216. Return to Kyoto
Everyone answered, and then they all cautiously followed Tuoba Heng and rode towards a trail.
Even so, Tuoba Heng still felt a little uneasy, so he sent a few of his guards to lead the way in front to see if there was any trace of spies in front, and sent a person to walk in the rear position to monitor whether there were enemy soldiers following in the rear, only in this way, Tuoba Heng's heart was slightly put back in his stomach.
"It is estimated that in less than two days, we will be able to rush back to the capital, and you must continue to hold on." Tuoba Heng squinted slightly and looked at the hill in front of him, in front of him is where the Tiger Shape Mountain is located, before he suppressed bandits here, Tuoba Heng's memory is still fresh, and now so soon, everyone is back again.
After a night's rest, Su Cimo's spirit was much better, and today he also sped up his journey with Tuoba Heng and the others.
Two days later, the group sent by the eldest prince to intercept and kill Tuoba Heng waited for a long time in a place more than ten miles outside the gate of the capital, but they didn't wait for Tuoba Heng to appear, they were really a little anxious, so they sent a letter to the eldest prince, asking him if he was sure that Tuoba Heng, the third highness, would pass through here, and why they waited for many days without seeing their traces.
When the eldest prince saw the letter coming, he threw the letter on the desk with an ugly face.
"It's all a bunch of useless things, since I can't find them and I don't know how to send some more people to search around, I even need to ask such a simple question to know what to do!?" The eldest prince paced back and forth in the room with his angry hands behind his back, and he was almost mad at these people who couldn't do things.
If he hadn't been targeted by the people of the Great Prince and the Seventh Prince, he would definitely have brought powerful secret guards and killers to meet Tuoba Heng in person.
But now he can't go, and if he does, it will definitely make people suspicious. He must not let the crown prince and the people of the seventh prince see him out of the city, and if he is questioned by the emperor at that time, it will be difficult to escape the blame.
After thinking about this, the eldest prince went to write a letter to the group of people who intercepted and killed Tuoba Heng outside the city, and sent them to increase their manpower to patrol around to find Tuoba Heng's whereabouts.
Tuoba Heng took Su Cimo and them to walk all the way, and they had already arrived at the edge of the imperial city in two days.
Tuoba Heng saw that the gate of the imperial city was in front of him, and he couldn't help but be proud in his heart, so he put his heart at ease. Luo Luo generously took Su Cimo and they rode towards the city gate.
As soon as Tuoba Heng returned to the city, someone immediately reported the news to the palace.
Back in the city, Tuoba Heng sent Su Cimo and them to the location outside the gate of Su Mansion, Tuoba Heng looked at Su Cimo with a faint smile on his face, and then he slowly said: "This trip is really hard for you, Brother Su!" ”
"You're welcome, it's nothing, it's what I should do." Su Cimo said.
She counted the days, she had been interning for more than a few months, and after thinking about it, it was almost the day when she should go back to the academy to resume her job, and it was estimated that she would not return to the palace in the future.
"Oh, by the way, Lord Wang of the Ideological and Political Department asked me to tell the two of you that this trip is also the end of the internship, and you can go back to the academy to continue your studies in the future, and it is not too late to enter the palace to report on your work when the imperial court has approved it." Tuoba Heng showed a rare appearance of tepidness, and then reached out and hooked an area on the back of his head.
Song Bibai bowed to Tuoba Heng and said: "This trip is thanks to Tuoba seniors, it is really a great lesson for the younger generations, and the juniors have thanked His Royal Highness for their support all the way, and they will definitely live up to the expectations of the public in the future." ”
Tuoba Heng glanced at Song Bibai, who was slightly thin and shrewd, and then nodded.
"The juniors are also grateful to Your Royal Highness, for your frequent efforts, and you will definitely live up to your expectations and work hard to gain fame!" Su Cimo also bowed his hand to Tuoba Heng and thanked him for saying goodbye.
Tuoba Heng nodded very happily, and then said: "It's also my honor to be able to teach you a game, so I don't need to say much, it is estimated that Mother Liu has been waiting at home for a long time." ”
Su Cimo and Song Bibai looked at each other and smiled, and then both of them nodded at Tuoba Heng.
"Then I'll take my leave, and I won't go into the house to disturb your mother." After Tuoba Heng finished speaking, he hit the horse with his legs, and he was about to turn the horse around with the reins in both hands.
"Your Royal Highness, walk slowly, have a good journey." Su Cimo still politely said politely.
Tuoba Heng nodded and quickly drove away.
Su Cimo looked at Tuoba Heng's tall figure riding a horse, and left a lingering rhyme in his heart for a long time before it could dissipate.
How could such a good character have anything to do with the battle for the emperor!? Su Cimo couldn't figure it out, but he didn't dare to think about it.
"Cimo, since you have arrived home, then I am also relieved, it is about noon now, let's go to the academy in the afternoon. Let's go and see the master first, so that I can say hello. Song Bibai proposed.
Su Cimo nodded, and then said, "Okay, as you said." ”
Song Bibai smiled faintly, and then said: "Okay, then don't talk nonsense, I'll go home first, and we'll talk about it in the afternoon!" ”
Su Cimo originally wanted to keep Song Bibai for lunch, but seeing the burnt color on his face, he couldn't keep it, so he had to say, "Brother Song, you go slowly!" ”
Song Bibai nodded, then quickly turned around and left.
Su Cimo returned home, and Liu's mother was very relieved to see Su Cimo come back, and grabbed Su Cimo's shoulder and looked at it for a long time, as if she had confirmed that everything was okay before she leaked a relieved smile.
"Cimo, you're finally back! You're dying. Liu said.
"Mother, don't worry, nothing happened to Cimo." Su Cimo comfortingly hugged Liu's shoulder and patted her back.
Liu nodded movingly, and the mother and daughter were very harmonious.
Tuoba Heng rode back to his mansion in Beijing, and at this time, a group of guards with golden armor and red tassels were waiting outside his mansion.
When the golden-armored guard saw that His Royal Highness had returned, he immediately said to Tuoba Heng loudly with a cold face: "Tuoba Heng takes the order!" ”
As soon as the third prince Tuoba Heng heard the guards shouting, he immediately knew that someone from the palace was coming, so he quickly dismounted, and then knelt down on one knee and said, "The minister accepts the order." ”
The guard continued to chatter, "The queen sent you to enter the palace quickly after returning to the court, and you will enter the palace with us immediately!" ”
Tuoba Heng immediately stood up, and with a somewhat solemn face, he let his family lead the horse to the house, and he followed the guards in the palace back to the palace.
Tuoba Heng thought that he would meet the emperor soon, but the group of guards took Tuoba Heng into the queen's bedroom.
"The Third Prince's Tuoba Heng Dao!" The eunuch at the door announced loudly, and Tuoba Heng followed the palace people into the queen's magnificent bedroom.
As soon as Tuoba Heng entered the house, he saw the queen dressed in a graceful and luxurious peony dress, with red rouge painted on her forehead and Hua Tian, and then she looked a little more beautiful.
"Erchen meets the queen." Tuoba Heng kneel down to the queen very politely.
Although he didn't know why the queen summoned him immediately, he could think of it with his brain, and it was probably not a good thing.
The queen immediately smiled, and then reached out and hooked Tuoba Heng, signaling that he could get up and speak.
"Since they all claim to be sons, why bother so much, hurry up." The queen's pretentious voice said to Tuoba Heng.
Tuoba Heng got up, but he kept his head down and didn't dare to look directly at the queen.
"Heng'er, you also know what the queen mother thinks, you went to a foreign country at such a young age and experienced a lot of things, but my prince is not as experienced as you, so ah, this palace is very worried!" The queen put on a serious attitude and said to Tuoba Heng.
Tuoba Heng was taken aback, he didn't expect that the queen did not ambush him but directly said what he was worried about.
Seeing that Tuoba Heng didn't speak, the queen thought that her words were not touching enough, so Tuoba Heng didn't react, so the queen put on a sad look again, and gently stroked her forehead with a jade hand.
"The prince has been spoiled since he was a child, not like you, look at now, your achievements in suppressing bandits are known all over the dynasty, and the ministers say that you are the future pillar of the country. Do you know why the ministers say that!? The queen looked at Tuoba Heng with a questioning face, Tuoba Heng's clean and serious look was really unpredictable what he was thinking at the moment, so the queen wanted to try to make him say what he thought in his heart.
"The ministers don't dare to be arrogant, and the ministers are also looking at the matter of suppressing bandits, so they praise the ministers a few words, in fact, whether the ministers are powerful or not, the queen should know best! It is estimated that if he is the crown prince, he will definitely be as good as the minister. Tuoba Heng neither took credit for himself nor put the words of the pillar on himself, but cleverly said that this credit was a very simple thing, and said that he was for the crown prince, and the queen probably had no reason to continue to pry him after hearing it.
When the queen heard Tuoba Heng's words, she immediately didn't know whether to praise him or scold him, after all, this is just the son of a lowly woman, even if she compares with him, it is estimated that the emperor will not necessarily value him so much, and besides, the prince also said that Tuoba Heng is not in trouble at present.
It's just that she is still worried that he will be proud of his achievements and say something bad in front of the emperor, so that the emperor will make too many changes to him.
If that's the case, it looks very unbeautiful, her prince hasn't been rewarded yet, and the son of this little concubine is rewarded first, if this word spreads, I don't feel balanced in my heart.
The queen couldn't help but be a little fascinated when she thought about it, she thought that she must find a way to make Tuoba Heng choose to stand on the side of the prince.
In the afternoon, Su Cimo went to find Song Bibai, and the two went back to the academy together to resume classes.