Chapter 261: Mixed Blessings
From Longxi to Xianyang, it is also a long distance, which is indeed a bit difficult for Yingzheng and the soldiers who are like arrows, and everyone is eager to put on two wings and fly back to Xianyang directly.
So, the speed of the march was much faster.
Returning to their own territory, everyone changed back into Qin Jun's costumes, including ghost hands such as thumbs, and the same.
And along the way, Ying Zheng also walked side by side with his thumb.
In the past, in the foreign countries, it was a last resort, so I had to let the thumb and all the ghost hands wear the clothes of the vendors and mix in the army, but now it is different, inviting the thumb is the core purpose of this trip, and it is still the mother's family, so naturally we can't slack off.
"King Qin, how do you feel about this maple leaf?" Thumb looked at the maple leaf, then at Yingzheng, and asked.
"Pretty good." Ying Zheng said without thinking about it, "Not only is it handsome, but its speed and endurance are better than Huaxia's horses, it's really a rare horse!"
"Yes, this bloody horse, no matter where it is placed, will be a local national treasure." Thumb sighed.
"Indeed." Ying Zheng said, "Presumably, in the Great Wan Kingdom, this kind of good horse is not common, right?"
Thumb nodded slightly, and said, "This sweat horse is said to have been bred for many generations before it was cultivated, and in Dawan China, it is also a lineage of its own, although the number is gradually increasing, but it is far from reaching the level of using it as a war horse. Therefore, the country of Dawan itself regards it as a national gift, exchanging national gifts with other countries or giving it directly, and it is said that Dawan's own magnates, if they want to buy this horse, they have to go through a very strict screening and make a very strict record."
The thumb said this, which highlights the hard-won success of the maple leaf.
"Sure enough." Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Then it seems that the merchant who gave the maple leaf to Wuchan at that time must have put a lot of effort into it."
"That's natural, otherwise how can he show his heart to repay the favor." Thumb said.
"Thumb senior, don't worry, the widow will definitely treat Maple Leaf well." Ying Zheng said, "I won't live up to Wuchan's heart."
Unexpectedly, Thumb's face sank, and his voice turned cold: "Then I don't know what method King Qin wants to use to live up to Wu Chan's intentions?"
Of course, Ying Zheng knew what his thumb meant, and he understood the difficulty between him and Wu Chan, so he sighed lightly and said, "It's not easy for the widow to know about this matter, but it's not impossible. Thumb seniors can still remember that at the edge of the desert, the widow once said that if one day, the Exquisite Country is no longer suitable for survival, Great Qin welcomes the people of the Ghost Cave Clan to move to Great Qin for a long time."
Thumb didn't speak, just nodded.
"The thumb seniors have also seen it, and the case of Yiqu is clearly in front of me, and the widow still treats the enemy who once came to attack like this, can he still treat Jing Yi unsuccessfully?" Ying Zheng continued.
The thumb breathed a long sigh of relief, and after a long pause, he said slowly, "I don't hide it, I will never take King Qin's promise as a joke. Putting aside the matter of Wu Chan, the threat of this sand mill disc alone, Jing Jue has to think about a way out in the future."
"Yes, no one can stop this change in the living environment." Ying Zheng's tone was quite helpless, "Everyone wants their environment to get better and better, and no one wants the environment of their own race to get worse and worse."
Looking at Ying Zheng's expression, Thumb seemed to realize something, and asked urgently, "Could it be that King Qin knows any secrets about the Western Regions?"
Ying Zheng sighed lightly and said, "What the widow knows is not very conclusive, and what should be told to the essence is not very clear, you can only seek answers from the widow's predecessors."
Thumb frowned, and asked slowly, "Who are the seniors that King Qin has been mentioning in his mouth?"
Ying Zheng spread his hands helplessly and said, "You can only ask him face to face about this."
At this moment, Ying Zheng suddenly understood Li Si in the past, and everything was waiting for his master to come.
The thumb eyes flashed, and the eyes were quite complicated, I don't know if I was thinking about Ying Zheng's words, or imagining the seniors in Ying Zheng's mouth
What it looks like.
For thousands of years, the relationship between Huaxia and Jingjue has been quite subtle, and Jingjue knows some things about Huaxia more or less, but it is also superficial, so the mystery accumulated from generation to generation is not something that can be said in a few words.
Just like in Wu Chan's impression, Huaxia borrowed the secret stone from Jingjue to build a "nine-story demon tower", but there was no clear concept of the "nine-story demon tower".
Although Thumb was extremely curious about the seniors in Ying Zheng's mouth, he no longer inquired, but changed the topic and talked about something else.
There were many Chengguan passing by along the way, but Yingzheng didn't stop and went straight to Xianyang.
On this day, I finally returned to the outside of Xianyang City.
Changping Jun, who received the news early in the morning, put on a big scene to welcome Yingzheng back to the dynasty, and Zhao Gao, Li Si, Sima Jie and others also came out far away.
Ying Zheng saw several close ministers who appeared in his field of vision from a distance, and he felt very cordial in his heart, as if he had a thousand words to say, but he didn't know where to start.
And among the several people, the one with the most mood swings is Zhao Gao, probably after Ying Zheng returned to Qin at the age of thirteen, Zhao Gao has not been separated from Ying Zheng for so long.
The other people suddenly shifted their attention from Ying Zheng's body to the mount under King Qin's crotch.
What kind of horse is this?
How is it so good-looking!
I saw the maple leaf striding forward, calm and relaxed, like a heavenly horse.
And the Ying Zheng on horseback, with his majestic and heroic hair, is really a proud emperor.
People borrow horses, and horses borrow people's might.
At this moment, it was really a lot of attention, and it attracted many envious eyes.
The next moment, there was an uproar, leading to countless surprises.
Ying Zheng jumped off his horse as if nothing had happened and came to the courtiers.
"The servants come to the king." Zhao Gao took the lead in bowing and saluting.
Only then did the others come back to their senses and bow down in the same way: "Wechen greets the king."
"Hehe, let's all get up." Ying Zheng smiled, "After a few months, how are you managing the widowed Xianyang?"
Changping Jun took a step forward and arched his hand: "Back to the king, except for a few things that need to be decided by the king himself, everything in the court is stable."
"Oh?" Ying Zheng asked, "What's the matter, let's hear it."
"It's not too important, it's just that it's hard to decide." Chang Pingjun said, "Zheng Guo Shangjuan Temple, which built the Zheng Guo Canal, said that the project encountered some problems and needed to be solved by Han Fei."
"Zheng Guoqu?" Ying Zheng was slightly surprised.
Unknowingly, it has been almost two years since the construction of Zheng Guoqu, and Lü Buwei was responsible for the allocation of money and the control of labor, but now Lü Buwei is far away from the temple, and this matter naturally has to return to the governance of Yingzheng.
But Ying Zheng was quite busy during this time, and if Zheng Guo didn't mention it, Ying Zheng might not even be able to remember it.
"Exactly." Changping Jun said, "Also, when the nations heard that the Great Qin Temple was buying a large amount of tea and silk, they all sent envoys to ask to meet the king."
Ying Zheng nodded and asked, "Is there anything else?"
Without waiting for Changping Jun to speak, Zhao Gao arched his hand and said, "There is also a way to congratulate the king."
Looking at Zhao Gao's smile, Ying Zheng had already guessed a rough idea: "Hahaha, isn't it that Min Ruo and Wen Xuan are also born."
"Hehe, exactly." Li Si also answered, "Congratulations to the king for having another son, a princess."
"yes, yes, yes." Although he had been thinking about this as early as when he was in the Western Regions, after hearing the good news with his own ears, Ying Zheng was still overjoyed, and the corners of his mouth grinned to the root of his ears.
"Not only that, but the king also has a joy." Zhao Gao
Said with a smile.
"Oh?" Ying Zheng said, "There is still a joy? Tell me about it."
Zhao Gao arched his hand again and said, "Congratulations to the king, Mrs. Hu Yu is happy again."
Ying Zheng's smile suddenly froze on his face.
What I was worried about before really happened.
As early as half a year ago, after the Western Chu army fought for each other, it was subjected to
Hit hard, Xiang Yan came to Qin indignantly to ask Ying Zheng for an explanation, and threatened to take Nansu and Fusu away.
Ying Zheng had no choice but to make an expedient measure, so he promised Xiang Yan that no matter which lady gave birth to a second son, he would be sent to Chu as a proton.
But during that time, Ying Zheng lived in Hu Yu's dormitory the most, and he was a little worried about whether this promise to Chu would be Hu Yu's turn.
Now it has been fulfilled.
I hope Hu Yu is pregnant with a girl.
The ministers looked at Ying Zheng's expression, but they had a completely different understanding in their hearts.
King Qin has been gone for more than four months, and when he came back, he heard that his wife was happy, and I am afraid that even a man will wonder if he is green.
Zhao Gao immediately put away his smile and explained, "Don't be suspicious, not long after Wang Shang left Xianyang, the imperial doctor diagnosed that Madame Hu Yu was pregnant, and it has been a month now."
Ying Zheng came back to his senses at this time, looked at the courtiers in front of him who looked a little embarrassed, waved his hand and said, "You have misunderstood, the widow has not misunderstood."
Why is this a bit awkward?
Among the crowd, only Li Si guessed what Ying Zheng was thinking, so he said, "The king has been in the dust all the way, go back to the palace to rest."
After Li Si said this, the courtiers woke up like a dream to get out of the way and returned to the palace with Yingzheng in their arms.
In front of the palace, the Queen Mother Zhao Ji and Nan Su and Lan Ting have been waiting for a while.
Ying Zheng saw that his mother came out to greet him in person, and hurriedly walked a few steps before bowing and saluting, "Erchen greets the queen mother!"
Zhao Ji was full of smiles, but her tone was a little resentful: "Your Majesty, you are finally back, the ears of this palace, but you are about to be nagged out of the cocoon by your ladies."
Obviously, Mrs. looks forward to Ying Zheng's return every day, and from time to time she will ask Zhao Ji about Ying Zheng's current situation.
"Hahaha, that's really hard work." Ying Zheng smiled, "However, although the widow has been gone for a longer time this time, he has gained a lot."
Zhao Ji glanced at Ying Zheng and said, "It seems that you are going to tell a story again."
"Huh." Nan Su, who was standing on the side, couldn't hold back, covering his lips and smiling secretly.
Ying Zheng looked at Nan Su, his eyes were full of longing, and asked softly, "Are you okay, all the ladies are okay."
"Hmm." Nan Su nodded, and then remembered that he hadn't given Ying Zheng a salute yet, so he bowed and said, "Nan Su greets the king."
Lan Ting, who was next to Nan Su, also followed suit.
"What are you polite to the widow?" Ying Zheng said, "What about the others?"
Zhao Ji smiled and said, "The other three are naturally inconvenient to go out, do you know that during the time you went out, there was another population in the palace."
"Hey, hey." Ying Zheng grinned and said, "The widow heard what Zhao Gao said, Wen Xuan and Min Ruo were also born, and Hu Yu was pregnant again."
"Then don't take a look." Zhao Ji glanced at Yingzheng.
"Hey!" As soon as Ying Zheng took a step, he suddenly turned his head to look at Changping Jun and said, "You guys should go back first, and we will discuss political affairs tomorrow morning."
Changping Jun answered and left the palace with his ministers.
In Wen Xuan's palace, Ying Zheng looked at the prince on the left and teased the princess on the right, so she was not happy.
The son born to Min Ruo, Ying Zheng was named Min Xing, and the princess born to Wen Xuan was named Yu Xuan.