Uncertain Chang'an

On the 27th day of the new year, the officials who were supposed to take their annual leave had to wait at the gate of the city in court clothes early in the morning because the king of Changsha came to the capital and Emperor Chengping went out of the city to greet him in person to show his respect.This is the first time that King Changsha has re-entered Beijing after four years, and it is also the first time that he brought his concubine and princess together. In previous years, he sent people to greet him, but this year Emperor Taiping actually came in person, and brought Empress Yan and Zhou Jinhe together. Let all the officials feel that His Majesty loves the King of Changsha.

Xiao Wuding continued to take on the heavy responsibility of the Chengyuan army, so naturally he also wore armor and waited among the ranks of officials.It's still snowing, but luckily it's not that big, small flakes of snow are scattered from the sky, except for the royal family who are driving, the rest of the people seem to have been standing here for decades, like moxie temples are already dotted with gray .

Zhou Jinhe raised the curtain and saw Xiao Wuding standing there with a serious expression, the black armor on her body was covered with snow, she is a woman after all, she can't compare to those men with rough skin and thick flesh, wearing armor must be colder, But now in front of so many people, she can't get someone to give her a hand stove or something, Zhou Jinhe frowned slightly, wondering why his father was so fanfare this year.

"It's freezing cold, you two go down and bring some hot tea to the adults, don't freeze."

"Here."

Mo'er and Fei'er immediately started making tea. Fortunately, Emperor Taiping mainly welcomed officials of the third rank and above, and the number of people was not too many.Zhou Jinhe thought for a while, but then said: "Wait a minute." After speaking, he got out of the carriage and drove to the carriage of Taiping Emperor Yan, Mo'er Feier hurriedly followed.

After receiving the notification, Zhou Jinhe got into the emperor's car, bowed obediently and said: "My sons and ministers see the father and mother."

Emperor Taiping helped her up and said, "Pingshen, why is Jin'er here?"

Zhou Jinhe replied with a smile: "I thought that it would not be good for the ministers outside to be cold, so I wanted to send some hot tea to the adults, but I didn't want to drink the tea stored in the carriage, so I wanted to ask my father. The emperor asks for some tea."

When she said this, she reminded Emperor Taiping, and he smiled gratifiedly: "Jin'er is more careful, Gu Xianghai, bring tea for the princess."

"Here." Gu Xianghai responded, took the tea from the hidden compartment and handed it to Mo'er Feier who was waiting outside the carriage. Without Zhou Jinhe's further instructions, Mo'er Feier went back to the carriage to make tea, while Zhou Jinhe stayed behind. Chat with the two in the carriage.

The ministers stood outside for a long time, their hands and feet were cold. Suddenly, they saw the two personal maids of Her Royal Highness leading several maids over with trays. Starting from the highest-ranking prime minister, they served tea one by one. Everyone took the hot tea and hurriedly said thank you. , drank it in one gulp, and the body instantly warmed up a lot.Arriving in front of Xiao Wuding, Mo'er winked at her, took the teacup she handed back and handed it another cup, saying: "It must be colder when the general wears armor, let's drink another cup."

Xiao Wuding understood immediately, took the teacup with a smile and drank it down, and said: "I would also like Miss Mo'er to thank Your Highness for me."

Zhou Jinhe returned to his carriage after staying for a while, and after listening to Mo'er Feier's report, he opened the curtain and saw that her complexion was not as ugly as before, so he put down the curtain with a smile.

On the other side of the emperor's car, Gu Xianghai listened to the reports from the people below, and got into the car with a smile and said to Emperor Taiping: "Your Majesty, it is true that your daughter is a caring little padded jacket. Now the ministers all say that your majesty is sympathetic to your ministers." .”

"Huh? Why did Jin'er shake me out?" Emperor Taiping was slightly stunned, and asked jokingly.

Gu Xianghai smiled and replied: "That's right, Mo'er and Fei'er said that His Majesty is sympathetic to the courtiers, and specially rewarded you with tea to warm your bodies."

Empress Yan squeezed Emperor Taiping's shoulders while smiling and said: "Our daughter will always think about your majesty. A few days ago, she was crying poorly with her concubine, and when she turned around, she went to send cotton-padded charcoal to the poor scholars who were waiting for the exam in Beijing. It is His Majesty who has so much grace that he can't bear to see the scholars suffer from hunger and hunger, and he didn't let his concubine tell you."

"Oh? There are other things like this?" Emperor Taiping was a little surprised, but also relieved, and said with a smile, "I'll ask her after I return to the palace."

After a while, finally saw the pennant symbolizing the King of Changsha. Emperor Taiping and Empress Yan stood on the car, watching the long procession meandering towards them.Duan Yuanqi took the lead, Wang Jia followed closely behind, and the escort team stopped not far away, fearing to offend His Majesty the Emperor.

He rode his horse not far from the emperor's chariot, Duan Yuanqi got off his horse, walked up to the chariot, knelt down and saluted, "I see Your Majesty, Queen Empress." Although he is a king, he is only a subject of the Jin Dynasty , When he came to Emperor Taiping, he still had to bow his head honestly.

Princess Changsha and Princess Duan Changning followed closely behind, and knelt down in front of the car to salute, all officials also bowed to the three people together, Xiao Wuding suppressed himself not to look at the three people from the beginning to the end, and only followed all the officials to move together .

Emperor Taiping and Empress Yan looked at each other, they got out of the car, stepped forward to help Princess Changsha and then Duan Yuanqi, and said: "My dear brother, the journey is far away, and my dear brother's family is suffering, so go back to the palace first." Take a good rest."

Zhou Jinhe looked at Princess Changsha, and saw that her appearance hadn't changed much from eight years ago, and she was reluctant to leave too many marks on such a beautiful woman's face, but she seemed to have a little more deserted temperament, and she was not as beautiful as she remembered. So amiable.And just now her father and mother actually supported her first and then the King of Changsha, Zhou Jinhe secretly remembered that something was wrong.

The little girl next to Princess Changsha must have been Princess Duan Changning. While the adults were talking, she blinked her big eyes and looked around quietly, and happened to meet Zhou Jinhe's eyes.I saw her stunned for a while, and then gave her a big smile, which made Zhou Jinhe stunned. That appearance was five points similar to that of Chang'an... It's just that Chang'an's father, Xiao, was raised by his son since he was a child. , Her eyebrows are heroic, this little girl is more like the princess of Changsha, she is carved with jade, and she can be seen as a beauty at a glance.Zhou Jinhe smiled back at her, feeling a lot of relief in his heart, but fortunately Duan Changning was not like her father, otherwise she really didn't know what to do.Although Uncle Xiao died in battle, Duan Yuanqi did this to take care of his sister-in-law, but Zhou Jinhe always felt a little pimple in his heart, why should he marry to take care of her?Or did you marry so quickly?Aunt really agreed?

"The Chengyuan army will be settled by General Zhenbei, and my brother and I will go back to the palace first." With a wave of Emperor Taiping's hand, Xiao Wuding stepped forward to salute, got on his horse and led a group of soldiers to Chengyuan Junqian led them to the camp of the Dingbei Army.Looking at it from afar, Zhou Jinhe felt that General Xiao's complexion was even uglier than before, colder than the white snow that had accumulated for a long time on the top of the mountain in the distance.

Emperor Taiping took the lead in driving, and a group of people marched into the city. Because New Year's Eve will be in a few days, the dust-cleaning banquet of Changsha Wang's family will stay together on New Year's Eve, and they can return home after welcoming all the officials today.The King of Changsha doesn't have a residence in Beijing, and he lives in the palace every time he comes, and this time is no exception.After arriving at the palace and washing up in the palace arranged by Queen Yan, King Changsha went to see Emperor Taiping, and Princess Changsha took her daughter to Queen Yan.

There was a banquet in the evening, but it was just a family banquet and did not involve foreign ministers, so Zhou Jinhe followed into the palace and chatted with Queen Yan.

"A few days ago, Mrs. Lu entered the palace and gave the queen some small things. You can take a look later and take them back if you like them."

"Mrs. Lu?" She was looking for an opportunity to reveal the matter to Emperor Taiping, when her mother mentioned it, Zhou Jinhe made a little calculation in his heart, and looked a little surprised, and said: "The Ministry of punishment is investigating Mr. Lu, why is Mrs. Lu Do you still have this thought?"

Empress Yan frowned in surprise, and asked, "Huh? What's going on? The Ministry of Criminal Justice?" Why is it that Lu Bingwen is also one of her promising son-in-law candidates? Why didn't she know that the Ministry of Criminal Justice had investigated him?

"A maid in Lu's mansion went missing. Her parents beat the grievance drum and reported it to Jingzhaoyin's mansion, saying it was Mr. Lu... But Jingzhaoyin's mansion failed to find out and handed it over to the Ministry of Punishment. Why didn't you know? Father Didn't the emperor tell you?"

Empress Yan also wondered, usually Emperor Taiping would tell her about matters related to Young Master Jingzhong, why didn't he say this?

"Aren't you on good terms with Miss Lu's concubine? Did she say anything?"

Zhou Jinhe said helplessly: "Mother, that's his elder brother, even if we are friends, what can you say to me? Wei Zhen only said that she only stayed in her own yard, and didn't know anything about it."

Hearing this, Empress Yan frowned even more. Since she is the elder brother, even if she is guilty, she should say that she is not guilty. It's just that the girl from the Lu family is young, so she might not be able to bear to deceive Jin'er, so she said she didn't know...

Empress Yan immediately felt that something was wrong, and said sternly: "I will go to your father and ask about it later."

Before Zhou Jinhe could answer again, the palace servants outside announced: "Your Majesty, Princess Changsha has brought the princess here."

Hearing this, Empress Yan smiled again, put aside the bad things just now, and said, "Please hurry up."

Princess Changsha brought her daughter into the palace, saluted and said: "Concubine, please see the empress." Am I born?" The Princess of Changsha's real name is Gu Nanxu, and when she was in Changsha Palace, Empress Yan always called her Elder Sister Xu.

Zhou Jinhe also got up and stepped forward, paused for a while, and still bowed to the elders, saying: "Auntie, it's been a long time since everything is well?"

Empress Yan at the side froze for a while when she heard her address, but fortunately there was no outsider here, so she let her go.Gu Nanxu was slightly stunned, his expression became softer, he stretched out his hand to caress her temples, and said affectionately: "After eight years of farewell, Jin'er has already become a beauty that can overwhelm the country and the city."

Feeling her daughter tugging at the corner of her clothes, Gu Nanxu lowered her head and smiled, and said to Zhou Jinhe: "Ning'er is very curious about you, and asked me if I could see you when I learned that I was coming to Beijing. "

"Oh?" Zhou Jinhe heard the words, squatted down with a smile and pinched the little girl's round face, looked at the face that was five points similar to Chang'an, with a gentle expression, and asked, "What is Ning'er curious about me?"

The little girl blinked her big watery eyes, and answered sweetly: "Ning'er heard that Her Royal Highness Princess Yongning is the number one beauty in the Jin Dynasty, and she is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so she is curious."

"Tsk, your mouth is so sweet." Yan Hou rubbed her head with a smile, and said to Zhou Jinhe: "Jin'er, take Ning'er to play, I will talk to your aunt for a while."

"Yes, I will bring Ning'er over during the banquet, and you two will chat." Zhou Jinhe smiled slightly, bowed to the two, and took Duan Changning's little hand to go out.

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