At the beginning of the Shen period, at the gate of Jiangling City, a huge team of people and horses came, and the people and merchants who entered and exited the city gate were blocked on both sides of the road.

"Look, the one riding the black horse is King Yan." A maid whispered to the small window of a royal blue sedan chair.

The curtain of the small window lifted a corner, revealing half of her porcelain white face, and she tried her best to open her beautiful eyes, looking forward to the brilliance. It's a pity that she only saw the black ermine Qiu Dayu behind Chu Lin right away.

After entering the city, he went straight into the camp of patrolling Beijing, with swords, guns, swords, halberds, camp tents, and grain, grass and cooking utensils all sorted into different categories and counted into storage. Settle the horses, count the number of people, and arrange patrols during the annual leave. Everything is in order, and the Beijing patrol camp is officially on annual leave.

The officials of the Dashun Dynasty have a seven-day holiday, centered on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and three days before and after. Other festivals, such as the Cold Food Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Winter Solstice, the Emperor's Birthday, etc., will be closed, ranging from 1 to 3 days.

Today's official holiday, civil and military officials are exempted from the early dynasty.

The affairs of the patrol camp have Zhao Ji'an to assist the generals at all levels to deal with it, Chu Lin directly returned to the Yanwang Mansion, and Ruyi had already led a group of subordinates in front of the mansion to look forward to it. Seeing Chu Lin jumping off the ink cloud, she bowed, and all the subordinates hurriedly saluted.

Ruyi deliberately dressed up today, her eyebrows are like a light stroke, and her lips are like cherries. The upper body is dressed in a silk coat of blue tangled branches and begonias, tied with a long skirt with purple smoke and pleated floors, and a cloak of ivory white inlaid with rabbit fur. It makes her skin snowy, gentle and lovely, and even the fierceness of managing affairs has been covered by seven or eight points.

Chu Lin walked hurriedly, walking past them like a gust of wind, his eyes swept by, and only a "get up" was left for them to reminisce.

Yanwangfu is a big mansion with five entrances, and it is the best plot in Jiangling City, which is quiet in the middle of noisy. The whole mansion is magnificent, carved and painted buildings, and the pavilions and pavilions are all beautiful.

The Queen Mother is old enough to have a son, and she can't give him everything she has, and now the saint is even more fraternal, I don't know how many antique treasures have been rewarded, and the courtiers at the bottom are even more to send countless rare and exotic toys piled up in the treasury and covered with dust.

The bronze hollow Rui beast in the main hall burned a faint agarwood, the three-legged dwarf ding burned silver charcoal, and the warm incense in the room, Chu Lin sat on a chair covered with embroidered cushions.

White jade cake, preserved rouge, osmanthus crisp, crystal jelly, the maid brought the four kinds of dim sum to the rosewood table, untied the cloak as expected, and personally poured Biluo spring tea and served it.

"Ruyi, how are you doing in the house lately?" Chu Lin went to Huizhou to handle the case for more than half a month, and when he returned to Beijing, he turned to shoot Wushan, and this Yanwang Mansion did not come back for almost a month.

"Back to the prince, everything is fine in the house, only the black tiger...... They are all slaves and incompetent. Ruyi, who stood at the bottom, was about to weep, and he wanted to bow down.

Chu Lin hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold it: "Black Tiger, you don't have to look for it." ”

"Lord Wang, found it?" Ruyi raised a handkerchief to wipe away tears, and asked shyly and timidly.

"Hmm." Chu Lin didn't want to say more.

"Lord Wang, the bath soup has been prepared in the room, and the slave maid will serve you." As an opinion, a big girl flashed her figure on the side of the door and said.

"No need, you're waiting here for Ji'an." Chu Lin took a sip of tea and went back to his bedroom.

Ruyi looked at the four plates of delicate dim sum and didn't move at all, and his eyes darkened. This was made by herself in the kitchen early in the morning, and it was the same as the taste of the Queen Mother's Taihe Palace.

Not only did he not see the dim sum, but he probably didn't see her dressed up, but fortunately, he also took a sip of tea, and Ruyi could only use it to comfort his heart.

"Sister!" Zhao Ji'an walked in quickly.

"Ji'an!" At this time, Zhao Ruyi was an eighteen-year-old girl, she was happy when she saw her younger brother, and her eyes couldn't help but have tears in her eyes.

The sister and brother have not seen each other for a long time, and Chu Lin is not in front of him. Ruyi retreated from the others, and the two talked a lot freely. Zhao Ruyi's topic will never be separated from the master of Yanwang's Mansion - Chu Lin.

After Chu Lin bathed and changed clothes, Ruyi thought that Zhao Ji'an was rude, she took the cotton towel in disgust, and helped him dry his wet hair little by little like when she was a child. Then I helped him weave a simple hairstyle, tied a black hair behind his head, and used a bamboo leaf jasper hairpin to hold it.

A big girl came to report that the head of the palace in the Queen Mother's palace, Guo Gonggong, came.

Chu Lin was busy in the main hall to meet him, and Gonggong Guo personally passed the message, saying that the Queen Mother had prepared wine and food and waited for the Nine Princes to receive the wind and wash the dust for him.

Ruyi took 10 taels of silver and invited Guo Gonggong to drink tea, Guo Gonggong pretended to excuse himself, and finally walked away with a smile on his sleeve.

Chu Lin was wearing daily clothes, Ruyi found a new cyan brocade auspicious cloud pattern robe made this year, tied a moon white brocade belt, and hung a hollow dragon pattern topaz plate in front of his waist.

Ruyi also took the sachet, but was stopped by Chu Lin: "Bring my jasper Xiao." ”

Chu Lin inserted the jasper flute into his waist, and a small piece of clotted white jade fell with smoke-colored tassels, flowing elegantly as he walked.

Ruyi was afraid that he would freeze on the road, so he put on a dark stripe of crow blue and fox fur. Fang just called the carriage in the house to send Chu Lin into the palace.

Chu Lin did not go to the Taihe Hall immediately, but went to the Zihuan Hall to meet the emperor first. He took off the dark pattern outside the hall, and waited for the deacon Li Gonggong to report before entering the hall.

In the hall, the gilded dragon copper incense burner burns ambergris, the four-legged bronze gilt smoker burns red charcoal, and there is a large bouquet of red and bright plum blossoms on the desk, and this huge hall is even warmer than spring.

Chu Lin is 18 years old, Chu Pei is 17 years older than Chu Lin, and he is already 35 years old and middle-aged. He has a long figure, a face like a knife and an axe, a sharp silhouette, and a deep gaze.

Because he didn't have to go to court, he only wore a deep lake blue cloud brocade robe woven with dragon patterns, a belt inlaid with Hetian jade around his waist, a sachet with dragon patterns and auspicious clouds embroidered with gold thread on a black background hung in front of his waist on the left side, and a piece of white and oily fine mutton fat white jade hung on the other side, and a long green spike hanging down below. The whole person looks elegant and gentle, and there is less ruthlessness in the court's killing decisions.

"Knock on the emperor." Chu Lin took his robe and bowed.

"Ninth brother, hurry up and be exempt." Chu Pei said, Chu Lin had already bowed to the ground.

"Today's annual leave has been taken, it's not like the court, you and I are our own brothers, so you don't have to be so polite." Chu Pei waved his hand to let Chu Lin sit down.

Gonggong Li moved the stool, served tea, and withdrew from the palace gate to wait.

"The emperor cares about brotherhood, and the courtiers are grateful. But the gift of the monarch and the minister must not be broken. Chu Lin thanked him.

"Well, let you go. Now let's talk about the things you have been patrolling the Beijing camp for the past few days. Chu Pei said with a smile.

"Back to the emperor, the courtiers have taken the Beijing patrol camp to train in Shewu Mountain in the past few days, which has exercised their physique and courage, and also enhanced their frank and honest feelings for each other." Chu Lin talked endlessly about patrolling the Beijing camp, far more relaxed than just now.

"I heard that the four young people in the capital have all been subdued by you?" Chu Pei looked playful.

"Four young people in the capital?" Chu Lin doesn't like to listen to gossip in Beijing, so he naturally doesn't know that the foursome still has a well-known flower name, the four young people in the capital.

"Hehe, it seems that you are incompetent as the Nine Princes, I have heard of it in this hall, but you don't know it?" Chu Pei said with a smile.

"The younger brother is frightened, what can the emperor say is Song Shaohuai, the eldest son of Zhongshu Ling, Yuan Jinnian, the second son of the squire of the Criminal Department, and the grandson of Tieli, the general of the auxiliary state, and Su Motian, the son of Shangshu Ling?" Chu Lin got up from the stool and bent down to salute.

"Sit, sit, sit. How are the four of them, but they can be of great use? Chu Pei waved his hand to give up his seat.

"The four of them have merits, the so-called jade is not cut, and it still needs to be experienced." Of the four, only Yuan Jinnian and Tie Li are younger than Chu Lin, but his evaluation is still pertinent and sophisticated.

"Hmm. The Dashun Dynasty is the time to employ people, and the ninth brother should recommend more capable people around him. Chu Pei bowed.

"Yes, my brother, remember." Chu Lin stood up again.

"Okay, it's not too early, I'll go with you to the queen mother." Chu Pei stood up from the dragon chair behind the big case and walked out of the hall hand in hand with Chu Lin.

Gonggong Li hurriedly helped Chu Pei put on a navy blue thick brocade inlaid with mink hair, and an inner servant helped Chu Lin put on a dark pattern. The two of them did not sit in a sedan chair, they still walked hand in hand, and Chu Lin was slightly half a step behind.

Although it is now a cold day, there is no lack of flourishing flowers and trees in the palace, red plum and plum are red and yellow, and the fragrance is far away. The branches of the magnolia have faintly budded.

A pool of lotus flowers has been defeated to the point that only the dead leaves hang down in the water, and it looks lonely and lonely.

"Little Lizi, who cares about this? Such a decaying appearance! Chu Pei frowned, he used to ride in Luan, and he flashed by, and he didn't care.

"Yes, yes, yes." Father-in-law Li was sweating on his head, which one was unlucky, he didn't want to live, and he still caught him!

"Brother Huang, don't be angry. I look at this pool of dead leaves, and I have a special feeling. Chu Lin hurriedly stepped forward to play the round.

"Oh? Listen to your fallacies. Chu Pei said with a smile, this younger brother was very careful just now, but now he pleaded for an inner servant.

"I remember when I was young, Taifu taught me a poem, and I don't remember anything about it. Seeing this scene today, I remembered the last sentence that was very appropriate, 'Leave the dry lotus to listen to the sound of the rain'. Chu Lin said with a smile.

"Haha, what a sentence 'leave the dry lotus to listen to the sound of the rain'! Let's keep it until it rains. Chu Pei laughed, and then pulled Chu Lin forward again.

Wear flowers and willows, cross rockery and flowing water, all the way to the towers and pavilions, and the strange scenery is interesting. Although there is a big age difference between the two, they both have a royal education, quote scriptures, and can talk about one or two.

The palace gate of the Taihe Hall was close in front of her, and the big palace maid Linglong beside the Queen Mother was standing in front of the palace gate and looking, seeing their figures, she hurriedly turned around and ordered the little palace maid to report.

"Your Majesty, the Ninth Prince." Curtsy. I saw that she was about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a hibiscus-colored flower palace dress, and the cuffs and neckline were decorated with snow-white rabbit hair.

"Excuse me." Chu Pei waved his long sleeves and walked straight to the hall.

The Queen Mother Wan Ruojin received the notification from the little palace maid, sat on the couch in the main hall, and looked at it with her eyes open. She is already fifty-two years old, graceful, rich and generous. With proper maintenance, she looks to be in her forties.

The Queen Mother wore a pine-colored silk gold and silver peony brocade robe, and a long skirt of stone blue hydrology. The head is combed with a cloud bun, and a phoenix hairpin with a little emerald is inserted obliquely on one side, a string of small pearls held by the phoenix is hanging on the sideburns, and on the other side is a light hibiscus flower made of silk. On the ears are two drop-shaped jade earrings, as emerald as the bracelet on the wrist.

"The son asks the queen mother to say goodbye." Chu Pei was just about to bow down.

"The emperor is exempt." The Queen Mother has reached out to help.

"The son asks the queen mother to say goodbye." Chu Lin lifted his robe and knelt down to bow.

"Get up." The Queen Mother's voice was a little hoarse, and she pressed the side of her nose with a silk handkerchief.

"Sit." The Queen Mother raised her hand. Chu Pei and Chu Lin sat down separately.

Linglong and Linlang served them fragrant tea, four plates of dim sum, jujube paste yam cake, lotus seed water chestnut jelly, milky pineapple cake, and walnut crispy cake.

"Lin'er, you have been gone for more than ten days, and you look even darker and thinner than last time. Don't you like to eat the dim sum of Taihedian, eat it quickly. "The Queen Mother is so painful to this old man that she is like her life~ root.

"Queen Mother, Erchen thinks that the ninth brother is stronger and more skilled than before." Chu Pei took a piece of lotus seed horseshoe jelly and said with a smile.

"Yes, the queen mother cherishes her sons, and the sons have to share their worries for the royal brother." Chu Lin said. He didn't like sweets, so he ate a walnut shortbread.

"Your brothers are united, and the mourning family is relieved." The Queen Mother looked at the two brothers and was full of relief.