Then, he said, "Oh, I forgot. In the capital, Lord Song only needs to move his mouth to poke around, and he can get quite a salary. With Dong Qing Xia Bing serving him, I naturally don't know what the suffering of the warriors in front of me is."

Master Song's face immediately flushed red, "Chief General, one yard is one yard, please don't slander me."

"So, this is called slandering people. Master Song is a great scholar from the palace, he is rich and knowledgeable. Then, I would like to ask Master Song for a question. Without any evidence, are red and white teeth going to convict a person?"

Master Song pointed at her "you", but was unable to say a word for a long time. Finally, he gave up on arguing with her, and cupped his hands towards Zhao Shiqian.

Zhao Shiqian had been silently watching them argue. He rubbed his palms on his knees and said, "It has been two years since the imperial government has placed any salary on us. There have been wars for the past few years, and natural calamities have struck the nation, causing their treasury to become tight.

The Emperor's words were ambiguous. He did not follow Master Song's meaning of suspecting that Zhou Leping was secretly seizing the military's salary, nor did he intend to protect Zhou Leping as he continued to explain, and instead agreed with the disarmament proposal.

For a moment, no one was sure of the emperor's intentions. After a long time, no one dared to speak again.

Zhao Shiqian stood up after thinking for a while, "We still need to think over this further, we are tired, let's disperse the court."

Everyone bid their farewells to the emperor, and the people around him slowly dispersed, while Zhou Leping stood there, not moving an inch.

She had worked so hard outside for so many years, but she had never thought that she would gain victory in exchange for a result like disarmament.

Zhou Leqi went forward and comforted her, "This is the government, the civil and martial families, they have many contradictions, a fair and reasonable way of saying it, once you get used to it, it will be fine."

"In my opinion, those people have been spoiled by the imperial government. Our soldiers have to risk their lives to defend against the enemy. Not only did we not receive a single cent of the military salary, we even ended up being disbanded!"

"Be quiet, if you have something to say, then go back and talk. There are too many people here, just be careful of the situation."

Originally, she wanted to raise the military salary to Zhao Shiqian, but after winning the war, she had some face. This army salary that had been dragged for two years should be within reach, yet she suddenly received a 'pleasant surprise' and it caught her by surprise.

However, there was something else that she did not expect.

The Palace Maid by the empress's side came over to ask her to come speak. He said that the empress was waiting for him at the Cheng De Palace and invited her to come over to speak.

Zhou Leqi looked at her, then said, "Brother, you go back first, I'll pay my respects to Empress, and leave later."

Zhou Leqi instructed, "Be careful when you speak."

"I understand."

She watched as Zhou Leqi left, then turned and followed Palace Maid who was leading the way to meet Qiu Rong.

She and Qiu Rong were good friends that could talk about anything before, but now, everyone had changed. Who knew if they could still talk about things together?

Qiu Rong would usually tend to some flowers and plants when he had nothing to do. When Zhou Leping arrived, the empress would water the flowers with a watering can, and three to five Palace Maid s would carefully follow behind her. From time to time, they would raise their hands to support her.

"Empress, Chief General is here."

Qiu Rong passed the teapot to Palace Maid behind him, the handkerchief to his back wiped his hands, supported his head and smiled, "You're here, quickly come sit, let's drink tea together."

Zhou Leping saluted and took a step back with his fists cupped, "This subject pays respects to Empress."

"There's no need to be so courteous between us. Come, sit." Qiu Rong walked over and pulled her, touching the cocoon in her palm, he was startled, "This .."

This subject's hands are rough, Empress is careful. She quietly withdrew her hand and waited for Qiu Rong to sit down before she sat down.

"In the past, how many people were obsessed with the second miss of the General's Estate, their family background, and their looks and talents. Amongst all the gold coins in the capital, you were second, and no one dared to claim that you were first. If you did not join the army, then perhaps the princess consort of that day would have been you.

Zhou Leping's buttocks hadn't even warmed when he stood up in a hurry, as he said in fear and trepidation, "Empress can become a fiend, it's all in the past now. You're the empress of State Of Zhao, the master of the Sixth Palace."

"Sit down. Don't be so restrained here." Qiu Rong looked at his hands, then looked at hers and asked, "Have you ever regretted it after all these years?"

"This subject does not regret it."

"You really don't regret it?" She seemed to not believe him, sighing sadly, "In the years you were in the army, whenever the military report arrived, regardless of what the emperor was doing, you would definitely call for someone to hand over the paper, reading each word, saying each word. When you saw your message, the corners of your mouth couldn't help but rise, and your smile was filled with happiness."

Zhou Leping was unable to accept so, and could only remain silent.

Qiu Rong seemed to not be satisfied with his words, and continued as if he was self-torturing, "There were a few times where the emperor stayed at my place, and he woke up from his sleep with you shouting your name all over."

The more he said, the more he felt that something was wrong. Zhou Leping frowned, he wanted to interrupt her, but he didn't know where to start.