The rebellion was put down, and the news soon spread to Yongzhou. After hearing the news, the envoy of Zhao State couldn't wait to lead the mission team to Fengzhou City.
This time, the agreed return time had passed, and the envoy of the State of Zhao was already a little anxious, and he had also received a box of colored glaze from the State of Chu. If he did not go back as soon as possible to complete this matter for the State of Chu, he would not feel at ease.
Whoever takes the money will do the work.
He is a very principled person.
Xu Qingfangzhong
Xu Qing and Long Bing'er had just finished eating hot pot, or in other words, just finishing dinner.
Xu Qing looked at Long Bing'er and said, "Do you really want to go back to Zhao Kingdom?"
Long Bing'er hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Yes."
Xu Qing said: "I'll give it to you."
Long Bing'er said: "Okay."
When the two of them arrived at the embassy gate, Ambassador Zhao Guozheng was already waiting there with his motorcade.
The envoy of the State of Zhao looked at Xu Qing and cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations to your country for wiping out the rebellion and restoring peace to the world."
Xu Qing also cupped his hands and said: "I am delighted that this bandit suppression was so successful thanks to the help of your deputy envoy."
Zhao Guozheng's envoy said: "The imperial court is pressing hard, so I won't stay any longer. I'll take my leave."
Xu Qing suddenly remembered something and said, "Wait a minute."
After saying that, he returned to the room, took out the candies in the room and placed them on the mission's carriage, Long Bing'er's candies.
When it was time to say goodbye, the silly girl Long Bing'er looked at her so much that she even forgot the most important candy in the room. She couldn't look at her like this if she was pretty.
Long Bing'er glanced at Xu Qing one last time and said, "Goodbye."
After saying that, she got on the carriage and moved her candy into the carriage of the carriage.
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"Can't bear to part with it?"
While Xu Qing stood there quietly watching the delegation go away, a voice suddenly came from beside him.
Xu Qing turned around and looked at Xiao Ye, who came to him for unknown reasons.
He remembered that during the last two farewells, King Xian suddenly appeared beside him inexplicably. Now King Xian did not come, but his son replaced him.
Do all this family like gossip so much?
Xu Qing said: "Does Brother Xiao and his family like to suddenly appear next to others so much?"
Xiao Ye shook his head: "No, it's time for us to set off back to Beijing. Brother Xu, do we really not want to chase him? We won't be able to catch up if it's later."
Xu Qing sighed and said, "Let's go."
Xiao Ye said excitedly: "Brother Xu is going to catch up?"
Xu Qing said: "Go back to Beijing."
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Xu Qing and Xiao Ye led the Shadow Guards to escort the prisoners from Fengzhou to Yongzhou.
When he arrived in Yongzhou, he was warmly entertained by Governor Dong. Because he was feeling depressed, Xiao Ye took him to Piaoxiang Courtyard to listen to music.
When setting off from Yongzhou, Xu Qing once again invited Li Dong and Liu Ji to go to the capital. However, there were still elderly people to support at home and it was not suitable for them to travel to the capital, so Xu Qing had to go with them.
Because the prisoners are being escorted, it will take more time to return, not only the prisoners but also the property of the three families behind the team.
The wealth accumulated by the three families over decades now belongs to the wise king.
After six full days, Xu Qing saw the gate of the capital.
It can be said that the city gate is quite lively at this moment.
The Emperor of Chu personally led the civil and military officials to greet the returning soldiers in front of the capital gate.
Originally, there was no need for the emperor to personally lead the civil and military officials to greet bandits and quarrels at the gate of the capital.
But their banner this time was to counter the rebellion.
Moreover, when the Chu State suffered a serious disaster and the treasury was short of money, it needed to pawn royal treasures, and even without much troops at all, it suppressed a group of rebels who were approaching the city.
Suppression of bandits and counterinsurgency are two concepts.
It's a full set of acting.
Therefore, the emperor also sat on the royal chariot under the bright sun and went out of the city to greet the victorious soldiers who had returned from suppressing the rebellion.
In fact, who knows? As long as you don't hand over the Shadow Guards to this idiot like King Qi, you can win in any fight.
Speaking of King Qi, his current situation is not very good. He was already badly damaged by the bandits, and later he was kicked by Xiao Ye with a personal grudge.
To this day, I am still wrapped in gauze.
It seems that I can be honest again for a long time.
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Xu Qing got off the carriage and was a little surprised when he looked forward. Why were the civil and military officials who came out of the city to greet him different from when he left the capital?
There are a lot of missing old faces and a lot of new faces.
However, he didn't bother to think too much. He followed Xiao Ye who got off the horse and walked to the front of Yu Chu. He bowed and said, "I see your Majesty."
Emperor Chu supported Xu Qing with one hand and Xiao Ye with the other, and said with a smile: "It's been a hard journey to put down the rebellion this time. I have prepared a royal banquet for you in the palace. Follow me back to the palace for the banquet."
After that, Emperor Chu didn't go to the imperial court, and just turned around and walked towards the palace with a smile on his face.
Xiao Ye and Xu Qing followed behind.
Xiao Ye looked around and looked at Xu Qing standing aside with confusion: "Why isn't father here?"
Xu Qing looked up at the sun in the sky and said, "It's probably too hot outside."
The smile on Emperor Chu's face, who was walking in front, finally took on a far-fetched look.
Damn royal brother!
You are noble! You are amazing!
You are eating smoothies in the study on such a hot day, but I have to go all the way out of the city to greet you!
Emperor Chu could still recall what his brother said to him today: "Everyone has done a great job in suppressing the rebellion. As an emperor, shouldn't he go out of the city to greet him in person? Shouldn't he personally reward the soldiers who returned from suppressing the rebellion?
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Emperor Chu originally asked him: "Why don't you go?"
The words of the wise king are still ringing in my ears at this moment: "It's so hot outside today, and I'm not stupid. By the way, the princess specially prepared grape smoothie for me today to relieve the heat. I really can't leave..."
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Xu Qing and Xiao Ye followed Emperor Chu to the main hall where the royal banquet was held.
It would have been an honor to be favored by the emperor and come to attend the imperial banquet. However, Xu Qing had already seen through the "brothers, friends, and respect" between the Emperor of Chu and the wise king, and he was not interested in the imperial banquet at all.
No.
Rather than dining here with the emperor and the civil and military officials, he wanted to go home and take care of his wife.
It was not easy to wait until the banquet was over.
Just when Xu Qing was about to return home, she was invited to the palace again by people from Prince Xian's Palace.
After Xu Qing passed through the front yard of the palace and the martial arts arena, he came to the Xianwang's study.
However, Xu Qing felt that Prince Xian's Mansion was a bit empty.
The Xian Wang was a man who liked martial arts. He kept many weapons in his front yard, martial arts field and even in his study.
Not to mention that there were only a few weapons left in the martial arts arena at this time, even the dark iron sword that had been placed on the wooden shelf in the study room all year round was missing.
The Xian Wang who was behind the table saw Xu Qing coming in, put down the military book in his hand, looked at Xu Qing and said, "Here you go, sit down."
Xu Qing wondered: "Where has the dark iron giant sword that the prince always loved gone?"
The Xian Wang looked at Xu Qing with a bit of resentment on his face: "Go to your martial arts arena and have a look, maybe you can find it."
[I accidentally caught a bad cold, and my head felt dizzy when I was typing. The temperature difference between these two days is huge, so book friends, please keep warm.]