Because there was an imperial edict, which gave a deadline for them to arrive in Beijing before the New Year's Eve palace banquet. It was already the twelfth lunar month, and there was no time to waste for Qiao Ruichen and the others.
Going from Xiping County to Anyong County, after passing Anyong County, you will enter the customs. The road is not easy to travel after the snow.
It's not a question of whether the road is smooth or not, but because we will pass through several places bordering Xifan along the way. Now the situation between Dayue and foreign tribes is tense, and we have to be on guard against sudden attacks from Xifan.
For safety reasons, they had to take a detour and rely on the protection of the Gubei Army, so they couldn't travel fast. The journey that originally took four or five days now took at least ten days.
After entering the pass, it would take at least half a month to go from Longyou Road to Guannei Road and Hedong Road to reach the capital.
The imperial edict did not arrive until the second day of the twelfth lunar month, so they had to leave on the fourth day at the latest, just in time to enter the imperial city and attend the palace banquet.
Miao Wan murmured privately to Qiao Ruichen, "The Saint is so unsympathetic. How wonderful it would be if we could go back and attend the Lantern Festival banquet."
Qiao Ruichen was a little confused. "After arriving in Beijing, we must immediately go to the palace to pay our respects. Isn't this respectable?"
Not all officials from other places could see the saint when they came to Beijing. Most of them had to report the news of their return to Beijing to the Ministry of Personnel, which would then send it to the Secretariat.
The Secretariat will first conduct a round of screening. Only those who have done rubbish or are not qualified for official positions can forget about seeing the emperor. Once they get the approval of the Secretariat, they can do whatever they are supposed to do.
Finally, the sage decides who to meet and who to meet first, so after officials from other places come to Beijing, it will take at least ten days or half a month to see the sage.
Cheng Shao and Qiao Ruichen were able to go straight to the palace to pay homage to the saint upon arriving in Beijing. This was a dignity only afforded to military generals in charge of a frontier area. If the saint had no other matters that needed to be dealt with, he would usually receive him.
Why does it become unkind when it comes to Miao Wan?
Since coming back, Qiao Ruichen has been taking good care of his wife, and now he is deliberately trying to find something to talk to her.
Miao Wan had a look on her face that said, "You don't understand this, do you?" and she explained to him smugly, "Then we'll travel all the way to the capital, dusty and grimy, and then go to the palace banquet to meet all those glamorous civil and military officials and their families. If they're friendly, that's fine, but if they're not, won't that give others the opportunity to ridicule us?"
Miao Wan was mentally prepared for a fight when she returned to Beijing. She had a lot of thoughts in her mind. She might not have remembered all the recipes in the live broadcast app. She had been dreaming about the embarrassing parts in the novels she had read these past two days.
The villain is given the opportunity to act shabby and sarcastic in front of others, which is an opportunity that can be found in many novels.
The heroine naturally has the hero to save her, so who are they waiting for? A saint? Miao Wan snorted softly in her heart.
It still depends on her Miao·Ten Years of Novels Addiction·Shi Ren.
Qiao Ruichen was choked and speechless. His wife's perspective on things... was just different from that of ordinary people.
Miao Wan made up her mind, stood up and went out to call Ah Chun, "Go call Ah Dun and Ah Ya over, and call Yao Zu as well, and ask them to bring this year's account book."
Not only that, "Have someone prepare the horses and go back to Xining Town to ask my second cousin to come with the account book as well. Hurry!"
Qiao Shengwen and Geng watched their daughter-in-law busying herself with enthusiasm, but they could not help and could only watch the fun from the side with their arms clasped.
The account books of Jufu Supermarket and All People's Challenge are all with Sun Yaozu. After Ruan Jialin came back from the interior, he and Zhang Sanzhuang were in charge of the accounts of Xining Town, and the accounts were done by a hired accountant.
In the afternoon, Ruan Jialin and Sun Yaozu came with their people, and many of them went to the study together.
After Qiao Ruichen arranged his accompanying troops, he returned to the mansion and found that many people were carrying a lot of boxes in and out of the study. Achun opened the warehouse and together with Aya directed people to carry various shelves in and out without stopping.
When it was time to light the lamps, Miao Wan had not finished her work yet, so Qiao Ruichen went in to invite her to dinner.
Miao Wan didn't want to waste time.
Qiao Ruichen pretended to be pitiful and covered his chest. "If you don't go to eat, we won't be able to eat well. If I hadn't recovered yet and was afraid of falling, I would have carried you out to eat right now."
Ruan Jialin and Sun Yaozu stood aside, with expressions of disbelief on their faces, but in their hearts they were listening with their ears pricked up. They were all men who had (soon to have) wives, so they had to learn some useful knowledge.
As for how to know whether it is useful? You can tell when you see Miao Wan stand up and go to hold Qiao Ruichen's arm with a smile.
"If my husband hadn't told me, I would have forgotten about it. Others can fall behind, but Jiao Niang must follow. Otherwise, if something happens to you along the way, no one will look after you." Miao Wan said the caring words at the beginning, and revealed her thoughts in the second sentence.
"In the Taiji Palace, I must not let anyone find out that my man is weak! My husband, please be more capable."
Ruan Jialin and Sun Yaozu stared at Qiao Ruichen with wide eyes, eh~~ such a big guy, but he is so weak
Qiao Ruichen was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, knowing that Miao Wan was not angry yet for pretending to be seriously injured.
But he would rather his wife be angry about this than know that he was really seriously injured.
When Jiao Niang was found, she and a group of children were sitting next to the brazier under the corridor of the main house, cracking melon seeds and watching the fun.
Taotao was also with a group of children. Her younger brothers couldn't play with her for the time being, and the children from the Zhang and Ruan families were not around either. She had been lonely for a long time, and finally, there were children of her age coming into the house. Taotao was so happy.
Seeing Miao Wan, Jiao Niang spat out the melon seed shells and asked her excitedly, "Are you planning to move your family to the capital?"
She saw it all: the boxes of gold, silver, jewels, various silks, medicinal herbs, and bottles and jars. It would take at least ten carriages to pull them all. An average family might not be able to save up so much in their entire lifetime.
The children were cracking melon seeds and looking at Miao Wan eagerly, and they were also very curious.
Miao Wan explained with a chuckle, "Once we enter the capital, we must enter the imperial city. I can't lose face for our Northwest no matter what. I have to let them know that the rich people in the Northwest are no worse than those in the capital. Let them envy me."
The most important thing is to let all civil and military officials know that the economy of the northwest is developing well now, and we can definitely afford to fight this battle.
Miao Wan is the type of person who can disregard face when she needs to be vulgar, but she will never hesitate to act in a high-profile manner whenever possible.
If you want to be high-profile, then naturally you should do it to the extreme.
Jiao Niang nodded when she heard this. She quite liked Miao Wan's personality. "There's nothing wrong with pretending to be rich. The purpose of life is to be happy."
"Miss Jiao, would you like to go with us?" Miao Wan leaned close to Jiao Niang, whispered something in her ear.
Before the children came over, Miao Wan smiled wickedly, "I promise that by then, you will have more money than you can spend in your lifetime."
Jiao Niang laughed heartily, "Okay, I'll go with you."
On the morning of the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, when Miao Wan and Qiao Ruichen were leaving, even Cheng Shaohe and Gu Shuyao, who had rushed over to see them off, were surprised. They stared in amazement at the carriage that stretched as far as the eye could see.
Cheng Shao also asked Jiao Niang a similar question, "Are you guys going to move back to the capital and not come back?"
Gu Shuyao knew Miao Wan better than her husband did. "Is this a tribute to the Saint?"
Miao Wan shook her head, a look of profoundness on her face. "You don't understand. When we return to the capital, there are always personal connections to make. Even though we haven't been in the capital for a long time, we can't just be perfunctory."
Cheng Shao and his wife understood that showing off also requires props.
As they made their way out of the city, many people couldn't help but watch as nearly twenty carriages left the city, along with hundreds of crystal-clear cavalry guards from the Fire Gun Battalion.
It can be said that showing off starts from the starting point.
After arriving in Anyong County, General Zhou, who had received the news and came to greet Qiao Ruichen, as well as his cousin Boss Zhou and Boss Yang, were all waiting at the city gate. They were speechless after seeing what was happening.
The merchants entering the customs don’t bring as much as they do. Are they returning to the capital or selling goods along the way?
Miao Wan didn't care about these things. The carriage was a shockproof mini RV that Gu Shuyao made for Cheng Shao. It looked like an ordinary extended carriage on the outside, but in fact it was divided into a small bedroom and a small hall outside. There was also a fixed washing area and a clay stove in the small hall.
In short, if you are going out, such a carriage can meet most residential needs, and you don’t have to endure the wind and rain and collect dust.
Because of his injury, Qiao Ruichen was fortunate enough to live here with Miao Wan. It was the first time he saw this carriage, and he almost didn't dare to step in when he entered.
The fox fur is snow-white, and all the utensils are made of metal with a black sheen. The edges and corners are sealed with Eucommia glue to prevent people from getting hurt.
After he took off his shoes and went in, he picked up the teacup and found that the teapot, teacups and various snack plates were all made of magnets. Not to mention that the carriage itself was shockproof with eucommia gum and springs, even if it was hit hard, nothing would be broken.
This was the first time that Qiao Ruichen had a direct feeling that his wife was really rich. The teapot was made of powder green glaze, the cushion was made of cloud brocade, a tribute from Jiangnan, the recliner was made of a complete white tiger skin, and even the washbasin was made of tourmaline.
"Is this something from the Cheng family or did you arrange it specially?" Qiao Ruichen tried to find a word to his wife who was leaning on a fox fur and reading a storybook.
Miao Wan ate a snack nonchalantly, "Didn't I give the Cheng family's too?"
Qiao Ruichen: “…” Nothing wrong.
If the layout inside the carriage made Qiao Ruichen realize that he had married a rich woman, then the fact that eating, drinking, defecating and urinating along the way were even more exquisite than at home made Qiao Ruichen understand one thing - his wife was a professional at making money.
It's only been a few years, but they've already transitioned from mule-drawn carts to RVs.
If Qiao Ruichen had lived in the future, he might have wanted to hug his wife and say that he didn't want to work hard anymore.
He was sent out for a while every day so that Miao Wan could wash up and then have Achun and others give her a full body massage and care.
In fact, Miao Wanzhen was not so extravagant. Usually, whether she was in Xining Town or Xiping County, she was with her family and employees. Who was she showing off to? She just wanted to live comfortably.
If you have money, you might as well do more for the people.
But now, Miao Wan feels that this kind of extravagant spending is very necessary. Who would go out to fight without enough food and supplies?
These are all her "food and supplies", the more complete the better.
Therefore, until they arrived in Beijing on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, everyone else was a little tired from the journey, except Miao Wan and Qiao Ruichen. When they got off the carriage, they looked so bright and handsome that the people who came to pick them up thought they had just returned from a trip.
Of course, Qiao Ruichen was forced by Miao Wan to use facial masks and eat tonic food. After such a long journey, his injuries were almost healed, not to mention getting worse.
Miao Wan had originally told Jiao Niang, "Feel free to prescribe a nourishing food prescription. Don't be afraid of a nosebleed. The more energetic he is, the better."
Jiao Niang curled her lips, "Yes, I'm not afraid of a nosebleed, you're still here."
Miao Wan: “…”
She thought about it and thought, well, Sister Chenxi seemed to have said that a good and healthy married life can indeed help maintain one's complexion. So what Jiao Niang said is right.
So, everyone took supplements together, and Qiao Ruichen took the most supplements.
How fierce is it?
If Miao Wan refused to get close to him, he would not be able to hold on. Every day, his blood and energy would surge, and the feeling was no better than being injured.
The person who came to pick them up was naturally Sun Cheng, who was beside the saint. He knew both Qiao Ruichen and his wife. After a little surprise, he came over with a smile.
"It's been a while since we last met, Lord Qiao and Madam Qiao. You two look much more energetic than the last time we met. Your Majesty and the Imperial Concubine will surely be pleased to see you."
Miao Wan pursed her lips and said nothing, letting Qiao Ruichen deal with Sun Cheng.
It wasn't because she had to pay attention to the idea of male superiority and female inferiority when she returned to Beijing. Her attention was focused on taking in the surrounding scenery.
After traveling through time, I was on the road to exile. My impression of the capital city actually came from the memories of "Miao Wan".
However, "Miao Wan" had not been to many places since she was a child, and she left Beijing not long after getting married, so she did not have much memory of the capital.
Miao Wan looked around with great interest. The capital city was bigger than she remembered.
The buildings in Dayue are mostly grand and open, with only exquisite details. They are typical northern architecture.
After entering from the East Gate, we went all the way to the inner city next to the imperial city. The widest avenue could accommodate eight carriages.
Although the Northwest is vast and sparsely populated, there is no such wide official road.
Miao Wan thought to herself that after the war, she could try building a bright road between Xiping County and Xining Town. It would be a feature of the Northwest.
After entering the inner city, the overall architecture became much more serious. Most of them were red brick and green tile buildings. The dark red bricks were matched with gray tiles, arranged horizontally and vertically in an orderly manner, and every path was a straight corner.
Miao Wan had some understanding of Dayue's overall style. She heard that Taizu himself was a very serious person, so Dayue's laws were extremely strict.
Otherwise, Qiao Shengwen would not have been exiled for the crime he was framed with.
But it’s good that the laws are strict. Now that she is here, the Jingyang Marquis’s Mansion must be cleaned up.
According to Dayue law, if a second wife appropriates the dowry of the first wife, she will be sentenced to prison.
Sun Cheng said hello to the couple and went back to the palace to report. Just when Miao Wan was distracted, the carriage had arrived at the door of the Qiao family.
Ruan Qin and his wife, as well as Ruan Jiasheng and his wife, were all there. Ruan Jiasheng's Erlang and Sanlang were originally following behind Jiaoniang's carriage.
Seeing his parents through the window, he couldn't help but lift the curtain of the carriage and jumped out, tears streaming down his face with excitement.
Ruan Jiasheng and his wife were also very excited. They hugged their child and cried without caring that there were people around them.
However, Ruan Qin and his wife were able to maintain their composure somewhat. They were not addressing their two nephews from the next room, nor were they addressing Miao Wan and Qiao Ruichen, but rather the nanny and maid who were waiting beside them with arrogant looks on their faces.
Qiao Ruichen got out of the carriage first, turned his head, stretched out his hand, and helped Miao Wan out of the carriage.
They came back a day early and didn't have to enter the palace immediately, so Miao Wan didn't do any flashy things. She simply wore an apricot down jacket, didn't bring many accessories, and came down with no makeup on.
The nanny, who had been waiting for a long time and was already getting impatient, looked him up and down with disdain in her eyes.
Miao Wan got off the carriage, and before she had time to go forward to greet her second uncle and his wife, she heard the nanny next to her speak arrogantly.
"Greetings to the young lady. The master has ordered that the young lady return to the palace after arriving in the capital. I'm afraid he's getting impatient now. Please hurry up."
Miao Wan paused, a question mark slowly rising on her forehead. From the meaning of the nanny's words, she could also tell that it was someone from the Marquis of Jingyang's Mansion.
But this... When she died, novels were already very developed, and such stupid slaves were rare in them.
She glanced at Ruan Qin and Li, who looked somewhat helpless. She was extremely confused. Hadn't they already dealt with the Marquis of Jingyang's mansion thoroughly? Why were they still allowed to bark here?
She pinched her forehead, her mind flooded with the thought "that's it".
The opponent is a bit of a fool, but she still has to keep up her dignity. If she doesn't hit the opponent who is offering himself to her, she will be in trouble.
Miao Wan called out to Ah Chun calmly, "The dogs' barking is making my head hurt. Send them away quickly. Can't you hear how anxious they are? Don't delay them and their master from reincarnating."
Everyone: “…”
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I have been following a healthy schedule lately, so I will update before 21:00, but after my queen goes to work, then... I don’t have much confidence in my schedule, but I will update before midnight anyway!
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