In August, it rained in the south of the Yangtze River

"Father? Where did we go? Changle leaned on the window, looked at the rolling river outside, and asked.

"Now in Tingzhou Port, your mother's hometown!"

After the death of the empress, the emperor really languished for a while. When the queen mother saw the emperor like this, she asked him to take a boat to tour the south according to the previous plan. Let him bring Changle with him, Changle suddenly lost his mother and couldn't bear the blow, maybe he could be in a better mood when he traveled with the emperor.

The Queen Mother stayed in the palace and took care of palace affairs.

It's not too ostentatious, the dragon boat was prepared by Ji Zhen, and from the outside, it is ordinary and luxurious, and there are a few escort boats with it. He accompanied Dong Xue, and Ning Zhi was familiar with the south and also followed. Then there is Changle's portable palace maid and grandmother.

Since the beginning of the departure, Changle has not been in high spirits, and he has to stick to his side all the time.

"Your mother grew up here......"

Changle's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and she missed her mother.

"Let's come to Tingzhou this time to take a look at the old house of the Song family, and there are many relatives of your family." Emperor Renwu said.

"Oh." She leaned on the emperor's shoulder, and didn't want to speak, she wanted to be with her father, if only the queen mother could come back.

Today I arrived in Tingzhou, and as soon as I arrived at the port, the prefect of Tingzhou led hundreds of officials to greet me.

Changle was a little listless, she didn't want to hug her mother.

Seeing her like this, the emperor carried her off the ship and accepted the worship of hundreds of officials.

The prefect of Tingzhou arranged for the emperor to live in the palace, and just after sitting down to wash and clean up, the palace people came to report that the Song family had come and asked to see him.

As soon as the emperor heard that the Song family was coming, he immediately agreed.

The Song family is a big family in Tingzhou, and the one who came to see today is the big house of the Song family, and it is also Song Zheng, the great-grandfather and uncle of Yuanyou.

He brought his sons and nephews to the emperor.

The emperor received them with Changle in his arms and said a lot to them.

After a while, Song Zheng led a young woman to come forward and introduce, saying that this woman's name is Song Ruo, eighteen years old, a daughter in the Song clan, if you talk about seniority, there is still Song Xi's niece. This girl's Peugeot is a little similar to Song Xi, and her temperament is also gentle and lovely.

Song Zheng had a smile on his face, saying that Song Ruo had a close relationship with the former queen when he was a child, and she could take Princess Changle to play, and Princess Changle would definitely like it.

Song Ruo blushed shyly, she boldly glanced at the emperor, and saw that the emperor was thin and tall in a dragon robe, his eyes were bright, his thin lips were pursed, and he showed the true dragon nobility of the Son of Heaven in the upper place.

Your Majesty, she is really good-looking, better than any man she has ever seen. For a moment, her heart was pounding and her face was blushing.

The emperor sank his face, he was not interested in the affairs of men and women at all, and he had no intention of accepting a Song family girl again.

"Father, I don't want it." Changle lay on his father's shoulder and said without hesitation.

As soon as the eldest princess spoke, Song Zheng and Song Ruo's faces changed slightly, and they didn't know how to react.

However, the emperor's expression was cold, "I only inspect the livelihood of the people in Tingzhou in Tingzhou, and I will not delay too much, Changle is also taken care of, there is no need to settle others, Lord Song has a heart." Emperor Renwu said.

This is also a member of the Song family, and the emperor endured it without reprimanding. If it was other courtiers, they would have been reprimanded and severely punished by the emperor a long time ago.

Song Zhengzhi's face was pale, but he was a little unwilling, he thought that the emperor had come to Tingzhou with the queen mother to visit relatives before, and the relationship with the queen mother was not ordinary, if it was given to another Song family girl, the emperor should like it.

Just as he was about to speak, he heard the emperor say again, "Changle has been on the boat for a long time and is a little seasick, I won't talk to you anymore, you wait to retreat!" ”

Song Zheng had no choice but to retreat.

The emperor took Changle to rest, and when he coaxed Changle to sleep at night, Changle refused to leave.

"Father, will you marry another queen soon?" Changle's eyes were full of uneasiness.

"I won't ......" The queen's expression was very firm, the queen died, the harem was empty, and it was impossible to vacate the harem. But the emperor will never make up the empress, not to mention that he has no interest in those things, and this matter will be talked about later.

"And I promise you that if I take a concubine again, I must let Changle like it, okay?"

"Okay." Changle still refused to let the emperor go, and said, "Father, Changle also slept with his father tonight." ”

The emperor knew that since the death of the empress, the eldest lady was often extremely uneasy and even more clingy to himself. He has always doted on his daughter, but now he is even more reluctant to let her be a little frightened.

"Okay, Changle will sleep with me tonight." As he spoke, the emperor picked up Changle and went to sleep in his bedroom.

Changle is still very unhappy, Ning Zhi often plays with her and takes her to practice swords, Changle is not interested in sword dancing, and the most common thing to sit in his room every day is to look at the rolling Jiang Hai in a daze.

So all the way south, but a few days to Yuzhou.

"Your Majesty, after Yuzhou Port, the next port is the original Nanluo several important towns, such as Guangding, Yazhou, etc!" Ning Zhi showed a deep expression.

"When you go to Wuxing Island, you go ashore from Yazhou!" The emperor asked.

"In the past, I went from Yuzhou, and then after Da'an occupied Yazhou, I went from Yazhou." Ning Zhi said.

"The people of Yazhou are ferocious, the wilderness is not completely civilized, and many sea robbers haunt here. However, after Da'an subdued Yazhou, it was much better to run schools and educate the people. Ning Zhi said.

They went all the way to Yazhou, and as soon as they arrived at Yazhou Port, Chen Jiang led people to greet them.

After the emperor passed Yuzhou, he also passed through Guangding, and then looked at Yazhou, these two ports, the port was dilapidated, and even the ships were many dilapidated. The people of the port all spoke savage language, and their language was extremely vulgar.

When the emperor saw this, he was solemn, knowing that there was still a lot to be done in the south to educate.

Chen Jiang sent the emperor and his entourage to the palace, which is not as good as the palace in Da'an, which was originally the place where the king of Nanluo lived.

Before the war, the place was dilapidated, Chen Jiang knew that the emperor was coming, and ordered someone to repair it, so that he could live in it.

"Your Majesty, although Yazhou has been governed for several years, it has not been opened in the past, and this Zizhuyuan is the best place in Yazhou." Chen Jiang was worried that the emperor would be dissatisfied, so he immediately said.

"I think it's good, you have a heart." The emperor smiled faintly, "Changle, do you like it here?" A lot of bamboo is planted here. ”

"I like it." Changle nodded.

"Then let Aunt Zhi take you to play." The emperor has something serious to talk to Chen Jiang about next.

"Father will come to Changle to play for a while, can't ...... for too long," Changle said.

"Okay." The emperor touched his daughter's head and went to discuss with Chen Jiang.

"Now the border is smooth, Yazhou, Jiuxiang, and Wrestling City have all built Yucheng, and the border of Xishu is very close." Chen Jiangdao.

"Compared with Yazhou and Yuzhou, there is a big gap. I understand that you have summoned hundreds of border officials, and I will meet them. "This time, the emperor went south, and he was very low-key, so he didn't notify the hundred officials.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Jiang said, "There is still something to tell the emperor, the last general heard that the Empress of Xishu is also inspecting the southern border towns. ”