Seclusion? Become a villager? Qian Jiujiu shook his head: "That doesn't seem to be interesting, but I do have an idea. If we don't become farmers, we can also go and experience it."
Mu Yexiao looked at Qian Jiujiu with curiosity: "I wonder what other good ideas my lady has?"
As for a good strategy, it's not that she can say that. Qian Jiujiu looked at Mu Yexiao with a smile: "What do you think of being a county magistrate, husband?"
Let him, a prince, be a ninth-rank official? Is it a new experience? It seems quite interesting: "If my wife likes it, after the New Year, pick a good place and we will go."
Qian Jiujiu was very satisfied. It turned out that her husband understood her very well. After having this idea, she just had to wait for the time to implement it. She hadn't seen him for three years, and she didn't know what Xiaoman's child looked like.
After a long journey, we finally returned to Kyoto three days before the Chinese New Year. Kyoto was different from the outside world. The country represented by Sita and others needed to meet formally.
When they were in South Island, Mu Yexiao passed the news to the emperor and asked him to send people to make preparations. Qian Jiujiu also told Xita and others on the way to Kyoto.
This time when I go to Kyoto, the first thing I have to do is to settle down at the post station, and then have an audience with the Emperor of the Great Zhou. I have also talked to Xita and others about the etiquette here.
When Xita and others came out, they also brought some gifts, which were just the right items for the audience. But they were a little worried. If the officials sent by Da Zhou were not easy to get along with, would they be embarrassed
Especially along the way, seeing that the Great Zhou was vast and prosperous, Xita and others also understood that they could not afford to offend the Great Zhou.
When they arrived at the city gate, Qian Jiujiu and his team were spotted. The soldiers guarding the city gate knelt down immediately when they saw Qian Jiujiu's team.
"Welcome, my Lord, and the Princess to return to the city."
Mu Yexiao opened the car window and asked people to get up. When he was about to enter the city, he saw Wan Houyu coming. The most important thing was that Wan Houyu was still wearing his official uniform.
When did this man become an official? Wan Houyu had already come to the front of the carriage: "Your subordinate Wan Houyu, I greet the prince."
When Qian Jiujiu heard Wan Houyu's voice, he also stuck his head out and looked at Wan Houyu: "What kind of official are you?"
Wan Houyu did not stay in South Island, but came directly to the capital via the inland river. As soon as he arrived in the capital, he was summoned back to the palace by the emperor. The emperor just received the news sent by Mu Yexiao, and learned that a foreigner was coming to see him.
It would be better to simply appoint Wan Houyu as a diplomat and work in the Ministry of Rites. This time he will be specifically used to welcome the people from Bali Kingdom. People from both sides are familiar with each other, so there will be no major problems in this way.
"I am now a diplomat from the Ministry of Rites, specifically in charge of this audience with the Bali Kingdom."
Qian Jiujiu suddenly realized: "My brother, your ability to identify and appoint the right people to the right positions is becoming more and more mature. They are in a carriage behind, go and pick them up."
It's good to have an acquaintance as a diplomat. Qian Jiujiu looked at Wan Houyu's figure, curled his lips, and the carriage continued to move forward. The first place to go was naturally the palace. After returning to the palace to rest, he went to the palace to pay his respects.
Xita, who was in the back car, saw that the person coming was Wan Houyu, and his eyes lit up: "So it's Wan, oh no, now I should call him Lord Wan."
Xiya and Xili also said, "Hello, Lord Wan."
Wan Houyu's mouth twitched. He always felt that this title, coming from the mouths of these three people, always had a strange feeling: "Okay, next, leave it to me."
The carriage followed Wan Houyu's horse and headed towards the post station in front. The post station had been cleaned up, and there were many people gathered around the post station. These people had heard that there would be foreigners coming today.
He looked different from them, with blond hair and blue eyes. Everyone wanted to see what he looked like, so they gathered here and waited.
Wan Houyu didn't know what to say when he saw so many people, so he could only comfort the people in the carriage: "Don't be afraid when you see a lot of people later. They don't have any bad intentions, they just like the hustle and bustle."
The people of Da Zhou like to be lively, it's their nature. I can't just drive everyone away, so when they got there, Wan Houyu got off his horse and asked Xita and others to get off.
After Sita came down, she was really shocked to see so many people. After seeing Sita, the people in the crowd started talking: "There really is someone with blond hair and blue eyes. He looks pretty good."
“Don’t mention it. If the imperial court hadn’t taken the lead in picking people up, we would probably think this was a monster when we saw someone like this.”
"It's not a monster! It seems to be a country that the prince and princess encountered during their voyage, and they followed them to pay homage to our Great Zhou Dynasty."
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The people said all kinds of things. Wan Houyu had already led them in. "You will stay here during your stay in the Great Zhou. If you need anything, just let me know. Have a good rest today. You will meet the Emperor of the Great Zhou tomorrow. I don't think the Emperor will have time to see you today."
Xiya nodded: "That's natural, after all, the family must be reunited first."
After Wan Houyu settled the people, he went into the palace to reply to the order. Qian Jiujiu and others' carriages had already arrived at the palace. Qingyu had already led people to greet them at the door. When they saw the carriage stop, they knelt down directly.
"Welcome Your Majesty and Your Majesty the Princess back to the palace."
Mu Yexiao led Qian Jiujiu down from the carriage, and Qingyu and the others were obviously very excited. They hadn't seen the princess for three years.
Qian Jiujiu said: "Everyone get up. Okay, go in."
As soon as I entered the door, I saw Xiaoman sitting beside him with a two-year-old baby in a stroller. I couldn't help but widen my eyes: "Xiaoman, this is your baby, what's its name? It's great."
Xiaoman narrowed her eyes and said, "This is Xiao Yuanbao. He hasn't been named yet! He's waiting for his uncle to come back and name him!"
Little Yuanbao, it sounds very cute. Xiaoman raised this child very well, and he is white and plump. Qian Jiujiu looked at Little Yuanbao and said, "Come on, Little Yuanbao, call me Aunt."
The two-year-old child could already speak, and said with a silly smile: "Aunt."
Seeing the child, Nanbeibei also rushed over: "Is this aunt's baby? It's our little brother, so cute. Come on, call me sister, I'm sister Beibei, and this is brother Nannan."
Nan Nan originally wanted to speak, but found that even the opportunity to introduce himself was snatched away by Bei Bei. He looked at Xiao Yuanbao helplessly.
Little Yuanbao had a good temper and still said with a smile: "Sister Beibei, Brother Nannan."
Ah! Beibei is so happy that a little kid calls her sister. Qian Jiujiu noticed this scene and narrowed his eyes. Xiaoman suddenly said, "Sister, are you considering having another child? Look at these two, they always like children."
Qian Jiujiu shook her head: "For things like this, let nature take its course. It's not like we don't want it on purpose. Besides, I actually want to try it out and see what it's like to take care of a child."
Although Nanbeibei has grown up, Qian Jiujiu has never taken care of a child by herself, so she is a little curious. Xiaoman's mouth twitched, Qian Jiujiu probably won't experience the crazy things of taking care of a child in her life.
"Did you have any fun at sea? By the way, I have prepared the carriage. Let's talk about it as we enter the palace. The Queen Mother can't wait to see you!"
When she heard that she was going to enter the palace, Beibei immediately rummaged through her things: "If I'm going to enter the palace, I'm going to find some gifts for Yin'er. I'll buy them for him."
As expected, Beibei's favorite brother is still Yin'er. After returning, the first thing he should have done was to visit the Queen Mother, but Xiaoman was sent out.
Qian Jiujiu took out a jade token from the space: "This is a gift from me to Xiao Yuanbao. Xiao Yuanbao can't take it off after wearing it."
This jade token is translucent, and it is obviously a good thing. Xiaoman came over and looked at Qian Jiujiu: "What good thing is it?"
Qian Jiujiu smiled mysteriously: "This treasure can guarantee that Xiao Yuanbao will be immune to all poisons in the future. As long as there is a poisonous substance close to Xiao Yuanbao, the jade token will glow, so you should pay more attention to it."
Then this thing is really a treasure. Xiaoman looked at Xiaoyuanbao and said, "Good boy, wear it well."
As he said this, he carried the little ingot and got on the carriage. Beibei also found the gifts, a large carriage full of them. Qian Jiujiu was a little surprised: "When did you get these things? How come I didn't even know about them?"
Beibei rolled his eyes: "Just pay attention to my father. He bought it when he got off the ship."
Seeing Mu Yexiao's eyes, Beibei suddenly confessed honestly, and then quickly climbed into the carriage with Nannan. Seeing this scene, Xiaoman couldn't help laughing: "Beibei is still so cute."
Qian Jiujiu had nothing to say and followed Xiaoman into the carriage, which headed towards the palace.
Inside the palace, the Queen Mother was walking around in her palace hall, "When do you think they will arrive? It's been three years since I last saw them. I wonder how much Nanbeibei has grown."
As she kept mumbling, the nanny beside her laughed and said, "My queen, with the prince and princess taking care of them, the prince and princess must be doing very well. There's no need to worry at all!"
That being said, the Queen Mother was still worried when she didn't see anyone. Fortunately, someone came forward soon to report: "Queen Mother, the carriage has arrived at the palace gate."
Arriving at the palace gate, he was soon seen: "Go, let the carriage come in directly."
At this time, there was no time to wait for Qian Jiujiu and the others to come in slowly. So the carriage came in unimpeded. When the other concubines saw it, they all looked over curiously: "That must be the return of the King and the Princess. It's really a grand ceremony."
The carriage stopped at the Empress Dowager's palace. When the Queen got the news, she also came to the Empress Dowager's palace very quickly, waiting to see the person she hadn't seen for three years, waiting for a reunion!