On the carriage returning from Zhangzhou to Beijing, the prince stared at a box and asked, "What did the Minister buy?"
Someone was sent to buy something early in the morning. The box was not big, but it was very conspicuous.
Zhou Shuren touched the box, "Gift."
He has been the one receiving gifts all these years, and he felt so aggrieved. This time he finally let out a sigh of relief. The emperor must have felt very aggrieved this winter, and he feels happy just thinking about it.
The prince thought it was a gift for Lord Zhou's wife, so he didn't ask any further. Everyone knew how much Lord Zhou valued his wife.
When the prince thought of Yang, his eyes were very complicated. He never looked down on women. Both his father and grandfather had told him since he was a child not to look down on women. When women become cruel, they can be crazier than men.
Yang really surprised him. The books he read were given to him by his grandfather. The knowledge points in the books were very comprehensive and the organization and summary were very orderly. The most rare thing was that they were progressive, with the basics being the basics and the difficulty increasing little by little. His grandfather did not hide it from him and told him that these were organized by Yang, and some of the questions in the books were also learned by Yang himself.
He was shocked, really shocked. The prince looked at Zhou Shuren again. The ladies that Lord Zhou loved so much were indeed the same type of people as Lord Zhou.
When leaving the government office, at the entrance of the Ministry of Rites, Chang Yi walked out leisurely. His current job was not busy, and he even hummed a tune.
Chang Yi was surprised to see the carriage from the Prince of Qin's mansion, and then he saw his brother-in-law open the window of the carriage and said, "Second brother, get in the carriage and I will take you home."
Chang Yi stopped humming the song. He knew very well how busy the King of Qin was. In the past, his brother-in-law often came home, but now he had to squeeze in time when he came back and quickly got on the carriage.
Lord Liu chased out and only saw the back of the Qin Wangfu's carriage. Lord Liu touched his purse and thought, okay, today's dinner invitation failed again. His son came back and refused to agree to marry into the Zhou family.
He is stingy, but he is generous when necessary. He has also taken out the tribute tea from his home. A marriage with the Zhou family will only benefit the Liu family. This is also the decision he and his father made after careful consideration. As for the Zhou girl's generosity, Lord Liu patted his face. His wife is a generous person, and the power of the family is still in his wife's hands.
When his wife heard that the girl from the Zhou family was generous, she was extremely enthusiastic about the marriage. If it wasn't the wrong timing, she would have dared to come to the house.
In the carriage of the Prince of Qin's mansion, Chang Yi said, "You're not just sending me home."
Rong Chuan briefly described the grassland tribes' attempts, "My second brother is in the Ministry of Rites, and you have also been in the embassy. I would like to ask my second brother to take care of these tribes."
He could also arrange people directly, but that would not look good, and his second brother was careful and would not let others find out. His second brother was on a diplomatic mission for four years before returning to China. Who would have thought that his second brother arranged to leave, but his connections in the Ministry of Rites were maintained.
Chang Yi has seen more than one coup d'état, and he is the one who really smells blood in the Zhou family. "Don't worry, I will make arrangements so that I won't be discovered."
Rongchuan, "Thank you, second brother."
"Why thank you? She's my niece too."
Not to mention that Rongchuan was angry as a father, he was angry too. He loved his own daughter very much, so even a test was too much.
Chang Yi thought for a moment and said, "Dad has already left for Beijing, and Dad doesn't even know about it."
Rongchuan was happy, "Yes, Dad is going back to Beijing."
"I just hope these grassland tribes won't be in such a hurry to leave."
Rong Chuan sneered, "They are living very leisurely in the capital, they are in no hurry to leave."
Chang Yi smiled, "Very good."
After returning to the mansion, Chang Yi went straight to see his mother, "Mom, Rong Chuan just sent me back."
"Just keep it in mind."
Chang Yi knew that he could not hide anything from his mother, "Mom, is the court really going to go to war?"
Zhulan: "It's unavoidable."
After her son-in-law and daughter left, she lay down to rest, her mind never stopping thinking. Several tribes had been conquered in the past few years, and she had heard a lot about caravans going to various tribes on the grassland. The caravans were too frequent, and she sensed a conspiracy. Perhaps the emperor was the one who wanted to fight the most!
Chang Yi said quietly, "I just hope the war stays at the border."
Zhulan: "I hope so."
The next day, the embassy replaced a batch of supplies, the styles of which were very much in line with the tastes of the various ethnic groups on the grassland. They were even proud to think that they could get a lot of food and fodder for free.
Chang Yi listened to the expressions of the princes and princesses from various tribes on the grassland, and sighed twice, hoping that they could still be so energetic in a few days.
Zhulan learned at home that Linxi had entered the palace and stayed there for a while. This showed that the emperor loved his granddaughter.
In the palace, Linxi heard yesterday about the marriage proposals from various tribes. The girl was scared at first because she was a daughter of the royal family. Later, she felt relieved when her father said that he would not marry outside the family.
But the child was young and was still frightened, which made the emperor and his wife very sad.
The emperor waved his hand, "Linxi, don't be afraid, you can choose your own husband in the future. No, Grandpa Huang will choose a good one for you in the future."
It’s better not to choose your own husband. What if you get cheated
Lin Xi blinked and said, "Yeah."
The emperor was happy, looked at his wife, stood up with his hands behind his back, and said, "I'll go see the emperor."
He really didn't want to live in the palace. He had had enough!
The Emperor saw his father, "Father."
The Emperor Emeritus sat down and motioned for the Emperor to sit down as well, "The Crown Prince has set off to return to the capital, right?"
The emperor understood and said, "Return to Beijing."
The Emperor looked at the piles of memorials on the Emperor's desk and said, "The Crown Prince will be back in Beijing for the New Year soon. Time is passing so slowly. I am still thinking about the vegetables I planted."
The Emperor had a wooden face, and the Queen Mother was staring at the Emperor, so the Emperor came to torture him. He knew that you were free and at ease now, so maybe you couldn't come when he was busy
And he had never eaten a single bite of the vegetables grown by his father. The greenhouse in the Prince of Qin's Mansion had become his father's world. His father had been confined for a long time in the winter, so he planted a lot of vegetables in one go, and his son could only watch helplessly!
The emperor seemed not to notice the emperor's wooden expression. "The tea in this palace doesn't taste right. The tea in the south is better. I tell you..."
The emperor kept smiling. Coming, coming, when he was old, no, he didn't want to go out at the same age as his father, lest his body could not bear it.
After the emperor finished listening to his father's daily boasting, he picked up the teacup and took a sip, "It's a pity that the Queen Mother won't let you go too far next year, so you can't go to the south."
The Emperor, “… .”
This hurts my heart. I have retired and this is the only hobby I have now. How can you, an unfilial son, hurt my heart
The emperor was satisfied when he saw his father wanted to bite him. He said, "Hurt each other." He heard Zhou Shuren say this phrase. The emperor smiled and said, "Father, do you want to know whether Zhou Shuren bought a gift?"
Tsk tsk, he knows, he knows.
The emperor rolled his eyes, turned around and left, humph!
The emperor smiled and continued to read the memorial. He had clearly rejected the temptation from the grassland tribe yesterday. He could entrust the food and grass to her but not ask for her hand in marriage. However, the grassland tribe did not give up and even took a step back. It didn't have to be a royal girl, but could be a princess or something. Ha!