405, Prince Zhennan's reply
405, Prince Zhennan's reply
In the second month after Prince Qi returned to Nanjun, Zhao Lang received a letter from Prince Zhennan.
In the letter, the Prince of Zhennan agreed to peace talks between the two sides, but the location of the talks was changed to a small county bordering Nanjun and the imperial court.
After Lu Mingfei read the letter from the Prince of Zhennan, he was a little worried that the Prince of Zhennan might be lying in wait for them. He looked at the person sitting next to him and asked, "Are you going?"
Zhao Lang replied, "Well, I'll go there myself. You stay in Kyoto and wait for me. If I..."
"No ifs!" Before Zhao Lang could finish his words, Lu Mingfei reached out and covered the man's mouth.
Zhao Lang looked at the person who dared to cover his mouth with a doting look. In this world, perhaps only Lu Mingfei dared to cover his mouth.
Smiling, he took the young man's hand away.
But he did not let go of the young man's hand. Instead, he held the young man's hand in his own palm, looked at the young man in front of him seriously, and said: "Ming Fei, in this world, you are the only person I trust."
"I have left you an imperial decree. You know where it is. If anything happens to me in the future, you will be given full authority to govern the country on behalf of the emperor."
"I don't want it!"
Lu Mingfei pulled his hand out, took a step back, and told Zhao Lang: "This world is the responsibility of your Zhao family, not mine! Don't even think about throwing this burden to me!"
"Don't go see the King of Zhennan. I'll go see him for you. I'll talk to him about anything."
"No, he mentioned in the letter that he wanted me to go. This time, I must go to see him in person." Just like Lu Mingfei was afraid that he would encounter danger, how could Zhao Lang let the person he loved take risks for him?
However, Zhao Lang was not afraid that the King of Zhennan would cheat him about his request for him to go in person.
"Since the Prince of Zhennan is willing to talk, he must have made up his mind and is not going to kill me. He must know that if he attacks me now, how is it any different from directly issuing a declaration of war against the hundreds of thousands of Zhenbei soldiers?"
"With the shrewdness of the King of Zhennan, he won't take this risk."
"You don't say anymore. War is a waste of money and manpower. If we really fight the King of Zhennan, both sides will suffer losses. It will not benefit anyone. Since the King of Zhennan is willing to talk, let's sit down and have a good talk."
"You stay in the capital and guard this place for me until I return. If anyone dares to have any evil intentions, you will kill them directly. I will deal with the rest when I return."
Zhao Lang wasn't afraid of Lu Mingfei killing anyone. What he feared was that Lu Mingfei would be soft-hearted and fall prey to a backstabbing. So, he warned the young man, "If I'm not in the capital, be careful on your own. Be wary of others, and have more people with you when you go out."
Lu Mingfei looked at Zhao Lang without saying anything. In fact, he still didn't want Zhao Lang to go.
But regardless of whether he agreed or not, two days later, Zhao Lang led his men to leave Kyoto Prefecture and go to meet the Prince of Zhennan.
However, when Zhao Lang left, he left a substitute in the palace to cover up his tracks and create the illusion that the emperor was still in the imperial city.
Otherwise, if the princes and noble families knew that the emperor had left the imperial city, they would definitely send a large number of assassins to surround and hunt him down on the road. Because many of the decrees issued by the new emperor after he came to power affected the interests of many of them.
For them, only when the one above falls will they have the opportunity to let their own people become emperor, or even to become emperor themselves.
In this world, there is nothing more moving than power.
Therefore, revealing his whereabouts at this time would not be beneficial to Zhao Lang, and would only bring him endless trouble. Knowing this, they kept it a secret.
After Zhao Lang left Beijing, everything was back to normal on Lu Mingfei's side.
The substitute left in the palace dressed up as the emperor. He would attend the morning court when it was time to attend, and sit in the imperial study when it was time to sit.
However, all the memorials submitted were handled by him.
***
Just half a month after Zhao Lang left the capital, Lu Mingfei received a letter from home, informing him that his family had left Tong County half a month ago and were on their way back to Kyoto Prefecture.
After waiting for a few more days, he received a letter from the guards on express horses, informing him of the time his family would arrive in Beijing. He then personally went out to the Shili Pavilion outside the city to wait for them.
When he saw a team appear in his sight from afar, he recognized the flag on the carriage, which was the flag they used in Tong County. He knew that this team was the one he was waiting for.
Two young men on horseback were running in front, and the sound arrived before they arrived.
"elder brother!"
"Slow down, both of you!"
"Brother!" Lu Mingrui rolled off the horse and threw himself on his brother, "Brother, brother!"
Lu Mingcong followed closely behind, also galloping down from his horse, and hugged his eldest brother whom he hadn't seen for a long time, "Brother, we're back!"
Lu Mingfei put his arm around one of his brothers and looked at his two younger brothers who were almost as tall as him. Seeing the two brothers hugging each other as soon as they met, he couldn't help but laugh and asked the two boys: "Why are you two still the same as when you were little?"
"Hehe, we are not that big now." Lu Mingrui rubbed against his brother's arms, feeling very happy.
Lu Mingcong also hugged his brother tightly and refused to let go.
"Did you have a smooth journey? Did you encounter any unexpected situations?" Lu Mingfei touched his brothers' heads and asked.
"It went smoothly, nothing went wrong." Lu Mingrui responded first.
The three brothers hadn't seen each other for a long time. When Lu Mingrui and Lu Mingcong saw their elder brother, they both had a lot to say to him. The two brothers surrounded their elder brother and chattered, just like when they were kids.
Lu Mingfei looked at his two younger brothers with a gentle smile in his eyes. He had raised these two brothers by himself, and he had raised them like his own sons. He could vaguely remember what his two younger brothers looked like when they were little, but in the blink of an eye, they had grown so big.
He and his family have been separated for many years and have very little time together.
The three brothers exchanged a few words, and then the adults' carriage arrived.
After Lu Youtian and Lu Qingfeng got off the front carriage, they went to the carriage at the back to pick up their wives.
"Dad, Mom." Lu Mingfei brought his three younger brothers to the elders and greeted his parents and adoptive parents.
When Liu Sanniang saw her eldest son whom she hadn't seen for a long time, she grabbed his hand and the first thing she said was, "You've lost weight."
"Yeah, why do you look even thinner than the last time I saw you? Haven't you been eating well?" Xu Yue Niang felt distressed when she saw her adopted son had lost so much weight.
"I eat three or four meals a day, and no meal is too little." Lu Mingfei laughed.
Returning with his parents were some people from the same clan.
However, not everyone returned to Beijing this time. Some people stayed in Tong County.
This was also proposed by Lu Mingfei. He was afraid that something unexpected might happen in Kyoto Prefecture, so he asked some people in the clan to stay in Tong County, and then let everyone return to Kyoto Prefecture after the situation stabilized.
This would ensure that nothing could go wrong. Otherwise, if something happened in Kyoto Prefecture, their entire clan would be wiped out.
Lu Mingfei greeted the elders and brothers who came over, and asked everyone to get on the carriage and return to the city.
On the way back to the city, his two younger brothers followed him on horseback.
Behind them are two brothers, Zhang Qi and Zhang Yu. Zhang Yu is the former Zhang Xiaobao, and his full name is Zhang Yu.
After everyone returned to the city and had a meal at Xianglai Pavilion, Lu Mingfei asked the guards to escort the clan members back to the village, while he himself brought his parents and adoptive parents to the house he bought in the city.
As early as when he wrote a letter asking his family to return to Beijing, he bought two three-story houses on South Street for his parents and adoptive parents to live in.
Above the gates of the two houses, one was inscribed with the name "Lu Mansion" and the other with the name "Lu Mansion." The two houses stood side by side, separated only by an alley.
When his parents got off the carriage and stood at the gate of the Lu Mansion, Lu Mingfei and his two younger brothers also got off their horses. He said to the adults, "Father and Mother, you will live in this house from now on. I have arranged everything for you."
"Foster father and mother, you will live in that house over there from now on. I'll have someone give you the title deed to that house and the servants' indentures later."
"I know you're used to being neighbors, so when I bought the house, I deliberately bought two houses side by side. If you want to be closer, you can seal off the alley in the middle and build a door there for entry and exit."
"Mingfei, your arrangement is so thoughtful." Lu Qingfeng didn't expect that his adopted son not only bought a house for them, but also bought servants for them.
Now that he was outside, he didn't feel comfortable asking how much money was spent on buying the house and the servants. He planned to use the banknotes to compensate his adopted son later.
"If you want to live over there, that's fine. I also have a vacant yard there." Lu Mingfei added.
"No, no, we can just live here. Living on South Street will be convenient for us to do business in the future." Lu Youtian was very satisfied with the new house and had no intention of living in the house of the eldest son of an official.
Although his eldest son was now a high-ranking official, he still felt that his family was just an ordinary one, and they didn't understand the rules of the high-ranking families in Kyoto Prefecture. It would be better for them to live on South Street and avoid causing trouble for their eldest son.
When Lu Qingfeng saw his adopted son, he was thinking about the last time his adopted son had confessed to him. That time, he had met His Royal Highness the Regent.
And now, His Royal Highness the Regent has become the emperor.
Whenever he thought about the relationship between the chair and its owner, he couldn't sleep for many nights since he left Beijing and returned to Tong County.
Unfortunately, he couldn't tell anyone about this kind of thing.
Meeting his adoptive father's gaze, Lu Mingfei knew what he was worried about. He gave him a look that said "don't worry" and said to the adults, "Let's go inside first."
"Godfather and mother, you should go back over there and pack your things and have a good rest."
"Okay, okay." Lu Qingfeng responded.
Seeing his adopted son and Lu Youtian's family enter the house, he also brought his wife and children back to their house.
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