Chapter 106: The Road Back to Beijing
Zhao Zhenzhen didn't know what the emperor's eldest son thought, and even, she rarely thought about it in her heart. She has so many things to learn, and it is so interesting to learn to deal with the government affairs of the northwest with her second aunt.
Even Zhao Zhenzhen feels that it is a good thing to live in this border city for the rest of her life. However, this can only be an illusion, girls, even powerful women like Chen Wenhui, have to marry. The only person in this world who can tolerate a powerful woman like Chen Wenhui may be the second uncle Zhao Chongyi.
Zhao Zhenzhen herself understands that even her father, who loves her, can't tolerate his wife being so powerful.
Zhao Zhenzhen will go back to the capital one day after all. I want to go back to the capital to face those troublesome things. Zhao Zhenzhen is a little sad for this, but since it is the arrangement of fate, she can't help it. She is still full of fighting spirit for her future career.
Chen Wenhui finally arranged everything in the northwest, and the property was not sold, because she understood that in the future, when the husband and wife returned to the capital, it might bring a short panic to the northwest, and if at this time, her industry and workshop were sold again, it is estimated that it would bring a huge blow to the northwest. Chen Wenhui is not in a hurry, she has already negotiated it secretly, and the big project will not change the owner until she leaves the northwest for a year and the northwest is stable.
In the past two years, Chen Wenhui and his wife have worked hard to seize the time to build the northwest even better.
The current northwest is not the northwest of the past, and the current northwest is very lively. There was also an increase in trade, not only with the tribes of the steppes. There were also caravans going further north, and caravans going west, bringing business with the Hu people, and Hu people following the caravans of Dachu to trade, so that Chen Wenhui's ideal land Silk Road was finally completed.
The huge daily trading volume makes Tiebiguan prosperous, and it can be said that it is the most prosperous one among the inland cities.
Chen Wenhui's children have also grown up. Zhao Honglie is already six years old, and Zhao Hongling is almost two years old.
Zhao Chongyi finally submitted a request to the emperor to return to the capital.
In fact. Before Zhao Chongyi proposed to go back. In the past few years, some people in the imperial history of the capital have begun to impeach Zhao Chongyi and his wife. They all affirmed the merits of Zhao Chongyi and his wife, but they also said it. Da Chu's statutes. Magistrates are not allowed to serve in a single place continuously.
Zhao Chongyi has been in the northwest for eight years. Although Zhao Chongyi promised the emperor that he would stay in the northwest for ten years. However, Zhao Chongyi stabilized the northwest in advance, and now the northwest is so prosperous. Zhao Chongyi just proposed to go back and forth, and the emperor had nothing to say.
As soon as Zhao Chongyi's excerpt was handed in, the ministers in the court began to praise Zhao Chongyi for his selflessness, and they all asked the emperor to approve Zhao Chongyi's excerpt.
The emperor did not approve it, and let Zhao Chongyi and his wife continue to stay in the northwest.
When Zhao Chongyi saw this situation, he just smiled slightly, but Chen Wenhui was very annoyed: "Chongyi, what do you say is the emperor's matter?" Why don't you let us go back? ”
Bai Shi smiled and said: "Silly boy, if the emperor approves as soon as you ask, it means that the emperor does not trust you, and he will do it for the world to see if he does not approve." In this way, it seems that you have no selfishness, and you are high-spirited. ”
Saying this, Chen Wenhui understood that politics is really such a disgusting thing.
Zhao Zhenzhen on the side listened to their conversation and her heart moved. Politics is like this, it needs to be tactful, it needs twists and turns, and it needs to take a detour in everything. It's still Bai who understands it profoundly. Even the smart second aunt Chen Wenhui is much worse in this regard. It seems that he will have to rely more on the Bai family in the future, or another apprentice of the Bai family, Mrs. Mingzhu. These are all Zhao Zhenzhen's thoughts, and everyone doesn't know. However, Chen Wenhui and Zhao Chongyi, like Zhao Zhenzhen, admired Bai very much.
Zhao Chongyi smiled and said: "Mother is very right, and Jingyuan also said the secret letter to me. So, Hui'er, don't worry, you still continue to ask someone to pack your luggage, I have already given the emperor a second fold, I will keep playing the fold, and the emperor will approve it after returning it a few times. Anyway, it shouldn't affect our trip. However, we originally planned to rush back to the capital during the Chinese New Year, but probably couldn't. We'll probably spend our last year in the Northwest and go back in the spring. ”
When she said this, it was already autumn, and Chen Wenhui said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, I've been here for so many years, do you care about a few more months?" ”
Things developed as the Bai family expected, Zhao Chongyi made three folds, and finally the emperor approved it. The people of the world also began to praise the virtues of the Northwest Duke.
The emperor allowed Zhao Chongyi and his wife to return to Beijing after the beginning of spring. The affairs of the Northwest Tiebi Pass and the grassland were all handed over to Ma Mingsong of the Ma family to manage. The city of Shanghai, which Ma Mingsong had previously managed, was appointed by a young official appointed by the emperor.
The ministers of the court praised the emperor's arrangement. I thought that before, such a good position in Shanghai City was held by Ma Mingsong of the Ma family all the year round, which had caused the dissatisfaction of most of the courtiers, but now Ma Mingsong was finally taken to the northwest, and the position of the city lord of Shanghai City could sit in turn, and the courtiers were very happy.
Although Ma Mingsong was reluctant to leave Shanghai, he felt that it was not bad to go to the northwest. After all, a lot of the Ma family's business is in the northwest, and he can still take care of his family's business when he goes to the northwest, besides, the northwest has been built by Chen Wenhui and his wife in recent years, at least it is much better than when he went to the northwest for the first time.
Ma Mingsong waited until spring to leave for the northwest. Zhao Chongyi waited until Ma Mingsong arrived at Tiebi Pass and everything was explained, and then took his family back to the capital.
When I came, I walked very slowly, but when I went back, I was like an arrow, and I was in a hurry, and soon, in April of this year, Chen Wenhui's family rushed to the capital.
Seeing the city wall of the capital, Chen Wenhui looked out from the carriage and couldn't help but smile slightly.
When she was smiling, Chen Wenhui suddenly found that there were many people in front of her, and the most front of them was her father Chen Yuanheng.
Chen Wenhui hurriedly helped her mother Bai get out of the carriage, and Zhao Zhenzhen in the carriage behind also took Zhao Honglie and Zhao Hongling out of the carriage.
Chen Wenhui and Zhao Chongyi were busy meeting Chen Yuanheng. Chen Yuanheng looked at his daughter and son-in-law with a smile and helped them up. began to ask Bai Shi if he was okay on the road.
At this time, Chen Wenhui had already seen that among the people who followed Chen Yuanheng to pick them up were Zhao Chongli, Liu Jingyuan, Chen Wenqi, and Tian Jingye. Although Zhao Chongli and his wife had their eyes on their baby daughter, they still greeted Chen Wenhui and his wife first, and solemnly thanked Chen Wenhui and his wife, thanking them for taking care of Zhao Zhenzhen, and solemnly thanked Bai.
Bai and Chen Wenhui said a few polite words.
Chen Wenhui began to greet Liu Jingyuan and his wife, Chen Wenqi and his wife, and Tian Jingye and his wife, and went to greet him. Chen Wenhui also had doubts in her heart, it was normal for her father to come over, it was normal for Liu Jingyuan and his wife to come, but Zhao Chongli and his wife remembered their daughter, of course they wanted to come. However, Chen Wenqi came to represent the queen's attitude. Tian Jingye is also intriguing.
Zhao Chongli and his wife also hurriedly pulled up their daughter who wanted to bow down, and looked up and down.
Mrs. Han found that her daughter was wearing an apricot-red feather satin gown, which was very beautiful, and the cuffs of three undershirts were exposed at the sleeves, and the color was from dark to light, which was very beautiful. Below is a moon-white sprinkled skirt, the flowers are very delicate, and at first glance they are embroidered by the best embroiderers. The corners of the skirt are also decorated with beautiful little pearls. It looks like it's very rich. It's also very elegant.
The most attractive thing is the daughter's face, I haven't seen her for a few years, the daughter has grown taller, her body is jade, and her small face is not as dark and rough as the people in the northwest of the desert, but it is very white and tender, and it is the kind of white with red, as if the white jade is covered with rouge.
Especially a pair of eyes, like the stars in the night, shimmering with wisdom.
In addition to these, the daughter's hair has also become more beautiful than before, black as a cloud, and with a headband inlaid with red gold and pearls, she looks like a little fairy.
The most attractive thing is not these, the most attractive is the temperament of Zhao Zhenzhen, which is a kind of confident, heroic, handsome, and elegant temperament, which makes people can't help but be attracted when they see it.
Mrs. Han was surprised and delighted, she didn't expect that she hadn't seen her daughter for a few years, her daughter had changed so much, and she was so beautiful, Mrs. Han thought in her heart, she said that Xia Yuyan was the first beauty in the capital, and in her own opinion, her daughter Zhao Zhenzhen's current appearance and temperament were not inferior to Xia Yuyan at all. On the contrary, the beauty of his daughter Zhao Zhenzhen is vigorous, dignified and bright, and atmospheric. Although Xia Yuyan is beautiful, compared with her daughter, she looks like a little family.
Mrs. Han hugged her daughter and said, "Zhenzhen, but I miss my mother to death." ”
Zhao Zhenzhen snuggled in her mother's arms and laughed. Although life on the grassland is very good, although the experience in the northwest makes her unforgettable for the rest of her life, she still misses her father, mother, and home in the capital every day. Seeing her mother at this moment and snuggling in her mother's warm arms, Zhao Zhenzhen also felt very happy.
It's just that Zhao Zhenzhen is no longer the delicate little girl in the boudoir, she already has a lot of ability, she has a strong heart, she said to herself, today, just today, let yourself take a vacation, become the little girl who was favored by her little parents before, and enjoy this warmth again.
Tomorrow, Zhao Zhenzhen will appear in the circle of nobles in the capital. She knew that it was her battlefield and the place she would fight for all her life. For the current two opponents, Bai Shuangshuang and Xia Yuyan, she has learned a lot through the eyeliner of the second uncle and the second aunt. Now it's time for the official fight. (To be continued......)