Ma'am, is there someone out there?

The wheels rolled and the horseshoes burst.In the blink of an eye, Shen Qing, Lu Chen and his party had traveled for three or four days.

Lu Chen leaned on the cushion, dizzy from being shaken by the chariots and horses.Xiao Bao crawled to his side and pressed Lu Chen's temples with his limp hands.Lu Chen squeezed Xiaobao's soft hand, with a slight smile on his face, he slipped away without paying attention.

"Would you like to stop and rest for a while, anyway, it's not too late." Shen Qing leaned over, put the back of his hand on Lu Chen's forehead to test the temperature, made sure that he didn't have a fever, and then he was a little relieved.It's just that Lu Chen was not in a good spirit all the way down.Asking him to see a doctor, Lu Chen blew his beard and stared.He didn't want to see the doctor at all.

It's nothing serious to say that I'm not in good spirits after being exhausted.Shen Qing had no choice but to take care of it herself, but fortunately, apart from being sleepy, Lu Chen was fine.He has a good appetite, and his complexion is often flushed, much more bloody than before.

Lu Chen opened his eyes and said, "Then stop." Anyway, he didn't really want to go to the capital.

Lu Chen agreed, and Shen Qing hurriedly asked the coachman to stop.The coachman was very angry, and with a shout, all the dozen or so carriages stopped.

Shen Qing helped Lu Chen get off the carriage, found a clean big rock and sat down.The others also came down to breathe for a while, and they also fainted after being swayed in the carriage all day.Especially the little girls who had never traveled far, it was rare for them to sit in the carriage for so long, and they were a little motion sick, and when they got out of the carriage, their faces were all pale.In comparison, Lu Chen is much more energetic than them.

After traveling for three or four days, they crossed the Qinling Mountains and entered the north.There is absolutely no Mobei withered in the north, but it is hard to see much green in this season.

Speaking of this, I have to talk about how the well-behaved General's Mansion is going to the north.

That day, the three members of Shen Qing's family received an imperial edict from the capital when they came back from offering incense in the mountain temple.After Lu Chen received the order, he became gloomy and uncertain. It was Shen Qing who took care of the aftermath and gave the messenger who delivered the order a lottery.He wants to stay overnight, but he repeatedly shirks it, saying that he still has to go to Wen'anhou's mansion.

After some sorting out, Lu Chen was still very unhappy when he came back.Shen Qing lifted his mask, and saw that his expression was uneasy.

Shen Qing smoothed his wrinkled eyebrows, and took over the yellow imperial edict.He has picked up this thing several times.

The meaning of the will is clear.To sum it up, there is a big victory at the border, there is joy, there is auspiciousness from heaven, there is joy, and the emperor's birthday is approaching, and there is another joy, so next month, when the emperor is born, the whole country will celebrate it.

Shen Qing has seen some customs of the emperor celebrating birthdays in the modern society, there are big ones, there are also those who just entertain the ministers, even a simple palace banquet is fine.But there are not many national celebrations, most of them are on the tenth birthday, and some customs will be celebrated at nine o'clock for auspiciousness.

But, how old is the current Emperor Changqing?

Lu Chen sat down, glanced at the imperial decree coldly, and said, "28 years old."

Shen Qing thought to himself, 28 years old, what kind of national celebration is this, Qianlong didn't do it.

"Who knows what kind of tricks they are up to." Lu Chen laughed, feeling that Lu Xuanyi was becoming more and more unprogressive, and he was not as cute as the kid who would ask him for candy back then.

Shen Qing carefully read that passage again, and felt that the words Tianjiang Xiangrui were very suspicious.The stuff that the ancients talked about might just be the fish of "Da Chu Xing, King Chen Sheng".

But what did Emperor Changqing want to do when he suddenly engaged in this thing.Judging by this posture, everyone is asking for a big gift.

Shen Qing also laughed, it seemed that he had to prepare a birthday gift for the emperor.It is important to pay attention to what gift to give, if it is too small, it will not be called the status of the general's mansion, if it is too big, Shen Qing still feels pain in his heart for an emperor who has never even met him.

"Baby, what birthday gift do you think our General's Mansion will prepare?"

Lu Chen said with disgust: "Cheaper, the cheaper the better."

Lu Chen didn't want to give him half a penny more.

"Others are flattering the emperor and coming here. The general's mansion is so shabby, will it be laughed at?" I heard that when presenting gifts, there is also a roll call.If he clicked over, no one knew him, Shen Qing, and Lu Chen would lose face.At that time, the public opinion will be that General Luo Sha is ugly and fierce, and now he is still stingy.

Lu Chen raised his eyebrows and looked at Shen Qing: "Are you afraid of being laughed at?"

Shen Qing waved his hand: "Of course I'm not afraid of being laughed at. But isn't the reputation all yours? To earn you a good reputation, it doesn't matter if I spend some money."

"No need." Lu Chen dismissed this kind of flattery, "If we don't give it away, there will naturally be other people vying for the flattery. Let's see and see."

Lu Chen said, thinking that he had participated in this kind of birthday banquet before, and there were all kinds of rare treasures during the roll call, which was quite new.

"For this kind of banquet, other ministers who have women in their families usually attend together. When the time comes, let's go and see the excitement together. If we see something good and interesting, if you like it, I..." Lu Chen said, pulling Watching Shen Qing lower his head, he whispered in Shen Qing's ear, "I'll take you into the palace, if you like something, we'll secretly take it away without leaving him a hair!"

In the past, if you stole something from the palace, you had to climb over the palace wall to escape. With the jade pendant, it is more convenient. Even if you go directly to the palace gate, you are not afraid of being searched by the guards.

Shen Qing squinted his eyes and smiled without speaking, making Lu Chen look at it in his heart, and wanted to scratch him a few times.Lu Chen thought that Shen Qing was laughing at him, but Shen Qing felt happy in his heart.

Today's Lu Chen is much more lively than before, loves to laugh more than before, and has a bit more wicked taste than before.

Seriously speaking, it is a little more popular.

Shen Qing looked at Lu Chen's little expression again, still thought it was very cute, bit the bridge of Lu Chen's nose, and was pushed far away by Lu Chen.

"It's business!" Lu Chen pretended to be serious, but his heart was beating fast.

Shen Qing smiled: "Isn't this a serious matter?"

"Nonsense." Lu Chen reproached.

"Okay, let's get down to business." Shen Qingning frowned, this gift for the emperor should not be too shabby, all civil and military officials will be watching, but it doesn't have to be too good, the general's mansion is not going to flatter the emperor, as long as it can pass up.

Regarding the gift, let's put it on hold for a while and think about it later.

Since Lu Chen returned to Qingzhou with Duke Huan, he didn't go to the capital much.When Duke Huan was still alive, there was a big banquet in the palace, and he would go back to the capital. When Duke Huan was not alive, Lu Chen only came back when he was receiving an order to report on his duties.

The mansion in the capital is now unknowingly dilapidated.

At this time, the old housekeeper who knows the affairs of the general's mansion will be of great use.

Which things and which people need to be brought to the capital are all considerations.It's rare for them to go to the capital. It's not good to have too much ostentation, but they can't be too low-key.

"You can't damage the face of the General's Mansion and Duke Huan's Mansion." The old butler said with a beard.After a few days of work, everything was arranged up and down.Those who stay in the General's Mansion in Qingzhou must follow the rules, and those who follow to the capital must be law-abiding and smart.

Then, a dozen or so carriages followed, of course, several carriages were full of salutes brought over from the mansion, including everyone's clothes and gifts for relationship.Huan Guogong has been out of the capital for too long, and he wants to have a relationship with him again, so he can't arrange gifts.

Although Lu Chen scoffed at this.He doesn't live in the capital, so he only came here for a month or two, so why is there such a commotion.The men in their barracks are much simpler. Once a pot of wine is dried, the relationship can be closer.Lu Chen, this is a typical general's mentality.

However, Lu Chen and Shen Qing would naturally not interfere with what the housekeeper wanted to do.They are happy to be at ease when someone takes things over.

The final selection included a few capable maids including Bai Zhu, a number of bodyguards trained by the General's Mansion, and a few diligent and capable servants.

Shen Qing had no objection to this list, the only thing that surprised him was that there were still a few girls who were married by "Original Body" back then.

Shen Qing rubbed his chin, the sense of existence of these girls was so weak that Shen Qing almost forgot.Yuanchen's father, fearing that his son would not be able to hold General Luocha's heart, chose one or two beautiful collateral cousins ​​from the side branches, and entered the general's mansion with Yuanchen.If these two girls are up to the challenge, maybe they can still make a living as a concubine.

It's a pity that the general didn't even stay at home, so Yuanben's father's calculations were all in vain.

Hearing that Shen Qing and Lu Chen were going to the capital, these two cousins, who had been silent for a long time, popped up for the first time, and insisted that Shen Qing take them back to the capital.The reasons given are also substantial. I am far away from home, I miss my parents at home, and I want to go back to my mother’s home.

Shen Qing readily agreed.He also wanted to know who was the person who administered the drug back then.

Shen Qing could remember this matter.The original body died because of this.It was clearly two groups of people who prescribed the medicine at the beginning.One was directed at the original body, while the other was for Lu Chen.

It's a pity that there was a mistake, and the only person who passed away unfortunately was Yuanshen.

On the way back to the journey, Lu Chen sat on the big rock, and Shen Qing put a futon under it, so as not to catch cold from the cold of the rock.He took warm tea and gave it to Lu Chen.Hands and gestures, gentle and polite, quite patient.

Let all the eyes of the surroundings gather in this corner.

Little Treasure was holding the jug and gurgling. What was in his jug was not water, but warm goat's milk.Shen Qing was afraid that Xiaobao would not grow tall, so he gave him milk every day, if there was no milk, he drank goat's milk.It's just that the goat's milk is a bit smelly, so it needs to be dealt with more.When Shen Qing boiled the goat milk, he added peanut, walnut and sesame powder to remove the smell before letting Xiaobao drink it.

Fortunately, Xiao Baoben grew up on the edge of the grassland and was used to eating dairy products, so he got used to the taste quickly.

Little Treasure took a mouthful of milk and a mouthful of shortbread, without realizing it, he had become the object of crowd watching.

In this family of three, Xiaobao may be the only one with a thick nerve, so he can't feel it.What Lu Chen said, he is also fussy at the moment, if it is normal, the aura may be slightly cold, and people will be scared away.

Shen Qing doesn't care, he likes to see it.

The few guards guarding from a distance are the most meticulous.That's it, there are still deserters.The ermine watched Xiaobao eat from a distance, and couldn't help swallowing for a long time.The captain of the guard, Ruoye, looked at the disheartened ermine, and silently stepped back a few steps.

"Don't look at it, shame on you."

Before Luo Ye backs away, let me remind you.It’s useless to look at them, none of their guards have a wife, they are all lonely, no one will bring you tea, and no one will bring you water, just looking at it makes you greedy.

The two cousins ​​of the Shen family were also watching.Shen Qing felt the gaze, looked over, and found that it was those two cousins.She looks quite pretty, no wonder the Shen family will send them over together.The idea of ​​this bet is to bet on the second if one fails.

But, I'm sorry, the general belongs to me.Don't think about it, Shen Qing thought to himself.

After Lu Chen finished drinking the water while sitting, when he raised his head, he found Shen Qing's gaze was looking far away, and he was not taking his eyes off it.Lu Chen also looked over and saw two young and beautiful girls who were younger than Shen Qing in terms of age.

To see a young girl!Lu Chen got angry and kicked Shen Qing's calf.

Shen Qing turned around, very puzzled.

Lu Chen pretended that he hadn't kicked him, and handed the water bottle to Shen Qing.

Lu Chen raised his head and said, "I'm cold." Well, he's not cold.

"Is it cold?" Shen Qing patted himself on the forehead, he said he forgot something, forgot to bring the cloak.In the carriage, there were woolen blankets and leather mattresses, and thick quilts. It wasn't cold, so naturally they didn't wear a cloak.Now that I got out of the carriage and sat on the side of the road, the wind was very strong, and it was indeed a bit cold.

Shen Qing turned around and went to the car to get the cloak, and Lu Chen behind him took advantage of him not paying attention, looked at the two cousins ​​coldly, and called the two girls who were several meters away, feeling inexplicably a gust of wind.

But where does this wind come from?

who knows.Anyway, it has nothing to do with me, Lu Chen.

After staring at the two girls, Lu Chen touched Xiaobao's head in a good mood, picked up a shortbread in front of Xiaobao and ate it.

Just as he was about to take it, Xiao Bao lost his hand: "..."