Chapter 403 The Princess Arrives
The carriage of Prince Jun's Mansion continued to move forward.
Entered the capital.
It marched through the long street and headed towards Prince Jun's Mansion.
Prince Jun has returned to Beijing!
The news quickly spread throughout the city.
In the palace, the emperor had not received any report from the secret guards, and when he heard the news that Prince Jun and his entourage had returned to Prince Jun's mansion, he was so angry that he almost fainted.
He immediately sent people out to look for the secret guards along the way, and they were found on a river beach by the road the next day.
Some of these people woke up, but they had caught a cold and had a fever, and felt dizzy and groggy, and they didn't even have the strength to untie the ropes.
The emperor's secret guards lay on the riverbank like useless people for two and a half days! Almost three days!
If there wasn't a river nearby and they couldn't move their mouths and crawl over to drink water, they would probably have died of thirst.
When the emperor heard the news, he was so shocked that he fell down on the dragon throne, his lips trembling, and he couldn't speak for a long time.
Although those secret guards are still alive, they are seriously injured and it is unknown how long they will take to recover before they can be used again.
This means that he will be seriously short of manpower during this period.
Unless he sends the Royal Guards out directly!
"I'm so angry."
After the emperor caught his breath, he said this with gritted teeth.
"Xiao Lanyuan!"
He is really arrogant now!
The emperor couldn't stand it any longer, so he immediately called the eunuch over, "Go, summon Prince Jun to the palace! Let him bring the things the emperor gave me, and tell him that I want to see them!"
If the secret approach doesn’t work, he’ll do it openly!
He is also the son of the retired emperor and the emperor himself. Why can't he see the things left by the retired emperor?
"Wait a minute, let's have a banquet! Let's have a banquet with singing and dancing in the palace. I want to have fun with all the ministers and celebrate the good weather and good harvest in Zhao State!"
The emperor shouted, "Let Prince Jun take the treasures left by the retired emperor, and let all the officials open their eyes and miss the retired emperor at the same time!"
He wanted to see if Prince Jun dared to refuse!
"Let the Queen Mother make some preparations as well. She also wants to see the treasure!" the Emperor said again.
"Report——"
A messenger came running in from outside.
The emperor's heart skipped a beat. Could something have happened at this critical juncture?
"Your Majesty, we have received a letter from the envoy of the ancient country of Nanci!"
The emperor was stunned for a moment.
The ancient country of southern porcelain?
This ancient country of Nanci was separated from the Kingdom of Zhao by a vast ocean. It was said that their country was an island. The people there were very different from those of the Kingdom of Zhao, and they couldn't even speak the same language.
When the emperor was young, he went to sea with a merchant caravan and discovered this ancient country of southern porcelain. He also brought back many novelties.
The emperor once speculated that the reason why the emperor went there was because he was bewitched by that woman.
That woman is Xiao Lanyuan's biological mother.
She is also the woman the Queen Mother hates the most.
I heard that woman has some weird skills.
It is very likely that the ancient country of Nanci was a place she knew about, and she led the emperor there. Later, people from the ancient country of Nanci also began to come here by boat, but because of the language barrier, they only occasionally moved around the coast.
After he came to power, he had no favorable impression of the ancient country of Southern Porcelain and had rejected their visit more than ten years ago.
Who would have thought that the ancient country of Nanci would send an envoy again?
For a moment, the emperor's attention was also diverted.
"What are they doing here?"
"Your Majesty, the ancient country of Nanci said that they are sending the princess to marry. As for the purpose, the princess will probably tell Your Majesty in person after she arrives in the capital."
"Princess?"
The emperor frowned, "Could the princess of that place be ugly?"
The emperor had seen several paintings of the ancient country of Nanci from the emperor emeritus before. The people of Nanci painted in those paintings were stout and ugly.
So from that time on, he always had the impression that people from Nanci were ugly.
They had proposed a marriage alliance more than ten years ago, and he shuddered when he heard it and rejected it directly. Now the Nanci people are coming again?
"Your Majesty," the eunuch lowered his voice, "this might not be a bad opportunity. What if the princess takes a fancy to Prince Jun?"
I heard that Prince Jun looks like the retired emperor when he was very young. People from the Southern Porcelain Kingdom praised the retired emperor's appearance in the past. So, will that princess this time also take a fancy to Prince Jun?
The emperor's eyes lit up.
"The people of Nanci are barbaric and stubborn. If the princess takes a fancy to Prince Jun, she will definitely insist on marrying him. Then we will see how Prince Jun and Princess Jun will deal with it."
The emperor is very happy to cause trouble to Xiao Lanyuan!
"Also, this time, the singing and dancing banquet has a better excuse to welcome Princess Nanci. When the time comes, Prince Juan can't refuse to take out the treasure in front of the Nanci people, right?"
The emperor clapped his hands and laughed out loud.
"That's right! The Emperor had a relationship with the people of Southern China. Prince Jun must protect the Emperor's image in the eyes of the people of Southern China."
Maybe this time we can find out the true identity of Prince Jun.
What is the identity of his biological mother?
Definitely not the Queen Mother!
If his status was very humble, then Prince Jun's image in the eyes of the world would collapse. What if his mother was some lowly singer or dancer from Nanci?
Maybe Princess Nanci will reveal some secrets this time?
"Quick, send someone to welcome Princess Nanci. Make sure she arrives in Beijing smoothly and quickly."
The emperor suddenly became very excited.
"Your Majesty, the only person here who knows a little bit about the Southern Porcelain dialect is Wang Dalang who often goes out with the caravan."
The emperor was stunned for a moment and for a moment he didn't know who Wang Dalang was.
"who?"
"He is Lord Wang's eldest son. He has never been interested in being an official and often travels around doing business. Didn't Lord Wang complain to you a few years ago?" the father-in-law reminded.
After he reminded him, the emperor remembered.
"Yes, yes, him." He suddenly thought of something, "Why did I hear that Lord An also knows a few words of Nanci dialect?"
But he didn't like the guy An Yushi, so he frowned.
Is Censor An close to Prince Jun?
"Imperial Censor An should also know a few words."
"Then let him go with Wang Dalang. This is a major event for Zhao State. I believe An Nian would not dare to do anything." said the emperor.
He still wants to do his best to ensure that Princess Nanci can arrive in Beijing smoothly.
"yes."
Wang Dalang and An Nian received the imperial edict at the same time.
An Qing was also listening. After the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict left, she looked at An Nian with some worry, "Brother, now that Princess Nanci has suddenly come to the capital, will something bad happen?"
"I don't know for now." An Nian thought for a while, then wrote a letter and handed it to her, "Isn't Princess Jun back? Go visit her and give her the letter."
"good."
An Qing was very happy to be able to meet Fu Zhaoning.
"Be careful."
"Know."
Fu Zhaoning returned to Prince Jun's Mansion and was relieved to see that his grandfather and Xiaofei were in good health and had even gained a few pounds.
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