Chapter 23: Return to Beijing
Changye Fang, facing Chuanfu Avenue, is close to Mingde Gate. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoThis area is close to the imperial city, and most of them are the residences of high-ranking officials of the Shu Kingdom. Among them, the temporary residence of Chai Jingchu, the princess of the Great Zhou, is also here.
The New Year of CD Mansion is obviously much colder than Bianjing City, although every household also sticks a charm, and the sound of firecrackers is also heard in the city, Chai Jingchu sighed heavily, after today, she will enter the nineteenth year old, originally her marriage had to be her own decision, but she was married to Shu.
But it has been more than a month since he entered Shu, not to mention the wedding, he has not even seen the face of the prince of Shu, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites of Shu have never mentioned the wedding.
At this moment, he was playing the piano listlessly, and even she didn't know what she was playing.
The sound of the piano stopped, Chai Jingchu sighed, and took out a piece of jade pendant, which Chai Rong gave her on her sixteenth birthday, it was originally a pair, Chai Rong said that when she met someone she liked, she could give him a piece, and the other piece she had given to Meng Xuanjue, who was named Li Yu, as early as when she was in Bianjing.
"Princess, why don't you play."
This is the voice of the maid Chun'er, Chai Jingchu saw Chun'er standing in the courtyard, I don't know when she came, and she looked at herself with a happy face.
"I'm bored and bounce casually, I think you're quite happy, what makes you so happy." Chai Jingchu said angrily.
"Princess, guess what?"
"I don't guess, if you don't say it, forget it." Chai Jingchu knows Chun'er's temper, the more you want to know about her, the more she will hide, the more you act indifferent, but she said it all at once.
"News from the palace, let's go to the palace on Chinese New Year's Eve to attend the banquet of the emperor of the Shu Kingdom, and the prince of the Shu Kingdom will return to the palace today, go and see, I heard that many people have gone to greet the prince, you can also see him." After saying that, Chun'er looked at herself with a wicked smile.
"You damn girl, don't hurry up and prepare."
After speaking, Chai Jingchu was immersed and finally wanted to see him, what kind of person is he? Chai Jingchu has been here for more than a month, and he has heard a lot, not many people knew about Meng Xuanjue in the past, but this year's battle with Da Zhou made him a god-like existence in Shu.
On the thirtieth day of the twelfth month of the twelfth year of Shu Guangzheng, on the official road from Qinzhou to CD Mansion, it was still ten miles away from the city gate, and a large number of big people of Shu had already gathered.
From the prime minister to the seven-rank petty official, there are hundreds of people wearing official hats alone, plus the personal easy-going and followers, I am afraid there are thousands of people, and the people on the side are also chatting on the side, and there is only one topic to talk about, that is, the prince is back, and the army is reorganized in Qinzhou, dealing with the rebel general He Jian, and smashing the discord of the Liao State.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has become a legend again.
Since a few months ago, this unloved prince actually gathered a group of defeated soldiers to defeat a strong enemy in Hu County, and turned the defeat of Shu into a situation.
This time with the respect of the prince, personally went to the Great Zhou, came back and went through a fight all the way, escaped safely, his sentence 'This goes to Quantai to recruit the old department, and the banner of 100,000 beheads Yama' has been sung so far, how can this pride not be amazing.
Since the state of Shu, Gaozu has not mentioned it, who can be compared with this prince, even the current emperor Meng Chang often said, "I might as well be." ”
"I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can carry the tripod, and the army will take the head of the general from it."
"I said old man, you listen to the book review too much, right? The prince is brave and skillful, but can the prince do what the vanguard general does? That's what Gao Yanshou and them did, and the prince just sat firmly in the Chinese army. ”
"That's right, the prince is appointing meritocracy, I heard that there is a person surnamed Yang, who was originally just a commander, but now he has been promoted to the chief soldier."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so powerful, it seems that the people of my Shu Kingdom are blessed."
There are many discussions, most of them are exaggerated, but what Meng Xuanjue wants is this effect, after the next New Year's Festival, it will be the most important year, not only to reform, but also to train the army, if there is no prestige, this is not easy.
"It's coming, it's coming."
Moments later, it was the New Year's Day, and the weather was cold, and although it was not snowing, it was still bitterly cold. "Give me caution, don't mess around, and those who dare to crowd up and make trouble, take them down for me." Han Yao, the new commander of the Prince's Mansion, kept shouting.
He is the old man who followed Meng Xuanjue, since Li Sheng disappeared and Yang En was born and died, he became the commander of the prince's mansion.
It is indeed the prince's team that came, giving people the feeling that the flag is like a cloud, and the armor is like rain, these are all elite soldiers personally selected by Meng Xuanjue, which is also deliberately revealed by Meng Xuanjue.
"Sure enough, His Highness is extraordinary, isn't it? In just a few days, I saw such a strong army. Li Hao said very happily that after Li Hao was rescued in He Jianfu, he returned to the capital, and he was also in the team to greet Meng Xuanjue at this moment.
This time, the prince entered the city and made such a big commotion, just to deter those who have a heart.
After waiting for a long time, the prince's car came over.
"Greetings to Your Highness!"
Prime Minister Wu Zhao took the lead, a class of civil officials, and then Gao Yanshou led a class of military generals and bowed in unison.
"All the ministers are exempt!"
Meng Xuanjue was wearing a very solemn dress today, with jade black boots and bright yellow robes, very neat and chic, the person was riding on a horse, his face was also smiling, he approached, turned over and dismounted.
"No prime minister, Gao Dudu, you two have worked hard."
Gao Yanshou smiled slightly, bowed down and said: "Your Highness is hard, the minister is going south first, there is plenty of time along the way, what is the hard work to speak of?" However, in the future, I hope to be able to share the worries and work for His Highness. ”
"Okay, I'll wait here, my father is still waiting in the palace." Although Meng Xuanjue was seriously ill at the beginning of his life, his complexion was very good, and the expression on his face and his standing posture were all upright and outstanding, so when he turned over and got on his horse and spoke loudly to everyone, the people here were silent, just looking up at His Royal Highness the Prince, who was very heroic.
Meng Xuanjue turned over and got on the horse, his legs tightly clamped the horse's belly, and under the support of the brigade of armor soldiers, he galloped towards the city.
"Is that him? How can it be? ”
Chun'er in the crowd turned pale, looked at Chai Jingchu and said, "Princess, isn't this Gongzi Li?" How did he become the crown prince?"
"It turns out that he is the crown prince of Shu?" Chai Jingchu thought carefully: "No wonder he looks so special in the post house in Bianjing, everyone is doing things around him." ”
"Princess, it's okay now, he's the prince, now you can rest assured."
"Rest assured?" Chai Jingchu doesn't think so, although he loves him, it is because he is just an ordinary person, and now that he is the prince of Shu, then he and him are not a pure husband and wife relationship, and there is a political color in it, which makes him hate political marriage even more, "Let's go, what should come will always come." ”