Chapter Forty-Six: Entering the Imperial Capital
Overlooking the beautiful mountains and rivers, the whip points to the imperial capital Lu Yao. It has been a hundred miles since leaving Jinling, and a vast team has gradually approached the capital, and Zhi Ning's "illness" has fully recovered.
"A-Ning, what did the Yu family kid tell you, why don't you even ride a sedan chair these days, but ride a horse?" Seeing that the Jingshi was already in front of him, and the scouts who had been sent to report the arrival of the brigade had not yet returned, Eunuch Zheng slowed down his horse and walked side by side with Zhining's horse, and asked.
"Father-in-law, my daughter was sick for a long time a few days ago, didn't even you forget that your daughter was born as a martial artist, and she was originally going to ride a horse, as for Yu Gongzi, he just asked me some old things about the island that day, but it was nothing special. It's just that after that day, there seems to be a fly around my daughter recently, and the annoyance that doesn't stop for a moment is annoying. Zhi Ning was a little helpless.
"Hahaha, my family's A-Ning is a delicate flower, which naturally attracts bees and butterflies to fly, and the son of the Yu family is also very good at martial arts, but you don't ask much about your young father, you take me into good measure. But you are about to enter the capital in front of you, and you will see the prince soon, I wonder if you are ready for what you will report after meeting the prince? ”
"It's my father-in-law, I heard that the prince has a gentle personality, and if he thinks that his daughter will not have any big trouble, it will anger him, and his daughter has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, and the family can be revenged, so how can he be afraid." Zhi Ning hated and hated.
"Okay, it is worthy of my favorite daughter, after entering Beijing alone, it is by no means the same as the sea or the place, the secret agents are everywhere, if you have anything to remember to discuss with me, you must not act rashly, you are still young......" Zheng Dajian still has to tell something, seeing that a ride on the yellow dust has arrived, it should be that the person who has returned to the courtesy, he stopped talking at the moment, but just now when he said the word rash and rash, he looked at Zhi Ning again.
"Back to the eunuch, the crown prince has sent Li Maofang, the son of Princess Yongping, the Marquis of Fuyang, to meet you and the envoys of various countries twenty miles away from the outskirts of Beijing."
"I know, I ordered the brigade to turn around and move forward slowly, and be sure to tell the envoys of various countries to arrive in front of the welcome platform in less than a few miles, and no one can bring sheaths at that time, horses must not raise their hooves, and they must not shout."
"Yes, my subordinates obey."
Eunuch Zheng struck his horsewhip lightly and went to the front first.
Zhi Ning's side has gradually fallen into the team, and she is as smart as she can naturally hear what Zheng Dajian said just now, could it be that her father-in-law has discovered something? Probably not, since Yu Mian came to me that day, I felt that he had a lot of affection for me, and after that, he no longer hid in the sedan chair, but showed himself in front of people in the opposite way, taking the opportunity to see what could catch the handle of the surname Yu, and the father-in-law should have guessed that we had known each other before, but I never mentioned to him the grievances between the two of us, and he should not know anything. Zhi Ning thought to himself, but he controlled the red horse under his feet and slowly followed the team.
Twenty miles on the ground on the outskirts of the capital, at this moment, there are dozens of officials dressed as civil and military generals, divided into two rows according to the size of civil and military officials, followed by nearly a hundred sergeants, waiting for Zheng He's team to arrive. Under the cold and sunny day, the action was maintained for a long time.
The sound of horses' hooves came, and the soldiers who walked in front shouted loudly: "Daming Henghai waits to serve the holy order of Hongweide and overseas, and educates all nations, which lasted for two years. Now he is leading the envoys of thousands of countries to return to his life, and ask for the grace of God. Just as the soldiers were reading aloud word by word, in the distance, Eunuch Zheng had already led dozens of officials of all sizes to jump off their horses and march forward. I saw that these dozens of people were either dressed as silk and silver armor generals or wearing dark green bird uniforms, and their official positions were inferior to those standing opposite, but their mental posture was sufficient, and they all walked slowly with their heads held high. The group walked in order, as if they had been rehearsed, and when the word "Holy Grace" was spoken in the mouth of the soldier who had just walked up to the soldier and stood still. "Minister Zheng He respectfully invites Sheng'an, respectfully invites Prince An." It was almost seamless, and as soon as the man rested, Eunuch Zheng followed.
Among the ministers who greeted him not far away, a young man who was not very old replied with a smile: "Holy Gong'an, the prince is also waiting for Zheng Hou." ”
Then there was another variety of etiquette, and everyone greeted each other.
Everyone over there greeted each other with smiles on their faces, Zhi Ning stood in the crowd and watched, she didn't have any fame, so she could only stand from a distance and watch, it seems that what my father-in-law said is right, from now on, I can't always follow him and rely on his glory as before. This crisis-stricken capital is really putting people under great pressure. Zhi Ning was thinking in his heart, but there was a sound of talking in his ears.
"How? The style of the capital is quite shocking. I don't know when, Yu Mian, who was originally following the team, was already standing beside Zhi Ning.
"Yu Gongzi, please respect yourself, this is a solemn place to receive heroes, don't mention your old things again." Zhi Ning glanced at the person beside him, and said in a faint tone.
"Haha, I just thought that you were about to enter the whirlpool of the capital, so I came to help you introduce the officials in front of you, first let you have a plan in your heart, Ah Ning, you see that the young official standing at the head of the group just now is Fuyang Marquis Li Maofang, his mother is the emperor and the crown prince are the most favored Princess Yongping, and the civil official behind him is dressed as Fengcheng Marquis Li Bin, who is brave and good at fighting, and accompanies His Majesty to fight in Mobei all the year round, but I don't know why this expedition did not go, The civil official who followed was dressed as Jin Youzi, a scholar who was listed in Wenyuan Pavilion alongside Sanyang, and then the military general...... Well, I don't know the Wenchen in the future, maybe he was newly promoted in the past two years...... As for the six-rank official in the pale cyan robe at the back, it seems to be Liao Ming, the nephew of Liao Junqing, the deputy supervisor of Qin Tianjian, and the low-level military general behind him ...... "In the non-stop greetings of Zheng Dajian and others and the ceremony of entering the court, Yu Mian's mouth almost introduced the people present in front of him, and even as small as the six-grade officials in the capital, he introduced them to Zhining one by one.
In this way, Zhi Ning began to admire him in his heart, but although Zhi Ning admired him in his heart, when he praised him, his taste had changed: "Hey, why haven't you ever seen you say like this before, haven't you always been different and show people with cold arrogance?" ”
Yu Mian, who was still chattering in his mouth, heard Zhi Ning speak, and his expression was stunned, and he immediately said: "You say that I am so patient with anyone? If it weren't for you... Wait, you finally know me? Yu Mian's voice suddenly raised unconsciously, and his body was also close to Zhi Ning.
"Ahem, Yu Gongzi's self-respect may have been misheard by the Great Master of the Wind just now." Zhi Ning's eyes showed disgust, and he looked at Yu Mian Dao in disgust.
"Oh, I misheard, I really misheard. It just so happened that I had finished introducing you to the officials, so I went to the back first. Yu Gongzi, who was embarrassed, smiled and left, but he couldn't hide the snickering joy in his eyes.
Succeeded, Zhi Ning looked at the red-robed and armored ministers in front of him without squinting, and said in his heart: A little trick or temporarily deceived him, after observing this person in the past few days, it seems that this person really has some feelings for me because I have rescued him in the rain, but I don't know that after experiencing so many sinister people's hearts, this appearance in front of him is his first face.
After a series of tribulations on the island, Zhi Ning had begun to divide people into several categories in her heart, and gradually began to distrust anyone, and would only judge the good or bad of a person by what kind of face that person showed when she encountered something, without thinking that this was just her one-sided view, and she never expected that someone would want to help her like this.