231, news from the princess!
In the Tianqi Palace, Emperor Yongjia was reading a book.
There were many blue smoke floating in the exquisite incense burner in a half-person high ground in the center of the spacious hall. Emperor Yongjia leaned on a wide soft couch, holding a book lazy and turning two pages from time to time, but his eyes seemed to fall on the pages. He didn't know whether he was reading or dazed. But no matter what he was doing, no matter what he was doing, the underground palace maids and eunuchs dared to interrupt in the hall. These days, His Majesty was in a bad mood. No matter who rashly came up, he would be troubled and demanded trouble. Because there were many people who were punished, everyone wanted to stay away from this bedroom. Unfortunately, they were the ones who served in front of the emperor were in a way that could not be avoided.
A guard hurried in. As soon as he walked into the door, he saw Emperor Yongjia raise his head and glance at him lightly, but did not ask him what he was doing. The guard clearly saw a little displeasure in His Majesty's eyes, but he could only report, "Report to Your Majesty, Duke Xiangguo is asking for a meeting." There is no way, and he doesn't want to make your Majesty unhappy at this time, but Duke Xiangguo has to repay him. Duke Xiangguo is an important minister of Your Majesty. If they don't repay him now, His Majesty will be in a good mood and they will not be able to bear it.
Emperor Yongjia was stunned, sat up from the soft couch and frowned and said, "Oh? Zezhi is here? Let him come in." Emperor Yongjia casually put the book in his hand aside. He didn't know what Duke Xiangguo came to him for, but he knew that if he hadn't, he would never have entered the palace. Moreover, it seemed that he had heard that he had left the capital two days ago, and had he already returned?"
"Yes, your Majesty."
A moment later, Duke Xiangguo walked in quickly, "I bow to Your Majesty."
Emperor Yongjia waved his hand and signaled that he didn't have to be too polite. He stood up from the edge of the soft couch and said, "I know, what is going on when entering the palace at this time?" Duke Xiangguo glanced at the palace maids and eunuchs around him, pondered for a moment, "I really want to report to Your Majesty, please take your Majesty back."
This request is very rude to a minister, but Emperor Yongjia was not angry. Duke Xiangguo was not only an important minister of Tianqi, but also his brother-in-law. Duke Xiangguo's mansion was always loyal to the royal family. Emperor Yongjia did not mind giving his close ministers some special grace and indulgence. He waved to everyone in the hall and said, "Get back!"
"Yes, Your Majesty." The eunuchs and palace maids in the palace breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly bowed and retreated.
After a while, there were only two people left in the hall. Duke Xiangguo hesitated for a moment and did not rush to speak. Emperor Yongjia looked at him and said, "Don't worry, now there are only me and you here. If you have anything, just say it. Even though there are a lot of spies in the palace, I am not incompetent to let someone eavesdrop in my bedroom openly." Duke Xiangguo nodded silently, looked up at Yongjia for a long time and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, I... Maybe I have found the little princess."
"What?!" Emperor Yongjia's face changed suddenly. He quickly stepped forward and grabbed Duke Xiangguo's sleeve and said, "Are you telling the truth? Where is she?!"
Duke Xiangguo looked at his sleeve that was being grabbed silently. Emperor Yongjia seemed to realize his loss of composure and quickly let him go. However, the trembling corners of lips and the unconcealed excitement on his face were all telling his anxiousness at this time, "Zezhi, where is Qing'er?"
Duke Xiangguo took out two jade pendants from his sleeve and handed them over. Emperor Yongjia grabbed them and held them in his hand and looked carefully. He said excitedly, "Yes... This is something from Qing'er and Lingxi, which I gave them. This jade was personally chosen by me to carve it by the craftsmen in the palace."
These two jade pendants were personally chosen by him when he was given the title of Lingxi. Because there was also a young daughter in a cradle, Emperor Yongjia simply ordered people to carve two jade pendants exactly the same as white jade. One of them was given to the eldest daughter, with her title name engraved on it. The other one was left blank and had only the name engraved. He originally planned to wait for his young daughter to get the title of the title in the future and then someone would be engraved with someone to carve it again. However, before Qing'er had grown up...
Duke Xiangguo lowered his eyes and said, "The princess is still in the north, I am leaving the capital so much for this."
Emperor Yongjia was stunned and frowned and said, "You saw Qing'er? Why didn't you bring her back?"
The Duke of Xiangguo looked at Emperor Yongjia and sighed softly, "Your Majesty has thought about what kind of identity the princess should be when she comes back?" Emperor Yongjia frowned and said, "Of course I am my princess, Qing'er is the daughter of me and the queen. Who dares to say what is the noble status?"
Duke Xiangguo shook his head and said, "Even if Your Majesty believes in the princess, what will the ministers in the court think? Your Majesty, don't forget... The princess has been missing from Huayiyuan for more than three years. Now a person suddenly appears and says he is a princess, so the court officials may not be able to accept it."
Emperor Yongjia snorted lightly and stared at Xiangguo and said, "Are you sure... she is really Qing'er?"
Duke Xiangguo took out a scroll and spread it. The painting was a bright girl wearing a light blue dress. Duke Xiangguo asked, "This is the princess, Your Majesty looks familiar?" Emperor Yongjia said, "It looks like... the old lady of Duke Xiangguo's mansion."
Although Emperor Yongjia had never seen the old lady of the Xiangguo Duke's Mansion when she was young, he had seen the portrait of the old lady when she was young in the ancestral hall and study room of the Xiangguo Duke's Mansion. The girl in the picture of the old lady in the picture is at least 70% or 80% similar to the old lady when she was young.
"Really... it's Qing'er..." Emperor Yongjia couldn't help but blush his eyes, "Zezhi, you go to the north again. You must... be sure to bring Qing'er back! Tell her, don't be afraid... I will definitely let her return to the palace with glory and become the most noble princess of Apocalypse!"
Duke Xiangguo shook his head and smiled, "I think the princess doesn't feel scared. Does Your Majesty know...what does the princess have in the north?"
Emperor Yongjia was stunned, "What's the identity?" He knew that Qing'er had been missing in the north for two or three years, but he still didn't know what she had been doing in the past two or three years. He knew this, Qing'er had done a lot of things in the past two or three years?
Xiangguo is fair, "The princess is what my ministers mentioned earlier... Emperor Beijin, a disciple of Tuoba Xingye, was named General Wu'an, and... she is also a young general of the Jingbei Army of Xinzhou."
"What?!" Emperor Yongjia was shocked. Duke Xiangguo stared at his expression carefully, but did not see any unhappy expression in his eyes. In addition to being shocked, he was purely happy. He was like an ordinary father who was happy for his children. Then he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but Duke Xiangguo thought about it and did not say that Chu Ling was still an assassin of the Northern Jin Emperor. Emperor Yongjia seemed very happy, "Qing'er is so powerful, no wonder he could escape from a place like Huanyiyuan. Good... OK!"
"His Majesty?"
Emperor Yongjia said, "I know, I will pick you up as soon as possible! I will solve the problem of my identity!"
The Duke of Xiangguo nodded and said, "I obey my order. Report to Your Majesty, I have also met Yan Ling, the lord of Cangyun City, this time I went to the north, and he proposed..."
Cangyun City has 250,000 elite soldiers, divided into four battalions and the personal military camp directly led by the city lord. This is already the limit of the soldiers and horses that Cangyun City can afford. In fact, if Lingxiao Commercial Bank had not been able to spread all over the world, it would be difficult to bear some soldiers and horses. After all, Jun Wuhuan could not have allowed the people in Cangyun City to bear unbearable taxes just to support a large number of soldiers. Even if they could barely support more soldiers, it would have caused unstable rear areas.
On this day, Jun Wuhuan took Chu Ling to the army for a rare time. The first stop was Zhuque Camp, which was located nearest to Cangyun City. Yu Fanzhou, the leader of the Zhuque Camp, is the youngest among the four main generals in Cangyun City, and is only one or two years older than Jun Wuhuan. The generals under his command are also younger, giving people the impression of a vibrant and energetic army. Chu Ling has read the battle report in Jun Wuhuan's study and the Zhuque Camp has achieved considerable results in Cangyun Fourth Camp.
Jun Wuhuan brought Chu Ling in and agreed, which naturally attracted a lot of people to watch and whisper. The news in the army spread very quickly, so almost all the Cangyun Army knew that the city lord brought the future city lord's wife back. Now that he saw that the city lord actually took a girl to the military camp, the soldiers naturally immediately guessed that this was their future city lord's wife.
"The City Lord's Lady is so beautiful." Someone whispered, but the person next to him knocked his head hard, "I'm afraid of life? The City Lord's Lady dares to discuss it too?" The person who was beaten was full of grievances and rubbed his head and said, "I'm telling the truth."
"..." means that you can't tell the truth casually.
Chu Ling was a little excited about Jun Wuhuan. She also followed Tuoba Xingye to the army of the Clan, but it was completely different from now. She was not a member of the Clan, and she had opened the back door for Tuoba Xingye's sake. Naturally, she could not walk around in the army. Even if she could walk and see the place where she could see, the soldiers looked at her with vigilance and alertness. It was completely different from the relaxed and comfortable feeling in Cangyun's army.
Yu Fanzhou received the news and hurriedly brought people to greet him, "I have met the city lord, Miss Ling."
Chu Ling smiled slightly and said, "General Yu, you have come here to disturb me." Yu Fanzhou bowed and said, "Miss Ling is so serious, City Lord, please come and ask me inside." Chu Ling said, "General Yu, you must still have to discuss matters. Can I take a look in the army?" Yu Fanzhou smiled and said, "Of course." After that, he recruited a young lieutenant to lead the way for her, and then asked Jun Wuhuan to take charge of the account.
In fact, Jun Wuhuan never avoided Chu Ling when discussing matters, but Chu Ling rarely interrupted these things. After all, she was not the real city lord's wife, and it was uncomfortable to point fingers at Cangyun City just now. Just like Jun Wuhuan rarely took the initiative to ask about the Jingbei Army when he was in Wei County.
The young captain who was sent by Yu Fanzhou as a guide was a little shy, but he led Chu Ling through all the troops and spoke very carefully. It can be seen that he is not a person who is clumsy in words. Chu Ling guessed that this is because of his identity, so he feels a little embarrassed.
Chu Ling looked at the young captain with some amusement and said, "What do you call the young general?"
The captain quickly waved his hand and said, "Husband...uh, Miss Ling is polite. Just call Wang Su and Miss Ling's name."
Chu Ling nodded and said, "Is the Wang Jiawei's family from Cangyun City?" Wang Su nodded and said proudly, "Yes, my subordinates were born in Cangyun City since childhood, and when they became adults, my subordinates joined the city lord." Chu Ling smiled and said, "Wang Wang is so blessed." For ordinary people in this era, being born in the south should be better than being born in the north, and the people born in the north should be better in the area of Cangyun City than elsewhere. At least over the years, Jun Wuhuan has not allowed the people of the Cangyun City to disturb the peace of the people near Cangyun City.
Wang Su grabbed her head and smiled, "I also think Miss Ling's words make sense, thanks to the city lord. If the city lord hadn't been in charge here, my subordinate might be just a street peddler now."
"It's good to be a peddler, it's too dangerous on the battlefield."
Wang Su said, "I have two brothers and a younger brother in my family. Even if anything happens, I am not afraid that no one will support my parents. Now that I am in the army, one person’s military salary is enough for our whole family. Therefore, my subordinates still think it’s better to stay in the army."
Chu Ling nodded with a smile, "Then I wish Captain Wang a promotion as soon as possible." After chatting with Chu Ling, Wang Su gradually put aside her original restraint and became more and more talkative. After all, she was a young man, and she regained her nature and seemed to be quite energetic. Chu Ling supported him and listened to interesting things in the army. Even though she grew up in the army, she often contacted soldiers after working in the local area. Now she naturally feels very friendly when seeing these.
Wang Su felt that this future city lord's wife was not as noble as other ladies, so noble that she seemed to be like ordinary people on the ground. She was also very knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and she could take whatever he said.
Wang Su was about to take Chu Ling to the school ground when he heard a noise outside the camp gate. Many soldiers were running towards the gate. Chu Ling was a little surprised. "What's going on at the gate?"
Wang Su was also a little puzzled. He grabbed a soldier from the side and ran past him and asked, "What happened outside?" The city lord's wife was in chaos when she first arrived at the Zhuque Camp. What a moral!
The soldier obviously knew Wang Su and said, "Person Wang, the grandson of Baihu Camp is here to provoke again. Go and have a look!"
"What?!" Wang Su, who was still whispering to others, was immediately exploded when she heard this, and she was about to rush out after she was beaten back. Fortunately, she remembered that he still had the responsibility, so she stopped after taking two steps and looked back at Chu Ling with some embarrassment. Chu Ling smiled indifferently, "It's okay, if Captain Wang has something to do, go and do it first. I'll go and see what's going on together."
Seeing that she was not angry, Wang Su breathed a sigh of relief and soon became nervous again, "Ling, Miss Ling is going to see it?"
Chu Ling said, "Is it not convenient for me to go and see?"
"Or, not." Wang Su thought about it, but did not come up with a legitimate reason to refuse, so he had to say, "Please, Miss Ling." While walking outside, Chu Ling asked, "Will the people from the White Tiger Camp come to Zhuque Camp to cause trouble? Do General Yu know?"
Wang Su said a little embarrassedly, "Actually it's not a cause of trouble, it's just... The people from the White Tiger Camp like to come to us to compete from time to time. The two families are close together. Recently, General Chen from the White Tiger Camp heard that many archers have been trained, and he has come to us to compete with arrows every day!"
Chu Ling couldn't help but smile, and seeing Wang Su's expression was obviously not just an arrow. He raised his eyebrows and said, "You guys won't bet again, right?"
Wang Su's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly looked around and said, "Miss Ling, this..."
Chu Ling smiled and said, "Understand, it's a little gambling to enjoy your feelings, just don't go too far."
Wang Su had a bitter face. Of course he knew that the little gambling was happy. The problem was that the grandsons of the White Tiger Camp were unwilling to forgive. If they didn't continue, wouldn't they admit defeat? A man can cut off his head and he can't let his face go away, but he must not lose his face.
Chapter completed!