Chapter 90 I locked him in the yard because I was afraid he would affect your appetite
As soon as the two of them walked out of the gate of Qiangzhou government office, they saw people kneeling on both sides of the street, with coarse cloth clothes spread out in layers, like a gray-blue sea soaked in morning mist.
"I respectfully send off His Royal Highness Prince Rui and the Princess!"
Someone took the lead and the crowd immediately became excited.
"I will never forget the great kindness of His Royal Highness Prince Rui and Princess Rui!"
"Long live His Royal Highness Prince Rui! Long live the Princess!"
Su Yuyan looked at her father-in-law with frost on his temples, resting his forehead on the bluestone slab, saw many women crying and shouting "Long Live the Lord", and heard the children shouting "Long Live the Lord" with all their strength, their voices were broken and like reeds trembling in the wind, and a warm feeling arose in her heart.
"Fellow villagers, please get up quickly."
None of the people on both sides of the street stood up.
They couldn't say nice words, nor could they give anything good to thank Su Yuyan and Jiang Hanyu for their kindness. They could only express their heartfelt gratitude by bowing their heads and shouting "Long Live the King".
Jiang Hanyu carried Su Yuyan onto the carriage. The wheels rolled over the bluestone slabs and the carriage went farther and farther away. The cheers of "Long Live the Lord" from both sides of the road were deafening.
Even when the city walls of Qiangzhou shrank into a thin line, the shouts of "Long Live the Lord" from the people in the city could still be heard.
Inside the carriage, Su Yuyan was filled with emotion.
"This scene is worth the trip."
Seven days later, in the evening, at Prince Rui’s Palace.
When the servants in the mansion saw their master coming back, they immediately swarmed over, their eyes gleaming like wolves seeing sheep.
"My Lord, my Princess, you are finally back! Now we have endless work to do!"
Su Yuyan: "......"
She looked at the housekeeper.
"Which direction did you kowtow to buy such a hardworking, indentured servant?"
The housekeeper scratched his head.
"The servants have never seen the prince smile before, but since you, Princess, married into the palace, the prince has smiled, so everyone is full of energy."
"Besides, Princess, you have been away from home for over three months, and the mansion has been quite deserted."
Su Yuyan: “…”
"You guys work hard, because as long as you are willing to endure hardships, there will be endless hardships to endure."
The servants were in high spirits.
"Thank you, Princess. You are worthy of being enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple."
"You must be tired after such a long journey. I will go and boil some water."
"I will go pick the flowers now."
"I'll go tell the cook to prepare the meal."
Su Yuyan: “…”
6.
After bathing and having dinner, Jiang Hanyu carried Su Yuyan to bed.
"Are you tired after the long journey? Let me coax Yuyan to sleep."
Su Yuyan rubbed against his arms.
"Your Highness, I'm going back to my parents' home tomorrow."
Jiang Hanyu spoke softly.
"Okay, I'll ask the housekeeper to prepare some valuable gifts. Yuyan and I will go together after the morning court tomorrow."
The next day, morning.
Jiang Hanyu stepped into the Golden Palace and ordered the palace maids who were carrying silk behind him to spread it out on the ground.
The moment the silk was slowly unfolded between the coiled dragon pillars, all the civil and military officials in the hall suddenly fell silent.
I saw that the originally plain scroll was now covered with dense handwriting.
The uneven handwriting flooded over the golden bricks like a tide. There were children's crooked "Long live the emperor", an old man's slightly blurred "Long live the emperor", and a scholar's careful writing of "Common people kneeling to thank God for his grace". The most eye-catching thing was the crooked writing: "I, Xu, wish Your Majesty long live your majesty" and dark red blood scabs.
Jiang Hanyu's voice was steady.
"Father, I have fulfilled your orders and have completed the disaster relief work for Qiang Prefecture."
"The people of Qiangzhou are grateful for your grace, and have asked me to present this gift to your father."
The emperor on the dragon throne was originally reading a memorial, but at this moment he had already stopped writing.
He stood up, walked down the steps and came to the center of the Golden Throne Hall.
"Prince Rui, what are these dark red blood scabs?"
Jiang Hanyu answered.
"Replying to Your Majesty, this is the people of Qiangzhou who cannot write. They bit their fingers and made a handprint to express their gratitude for Your Majesty's grace."
"These wild chrysanthemums and stones mixed in the silk are gifts from the people."
The emperor's eyes swept from one end of the scroll to the other, and then slowly turned back.
Looking at the thirty-meter-long silk cloth that was scorching hot, the emperor leaned over and gently touched the wild chrysanthemums, wheat ears, and pebbles mixed in with the handwriting. At this moment, those gifts seemed particularly vivid in the solemn hall.
Grabbing the pebble in his palm, the emperor suddenly laughed softly.
The laughter was light at first, then gradually became filled with irrepressible joy, and finally turned into a loud laugh, echoing in the Golden Palace.
"Long live our emperor!"
I don't know who read it out loud first, but then more eyes fell on the words that were repeated countless times, and all the civil and military officials in the court followed suit.
"Long live our emperor!"
The emperor stood up, his bright yellow dragon robe gleaming with golden light in the morning light.
"Only when the people are safe can the country be prosperous. I have only done my duty, and the people of Qiangzhou are so grateful!"
When the emperor turned around, there was a smile in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, and his eyes were full of approval when he looked at Jiang Hanyu.
"Prince Rui, you've done a great job! This scroll of the people's loyalty is more real than any memorial praising your achievements!"
After he finished speaking, the emperor raised his hand to signal the eunuch.
"Hang this scroll in the Imperial Study! I will look at it daily to remind myself that the people's kindness is worth more than a thousand pieces of gold. I must not let them down!"
When Jiang Hanyu lowered his head, he heard the civil and military officials behind him congratulating him in unison.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
The laughter from the emperor on the dragon throne was filled with a sense of relief, as if it had untied a knot deep in the emperor's heart.
"The drought in Qiangzhou has been making me sleepless. I've allocated funds and sent imperial envoys, but there's been no improvement. It was Prince Rui who took the trouble to personally travel to Qiangzhou to completely resolve this issue for me."
"Come here, reward."
At this time, the crown prince standing in the first row in the Golden Throne Hall almost bit his back teeth off: Prince Rui, I must kill you!
After the morning court session, the prince went straight to the Queen's palace.
Seeing the prince's face turn pale, the queen dismissed all the palace maids.
"What happened at the morning court?"
Jiang Huaijin told the Queen everything that happened at the morning court.
At last, he gritted his teeth.
"Prince Rui is truly resourceful. He managed to coax the emperor into a smug state with a worthless scroll of the People's Loyalty. I was originally planning to have the officials in our camp report him for his achievements surpassing his own, but now, his trip to Qiangzhou has won the hearts of both the people and the emperor."
"If this continues, the throne will be snatched away by him sooner or later."
When the queen heard this, her face was filled with viciousness.
"Didn't you send secret letters to the Crown Prince and King Jing of Yuheng Kingdom a few days ago? Have they responded?"
Jiang Huaijin's eyes were filled with murderous intent.
"The Crown Prince of Yuheng Kingdom has replied to me, saying he is willing to cooperate with me to eliminate dissidents."
"However, he stated in the secret letter that cooperation is possible, but there are requirements. The specific requirements must be discussed in person. If I am willing to meet with him for a detailed discussion, he can use the excuse of mutual trade as an envoy to visit our country."
The queen seemed to be lost in thought.
"What kind of request would make him come all the way here for an interview?"
Jiang Huaijin's eyes were filled with coldness.
"No matter why the Crown Prince of Yuheng is willing to make this trip in person, my royal family only has two princes left, Prince Rui and I. All I need to do is use external forces to kill Prince Rui, and the throne will be mine."
"Besides Prince Jing, there are other princes in Yuheng State. His path to the throne is much more difficult than that of a son of mine."
"I have made up my mind. When we meet, no matter what he asks, I will agree to it first. After I ascend the throne, if he dares to displease me, I will help his brother ascend the throne."
The Queen agreed with Jiang Huaijin's words.
Seeing that the Queen had no objection, Jiang Huaijin put down his teacup and stood up.
"I will send a secret letter to the Crown Prince Shangguan Jue of Yuheng Kingdom, stating that I am willing to meet and discuss in detail."
Let me explain this in two ways.
On this side, Jiang Hanyu accompanied Su Yuyan back to the general's mansion after the morning court.
Mrs. Du, who had not seen her daughter for more than three months, burst into tears the moment she saw Su Yuyan.
Then, she wiped her tears with a handkerchief and walked around Su Yuyan several times, looking her up and down.
"It's good that you're not thin. It's good that you're not thin."
"Yan'er sent a servant from Prince Rui's mansion this morning to tell him to come with Prince Rui after he finishes his morning court session. That's why all the dishes we cooked at home today are your favorites. Mother also asked the servants to buy you a bunch of your favorite snacks."
Su Yuyan affectionately took Mrs. Du's arm.
"Don't worry, Dad and Mom. The prince takes good care of me."
"Hey (second tone), why didn't the haunted Su Lao Er come today? Is he not at home?"
Du told the truth.
"When he heard you were coming home, he happily went out to buy you snacks and gifts. Mother knew you were annoyed by the sight of him, and she was afraid he would spoil your fun and affect your appetite, so she had the housekeeper lock him in his yard."
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