After bidding farewell to several princes on Hong Kong Island, the fleet continued northward. On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, they arrived in Taiwan and dropped off Yunying and his wife.
Before getting off the boat, Yun Yinglin said with a smile: "Brother, don't forget to allocate money to Taiwan Town to set up a plantation."
"I know." Yunxi pretended to be annoyed and said, "Brother is willing to admit defeat, and he won't rely on your money."
"Brother, just remember." Yunying smiled and walked off the boat. Cao Xing hurriedly followed.
After passing Taiwan, the fleet replenished some vegetables at a port in southern Zhejiang and arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River on March 16.
The fleet stopped briefly in Shanghai to buy some vegetables and then set sail immediately, arriving at Longwandu Port outside the capital on the 18th.
Before the ship docked at the port, Yunxi stood on the bow and looked at the dock not far away, feeling quite excited. He left the capital on September 10th last year and returned on March 18th this year. He had been away for more than six months.
In Beijing, he was not only worried about what happened in the court, but also worried about his relatives.
Just as Min'er has been missing him, he has also been missing Min'er and the others. I've been away for half a year, how is Min'er's life? Wenyuan is six years old this year, how is his study going? Baoqing
He Siqi is eight years old this year. His body changed the most when he was a child. How is he doing now? Could it be that I can't stand them anymore?...'
'Xiyao is supporting me in the capital, do you miss me? Holding the qin, Miaojin, do you miss me? There are no palace maids and eunuchs who follow me on my southern tour, so my skills in serving me are now rusty?'
Yunxi kept thinking wildly in his mind.
He lowered his head and thought, Xiyi and Li Shaer stood beside him, looking excitedly at the city and the dock in the distance, and said: "The dock over there was used when leaving Beijing last year, and this dock is where we are going to berth now.
I remember last year there was a big ship parked with many cannons on the deck..."
"Many people came to greet my husband on the pier, and they were all wearing Ming dynasty clothes. Why are the people there wearing light-colored clothes?"
As she was talking, she heard the sound of "pengpeng", and the ship stopped at the pier. The soldiers who had been standing aside immediately lowered the ladder to get off the ship, and then stood up in the most standard military posture.
Yunxi walked in front and got off the boat step by step. Halfway through, he heard the shouts of "I have seen your Majesty, long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty", and everyone knelt on the ground.
Yunxi raised his right hand and was about to say the word "flat body" when he looked up and saw a person still standing, very conspicuous among the people kneeling on all sides. Yunxi was about to frown when he suddenly noticed that this person's clothes
Seems to be……
"Husband!" Xiyao stood not far from the ladder and shouted with a look of joy on her face.
Yun He suddenly felt that a soft place in his heart was touched. He quickly ran down the ladder, ran to Xiyao, hugged her, and whispered: "Yao'er."
"Husband." Xiyao also hugged him, buried her head in his arms, and murmured softly. Somehow, Xiyao suddenly cried, and her tears wet Yunxi's chest.
"Okay, why are you crying? Isn't my husband back?" Yunxi continued to hold her and said.
"Husband." Xiyao murmured again and raised her head to look at his face. Yunxi stretched out her hand to gently wipe her tears.
Yunxi's action seemed to wake Xiyao up. She immediately let go of his hand, broke away from his arms, took out a handkerchief and wiped her face. She saluted Yunxi with a smile and said, "I respectfully welcome your majesty back." Beijing."
Yunxi also realized that this was not the dormitory of Kunning Palace or Qianqing Palace, so he coughed and said: "The queen is flat." Then he shouted loudly: "Everyone loves your queen."
All the ministers seemed to have not seen the scene just now. They "Thank you Your Majesty" meticulously according to etiquette, and then stood up one by one. But after standing up, many people secretly looked at the Queen.
Yunxi then responded to the ministers according to etiquette, thanked God, the emperor, and the emperor in person, assigned officials from the Ministry of Rites to worship on his behalf in the surrounding suburbs, the ancestral temple, the Sheji Altar, and the temples of the gods, and then got on a carriage and entered the city to go to the palace.
Xiyao and he rode in a carriage. As soon as they got on the carriage, Yunxi hugged her and asked, "Why did you come out of the palace in person to greet your husband today?"
"My husband has been away from the capital for more than half a year. I, my concubine, miss my husband very much. I also learned that the etiquette set by the emperor did not prohibit the queen from leaving the palace and the city to meet the emperor, so I couldn't bear to go out of the city to meet my husband." Yao leaned on his chest and said very comfortably.
Yunxi didn't speak, just hugged her tightly, and after a while he said, "It's enough for you to go out of the city to greet her, but today, you, not only you, but also your husband are too rude."
"The moment I saw my husband, I couldn't remember the etiquette. I only knew that my husband had returned to Beijing. Husband, in November last year, the news came that my husband was critically ill. I was like a thunderbolt, and I didn't know what to do. Even though every day I also handled the palace affairs as usual, but my mind was not on it at all, and I made many mistakes one after another. Fortunately, the female officer checked, so it didn't lead to big mistakes."
"In order to pray for my husband, I sent a female official to visit all the Taoist temples near the capital on my behalf. I also invited eminent monks to consecrate Buddha statues and Sanqing statues into the palace, and worshiped sea lanterns day and night..."
"Later, when the news came that my husband was fine, I couldn't tell how happy I was. The sleeves of the coat I was wearing were scratched to pieces without even realizing it. At that time, I ordered all the maids and eunuchs in the entire palace to receive double salaries."
"..., what I did today was very disrespectful. I'm afraid it's not appropriate for me to be so disrespectful. There may be a memorial to impeach me tomorrow. I just admit my mistake." Xiyao said.
"How could someone be so careless about impeachment? Etiquette is etiquette, but you are the queen of the palace, my wife, and the officials will not impeach you if you occasionally make a mistake." Yunxi said. Those who impeach for such things He is a big fool and cannot survive in the officialdom.