After bidding farewell to several princes on Hong Kong Island, the fleet continued north. came to Taiwan on the fifth day of the new year and put down Yunying and his wife.

Yun Ying said with a smile before getting off the ship: "Brother, don't forget to allocate money to Taiwan Town to set up a plantation. ”

"Got it." Yun Xi pretended to be angry and said: "Brother is willing to gamble and lose, and he won't rely on your little money." ”

"It's good that my brother remembers." Yun Ying smiled and walked down from the boat. Cao Xing hurriedly followed.

After passing through Taiwan, the fleet was replenished with some vegetables at a port in southern Zhejiang, and arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River on 16 March.

The fleet made a short stop in Shanghai again, and after buying some vegetables and vegetables, it set sail immediately, and arrived at Longwan Ferry Port outside the capital on the 18th.

Before the ship docked in the port, Yun Xi stood at the bow of the ship and looked at the pier not far away, feeling quite excited. He left the capital on 10 September last year and returned on 18 March this year, and was absent from Beijing for more than six months, not only worried about what happened in the court, but also worried about his relatives.

Just as Min'er has been missing him, he has also been missing Min'er and them. 'I've been away for half a year, is Min'er doing well during this time? Wenyuan is also six years old this year, how are you reading? Baoqing and Siqi are eight years old this year, and their bodies have changed the most when they were children, how are they now? Could it be that I can't help them anymore? ……’

'Xi Yao is supporting in the capital, do you miss me? Did Baoqin and Miaojin miss me? The palace maids and eunuchs who didn't follow me on the southern tour, and now the craftsmanship of serving me is rusty? ’

Yun Xi kept thinking about it in his heart.

He looked down and thought about it, Xiyi and Li Sha'er were standing beside him, and they also looked at the city and dock in the distance excitedly, and said: "The dock over there was used when he left Beijing last year, and the dock that is going to be moored now I remember that there was a big ship parked last year, and there were many cannons on the deck. ……”

Many people on the dock came to greet the husband, and all of them were people wearing Ming Dynasty clothes. Why are the people over there wearing light-colored clothes? ”

As she spoke, she heard a 'puffy' sound, and the boat stopped on the dock. The soldiers who had already stood by the side immediately lowered the ladder to disembark, and then stood in the most standard military posture.

Yun Xi walked in front, got off the boat step by step, and when he was halfway there, he only heard the shouts of "I've seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live", and everyone fell to their knees.

Yun Xi raised his right hand and was about to say the word "flat", but when he looked up, he saw that a person was still standing, standing out in the crowd of kneeling on all sides. Yun Xi was about to frown, when he suddenly realized that this person's clothes seemed to be ......

"Husband!" Xi Yao stood not far from the ladder, with a look of joy on her face, and exclaimed.

Yun Xi suddenly felt that a soft place in her heart was touched, and she ran down the ladder quickly, ran to Xi Yao, hugged her, and said softly, "Yao'er." ”

"Husband." Xi Yao also hugged him, buried her head in his arms, and muttered softly. Somehow, Xi Yao suddenly cried, and her tears wet Yun Xi's chest.

"Okay, what's the cry about? Isn't my husband back? Yun Xi continued to hold her and said.

"Husband." Xi Yao muttered again, raising her head to look at his face. Yoon-hee reached out and gently wiped her tears.

Yun Xi's action seemed to wake up Xi Yao, she immediately let go of the hand holding him, broke free from his embrace, took out a hand towel and wiped her face, and saluted Yun Xi with a smile: "The concubine welcomes Your Majesty back to Beijing." ”

Yun Xi also realized that this was not the dormitory of Kunning Palace or Qianqing Palace, and coughed and said, "The queen is flat." He shouted loudly: "You love Qing Ping." ”

As if they hadn't seen the scene just now, all the ministers meticulously "Thank Your Majesty" in accordance with etiquette, and then stood up in turn. But after standing up, many people secretly looked at the queen.

Yun Xi then replied to the ministers in accordance with the etiquette, personally thanked God, the emperor, and the imperial examination, and assigned the officials of the Ministry of Rites to worship him in the suburbs, ancestral temples, shrines, and temples of the gods, and took a carriage into the city to go to the palace.

Xi Yao rode in a carriage with him. As soon as he got in the car, Yunxi hugged her and asked, "Why did you personally go out of the palace to greet your husband today?" ”

"The husband has been away from Beijing for more than half a year, the concubines, the concubines miss the husband very much, and I learned that the etiquette set by the emperor's grandfather did not allow the queen to go out of the palace to meet the emperor, so I couldn't bear to go out of the city to meet the husband." Xi Yao leaned on his chest and said very comfortably.

Yun Xi didn't speak, just hugged her tightly, and said after a while: "It's okay for you to go out of the city to greet you, but today, you, not only you, but your husband is too out of shape." ”

"The moment the concubine saw her husband, she couldn't remember the etiquette, she only knew that her husband had returned to Beijing. Husband, the news that the husband was critically ill came in November last year, and the concubine was like five thunderbolts, and she didn't know what to do at all. Although he also dealt with palace affairs as usual every day, his mind was not on this at all, and he made a lot of mistakes one after another. Fortunately, it was also inspected by the female officer, so as not to make a big mistake. ”

In order to pray for her husband, the concubine sent a female official to visit all the temples and Taoist temples near the left side of the capital instead of the concubine, and also invited the Buddha statue and Sanqing statue of the monk to enter the palace and worship the sea lantern day and night. ……”

"Later, when the news came that the husband was fine, the concubines didn't know how happy they were, and the sleeves of the coat they were wearing were scratched and they didn't notice it.

"......, what the concubine did today is very disrespectful. The concubine violates the etiquette like this, I'm afraid it's inappropriate, and tomorrow there may be a twist and impeach the concubine. The concubine made a decree to admit her mistake. Xi Yao said.

"How could anyone be impeached so unsightly? Etiquette is etiquette, but you are the queen of the main palace, my wife, and the officials will not be impeached if there is an occasional gaffe. Yun Xi said. The person who impeached for such a thing is a big fool, and it is impossible for him to get mixed up in officialdom.

"Then the concubine will rest assured." Xi Yao said.