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Chapter 1268 Leave it to you

Jiajing said that he had ordered the Imperial Heavenly Prison to choose an auspicious day, which was the second day of the winter month, and it was suitable to relocate and make landfall, so Xu Jin asked Princess Yongfu to move in and avoid dust on this day. However, the Feng Shui master of the Imperial Heavenly Prison seemed unreliable. On the night of the first day of the winter month, the Siberian cold current suddenly hit, the temperature suddenly dropped to freezing point, and cold rain started that night, and fine snow chips floated up the next morning.

Early in the morning of the second day of the winter moon, our Prince Beijing had to get out of the warm bed. Under the urging of a group of beautiful wives, he braved the cold and left the mansion gate and took a carriage to the palace to pick up Princess Yongfu.

When the carriage arrived outside the Cining Palace, the snow not only did not stop, but instead became heavier and heavier. The snowflakes were flying all over the sky, the north wind penetrated the curtains of the sedan chair, and the cold penetrated the bones of the muscles.

Damn, what about the auspicious day of the zodiac? What about the promise to relocate and cause land to be ripped?

While slandering the Feng Shui masters of the Imperial Heaven Prison who pretended to be a ghost, Xu Jin lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, but the wind and snow were "spraying" on his face. He couldn't help but shivered smartly, and quickly wrapped his cloak tightly and stepped off the carriage.

"Prince, the wind and snow are too strong at this moment, hurry up and go into the house to avoid it." An eunuch in charge struggled to hold an umbrella to cover the wind and snow for Xu Jin, while hunching his waist.

Xu Jin nodded and quickly walked into the hall of Cining Palace in the wind and snow. Several young eunuchs immediately rushed forward. Some took the umbrella of the eunuch in charge, some swept away the snow on Xu Jin's body, some brought the stove to keep warm, and some brought warm wine to drive away the cold.

Xu Jin drank the glass of warm wine in one go, and suddenly felt that all the limbs were warm. He returned the wine glass to the little eunuch who was holding the tray and said with a smile: "I recognize you, Xiao Shengzi, right?"

The little eunuch in front of me was the palace servant who was responsible for sending furniture to the dust-retreat that day. His name was Pan Sheng. He had a missing front teeth and was easy to recognize.

The little eunuch said in a panic: "Prince Beijing still remembers his servant."

Xu Jin joked: "Are there any other eunuchs in the palace who lack front teeth?"

The other eunuchs burst into laughter, and Pan Sheng laughed, not embarrassed, but felt a little proud. After all, it was an honor to be joking by Prince Beijing.

Xu Jin smiled and turned around to ask the eunuch in charge: "Eunuch Xia, Mr. Yongfu's luggage must be packed."

The name of this Eunuch Xia is Xia Rengui. Later, he became the chief eunuch who was in charge of the dust-retreatment residence, responsible for the daily management of the place. In addition, the palace also sent twenty palace maids, twenty eunuchs, twenty mothers, and two female officials to serve Princess Yongfu's daily life and food.

Eunuch Xia replied respectfully: "Everything is done, you can leave at any time, but the snow is too strong, so the Queen Mother ordered her to wait until the snow stops before leaving the palace."

Xu Jin nodded and said, "Where is the Queen Mother?"

"Now, Your Highness Yongfu's Xiu Pavilion talks, Prince Beijing will sit in the hall for a while, and then I will go and report it." Eunuch Xia replied.

When Xu Jin heard this, he sat down in the hall, waiting while setting fire. Empress Dowager Jiang and Princess Yongfu were about to part. There must be a lot of personal things to say, and I guess they can't finish talking in a while. Anyway, there is a strong wind and snow outside, so let's wait!

As Xu Jin expected, in Xiu Pavilion at this moment, Empress Dowager Jiang and Princess Yongfu were sitting beside the charcoal fire and looking at each other. Both of them had red eyes. Princess Yongchun next to him also looked reluctant, hugging one of his sister's hands, and said pitifully: "Sister Yongfu, Yongchun can't bear to part with you, otherwise he will leave the palace and live there."

Empress Dowager Jiang wiped the corners of her eyes and scolded: "No, no royal princess who has not left the palace can go out to live."

Yongchun said unconvincedly: "Why can Sister Yongfu be able? It's not fair!"

Empress Dowager Jiang said annoyedly: "Your sister has removed the title of princess. She left the palace to practice because of her fate... She had no choice but to make trouble, do you want to anger your mother to death!"

As Empress Dowager Jiang said, her nose was sore and tears flowed down again. Yongfu's life was too hard. Even if she was born in the imperial family, she would inevitably suffer from worldly rumors. It was a helpless act to cut off her title and become a monk.

Princess Yongchun was crying when she saw her mother crying, and she didn't dare to act rashly, so she quickly lowered her head to accompany her. Princess Yongfu said in tears: "My daughter is unfilial, which makes her mother worried."

Empress Dowager Jiang sighed and comforted her, "Silly girl, it's not your fault. This is all fate. As long as you are well, move out of the palace, then move out of the palace. Don't cry. If you cry, your eyes will not look good. Brother Jin is probably coming soon."

A hint of shyness passed over Princess Yongfu's pretty face, and wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, and said softly: "My daughter will often go back to the palace to visit her mother."

"Well, have you packed up all the things?" Empress Dowager Jiang asked, wiping her tears.

Princess Yongfu nodded, Empress Dowager Jiang held her daughter's hand, and her heart was filled with reluctance.

Princess Yongfu is just Empress Dowager Jiang's second daughter, and her eldest son and eldest daughter both died young. Empress Dowager Jiang, who suffered from the pain of losing her son and daughter, loved her very much for the remaining children, so Yongfu and Yongchun lived in the same room with Empress Dowager Jiang since childhood, and never separated. Now Yongfu is going to leave the palace alone, so where can Empress Dowager Jiang be willing to let her go? What's more, Yongfu was cut off from the princess' title and "becoming a monk", which naturally made Empress Dowager Jiang feel even more distressed.

Just as the mother and daughter were reluctant to part with each other, a female official came in to report: "Qi reported to the Empress Dowager, General Xia is here."

Empress Dowager Jiang said indifferently: "Let him come in!"

Soon, Eunuch Xia was brought in and knelt down through the curtain to salute: "I'm here to see the Queen Mother, Your Highness, Princess!"

"But Prince Beijing has arrived?" asked Empress Dowager Jiang.

"When I go back to the Empress Dowager, it is indeed the King of Beijing who has arrived. I am now waiting in the hall." Xia Rengui replied.

"Well, please ask King Beijing to the warmhouse... Forget it, it's windy and snowy outside, just ask King Beijing to come here. Ai's family has something to tell him." Empress Dowager Jiang said.

Xia Rengui agreed and then stepped back respectfully.

Empress Dowager Jiang glanced at Princess Yongfu with a slightly slight look, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, saying that if the girl was too old, she ordered the palace servants to get hot water to wash it. After all, the mother and daughter had just cried, and their image was a little awkward.

After about two cups of tea, Xu Jin was brought in. At this time, Empress Dowager Jiang and her daughter had washed their faces and sat on the chair outside.

After all, Xu Jin was the prince, so there was no need to kneel down. He bowed to Empress Dowager Jiang, who was in charge and said, "See the Queen Mother, Your Highness, Princess!"

Empress Dowager Jiang smiled and nodded, signaling Xu Jin to sit down.

Xu Jin sat down carefully, and then he had the time to look around and found that the place was decorated very elegantly. There were calligraphy and paintings and embroidery works hanging on the walls, which seemed to be all written by Princess Yongfu.

"It's so cold today. It's wind and snow. I guess I can't stop for a while. Since Brother Jin is here, then chat with Ai's family for a while to relieve his boredom. When the wind and snow stop, he will take Yongfu out of the palace." Empress Dowager Jiang smiled.

"It is my honor to be able to chat with the Queen Mother to relieve my boredom!" Xu Jin's eyes swept quickly and found that Princess Yongfu's beautiful eyes were red. She was obviously just crying, but the charming face with a thin and powdery appearance made her look more delicate and beautiful.

Xu Jin was very eloquent. He chatted with Empress Dowager Jiang for nearly half an hour, and was free and without any pressure. He also made Empress Dowager Jiang happy. The girl Yongchun laughed so hard that she leaned back and forth regardless of her image.

"It's amazing. I don't know where Brother Jin came from so many interesting jokes. The Ai family was almost laughing." Empress Dowager Jiang said with a smile.

Princess Yongfu's beautiful eyes were shimmering, and she cast a grateful look at Xu Jin. With her wisdom and orchid heart, she naturally saw that Xu Jin was trying her best to make her mother happy to relieve the sadness of parting.

However, the promised farewell will come eventually. The snow stopped and the sound of palace servants cleaning up the snow came outside the house.

The old eunuch Hu Dahai coughed lightly and said, "Empress Dowager, the snow has stopped!"

Empress Dowager Jiang sighed and said, "Then let's go, Brother Jin, the Ai family will give you Yongfu."

Xu Jin secretly knelt, and this sounded strange, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Empress Dowager, I will definitely send Your Highness Yongfu safely to stay in the dust and residence."

"Well, go!" Empress Dowager Jiang waved.

"My mother..." Princess Yongfu's nose felt sore and she held Empress Jiang's hand.

Empress Dowager Jiang forced herself to smile and said, "Okay, Escape is not far away, don't make her look like a bride who is out of the woods. When she misses her mother, she will come to the palace."

Princess Yongfu blushed, and her reluctance was diluted a lot. She said in a slight angrily: "What are you talking about by my mother? My daughter is here!"

"Go! Go! It's getting late!" Empress Dowager Jiang urged.

Next, Xu Jin took Princess Yongfu away from Cining Palace, boarded the carriage, and the group left the imperial city in a mighty way. This time he left the city from You'anmen, which was equivalent to telling the world openly that Princess Yongfu became a monk and practiced, and from then on, there was no Princess Yongfu in the Ming Dynasty.

Outside the main hall of Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Jiang watched her daughter's carriage leave, but she still shed tears. Her daughter is already twenty-three years old. How she hopes that today is the day when her daughter gets married. Unfortunately, it is impossible in this life. She can only wait for another year and a half, or even a few years, after the sacrificial ritual, and then marry into the Xu Mansion with a civilian courtesy. It is a pity!

As soon as he thought about this, Empress Dowager Jiang felt even more distressed!

The old eunuch Hu Dahai coughed lightly and comforted: "As long as Your Highness Yongfu is happy, it will be fine. Why should the Empress Dowager be sad? Besides, after Your Highness Yongfu gets what he wants, he can still re-enforce his title."

Empress Dowager Jiang glared at Eunuch Hu and said coldly: "It's not because you, an old man, gave Yongfu the bad idea, that the Ai family has not cured you yet."

Eunuch Hu knelt down on the ground: "I deserve to die for a long time. I watched Your Highness Yong grow up with my own eyes. I can't bear it for a moment..."

Empress Dowager Jiang snorted coldly and said, "Okay, don't come with the Ai family. If you didn't have to give you a discount on your legs for the rest of your life, get up. If Yongfu doesn't live well in the future, be careful with your skin!"
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