodded slightly when he heard this, and then looked at Chu Nanyue, "How did you hide it from everyone?" ”

Chu Nanyue twisted his eyebrows, why did this emperor ask this question? But she didn't have time to think about it now, so she hurriedly replied: "The last general has lived as an elder brother since he was three years old, and he has no female habits in his actions and words, and he has long been used to it. ”

"Three-year-old? Jing Ninghou, is that so? The emperor looked at Jing Ninghou thoughtfully.

"Your Majesty, ......" Jing Ninghou was shocked, trembling, and didn't answer for a long time.

"Your Majesty. The elder brother of the last general has been sick and weak since childhood, and the last general, as the eldest daughter, should shoulder the responsibility of the family. But it is a fact that he joined the army under a false name, and he does not ask His Majesty for forgiveness, but only hopes that His Majesty will condemn the last general and not implicate his family. Chu Nanyue snatched Jing Ninghou's words, and after speaking, he kowtowed to the ground again, waiting for the result.

Tanglin Shuo glanced at her quickly, puzzled. She kept saying that she should not affect her family, but since just now, she said that she began to replace her brother at the age of three, and said that her brother was sick and weak. What do three-year-olds know? It wasn't the family who asked her to do this.

"What do you think?" The Emperor finally retracted his curiosity and glanced at everyone present.

Donglin Shuo had already said so much first, and the descendants of the eldest princess of Xunyang stood up first to echo his words. Then the ministers basically agreed on it, and in fact, it was obvious that the emperor had no intention of condemning the crime, so he naturally said it in accordance with it.

In the end, the emperor still conferred the title of General Chu Nanyue and gave the general's mansion a thousand taels of gold. The reward is the same as the previous life, but it is Chu Nanyue who is sealed, and it is no longer Chu Nanxuan. Although later, the emperor took back the tiger talisman in the name of no longer fighting, she had the name of a general, but she did not have the right to mobilize the army, nor did she lead the court to the real position, Chu Nanyue was very pleased, this is already an excellent result.

The reward is over, and the celebration banquet is as usual.

The emperor also specially asked Chu Nanyue to go to the princess's palace and changed into aristocratic women's clothes to participate in the celebration banquet. Chu Nanyue has not worn women's clothes for fifteen years, she is still dressed in complicated costumes, she is very unaccustomed to it, she made some small jokes, and finally arrived at the celebration banquet.

As soon as she arrived, she naturally became the focus of the audience!

Although she is wearing women's clothes, because of her special identity and the protagonist of the banquet, she still has to deal with many congratulations and toasts. Fortunately, she has been in the military camp for ten years, and her alcohol consumption is not bad.

"General Chu, oh no! Miss Chu," a middle-aged man dressed in a three-grade military attache uniform, came to Chu Nanyue with a pot, "Should this official call you a general, or a young lady?" It's really embarrassing! He asked in a pretentious manner, and his presumptuous gaze swept back and forth over her, with defiant contempt and frivolity in his eyes.

Chu Nanyue had already drunk a lot, and although she was not yet drunk, her reaction was already a little slow. What's more, there were already a lot of such eyes in the whole banquet, and she didn't react for a while, so she had to accept the person's toast.