Early the next morning, Jinxi took Fengyi and Jiangrui on a carriage and headed to Futa Temple.
Recalling what Minrong said before going out, Jinxi couldn't help but feel funny.
"Yesterday I asked you to accompany my mother to offer incense and pray for blessings, but you didn't want to go. It's better today. As soon as the fourth elder brother invited you, you rushed out to keep the appointment... It's really a girl who doesn't stay in the right place..." Minrong is not serious either.
She complained about her daughter, but after all, she was not officially married yet, so it was not good for someone to see her. If the news came to the ears of the emperor and the incident was made more jealous, who knows whether the emperor would become disgusted with his daughter.
So, Minrong took advantage of the moment when her daughter came to greet her and have breakfast, and continued to brainwash her: "Now that the divorce period is still three months away, you should at least give E Niang some peace of mind and don't run out of the house again.
It's not a big deal if someone sees it, I'm afraid it will be heard by the emperor... Also, your wedding dress hasn't been finished yet, when do you plan to postpone it? I really want to get married tomorrow, but it's only today.
Are you going to make it in a hurry?"
"The same goes for your Ama, who actually allows you to come and go freely every day... Jinrou is also eight years old this year. She wanted to go out for a walk a few days ago, and she was lectured by him. They are both daughters, so why should she be alone?
Are you doing this nonsense?"
Jinxi did not refute, and let Minrong chatter with a smile, thinking that she missed her modern old mother.
It wasn't until he finished a large bowl of chicken and mushroom porridge and wiped his mouth that he comforted Minrong and said, "Mother, the reason why Ama indulges me so much is because I have always been very good and have never had any problems.
But Jinrou is different. When she left the house for the first time last year, she was almost taken away by the Shen family. If she didn't keep a close eye on her, who knows what might have happened... So, Mother, I must be careful with my daughter. You see
, even the fourth elder brother was relieved and allowed me to go to Futa Temple for an appointment. It means it is very safe there. Besides, even if something happened, Feng Yi was there. She was sent by the fourth elder brother to protect his daughter personally.
She is very skilled. The last time I saved Amma, it was all thanks to her help. Just be at ease!"
Having said that, Minrong still chattered a few words. It was not until the time was almost up that he let Jinxi go back to the small building to change clothes and leave the house.
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When she arrived at Futa Temple, Yinzhen had already been waiting for her in Master Jingyi's meditation room for a long time.
Seeing that she arrived safely, he didn't ask any questions, so he took her away from Jingyi, leaving Fengyi and Jiangrui waiting at Futa Temple. He took her to another carriage with a low-key appearance and a comfortable interior.
The four drivers drove all the way to the eastern suburbs.
"Why are you so mysterious?" Jin Xi glanced at Yinzhen with a smile after appreciating the layout of the car. "Those who don't know about it might think we are going to elope."
"If we were to elope, would you be willing?" Yinzhen put his hands behind his head and leaned against the wall of the carriage comfortably, asking with a leisurely smile.
"Hey, don't be serious!" Jin Xi said, but the root of her ears turned red to her neck, and she hurriedly changed the subject: "Didn't you say you went to see the makeup gifts Han Dongpei and the others added?"
"Yes. For safety reasons, I placed it at the Dongjiao Base." Seeing that she was like an ostrich and unwilling to reveal her feelings, Yinzhen did not force her. After smiling softly, he explained: "The Dongjiao Base is where prayers are placed.
It is used by ANBU trained by Eagle. If we bring them all into the inner city, we are afraid of attracting the attention of the Emperor."
"If you take me there like this, aren't you afraid that I will tell the emperor that you have such a secret base?..."
After hearing what he said, Jinxi already understood. She knew that he was taking her to show his face in front of his subordinates. But seeing his serious expression, she couldn't help but tease him with a straight face.
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After hearing this, Yinzhen was not nervous. Instead, he smiled leisurely and said: "We are all on the same boat. I sink, you sink, I float, you float... Besides..." He paused and said,
He stared at her deeply, and then said: "Even if our souls do not belong to this era, it is an eternal truth that our husbands and wives can follow each other..."
"You are the only one who will be poor!" Hearing this, Jinxi couldn't pretend anymore, her eyes rolled, and she scolded him with a cute smile.
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Just like that, they kept talking to each other, and before they could finish chatting, the carriage had already driven to the ANBU base in the eastern suburbs outside the capital.
"This is your future mistress, Jinxi Gege of the Uranala family." Yinzhen asked Qi Si to inform Qi Jiu, and after gathering all the 120 secret guards present, he announced in public.
"My subordinates have seen the mistress!" All the secret guards shouted in unison. Hearing this, Jin Xi felt hot and blushed, and hurriedly said: "No need to be polite."
Then, she didn’t know what to say. After all, this was the first time she had witnessed such a thrilling scene. Although her Ama was the infantry commander, the soldiers he led had never had the opportunity to let her do this.
Saw it up close.
As for the grand military parade to unify the country, we would not be able to see it until the end of September three months later. And that must have been Yinzhen's suggestion to Kangxi.
Yinzhen caught a glimpse of her bewildered look and stretched out his hand to hold her tender pancreas.
"From now on, when you meet your mistress, you will be like meeting your master. You must obey your mistress's orders. If you don't obey, you will be dealt with according to the secret rules." Yinzhen gave a few gentle instructions to everyone, and then signaled Qijiu to disperse them.
, and he took Jinxi to his exclusive room.
"What's wrong? Looking at me like this...or is there something on my face?" When Yinzhen saw Jinxi walking from the main courtyard to the room, he stared at his face a few times, but remained silent and endured.
He couldn't help stroking his face and asked doubtfully.
"No... I just thought your expression was so serious just now..." Jinxi came back to her senses, shook her head, and explained: "It's completely different from the way you looked in front of me..."
"Fool! If I look like this in front of you, it would be strange if you would marry me!" Yinzhen burst out laughing when he heard what she said.
Yes. Jinxi couldn't help laughing when she thought about it, "Then again, you should be used to this kind of scene, right? After all, Ying's is also a large group company. If a group employee meeting is held, then
The scene should be almost like the emperor's military parade... Haha..." As he said that, a scene appeared in his mind: Yinzhen wearing the prince's clothes and sitting in front of the Ying family to hold a meeting, he couldn't help but pursed his lips and snickered.
"You..." Yinzhen felt helpless but lovingly rubbed the top of her hair, then pulled her up and walked indoors. "Come on, I will take you to see Han Dongpei and the other three.
A gift for adding makeup."
Thinking of the shock he felt when he received these three gifts two days ago, he couldn't help but be anxious to see Jinxi's reaction.
"God! This...this..." After Jinxi saw several boxes of congratulatory gifts neatly displayed in the room and the gift list that Yinzhen kept in the secret cabinet in the inner room, his eyes went straight. "This" got old.
For a long time, I didn't say a complete sentence.
"Are you surprised?" Yinzhen asked with a chuckle. Very good, her reaction was much greater than that of me, which means that it is not that he has low endurance, but Han Dongpei, Yang Gaitian, and Weng Zhaorong, who are really bleeding heavily this time.
"More than just a surprise, it's unbelievable! You said that I am not related to them. Even if you form an alliance with them, you are just a colleague. Do you think you are marrying me off as if you were marrying your daughter?"
Jinxi said while holding her forehead, she really felt like fainting.
Han Dongpei of the Shangwu Alliance sent a mountain outside Xiangyang City, which mainly produces various fresh fruits, nuts and wood. Together with the surrounding farmland and Zhuangzi, it covers an area of hundreds of hectares.
Yang Gaitian's caravan sent two hundred carefully selected horses.
As for Caobang Weng Zhaorong, he presented two luxuriously decorated boats of different sizes, as well as a water courtyard located in the Jinling area.
This is too scary. You said it was just a cosmetic gift. Even if you expected that the three of them would not simply send a congratulatory gift, it wouldn't be so grand.
Moreover, their gifts cannot be made public. Otherwise, if the shrewd Kangxi knew about it, he would have to suspect that Yinzhen was colluding with people in the Jianghu. I guess Han Dongpei and the other three also knew this, but why would they send such valuable gifts?
What about the makeup gift? She really couldn’t figure it out.
"Have you...already accepted it?"
"Since you gave it as a gift, let's accept it. After all, we are all members of the Yimeng. If the children of the three of them get married in the future, I will just repay the gift according to these specifications."
Yinzhen was really surprised for a while when he first received the gift list, and then let go. The hilltop presented by Han Dongpei must have been the hilltop that their Shangwu Alliance had occupied for decades. Now, the Shangwu Alliance has moved up and down to the south.
This hilltop with excellent geographical location and abundant harvests every year and the farm were donated to Jin Xi. This was not a sign of his polite concession. In this case, Yinzhen would not be petty and started to let his subordinates hidden in Shuntian Mansion take over.
Han Dongpei found a large courtyard that could accommodate thousands of people to eliminate the discomfort they felt when they first arrived in the south.
As for the horse caravan, the 200 high-quality Teng Yuejun horses sent this time helped Yinzhen in time to alleviate the problem of inconvenient transportation in Longxi.
Teng Yuejun is a special breed of horse from Yunnan. It is known for its endurance over long distances. Although it is not as fast as the "thousand-mile horse" known as Gale, it can help deliver supplies to the Longxi base where Qiying is located, so it is perfect.
Although Caobang's painted boat and water courtyard have no practical effect on the careers of Yinzhen and Jinxi, they are worth mentioning because they are located in the south of the Yangtze River. If you visit the south of the Yangtze River in the future, you will have a good place to have fun and rest when you stay in Jinling.
Besides, Jinxi’s modern home is in Nanjing. As soon as I heard that the two painted boats and the water courtyard were in Jinling, which is modern Nanjing, I immediately wanted to go to Jiangnan to visit...
"Will they affect your decision-making with the many things they gave you?" He closed the gift list and looked through the gifts that came with it, including a pair of blue and white porcelain vases, a box of Jingdezhen exquisite tableware for ten people, and a
A four-person purple sand tea set...
"That's not the case. After all, I still have business dealings with them. As for breaking the law, unless the three of them work together to hide it from me, I have the right to decide whether to implement it or not. You can accept it generously, but as for the future
Return the gift, I'm here!" Yinzhen smiled to appease Jinxi.
"If that's the case, then accept it?! I really like this gift. I must thank Gang Leader Weng for making him considerate..." She pointed to Weng Zhaorong's gift on the gift list: two boats, one on the water
I can’t even wait to see the courtyard in person!
"Okay!" Yinzhen looked at her with a smile, and a great idea suddenly flashed in his heart, but it's not the right time yet, so he should tell her when he is fully prepared. (To be continued)