On this day, Su Rong and Fengling arrived in the capital, with ten days left before the scientific examination.
Fengling asked in a low voice: "Master, should we find a place to stay? Or should we go to Sir's mansion to find the eldest son?"
Su Rong took a look at the sky and saw that it was already evening. Her stomach growled with hunger, "Let's find a place to eat first!"
Fengling nodded, "Looking for a random one?"
Su Rong said "Yeah", walked a few steps, and suddenly said: "No, let's go to the East Palace. The food in the East Palace should be very good, and it doesn't cost any money."
Fengling: "..."
Is this a free thing?
Su Rong didn't care, in terms of comfortable food and comfortable living, there was no place in the capital as good as the Imperial Palace and the East Palace, right? She needed a good meal, and she also needed to find a place to take a flower petal bath and sleep comfortably.
Sleep.
After riding into the capital and passing the city gate, Su Rong visually checked the direction of the imperial city and followed the road to the East Palace.
Fengling endured it for a while, but couldn't help but remind her, "Master, don't we need to freshen up and change clothes before visiting the East Palace? Are we going to go there in disgrace like this?"
It's not that he dislikes himself, but the fact is that the two of them are probably covered in two kilograms of dust, and they can't even see their original appearance. Just running to the East Palace like this, isn't it dirtying His Highness the Crown Prince's precious land?
The East Palace should be spotless, right?
Su Rong didn't take it seriously, "A few months ago, when I rescued the prince in the mountains behind the Chenghuang Temple in Jiangning County, he was in such a mess that I didn't dislike him and still rescued him."
The implication is, isn't he a man of good moral character and a man of great character? Will he dislike her?
Fengling was convinced, "Okay!"
You are the master, you have the final say!
So, without further delay, the two of them went all the way to the East Palace.
The East Palace is too big, and both the front and back doors are heavily guarded.
Su Rong thought about it for a while, then went to the back door and said to the gatekeeper: "Please go and report to His Highness the Crown Prince that someone from Jiangzhou wants to see you."
The gatekeeper looked Su Rong up and down, his eyes full of doubts, but he did not show any disgust. He asked in a routine interrogation: "Why don't you go through the front door?"
"Isn't this inconvenient?" Su Rong blinked.
The gatekeeper paused and asked, "So, do you have a token?"
"No!"
The gatekeeper hesitated for a moment and wanted to send the person away, but he was afraid that it was really the person His Highness wanted to see, which would delay His Highness's business and be punished. He said "Wait a moment" and went to report it.
Fengling leaned close to Su Rong's ear and commented, "There is no such thing as looking down on others. It shows that His Royal Highness manages the family well."
Su Rong said "hmm".
Many of the gatekeepers in Gaomen Mansion were corrupted by the phrase "dog eyes look down upon others". After all, she and Fengling really didn't look like distinguished guests now. They were dusty and dusty, and they didn't look good at all.
Prince Yan came out of the study in Huiyi and was about to have a meal when he heard someone report that a man and a woman were waiting at the back door, saying that someone from Jiangzhou came to see him and asked for instructions from His Highness.
Yan Huisheng's footsteps suddenly stopped, "Did you ask for your name?"
The man's face changed slightly, and he quickly apologized, "Your Highness, forgive me, little man. I saw that those two people were dusty and dusty... I only asked if they had any tokens. The two people said they didn't, so I forgot to ask...
…”
The man turned around quickly and said, "I'll ask you now, little man."
Yan Hui called to him, "That's it, go alone!"
The man was shocked and quickly got out of the way, thinking that it was a good thing that he didn't send people away at will, otherwise he would have caused a big disaster. How long ago did His Highness the Crown Prince personally go out to greet people? Apart from Your Majesty, even the Queen's wife came to the East Palace, His Highness the Crown Prince just
Welcome out of the study or bedroom.
Yan Huisheng paced towards the back door. Her steps were not very big, but she was walking very fast. The gatekeeper had to jog all the way to keep up.
On the way, he met Zheng Xi, the steward of the East Palace. Seeing Yan Huiwei walking in a hurry, he asked doubtfully: "Your Highness, are you leaving the palace?"
"no."
Zheng Xi was puzzled and wanted to ask, "What are you doing?", but seeing that Yan Huisheng had already walked away, he quickly grabbed the gatekeeper behind him and asked in a low voice: "What's going on? Your Highness is going to do something."
What?"
"There is someone coming from Jiangzhou, and His Highness said he would pick him up at the door in person," the man said quickly.
Zheng Xi was startled and quickly followed him without thinking.
Su Rong originally thought that he would have to wait for half an hour at least. After all, the East Palace was too big. Reports were handed in layer by layer. Yan Huisheng was the prince. If there was any delay, he would have to wait for this time. But unexpectedly, the gatekeeper found someone.
She couldn't find the housekeeper, so she went directly to Yan Huisheng's study to report it. She only waited for two or three cups of tea before the back door opened from the inside, revealing a noble figure.
Wearing an ink-colored brocade robe with python pattern and gold-trimmed threads, he has a slender figure, a jade-like face, and is full of nobility and grace.
He saw the man standing against the wall and the woman squatting at the wall, waiting boredly. The two of them were as gray-headed and shabby as the gatekeeper had described, and they were stunned for a moment.
"Master, get up quickly, the Crown Prince is here." Feng Ling recognized the four-clawed python robe on Yan Huisheng's body and was frightened, thinking that this is the Crown Prince? Is the Crown Prince so approachable? It turns out that no one is here to bring them in.
Instead of coming to the palace gate to pick him up in person?
Su Rong also saw the person, stood up slowly, walked away from the wall, walked to a distance of three steps away from Yan Huisheng, stopped, stretched out his paw to greet him, "Hello, Your Highness, I am Su Rong."
Yan Huisheng suddenly saw Su Rong like this and was stunned. He searched his memory for the figure who saved him by the river. He couldn't identify him anyway, but he felt strong in his heart and smiled, "You...
Are you... just coming to Beijing?"
"Yes, I came to join you." Su Rong didn't dare to pat the dirt on his body for fear of choking Yan Huisheng, "I'm exhausted from fighting all the way here. I don't want to go to my elder brother to disturb his exam preparation, and I'm too lazy to find a place.
I have to work hard to settle it myself, so I came to you directly."
The implication is that if you plan to eat your own food, drink your own food and live in your own place, you can save yourself the trouble and don’t have to worry about it.
Yan Huisheng laughed, covered his lips and coughed, then nodded with a smile, "Welcome."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Fengling, "Who is this?"
"My guard."
Fengling stepped forward, half a step behind Su Rong, and bowed her hands in greeting, "Fengling, I would like to pay my respects to His Highness the Crown Prince."
Yan Huiseng nodded, his expression returned to its original state, and he turned around and told the housekeeper, "In Yuzhen Pavilion, which is closest to Gu's bedroom, go and ask someone to clean it out immediately."
Zheng Xi opened his eyes wide and responded quickly, "Old slave, go right now."
After he finished speaking, he asked tentatively: "You two, please come with me, old slave?"
Yan Hui waved her hand, "Go and clean up first, and take them there by yourself."
The housekeeper was even more frightened, nodded repeatedly, and hurried forward.
Yan Huisheng made a gesture of invitation to Su Rong, and Su Rong stepped up to follow him. Feng Ling sighed inwardly that his master was such a great savior, and followed them into the East Palace.
As the two people entered, the back door of the East Palace was closed again. After this incident, the gatekeeper repeatedly warned himself that he must guard the door in the future and treat everyone who comes with caution.
Just as he was thinking about it, Yan Huisheng, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around and said to him, "Well done, I'll go to the accountant later to collect the reward."
The man was overjoyed and quickly knelt down to thank him, "Thank you, Your Highness!"
Yan Huisheng turned around and asked Su Rong, "Is the injury healed?"
"alright."
"When did you set off from Jiangzhou?"
"Ten days ago."
"Is it because the road was not peaceful after walking for so long?" Yan Hui frowned, "You said those who fought all the way here were injured?"
"I was poisoned." Su Rong said easily. "Fortunately, I had the foresight to collect a lot of poisons and antidotes in advance, otherwise I might not have been able to come to the capital intact."
Yan Hui pursed her lips, "Still the killer of Nanchu?"
"Well, there are five groups of people." Su Rong said: "It seems that not only the Queen of Nanchu wants to kill me, but the five groups of people are going in different ways. Obviously they are not under the instruction of one person."
When I first left the capital, it was the Queen of Nanchu who sent someone else. Yes, they were very generous, but the ones that followed were not the same.
"Is there any counter-attack?" Yan Huisheng thought that if she failed to kill her and was let go, Nanchu would soon know that she had come to the capital.
"No one has been let go." Su Rong did not hide Yan Hui's words. After all, integrity is the most important thing when it comes to cooperation in the future.
Yan Huisheng paused again and praised, "Awesome."
Su Rong waved her hand and said modestly, "It's okay!"
Yan echoed and laughed.
Su Rong found that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seemed to love to laugh, and because he was good-looking and had a pretty smile, she silently thought to herself, no wonder he won the hearts of the people with such no airs.
When they arrived at Yuzhen Pavilion, they saw Zheng Xi and his people working back and forth. When he saw Yan Huisheng and his people coming, Zheng Xi said quickly: "We have sent warm water from the kitchen. The two distinguished guests can take a bath first and then have dinner."
, after everything has been tidied up, the old slave will also lead the people to settle the place."
Yan Huisheng nodded and said warmly to Su Rong: "Go take a bath!"
Su Rong nodded, followed a palace maid for two steps, and suddenly asked: "Is it a bath with flower petals?"
The housekeeper kept saying, "Yes, yes."
Su Rong was relieved.
Fengling muttered, "I don't want the petals."
The housekeeper quickly said: "You don't have it."
