Ren Ning hardly talked about the affairs of the Grand Master's Mansion, and Ying Pan Lan Xin Hui never asked about it, so he didn't know much.
After watching the victorious team walk away amidst cheers and applause, she turned back with satisfaction and asked, "Who is the girl?"
Ren Xi hurriedly took off her veil and introduced herself.
"So it's my sister...you!" Yingpan smiled and nodded.
After all, she was Ren Ning's half-sister, and she didn't refuse anyone thousands of miles away.
As the saying goes, a sister-in-law is like a mother, so Yingpan chatted pleasantly for a few words, invited Ren Xi to visit her in the future, and then happily returned home with Ji Xiang.
The triumphal procession entered the city, went to the Ancestral Temple to offer sacrifices to heaven, and presented prisoners to the emperor. If there was no banquet in the palace, Ren Ning could almost go home.
She had to go back and get something delicious first.
Ren Xi opened her mouth, but no words came out.
Qiu Jue behind him became anxious and reminded in a low voice: "Girl, you will be able to get haircut in a few days."
Ren Xi glanced at her maid.
In March last year, Qiu Jue wrote a letter in her own voice, and Ren Ning, who was in the Rock Frontier Fortress, asked for leave. Now that Ren Xi is about to get pregnant, she doesn't have the courage to invite her again.
On Zhuque Street, Ren Ning and others continued to go to the imperial city amidst the cheers, screams and applause of the people.
snort!
A disdainful snort came from the high-rise building on the roadside.
"The sage has a saying, everything is inferior, only reading is good. They are just a bunch of reckless men who only know how to fight and kill. There is nothing to praise."
"If there are no capable ministers in the court who have saved such a large foundation for the empire, what will they use to fight the war?"
Sun Ye quickly opened his fan to cover his mouth, turned around and said with a smile: "Brother Chi, do you think so?"
After glancing at the fan, the boy next to him lowered his head deeply.
Sun Ye's front teeth were knocked out by Ren Ning last year. Now just opening his mouth would affect the appearance of Star City, so he had no choice but to abandon the long sword studded with gems and instead wear a fan to cover it from time to time.
"Third Young Master is absolutely right." Chi Zhongyu nodded with a complicated expression.
The number one scholar lost his father when he was young and his family was poor. He studied hard for ten years and no one asked him, and he became famous all over the world in one fell swoop.
After three days, Chi Zhongyu couldn't help but feel a little intoxicated by the life of being entertained everywhere.
At this time, I heard a burst of screams and applause outside, and looked at the flowers petals scattered by the girls outside the window. Everything seemed to be more lively than when he was parading through the streets three days ago.
Chi Zhongyu felt a little unclear in his heart.
"Ignore those guys with their heads tied to their waistbands." Sun Ye sat down carelessly: "They say there are thousands of books inside and thousands of cups of wine outside. Come on, let's keep drinking."
"The amber that costs thirty taels a jar is thick, and it tastes pretty good."
Chi Zhongyu sighed.
Prices in the imperial capital are high. The average living expenses for a family of five only cost a dozen taels of silver a year, but they have three jars of this kind of food in front of them. It can be said that one meal consumes several years of living expenses for the common people.
Moving the exquisite wine jar, he couldn't help but feel: "It is indeed a good wine."
"Every time you taste it, it gives you a different taste. It's like a young woman with ever-changing personalities, sometimes crazy, sometimes poetic; sometimes shy, sometimes charming..."
Sun Ye listened patiently.
He laughed heartily: "As expected of the number one scholar, he can even taste so many flavors in wine. For me, Sun San, there is only one sentence: this wine is worth the price."
hehe.
Chi Zhongyu's eyes flickered and he tried his best to smile in response.
If you win the top prize, you can't run away as a Hanlin Academy editor. But if you want to continue to advance, you still have to find a big tree first.
Behind the Sun Ye in front of him is Chengen's Mansion and the Empress, which is a good choice.
Ren Ning didn't know what was going on upstairs in Gao Sheng and did his job conscientiously.
When it was time to prepare to hold up the lanterns, the cumbersome triumphal ceremony was finally over.
The palace did not hold a banquet on the grounds that it was getting late, the journey was long, and the soldiers were tired.
When the Minister of Rites and the Ministry of War learned about this, they both became dark-faced.
Fan Wen walked over and bowed: "Your Majesty, as the ancient etiquette goes..."
Emperor Changxing didn't wait for him to finish, and quickly passed the blame to the Minister of Hubu: "This is arranged by the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. I have been busy with state affairs recently, and I just learned about the banquet."
"There's something going on at home, veteran. Let's take the first step." Qian Liang decisively turned around and left.
He walked in such a hurry that even the young and fit Minister of War, Guanyi, could not catch up for a while, let alone the old and decrepit model.
Ren Ning didn't know the situation of the big guys, so after muttering a few words about Emperor Changxing's stinginess, he happily walked to Yong'an Hutong with Lei Er and Xiao Gang.
Li Hebai caught up with him on horseback: "Old Ren, you don't mind if I come to your house to bother you for a while."
"Welcome," Ren Ning smiled and nodded, "There are many rooms in our house, so feel free to live wherever you like."
This time the prisoners are escorted back to the capital, and Ren Ning and others will not be able to leave Xingji City for a short period of time.
Because it takes time to verify military merit, confer knighthood on soldiers, or to try Nanfeng's case.
Although soldiers like Li Hebai and others whose families were in other places had their own accommodation arranged by the Ministry of War, it was not as comfortable as staying at a friend's house.
"It's a pity that your sister has left Xingji City and returned to Nanshu City some time ago. Otherwise, you siblings would have met at my house."
"Ah?" Li Hebai was surprised, "Why does my sister live in your house?"
Although his home and Zhennanguan are both in Guangxin County, Li Hebai rarely goes home to visit relatives.
He could only know the situation at home through letters. He only knew that Li Hezhu was planning to do a big business in Beijing's capital city a few years ago.
As for whom we were doing business with and what kind of business we were doing, the letter did not say.
It can be said that Li Hebai knew nothing about the situation at home.
"Old Bai, don't you know anything?" The closer he got to home, the prouder Xiao Gang became.
He said: "The rubber shoes and raincoats purchased from Zhennanguan are our business."
Li Hebai was stunned. It took him a while to react, and he quickly gestured: "Who are we?"
Seeing that he really didn't know anything, several people had no choice but to explain in detail. Li Hebai's face was speechless.
As a leading general, purchasing logistics equipment has never been his business. As a result, after using the raincoat and rubber boots for so long, Li Hebai realized that they were his own items.
But this is a good thing.
At least the eldest sister no longer has to worry about money.
"It seems that the commanders of the four counties of Baihua Canglan later ordered some raincoats and rubber shoes?"
Ren Ning nodded: "When we attacked Song Dingcheng, several county lieutenants saw with their own eyes that the raincoats could protect against boiling water and gold juice, and the rubber shoes could protect against tribulus, and they were all moved. So each county ordered a batch."
"That's great." Xiao Gang excitedly punched his palm and stared at Ren Ning closely: "Then the report to His Majesty and the Ministry of War must contain this aspect."
Ren Ning understood what he meant and nodded with a smile: "Yes. And General Wei wrote it in great detail."
Presumably orders will come in like snowflakes in the future.
Yong'an Hutong is not far from Miyagi City, and we arrived there within a few words.
"Mother!"
Xiao Gang suddenly waved his hand vigorously forward.
Ren Ning and others looked up.
The door to Zhongyongbo's Mansion has long been opened, and the high threshold has even been lowered.
Madam Liu Wan and the frail Crown Prince stood at the door with their servants, stretching their necks and looking out.
The handsome horses of several people were all smart, and they all started trotting happily. After a while, they arrived at the gate of Zhongyongbo's mansion.
Xiao Gang got off his horse, fell to his knees, and kowtowed to Liu Wan several times.
"Mother, the child is back."
"It'll be good to come back safely, it'll be good to come back safely."
Liu Wan quickly picked up her son and looked him up and down.
Seeing that there was nothing unusual about him except that his face was darkened and there were a few scars on his hands, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
When the team entered the city before, Liu Wan, like Ying Pan, also took her maid to watch.
It was just that the distance was too far and most of the soldiers were uniformly dressed, so she couldn't see clearly. Only when Xiao Gang was actually standing in front of her did she feel that her son was really back.