Iron Armored Emperor

Today, the gate of the capital city is destined to be lively.

Crown Prince Gu Zhao, with his guards, stood at the gate of the city waiting for Duke Ding.

Yan Liuying, the patriarch of the Yan family, came back from an outing outside the city with her niece and grandniece and her good friend from the Zuo family. They sat in a luxuriously decorated carriage, and even the horses pulling the carriage were dressed in silk. There is also a carriage clearing the way, the first three carriages are loaded with all kinds of gadgets used by maids and spring lovers, and behind them there are many servants and guards who are shouting and drinking.

This ostentation was even more extravagant than the ministers in Beijing, and he was indeed the number one merchant of the Great Chu who sold goods from the Great Chu to the Western Regions. His wealth was shocking.

Marquis Dingguo's carriage back to Beijing happened to meet the Yan family's convoy at the gate of the city.

Di Qiye was the most impatient to ride in a carriage. This time he wanted to bring Lan Yanzhi's grandfather back to the capital, so he could only sit patiently with the old man.The carriage was arranged by the guards, of course it is not bad, and the interior is also extremely comfortable, but it is definitely not as good as Yan's family decorated with jade and gold.

So the road outside the city gate was blocked.

On the left is the mighty spring outing motorcade of the Yan family.

On the right is just a low-key and simple-looking carriage, and on the surface there are only five equestrian guards dressed as ordinary servants.

The servants of Yan's family saw that there was no mark or mark on the carriage, the ostentation was also shabby, and they were not high-ranking officials who could not be offended, so why let it go?not to let.

The Jinyi guards are all the emperor's close ministers, and their eyes are trained in a frying pan. At a glance, they can tell that the Yan family is traveling, but what is the Yan family in front of them?What's more, the one sitting in the carriage is the Marquis of Dingguo, so why let him?It is even more impossible to let.

When he realized that something was wrong, the steward of the Yan family came out of the carriage leading the way, and the servants of the Yan family shouted "Master" in high and low voices. He didn't get out of the carriage, but stood on the carriage and shouted: "My friend on the opposite side, the head of the Yan family is going out. Please make way."

Although his words were polite, his tone and attitude were extremely arrogant.

The Jinyi Jinwei who was the leader flashed the jade badge on his waist, and replied in a calm voice: "I didn't hear you clearly, please say it again."

Unexpectedly, the other side was shameless, and the butler of the Yan family was about to yell at him when the guard walking in front saw the jade plaque on his waist, ran to the side of the butler's carriage and dragged him, and whispered to the angry butler, the butler instantly Turning pale, he immediately climbed out of the carriage and led all the family guards to kneel and kowtow: "The grassroots have eyes but don't know Mount Tai, please forgive me, my lords."

"Let's make way for the adults."

After stopping for a while, Di Qiye frowned slightly and raised the curtain of the car to ask, "What's the matter?"

Jinyi Jinwei knew this master's temper, and he didn't dare to continue to play awe-inspiring, so he replied, "It's all right", and planned to enter the city on the road that was given up.

As soon as Di Qiye lowered the carriage curtain, he heard a woman's voice angrily say: "What is it that dares to block the carriage of Yan's family and Zuo's family?"

The housekeeper of the Yan family finally regained his composure, and when he heard the Zuo family girl's angry reprimand, his face turned pale again. He rushed to the owner's carriage as if fleeing for his life, and hurriedly told about the fact that the guards opposite were Jinyi guards.

Those who can be guarded by Jinyi guards are either sent by His Majesty to pick up people, or they are important officials from the capital traveling. The Jinyi guards alone cannot be offended, not to mention that there is an unknown nobleman in the carriage.

The girl from the Zuo family relied on that she was from the Zuo family, and her father was the right servant of the official department, and she was sitting in the carriage of the head of the Yan family. She was full of vanity in her heart, and she was unwilling to give way. .

I never expected that I just ran into a hard stubble.

But when she thought about it, how could those important people in the capital come out of the capital this year?It must be that the guards in Jinyi went out on business and picked up people from the local area. It is also the same reason. It is impossible for the officials in the frontier to return to Beijing at this time of the year. past her father.

Besides, no matter how close the guards in brocade clothes are to His Majesty, the ordinary guards are only seventh-rank officials, who wouldn't salute her father when they saw her?

So she didn't want to make peace with others, but instead came up with a carriage to confront people.

The Zuo family girl was childish and vain, but Yan Liuying was not confused after all.

She is getting older, and although she is still the head of the Yan family in name, it is difficult to say whether she will give up voluntarily or passively for many things.

Yan Liuying herself has never been married, so she loves children very much, and treats her nephews, nieces, and the next generation as her own. Today, she is taking her favorite grandniece with her, the girl from the Zuo family. I don't like it very much, but the Zuo family is quite close to the Yan family now, and the grandniece likes to play with girls from the Zuo family. Whenever the grandniece acts like a baby, Yan Liuying will respond.

Well now, trouble has been caused for no reason.

But Yan Liuying was not qualified enough to discipline the girl from the Zuo family after all, so she could only get out of the carriage in silence, intending to go to the opposite carriage to make amends.

Hearing the angry reprimand, Di Qiye didn't urge him any more, he was determined to see how things develop, so he still sat firmly in the car with Lan Yan's grandfather.

As for the Jinyi guards, they glanced at each other without saying a word.

Yan Liuying helped the housekeeper to get out of the carriage. She was wearing a green skirt, a gold hairpin and a jade belt, shining with pearls, and she was full of compelling wealth. When she walked slowly, the people on the side of the road were amazed and marveled at Yan's family. rich.

But when she walked to the carriage on the opposite side, she found that the faces of these Jinyi guards were quite cold, and they were not polite to herself, the head of the Yan family.

Yan Liuying's heart skipped a beat.

She immediately bowed to the carriage and apologized: "It is the Yan family's fault for disturbing the nobles and delaying your lord's business. Now that the way has been given up, please go ahead first. The Yan family will send you an apology soon."

"Apologize?" The guard in Jinyi smiled, "The head of the Yan family is offering bribes in the street."

Yan Liuying frowned, first she was annoyed, and then she came to her senses. These are Jinyi guards, the emperor's close ministers, and the rules are strict. Naturally, it is impossible for ordinary officials to say hello, hello, hello, hello, everyone, so she hurriedly saluted again: "Of course it's not a bribe, it's just an ordinary apology to show off your innocence, and it won't embarrass you masters."

When she said this, and it wasn't Yan Liuying who made the outrageous words, Jinyi Jinwei knew that the master in the carriage didn't want to embarrass others, so he handled it lightly, slowed down his expression and said: "There is no need to make an apology." Now, the head of the Yan family is good at doing business, so he needs to put his heart into disciplining the younger generation."

Yan Liuying breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to salute and leave when she saw the five guards in brocade clothes turned solemnly, got off their horses neatly, knelt down and saluted, "See Your Highness."

Your Highness?

Yan Liuying looked up, the crown prince Gu Zhao!

She immediately knelt down, but her heart couldn't stop jumping. Prince Gu Zhao came to pick him up in person. Who would be in the carriage?Could it be...

The carriage curtain moved.

"Why is Your Highness here?" Di Qiye asked.

Gu Zhao was helpless, it's because you walked too slowly and made your father anxious.Gu Zhao accepted the gift of the younger generation, and then said: "Father sent Zhao to welcome the Grand Tutor back to the palace."

Gu Zhao was so respectful, it reminded Di Qiye of the time he called his mother five years ago, he felt a little uncomfortable, coughed lightly, and said, "I'm sorry, Your Highness."

Yan Liuying knelt on the ground, not daring to make a sound, her face pale.

Five years after Chuchu, Marquis Dingguo went out of the palace from time to time, so he severed his relationship with the Yan family, and never mentioned the matter of collecting strange objects. .

Therefore, they have only met twice in the past ten years, except for saluting in return, they have hardly spoken.

Yan Liuying and Yan Fagu have quite a friendship, and she is quite clear about Ding Guohou's temperament, knowing that he doesn't like to make things difficult for others, but what the girl from the Zuo family said just now, even if Ding Guohou doesn't like to make things difficult for others, Jinyi Jinwei Reporting to the higher authorities, how can His Majesty easily let the Yan family go?

"Patriarch Yan," Di Qiye looked at Yan Liuying, "Long time no see."

Yan Liuying forced a smile, and replied respectfully: "Yes, we haven't seen each other for five or six years? I didn't expect to see you again in such a situation. Yan Liuying is incapable of discipline, and I don't know Taishan with my eyes. Please forgive my sin .”

Di Qiye said flatly: "It's a trivial matter, it can't be called forgiveness."

Yan Liuying breathed a sigh of relief, but she heard Di Qiye sigh in a calm tone: "The Yan family is extravagant, and it really deserves its reputation. It is true that flowers are blooming, and fire is cooking oil."

Yan Liuying stared blankly, feeling suspicious in her heart, "Flowers bloom in brocade, fire cooks oil" is a good word, but it inevitably implies the meaning of prosperity and decline.

Years ago, His Majesty also praised the Yan family's good business practices and encouraged the Yan family to expand their business routes in the Western Regions. What does Di Qiye mean by saying this now?

How could she have imagined that Gu Lie had already counted ten years later, and what Di Qiye reminded her was not the present, but to remind her to run the family rigorously and not indulge the Yan family. scattered.

Di Qiye was just looking at his past friendship, whether he could understand it or not was up to Yan Liuying himself, so he didn't say much, and sat back in the carriage with Gu Zhao, and went to Miyagi under the escort of the guards.

Yan Liuying stood and thought for a long time.

Gu Lie waited and waited, and finally heard Yuan Bao came to report, saying that Marquis Ding had entered the palace.

As soon as Di Qiye entered Weiyang Palace, he was hugged horizontally by Gu Lie who came striding forward.

Gu Zhao, who was following behind, turned around and walked back knowingly.

Di Qiye was holding a basket of cherries picked this morning, and when he was hugged by Gu Lie, he was worried about the cherries and angry at the same time. Gu Zhao looked straight at him and said with a straight face, "Put me down."

Gu Lie hugged him and walked inside: "Don't let him go."

Di Qiye snorted twice, hugged Gu Lie's neck tightly, and stopped talking.

"Miss me?" Gu Lie asked with a smile as if he could read minds.

Di Qiye looked at him with raised eyebrows: "Guess."

Gu Lie affirmed: "That's what I thought."

Di Qiye chuckled lightly, but said nothing.

After stepping into the palace gate, Gu Lie put Di Qiye down, hugged him again, and sighed, "Finally back."