The emperor slowed down for a long time before calming down and said to Xiao Jingchen: "You are in good health, first raise in Kyoto for a period of time, interrogate the two assassins, and leave it to your subordinates." The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so you will stay in Kyoto to accompany the Queen Mother for the New Year. ”

Xiao Jingchen said: "Your Majesty, there is no problem with the minister's body anymore, and there is no need to rest." The matter of interrogation, the minister has already confessed, and if he didn't pry open the mouths of those two, he would definitely not let them breathe, and he was bound to interrogate the lair of the dark pavilion. The power of the King of Chu is so great and hidden that it must be investigated as soon as possible and destroyed in one fell swoop, otherwise there will be endless troubles in the future. ”

The emperor glanced at him, a little reluctant, but he also knew Xiao Jingchen's temperament, and sighed: "Then you can go, but you must pay attention to your body." Remember to visit your grandmother, she misses you very much. ”

Xiao Jingchen clasped his hands above his head and answered: "Yes." ”

Then he said: "Your Majesty, this time the minister was able to get out of danger smoothly because he was rescued by a private woman." At the beginning, the minister promised that if this matter was done, the minister would ask for a reward for her. ”

When the emperor heard this, he nodded and said, "You should really thank that woman for this matter, I will arrange it, you can step down." ”

"Yes, Weichen retired."

Coming out of the imperial study, Xiao Jingchen went to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother didn't steal candy today, but she frowned, looking preoccupied. heard that Xiao Jingchen came to see her, so he hurriedly asked someone to invite him in.

After the grandparents and grandchildren greeted each other and cared for each other, the Queen Mother hurriedly pulled Xiao Jingchen to the garden.

There are no flowers and plants in the garden for a long time, but a conservatory has been built, and in order to get light, the roof is made of large glazed tiles, which is extremely luxurious.

As soon as she entered the greenhouse, the Queen Mother pointed to the strawberry seedlings that grew very densely and asked, "Look, why do these strawberry seedlings only bloom and do not bear fruit?" ”

Mama Hong said: "Lord, please help me think of a way, the Queen Mother is so worried about this strawberry seedling these days that she doesn't even want to eat sugar." ”

Xiao Jingchen is quite good at other things, but he is not very good at farming, looking at the strawberry seedlings with flowers hanging on the branches, he doesn't know where to start.

"Grandma, what did the gardener say, didn't you find the problem?"

The Queen Mother snorted very dissatisfiedly: "Those rice buckets, except for serving those useless things, they are still good at it, and they have no way to do anything about my precious strawberry seedlings." You see that I have raised them so strong, and the flowers have bloomed so much, and I have tried to pollinate them, but I can't see them bear fruit, which is really sad for me. Why is it so hard for me to take a bite of strawberries? ”

"By the way, you said earlier that these strawberry seedlings were obtained from the people, and if you are free, remember to help me ask how to make these seedlings bear fruit. If you really can't do it, you can bring people back to me, as long as this strawberry can bear fruit, the mourning family will be rewarded! ”

Xiao Jingchen respected the Queen Mother the most, so he responded.

After talking to the Queen Mother in the palace for a while, Xiao Jingchen returned to his mansion.

The palace was very large, and there were many slaves, but it was deserted everywhere.

Because he didn't have much time to live in the house all year round, and he didn't have a hostess, all affairs were taken care of by the butler.

Liang Twelve followed him into the mansion, and couldn't help but rub his arms together: "Master, your mansion is too deserted, if you want me to say, you still let the Queen Mother and Your Majesty give you a few beauties, even if you don't accept it, you can be more popular at home." ”

Xiao Jingchen glanced at him coldly: "You are very idle? ”

Liang Twelve was stunned, and quickly shook his head: "Master, you are also home, I should also go home to see my daughter-in-law and say goodbye." ”

After speaking, Liang Twelve immediately flashed.

Xiao Jingchen instructed the housekeeper beside him: "Go and prepare, I want to bathe and change clothes, and incense my father and mother for a while." ”

The housekeeper immediately went to prepare.

After a while, Xiao Jingchen freshened up and went to the courtyard where his mother lived before her death.

The palace is not a mansion built by Xiao Jingchen after he became king, but a former princess's mansion. His father and mother were very affectionate, and they have lived here ever since they got married.

After his father died on the battlefield, his mother was martyred in this courtyard.

The emperor was afraid that he would touch the scene, so he took him to the palace to raise him, and when he became an adult, he gave him a title and ordered to build another mansion for him, but he only wanted it here.

Here are the memories of his parents, and here is his home. His parents are gone, and if the house is gone, he really doesn't have a home.

The emperor couldn't resist him, so he had to let him go back here, and changed the plaque on the door of the mansion, and everything inside maintained the original appearance of the princess's mansion.

Xiao Jingchen put away his memories and walked into the room where his mother lived before her death.

As soon as you enter the door, you will see two tablets side by side on the table in the main hall, the incense candles in front of the tablet are bright, the offerings are complete and fresh, and you can see that they are carefully taken care of every day.

After receiving the three pillars of incense handed by the housekeeper, Xiao Jingchen opened his robe and knelt down on his knees, bowed three times to the tablet, handed the incense to the housekeeper, and he inserted it into the incense burner. Then, the housekeeper turned around and went out, leaving Xiao Jingchen alone in the room.

Every time Xiao Jingchen came back, he had to come here to accompany his parents for a period of time, and no one was allowed to disturb him during this period.

By the time he came out of the eldest princess's room, it was already dark outside.

The butler stood respectfully to the side, "Lord Wang, the meal has been heated twice, let's go eat quickly." ”

Xiao Jingchen walked in the direction of the restaurant without saying a word.

The old butler followed behind, looking at his tall and straight back, and couldn't help but sigh distressedly. It's been so many years, and the prince still can't get out of the pain of losing his father and mother, and he has always refused to start a family. I don't know if there will be a girl who can enter the heart of the prince in the future.

Qingzhou City.

As soon as it was dawn, several carriages stopped in front of the back door of Lin Ruanxin's shop.

Lin Tiezhu stepped forward and knocked on the door, and soon, the back door opened, the high threshold was removed, and the carriage lined up into the courtyard.

Lin Ruan had already gotten up, looked at Lin Tiezhu, who had a layer of hoarfrost on his clothes and eyebrows, and said, "It's the road, it's frozen, a few of you go to the house to bake the fire, and hand it over to Lin San and them here." ”

The taste of this cold winter and moon's overnight journey is not so wonderful, even if Lin Tiezhu has been wrapped so that only two eyes are left outside, he is still shivering with cold.

Lin Tiezhu and a few people went into the house to roast the fire, and Lin Ruan commanded Lin San and a few people to move the things in the carriage.

As soon as the curtain of the carriage was lifted, there were several large shelves inside, and the shelves had a total of good layers, and they were full of all kinds of vegetables grown on large wooden plates.

This was made by Lin Ruan when she went back to Linjia Village a few days ago, although she had the ability to be in her body, but this Qingzhou City did not have a second Shenwu Mountain to cover her, so the vegetables to be used in the store had to be pulled from Yulin County.

It's a bit of a hassle, but it's the least suspicious.

The cost of doing so is much higher, but Lin Ruan believes that Qingzhou City will not let her lose money.