Chapter 1534 The storm is about to come and the city is full of wind
After staying in Jiangdu Mansion for more than half a year, and with the presence of a guard in the mansion, Prince Wu's Mansion now still has some control over the entire Jiangdu.
All the guards in the house were dispatched, and they soon found Li Zhun who was visiting relatives. His Highness King Wu went there in person and invited Li Zhun to his house, which was very polite.
Li Zhun was not too pretentious. After arriving at Prince Wu's residence, he bowed and saluted the Fourth Highness, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, do you know now?"
"I have roughly guessed something, but the specifics..."
Li Jian took a deep breath and said, "Please give me some advice, sir."
Li Jian looked calm and said, "I don't know how many eyes and ears of the court are in the prince's house. If the prince comes to Beijing with me that day."
"Today's imperial edict granting marriage will not be issued."
King Wu's expression changed drastically, and he couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. He looked at Li Zhun, and after a while, he looked left and right, and then whispered: "Sir, this is... this is the father..."
Li Zhun shook his head and said: "I can't talk about this matter. I have to consider it myself."
Prince Wu lowered his head to drink tea, thought about it carefully, and then breathed out: "Then now, can I be considered... lucky enough to pass?"
Li Zhun still shook his head: "I don't know yet."
"Your Majesty is ready to leave for Beijing. You will know when you arrive in the capital."
"But there is one thing that I can make clear to the prince."
Li Zhun said with a smile: "With this holy decree granting marriage, the prince will definitely be safe and sound during his forced trip to the capital. After all, the prince will also help the prince when he is in the capital."
Li Jian breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and saluted with his hands raised: "Thank you sir for your advice."
Li Zhun stood up and returned the gift with his hands.
"Your Majesty, the Marquis has given me a break in the second half of the year. I am going to visit relatives and friends. If we are destined in the future, we will see you in the capital."
Li Jian took out a redemption ticket from his pocket and offered it with both hands: "My heartfelt wishes."
Li Zhun looked at the redemption ticket, hesitated for a moment, then reached out to take it, lowered his head and said, "I dare not refuse this gift from my venerable master."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Li Zhun is a smart man. He knows very well that the King of Wu in front of him is likely to inherit the throne, so he naturally does not dare to offend King Wu at the moment.
After receiving the redeemed ticket, Li Zhun left the Prince Wu's Mansion with great respect.
His Highness King Wu waved to call Cui Zhen and said: "Prepare your carriage and horses immediately, I am going back to Beijing."
Cui Zhen responded, and when he was about to go down to prepare, he was stopped by His Highness King Wu. He ordered: "Go and prepare two more generous gifts. I am going to give them to you."
"yes."
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Jiangdu Shen family.
His Highness the King of Wu came to visit in person. He was first received by Shen Ling, who was in charge. After the two parties were polite for a while, the King of Wu successfully met Shen Zhang, the old man of the Shen family.
Shen Zhang is now nearly sixty years old.
However, because he has lived happily these past few years, the old man's body and bones are still strong, and he is still in good spirits.
Because of his two sons, Shen Zhang is now in Jiangdu and can be said to be the uncrowned king. In the past twenty years, the first thing every governor of Jiangdu Prefecture did when he took office was to visit the old man of the Shen family.
Even Li Jian came to visit him when he first arrived in Jiangdu.
After all, one of his two sons was the Minister of Rites, one of the great nine ministers of the dynasty, and the other...
He has even been called "Prince Shen" by the people!
After meeting Shen Zhang, His Highness King Wu knelt down without saying a word and kowtowed: "Li Jian kowtows to meet my grandfather-in-law."
This startled the little old man, and he quickly stretched out his hand to help His Highness Prince Wu up, and said, "What are you doing, Your Majesty? It's up to me to worship Your Majesty..."
King Wu stood up, still lowering his head slightly, and said with a smile: "You old man doesn't know that my father has decreed a marriage between me and Sang Sang. Sang Sang is your granddaughter. I will kowtow to you. As it should be."
Shen Zhang was stunned for a moment, and then he knew the whole story. However, he had never been an official before, so he didn't understand the dangers in the court. He just thought that his granddaughter could marry into the palace. The old man smiled and said: " So that’s it, Your Majesty just shocked me.”
"Don't call me prince anymore."
Li Jian lowered his head and said with a smile: "You, old man, will be called Shiro from now on."
Shen Zhang was still hesitating when he heard Li Jian continue: "Grandfather-in-law, the wedding is scheduled in Yanjing. I will leave for the north tomorrow. Will you go?"
"If you go, I will take your old man with me."
Shen Zhang thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I want to send a letter to the children and inquire about the situation before talking."
"yes."
Li Jian smiled and said: "I naturally don't think about things as carefully as my father-in-law, so I will set off alone tomorrow."
After staying at Shen's house for more than an hour, Li Jian left. He went all the way out of the city and came to Ganquan Academy outside the city. He visited the old mountain chief Lu Anshi who had already returned to Ganquan Academy in Jiangdu from Jiankang Ganquan Academy.
After seeing Master Lu, King Wu still knelt down and saluted.
"Meet Grandpa."
According to the title, he should call Mrs. Lu his father-in-law, or his grandfather's father-in-law, but it was too troublesome to call him that way, so His Highness King Wu simply called him his grandfather.
Master Lu was an official. He frowned slightly when he heard this. After helping His Highness up, he asked about the cause and effect. Master Lu shook his head slightly and said: "Your Highness, since you haven't married yet, don't call him that, lest others hear it." Go ahead and make a fuss about this."
His Royal Highness King Wu bowed his head in response, and then asked: "The wedding is scheduled in the capital. I have received the imperial edict and will leave for the north tomorrow. Do you want to come with me?"
Master Lu thought for a while, then shook his head slightly and said, "I am getting old and have no plans to leave Jiangdu in this life."
Master Lu is several years older than Shen Zhang, and his hair is now gray.
He looked at His Highness King Wu and asked: "But since His Highness is sealed in Jiangdu, the wedding should be done in Jiangdu. Even if the wife is too late to come back, just send Sangsang back and marry from the Shen family in Jiangdu. How could this happen?" Getting married in the capital?"
Prince Wu lowered his head and his eyes flickered: "The imperial edict did not say it clearly. I guess my father-in-law wanted to make it more lively and send his daughter off to get married in person."
Master Lu said "Yeah" and sighed: "It's not far away from the capital. I really can't go. Fortunately, His Highness is in Jiangdu. When Your Highness marries Sangsang back to Jiangdu, remember to come and visit more often." Just visiting me."
Prince Wu took a deep breath and bowed his head in salute.
"sure…"
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The next day, His Highness the King of Wu led a group of guards, only forty or fifty people, from Jiangdu Mansion north to Yanjing.
At this time, Qin Tianjian also calculated the date and set the wedding time on the 19th of the twelfth lunar month in two months.
At this time, the emperor, probably due to physical reasons, once again resigned from the court, and His Royal Highness continued to manage the affairs of the court.
And as His Highness King Wu went north and approached the capital little by little, the atmosphere in the capital became weird.
Many civil and military ministers felt that something was not quite right in the atmosphere in the capital.
In the blink of an eye, another ten days passed.
King Wu is getting closer and closer to Yanjing.
A special guest came to the study room of Shenhou Mansion.
This guest was in his fifties, with a lot of gray hair. He looked very dull, with almost no expression on his face.
He bowed his head and saluted Shen Yi and said, "Master Marquis, starting from today, the internal defense will also be coordinated by Master Marquis."
It was none other than the commander of the internal defense, Lu Sheng and Lu Weishuai.
After hearing this, Shen Yi was silent for a while and asked silently: "Commander Lu, Your Majesty, he..."
The inner guard has always been the emperor's private army. Now that the inner guard is coordinated by Shen Yi, it shows the emperor's state...
Even more pessimistic.
Lu Sheng lowered his head deeply to cover up the sadness in his eyes.
"I don't know about my humble position."
Shen Yi sighed and said, "Then let's follow the original regulations. There can be no chaos in the capital."