Chapter 479 Flattery
When Wei Qingyan was still five or six days away from the capital, she met the team sent by the emperor to pick her up.
Brother-in-law Gong Mingcheng, along with Gong Jin and Lu Yongyan, the eldest son of Wei's second sister, had been waiting here a day earlier.
Originally, the emperor sent Gong Mingcheng to Pu State in the name of investigating the corruption case in Jiangnan.
But later, when Abu returned to Fengzhao, Wei Qingyan learned that a series of strange things had happened in Wei State. She knew that Wei State was not peaceful either. She was worried that the chaos was even worse than she thought, so she decided to go to Pu State in person and take over Pu State as soon as possible.
He wrote a letter to his elder brother-in-law, telling him not to go to Pu State. Gong Mingcheng was almost arriving in Jiangnan at that time, so Wei Qingyan simply asked him to go to Jiangnan to investigate several corrupt officials and make some contribution to the enrichment of the national treasury.
The emperor knew that the Gong couple were devoted to Wei Qingyan, so whenever there was anything involving Wei Qingyan, he would try his best to arrange for Gong Mingcheng.
“Master, Master…”
As soon as he saw the team appear, Gong Jin couldn't wait and rode his horse towards Wei Qingyan, followed closely by Donggua. Most of the generals of the National Protection Army knew him, so they didn't stop him.
Therefore, when Wei Qingyan heard a familiar voice from afar, signaling the team to pause, he saw a face with a bright smile as soon as the curtain of the carriage was lifted.
"Jin'er." Wei Qingyan said happily.
"Disciple greets Master."
Gong Jinli dismounted, knelt on one knee in front of Wei Qingyan's carriage, and performed a proper salute. Donggua did the same.
Wei Qingyan looked at the two of them with a smile and nodded, "Taller and stronger."
After being apart for so long, she really missed them.
"Jin'er and Donggua practiced every day and didn't dare to slack off."
Gong Jin chuckled and said, "I just miss Master so much. Is Master okay?"
Donggua nodded vigorously to agree with Gong Jin's words. He also missed his master.
Wei Qingyan was very happy to see the two of them. When he heard the sound of others coming, he bent down and got out of the carriage, "Master is very good, you two should stand up and talk."
Seeing her bulge in the abdomen, Gong Jin and the other man hurriedly stood up and helped her get off the carriage. Gong Jin said, "Master, Donggua and I had originally agreed to go to Fengzhao to see you.
Now that you're back, hey, that's great! Mother is also very happy and has already prepared your favorite food at home."
At this point, he suddenly remembered that his father was still behind him, so he hurriedly said, "Oh, by the way, my father is here to pick you up on the orders of His Majesty. He's right behind you."
Gong Mingcheng, who had just arrived, "..."
Listen to me, thank you for remembering me, your old father.
After Gong Mingcheng saluted, he sighed, "It's good to be back, it's good to be back. Your Majesty and the Empress were worried about you every day. Now that they see Your Highness, they can finally rest assured."
After learning that Feng Zhao was in trouble, his wife would ask him about Feng Zhao's situation every day when he was off duty, fearing that something had happened to Qingyan.
Now that he's back, my wife finally doesn't have to make pancakes at night.
Wei Qingyan could also guess that her elder sister was worried about her. She was about to say something to Gong Mingcheng, but just as she called out, "Brother-in-law..."
Then a male voice was heard saying, "Yong Yan greets the aunt of the princess."
Seeing that he just bowed, Gong Mingcheng frowned slightly.
Wei Qingyan is the adopted daughter of the Wei family, but she is also the crown princess.
According to the rules, when meeting for the first time, there should be a distinction between the senior and the junior. Lu Yongyan should perform the ceremony with her and respectfully call her "Daughter".
He knew that the extra word "aunt" was meant by Lu Yongyan to get closer to Qingyan.
Whether or not she is willing to be the Lu family's aunt is up to Qingyan to decide, not what the Lu family wants.
What's more, he and Gong Jin saluted in front, and Lu Yongyan saw it clearly. Was he being so special because he wanted people to know that he and Qingyan had a special relationship?
A few days ago, Wei Shiyao and his wife asked him to bring Lu Yongyan to welcome Wei Qingyan, saying that they wanted to see the world. He knew that the Lu family wanted to curry favor with Qingyan, so he refused on the grounds that he was carrying out an imperial errand.
Unexpectedly, after leaving the city gate, Lu Yongyan was waiting at the Ten-Li Pavilion, saying that he was going to pick up his aunt. Considering that he was the younger generation and knew that Qingyan had old feelings for the Wei family, and was not sure what Qingyan's attitude towards the Lu family was, he couldn't stop Lu Yongyan from picking up Qingyan, so he could only allow him to go with him.
Gong Mingcheng is a decent man who abides by the rules and doesn't like Lu Yongyan's cleverness.
She had made up her mind to keep her two children away from Lu Yongyan in the future, but she still introduced them promptly, "Your Highness, this is Shiyao's eldest son."
Wei Qingyan guessed it when he heard Lu Yongyan calling him aunt.
I also know that after the Lu family went to the capital, they became very close to my eldest sister's family, so it's not surprising that they came here.
Just the call of "Aunt Princess" made the smile in Wei Qingyan's eyes fade a little. After asking a few polite questions, he called Gong Mingcheng into the car and asked him about the situation in the capital.
"Cousin, should we go and guard our aunt's carriage?"
Behind the carriage, Lu Yongyan and Gong Jindao.
Although Gong Jin acted like a child in front of Wei Qingyan just now, this year he not only diligently studied the skills taught by Wei Qingyan, but also studied the books left by Wei Qingyan day and night.
Especially those military strategies were all ones that Wei Qingyan had read before, and there were many of Wei Qingyan's annotations in them.
With the guidance of father and son Gong Mingcheng and Gong Jun, he grew rapidly.
After hearing Lu Yongyan's words, Gong Jun said seriously, "The princess and father are discussing political affairs, so it's inconvenient for us to disturb them."
The master is the crown prince, and she has her own guards around her. Not just anyone can get close to her. Besides, if the master needs him, she will definitely give him orders.
"We are a family. We just want to protect our aunt. How can it be considered a disturbance?"
"Cousin, be careful with your words."
Gong Jin's face darkened, "Your Highness is the daughter of His Majesty and the Imperial Concubine, a member of a royal family.
Her Highness is kind and righteous in recognizing us, but we must not lose our sense of propriety."
He changed his address to "Your Highness" in front of Lu Yongyan to remind Lu Yongyan of Wei Qingyan's identity.
However, Lu Yongyan didn't know whether he didn't understand or was pretending not to understand, and said indifferently, "Cousin, are you being too polite? Auntie didn't say anything just now."
Before he came to Beijing, he thought that as the nephew of the Crown Princess, he would be flattered by everyone in the capital. However, he did not expect that when he arrived in the capital, his parents would ask him and his brother to stick to the Gong brothers in everything and get close to them.
They are all nephews of the princess, so why should the children of the Lu family be inferior to the brothers of the Gong family?
But one cannot disobey the orders of parents, but he still felt uncomfortable. Now after hearing what Gong Jin said, he could no longer pretend to be angry, and his voice became a little harsh.
"Cousin, aren't you worried that your cousin will catch Aunt's eye and steal your limelight in the future?
Don't worry, cousin. I've always been a family man, and even if I'm lucky enough to be favored by my aunt, I'll speak well of you, unlike you who is so stingy and intolerant."
"My young master didn't mean that..."
Donggua couldn't bear to see Lu Yongyan bullying his own son, so he spoke up quickly.
"presumptuous."
Lu Yongyan's face turned cold. "What does it have to do with a servant like you when I'm talking to you?"
He looked at Gong Jin again and said, "I heard that my cousin has been recuperating from illness for many years and has no skills. Now it seems that he can't even manage the servants. In this case, I will take care of it for you."
After saying that, he raised his hand and hit Donggua with the whip in his hand.
I also remembered not to slap him in the face, so as to avoid being noticed by Wei Qingyan and giving him a bad impression.
But he didn't know that Wei Qingyan's internal strength was becoming more and more profound, and she heard the entire conversation between him and Gong Jin.
With Gong Jin around, she wasn't worried about Donggua being at a disadvantage. She looked at Gong Mingcheng with a slightly gloomy expression, "Brother-in-law, Donggua is also my disciple. He has good character. I wonder if you would be willing to have another adopted son?"
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