Jinling County, which belongs to Yongzhou and Tai'an in the eight prefectures of the four prefectures of Gyeonggi, is only more than 300 miles away from the imperial capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

About seven or eight hours later, near the fourth watch of the ugly hour, the convoy of the Lin family in Jinling slowly arrived at the outer city gate in the south of the imperial capital.

Along the way, Jiang Li and the two daughters of the Lin family shared a carriage, but they also pretended to sleep throughout the whole process, pretending to be social fear, and refused to communicate.

In fact, if the second sister-in-law is Qianxi, it is okay, and she can still let down her guard a little and chatter.

But with Lin Siyan's words.......

Forget it.

But then again, after Lin Siyan came back from noon, her expression was solemn, and she seemed to be preoccupied.

Therefore, he was really a little curious, when Lin Siyan asked the empress why those Hongyi guards appeared in the Black Dragon Village and told the story of Chen Bojun's arrest, how did the empress react?

Just as his thoughts were flying, a cold female voice suddenly sounded in his ears:

"Shizi, I have something to say to you."

"What?"

Jiang Li opened his eyes in an instant and glanced towards the big beauty opposite.

"Wow! Brother-in-law, you ....... Didn't you sleep? ”

Lin Qianxi, who was sitting next to her, looked surprised.

"Just woke up."

Jiang Li deliberately yawned and said leisurely: "Say, my Lord Lin, you are a saint this time, what advice does Your Majesty have for this son?" ”

"Two messages, one good, one ...... Maybe it will make the prince feel depressed, I don't know which one the prince wants to listen to first? ”

Lin Siyan's beautiful eyes were lowered and she did not look directly at her husband.

"Harm, my Lord Lin, there is no one else here, don't come to this set."

Jiang Li stretched out his waist, "Cheng, since you have said so, then ....... Listen to it first, Joy. ”

"Okay."

Lin Siyan said in a calm tone: "Your Majesty is willing to let you go back to Yueguo, after this Shangyuan Festival Lantern Banquet." ”

"What!?"

Hearing this, not only Jiang Li's body was shocked, but Lin Qianxi on the side also widened her beautiful eyes.

"Impossible! When pigs fly! ”

Jiang Li waved his hand, "No one understands that old woman better than me...... Oh no, Your Majesty! With Your Majesty's character, even if it is confirmed that this son of the world is not a threat, he will only put me under house arrest in Da Zhou for eternity, and I will not be allowed to leave for half a step! ”

"Your Majesty's Chrysostom said, this is the case, the son of the world doesn't believe it, and I can't either."

Lin Siyan said lightly, "Do you want to hear the second news?" ”

"You say." Jiang Lidao.

Lin Siyan took a deep breath, raised a pair of incomparably bright eyes, and looked straight at her young husband, "Your Majesty has notified the Ministry of Rites to move this year's Bliss Lantern Banquet to Jinling City, which is in our Lin family's ancestral house, not only that......."

"I also want you to be the master of ceremonies of this banquet, and behave well in front of the hundred officials and the envoys of the vassal states of the Fanbang, so as to show the face of the Great Zhou Heavenly Dynasty."

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Jiang was a little funny, "Your Majesty won't be a joke, the world knows that I, Jiang, am the first gentleman in Jinling City, and I am a woman in addition to wine on weekdays, how can I host any banquet." ”

"Hey, Your Majesty wills so, this official ....... There is nothing to be done. ”

Lin Siyan sighed faintly.

Jiang Li looked at the other party's expression, and muttered in his heart: "If this matter is true, what kind of heart does Xiao Jinning, this old woman, have?" Want to test me again? ”

Seeing that her brother-in-law and sister were all dull, the second sister-in-law Lin Qianxi on the side observed her words and said, "Ah yes! Sister, do you know, when Qianxi was practicing art in the Holy Martial Academy in the past, she was often sent by the teachers to prepare various banquets. Therefore...... In this lantern feast, Qianxi can also contribute! ”

"Yes, Qianxi! With you helping me, my brother-in-law will be fine! ”

Jiang Li said.

"Uh-huh, that's good, it's worthy of ...... My good girl. ”

The corners of Lin Siyan's mouth are also rare to show a smile, and she has always restrained her emotions, but she even reached out and rubbed her sister's head lovingly.

"Lord Lin, I have a question."

Jiang Li suddenly said: "Your Majesty asked me to preside over the Lantern Banquet, and she plans to let me go back to Yue Kingdom after the Lantern Banquet, are these two things related?" ”

"This........ His Majesty did not say anything. ”

Lin Siyan shook her head, "But I want to..... If we can do a good job of this lantern banquet together, so that Your Majesty will be happy, the return of the prince should be smoother. ”

When she said this, she deliberately said "we" very seriously.

Jiang Li naturally understood that this should be to reassure him, a gentleman, that everyone would help him.

"Hey, let's talk about Lin Siyan, this woman, except for putting on a Sima face all day long, as if everyone owes her money, there is really nothing wrong with the rest."

"The appearance and strength are top-notch, the character is upright, and the loyalty is not the same..... Big! If she swaps her personality with Qianxi, the position of the princess of the Yue Kingdom will be given to her, hey."

Seeing that his thoughts were drifting farther and farther away, Jiang Li quickly cut it off, and then asked, "Lord Lin, then, what is the price?" ”

"At what cost?" Lin Siyan was slightly stunned.

"Your Majesty has never suffered a loss in her life, if you want to persuade her to let me go back to Yueguo, I think Lord Lin should have promised something." Jiang Li said tentatively.

"You don't have to worry about this......"

Lin Siyan lowered her beautiful eyes again, shook her head gloomily and said: "After the prince returns to China in the future, if he can be a good monarch who loves and protects his people, it will not be in vain for the hard work of this official." ”

She had just finished speaking.

Lin Qianxi, the younger sister on the side, was emotional, and said with sparkling eyes: "Sister! Listening to your tone, after my brother-in-law returned to Yueguo....... You can't come back, can you? ”

Lin Siyan smiled bitterly: "This question, you might as well ask the prince, who has been trapped in this Great Zhou for nearly ten years, and once he gets free, is he still willing to come back?" ”

Hearing this, Lin Qianxi's eyes as clear as autumn water automatically looked at the handsome young man on the side, looking forward to the other party's answer.

"Well...... Ahem. ”

Under the girl's hopeful gaze, Jiang Li also cleared his throat in embarrassment, and gave an official answer: "The peace of mind is my hometown, and Yue Country is my homeland, but you are also my family, so ......."

Before he finished speaking, the girl cried out with tears in her eyes: "Great! In fact....... As long as I can see my brother-in-law often, Qianxi will be very satisfied! ”

Maybe she was in a hurry, but she said it from the bottom of her heart and didn't hide it at all.

So much so that the husband and wife next to them were stunned.

The atmosphere inside the carriage became a little subtle.

I am most afraid of the sudden silence of the air........

"By the way, Lord Lin, can you ask more."

Jiang Li hurriedly diverted the topic, "Have you asked Your Majesty about the appearance of those Hongyi guards in Black Dragon Village?" Is it His Majesty's will? ”

Hearing this, it seems to touch the deepest matter in my heart.

Lin Siyan's face was solemn, and her lips pursed slightly, "This matter ....... The case is confidential, and it is inconvenient for this official to speak out. ”

"Okay, this son understands."

Jiang Li nodded with a dry smile.

Yes, there is no need to ask.

Lin Siyan's expression said it all.

If he guessed correctly, at this moment, Chen Bojun, the leader of the Black Dragon Village who had nothing to do with Shu Guifei's case, may have been sent back to the empress.

And to be able to make Lin Siyan, who has always been very strict in law enforcement and highly principled, make concessions, indicating that the empress has also promised some price.

Obviously, the price is to let him Jiang Li return to China.

But here's the point.......

He doesn't want to go back to China for the time being!

A year later, the princes of the nations will join the alliance, and the strength and weakness of the forces in Kyushu may be rewritten, and he Jiang is still ready to do something!

.......

.......

Next, there was nothing to say all the way.

The carriage drove slowly from the outer city to the inner city of the imperial capital.

In this metropolis, the only metropolis without curfew in the entire Great Zhou, even if it is dark, it is still full of people, busy with traffic, and a prosperous and prosperous world.

Because Lin Siyan and the Lin family's status were too prominent, many residents of the imperial capital were amazed when they saw the ornaments depicting the Lin family's family crest on the carriage.

The horse-drawn carriage gradually drove into the central city.

Perhaps seeing that the atmosphere in the car was too quiet, Lin Qianxi lifted the curtain and said happily: "Wow! This imperial capital is really rich and charming! Sister, brother-in-law, look! This street, this flow of people, is more prosperous than our Jinling City! You know, it's almost three days old! ”

Lin Siyan has been working in the capital for a long time, so she has naturally been accustomed to the prosperity of the imperial capital, so she immediately closed her eyes and fell asleep, not saying much.

Jiang Li looked at it according to his words, glanced at it lightly, and said lightly: "My evaluation is that the picture quality is not as good as the original..... It's not as good as Langya City, and it's far inferior. ”

"Huh?"

Lin Qianxi was slightly stunned, then put her index finger to her lips, and said with a cute face: "Ah? Langya City? Brother-in-law is talking about the capital of your country? There....... Is it really more prosperous than the imperial capital? ”

At this moment, her heart was undoubtedly surprised.

You must know that Kyushu is so big that there are many countries, and among the small countries, the eight Central Plains Kingdoms are like behemoths, standing majestically and ruling the world.

Over the past few thousand years, the pattern of Kyushu has gradually stabilized, and almost all small countries have been dependent on these eight Central Plains kingdoms to varying degrees.

Among the Eight Kingdoms, it is natural to be respected by the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Son of Zhou Tianzi is also respected by the princes of the Eight Kingdoms as the co-lord of the world.

Over the past 800 years, the territory of the Zhou Dynasty has grown stronger and stronger, and the development of people's livelihood, military, economy, and domestic martial arts is also unparalleled, far ahead of the other seven kingdoms.

In other words, in the eyes of the world, the imperial capital should be the most prosperous capital in the world, how can it be far inferior to the capital of a mere Yue country?

At this moment, seeing that her brother-in-law's expression was like a lie, and it didn't look like a lie, Lin Qianxi thought about it, and didn't refute his face, but just smiled and said: "Qianxi has heard a sentence since she was a child, except that Wushan is not a cloud, presumably in everyone's heart, hometown is the most prosperous place, haha~"

"You think I'm lying to you?"

Jiang Li suddenly opened his eyes and looked sideways at the girl next to him.

"Huh? I ......."

Being watched by her brother-in-law's warm and clear phoenix eyes, Lin Qianxi's heart fell again, and she quickly lowered her head.

"The son of the world is not lying in vain."

At this moment, the goddess on the side said: "Except for me, don't talk about the son of heaven, among the seven princes and kings, especially Jiang Shanren, the king of Yue, who knows the best way to get rich, and the wealth of the Yue royal family is even more horizontal in the world, like today's imperial capital, the human style, architectural pattern, I saw it in Langya City eighteen years ago." ”

"Eighteen years ago!?"

Hearing this, not only Lin Qianxi, but Jiang Li on the side couldn't help but twitch the corners of his eyes.

"Have you been to Langya City?"

Jiang Li frowned slightly.

"It's been a long, long time."

Lin Siyan looked out the window at the street scene of the imperial capital, "That year, I was about five years old, my mother took me to Langya City, Yuedu to play, the memory of childhood has been very vague, but I still remember that the prosperity of the inner city of Langya City is the ultimate in the world, and that day, thousands of empty alleys in the city, gongs and drums are noisy, above the nine skies, purple gas gathers into the shape of a hidden dragon, which does not disperse for a long time, and the scene is extremely spectacular." ”

"That's right, that day, it was—"

Speaking of this, her beautiful eyes looked meaningfully at the young husband opposite: "The day you were born, Lord Shizi." ”

Hearing this, Jiang Xuan sank, and the brainstorming started instantly:

"What the hell? Good and dignified, why did Mother Lin bring Lin Siyan to Yueguo?"

"This mother-in-law, who has never met, has been calling the Lin family sisters all these years and taking care of him a lot, could it be that she is from the Yue Kingdom?"

Thinking of this, Jiang Li couldn't help but be more eager to see that woman!

"You can't think of it, Shizi."

As she spoke, Lin Siyan suddenly raised her head, her beautiful cheeks were beautiful, and she had an expression that seemed to be smiling: "The first time you and I met, it was not when we got married, but eighteen years ago, when you were still in your infancy in the Yue Palace. ”

Jiang Li: !??

Nima, the case has been solved!

It's no wonder that on the night of candles in the cave room, a glimpse of her hijab made her feel familiar!

It turns out that there are some fetters......

Eighteen years ago?

........

........

Imperial capital, Shangshu Mansion.

"Welcome my uncle home!"

"Welcome back to the eldest lady and the second lady!"

"On the occasion of the Lantern Festival, the family is reunited, and it is good luck!"

said that as soon as Jiang Li and Lin Siyan got out of the car, a large group of gorgeously dressed servants greeted them, playing and singing, shouting excitedly, just like the atmosphere group in the bar in the previous life.

Just as Jiang Li's scalp was numb.

Another group of sturdy and well-trained servants, carrying three lotus gold-inlaid sedan chairs, greeted them, and then couldn't help but say, and carried the three of them from the door all the way into the gate with an excited face.

Of course, Jiang Li, as the aunt of the Lin family, shared a ride with Lin Siyan, and the second sister-in-law Lin Qianxi followed closely behind.

"Tsk, it's just a few steps, and it's drumming and eight sedan chairs, which is probably more than the scenes of the Yue royal family."

Jiang Li couldn't laugh or cry, and complained in a low voice.

But he didn't want to be heard by the wife next to him, and said lightly:

"Husband, this is the first time you have met my father, these scenes are the folk customs of the Great Zhou, my father to the official, is the Ministry of Etiquette, the most important etiquette in his life, and the mother is a very well-behaved woman, therefore, please bear with me."

Jiang Li nodded, seeing that the other party naturally changed his words, he also called out for the first time, "Got it, lady." ”

"Huh?" It was the first time for Lin Siyan to hear the other party call herself like this, and she couldn't help but be stunned, and her cheeks were a little red.

"If you call me husband, I should naturally call you lady, isn't that reasonable?"

Jiang Li pursed his lips.

"Hmm."

Lin Siyan bowed her head and answered, and said no more.

The sedan car passes through two secluded corridors to the front yard.

As soon as the two of them settled, a thin old man who looked like a housekeeper walked up: "Miss, I haven't seen you for a while, and you've lost some weight, so take care of your body!" ”

After saying this, he hurriedly looked at Jiang Li on the side, as if he was surprised by the appearance of this young uncle, and he was stunned for a long time, and then bowed and saluted, "I've seen my uncle!" ”

"Uncle Qin doesn't have to worry, I'm fine."

Lin Siyan said lightly: "How is Daddy's condition?" ”

Uncle Qin sighed and said: "After the first month, the master's body is not as good as day by day, and he was able to get out of bed and walk around with him before, but now he is ....... I'm afraid it's hard to turn over, and even ...... I don't know anyone anymore. ”

"Ah.......h

Lin Siyan bit her lips tightly, her eyes showing pain: "What about Imperial Doctor Chen?" When was the last time he treated his father, and what did he say? ”

Hearing this, the old housekeeper looked even more sad, shook his head and said: "Since the last episode, the old man has been a little delirious, sometimes inexplicably angry, and accidentally injured others, he has martial arts, except for his wife, ordinary people dare not approach within three feet, so Imperial Doctor Chen naturally ...... I didn't dare to come. ”

The two talked for a while about Father Lin's condition.

In the end, Lin Siyan looked solemn, was silent for a long time, and nodded: "Got it, I'll go see Daddy." ”

"Sister, wait for me!"

Lin Qianxi, who was behind, heard about her father's illness, and ran up anxiously.

Lin Qianxi took her sister's hand, suddenly remembered something, and looked back at Jiang Li, "Husband, you have also heard my father's current situation, I'm afraid ...... It is not advisable to meet outsiders. ”

Jiang Li thought for a while and said, "It's harmful, it's okay, I have you and I to protect me, and I believe that my father-in-law won't do anything to me." ”

He was in a slightly tangled mood right now.

It stands to reason that this old man Lin's illness has nothing to do with him, the son of Yue Shizi, and half a dime.

But nominally, he married someone else's daughter, and he was the uncle of the Lin family, so he still had to watch it.

And most importantly.......

He listened carefully to the old butler's description, judging by the knowledge he had read in the vast books of the palace since he had been a child.

He vaguely felt that this father-in-law, who was only in his early forties, had actually been hit by an extremely rare Southern Xinjiang Gu poison "Bitter Yin Worm", and this poison actually had no antidote.

However, if he Jiang personally administered the needle, it would be no problem to continue his life after all.

However, what he didn't expect was.

The old housekeeper rejected him directly, "No, uncle, Mrs. said, the prince is a noble body, and he doesn't know martial arts, if the old man gets sick, I'm worried about hurting you!" In addition......."

"Madame also said, let my uncle go to the study in Beiyuan first."

"Huh? Is my mother still meditating in the study this month? ”

Lin Siyan couldn't help but ask, and said, "Okay, I'll take my husband to see my father first, and I'll go with Qianxi to see my mother later!" ”

"Uh-huh! I haven't seen my mother in a long time, so I miss her so much........"

Lin Qianxi was also sentimental, and the perfect image of her mother like a goddess appeared in her mind.

"No, it won't be."

But I saw that the old housekeeper waved his hand with a tangled face, "Madame said, she wants to see her uncle first, and she has many words, so she wants to ask him alone, so ........"

"Huh?"

Jiang Li's eyes widened, a little incredulous.

What kind of plane is this mother-in-law doing, ah, hey!

How can I go back to my parents' house with my wife, and my mother-in-law only sees my son-in-law alone!

Wrong.

Jiang Li felt a very wrong breath.

Lord Shura, who punishes evil and promotes good, and violates the ban by force, is even a little cowardly.

You know, the last one gave him this feeling.......

In her previous life, she was gentle and beautiful, and she was a landlady who was tolerant.