Chapter 65: Ten Years, Return to the Palace (Push it up, please help to top the list, thank you for your help)
The carriage was moving very fast. On the way, Zhou Shaoyu changed two new horses at the home of an old friend of the King of the South China Sea, and also changed the ice in the ice bucket several times.
We finally arrived in Gyeongju on the seventh day.
King Zhou Xiaocheng of Nanhai was in the government office of Qingzhou, listening to the county magistrate talk about the reduced rice production this year. Someone reported that the crown prince had returned.
"Jingchen is back?"
When Zhou Xiaocheng heard the report, he had no time to listen to the county magistrate's report. One of his shoes was missing, so he hurried to meet his son.
He hasn't seen Zhou Shaoyu for a long time.
Zhou Xiaocheng was a military commander and a founding general who supported Emperor Zhaohe Fusheng.
The Former Qin Empire was established in Fusheng, and Tang Feihu, Zhou Xiaocheng and Li Yuzhu were named King of Donghai, King of Nanhai and King of Beihai respectively. The three kings guarded the east, south and north gates for the emperor respectively.
Later, Emperor Xuanwen Fu Jian killed his cousin Fu Sheng and took control of the world.
A new emperor appoints new ministers, and a new generation appoints new officials. Tang Feihu and Li Yuzhu have already turned into a pile of yellow earth, and only Zhou Xiaocheng is left among the three kings of different surnames.
Zhou Shaoyu could walk at the age of one, learn to read at the age of two, discuss strategies with military advisors at the age of five, and discuss military operations with Zhou Xiaocheng on the battlefield at the age of seven.
Emperor Xuanwen only said one sentence: "I like Jingchen very much, let him stay with me", and sent his seven-year-old son to Kyoto...
Ten years!
Zhou Shaoyu's carriage stopped outside the Qingzhou government office. He jumped off the carriage, saw Zhou Xiaocheng coming out, and identified him carefully.
Seeing his son grow taller and stronger, with a handsome appearance, and look 60% like himself when he was young, Prince Nanhai was so excited that his eyes were wet.
"Jingchen? Why did you come back so suddenly? Why didn't you tell your father to pick you up earlier?"
If he had known the news earlier, he would have welcomed it hundreds of miles away.
"Your Majesty has arranged for me to work in the Ministry of Works, and I will take up the post when I return to the capital. Your Majesty has granted me two months of rest so that I can come back to visit my father, the king, and my mother."
The father and son avoided others and talked about the pain of being separated for ten years, and then talked about current affairs in various places.
This also includes the matter some time ago when Zhou Huo was asked to urgently report to the King of Nanhai that "you are not allowed to leave your fiefdom without an imperial edict."
Last time, the King of Nanhai did receive a secret letter saying that Zhou Shaoyu was deceived by the emperor to go to Jin to investigate the illegal gold mining, and someone wanted to take this opportunity to kill him.
Zhou Xiaocheng doubted the authenticity of the information, but Zhou Shaoyu was his son, the future King of Nanhai, and the emperor had been wanting to kill him for a long time. Jingchen was about to reach adulthood, so it was possible that the emperor would take action against him.
He didn't want to take that one in ten thousand chance. Even if it was a fire pit, he would rush into it like a moth to the flame and go and see for himself.
At that time, he only brought a few personal guards with him to Jin.
However, before he left the fiefdom, Zhou Huo came hurriedly and told him not to leave the fiefdom.
The five people, "gold, wood, water, fire and earth", are the people around Zhou Shaoyu. Except Zhou Jin, even His Majesty does not know the other four.
Zhou Shaoyu sent Zhou Huo back to stop him from going to Jin, and Zhou Xiaocheng immediately returned to the palace with his personal guards...
Zhou Shaoyu felt sad when he saw his father's temples were already gray, but he smiled and said, "Father, I have some good things for you when I come back this time."
The first to appear are the boneless chicken feet sealed in ice!
Zhou Xiaocheng's eyes were red, and he took the opportunity to hold back his tears while picking up the chicken feet. He smiled and said, "It's good that you're back. Why did you bring any food with you? It's so hot, and you kept it on ice all the way. How stupid!"
He put the chicken feet into his mouth while cursing him as an idiot.
He originally thought that no matter what his son gave him to eat, even if it was rotten or smelly, he would eat it and give it a big thumbs up.
I didn’t expect it to be so delicious.
This, this is so delicious!
The delicious food diluted all the sadness of reunion, what a fucking idiot!
“How do you make waste so delicious?”
"Delicious, right? It tastes even better when it's just made." Zhou Shaoyu praised the original taste of the boneless chicken feet, and Zhou Xiaocheng drooled.
The father and son brought a jar of wine, drank it with lemon and boneless chicken feet, talked about the pain of separation, and got drunk.
When Zhou Xiaocheng woke up the next day, he put aside his affairs in Gyeongju and accompanied his son!
"Son, why did you go to the Ministry of Works? Does His Majesty really trust you?"
Zhou Shaoyu told Zhou Xiaocheng about the curved plow, and Zhou Xiaocheng finally understood what was going on.
"So, Miss Xie helped you?"
"Yes, if she hadn't asked Your Majesty to give me a reward, I would still be an idler."
"Crouching Tiger" was the inspector who supervised the capital and surrounding areas. It seemed that everything he heard was directly reported to the emperor, but it was not a real position. He was even prevented from attending court and no one took him seriously.
The emperor would let him go if he didn't want to get involved in some minor matters, but even for such minor matters, the eunuchs and the Embroidered Uniform Guards in the palace would intervene.
The ten years he spent in Kyoto were ten years of living under the emperor's nose, and also ten years of resisting being abandoned and fighting hard in secret.
Zhou Xiaocheng's eyes turned red again.
Zhou Shaoyu embraced his father and said with a smile: "My son has come back, and my father has been feeling uncomfortable. Is it wrong for me to come back?"
"You kid." Zhou Xiaocheng hit his son, and Zhou Shaoyu dodged. Zhou Xiaocheng was stunned and tried his best. Zhou Shaoyu steadily caught his father's move.
Feeling how strong my son is, I couldn't help but feel both happy and sad.
He is a soldier and is only in his 40s, still young and strong. As long as his son can travel freely between his fiefdom and Kyoto, he can still train his son to become the best backbone of the people of Nanhai.
Zhou Shaoyu handed the telescope hidden in the quiver to Zhou Xiaocheng.
"What's this?"
"Father, look into the distance."
Help him adjust and let him see.
Upon seeing this, Zhou Xiaocheng was stunned.
"Is this also made by Miss Xie?"
"Well, even if she didn't do it herself, she came up with it and asked someone else to do it because she knows it all."
Zhou Shaoyu talked about soap again, saying that it was also her idea.
Zhou Xiaocheng was numb.
Isn't this girl a monster? !
"I feel that she is completely different from other girls in the boudoir. Any mechanical skill she knows is something that other girls in the boudoir will never be able to achieve in their entire lives."
Zhou Xiaocheng blurted out: "She is so smart, is your majesty interested in her?"
The ruler would never allow such a woman to fall into the hands of others. He would either keep her himself or marry her to the prince.
"She is not even of age yet and is on her way to exile. However, if she had not been exiled, I would not have been able to find her and talk to her."
After telling him about the former Wuyi Marquis Mansion, Zhou Xiaocheng stamped his feet and cursed: "Xie Jinrong, this old bastard, has a good granddaughter, but he doesn't know how to cherish her."
It was a pity for a while. When Zhou Shaoyu mentioned Xie Yanyan, his brows relaxed and smiled. As a person who has been through this, Zhou Xiaocheng understood it very well.
He said helplessly: “Jingchen, you are the prince of Nanhai. You will take over the Nanhai Palace in the future. You have suffered a lot in Kyoto for ten years. You can’t marry a criminal daughter and be criticized.”
Zhou Shaoyu was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing: "Father, what are you thinking about? This son and she are only slightly familiar with each other. This son is a little curious about her, and I admire her abilities. How can this be related to marriage?"
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