Pingjing in mid-June is the hottest climate of the year, but one of the palaces in the palace feels cool.

A group of palace maids and eunuchs were busy coming and going under the command of the chief supervisor of the Inner Palace.

"Hurry, if there is dust here, wipe it quickly. And here, this flower was sent by some blind person, why are there still dead leaves? " Chen Gong, who used to serve Emperor Yongjia, said with a sharp voice: "The little princess is coming soon, please be careful with me. It's nothing to be lazy on weekdays, if you mess with the little princess..."

"Yes, Eunuch Chen. I'll go and get it now." A little eunuch quickly lifted the flowerpot on the ground and was about to leave.

Chen Gong looked around and said, "Is the ice enough? If it is not enough, hurry to go to the Interior Office to receive it. Your Majesty ordered that the ice in Yongle Palace does not need to be as usual. The princess grew up in the north, so she was afraid that she would not be able to withstand the heat in the south. Don't heat up the princess. If it is not enough, just go to the Interior Office to do so!"

"Don't worry, the ice cellar in Yongle Palace is already full."

"That's right." Chen Gong flicked his sleeves and said, "It's a blessing for eight generations to come here to serve the little princess. You have to cherish your blessings as a person. Only when the little princess is happy will His Majesty be happy."

"Yes, Eunuch Chen."

Chen Gong nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, you can wait with peace of mind. I'll go back and report to His Majesty."

Chen Gong returned to Emperor Yongjia's bedroom, but the room was unpredictable and lively. Since he came to the south, Emperor Yongjia's temper has become a bit strange. Although there are many concubines in the harem, Emperor Yongjia never likes concubines to come to his own bedroom. Even if he is in the fortunate concubine, he will go to the palace of the concubines. When discussing matters, he will go to the imperial study or the main hall of the court meeting. Chen Gong sometimes feels that His Majesty's bedroom is the loneliest and lonely place in the entire palace except for the cold palace.

As soon as I walked in, I saw a group of beautifully dressed women. Although Emperor Yongjia was not young, the concubines in the harem were generally not old now, because all the concubines in the harem were left in the north, and now all these concubines were accepted after they came to Pingjing. However, Emperor Yongjia never enthroned the queen again and even had no imperial concubines. Now the highest-ranking harem were the three most favored concubines in the harem, the fairy concubine Yan, the Lifei Qian, and the Rufei An, and the most favored were Zheng Xiurong and Yu Jieyu. However, the concubines in the harem had nowhere to be of high rank. The high-ranking concubines would not change regardless of whether they were favored or not, but they were no longer interested in competing for favor. Although there were also intrigues in the harem, they were much more stable than when they were in the north.

Today, these concubines gathered here, so Chen Gong naturally knew why.

The entire Pingjing probably knows that Duke Xiangguo is about to welcome the little princess back. Although he is a princess, no one doesn’t know how favored the little princess is just looking at His Majesty’s mobilization. What’s more, even the princess is still His Majesty’s only bloodline now.

If you can sell it well in front of the little princess, you will naturally be more used than anything else.

"Your Majesty." Chen Gong walked to Emperor Yongjia and whispered.

When Emperor Yongjia saw Chen Gong, he immediately asked, "What's wrong with Yongle Palace?"

Chen Gong smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. As soon as Duke Xiangguo left, Lao Nu began to urge the people below to organize the Yongle Palace. If he still couldn't take care of it, it would be the old slave's sin. Lao Nu just went to see it in person and it would be fine."

Emperor Yongjia nodded and said, "Don't worry about doing things. Look at the time... Do you think I should go to the palace..."

"Your Majesty, never." Chen Gong didn't know what Emperor Yongjia wanted to say, and quickly whispered: "Even if Your Majesty is deeply in love, the princess is a junior after all. How can you let Your Majesty greet him personally? If it is spread, it will be bad for the princess."

Emperor Yongjia paused for a moment, frowned and said, "Those old scholars are so troublesome. I and Qing'er are father and daughter, where did they come from so many things?"

Chen Gong sighed in his heart, who said no? I don’t know how many times the court has quarreled over the past few days for the princess to come back. However, His Majesty’s rare toughness this time, so the ministers naturally don’t want to argue with His Majesty for a princess. Anyway, it’s not a major matter related to the country, and the princess cannot inherit the throne. After all, it is Your Majesty’s only bloodline. If you really don’t give your majesty the emperor, the emperor will not be so angry.

But even though those people compromised, they were afraid that they would still be thinking of picking the little princess. Emperor Yongjia originally wanted all the ministers to go out of the city to greet him, but was persuaded by the people around him. In the end, they only photographed two princes and princesses from the Ministry of Personnel, the clan mansion and the royal family to welcome him.

"Report to Your Majesty, Your Highness, Princess, has entered the palace gate." A guard came in quickly to report.

Emperor Yongjia was overjoyed, "Hurry! Move to Dacheng Palace!"

The Xianfei, who was sitting in the guard, stood up and smiled and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you go and welcome the princess?" Although they are all considered the princess' mothers, the princess is the legitimate daughter of the queen after all, and the princess is better than the prince. After returning from thousands of miles, it is reasonable for them to go out to greet her.

Emperor Yongjia looked at Concubine Xian, nodded with satisfaction and said, "You are also considered elders, just go outside Dacheng Palace to take a look. Qing'er is young, so you must take good care of her in the future."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The concubines stood up and responded, bowed and retreated.

Chu Ling followed Duke Xiangguo all the way to the palace. Not far from her were the two princes in the capital, both of whom were the cousins ​​of Emperor Yongjia. Their fiefdom was in the north, and now that the north had no fiefdom, they naturally disappeared. After escaping to the south, they could only live in the capital. In front of them were officials from the Ministry of Personnel and the Zongren Mansion. Jun Wuhuan separated from them after entering Pingjing and did not enter the palace with him.

The imperial palace in Pingjing was originally an open palace. Although it was built extensively after the southbound transition, its size and momentum were far inferior to that in Shangjing. Chu Ling was even used to people with various magnificent buildings, so this small scale naturally could not suppress her.

Looking at Chu Ling's calm appearance, the two princes were a little surprised. After all, I heard that this little princess had been living in Huanyiyuan for a long time, and she was probably not going to live a life in the world in recent years. Not to mention such a girl, even the little princesses of the royal palace, in addition to being ignorant, they would inevitably be nervous when they entered the palace for the first time. This one looked really calm.

Seeing this, the Duke of Xiangguo next to him felt a little proud and said to himself: "If you know what the little princess has done over the years, you are afraid that your chin will drop."

As soon as the group walked outside the Dacheng Hall, they saw a group of young and beautiful women standing outside the Dacheng Hall that was so solemn in the past. Chu Ling strangely discovered that these women actually smiled lovingly at him from a distance. It was hard for them to accurately throw their smiles to her at such a long distance.

As soon as I walked to the stone steps outside the Dacheng Hall, I saw two officials and several eunuchs walking in from inside with bright silk.

"Opinion!"

"I'm kneeling to receive the imperial edict." In front of Dacheng Palace, everyone responded in unison. Chu Ling had to kneel down with Duke Xiang. The people brought by Duke Xiang have also taught Chu Ling the etiquette of Tianqi women these days. Chu Ling has always had a very good understanding, and there is almost no reason that he can't learn unless he was intentional. So in just over ten days, the etiquette of the women in the Tianqi Palace was completely natural for her.

"The Emperor Fengtian Chengyun, and the imperial edict said: The second daughter of the emperor is my legitimate daughter of Empress Zhuangmu. Wanruo, intelligent, benevolent, filial, talented, and harmonious. Now, I have received the blessing of heaven and returned safely. I am pitying him. I specially granted the title of "God's Blessing" to thank the gods and bless my son with good health. I admire this!"

"The Emperor Fengtian Chengyun, and the imperial edict said: I will pray that the gods will bless the princess, my emperor daughter, Xiaohui, and his nature, and his rituals will be given three thousand food fiefs, and all the etiquettes of the princes will be given three thousand guards to protect the princess. I admire this!"

"The emperor of the Heavenly Continuing Emperor, the imperial edict said: The princess, who has returned from the disaster after the disaster, will give her 1,000 gold, 20,000 silver, ten hu of pearls, and jade... She will give her a jade pendant, and exchange her for a jade pendant for her. I respect this!"

"Bow thank the emperor for his kindness."

After three consecutive imperial edicts, both outside the hall and inside the hall were shocked and dizzy. For the ministers in the Northern Jin court, it was less than a month to know that the second princess had found this news. Emperor Yongjia obviously took a lot of effort this time, and it was not until Duke Xiangguo went to Northern Jin to reveal the news. But there was no mention of where the little princess was, what she had been doing in the past few years, how she found it, etc. He also notified the Ministry of Rites's Zongren Mansion and the Imperial Heavenly Prison to choose a title for the princess.

Finally, Emperor Yongjia was not satisfied with the title given by the Ministry of Rites. Now the title was decided by Emperor Yongjia himself.

The court officials did not want to govern the qi for a little princess and the emperor. After all, the most important thing for Tianqi now is not the little princess, but to choose a royal heir from the royal family. After all, Emperor Yongjia is not young and is not in good health. However, Emperor Yongjia is extremely uncooperating with this, but this time he reveals some meaning. As long as the court does not interfere with the little princess' affairs, the royal heir affairs can still be negotiated.

However, even so, in the eyes of the court officials, Emperor Yongjia still gave the little princess a little too much.

There is no problem with the title of the princess, but the fief of three thousand is 3,000, and he can have a personal guard than the prince? How can he be a prince? He is a prince except for the need to be used. Not to mention the last one, what does it mean to exchange a jade pendant for His Majesty’s edict? This is equivalent to giving the princess a blank edict. Who knows what the little princess would use to fill in?

Emperor Yongjia's performance shows that His Majesty attaches great importance to this little princess who returned from the north.

Chu Ling was also a little surprised. The three consecutive edicts did show that Emperor Yongjia attached great importance to Chu Qingyi, the daughter. Chu Ling was not when she first came to this world and knew nothing. She naturally knew the impact of Emperor Yongjia's last two edicts on the ministers in the court. The princess of Tianqi was different from the previous dynasty. The princess had no fief and was raised in the palace since she was a child. After she grew up, she was given a title and a large dowry to marry into a powerful family or a marriage. Basically, she was the golden branches and jade leaves raised by the royal family. Beautiful is beautiful, and there is basically no freedom.

With fief, there are naturally people who need to manage fiefs and industries for the princess, plus three thousand personal guards, which is indeed a standard prince treatment. I just don’t know why the old ministers inside did not object? Chu Ling thought curiously.

"Shen Shen blesses the princess to meet you!"

"Prince Xuanboning and Prince Anxin meet!"

"Duke Xuanxiangguo meets you!"

Emperor Yongjia sat on a high dragon throne, staring at the door of the hall with his eyes tightly. The eunuch who sent the order came from outside, which made the hall look particularly quiet. Yongjia lowered his eyes and looked at the ministers who exchanged their eyes or simply looked at the nose and nose. He thought coldly in his heart: He knew what they were thinking! Perhaps to them, he was not important at all, and it was not important for him to sit on this throne. Some of them wanted to be rich and prosperous for generations, some wanted to be noble and famous for their future generations, and some people only wanted to be safe and stable without facing the blades of the Northern Jin people. As long as they could do this, what does it matter to them who the emperor was?

Since it doesn’t matter who the emperor is, it is naturally even less important whether the emperor has children or blood.

A slender figure appeared at the door of the hall, and Emperor Yongjia's fingers placed on the armrest of the dragon chaise could not help but tighten.

At this time, there were no more and no fewer people in the hall, and it was almost the number of people who were usually held at the court meeting. It was a little far from the hope that all the officials in Beijing from Emperor Yongjia came to welcome the princess to return to the court. Everyone couldn't help but turn around and look at the door of the hall. Among the people coming in from outside, a beautiful girl in light blue clothes was walking in front. She looked sixteen or seventeen years old, with a slender figure, but her appearance was rare exquisite and beautiful. Her expression was faint and her eyes were clear.

Che Mingliang seemed to be able to see the clarity of people's hearts. The old ministers standing in the front row breathed a little relieved. What they were most worried about was that the little princess grew up in the Huayi Garden and then lived outside for a few years, developing some habit of being unable to get on the table. However, looking at the little princess in front of her, she still looked calm in front of so many people, not arrogant or impatient without any fear. Although it was a little cold, it also made people feel as proud as the royal princess.

But... look at Duke Xiangguo who is following the princess. Is this the nature of the princess or the Duke Xiangguo teaches him these days, and you have to look at it again.

"I... I'll bow to your Majesty!" The few people who followed Chu Ling bowed in unison.

Chu Ling hesitated for a moment, but still bowed his body to salute, "Son Master, come to see your father."

"Okay! OK!" Emperor Yongjia looked at the girl in front of him and suddenly turned redder, and he quickly said with a trembling voice: "Hurry, get up! Come and let your father see."

Chu Ling got up after thanking him. Seeing Emperor Yongjia waved to him, he walked towards Emperor Yongjia in the hall. Emperor Yongjia looked at Chu Ling carefully for a long time, and nodded and said, "Duke Xiangguo is right, Qing'er... Qing'er's appearance is very similar to the grandmother of the Duke Xiangguo's mansion back then. Good boy... you are finally back."

Chu Ling looked at the middle-aged man in front of him. Unlike the Northern Jin Emperor, who was still imposing even when he was old and weak, Emperor Yongjia was too gentle and he was actually more like a literary writer than the emperor. Chu Ling could naturally see that his excitement and joy at this time was not fake, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Chu Qingyi suffered so much in Northern Jin Dynasty and finally died without even knowing what the outside world was. Did she know that her father, whom she missed, actually missed her? But... what's the use of this man's love and excitement? He might never know that his two daughters are actually gone.

Qingyi, have you seen it? This is your father.

If the man who abandoned you knew that he still thought about you and wanted to love you, would you be happy?

Seeing that Chu Ling didn't speak, Emperor Yongjia didn't force himself. He just thought that she was not used to it just now, or that she was not familiar with him, the emperor, and still had some barriers. He pulled Chu Ling to his side, looked at His Highness and said in a deep voice: "This is my legitimate daughter, and it is also the only princess who is today - Shenyou."

"I have seen the princess!"

In the hall, everyone worshiped in unison.

Chu Ling looked down at the court officials who were lowered and unable to see their expressions. He smiled faintly and said, "All the ministers are exempted from courtesy."

"Thank you Princess!"

"Okay! OK!" Emperor Yongjia looked at Chu Ling and nodded repeatedly. Although he would love his daughter no matter what she looked like, the daughter in front of him was far better than his expectations. Emperor Yongjia had heard a lot of things happen to her daughter in recent years. Although some things cannot be told to outsiders, Emperor Yongjia felt a little proud in his heart.

If he was a prince, Emperor Yongjia might not be more defensive when he was pleased, but Chu Ling was a princess, a princess who could be pampered and indulged in her heart.

When everyone finished worshiping, Emperor Yongjia whispered: "Good boy, you must be tired all the way back. My father has asked someone to clean up the Changle Palace and then he will be a residence in the palace. You go back and rest first, and when my father's affairs are done, go over to see you. In a few days, I will hold a ceremony of enthronement for you."

Chu Ling nodded, "Thank you, Father."

"Go, I will ask the wife of Duke Xiangguo to wait for you in Yongle Palace in advance. Then I know, please accompany Qing'er back to Yongle Palace."

"I obey the order." Duke Xiangguo said respectfully.

"My son is leaving." Chu Ling walked down from Danbi and with Duke Xiangguo, he withdrew from Dacheng Hall.

The two came out of Dacheng Hall, but the group of beautiful women outside had disappeared. Duke Xiangguo accompanied Chu Ling all the way to the Yongle Palace, and walked along the way to the Yongle Palace while walking, saying, "The Yongle Palace is in the southeast corner of the harem, at the junction of the harem and the outer court. Next to it is the Yongle Gate, which is very convenient to leave the palace. This palace was originally the royal palace of that year, but the Yongle Palace was built after Your Majesty crossed the south. Except for when the news of the death of the first queen, His Majesty lived alone here for three months, no one had lived there."

While enjoying the beautiful scenery along the way and recording the route, Chu Ling asked, "Will I live in the palace all the time in the future?"

The Duke of Xiangguo smiled and said, "Of course not. Although you have not yet got married, you already have a title and fief. According to the rules, you can live outside the palace. After all, it is inconvenient for outsiders to enter and exit the palace. People who manage fiefs for the princess cannot enter and exit the palace at will. Although Yongle Palace is large, it cannot live in the team that a prince should have. Your Majesty has selected the princess's mansion outside the palace and is now being repaired. But the princess is afraid that she will live in the palace recently."

Chu Ling nodded to show that she understood. The princess was anxious to leave the palace and lived alone as soon as she came back. When she saw it, she was afraid that she would think that the princess had complaints about His Majesty.

Duke Xiangguo looked at Chu Ling and said, "Tomorrow, Your Majesty will summon Prince Changli."

Chu Ling frowned slightly, and heard Duke Xiangguo ask: "Princess, do you know the identity of Prince Changli?"

Chu Ling smiled and said, "Did my uncle suspect that Jun Wuhuan has other intentions? Even if my uncle doesn't believe me, he should believe Mr. Huan Yu? He has been with Jun Wuhuan for so many years. Don't he know the origin of Jun Wuhuan?"

Duke Xiangguo snorted, "I would rather believe in him than believe in the princess. Since the princess said that, I will not ask about this matter in the future. But I want to remind the princess that if there is any problem with Jun Wuhuan's identity, it is best to deal with it as soon as possible. At least you should have a response in your heart. Those old men in the court... can be used as an arrow when they catch a chicken feather, and they can exaggerate their words."

Chu Ling nodded seriously and said, "I understand, thank you uncle."

While they were talking, they had already arrived at the gate of Yongle Palace. Yongle Palace was one of the closest palaces to the outer court, not far from Dacheng Palace.

As soon as I approached, I saw that the group of beauties had been waiting at the gate of Yongle Palace. When they saw the two of them coming, they bowed to Chu Ling, "I'm waiting, welcome the princess back to the court!"

Duke Xiangguo was so scared that he quickly avoided it.

Chu Ling also sideways and only received half a treat.

Although Chu Ling is now above these women, they are concubines of Emperor Yongjia after all, and can barely be regarded as half of Chu Ling's elders.

"Everyone... don't have to be too polite." Chu Ling glanced at these women and was sure that he had seen expressions like loving and caring on their faces.

Not... how many years older than her, right?

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