Chapter 228: The Battle to Come
Although Lord Yang seems to have been demoted, from a Beijing official to an external official, Wen Ling knows that this is Emperor Qi's compensation for Lord Yang's serious illness this time, and the rights of this city lord are much more important than the rights of a small Jingzhao Mansion Yin.
Here, the new city lord took the officers and soldiers to rebuild Shucheng, Wen Ling and Qi Hongxin should leave, Tian Yue had already been sent to the capital, the three of them originally wanted to leave Shucheng secretly, and the three of them were still in a hurry to return to Emperor Qi, so they were also ready to leave on horseback.
Who knew that when the three of them led their horses to the city gate, they saw that all the streets except for the one where the city lord's mansion was located were full of dense people.
Even if Wen Ling was not afraid of this kind of scene, he was a little speechless, looking at the windows of various streets and people, and wherever the three of them passed, there were flowers scattered on the ground.
The three of them walked to the gate of the city, and the people led by Lord Yang brought a few glasses of send-off wine, and Lord Yang personally delivered the triple wine to the three of them.
I also took a cup, and then said to Qi Hongxin: "Xiaguan is here to send off the prince, the county lord has a good journey, I hope to meet in the capital another day."
I also thank the county lord for saving his life, and originally thought that he would be able to thank the county lord when he returned to Beijing, but he never thought that the lower official actually came to Shucheng, and the lower official knew that the county lord was in a hurry to return to Beijing, and all the feelings were in the unspoken, and this glass of wine was done first by the lower official. ”
Qi Hongxin, Wen Ling and Mo Wen were in a hurry, so they should not drink alcohol, so they directly sprinkled the wine on the ground, and Qi Hongxin saw so many people seeing them off.
Qi Hongxin arched his hand to the enthusiastic people: "Let's go back, Shucheng is in a desperate situation this time, and there is also everyone's credit, this king is here, I wish Shucheng to restore its original prosperity as soon as possible, everyone, we have to rush back to Beijing, I won't say much, thank you for coming to see us, there will be a period later." ”
After saying that, Lord Yang gave up his position, Wen Ling and the three of them got on the horse together, and Wen Ling looked back at the people who had been watching them.
But he was a little anxious in his heart, Wen Ling approached Qi Hongxin and said: "Brother Xin, although this is good for the people, but this emperor has guessed people's hearts since ancient times, and now the actions of the people of Shucheng are not good for you." ”
Qi Hongxin was a little happy, this was the first time Wen Ling took the initiative to talk to him since he and Wen Ling pierced the window paper, and seeing that Qi Hongxin looked like he didn't care about himself, Wen Ling was not angry.
kicked Qi Hongxin angrily: "Brother Xin, I'll tell you seriously, if this matter reaches the emperor, it will not be good for you." ”
Qi Hongxin controlled it at this time, making himself look a little annoyed, but how he didn't look like it. Qi Hongxin said: "Ling'er, I have thought about this matter for a long time, so the biggest contributor to this epidemic is not me, but you and Uncle Mo, and I am just sympathetic to the people's feelings on behalf of my father." ”
Wen Ling saw that Qi Hongxin obviously had an idea but wanted to make her so anxious, Wen Lingqi directly beat the horse to surpass Qi Hongxin and Mo Wen, Mo Wen saw that Wen Ling's horse had run far away, Qi Hongxin was still unhurried, a little anxious.
"Lord Wang, aren't we going to chase the county lord?"
Qi Hongxin looked at Wen Ling's back, smiled and said to Mo Wen: "Let's go, it's okay to go back to Beijing quickly." ”
Qi Hongxin, Wen Ling and Mo Wen returned to Beijing before it was dark, and as soon as they entered Beijing, the three of them were frightened by the battle in the capital, and the scene here was better than that of Shucheng.
The leader was even more surprising, only to see Emperor Qi, who had not been in court for a long time, sitting on the royal jade sedan chair, with Emperor Qi as the leader, and behind him stood a hundred civil and military officials headed by Prime Minister Qin.
The three of them were taken aback by this posture, and immediately dismounted, originally thinking that they would not be able to see people until tomorrow morning, but they didn't expect that Emperor Qi would come to greet them in person.
The three of them walked up to the jade bowl and knelt down to salute. "The courtier Wen Ling has seen the emperor"
"The son Qi Hongxin has seen his father", "Caomin Mowen has seen the emperor", "Long live my emperor, long live, long live"
Emperor Qi was able to end with the least loss because of this epidemic, and the whole person was a lot younger, and when he saw the three of them, he laughed: "Okay, okay, they are all good sons of Da Qi, let's go, I will be in the palace tonight to pick up the wind and wash the dust for you." ”
The three of them hurriedly said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”
Because it was getting late now, the three of them couldn't sort it out, which showed how good Emperor Qi's mood should be, and he didn't even have time to prepare for them.
Emperor Qi opened the way, hundreds of civil and military officials stood left and right, and the people of the whole city applauded the three of them again.
All the civil and military officials came, Qi Shao and Qin Biao naturally came, and the two of them sat in the private room on the third floor of Yipinju, looking at Wen Ling's admiration by tens of thousands of people, and the two of them only had a stomach full of anger in their hearts.
With Emperor Qi taking the lead, the three of them followed closely behind, followed by the civil and military officials, and when they were all gone, the people spontaneously followed and applauded.
Both of them could hear the words of the people praising Wen Ling and Qi Hongxin on the third floor, and some people even proposed to go and store a golden statue for Wen Ling to worship, Qin Xuan's face was light and light, but he sneered in his heart.
But did your duty and did it like something terrible? She is gentle and spiritual, what kind of god can't go down to earth? This time, she didn't even defeat Wen Ling, and it made her more sacred in the hearts of the people, and Qin Ling's whole person was about to explode.
But he still didn't hurry to pour tea for Qi, Qin Xuan smiled and said: "Hey, Sister Huang, you said that this Ling'er sister is really a woman who doesn't let her eyebrows, if you want to say that in this world, there are really few people who can compare to this Ling'er sister." ”
Qi Shao hated it to death in her heart, but she and Qin Yan were not familiar with each other, and they only happened to meet today, so they sat together and drank tea.
Qi Shao only smiled faintly: "That's natural, don't talk about this woman, even my Da Qi's man, there are few who can compare to the Lingqin County Lord, this time, the Fourth Emperor Brother and the Lingqin County Lord have made such a great contribution, and I don't know what the father will reward them." ”
At the end of the topic, the two people tacitly looked at each other and smiled, sometimes, smart people don't need words between them, both of them know who is the common enemy.
Xiaolian was also hidden in the crowd, when the good news came from Shucheng, saying that the epidemic was under control, she didn't know how happy she was, and when she knew that the young lady and the prince would return to Beijing today, she asked Qingping to take her to the street to greet her.
When she came to the street, she was also taken aback, the whole street was full of people, and even, in the afternoon, it ushered in Emperor Qi's dragon chase, Xiaolian was really happy for Miss.
With such a big credit this time, it has added a big boost to the young lady's marriage to the palace.
She pulled Qingping all the way to the front, and the people had been gathering on the street since noon since they heard the news that Wen Ling and Qi Hongxin were going back to Beijing, so everyone waited here for several hours.
Finally, when it was getting dark, I finally heard the sound of horses' hooves, everyone was excited, Xiaolian also heard many people praise Miss and Wangye, especially when the two of them led the horse and walked towards Emperor Qi together, more people praised the two of them for their talent and beauty, and they were good examples of kindness.
Xiaolian was also happy for the two, until the two of them followed the emperor into the palace, Xiaolian left the street unsatisfied, she wanted to go back to the house to wait for the young lady, she knew that this kind of palace banquet Miss usually does not stay for too long.
When it came to the palace banquet, Emperor Qi only gave Wen Ling and Qi Hongxin a time to change clothes, Qi Hongxin and Wen Ling could only go to Qinxi Palace to change into new clothes, and Mowen also went with Qi Hongxin.
When she arrived at Qinxi Palace and saw Ye Zixi, Wen Ling couldn't tell what she felt, since she begged her to intercede for the Wen family and was refused, Wen Ling hadn't seen her for a long time.
Maybe it's because Emperor Qi has already sent someone to inform them, as soon as the three of them arrived at Qinxi Palace, there were people waiting with dresses, Qi Hongxin and Mowen are men, it is naturally convenient to change clothes, Wen Ling's side, Ye Zixi prepared a formal dress for her.
Wen Ling had never seen this kind of palace dress before, so she didn't know what it was, anyway, she was in a hurry now, she couldn't take care of it, the palace people changed the palace clothes for Wen Ling and retreated, and another palace person came up to comb Wen Ling's hair.
When Wen Ling was doing a good bun and the maid was looking for a pearl hairpin for Wen Ling, Ye Zixi directly pulled out a purple agate bead hairpin from his head and gave it to Wen Ling himself.
Ye Zixi looked at Wen Ling from the mirror, smiled with satisfaction and said, "Let's go, don't let the emperor wait for a long time." ”
Wen Ling didn't think much about it, after saying goodbye to Ye Zixi, she followed the maid out, and after she saw the palace clothes Qi Hongxin was wearing, she looked at what she was wearing, Wen Ling's brows were all in a ball.
The cyan palace dress worn by Qi Hongxin represents the color of the prince, so the cyan dress on her body? Wen Ling didn't think that Ye Zixi would make such a mistake in such a simple matter after being in the palace for so many years.
Wen Ling said to the maid who brought her over, "Can you take me to change my dress again?" If you can't find it for a while, you can find me a random one. ”
Of course, Qi Hongxin also saw the dress on Wen Ling's body, he nodded, he was very satisfied with his mother's approach, this princess's court dress not only represents Wen Ling's right to belong, but also can make people with a heart retreat.
Although Wen Ling has not yet married into the Wen Palace, it is a little inappropriate to wear the princess's court clothes, but there is no problem with this, if it weren't for Wen Ling's lack of time, she would have entered the Wen Palace.
Qi Hongxin walked over and comforted Wen Ling: "This dress was originally tailor-made for you, so it's okay, this time everyone in the world knows that Ling'er is so capable, with this clothes, let those blind people see that your Lingqin County Lord is the princess of this king, let them die as soon as possible." ”
Wen Ling looked at Qi Hongxin a little helplessly, she wanted to refute but was powerless, and Emperor Qi couldn't wait for a long time, Qi Hongxin saw that Wen Ling was still entangled in the matter of court clothes, so he directly took Wen Ling's hand and walked towards the palace banquet.