Under Zhu Houzhao's intentional care.

Zhao Chenghe then settled down in the capital safely.

Because Zhu Houzhao couldn't spare time to see him recently.

He even had time and continued to read every day to prepare for next spring.

The time soon came for the day when the vassal kings from all over the country came to Beijing.

The weather was pretty good, it didn't snow all day.

It was a rare opportunity for people to take advantage of the fine weather to come out to buy New Year's goods, and there were many more people than usual.

Not long after.

Luxurious carriages appeared on the streets of Shuntian Mansion.

Sitting in the carriage were naturally the several feudal princes and their families who had been summoned.

Since the Chinese New Year is approaching, these vassal kings will naturally celebrate the New Year in the capital when they come to the capital.

Shuntian Prefecture dispatched many officers and soldiers to clear the way for them.

Seeing such a big battle, many people stood on the roadside and watched.

The carriages and horses of Prince Ning Zhu Chenhao's family are in the third place.

He looked at the Shuntian Mansion, which was as prosperous as ever, with some lack of interest.

Last year, because I wanted to come to the capital to make connections, I found a reason to give a discount to the court, and I was allowed to come.

But I can't stay for long.

This year, I was able to stay longer because of the reduction of my rank.

But it's not easy either.

After all, the matter of reducing the title is bad news for them, the princes of the Ming Dynasty.

Even though the cut was made after the fifth generation, even if there was one, he wouldn't be close to it.

But which prince would be happy to be treated like this by the court?

This time he came to Beijing under the name Xian Xiangrui, and he just wanted to see how other vassal princes would deal with the emperor.

Just thinking about it.

The carriage has arrived outside the palace.

The group was brought to Emperor Hongzhi.

"Long live my emperor..."

Emperor Hongzhi raised his hand and said: "Pingshen."

When everyone got up, they presented all the gifts they had brought.

Emperor Hongzhi also expressed his concern for them in a timely manner.

The atmosphere in the hall is pretty good.

After caring about it, I didn’t talk about the business for the time being.

Let them go down to rest first and prepare for attending the palace banquet tonight.

After the others left, King Ning was allowed to step forward.

Zhu Chenhao held a wooden box in his hand. After opening it, he held it high above his head.

This is the main purpose of his visit to the capital this time - to offer auspiciousness.

"Your Majesty, this is a stone that the people of the fiefdom picked up from the water one day."

"When the local people saw it, they knelt down and worshiped."

"Then he was sent by the common people to the prince's palace."

The chamberlain next to him took the wooden box and sent it to Emperor Hongzhi with his head lowered.

Inside the box is a stone about as big as an open hand.

The stone looks smooth on the surface, but if you look closely, you can see a faint word inside.

--"blessing".

This word is not on the surface of the stone, but on the inside.

Looking at it this way, it is indeed quite novel.

No wonder this King Ning Baba's memorial is here to send auspicious blessings.

Emperor Hongzhi accepted it happily.

"It's a blessing, it's very good."

"Thank you for sending it all the way."

"I like it very much, and I will reward you!"

Zhu Chenhao felt happy and quickly saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Hongzhi asked him to go down and rest first and come back for the palace banquet tonight.

Zhu Chenhao then retreated.

After leaving the main hall, we walked for a while.

On the way, I met a little fireman who had been waiting here for a long time.ωωw.

This little fireman is not very old, and he looks like he is helping out with errands.

He said: "Your Highness Prince Ning, I have something to convey to you."

Zhu Chenhao lowered his head, and the little fireman whispered a few words in his ear.

Zhu Chenhao was stunned for a moment, and then he raised his head without changing his expression.

"I see."

"Thank you, father-in-law, for informing me that the road ahead is slippery, so I will be more careful."

As he said this, he stuffed a purse for the little fireman with his hand into the ground for a reward.

Seeing that his message was conveyed and he had received such a heavy reward, the little fireman left happily.

When Zhu Chenhao returned to where he lived.

Princess Ning is counting the things they brought as gifts this time.

"Your Majesty."

"If there is nothing wrong with these gift lists, I will arrange for them to be sent out slowly in the next few days."

Zhu Chenhao remembered what the little eunuch said just now and took the gift list over.

"I need to add something to the gift for His Royal Highness."

"We checked this gift list again and again before departure, but what was missing?"

Zhu Chenhao shook his head: "It's not an omission, it's an extra addition."

"Add thirty thousand taels of silver and send them over together."

"Thirty thousand taels of silver?"

Princess Ning was stunned.

So much money should be given directly to His Highness the Crown Prince?

"I'm afraid we didn't bring so much cash with us when we went to the capital this time..."

Zhu Chenhao waved his hand and interrupted her.

“If you don’t have it, try to find a way to raise it.”

"It's best to get it all done today."

Although Princess Ning was confused, she could not disobey her husband.

She directly ordered her subordinates to go to the bank in the capital to exchange cash.

The servant took the banknote to the bank and found a few familiar faces inside.

"Are you from His Highness King Yi's residence?"

"This... is the butler of His Highness Prince Jin..."

Several servants walked on the road together for a while, and they all seemed familiar to each other.

When they met, they recognized each other.

When I first arrived in the capital and met His Majesty, I had to go to the bank to withdraw money.

Everyone's expressions were a little awkward.
To be continued...