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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.”