Wishful Things

——The king of Yan has arrived?

Qin Wu looked forward unexpectedly.

There was indeed a group of chariots and horses approaching, and the other party had obviously seen their army here, and they were already showing signs of slowing down.

Qin Wu hesitated for a moment, but still walked in the direction of the pavilion.

Inside the pavilion, Wu Chaozheng said: "When the two armies are fighting, the transmission of information is very important, and sometimes it can even determine the success or failure of the battle. And now the person in charge of this hidden stake is a confidant sent by the junior a few years ago. He shouldn't say anything, and he will never say a word. Please rest assured to accept this thing."

Seeing that the young man's attitude was so sincere, and what he said was not unreasonable, Lord Zhen Guo finally took the things over.

"The old man has the audacity to accept it."

He is thinking about the overall situation and the odds of winning.

As for the shameless one, he had reconsidered just now, maybe he is the one who loses face!

——The future grandson-in-law is too filial, what can he do?

Imagining Dingnan Wang's expression when he said this sentence in the future, the old man felt more and more at ease.

"General."

Lord Zhen Guo put away his things and turned to look at Qin Wu: "What's the matter?"

"There are chariots and horses approaching ahead, most likely His Royal Highness King Yan."

Duke Zhen's expression changed.

It is said that Princess Yan has never traveled such a long distance before, and she fell ill due to fatigue and bumps along the way, so she was delayed for a day or two when she approached the capital, otherwise, King Yan would have entered the city yesterday at the latest.

And even if King Yan entered the city yesterday, it is not appropriate for the two of them to meet in private under such a situation. I thought they would definitely not see each other this time, but they unexpectedly met here at this time——

What a coincidence.

It is inevitable to meet face to face, and it is reasonable to exchange a few pleasantries.

"It's getting late, the old man went to say hello to His Royal Highness King Yan, so he had to hurry on his way." Zhen Guogong said: "Wu Shisun, let's go back to the city."

Wu Chao nodded knowingly, saluted and said, "Be careful on the national highway."

Although in terms of seniority, King Yan is his uncle, he should also meet him, but he came out of the city today to see off the Duke, in order to deceive others. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, if he stepped forward to reveal his identity at this time and passed it to the emperor's ears afterwards, it would not be a good thing for the three parties.

But Wu Chao did not leave immediately.

He had heard a lot about the prestige and deeds of His Royal Highness King Yan, but he had never had the chance to meet a real person, so he was inevitably a little curious at this time.

After a while, a person and a rider appeared in front of everyone.

The man on horseback wears a dark blue gown with a round collar, a big bony hand holding the rein under the arrow sleeve, and a pair of carved silk riding boots. Or because he has been stationed in the Northland all year round, his complexion is dark and rough, and he has a beard. From such a distance, Wu Chao can't see his appearance clearly for a while, but it is enough to see that his whole body is extraordinary.

The man got off the horse. Although he was not as tall and burly as Duke Zhen, he was tall and straight.

Handing over the reins to the attendant who was following him, the man walked up to Lord Zhen Guo, raised his hand and saluted, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the general led his troops to march through here. General—long time no see."

Zhen Guogong also raised his hand and saluted, looked at the man and said: "The prince is back."

The man who seems to have a bit of northwest roughness, his eyes are still as bright as stars.

"Yes, I'm back." Yan Wang looked at the gray hair of the old man in front of him, the smile in his eyes faded unconsciously, but there was still a long-lost reunion smile in his voice: "How is the general in recent years?"

"Everything is fine, I wonder how the prince is doing in the North?"

"Thanks to the general's concern, it's also very good."

It's good to be alive.

"My lord has changed a lot." Duke Zhen said with a smile, "I almost couldn't recognize the old man just now—"

"Yes, I don't look at the mirror easily on weekdays, but I accidentally glanced at it last time, and almost didn't know who is in the mirror." Yan Wang said with a hearty smile: "This time I come back, I will definitely be unable to compete with Brother Xu for the title of the most beautiful man in the capital."

Thinking of the eldest son in the family, Duke Zhen couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, don't praise him anymore. When you see him, you'll know that His Highness is even better."

If the prince was walking downhill on this downhill road, then his son was simply kicked and rolled straight down, rolling far and round.

"Didn't everyone say that the capital's water and soil are more nourishing? Even if it's not as good as the Jiangnan, it shouldn't be more difficult than the Northwest. I think the general is still as majestic as before."

Lord Zhen shook his head with a sigh.

It really feeds people.

The fattening kind.

The two were chatting and chatting here. In a carriage parked not far behind King Yan, a hand raised the curtain of the carriage and asked curiously, "Aniang, who is that person talking to King Father? He has many soldiers and horses with him, and he looks very majestic."

The girl looks about fourteen or fifteen years old, with big black and bright eyes.

The woman she called A Niang looked a little sick, she shook her head at this moment, and said softly: "It's also my first time in Beijing, how can I recognize you, but I think it should be your father's old friend..."

As soon as the slightly breathless words fell, the woman frowned and covered her mouth with a veil and coughed.

The girl seemed to be used to her coughing all the way, and she didn't turn her head to look at it, her attention was attracted by the scene outside: "Father just said that it won't take half an hour to enter the city..."

As he spoke, he clasped his hands on the edge of the car window, stuck out half of his head, and looked around curiously.

The next moment, the girl's eyes that kept moving suddenly stopped.

She blinked and looked at the boy standing in the pavilion.

Who is this?

Along the way, she has met many good-looking people, but she was unable to take her eyes off such a good-looking person, and it was the first one.

And what she said was good-looking, but it was not just that she was good-looking. After all, she was still far away, so she couldn't see the other party's facial features very carefully.

How can I say...

Anyway, she only thought that the boy's figure was good-looking, and his demeanor around him was even more good-looking - since she was a child, she had never seen such a person who was so pleasing to the eye from head to toe.

At this time, the carriage moved suddenly, the girl's figure swayed, and she fell back into the carriage.

But the chariots and horses did not move forward, but avoided the sides of the road.

"Are you giving way to those people?" The girl said puzzledly: "There are so many of them, let them go first, wouldn't we have to wait for a long time?"

Besides, her father is the King of Yan, how could the other party let the King of Yan's motorcade give way?

"Keep your voice down, the capital city is no better than in Mizhou, there are more nobles and more rules..." Princess Yan whispered to her daughter.

The girl curled her lips in disdain.

There are many nobles, but how many are more noble than the father?

It can't be done with one hand.

"General, please take care of yourself—"

Duke Yan, who was on the horse, bowed his hands again, with deep eyes and a bit of solemnity in his tone.

In such a situation, it is not appropriate to talk about it, but I don't know when I will see you next time.

"My lord, take care too."

Duke Zhen returned a salute to the King of Yan immediately, and hurried away with his army.

Just as King Yan was about to mount his horse, he suddenly caught sight of a young figure coming out of the pavilion from the corner of his eye——

He subconsciously turned his head to look.

Just as Wu Chao took the reins from Xiao Qi, he faintly noticed that gaze, so he also looked up.

With their eyes meeting, Wu Chao raised his hand and gave a salute, then got on his horse.

It is inconvenient for him to go up to talk to this uncle today, but it is inevitable that we will meet in the future, doing this salute can be regarded as taking into account the etiquette of being a junior.

Seeing the young man riding his horse and disappearing into the depths of the path behind the bamboo forest with his entourage, King Yan couldn't regain his senses for a long time with fluctuating eyes.

Who is that boy?

What he saw just now seemed extremely unreal, and it actually made him feel like he was dreaming.

"My lord, it's time to leave." The entourage leading the horse reminded him aloud.

King Yan nodded slightly, before turning his gaze back.

A group of people rushed towards the direction of the city.

The majestic city gate appeared in front of his eyes. Looking at the large stone characters above the city gate, King Yan slowly grasped the reins in his hand.

He is back.

Eighteen years have passed.

The entourage showed the token, and after the city gate guards saluted respectfully, they still went through a careful inspection before letting go.

After the chariots and horses entered the city, they went all the way to the direction of King Yan's Mansion in Beijing.

Passing through the bustling market, the girl in the carriage pointed to a jewelry shop outside the carriage and said, "Aniang, I want to go down and have a look!"

"Go back to the mansion and settle it first..." Princess Yan confessed softly and reminded: "Don't forget what your father and king told us when we left Mizhou. Don't make any publicity about everything——Sang'er, you need to get rid of your temper quickly."

"Understood." The girl frowned and threw down the curtain of the car, and stopped looking out as if angry.

Seeing her daughter like this, Princess Yan sighed helplessly.

"You, you should also learn from these girls in Beijing, be more cautious, don't lose your father's face... Do you remember all the rules that were taught to you earlier?"

The girl gave a perfunctory "hmm", twirling her slender fingers around the thin braids in front of her, her eyes full of impatience.

The news of King Yan's entry into the city was sent back to King Yan's mansion earlier.

Therefore, at this time, the servants and maidservants in the mansion were waiting outside the gate of the mansion to greet them.

In addition, there are several other internal prisons.

Seeing that King Yan got off his horse, the old eunuch who was leading him hurriedly greeted him with a smile and saluted: "Your Majesty has been looking forward to it for so long, and today he can be regarded as the return of the lord. Early this morning, he ordered this old servant to go out of the palace and wait!"

Yan Wang said with a smile: "Brother Huang has a heart."

While speaking, he looked at the servants who were saluting.

Having not returned to Beijing for eighteen years, most of those old faces seemed to have disappeared, or changed, or changed, in short, he could hardly recognize them anymore.

Noticing his gaze, the eunuch smiled and said: "The prince will not return to the capital for a long time, there must be not enough people in the mansion, so His Majesty specially ordered the old slaves to find some clever and quick-witted people to come over for the mansion's errands."

"That's how it is. I'm sorry, please thank you, Brother Huang, for your careful arrangements."

"Where is the need for the old slave to talk so much?" The eunuch smiled and said: "Won't the prince go into the palace with the old slave? Your Majesty is waiting for you!"

King Yan smiled: "I'm going, but I'm covered in dust and dust, how can I face saints. Please wait for me for a while, so that I can tidy up a little bit."

"It's natural, it's natural."

Seeing Princess Yan, mother and daughter got off the carriage, the inner prisoner saluted them again.

When he glanced at the girl, his eyes seemed to be amazed, and said: "This is Princess Sangyun, right? Your Majesty has been thinking about you, Princess!"

Xie Sang's eyes lit up when he heard this, he nodded and said, "I've always wanted to see His Majesty."

Her title was bestowed by His Majesty in the year she was born, and every year on her birthday, His Majesty would specially send someone to give her a birthday gift.

"The princess might as well go into the palace with the prince later. Your Majesty will be very happy to see the princess." The inner eunuch accompanied King Yan and his party to the mansion, and said to the girl.

The more Xie Sang heard it, the more he felt that he was very valued, tried his best to suppress the color in his eyes, and said with a smile: "It depends on whether the father will allow me to go with me."

Hearing that she really chatted with the eunuch, Princess Yan gently tugged on her daughter's sleeve.

King Yan walked in front, and the same man who looked like a housekeeper asked, "Where is the residence arrangement of this king?"

"Going back to my lord, it's still the Fengtang residence where my lord used to live."

"Change to a bigger one, let someone clean up the Mingjian Hall—"

The housekeeper was slightly taken aback, thinking that Mingjiantang is not that big, the prince hasn't come back for a long time, did he miss it?

But with so many people present, he didn't want to talk too much, the prince explained that Jiantang is big, so let's make it big, so he just answered "yes" in a hurry, and immediately gave orders.

After hearing these two lines of dialogue, Princess Yan lowered her eyes thoughtfully.

King Yan slowed down a few steps, turned his head slightly to look at her, and said: "The doctor has repeatedly told you that you need to rest more now, so you don't need to rush into the palace with me today. Sang'er is a girl, and it will be inconvenient to follow me. It will not be too late to bring her into the palace to meet His Majesty and Queen Mother after you recover in two days."

Princess Yan answered "Yes".

Xie Sang couldn't help frowning.

Why does A Niang only know to say yes, why can't she just say "it doesn't matter if your body is fine"?

No wonder the relationship with her father has been so lukewarm for so many years, even with her in the middle, she can't get close to her father.

After Yan Wang had a bath and changed his clothes, he followed the eunuch into the palace.

In the imperial study room, Emperor Qingming heard the eunuch report "The King of Yan is here", and a smile appeared in his eyes.

King Yan has arrived——

This is a sentence that often appears in his dreams—in those ominous nightmares.

At noon, the door of the hall was pushed open, and golden sunlight poured into the hall.

The appearance of a figure temporarily blocked part of the light, and the golden light followed closely behind the man, making his figure even taller and taller.

The tall and straight figure came to the hall and knelt down to salute.

"My brother sees Your Majesty."

Looking at the people kneeling there, Emperor Qingming smiled a little bit more, and said with a smile, "Why do you need such a great gift between you and my brothers?"

"Brothers are also monarchs and ministers. The way of monarchs and ministers should not be surpassed by ministers and ministers."

Emperor Qingming shook his head with a helpless smile: "...you always stick to the rules like this, well, get up quickly. I haven't seen you in eighteen years, let me take a good look."

Two more in one ~ see you tomorrow^_^