August is coming to an end soon and September is coming.
Xinglan Grand Canal.
As usual, the Grand Canal, which connects the political and economic capitals of Yunhang, is full of boats.
"Look, look!" Someone suddenly shouted in surprise, "Our battleship!"
Others couldn't help but turn their heads and follow his fingers.
I saw two majestic and domineering warships coming from behind their passenger ship.
Huge warships filed one after another, one behind the other.
Under the sunlight at noon, the huge ramming angle of the ship's bow glowed darkly, the complicated trebuchets on the ship, and the many large and small heavy crossbows with claws and claws, which made people dazzled and frightened.
"It's so big, it should be at the battle camp level, right?" Someone couldn't help but exclaimed.
"That's right." Someone has traveled all over the country and has seen a lot, "These are indeed two battle camp-class battleships."
And judging from the ship’s name, it seems that it belongs to Zhennanguan!
Of course, he didn't say this out loud.
"Battle camp level?" Another person subconsciously counted the days, "The Double Ninth Festival is coming soon, the new emperor is about to ascend the throne, and two battleships will appear in the Grand Canal..."
It should be escorting some important person to Beijing.
However, the passengers next to me were ordinary people and not very well-informed.
They whispered to each other for a while and then shook their heads, "I don't know."
cough.
I don't know who coughed lightly.
"Earlier this year, King Ning was crowned king, and the Xinglan Grand Canal also had war camp ships coming in, but there would be three ships."
When this person said this, the others quickly reacted, looked at each other and then closed their mouths.
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Canglan number.
Bang bang bang.
Captain Yi Yuande gently knocked on the middle hatch.
"General Yi?" The voice of Li Hezhu's maid soon came from inside, "Is there something wrong?"
"Miss Wutong," Yi Yuande hesitated, "please tell the concubine that our warship is about to arrive at the canal gate outside Star City."
Under normal circumstances, no warships are allowed to pass through without the permission of Star City.
Otherwise it is considered rebellion.
"I don't know..."
However, before Li Hezhu inside could say anything, his bodyguards ran over.
"General, the flag message is coming from ahead. The patrol camp and Jinlin Guards have dredged the river in the suburbs of Xingji City. Our two ships can pass through the gate and dock at the west pier."
Phew~
"Great." Yi Yuande breathed a long sigh of relief.
Before boarding the ship in Guangxin County, Li Hezhu was pregnant.
After traveling thousands of miles with the ship, I calculated that the time was almost up and I was about to give birth.
Yi Yuande was extremely vigilant now, always paying attention to the weather and the situation around the battleship, and did not even dare to lift or slow down casually, for fear of flashing the future dragon son and dragon girl inside.
If Li Hezhu does something bad, even if he has a few heads, it won't be enough to chop him off.
In the cabin, Li Hezhu struggled to sit upright.
"Wutong, where did the princess get off the boat earlier this year?"
"Be careful, ma'am," Wutong was startled and hurriedly came over to help his master.
She hesitated and said: "When the princess arrived at Star City a few years ago, she seemed to have disembarked from the boat not far ahead."
whee.
Li Hezhu smiled and rubbed his belly.
"Don't worry, I'm fine."
"They didn't go through the canal gate at that time, did they?"
Wutong glanced at Li Hezhu's belly subconsciously and did not dare to answer directly.
"Your Majesty, Princess, the situation is different from yours. Besides, Star City has just sent a signal saying that we are allowed to dock at the West Pier. I guess His Highness is waiting for us at the Pier."
Speaking of Ren Ning, a hint of tenderness flashed across Li Hezhu's face, but she quickly came back to her senses.
"Go tell General Yi and we will disembark in front of the gate."
"This..." Wutong hesitated, unwilling to move.
"You don't want to go? Then I'll go in person." After saying that, Li Hezhu struggled to get up.
Wutong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and quickly held her down.
"Mom, don't move! I'm going, I'm going. I can't go right now."
The little maid went out for a spin and soon alerted the whole boat.
In addition to Captain Yi Yuande, Tieguai Li and Lei Er's wife who were sailing north on the same ship all ran over.
"Old General Li," Yi Yuande looked at Tieguai Li with a troubled expression, "What do you think this is?"
Tieguai Li ignored him, but looked at his granddaughter with worry, "He Zhu'er, the shore is not a regular dock. Can you withstand it?"
"Grandpa, don't worry." Li Hezhu didn't hesitate at all, smiled and nodded, "My granddaughter can do it."
She clasped her fingers with a smile.
"Your granddaughter has never been a proud and spoiled person."
Before Ren Ning moved to Guangxin County, a lot of land in the county belonged to the Li family.
However, the former guerrilla generals, Tieguai Li, Li Hebai and other male protagonists are no longer here.
Every spring plowing and autumn harvest, conflicts between servants and various trivial matters are all decided by Li Hezhu, a girl in the family.
In a county as big as Guangxin, with its mountains and rivers and villages, what place has she not been to?
Not to mention struggling, I never even frowned.
"I know my body well. Even though it's heavy now, it's not like I can't move at all."
What's more, it's just getting off the boat, so it's no problem.
"Secondly, His Highness is now the king of a country. The rules of the country are majestic, and we should abide by them and set an example for the people in the world."
After speaking, Li Hezhu smiled and spread his hands.
If Ren Ning is the same as before, he is not a prince but an ordinary general or even a commoner.
If any rule is broken, it is broken. At worst, you can go home and close the door and not take it seriously.
"third……"
She eloquently explained her reasons, and Yi Yuande and others stopped talking.
Boom.
Tieguai Li hammered the Tieguai in his hand and made the final decision.
"Then disembark in front of the canal lock."
Although Yi Yuande disagreed in his heart, he opened his mouth but no words came out.
"Come here, make all preparations and send orders to Xingji City at the same time. Your Majesty will disembark in front of the canal gate."
"Yes!" Several messengers hurried away.
Not long after, the two warships stopped at the place where Yingpan landed last time.
Yi Yuande did not dare to neglect at all, and made all preparations for everything.
Everyone got off the boat smoothly.
Let alone any surprises, not even a drop of sweat shed on Li Hezhu's forehead.
On the shore, Ren Ning and Lei Er were already waiting with smiles.
Everyone was shocked.
What is Ren Ning’s current status?
That is the emperor who is about to ascend the throne.
He even went out of the city to greet her in person, which shows how much he values Li Hezhu.
"I have met Your Highness."
"Everyone has had a hard time on the road." Ren Ning helped everyone, without any hint of complaint on his face, "Please get back on your feet."
He raised his head and glanced at the sky, "This is not the place to talk. Let's go back home first."
"yes!"
The long motorcade quickly set off, heading towards Star City.
The news that Ren Ning went out of the city to meet Li Hezhu spread quickly in Xingji City.
Someone was about to make a move, but was quickly warned by others.
"The two war camp-level escorts show that the concubine herself is a person who knows how to behave. Even if she is pregnant, she has to disembark in front of the gate. It shows that in her heart, she only wants His Highness's harem to be safe and sound, and she is not arrogant because of her son.
mean."
If someone were to pick them out, they would probably die without knowing how.