Chapter 347: A Surprise Encounter
The vertical day, the early dynasty as always.
As Prime Minister Xia said, the civil and military officials did not wait for the emperor and the queen to arrive as scheduled, but waited for a great prince who had disappeared for eight or nine years, and their expressions changed from surprise to calm to doubt.
For them, the sudden appearance of a person who died many years ago at this time is indeed difficult for them to accept.
"This.... What's going on? ”
"The former crown prince of the dynasty. . . It turned out that he was not dead! ”
"Why didn't the emperor and queen come for a long time, and now why did the prince of the previous dynasty appear here!" The ministers all whispered in their ears.
Yan Jinyu glanced at Prime Minister Xia Cheng, Xia Cheng bowed slightly to him, and Yan Jinyu walked in the direction of the dragon chair.
When the ministers saw Yan Jinyu walking onto the dragon chair, the expressions on their faces became more and more complicated.
In their opinion, now that they have just sent away a queen Lu, it is difficult to have another prince of the former dynasty, and they are full of speculations in their hearts.
However, all their doubts dissipated in Yan Jinyu's next words.
"Eight years ago, Lu Lan gave me a death, but it was the emperor who saved my life, and I have been repenting and forgiving my sins in the secret prison of the palace for the past eight years. Everyone in the audience listened to Yan Jinyu's slow words, and they all sighed in their hearts.
"Now, the emperor has pacified the traitors, and the Wan Dynasty has also restored its former tranquility, but the sins left by the Empress Lu over the years have not been swept away, and now the south is still in trouble, and the emperor is concerned about the people's family and country, so he and the queen mother left the palace a few days ago, and the emperor explained that he would personally visit the chaos in the south to solve the chaos of those ministers and thieves who are still at large."
Yan Jinyu said, the ministers looked at each other, Yan Jinyu knew that it was naturally difficult to convince the public with only his own words, but seeing the reaction of the ministers, Yan Jinyu was not surprised, when he looked at Prime Minister Xia again, Prime Minister Xia had already stepped out of the queue and stood in the middle of the court.
"The eldest prince Yan Jinyu took the order." With Prime Minister Xia's order, everyone knelt down.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: Although the thieves of the Ten Thousand Dynasties have been pacified, but the world is not peaceful, I and the queen decided to go in person, secretly investigate and solve, the affairs of the dynasty are handed over to the imperial brother Yan Jinyu to act as an agent, and Prime Minister Xia Cheng assists him in governing the government together, I hope that the ministers and the imperial brother Yan Jinyu can live up to expectations, and I admire this."
"Long live the emperor, long live!"
The sound of prostrations is endless.
Then, Prime Minister Xia handed over the holy decree to Yan Jinyu's hands.
With the holy decree and Prime Minister Xia's proof, even if the ministers still have some doubts in their hearts, there is nothing to say.
It's just that after this move, it makes them feel that some of Yan Qinghan's behaviors are really ridiculous, even if they have this idea, they leave without a sound, and no emperor has ever done the same thing.
And His Royal Highness the Great Prince, who is now standing in a high position, looks much more stable and mature, and with the assistance of Prime Minister Xia Cheng, there should not be any big problems.
For them, they can only obey the royal orders, and they only hope that an overlord like Empress Lu will not reappear, which is just gratifying.
Yan Qinghan and Du Ruosheng's matter of saying goodbye without saying goodbye can be regarded as an end.
Yan Jinyu never expected that in the end it would be he who sat in this position, he was the most effective at ending his younger brother, always knowing later, this time, I don't know when he will come back, sometimes he also envy his courage and determination, which he absolutely does not have.
After all, he has not asked about the world for eight or nine years, and these days, Prime Minister Xia is by his side every day, assisting in the government affairs all day.
Because of Yan Qinghan's departure, Xiaoyi's vacant position as a general is gone, and it seems that except for Yan Jinyu who has become busy, everyone else has leisurely.
With the help of Prime Minister Xia Cheng and Qi Guang, but in January, Yan Jinyu was also very handy with things above the court, and the officials and ministers also appreciated Yan Jinyu's handling of affairs, which shows that the first emperor chose Yan Jinyu to ascend to the throne of the crown prince, not only because of the queen, but also because of the ability of the former crown prince.
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After such a long time, Xiaoyi and they have almost settled in Qingtai.
They returned to the old mansion, renovated it, and used it as a gate for Qingxiao.
Xiaoyi has been with them in Qingtai for some days, and it's almost time to go back.
Although Chen Yi was reluctant to let him go, he knew that there was one more thing in Xiaoyi's heart that he had not done, and now that he had finally waited for the opportunity, he naturally couldn't stop him.
Since he was leaving, a send-off banquet was indispensable, and at the request of Chen Yi and Qingxiao's disciples, Xiao Yi didn't want to toss like this, but he still couldn't resist them.
To prepare a lot of things for the send-off banquet, but when it comes to busy work inside and out, the task of purchasing ingredients falls to Xiaoyi himself.
But this is not a difficult thing for him, after all, in the years in Qingtai, he and Chen Yi have not done anything to survive.
The market in Qingtai is not as good as the Wan Dynasty, it has a unique Jiangnan flavor here, and the market is small but also lively.
Walking along the street, Xiaoyi saw a lot of tea shops, and when he saw these, he couldn't help but think of a person, Xia Zhiyi.
As he walked, he stopped in front of a tea shop.
The store is not big or small, but the types of tea are indeed rare in other families, and there are also the same kind that Xia Zhiyi gave him at the beginning.
Yan Qinghan picked up some and walked into the storefront, Wen Yan asked, "Shopkeeper, help me pack some of this kind of thing." ”
Yan Qinghan said, but no one responded, and when he looked back in confusion, he was taken aback.
Standing behind him, without saying a word, was a woman dressed in a light-colored emerald cigarette shirt, a pleated skirt with scattered flowers, mist and green grass, three thousand green silk curled up a loose cloud bun, casually wearing a light purple belt, loosely tied around the waist with a light green palace di, obliquely inserted a simple but good step, even if the clothes were plain, but could not hide the graceful posture, elegant atmosphere. ninth
And this woman, Xiaoyi is also very familiar, Xia Zhiyi, the daughter of Prime Minister Xia.
"General Xiao!" Xia Zhiyi's eyes as clear as water were already full of crystals.
Xiaoyi immediately turned around, and then said in a deep voice: "Girl, you recognize the wrong person." ”
After such a long time, Xiaoyi also knew Xia Zhiyi's feelings for him to some extent, he didn't want to live up to her, so he didn't want to provoke her.
"I didn't admit that I was wrong, on the tower of the city gate, on the way to escape, and this jade pendant, which was also handed over to me by you personally, do you remember what you said to me at that time!?" Even though Xia Zhiyi tried her best to restrain her emotions, she still couldn't suppress the excitement and surprise in her heart.
As he spoke, Xia Zhiyi took off the jade pendant from his waist, walked in front of Xiaoyi, and handed it forward.
This jade pendant was given to Xia Zhiyi when he met her on the way to Wanchao, and he knew that even if he tried everything to cover it up, Xia Zhiyi would not be able to believe it.
Xiaoyi breathed a long sigh of relief before looking at Xia Zhiyi, he took the jade pendant and tied it back to Xia Zhiyi's waist.
Only then did he say: "Miss Xia, don't come unharmed." ”
When she heard this, Xia Zhiyi could no longer suppress the tears in her eyes, and she was already in tears at this time.
Xiaoyi looked at her like this, and always couldn't bear it, so she raised her hand to wipe it off for her.
"I thought I would never see you again, I thought you were really dead, do you know that the moment I saw your head on the city gate, I was almost crazy!" At this moment, Xia Zhiyi has long forgotten what everyone is beautiful, dignified and polite, she only knows that the person on the tip of her heart is now standing in front of her, this feeling of being lost and regained, although Xia Zhiyi is happy, she doesn't want to experience it for the second time.
Xiaoyi saw that her emotions were getting more and more excited, and the crowd of people coming and going, I didn't know what I thought was going on, in order to avoid an embarrassing situation, Xiaoyi could only take her to leave here first.
In this way, Xia Zhiyi followed Xiaoyi to a secluded alley, and when he walked here, Xia Zhiyi's mood eased a lot.
The tears on her face had been wiped away, and when she came back to her senses, she realized how out of shape she had just been.
Then, he said apologetically: "General Xiao, there are many rudenesses, and I hope you don't mind." ”
Xiaoyi saw that she was almost recovered, and smiled lightly, "I didn't expect that I was dead, and there would be someone so sad for me, I was too late to be happy, so how could I mind." ”
Seeing Xiaoyi making fun of himself like this, Xia Zhiyi was slightly displeased, how could this life-and-death event come out of his mouth so lightly.
Xiaoyi noticed that Xia Zhiyi seemed to be a little serious, and then said: "Okay, I had to do it as a last resort, and I couldn't help myself at that time, so I couldn't identify myself to you, and I should apologize, and now I'm not a big general, you still call me Xiaoyi." ”
Xia Zhiyi raised her eyes to look at Xiaoyi and nodded, even though she still had a lot of questions in her heart, she could see that Xiaoyi didn't want to mention the past, so she didn't ask.
"But why did you suddenly appear in Qingtai?"
"At that time, Wanchao was in danger, and my father was worried that I would be in danger, so he asked my mother to take me to Aunt Qingtai's house, I told you before, I grew up in Qingtai since I was a child, but you may not remember."
A hint of gloom flashed in Xia Zhiyi's eyes, but Xiaoyi didn't notice it.
"I see."
"Then why are you here, aren't you going to be ten thousand dynasties? And how is Wan Chao now, father, do you know that my father is okay? Xia Zhiyi asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, Empress Lu is dead, the Wan Dynasty has restored peace, and your father is safe and sound. I used to be here, and this time I came back to see off Master and Qing Xiao's disciples. ”
Hearing what Xiaoyi said, Xia Zhiyi also put her heart at ease, but when she heard that Empress Lu was dead, she still felt a little bad in her heart, and she didn't know if her mother would be very sad if she knew.
"Are you going back in a few days?" After Xia Zhiyi calmed down, he asked again.
Xiaoyi nodded.
"Then it's better to come with us, since Wan Chao is fine now, my mother and I should also go back."
Xiaoyi didn't want to agree, but looking at Xia Zhiyi's expectant eyes, Xiaoyi knew that if he refused, it would be too unkind, and in the end, he had to agree.
Seeing that he agreed, Xia Zhiyi was not very happy in his heart.
"And what are you here for?" Thinking that when he first met Xiaoyi, he looked like he had come to buy, so he asked.
"Oh! They have to get me some send-off banquet, and now the house is too busy, so I can only come out and buy some prepared things by myself, who would have thought that I would meet here, by the way, tomorrow is the send-off banquet, and then you and the prime minister's wife might as well come! ”
"Okay, I'll tell my mother when I go back today."
After a few more pleasantries, Xiaoyi took some tea and left.
When I returned to Fuchu, it was already afternoon.
As soon as Chen Yi saw him, he asked, "Where did you buy things, and you bought them for so long!?" ”
When he saw that Xiaoyi's basket was full of tea, Chen Yi's lungs were about to explode, "Xiaoyi, who are you going to drink when you buy so much tea!" ”
Xiaoyi was too lazy to listen to his nonsense, so he stuffed the basket into his arms and pouted: "Then you go and buy it, it's all for you!" ”
When Chen Yi was about to continue arguing with him, Yueyan came out to the rescue and took Chen Yi out of the house.