The night was hazy, and there was silence outside the courtyard.
On the bed, there was still a hint of spring color on Yun Shu's face, but she had already fallen into a deep sleep.
Nie Zhou looked at her slightly tired face and apologized for making too much noise. He propped up his body and kissed Yun Shu gently on the forehead, then quietly got out of bed, got dressed, and then opened the door to the room.
Disappeared into the night.
After Nie Zhou left the courtyard, he walked hurriedly in the dark night, and then came to a majestic courtyard. On the lintel of the courtyard door hung a plaque, on which were engraved the four characters "Prince Regent's Palace" with flying dragons and phoenixes.
Nie Zhou did not enter through the main entrance. Instead, he jumped from the wall of the side entrance.
But just when he entered the courtyard, several guards in black suddenly appeared from the darkness and attacked him.
"Who dares to break into the Regent's palace?"
Nie Zhou stretched out his hand and pushed away an approaching guard, and then said, "It's me, the king!"
"Your Majesty?!" Several guards were stunned. They stared at the mask on Nie Zhou's face and glanced at each other before kneeling down and saluting, "See you, Your Majesty."
Nie Zhou nodded and said, "Go and call Mr. She to the study to see me!"
"yes."
Seeing Nie Zhou's back walking towards the study, several guards were still unable to recover:
The prince actually returned to Beijing?
You must know that since the prince suddenly disappeared three years ago, not even the people close to him know his whereabouts. If the prince hadn't left a message saying not to look for him, the whole country would have been in trouble.
It's just that the prince disappeared suddenly and came back suddenly.
However, they want to know more if the prince will not leave when he returns to Beijing this time?
On the other side, Butler She was surprised and happy after hearing the guard's report that the prince had returned to the capital. He didn't care and hurriedly put on his clothes and rushed to the study in the middle of the night.
"Your Majesty—" Butler She looked extremely excited after seeing the familiar figure sitting behind the desk.
Sure enough, the prince is back!
"Uncle She, you have worked hard all these years!" Nie Zhou also smiled when he saw the excited Butler She. Butler She had watched Nie Zhou grow up and said he was a housekeeper, but in fact he was almost a relative of his.
Normally, when Nie Zhou was on the battlefield or doing other things, Butler She was in charge of the palace.
"No hard work, no hard work!" Butler She shook his head, "This is what an old slave should do."
"My lord, where have you been in the past three years? Why do you feel that you have gone through a lot of changes?" That is to say, Butler She dared to say this directly, but it was not that he disliked Nie Zhou, but that he felt sorry for him. Especially when he looked at the look on his face.
The scar made me feel even more distressed.
Five years ago, the Great Xia Kingdom launched an attack on their border with the Jin Kingdom. At that time, because someone colluded with the Great Xia Kingdom, they were defeated miserably and lost two cities. Now the emperor was furious, and finally the regent went to the battlefield in person. This battle was a close one
Two years later, under the leadership of the regent, the Jin Kingdom successfully regained the lost city and drove Daxia Kingdom back.
It's just that although this war was won, the losses were heavy.
The scar on the regent's face was also left in this war. They wanted the royal doctor to remove the scar for the palace, but the prince refused. They insisted on keeping this scar so that he would always remember it.
The war between Dajin and Daxia.
Not only that, the regent suddenly disappeared shortly after the war ended.
At the beginning, everyone was panicked.
Until the prince sends a letter, asking everyone not to look for him. When the time comes, he will come back!
They have been waiting for three years, and now the prince is finally back!
"Just in the countryside." Nie Zhou, no, Qin Zheng, naturally would not tell Butler She that he had taken over other people's lives and lived a peaceful life in the countryside for the past three years.
"It's in the countryside, no wonder..." Butler She nodded, no wonder none of their people found the prince. It turned out that he was hiding in the countryside. Looking at him like this, he looked like a rough country man.
"Will the prince leave this time when he comes back?" Butler She asked with concern.
Qin Zheng thought for a while and said: "I should stay in the capital for a long time, or even stay forever. However, I will not go back to the palace to live for the time being."
"Not going back to the palace? Where do you live, my lord?" Butler She couldn't figure out what he wanted to do. Thinking of his current age, he couldn't help but said, "My lord, you are not young anymore. Do you think it's time for you to live?"
Have you considered marriage?"
The prince has not been in the capital for the past three years, but he still paid the late marriage tax for the prince.
This amount of money is only a drop in the bucket for the palace, but the key is that the other palaces are bustling with people. Except for the regent, all the people in the palace are servants. He can't help but be a little anxious, hoping to see Nie
Zhou will marry a wife and have children as soon as possible.
"I live in the third courtyard of Qingxing Street on West Street." Nie Zhou replied, "If anything happens in the future, you can have someone send the letter quietly."
"Yes." Butler She agreed, but he was very surprised why the prince could not live in the palace and insisted on living outside. And if I am not mistaken, most of the people on Qingxing Street who are rushing to take the exam live with some businessmen.
Over there, the environment is naturally incomparable to here.
Nie Zhou didn't know what the housekeeper was thinking. He paused and then said, "As for marrying a wife, Uncle She, you don't have to worry."
"Why not worry?" Butler She thought that Nie Zhou was still unwilling to marry and have children early, so he frowned and continued, "My lord, you are not young anymore. Look at your nephew who is younger than you."
The whole generation is getting married, you can’t fall behind.”
The regent Qin Zheng is the youngest brother of the current emperor. The two brothers have the same father and mother, and are both children of the late queen mother. There is only a big age difference. The emperor's eldest son is two years older than Qin Zheng. Why is Qin Zheng named
As for the regent, it was because the emperor was assassinated that year and he almost died. But at that time, the princes were not experienced. On the contrary, Qin Zheng, who had gone to the battlefield at the age of twelve, was decisive in killing and could shake up the situation.
Moreover, the emperor knew very well that his young brother was not interested in the throne, so at the critical moment, he decreed to appoint Qin Zheng, formerly King Rui, as regent, to manage the affairs of the court on his behalf, and to inherit the throne when the then young prince came of age.
Continue to assist the new emperor.
It's just that the emperor finally passed that level and was fine, but Qin Zheng's regent was not taken back.
After Qin Zheng heard what Uncle She said, a smile appeared on his lips and he said: "Uncle She, I told you not to be anxious, not because I don't want to get married. It's because I'm already married, but I haven't told you yet.
Her true identity is that I want to wait until a suitable time to take her back to live in the palace."
"Wha, what?" Qin Zheng's words were like a thunder that instantly stunned Butler She.