In the South China Sea in October Mengdong, it was rainy and cloudy, and the turbidity waves were surging, Zhou Xuan's fleet was worried about encountering a storm, and did not dare to be too far away from the coast, and only sailed to the northeast along the coastline more than ten miles away.

The Southern Han marriage envoy and his entourage have been expelled from the ship by Zhou Xuan and returned to China on Lu Qiongxian's fast boat, but Liu Shousu's letter to Li Yu was left by Zhou Xuan to explain to Li Yu and Xiao Zhouhou, as for why the Southern Han marriage envoy was expelled halfway, Zhou Xuan was ready to say bluntly to Li Yu and Xiao Zhouhou, saying that Princess Yuexiu and Liu Shousu were as absurd as Liu Shousu, but they were not a good match for the crown prince Li Jian, now that the Qingyuan has been destroyed, the Tang State is powerful, there is no need to borrow the power of the Southern Han Dynasty, there is no need to scruples, and he has sent a letter to Liu Shousu and Chen Yanshou, which will not cause disputes between the two countries.

As for the relationship between Princess Yuexiu and the Falcon Gate? Lin Ning said: "Lu Qiongxian is very likely to be the master of the Falcon Gate, the master of the Falcon Gate is passed down by blood, and the next generation will be Liu Shouzhen, the princess of Yuexiu." ”

Zhou Xuan smiled and said: "It's so dangerous, I almost married a Falcon Gate master back to be the crown princess, and I will be the queen mother in the future, and I have no place to bury Zhou Xuan!" ”

On the tenth day of October, the ship arrived overseas in Zhangzhou, and there was already a sentinel ship of the Tang State Navy to follow, while urgently reporting to Chen Shilang in Quanzhou, preparing to welcome Zhou Jungong.

On October 14, the fleet came to the coast of Dongling, Hui'an, a place that Zhou Xuan was very familiar with, and Chen Ji and a group of ministers had been waiting for a long time to welcome Zhou Xuan ashore. Laughter and excitement.

Chen Jidao: "Brother Zhou, who do you think this is?" He said. As soon as he let go, a handsome young man with a long body and a jade body walked out from behind, with a bright light armor, a hundred flower robes, a belt waist knife, and six-seam combat boots, and said with a smile: "Zhou Jungong——"

"Ah, it's Second Brother Lin!" Zhou Xuan hurriedly returned the salute and shook hands, very affectionate.

This person is Lin Dai's second son Lin Duo and Lin Hanyun's second brother, although he is still one year younger than Zhou Xuan, but because Zhou Xuan is engaged to Lin Hanyun. == Lin Duo is Zhou Xuandi's second brother-in-law, and Lin Hanyun's title is called the second brother.

Zhou Xuan asked, "Why is Second Brother Lin here?" ”

Lin Duo smiled and said: "Duo was ordered by my father to lead 15,000 Fenghua soldiers to Quanzhou to help in the war, and now the entire territory of Qingyuan has been decided. Yesterday, I learned that Zhou's brother-in-law was about to return, so I came to greet him. ”

Chen Ji said with a smile: "Brother Zhou doesn't know yet, Fuzhou has been captured by our army, and my uncle is now in Fuzhou, Chen has tens of thousands of soldiers, King Qian was frightened, and sent an envoy to Jinling to sue for peace and cede the land of Fuzhou." ”

Zhou Xuan said with a smile: "Fuzhou has been taken by our army, what else to cede." Sooner or later, let him cede Hangzhou. ”

Everyone laughed together. Naturally, it is indispensable to praise Zhou Xuanfeng's great achievements, and the Tang Army was able to pacify the land of Fujian in just five months, and Zhou Xuan was naturally meritorious.

Another person turned out behind Lin Duo, his eyes were dull, his face was expressionless, he saluted Zhou Xuan, and he didn't speak, so he stood aside, but it was Lin Hanyun's coachman Lao Dong. This person was originally garrisoned by the Fenghua army. Lin Hanyun has been cared for by him since he was a child.

Zhou Xuan was pleasantly surprised: "General Dong, you are here too." Is it okay? ”

Lao Dong said: "Okay." ”

General Qi and the five Qingyuan generals who had previously followed Zhou Xuan to capture Chen Si'an came to pay tribute to Zhou Xuan, General Qi's broken leg has now healed, and the report said that the "Lingfei" giant ship has been renovated and is waiting for Zhou Jungong to return to China.

Five hundred iron horsemen opened the road, the carriage and horses were jammed, and the entourage Xuanhe, Zhou Xuan and his party went to Quanzhou to see Princess Qingle, Yang Zongbao also got off the boat together, Zhou Xuan invited him to return to Jinling together, and then returned to Kaifeng by way of Huaibei.

Since the beginning of winter, this day has not been sunny, the cold rain is tight for a while, Zhou Xuan sat in the spacious carriage and talked with Chen Ji and his second brother-in-law Lin Duo, and asked Lin Du if he was safe? And Lin Hanyun's recent situation?

Lin Duo said: "I didn't know that I would meet Brother-in-law Zhou here, otherwise, Hanyun would definitely ask me to send a letter, she-"

Zhou Xuan thought of Lin Hanyun's big eyes and sweet smile, his heart was full of tenderness, and said, "I miss Hanyun too." ”

Lin Duo asked, "Will my brother-in-law go to Jiangzhou this time?" ”

Zhou Xuan said: "I'm afraid I can't go, I have to send Princess Qingle back to Jinling first, and come to marry Hanyun in the first month of next year." ”

Lin Duo nodded, and immediately casually said something about Lin Hanyun's affairs in Jiangzhou, the "Autumn Battle Hall" was still open, a few days ago Lin Hanyun also brought a green-backed cricket to Hongzhou to participate in the Chongyang Insect War, but he also entered the top six, lost in the top three, cried angrily, and called Zhou Xuan's brother, this is what Lao Dong said when he rushed to Quanzhou to report the news, Lin Duo did not see it in person.

Zhou Xuan laughed, leaned out of the car window, and said to Lao Dong, who was riding a horse in a robe: "General Dong, I want to send something to Hanyun to ensure that she smiles." ”

Lin Duo was very relieved to see that Zhou Xuan still loved Lin Hanyun so much.

Chen Ji only took out a letter from his arms at this time, but it was written by Zhou Xuandi's family letter and Qin Que.

Zhou Xuan was overjoyed, hurriedly opened the letter and read it, laughed while reading, and said loudly: "Haha, my baby daughter Zhou Zhiruo was born safely, born on August 16, weighing six catties and two taels, haha." ”

Chen Ji smiled and said: "Congratulations to Brother Zhou for winning a daughter, Miss Zhiruo is still the queen mother who personally washed the ground for her three dynasties, and was named the lord of Yongfeng County on the same day, and the emperor was Longwu." ”

Zhou Xuan smiled from ear to ear, and ordered his soldiers to call cumin and read the letter to cumin in person, the little girl was also very happy, and asked her uncle when she would return to Jinling, she wanted to hug Miss Zhiruo-

The convoy braved the rain, arrived in Quanzhou in the evening of the same day, Zhou Xuan's carriage went straight into the original Qingyuan Duhufu Yuanmen, when getting off the car, it was still drizzling, two Fenghua soldiers carried lanterns to lead the way, Zhou Xuan held an umbrella, and cumin went to see Princess Qingle.

Chen Jizhi Zhou Xuan and Princess Qingle have been separated for more than 40 days, and there must be some tenderness and sweetness when they meet, but they outsiders still don't want to get involved in it to avoid being blinded by Princess Qingle, so they led Lin Duo and Yang Zongbao to drink in the other courtyard.

The sound of rain was dripping, and the thorn trees under the twilight were fragrant, and as soon as Zhou Xuan and cumin arrived at the door of the weeping flower instrument in the inner courtyard, they heard a woman's voice shouting: "Zhou Jungong has arrived, Zhou Jungong has arrived-go and report to His Highness——"

I heard the sound of footsteps hurrying and breaking, presumably a palace lady ran to report the news, and two palace maids greeted her, Wan Fu said: "Jingxu palace palace has seen Zhou Jungong." "It's all a happy face.

Zhou Xuan smiled and asked, "How is Her Royal Highness the princess?" ”

The two palace ladies said: "Your Highness is very good, waiting for the return of the county prince." ”

Zhou Xuan's heart is warm, it feels so good to be remembered, these months of running around are really a bit exhausting, and now I know that my daughter was born safely, and Princess Qingle can be brought back to Jinling by the way, I really feel relaxed, so happy, it is really a light life that cannot be beared!

Princess Qingle still lives in the small courtyard with a koi pond, and before she arrived at the door, a group of female officials and palace ladies came out, for the sake of Feng Ajian, Zhou Xuan hurried to see the ceremony.

Feng Ajian smiled and groaned, first congratulated Zhou Xuanxi on winning a daughter, and said that she was ashamed that her stepmother could not take care of Xiao Zhiruo.

Zhou Xuandao: "Recently, I will leave for Jinling, my daughter Zhou Xuandi will definitely be naughty, and it is indispensable to trouble Feng Ajian to discipline more." ”

Feng Ajian said: "Miss Zhiruo must be smart and beautiful, my stepmother can be regarded as a stain - let's not talk about this for a while, please come in, Her Royal Highness the princess has been waiting for you all day." ”

That Princess Qingle had Xiao Gong'e come to report that Zhou Jungong had arrived, and her heart was beating wildly, so she hurriedly ordered Gong'e to take the Xuanjing, look at the mirror's sideburns, re-apply the powder to her lips, and ask the eunuch waiting next to her if the backdo was messy? Is the dress neat?

Fang Cha said: "Your Highness is already too beautiful to be beautiful, no need to dress up anymore." ”

Princess Qingle was a little relieved, and wanted to go to the front of the courtyard to greet her, but she had to feel reserved, pacing back and forth indoors, like a beautiful colorful butterfly, her heart was "pounding", her eyelashes were bent, her eyes were blinking, she couldn't think of anything, there was only one thought: "Cousin Xuan is back, he is finally back!" ”

There was a lot of footsteps in the small courtyard, and a group of people came in, and Princess Qingle heard the voice that she had been thinking about day and night and said, "Where are all the koi fish in this pond?" I don't think the princess will catch it and eat it all! ”

Princess Qingle finally couldn't bear it anymore, and ran out with her skirt lightly, ignoring the rain, she ran to the front steps of the courtyard, and saw Zhou Xuan standing by the small pool, stretching his neck to watch the fish.

Princess Qingle pouted, her eyes were sour, as if covered with a layer of mist, but her mouth said, "Where did I eat!" On rainy days, the fish are underwater. ”

Zhou Xuan turned his head, at this time the sky was completely dark, but the small courtyard was brilliant, drizzling, reflecting the lights, crystal bright, the rain in front of the steps Princess Qingle was dazzling, the flower hairpin crown, the collared big sleeve tufted brocade robe, the white jade belt, the eyebrows are like green feathers, the skin is like condensation, the eyes are as bright as autumn water, the tall figure is graceful, standing there is really like a vibrant pavilion and jade tree, attracting all the brilliance between heaven and earth-

Amazing! Amazing! This beauty like a Shuoren in the Book of Songs makes people feel amazing every time they see it, not to mention that Zhou Xuan hasn't seen her for many days.

Zhou Xuan lost his mind for a moment, then smiled, strode over, covered the oil-paper umbrella in his hand on the top of Princess Qingle's head, and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, Zhou Xuan has fulfilled his mission and is back." ”

Princess Qingle had beautiful eyebrows, long and curled eyelashes were stained with fine raindrops, like extremely fine transparent beads, her eyes were wide open and looked at Zhou Ding, her eyelashes flashed, and she flashed a bead, and said softly: "Cousin Xuan, I miss you-"