Chapter 190: The Lying Woman

Su Wen and company finally re-entered the capital.

They were welcomed and escorted by the citizens in the capital.

Emperor Zhou placed a lot of importance on publicity.

He had wantonly spread the merits of the battles in the Southern Wilderness.

The story of how Xu Qiao was beaten from his advantageous point had turned into a classic.

Furthermore, Emperor Zhou had deliberately diluted Wu Kunhu's role in this war.

He instead emphasized the achievements of Su Wen, Yan Luoying, Wu Lie, as well as the rest of the younger generation.

This was especially so for Su Wen, who had performed well in this battle. He was greatly promoted!

Hence, the moment he entered the city, Su Wen saw that the surroundings were filled with people shouting his name.

His Emotional Value also increased a little. In total, he obtained tens of thousands of Emotional Value. However, this amount, to the current Su Wen, was not much!

"Young Master Su is invincible!"

"I heard that Su Wen killed thousands of people in one battle, and his battle achievements are illustrious!"

"Young Master Su, I've wronged you. You're not a useless prodigal!"

There were all sorts of things being shouted out

Su Wen smiled. "Do the people in the capital love and respect me so much now?"

Wu Lie also waved his hand at the surroundings in a rather enjoyable manner, grinning as he replied, "After winning a war, we naturally obtained the love and respect of the commoners. My Great Zhou has always been martial, and the commoners love to hear the legends of those fierce generals. I wonder how many legends my father has in the capital."

Su Wen sighed. "If only these people came to scold me and hate me, throwing rotten eggs at me!"

With the Emotional Value system, Su Wen could clearly sense that most of the people who were cheering did not have much real emotions mixed in. Perhaps they were just joining in the fun, or perhaps they were just feeling joy on the surface.

Otherwise, his Emotional Value would not have increased by so little.

Wu Lie gave Su Wen a strange look at his response.

If this wasn't a pervert, then what was?

Finally, the main members of the team entered the palace.

In the main hall, everyone greeted the Emperor.

Emperor Zhou's face was full of smiles. After winning the war, he could write another essay in his merit book.

He looked at everyone before turning to Wu Kunhu first.

As the commander of this war, he could dilute Wu Kunhu's contributions to the public. However, in terms of merits, Wu Kunhu was the one who contributed the most.

"Minister Wu! You've fought for many years and have accumulated countless battle merits. This time, you've organized people to stop the barbarian army and led the army to recover the lost territory. Today, I'll confer upon you the title of Annan Duke!"

Under Emperor Zhou's command, Wu Kunhu was promoted to Duke!

Among the current generation of officials of the Zhou Dynasty, he was definitely the only one.

This was an honor that no general had ever received.

Although he could not compare to the hereditary dukes, Wu Kunhu was after all still in his prime!

There would be many opportunities to make contributions in the future.

Wu Kunhu bowed slightly and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Immediately after, Wu Kunhu looked at Yan Luoying. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Since Luoying has entered the army, let's continue like this. She will be promoted to a 4th Ranked general of the Royal Guard Army and will lead a thousand men from the headquarters."

Yan Luoying bowed as well. "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

As for Wu Lie, Emperor Zhou's reward was even simpler. "Raise of a rank."

When it was Su Wen's turn, Emperor Zhou's eyes were full of smiles as he said, "I've seen Wu Kunhu's memorial. You've done well in this battle! You've killed quite a number of enemies and charged into the formation with the most credit! However, since you're in the Secret Shadow Guard, it's not easy to promote your rank. I'll reward you with a title! Pass down my order, confer Su Wen the title of Wuwei Viscount!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire hall went into an uproar.

One had to know that although a Great Zhou noble title could only be obtained when one had obtained military merits, typically, most generals were promoted internally first before being handed noble titles.

It was difficult to obtain nobility.

Even Xu Longzun, who was crippled by Su Wen, was only a Baron despite his many military achievements in the northern border.

On the other hand, Su Wen was directly conferred the title of Viscount in this battle. It could be seen how partial the Emperor was towards him.

Emperor Zhou glanced at Su Changqing. Apart from Su Wen's outstanding military achievements, a small portion of his title was also given because of Old Su.

Su Changqing had accompanied him from the very beginning. Although he was now an extremely high-ranked official, he did not have a title.

Hence, a portion of the Zhou Emperor also placed some of the rewards that were inconvenient to award Su Changqing to him.

However, as soon as these words were spoken, some people's eyes turned red.

For example Wu Qiuhan!

He stood out and said, "Your Majesty, although Su Wen has contributed, his rank is not high after all. His rank can still be raised, or even awarded with gold and silver. It's just bestowing him with a title in one battle, and even a Viscount This subject would like to ask Your Majesty to reconsider."

Actually, Wu Qiuhan hoped that the Minister of Rites would step forward and speak up.

After all, even the Emperor could not go against etiquette. Unfortunately, the newly appointed Minister of Rites, Fei Chi, was currently looking down!

Hehe, he didn't want to side with Su Changqing, but at the same time, he didn't want to become enemies with Su Changqing.

Thinking about Su Changqing's promise, the latter had fulfilled his end of the bargain, bringing himself up to his current position.

Did that not mean he was able to replace him when he wanted to?

Fei Chi was not afraid, but he knew very well that the person he was loyal to was Emperor Zhou!

Emperor Zhou spoke to reward Su Wen and did not let the officials discuss. This meant that Emperor Zhou had already made up his mind.

If he spoke, wouldn't he offend Su Changqing and the Zhou Emperor?

Hence, he decided to feign ignorance.

Emperor Zhou narrowed his eyes and glanced at Wu Qiuhan. He said indifferently, "Minister Wu, you might not have seen the Barbarians before. Those people are tall and savage, and their combat strength is formidable. Su Wen killed thousands of people in a single night! He can be said to have outstanding contributions! I'm bestowing him the title of a Viscount to motivate the children of the influential officials in the capital.

If you feel dissatisfied, I can send your children to the Southern Wilderness as well! As long as they can kill 500 Barbarians, I will also bestow him a Viscount title. How about it? I'll be impartial in handling all matters!"

Su Changqing took a step forward and bowed. "His Majesty is wise! Minister Wu, why aren't you thanking him?"

How would Wu Qiuhan dare to thank him?

Throw his son to the Southern Wilderness?

What if he didn't come back?

He hurriedly said, "I just feel that Your Majesty should reconsider this matter. I don't have any objections!"

As he spoke, he retreated.

Su Changqing had an expression as though he had lost a good chance.

After this single sentence of rebuking Wu Qiuhan, no one objected anymore. Emperor Zhou was in a good mood.

"Court dismissed!"

"Your Majesty! I have a memorial to submit!"

Su Wen suddenly spoke.

Emperor Zhou was stunned. He sat back down and asked, "What's the matter?"

"This subject wants to impeach the Martial Inspectorate's Head, Feng Baichuan!"

Old Feng, who was staring blankly at the pillar, snapped back to his senses.

He said angrily, "Kid, why are you impeaching me?"

Su Wen ignored him and only said to Emperor Zhou, "Your Majesty, when I was fighting with Xu Longzun previously, I was careless and allowed a disciple of the Bright God Sect, Xue Qianxun, to steal a Blue Cloud Tiger cu