Qiao Yi

The cold wind was bleak, and goose-feather-like white snow was flying all over the sky, falling down one after another, the ground was covered with a layer of white snow, and the pedestrians, carriages and horses on the street gradually decreased.In the evening, there were no pedestrians, vehicles or horses coming in and out of the city gate at this time. The soldiers guarding the city gate gathered together in twos and threes, complaining about why the weather was so cold. Everyone was waiting for the city gate to be closed later. .

A group of light cavalry approached from a distance, and when they reached the gate of the city, a man on the horse showed a black token and ordered, "Get out of the way."

"Yes, the officer obeys."

As soon as the soldiers guarding the city saw the token, they knelt down on one knee and saluted, not daring to stop them, and waved to let the soldiers behind them go.

"drive--"

Xie Yin looked ahead, pulled the rein in his hand, and drove the horse into the city.

After a lapse of more than ten years, he returned to the capital again. Seeing the strange but familiar scenery on the street, his heart was slightly touched, and his hand holding the rein tightened.In this capital city, he, Xie Yin, is still back!Those who tried their best not to let him return to Beijing failed to stop him from returning to Beijing.

Their journey back to Beijing this time was not smooth, since they had encountered dozens of assassinations and sieges, large and small.The closer he got to the capital, the more ambushes and killers he encountered on the road. It took him a while to take care of the killers he encountered on the road, and he even took a detour to do some errands on the way.They rode fast all the way, he deliberately delayed for a while, and did not reach the capital until today.

Zhang Jiu and Du Changting followed behind their master, one on the left and one on the right, and they kept close to their master along the way.

A group of more than ten horses passed through the city gate one after another and entered the capital.

After the group of horsemen passed by, the soldiers behind got up from the ground one by one.A little soldier asked curiously, "Who are those who went in just now?"

"Whoever he is, he's someone we can't afford to offend anyway."

At the feet of the emperor, anyone who meets someone may be a relative of the emperor, or a high official in the court. They are just soldiers guarding the city, and they can't afford to offend any of them.If you accidentally offend someone, you won't know how you will die, so when you meet these big people, just get out of the way and don't get in the way.

There were not many people in the empty street, and a group of fast horses passed by unimpeded. The horseshoes fell on the ground, leaving a line of horseshoe prints, which were quickly covered by the falling snow.

***

Ming Palace

"Call-"

Xie Yin reined in the reins he was holding, and the big horse stopped. He looked up at the plaque hanging on the gate of the palace, saw the three big characters [Ming Palace] written on it, looked away, and turned over. dismount.

The people who followed stopped their horses one after another, followed by their master and got off the horse.

On this day, Ming Palace finally welcomed its owner. This mansion was bestowed by the emperor, and its owner never came back to live in it.

"Your Highness, it's you, it's really Your Highness who's back...Old slave, I finally waited for your little master to come back." The old eunuch had been guarding Nuo Da's Ming Palace for so many years, and finally waited for his little master to return.

Eunuch Cui is the confidant eunuch next to the deceased Lonely Queen, who is responsible for looking after their little Highness.At that time, their empress and empress still left a lot of court ladies and eunuchs to take care of the little Highness, but after Concubine Xiao took charge of the power of the harem, she found all kinds of excuses to deal with them, either by giving them death or being transferred. I went to the cold palace to do things.Eunuch Cui is one of the few old people who are still alive among the people left by Empress Dugu back then. It's just that Eunuch Cui regretted not being able to protect the young master well.

After the emperor bestowed this Ming Palace, Eunuch Cui came out of the palace and came to Ming Palace to take care of the house for his little master, waiting for his little master to return.

Originally, Eunuch Cui thought that he would not be able to see his little master back in his lifetime, but unexpectedly one day the emperor issued a decree for their little Highness to return to Beijing.He had been waiting for this day to come, and finally let him wait.Seeing the little master who came back, the old eunuch couldn't help but wet his eyes, and led the servants behind him to kneel down and salute, "My servant pays homage to His Highness, and welcomes His Highness back to Beijing."

"Eunuch Cui, please get up." In his last life, Eunuch Cui had always been loyal to his master, and in the end he ended up dying for protecting his master.After being reborn, Xie Yin remembered the old man left to him by his mother in his heart.

In this life, he did not stay in the capital like the previous life, but chose to go to the border.Probably because of his departure, many things have changed from the previous life.Xie Yin did not give up on the old man left to him by his mother. Back then, he chose to leave the capital, and left a few people from his grandfather to Eunuch Cui, and later took the opportunity to get them out of the palace. Outside, it would be more convenient for him to do things for him.

Although he was not in the capital these years, he knew all the major news in the capital, most of which came from Eunuch Cui.

Back then when he chose to leave the capital, it wasn't because he gave in. He just chose a roundabout way to change to another place to let himself grow and become stronger.For the capital here, Xie Yin has not given up here for so many years, but has planted a lot of roots here a long time ago. Be clear.Just wait for him to come back one day and get back everything that originally belonged to him!

"Thank you, Your Highness, my servant." Eunuch Cui got up from the ground and looked at the little master who had grown up to such a big size. Those eyes really looked like those of their empress, but unfortunately, the empress did not have the chance to see them. The little master who has grown up.Eunuch Cui wiped away his tears again thinking of the empress who passed away for many years, and the young master who was forced to leave Beijing to go to the border these years.

The servants who followed behind got up one by one, and followed behind Eunuch Cui.

"Hey, I saw the slave making a joke..." Eunuch Cui was still happy to see the young master returning to the capital safely. , master, please come inside quickly."

"As soon as I received the news that the master is going back to the capital, the slave asked people to tidy up the whole house, and only wait for you to come back, the master." As early as receiving the news that the young master was going back to Beijing, Cui The father-in-law ordered the servants in the mansion to clean up the entire palace, and the yard where the master lived was properly tidied up, just waiting for their young master to return to the capital.

Therefore, although the master of the palace is not here in the capital, the whole palace is well organized.

Xie Yin raised his foot and stepped into the gate of the palace. It was the first time he had come back since the mansion was given.But he is no stranger to this place, he has lived here in his last life.

Since the prince was 15 years old, he went out to build a mansion and lived in an outside mansion. In his last life, he lived in an outside mansion before he was 15 years old.And although he was not in the capital in this life, this mansion was still given to him by his father, so when he returned to Beijing this time, he took people back to his mansion directly.

"Hurry up and prepare hot soup for the master to bathe and change clothes."

"...Let the kitchen prepare more food and wine, and..."

Eunuch Cui asked the servants below to lead the horses to the stables at the back to feed them, and arranged for the rest of the soldiers who followed the young master back to the capital to rest in the back yard.

Zhang Jiu and Du Changting did not follow, but followed behind their master.

Seeing Eunuch Cui looking towards Zhang Jiu and Du Changting, Xie Yin said, "These two are subordinates around Gu, the one on the left is Zhang Jiu, and the one behind is Du Changting... this one is Eunuch Cui, today He is the chief steward of Prince Ming's Mansion."

"This old slave has met Mr. Zhang and Mr. Du." Knowing that these two were subordinates of his Highness, Eunuch Cui saluted kindly.

Zhang Jiu hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Don't dare, the housekeeper doesn't have to be so polite."

"Master, please this way." Eunuch Cui led their little master all the way inside, to the largest main courtyard inside, "Master, this is the courtyard where you live... This is the bedroom where you will live in the future , the study room over there. Master, please take a look at what is missing in this room, and the slave will send someone to prepare it for you."

Xie Yin lifted his foot and walked into the room, looked around the room, and said, "There is nothing missing for now, that's all."

"Master, these people are the maidservants serving in your yard. Master, you can tell them to do anything in the future." Eunuch Cui recruited four beautiful maids and four servants, and several The maidservant and the servant came to see the master, "The slave/servant pays respects to the master."

Two strong boys came over with hot water and poured it into the tub behind the screen.

Xie Yin looked at a few maidservants and servants, and just gave a faint "hmm", and said, "Get up, you all have nothing to do here, go out and wait outside." After saying that, he walked behind the screen past.During these years at the border gate, he has already gotten used to doing everything by himself without relying on other people's hands, and he is not very used to having people around him to serve him.

Eunuch Cui understood, and made a gesture for people to go down, and several maidservants and servants retreated outside.

Seeing their master walking behind the screen, knowing that their master was going to take a bath, Eunuch Cui bowed and bowed, followed by retreating, and asked people to close the door, telling the servants outside to be careful when serving the master .

One by one, the clothes that were taken off were hung on the screen...

The young man who stepped into the tub raised his head and put his hands on the side of the tub. His naked and strong body was mature and charming between a young man and a man. A drop of water dripped from the young man's resolute chin and fell to On the chest of the young man, fell into the water...