Zhu Jingshen was stunned for a moment, and a wry smile gradually appeared on his face: "Don't call me that anymore, I am no longer the prince of King Kang." If you want to call it, call it my grandfather. ”

A month earlier, a few days before he set foot on the big ship heading south, the emperor issued a decree in the capital, making Zhu Jingshen, the former son of King Kang, who had been dismissed from the prince, the title of Duke of Kang, and giving him a palace in the capital, as well as a number of land treasures and brocades. Guogong is not a clan title of this dynasty, but in terms of status, it is more noble than ordinary clan titles such as General Zhenguo. Zhu Jingshen is young, and the house slave is still suspected of rebellion, but he can be ranked as the prince of the country, and the hereditary descendant of the knighthood, in the eyes of many people, is already a special favor of the royal family, and it is a great grace. He knelt three times and bowed nine times on the Jinluan Hall to thank the emperor, but he knew in his heart that the former Kang Wangfu would really never come back.

Chen Si's family didn't understand these twists and turns in the court, she only knew that the little master she had been waiting for since childhood came back, and her family had the opportunity to return to him. Seeing Zhu Jingshen showing a sad look, she hurriedly comforted: "Whether it is Grandpa Guo or Xiao Shizi, aren't you still you?" The small heart is really happy, these few years...... The little couple thinks about you all the time, but they can't be summoned by you, and they don't dare to go to Beijing without authorization......" She lowered her head and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "The princess and princess are blessed by the spirit of heaven, and the little one is finally waiting for you to go home......"

Family? Zhu Jingshen's nose was sour, he held back his tears, and said lightly: "I have settled in the capital now, and the place is no smaller than the palace here." When this is done, if any of you want to, go back with me. ”

Chen Sijia was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down and bowed: "Yes, Xie Shizi...... No, thank you for the grace of Grandpa Guo. But the tears on his face were increasing.

Zhu Jingshen's heart softened, and he bent down to help her up: "Get up quickly, I've suffered you all these years, I should have sent someone back to see you earlier and take you to the capital." How have you spent all these years? I heard that the two of you were wronged, and you were once kicked out of the palace by Wang Yongtai's wife, so how did you make a living? Is everyone in the family okay? ”

Chen Sijia said excitedly: "Lord Xie Shizi cares, the little ones are safe and sound, God willing, the little ones have met good people." After Wang Yongtai drove several of our old servants who were loyal to the prince out of the palace, Yun Nier, the youngest daughter of the Qin family, found a young official wife to hire us to work as an errand in her house, so life was quite good. When the news came that the prince was coming back, the official lady gave us the money to be dismissed and let us go home. ”

"Really?" Zhu Jingshen was a little happy in his heart, "Which family's wife helped?" I'm going to have to thank them. ”

Chen Sijia was about to answer, but a palace beauty came out of the cabin, followed by two maids wearing red and green, whose status was obviously not the same as that of ordinary servants. With a smile on her face, Na Liren gently walked to Zhu Jingshen's side and said with a smile: "Grandpa Guo, is this the person you used before?" ”

Zhu Jingshen restrained his expression and replied lightly: "She is the girl who used to wait in my mother's concubine's courtyard, and she married Chen Si next to her father, I will call her Chen Si's family, and she is indeed an old man in the palace." He turned to Chen Si's family again: "This is Aunt Xia, given by the palace." ”

Chen Sijia was stunned for a while, but immediately reacted, and saluted respectfully: "I've seen Aunt Xia." There was a hint of caution in his eyes. The person given by the palace, the meaning here is not simple.

That Aunt Xia is Xia Weixin, the palace person of the East Palace that day, she is now the only concubine by Zhu Jingshen's side, she has no master's mother, and she has recently made meritorious contributions, it is when the spring breeze is proud, where will the Chen Sijia be put in your eyes? It's just to please Zhu Jingshen, so he is willing to condescend to the noble and ask, and when he saw the gift of the Chen family, he raised the noble lady's shelf: "Since it is the old man of the palace, it is naturally different from the newly picked girl's daughter-in-law, and the number of etiquette should be clearer." Now that our lord has been crowned by the saint Kang Guogong, he should be called the grandfather of the country, and he must not call the prince of the world again, and when he is sent to the capital, won't he cause trouble for the master? ”

Chen Sijia glanced at Zhu Jingshen carefully, and when he saw the latter nodding slightly, he smiled cautiously: "It turned out that the little one was wrong, Aunt Xie Xia taught, and the little one will not be wrong again." ”

Aunt Xia nodded reservedly, and when she turned to Zhu Jingshen, a gentle smile appeared on her face again: "Grandpa Guo, the boat has been on the shore for a while, and the slave asked the people below, saying that the carriage and horses are ready, is the master going back to the palace?" Over there......" she glanced at the stern, "someone has already been sent to ask." ”

Zhu Jingshen turned around and looked in the direction she hinted at, and nodded indiscriminately: "Since the carriage and horses have been prepared, let's go, the palace will not go back, the court has already sealed the palace, and I am not the prince anymore, what are you going to do when you go back?" We're going to stay at the inn for the next few days. ”

Aunt Xia was stunned: "This ...... The post station is simple, how can Grandpa Guo live? Besides, the saint didn't say that the lord couldn't go back to the palace, "Returning to Cannes but not living in the palace, isn't this equivalent to passing through the door and not entering?" She also wanted to see how magnificent the palace was

Zhu Jingshen didn't answer, but just glanced in the direction of the stern of the boat again: "It's okay to be careful, if you want to go to the palace, send someone to ask and make sure that we can live back." ”

Aunt Xia was speechless and lowered her head unwillingly. Zhu Jingshen didn't say anything, and smiled at Chen Sijia: "You guys come together, right?" I haven't seen you for a few years, and I have a lot to ask you. ”

Kang Guogong and his entourage went down to the dock in a sedan chair and entered the city, and a few people came out of the stern, led by Luo Mingmin.

He was dressed in civilian clothes, looking like an ordinary scholar, but his eyes were sharp, and a white scar on his forehead was even more powerful, compared with the cheerful young man with a smile at the beginning, it was like two people.

He stared at the sedan car in the distance, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly: "The little rabbit cub has learned to be well-behaved, I don't know if he is really well-behaved or pretending." ”

The subordinate next to him chuckled: "My lord, what if he is really good?" What about pretending? Will he be able to escape from the palms of our hands? If he is not a stupid person, he should obediently do what the court wants, and if he has made meritorious service and gained dignity, he can easily get rid of the old slaves with different intentions, and then add some loyal and capable people to his new mansion, so that he can live a happy life in the capital from now on, is it better than being frightened? He can have today, he has already burned high incense in his previous life, if it weren't for Xiaoyanagi's kindness, he would have seen King Yama by now."

Luo Mingmin smiled, didn't answer, and asked about something else: "The person who was placed next to him didn't arouse suspicion, right?" Don't let someone blindfold and skip his little movements. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, the people arranged by the department are stable, and now he probably only thinks that Aunt Xia is the eyes and ears of the court. On that day, the saint had intended to let him go, but it happened that Aunt Xia entered the palace to meet the queen mother to intercede for him, and the saint pushed the boat along the way. Now that Aunt Xia has such a big face in the Guogong Mansion, if she didn't know that he was not married to the main family, outsiders would see it, and she would only think that Aunt Xia would be the Duchess of Kangguo. ”

The other person smiled: "To tell the truth, this young grandfather can be regarded as wronged, he was confused and did something wrong for a while, he thought he was going to die, but he finally survived, in order to save his life, he actually had to pretend to be in love, and show favor to the shameless woman, if I had to vomit to death, but it was also thanks to this Aunt Xia, Zhu Jingshen didn't realize who the real eyes and ears were." And we have more than one person, even if he finds one, there are others to make up. ”

"That's good." Luo Mingmin squinted his eyes, "If he goes back to King Kang's mansion to live, it's really hard for us to arrange, since he is knowledgeable and interesting, we will also give some face, as long as he doesn't go out of line, we won't follow him every day." If there is any movement in him, the manpower arranged by the division and the guards of the Royal Forest Army will send a message back. I'll leave this matter to a few of you, remember to keep a clear record of what he has done and who he has met, no matter how big or small. If anything is unusual, report it to me immediately. ”

The subordinates were a little surprised: "My lord, what do you mean......" "My lord, should you take leave again?" ”

Luo Mingmin put away his sharp appearance and yawned lazily: "What kind of leave?" Si Litong only gave me three days of marriage leave, if it weren't for Kang Guogong's delay for a few days before leaving, I am afraid that I would have been even more miserable than Xiao Liu'er who had to go on the expedition three days after marriage. Don't forget that I'm not here to spy on him Kang Guogong, I'm busy."

He stretched his limbs as he walked slowly into the cabin, thinking to himself: I wonder what happened to the house of the Cannes General Administration? If it's not good, you have to find time to buy it yourself, and the daughter-in-law will be there in half a month, but you have to clean up the house first. and the kid from the east doesn't know if it's in Kangnan or the city at this time, I haven't seen him for more than half a year, but I have to get together, and I have to inquire about the affairs of the local general affairs secretary, and a few friends I knew in the academy before I don't know if they are still there......

He was completely immersed in his plan, and several subordinates met him in the back, looking at each other, and they couldn't help but smile wryly.

The news of Luo Mingmin's arrival in Kangcheng reached Kangnan two days later, Liu Dongxing and Wen Yi were overjoyed, and felt a little surprised, but they didn't expect him to arrive with Kang Guogong Zhu Jingshen's ship. It happened to be another day off, and the couple discussed it and decided to rush back to Cannes. Wen Yi went to see her grandmother and siblings first, and Liu Dongxing went to Hu Jinquan to inquire about Luo Mingmin's residence, and learned that he was temporarily living in the post station, so he immediately rushed over.

Luo Mingmin rested for two days, his complexion was much better, and he was very happy to see Liu Dongxing: "Coming?" Wait a minute, I'm done with my business, let's go out for a drink tonight?" ”

Liu Dongxing said: "What are you going out for?" I have a house in the city, let's go home and drink, it's cleaner than outside. ”

Luo Mingmin shook his head: "You have elders there, and children, it's not like to make too much trouble, it's better to go out, I know a good restaurant, no one will disturb you." ”

Luo Mingmin only knew about his business two days after he arrived in Kangcheng, and Liu Dongxing was not surprised, after all, the other party did this business, and he was much more skilled than himself. He just smiled: "Then it's up to you." It's just that my lady has been talking about you for a long time, so I'll go back and see you. You got married, and we didn't have time to celebrate, so why do we have to make up for a happy bar? ”

Luo Mingmin smiled and said, "I see that your husband and wife are not trying to catch the wind for me, but to please me for wine?" Brother Xing's heart is happy today, so he will break the bank."

Liu Dongxing smiled and hurriedly urged him: "If you have official business, hurry up and take care of it." I'll wait for you outside. "He knows the rules of the General Administration, and outsiders should not be present when dealing with official business.

Luo Mingmin didn't stop either: "The pear blossoms in the small courtyard outside are blooming well, you can go out and enjoy the fun." If the people at the post station are ignorant and bump into me, you can stop me for me. Several of my men have been sent out to run errands, and the rest have their own things to do, so they don't have time to guard the door."

Liu Dongxing scolded with a smile: "You are proud, I am a fourth-grade military attache of the imperial court, and I will be a disciple for you today" Having said that, he still went out to the courtyard and stood guard the door for Luo Mingmin.

Luo Mingmin occupies the last small courtyard on the left side of the post station, the place is not big, but it is very close to the back door, and it is very convenient to enter and exit. At this time, because the affairs were not handed over, the seconded Pingyang General Administration staff still lived in the house of the local branch office, Luo Mingmin had to borrow the post station, fortunately he is now an official official of the imperial court, but there is no big problem, just wait for the new house to be completed, to the official government, he can move into the new home. Liu Dongxing walked around the courtyard twice, admiring the pear blossoms blooming on the branches, and guessed in his heart which tavern Luo Mingmin would take him to in the city.

Someone poked his head at the gate of the courtyard, Liu Dongxing immediately noticed it, and turned his head to see that the man was wearing the clothes of a rich and noble slave, but he didn't look like a villain, but he didn't dare to take it lightly, and asked from a distance: "Who are you?" What's going on here? ”

The man hurriedly saluted him: "May I ask this lord, but General Liu, the general of Kangnan?" ”

Liu Dongxing narrowed his eyes: "How do you know who I am?" ”

"The small one is the descendant of the Kangguo Mansion, and our grandfather lives in the courtyard in front of him, and when he heard that the general was coming, he specially ordered the small one to come and invite the general to come over and reminisce about the past."

Liu Dongxing raised his eyebrows, a little surprised. He just arrived in Cannes, and he didn't know that Zhu Jingshen would actually live in the post station, and he was even more puzzled why Zhu Jingshen would invite him, and glanced at the house out of the corner of his eye, and smiled: "Liu is visiting a friend today, it's not very convenient, I'm afraid I will live up to the kindness of Grandpa Guo." ”

"Just for a while." The man bowed his head deeply, "Grandpa Guo said, a few days ago, I met the old servants of the former palace again, and I learned that they were protected by the general and his wife and were able to save their lives, and I am really grateful in my heart, and I must personally express my gratitude to the general and his wife no matter what." ”

Liu Dongxing frowned, and was about to refuse, but Luo Mingmin's soft whisper came from behind him: "Promise him, see what tricks he wants to play, I have everything with me, don't worry." ”