Whether it is spring, summer or autumn or winter, the mighty canal is very busy with boats coming and going.
However, the broad river surface felt a little lonely at this time.
There are sailing ships on it, but they are three war camp class ships.
This kind of war weapon, which was specially designed for naval battles, appeared in the canal at this time.
For a time, the wide river became a little narrow.
Other merchant ships and passenger ships watched from a distance and did not dare to approach for a while.
Nanshu.
Captain Fei Dahai looked up at the majestic Star City in front of him and breathed a long sigh of relief.
The journey to escort Princess Ning was long. Although there were occasional wind and rain, the journey was relatively calm. At least there was no assassination or anything like that as expected.
Finally, they arrived at Star City in front of them safely.
"Empress." Fei Dahai came to the outside of Yingpan's cabin and said respectfully: "Ahead is the canal gate of Xingji City. Without permission, I will not be able to drive the warship through."
If the battleship is driven to the foot of Star City without authorization, or even reaches the east or west pier, it is almost tantamount to rebellion.
Yingpan walked out and nodded in understanding.
"Thank you for your hard work all the way. Let's just let the battleship dock and let us go."
"Yes!" Fei Dahai agreed, "It's not hard, this is what we should do."
Before they set off, Yuan Xingwen had repeatedly warned Fei Dahai and others to ensure that the princess and her entourage arrived at Star City safely and smoothly.
They have issued a military order and will certainly carry it out.
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The three battle camp-class ships quickly approached the shore, and then lowered their boats to form a pontoon.
Yingpan and others got off the boat one by one.
call.
Ji Xiang let out a long breath.
"It feels better to be down-to-earth."
These days of wandering on the sea have been hard on the maid from the grassland.
Jixiang was so shaken by the sea water that he almost couldn't eat, and he felt sick from hunger.
Ha ha.
The others laughed and stamped the ground beneath their feet, all of them feeling the same way.
"elder brother!!"
As soon as Miao Dong helped his sister-in-law get off the boat, he kept pulling his neck and looking around.
After a while, she found Miao Xia, who was also looking forward to it.
The brother and sister had not seen each other for more than two years. In her excitement, she could not remember any polite etiquette and quickly waved and shouted.
Why!
Miao Xia responded, squeezed past the guards and hurried over.
After approaching, he ignored his sister and bowed respectfully to Yingpan and the housekeeper Zou Dahe first.
"Princess, Uncle Zou, you are finally back. You had a hard time on the road!"
Yingpan was also a little seasick and could only smile.
"Long time no see! Miao Xia has grown up and knows more and more about etiquette."
"Very good. It seems that all these years of lessons have been paid off."
Zou Dahe next to him remained silent, but his heart was full of emotions.
They are indeed back, and their identities are quite different.
It is no longer the ordinary fifth-grade general's mansion in the past.
Now, no matter where they go, people look up to them.
Recalling that when he left Xingji City and headed south, Zou Dahe only knew how to follow his master, and even if he died, he wouldn't even think about this day.
Things are really unpredictable.
"There are a lot of people here, so it's better for the princess to go to the city first," Fei Dahai said.
He arranged everything for the three battleships and brought a team to follow.
Although Yingpan has a huge escort team, and they are all veterans from the Starfall Legion, their strength is extraordinary.
But Fei Dahai and the others were also part of the escort team, so they would naturally send Buddha to the West.
"That's right!" Everyone agreed, "Go home first, and we'll talk about the rest later."
As they were talking about going home, however, after the convoy entered Xingji City, it did not go towards the General's Mansion in Yong'an Hutong, but instead turned a corner and entered the magnificent Prince Ning's Mansion.
At the gate of the palace, the high threshold has been removed early.
Not too many but definitely a lot of slaves were waiting outside the door.
Seeing the long motorcade approaching, they all bent down to salute and respectfully said: "Welcome the princess and the prince to return home."
Yingpan ignored them and the car stopped when it approached the hanging flower door of the back house.
"Steward Zou, please get some more money and prepare some food for the brothers in Zhennanguan later."
Zou Dahe quickly responded.
Fei Dahai sent the people to the palace. For the sake of leisure and not to block the canal, he would soon leave by boat.
They will continue heading north and eventually meet up with Li Hebai's Zhennanguan Fleet.
After a while of settling in, it was already evening.
Yingpan was teasing her newly awakened son when Jixiang hurried in.
"Princess, someone has come to the clan residence and is waiting in the front hall right now."
"Are you in such a hurry?"
Yingpan blinked and subconsciously glanced in the direction of the palace.
"Come on, let's meet these members of the royal family."
The group carried Ren Zhan to the front hall.
A long line of elders from the Chen clan came to the hall, all with gray hair and four-clawed golden dragons painted on their collars.
"Princess," Zou Dahe came over to introduce her, "This is the Zongling of the Clan's Mansion. He is responsible for compiling the royal jade plate and registering the names of the children of the clan."
"I have met Lord Zongling."
Ha ha.
The old man laughed heartily, "We are all one family, why should the princess be so polite?"
As he said that, he quickly glanced at Yingpan, and then his eyes fell on Ren Zhan beside her.
"This must be Prince Ning's son. As expected, he was born with a tough head and a tough head, quite like his father, Prince Ning..."
The old man kept spouting compliments.
Because he was talking about his son's good words, he listened patiently, and then he realized that none of the old man's words were repeated.
He is indeed a talent.
cough.
A long time passed.
Zou Dahe couldn't help coughing and interrupted the Zongren Mansion Zongling who was talking in full.
"Lord Zong Ling, my princess has just returned to Beijing. You see, it is more than ten thousand miles from Guangxin County to Xingji City..."
So, you bad old man, stop nagging and get down to business.
Zong Ling's face froze, and he looked at the expressionless Ying Pan, but he didn't dare to waste any more words.
He took the huge yellow book from the clan elder behind him and flipped it carefully.
The Chen family has many descendants for more than 600 years. It took a long time to find the name of Emperor Changxing after searching through the family order.
After mumbling some auspicious words, he added the words "Nine Sons Chen Xiuning" below.
Before he finished writing Ren Ning's name, Zong Renling asked Ying Pan a few questions in detail.
For example, her name, birthday, the date of their marriage, the name of her father-in-law, etc., and finally the eldest son Ren Zhan and his date of birth.
After registering all this, half an hour has passed.
The elder of the clan behind him took out two royal jade pendants and respectfully handed them to Ying Panyi Renzhan.
"My Lady, this is the identity jade pendant for you and the Crown Prince. You must not give it away casually. If it is lost or damaged, you must report it to the clan office in time for a replacement."
"good!"
Yingpan looked over and over to look at the two exquisite jade pendants, then handed them to Jixiang behind her.
Soon, the Zongren Mansion and his party left.
Yingpan let out a long breath, "It's finally over. It's not as troublesome as I thought."
cough.
Miao Xia coughed with a smile.
"Your Majesty, I have checked the process before. Under normal circumstances, it is actually very troublesome to put on the royal jade plate."
But this is not a normal situation. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, the clan government will do whatever it can.