After several days of wandering at sea, the three of them finally returned to the land of Ming Dynasty. The moment they stepped on the ground, a sense of intimacy and security suddenly rose from the bottom of their hearts.
Zhu Hui: "Oirans in the capital! I am back! Alas? Junchen, why are you two so far away from me?"
Xue Hong and Chen Chen saw the people at the port looking at him with disdain, and silently moved away from Zhu Hui again: "Pretend not to recognize him, let's leave quickly."
After returning to the capital, Zhu Hui happily directed the trucks to transport them to his palace. It was all a small amount of money!
However, neither Xue Hong nor Chen Chen directly transported the silver back to the capital. After all, strictly speaking, their home has not been built yet, and they have no place to put the money back, and the capital is not necessarily safe.
Xue Hong: "Don't be silly, Your Highness, let's go to the Palace to meet the Saint first!"
Chen Chen: "Yeah, money can't fly anyway, right?"
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In the palace, a royal guard reported what he saw to Emperor Longqing.
Emperor Longqing touched his beard with his hand, and his eyes suddenly lit up when he heard that Zhu Hui had transported at least ten million taels of silver to the palace.
Emperor Longqing said: "Go to the palace gate quickly and announce the decree. Tell Marquis Bowen and Marquis Ying that they have worked hard on this trip and have made great achievements. They are specially allowed to cultivate for one month and pass through Japan."
Prepare two royal banquets and send them to the houses of Marquis Bowen and Marquis Ying.
Other rewards will arrive soon, and I will not be stingy with the rewards.
By the way, call Prince Fu to me and tell me that the Queen misses him and made him his favorite peach blossom cake."
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When Xue Hong and the others came to the palace gate, they met Xia Shouzhong who came to announce the decree.
Xia Shouzhong: "I have met the prince and the two princes. The emperor has a decree. The two princes have worked hard and have made great achievements. They are allowed to rest for one month and each is given a table for the royal banquet.
Your Majesty, the Queen misses you very much, and has specially ordered a servant to help deliver a message. The Queen has made your favorite peach blossom cake and is waiting for you in the palace."
Zhu Hui's face was filled with emotion: "Mother! (≧ω≦)
So what, Junchen, please go back and rest first! Tomorrow I will bring you the peach blossom cake made by my mother, it is very delicious! I am entering the palace!!"
After Zhu Hui left, Xue Hong and Chen Chen bowed in the direction Zhu Hui left: I wish you good luck...
After all, this is a family matter between Emperor Longqing and Zhu Hui. If I cheat on my son, no one can say anything. Besides, who told Zhu Hui to remember to eat but not to beat?
After receiving the imperial edict, Xue Hong returned to Xue Mansion together with the young eunuch who delivered the imperial meal.
Because I was holding the imperial edict and the royal meal given by the emperor, I had to go through the main entrance.
When the servant responsible for guarding the main gate saw Xue Hong, he immediately opened the main gate and sent someone back to report the news.
"The Marquis has returned home!!"
"The Marquis has returned home from the war!!"
In the backyard, Baochai, who was holding a jade pendant and looking at it, suddenly heard the shouts of his servants, and quickly asked Yinger beside him: "Is it Brother Hong who is back?"
Ying'er listened carefully and nodded: "It is indeed the Marquis who is back."
Baochai quickly put the jade pendant back into her clothes, arranged her clothes, and hurriedly asked Ying'er to see if there was anything wrong with her makeup.
Baochai: "I didn't want to go out today, so I didn't put on makeup. Ying'er, please help me put on makeup."
Ying'er: "A person like Miss, who looks like ice and snow, looks good even without makeup."
It was said to be makeup, but in reality it was just stroking her eyebrows and biting her lips. Because Xue Hong didn't like the strong smell of rouge, Baochai had been vaguely aware of her feelings for Xue Hong since she was eleven years old. , I don’t apply rouge that much.
After Xue Hong entered the house, he first ordered someone to enshrine the imperial edict, and then asked: "Miss, where are the young master...and my wife?"
The servant replied: "Reporting to the Marquis, the young lady is in the backyard, the wife has gone out to offer incense, and the young master is leading the caravan out of the capital."
Xue Hong nodded: "Well, I understand, you can go ahead."
Xue Hong ordered his people to take the imperial meal and the guqin, calligraphy and painting, and was about to go to the back house, but he met Baochai who was walking towards him.
Baochai's eyes were filled with joy and shyness, and she said crisply: "Brother Hong, you are finally back."
Baochai stepped forward and looked at Xue Hong, and grabbed Xue Hong's big hand with his bare hands: "Has Brother Hong been injured here? Is everything going well?"
The moment the palms of the two people touched, Xue Hong felt a smooth and delicate feeling coming from his palms. His heart moved slightly, but he still said calmly: "Don't worry, sister, my brother's trip will go well. Your Majesty remembers my hard work.
I am specially granted a month's leave. Look, this is the royal meal given by His Majesty. My sister will need to eat more in a while."
"Oh! By the way, these are the guqin and calligraphy and paintings found from Japan. This one is Wang Xizhi's second thank you note, and this one is the Bodhisattva's Virgin Sutra. They are all rare masterpieces passed down from generation to generation.
Sister, haven’t you always wanted to learn the guqin? Since my brother has some free time this month, how about using this guqin to teach my sister?”
Baochai didn't know what she was thinking. Suddenly the red clouds smeared her snow-white cheeks, and even her snow-white neck became flushed. She responded softly: "As long as it's Brother Hong's, I... like it.
"
The shy expression, delicate voice, beautiful face, and Baochai's faint body fragrance all stirred Xue Hong's heartstrings.
Lust was aroused because of this. Xue Hong looked at Baochai, who was already standing tall, and was stunned for a moment.
Seeing Xue Hong looking at her blankly, Baochai was surprised and happy. She took Xue Hong's hand and said, "Brother Hong must be tired from thinking about it all the way. I will arrange a banquet to welcome Brother Hong."
Xue Hong came back to his senses, suppressed his emotions, and said with a smile: "It's just my sister's arrangement. I've been traveling all the way for my brother, so I'll go change my clothes first, and then I'll see my sister."
Xue Hong quickly returned to the room and first put incense sticks on Sanqing. At the same time, Xue Hong noticed that there were a lot of incense ashes in the incense burner. Only Baochai took care of his room, so she probably put on the incense.
Thinking of Baochai, Xue Hong couldn't help but recall the scene of that day in his mind.
Xue Hong raised his hand and slapped him: "I'm such a beast!!
No, no, no, no! It’s the reason why the Taoist heart has undergone transformation and calamity. It must be!!”
Xue Hong sat cross-legged on the bed, running the Great Huangting, suppressing the strange emotions in her heart.
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In the palace, Empress Zhu Hui had not yet met, but she met her father, Emperor Longqing first.
Emperor Longqing took him to Queen Yin's place.
The three of them sat together, with some side dishes and fine wine laid out.
Under the coercion and inducement of Emperor Longqing and the coaxing of Empress Yin, Zhu Hui drank several cups in a row and was instantly confused.
Emperor Longqing smiled slightly: "Xiao Liu... did you earn any pocket money during this trip to Japan? Otherwise, I will give you some money?"
Queen Yin: "Yes, although the Queen Mother is in a hurry to repair the palace, she can still come up with some money. Xiao Liu, if you are short of money, you can tell the Queen Mother!"
Zhu Hui was a relatively filial person. When he heard Queen Yin talking about repairing the palace, he immediately patted his chest and said, "It's okay... Queen mother, don't worry, my son is rich again. Let alone repairing the palace, it's okay to build ten or eight more palaces."
!
I will give you the money!"
Emperor Longqing pretended not to believe it: "Nonsense, do you know how much money it costs to repair a palace? Besides, how much money can you get from a trip to Japan?"
Zhu Hui was half confused and didn't want to blurt out: "Hey hey hey! Son, hiccup! I made a little fortune, not much.
I have ten million taels of cash alone, and some antique calligraphy and paintings. Tomorrow my son will pick out some good ones and send them to his mother."
As soon as Zhu Hui said this, Queen Yin was very moved. What a good child, she is always thinking of her.
But when Queen Yin saw the eyes of Emperor Longqing looking at her affectionately, that feeling of guilt disappeared.
The moon is extraordinarily round tonight, and today there is a prince who feels extraordinarily wronged. He was defrauded and robbed by his own parents. Who can I ask to explain to him?