Three days later, Murong Qian took Liu Laohan's father and daughter back to the capital, and after placing them in the mansion, he hurried to the palace without changing his clothes.

Entering the Heart Cultivation Palace, Murong Xuancheng walked down from his seat excitedly.

"Erchen has seen his father!"

"Hurry up!"

Murong Xuancheng helped Murong Qian up and patted him on the shoulder, his eyes were a little wet.

"It's good to come back, it's good to come back!"

Murong Qian looked up at the gray of Murong Xuan's sideburns, and felt some pain in his heart.

"Worried my father."

"You just came back and haven't had a good rest, go back and rest first, and tomorrow night I will pick up the wind and wash the dust for you and hold a palace banquet."

"Father doesn't have to be so excited."

"It's okay, I'm glad you came back safely, I've already ordered me to go down, and I'll be there on time tomorrow night."

Murong Qian smiled gently at Murong Xuancheng, "Okay." The son must arrive. ”

"Okay, you've been missing for so long, and your mother is also worried about you, so go and say hello to your mother."

"Yes, the retainers are retired."

Murong Qian saluted Murong Xuancheng and left, looking at his departing back, Murong Xuancheng sighed leisurely, and Jiang Hai stepped forward to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, now that His Royal Highness has returned safely, you can rest assured." ”

"Yes, among the many sons, only the fifth child is the most heartfelt! And the old six......"

Murong Xuancheng didn't say any more, but his thoughts were a little complicated, and Jiang Hai couldn't guess what he was thinking.

Murong Qian's mother, who lives in Changchun Palace, is also one of the four concubines. At this time, Concubine Xian was standing at the gate of the palace and watching, since she heard that her son had an accident, she did not wash her face with tears for a day, and prayed to the Bodhisattva every day to pray for the Buddha to bless her son to come back safely.

A few days ago, she heard that her son was still alive and on the way back to Beijing, she was very happy, standing at the door of the dormitory every day waiting for her son, and from time to time she sent someone to wait in the Palace of Nourishing Heart to see when her son would come back.

After waiting for a long time and still not seeing Murong Qian coming, Concubine Xian was a little anxious, "Didn't you say that Qian'er had already entered the Heart Cultivation Palace?" Why haven't you come yet? Xin'er, go to the Heart Cultivation Hall and ask. ”

The palace maid named Xin'er answered the call and prepared to go to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and after walking a few steps, she saw a purple-black figure in the distance walking towards this side, Xin'er squinted her eyes, looked carefully, and found that it was Murong Qian. Xin'er was surprised and hurriedly ran back.

"Niangniang, Your Highness is here!"

"Where?" Concubine Xian heard Xin'er's words and hurriedly stepped forward to look.

Murong Qian walked extremely fast, and after a moment of effort, he saw Concubine Xian standing there looking at him, and shouted, "Mother! ”

Concubine Xian's tears flowed down her eyes as soon as she saw Murong Qian, and she was finally relieved at the moment she saw him after so many days of worry. Murong Qian walked up to Concubine Xian, knelt down and saluted, "Erchen has seen Concubine Mother. ”

"Hurry up, hurry up!" Concubine Xian hurriedly pulled him up, patted the non-existent ash on his clothes, looked at it carefully, touched it, and said distressedly: "It's all thin!" ”

Xin'er on the side was also very happy, and said with a smile: "Niangniang, Your Highness, let's go in first!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes! The blame mother was so happy that she forgot about it and went in first! Let's go inside! ”

After entering the Changchun Palace, Concubine Xian ordered someone to bring the pastries and meals she made, and it was already past the time for lunch, but Concubine Xian thought that her son must not have had time to eat, and she had been waiting for him on an empty stomach, thinking that the mother and son could talk while eating.

"Son, come, eat this, it's all your favorite food!" Concubine Xian kept sandwiching dishes for Murong Qian, saying that it was better to eat them together, but it was better to watch him eat.

Murong Qian looked at the dishes piled up in the bowl and smiled helplessly, but he didn't refuse, no matter what the concubine gave him or asked him to eat, he said yes. The mother and son can only eat together a handful of times a year, and both of them cherish the rare time between mother and son.

After dinner, the mother and son began to talk.

"Qian'er, your father is also extremely worried about your accident, and he has been sending people to look for you for the past ten days."

"Yes, let the father and the mother worry about their son, but this fall into the river is not accidental."

"Not accidentally? You mean, someone is harming you? Concubine Xian was a little surprised, she thought that Qian'er really fell into the river after she stumbled, but listening to her son's words, it didn't seem to be that simple.

Murong Qian nodded, his expression a little serious: "That's right, I was pushed down!" ”

"What?!" Concubine Xian covered her mouth and exclaimed, "Who dares to murder the prince?!" ”

Murong Qian shook his head, "It's not clear yet, who did it, and I have to wait until I go back and investigate." ”

"Okay, if you find out, don't let him go!"

Murong Qian looked at the concubine's eyes full of coldness, smiled, and said, "Hasn't the concubine always been merciful? ”

Concubine Xian regained her loving appearance, "Silly boy, it also depends on who it is, you are everything to the mother concubine, if someone wants to hurt you, the mother concubine will definitely not let him have a good time!" ”

Murong Qian was a little moved, sure enough, only the mother concubine was the best for her.

Concubine Xian didn't finish speaking, "However, in this harem, how can there be truly compassionate people?"

Concubine Xian's eyes were a little ethereal, Murong Qian looked at such a concubine, and his head fell into contemplation, indeed, if you want to survive in the harem, how can you not have any ability, the so-called mercy is just a weapon for the concubine to survive in the harem.

When Murong Qian returned from the palace, the sun had already moved west, and Liu Laohan's father and daughter had been waiting for him in the palace for a long time.

At this time, Liu Laohan's father and daughter have changed into new clothes, Liu Laohan is wearing a plain brocade gown, Caizhu is wearing a crimson pinched silk brocade skirt, combing the hair of a Beijing girl often combs, but there is a bit of a small jasper feeling.

After Murong Qian came back, Liu Laohan looked cramped, he looked at Murong Qian and said, "Your Highness, I think I'd better go home, I'm really not used to staying here." ”

"What's the matter, isn't it true that the people in the house treat you two badly?" Murong Qian exuded coldness all over his body, who would dare to be disrespectful to them?!

"No, no, it's that I'm not used to it." Liu Laohan hurriedly waved his hand, not that those people were not good to him, but that they were too good to him, because Murong Qian had specially instructed that their father and daughter were his saviors, so the people in the house were respectful to them, Liu Laohan had lived for most of his life, and he had never been treated like this, so he was a little unaccustomed, and Caizhu was too, she had never lived in such a big house, nor had she eaten so many delicious meals, let alone worn such beautiful clothes, all this was too strange and dreamy.

Murong Qian reined in his momentum and frowned, "Brother Liu, don't shirk it again, just stay here with peace of mind." Moreover, didn't Brother Liu say before that he wanted to marry his daughter to a good family? There are many men in the capital, and I also have some good candidates for unmarried wives, and I will bring them to Brother Liu to meet at that time, and let Brother Liu pick one. ”

Caizhu was already ashamed to hide behind Liu Laohan at this time, why did she talk about getting married? She secretly looked at Murong Qian from behind Liu Laohan, remembering the way he pulled herself behind her that day, and blushed with shame. But...... He's a prince, and she's just a country girl...... Thinking of this, Caizhu's eyes dimmed.

Liu Laohan was stunned, and then shook his head, "How can it be done, the daughters are still young, and the people who live in the capital are nobles, how can my daughters have the blessing to marry them." ”

"Brother Liu, Caizhu is a very good girl, someone will definitely like it. Don't worry, I will definitely find a good son-in-law for you, and then you will stay in the capital, let your daughter and son-in-law honor you together, and you can also live for a long time, and you don't have to fish every day. As for me, I can still drink and talk to Brother Liu when I have time, how good! ”

After arguing with Liu Laohan for a long time, he finally appeased them, but Liu Laohan insisted on not being served, saying that he was used to doing things by himself and was not used to others serving him, so Murong Qian couldn't resist him, so he had to go with him.

After a tired day, Murong Qian came to the study, he remembered the official who pushed him into the river that day, squinted his eyes slightly, and then shouted, "Xinji!" ”

A man climbed through the window and knelt down on one knee in front of Murong Qian, "The subordinates are here!" ”

"Go to the Yongning County Post Station and arrest the little official named Wanqiu, tomorrow, I will see him appear in front of me!"

"Yes."

The next morning, Xin Ji took Wan Qiu to the secret room of Murong Qian's study, at this time Wan Qiu was already out of breath, and it would take a day to come to the capital from Yongning County at the earliest, but Xin Ji brought him in only half a day, and when Xin Ji found him, he was lying on the bed sleeping, and he was arrested by him before he even put on his clothes, and he suffered a lot along the way.

Murong Qian turned around and looked at Wan Qiu who was kneeling on the ground, "Wan Qiu! ”

When Wan Qiu raised his head when he heard this, and when he saw clearly that the person in front of him was Murong Qian, a frightened expression appeared on his face, "Your Highness?!" Immediately, his expression changed, he put on a false smile, and pretended to be worried: "Your Highness! It's great that you're okay, the lower official failed to catch you that day, it was the lower official's dereliction of duty, since His Royal Highness fell into the water, the lower official is sleeping, and every day I look forward to His Royal Highness's safe return! ”

Murong Qian looked at Wan Qiu acting coldly, "Heh, are you finished?" ”

"Say... It's over..."Wan Qiu was a little weak and didn't dare to look directly at Murong Qian.

"Heh, Your Highness should thank Master Wan for remembering! I just don't know if during this time when Lord Wan was sleeping, did he dream that His Royal Highness crawled out of the water and dragged you down! ”

"Temple... What does this mean, Your Highness? Xia Guan really doesn't understand..."

"If you don't understand, forget it, you'll understand it right away!" Murong Qian was too lazy to waste his words here, and after handing over the person to Xin Ji, he turned around and left, Xin Ji had a way to pry his mouth open, believing that he would be able to hear the news he wanted when he came back at night.

Today, His Majesty has set up a special palace banquet for the safe return of His Royal Highness Murong Qian, inviting all the courtiers and princes to celebrate together, and the strange thing is that Lu Wanting also received an invitation, which was specially ordered by the Emperor Donglin. Lu Wanting didn't want to participate in this kind of boring banquet, but after all, it was an invitation from the Donglin Emperor, and this face still had to be given.