Chapter 350 Extra Chapter: With You (Part 3)

Wei Yanli instructed his attendants to pack quickly and return to the capital immediately. He needed to get back to the capital as soon as possible, otherwise he would miss Xiao Huaijin's wedding.

He could already guess what Xiao Huaijin was planning.

Hehe, he'll definitely tell me the news, but he'll probably tell me after a while. If he's pressed for time, he won't be able to get back in time.

Then he can stay in the Southwest.

Xiao Huaijin is a cunning fellow now, not as honest with me as before. He must have learned it from the Empress and her ilk...

However, while his entourage was packing up, Wei Yanli still did some things.

He bid farewell to the prefect of Shijie City, saying that he had private matters to attend to and needed to return to the capital. He also went to the Southwest Army to inform Ninth Master and asked if Ninth Master had any congratulatory gifts to bring to Xiao Huaijin.

Ninth Master clearly didn't know about this, but whether he knew or not didn't matter.

In normal social interactions, the Huangfu family in the capital would definitely receive a gift, and they would also send one to him as well.

Since Wei Yanli has come all this way to discuss this matter, Ninth Master can't be so impolite, right?

With a wave of his hand, Ninth Master led Wei Yanli to his small storeroom and picked out two large cartloads of gifts for Wei Yanli to take back.

Wei Yanli had a good idea of ​​the size of the small warehouse. Over the years, Ninth Master had helped stir up trouble in the country, helping this family or that family. He had made a lot of money!

The entire Southwest Army is rolling in money, let alone its commander!

Wei Yanli took it with a clear conscience, as if it were perfectly natural and aboveboard...

And so, Wei Yanli returned to the capital with his entourage and the gifts he had prepared for Xiao Huaijin.

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Twenty days later, Wei Yanli returned to the capital.

He immediately went back to the Wei family home to take a bath, then changed his clothes and went to the palace.

Xiao Jingjue, who had already ascended the throne, met with Wei Yanli in the Hall of Diligent Governance.

Xiao Huaijin was also in the Qin Zheng Hall.

Xiao Huaijin was stunned for a long time when he learned that Wei Yanli had returned.

Oh no, I've been enjoying myself here with someone, completely forgetting about Wei Yanli who's still in the southwest...

Well, I do think about it occasionally...

For example, when accompanying Song Zhimian to a certain prefectural city for sightseeing... no, when they see Chun Bu Wan while traveling incognito, both of them will think to themselves, oh, this is the Wei family's property, and this teahouse also belongs to Wei Yanli. I just don't know if Wei Yanli has communicated with them.

That's all; at other times, Xiao Huaijin rarely thought of Wei Yanli.

Therefore, Xiao Huaijin was quite surprised when he learned that Wei Yanli's convoy was less than a hundred miles from the capital.

Why is he back? All the elders in the Wei family are in good health; none of them seem to be feeling unwell!

Furthermore, none of the Wei family members of Wei Yanli's generation are getting married!

Oh, yes, one of my father's uncles did take a concubine... but such a small matter as taking a concubine shouldn't require Wei Yanli to make a trip!

And then...

Xiao Huaijin learned that Wei Yanli had returned with five cartloads of wedding gifts to celebrate his upcoming wedding...

Xiao Huaijin felt even more embarrassed...

How awful! Wei Yanli truly lives up to his reputation as a member of the Wei family; I had almost forgotten about him, and he still went to such lengths to send me a congratulatory gift…

Sigh, I should send two more people to Wei Yanli in the future, so that he can thrive in the Southwest.

Because of this, both Xiao Jingjue and Xiao Huaijin treated Wei Yanli extremely well.

This praises Wei Yanli for his hard work in maintaining a permanent presence in the Southwest of Da Yu. He is hereby awarded a thousand taels of silver and granted the title of Earl of the Southwest.

Kua Weiyanli was loyal and devoted, and went deep behind enemy lines. He was rewarded with two boxes of pearls and a gold waist token that allowed him to enter the palace at any time.

Wei Yanli kowtowed in gratitude with great satisfaction.

After summarizing his work in the Southwest, Xiao Huaijin generously said that Wei Yanli had worked hard and should rest more in the capital these days, and return to the Southwest after his wedding.

Or it wouldn't be too late to go back after Xiao Jingjue's wedding.

Anyway, there's no trouble in the southwest right now. With the Southwest Army there, it's safe!

...

Wei Yanli left the palace satisfied.

See, all rights must be fought for. If you don't fight for them, those in power will just turn a blind eye.

He doesn't even need to make a scene. He just needs to come back, stand in front of these two, and look at them with a mournful yet stubborn expression...

The rewards were there, the titles were there, and even paid long vacations were there.

Wei Yanli was very satisfied. After taking a stroll around the capital, he went to Chunbuwan.

He was able to get the news so quickly thanks to Mu Xiao!

If Mu Xiao hadn't mentioned it in her letter, would he have been able to come back so quickly?

If I hadn't come back, would those two in the palace have given me so many gifts?

Therefore, he was able to obtain these things thanks to Mu Xiao. Unlike Xiao Huaijin, who forgot his friends for the sake of women, he would definitely thank Mu Xiao properly.

As Wei Yanli stepped through the gates of the Beijing Spring Festival Gala, he felt a little dazed.

It feels like the last time he was here was just yesterday. Back then, he was Chun Buwan's employer, the dashing eldest son of the Wei family...

Now……

"Sir, all the private rooms are fully booked for today!" the innkeeper greeted him with a smile.

Wei Yanli...

Seeing that Wei Yanli was not speaking but just staring at him, the shopkeeper of Chunbuwan quickly looked Wei Yanli up and down again.

this……

"Young Master?" Only then did the shopkeeper recognize that the composed and aloof young master in front of him was actually the same young master who had made people feel like they were bathed in a spring breeze.

They are also the real power holders of the Spring Festival Gala!

"You... you came back without saying a word. Young master is different now, even more heroic and extraordinary. I didn't even recognize you."

"Quickly, please come upstairs! The princess is already waiting in the private room!" The innkeeper hurriedly led Wei Yanli upstairs.

Wei Yanli snorted. He just wanted to say he was dark-skinned, didn't he? And he even had the audacity to say he was exceptionally brave…

The shopkeeper was even more horrified.

How could my young master be so dark-skinned? Actually, he's not that dark-skinned, just not as dark as he used to be.

The Wei family is a scholarly family, and their young master is naturally handsome, with skin as fair as that of young ladies in their boudoirs...

Now... it's like a newly unearthed earthworm...

...

Princess Yongxin, who was in the private room, was also startled when she saw Wei Yanli.

Well… she knew the sun was strong in the southwest, and after Song Zhimian returned from the southwest, she would lock herself in her room for a long time and apply jasmine powder heavily…

But she thought, so what if it's bigger? At most, it'll just make her a little darker...

Now that I see Wei Yanli like this...

Princess Yongxin had already decided what to give Wei Yanli as a gift upon meeting him.

My own cosmetics shop just released a face powder that, when mixed with milk and applied to the face, makes the skin whiter and smoother, so I gave it to Wei Yanli.

"Mu Xiao? What? Have you been waiting for me for a long time?" Wei Yanli sat down in front of Princess Yongxin as before.