The war was finally over and he could go home. He hoped that there would be enough time to catch up with the birth of his child.
Just thinking about family reunion makes him want to spread his wings and fly back.
At this time, Mr. Qin walked over slowly and handed him a letter: "Your Highness, there is a letter from the princess."
Yan Ling took it in confusion: "Didn't I just send one? Why is there still one?"
Mr. Qin smiled and said: "This letter was delivered by the princess' subordinate."
Yan Ling realized something and opened it to read the letter.
In the first letter, Xu Yin normally wrote about his longing, his own situation, his family, and finally expressed his wish for him to return to Beijing as soon as possible.
But in this letter, she told him to take his time on the road and that it would be best to wait for half a month before returning.
Yan Ling was stunned and looked at Mr. Qin: "Is there something private about you that I don't know about?"
"Something happened in Beijing." Mr. Qin said implicitly, "The princess thinks she has some arrangements."
"What?"
Mr. Qin briefly explained the matter.
Yan Ling was angry: "Who is making trouble? Do you want to deliberately provoke a fight between me and eldest brother?"
Mr. Qin did not argue, he just said: "Your Highness, don't worry, the princess and the Duke of Chu are here, they will take care of it."
Yan Ling took a few steps in the tent and said hesitantly: "But Ayin's delivery date is approaching. In another half month, she might give birth..."
Yan Ling already felt very guilty for not being able to stay with her when she was pregnant. If he couldn't even make it back to give birth, then he would be such a bastard. A woman's childbirth is a death sentence. No matter how healthy she is, how can she not be afraid?
No matter how many people are around, they can't replace him.
Mr. Qin said: "It's easy. Your Highness can take the first step and rush back as quickly as possible."
Huh? Didn't you say you were delaying time? Yan Ling was stunned for a moment and suddenly realized: "You mean, I pretended to return to the DPRK with the army, but in fact I changed my disguise and returned to Beijing early?"
Mr. Qin smiled and nodded: "In this way, the princess's arrangements will not be ruined, and His Highness can return to Beijing earlier. It's the best of both worlds."
"That's what you said." Yan Ling became more and more concerned about returning home, and turned around to continue packing her luggage, "Then I will leave tomorrow, and leave this place to Xue Yi. You guys put your posture in order and then return to the court."
Mr. Qin cupped his hands and said, "Yes."
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The carriage swayed and stopped at the market. The driver announced outside: "Master, Phoenix Town has arrived."
Uncle Dong Guo got up and got out of the car. He was hit by the cold wind and shivered.
He rubbed his hands and complained in a low voice: "Why is it so cold in the countryside? It's not October yet!"
The attendant smiled and said: "Master, this Phoenix Town is at the foot of the mountain, so it is naturally colder than the city. How does that poem say, how many months in the world..."
"The beauty of April in the human world is gone, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are beginning to bloom."
"Yes, yes, that's it! It can be seen that it is colder in the mountains. It's easy to live in the summer, but it's miserable in the winter."
Dong Guojiu raised his head and looked over. The pedestrians coming and going in the market were all shrinking and folding their hands, and he couldn't help but sigh.
I remember that the Liu family loved ostentation at the beginning, and all the young ladies in his family spent extravagantly. I didn't expect that they would be suffering in this place now.
And the reason why he found this place so quickly was because of the clues provided by Emperor Mingde. For this reason, Dong Guojiu felt more and more suspicious of his intentions.
The person who lives in Fenghuang Town is an old man from the Shu branch of the Liu family, who lives right next to the market.
When Uncle Dong Guo arrived, he heard shouts and curses coming from inside: "Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat every day, but you don't know how to do any work. Do you think you are still the boss of a rich family? If you don't work, you will have nothing to eat!"
Go and dig up the vegetable patch!"
After a while, a man with a frown and a frown came out of the room. He was in his thirties, fair-skinned, and quite delicate. Although he was dressed in shabby clothes, at first glance, he looked very different from a farmer in the countryside.
He picked up the hoe in the corner and saw Uncle Dong Guo before he left the yard. He couldn't help but be startled.
"you……"
Uncle Dong Guo raised his hand and bowed: "Your Excellency, are you the ninth master of the Liu family?"
The man's first reaction was to hold the hoe in front of him in a defensive posture: "You, who are you? The new dynasty has been established, the emperor has granted amnesty to the world, and our family is no longer a sinner!"
Uncle Dong Guo recalled the situation reported by his entourage and understood his reaction very well. When the false emperor seized the throne and Concubine Liu escaped from the capital, the Liu family was confiscated and exterminated. This Jiulang of the Liu family usually lived and drank, but happened to stay in a brothel that day.
He escaped. He hid in the countryside in a hurry and quickly spent all the money he had. Fortunately, he had a good fortune and was spotted by a widow, so he found a place to stay.
Uncle Dong Guo showed a kind smile and said: "Master Liu Jiu, don't worry, I'm not here to cause trouble."
Liu Jiulang stared at him for a while before relaxing a little: "Then you are..."
"I am a businessman. In the early years, I was a matchmaker with the seventh master of your family and made a big business, which made me rich. Now that the world is at peace, I moved to the capital. I heard that the Liu family was in trouble, so I asked for clues and came to find the seventh master.
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"Really?" Liu Jiulang was surprised, "I have never heard Brother Qi say this."
Dong Guojiu smiled and said: "I guess to Mr. Liu Qi, this is just a trivial matter, right? When we met in the Washili, we almost fought over a piece of clothing. We wouldn't know each other if we didn't fight. Oh, I remember that guy
The first name of the businessman is Zhu, and his name is Rong Niang."
Zhu Rongniang, Liu Jiulang really remembers this person. She was indeed a famous oiran in her early years, but by the time he wandered around Hongfenzhen, Zhu Rongniang was already old and had turned a good deed.
The familiar figure made Dong Guoshu's words more credible. Liu Jiulang asked him: "How did you find me?"
"It's what the madam from Yanxia Pavilion said." Uncle Dong Guo replied calmly, "I gave her a hundred taels, and she said you hid in the vegetable delivery car and escaped. The vegetable farmer lives in Fenghuang Town."
Liu Jiulang scolded the madam, luckily no one found out about Yanxia Pavilion at the time of the false emperor, otherwise his head would have fallen to the ground long ago.
"Then what do you want?" He looked at the glamorous Uncle Dong Guo, a trace of greed flashed in his eyes, "Since my seventh brother has been kind to you, will you repay the favor?"
Uncle Dong Guo did not disappoint him, and motioned to the attendants behind him to present gifts: "Firstly, I want to inquire about the seventh master from the ninth master, and secondly, I want to repay the kindness a little."
Liu Jiulang couldn't wait to take the gift, opened the gift box in front of them, saw the gold and silver inside, quickly glanced at the room, and eagerly stuffed the things into his arms.
As soon as they finished stuffing, a tall woman came out of the house and shouted: "Who are you talking to when I ask you to come out to work?"
Then when she saw Dong Guojiu and his party, the woman stopped talking and asked doubtfully: "Are you..."
Liu Jiulang covered the gold and silver in his arms and started talking: "This is my old friend, he came to rescue me from the prison! Wei, listen, you are overbearing and have no womanly virtues. I will divorce you today."
You, we have nothing to do with each other from now on!"
The woman was furious: "What do you say, Liu? If I hadn't taken you in, you would have starved to death on the streets! You have been eating my food and drinking my food for the past two years, and you still dare to call me overbearing?"
Liu Jiulang didn't dare to argue with her, so he quickly pulled Uncle Dong Guo away. Anyway, with these gold and silver, he could buy another property and marry a yellow girl again!
The woman yelled from behind: "You have sores on your head and pus on your feet. Your conscience has been eaten by a dog! You have eaten for free for two years and turned your back on me. If you want to divorce me, I will divorce you!"