Prince Ji Wei Qin was the third son of the late emperor. His biological mother was the late emperor's concubine Zhao Guifei. However, this concubine Zhao Guifei had passed away nearly ten years ago.
In other words, this person is Wei Jing's brother, his third brother born out of wedlock.
The original body had never met Prince Ji. They were from different circles, and when she grew up, he had already been enfeoffed, so they had no intersection at all.
However, people leave their names behind, just as wild geese leave their voices behind. Prince Ji was born and raised in the capital, so naturally there are many rumors about him.
Shao Qing recalled that it was said that Prince Ji had been naughty since childhood. He could climb up the roof and tear off the tiles at the age of five, and beat the Taifu at the age of eight. He was arrogant and had a bad temper, and all kinds of things happened to him.
However, Zhao was a powerful official who had held power for decades, even more powerful than Fu was back then. For the sake of Zhao and Concubine Zhao, the late emperor made many loud noises but did little, so Wei Qin continued to be so powerful until he was eleven years old.
When he was eleven years old, the Zhao family was finally overthrown, and Concubine Zhao died of depression the following year. But surprisingly, Wei Qin did not have a hard time.
Thanks to his face, it is said that Prince Ji looks extremely like the late emperor, at least 80% similar. The late emperor was not too hard-hearted towards such a son. When he grew up, he made him a king, gave him a good fiefdom, and sent him out of the capital to harm others.
Prince Ji's fief was in Jining, Xuzhou. The land was fertile and the population was dense, so he could indeed live a comfortable life there.
Although he is not as close as the one sitting on the throne now, compared with Prince An who was exiled to the border of Jingzhou, or the Wei Jing brothers, the late emperor treated Prince Ji as a closer father.
It's really rare.
Shao Qing felt emotional inside, but she didn't dare say it out loud. She secretly glanced at Wei Jing. After all, she had to consider her husband's feelings, right?
Wei Jing looked at it expressionlessly for a while, but did not express any opinion. He closed the porthole and said to his wife, "Let's go down."
He really had to go down. Since he had met Prince Ji, He Yun would naturally lead the people of Yizhou to pay him a visit.
Standing in the crowd, Shao Qing watched Prince Ji's fleet approach the shore. Guards in black armor filed down one after another. Then the large ship in the middle was crowded with people, and a young man in a red robe appeared, surrounded by eunuchs and beauties.
He wore a purple gold crown to hold his hair together, a white jade belt around his waist, a long robe with wide sleeves and a red cloud pattern, and a black cape with a large fur trim. He has long and black eyebrows, slender phoenix eyes, a straight nose, red lips, a wide and flat jaw, fairly fair skin, and a tall and upright figure.
How to say it, he is a very handsome young man. Different from Wei Jing who is handsome and heroic, Prince Ji takes the route of being elegant and refined. If he can be a little more gentle and elegant, he will become a naturally elegant and noble young man.
That is the image of the late emperor.
However, although Prince Ji looked like the late emperor, his temperament was completely different. He raised his chin slightly and looked around casually, revealing an unignorable nonchalance and arrogance.
But He Yun still went to greet him in time, smiling and saying, "Yun greets His Highness, it's been a long time since we last met, Your Highness is still as elegant as ever."
He is also a veteran in the officialdom. He is very friendly, as if he is an old friend whom he hasn't seen for many years.
Prince Ji glanced at He Yun and nodded: "He Boxun? It's only been two years since we last met. How come you have aged so much?"
Aren’t you afraid of being beaten for talking like this? Shao Qing glanced a few times and then lowered his head, unable to help but secretly complain.
Really not. He Yun was probably very familiar with this guy's routine. He smiled and shook his head: "I'm old and I don't have enough energy."
"It is fate that I meet Your Highness. I would like to invite Your Highness to come with me. Do you agree?"
He Yun invited the other party to go on the journey together.
But in fact, this is just a polite remark. The north was covered with ice and snow, but in order to celebrate the New Mausoleum, a road was cleared and maintained every day along the way from Xinling to the capital. Everyone took this road, and unless they could deliberately avoid it, they would walk together if they met.
Prince Ji casually glanced at the huge crowd of people in Yizhou and nodded indifferently: "Okay, let's go together."
After saying this, he boarded the five-horse carriage that had been carefully carried down and took the lead.
"Your Highness, please go first. Your Highness, please go first."
He Yunle made a gesture of invitation. When Prince Ji said to leave, he left immediately. He waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and follow me."
The Yizhou army immediately moved, some got on the carriages, some got on the horses, and hurriedly set off to follow He Yun and the Prince of Ji.
Isn't this Prince Ji too arbitrary?
Shao Qing complained while secretly breathing a sigh of relief.
To be honest, when Prince Ji glanced at her just now, her heart was in her throat, even though she knew that Wei Jing's disguise was very successful and the other party would not be able to recognize him.
"Let's go."
Wei Jing's expression didn't change much, but Shao Qing knew that he was not in a good mood. I wonder if the two have any old grudges? Of course, it may not be for Prince Ji, but seeing the other person's face that resembles someone brought back some bad memories.
There was worry in her eyes, and Wei Jing felt warm in his heart. He squeezed her hand and whispered, "I'm fine."
He exerted a little force with his hands and lifted her onto the shaft of the cart.
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The two teams were thus merged into one.
On the subsequent journey, nothing that Shao Qing worried about happened, because since that day, she had never been so close to Prince Ji again. At most, she would take a brief look at him when entering the inn.
As the King of Ji, it is natural that he would not have any intersection with the ordinary followers of Yizhou.
Wei Jing had also recovered a long time ago. Shao Qing had quietly asked him and learned that he had neither good nor bad feelings towards Prince Ji, and was rather indifferent. His bad mood that day was indeed due to the memories of the late emperor, but he has adjusted himself now.
That's good.
While Shao Qing was completely relieved, the convoy began to enter the ice and snow covered area.
It was cold and the road was difficult to walk on. Even though soldiers cleaned and filled the gaps every day, it was still far from the same as before.
It was bumpy and freezing cold, and the walls of the carriage seemed extremely thin. Even a stove and a hand warmer could not drive away all the cold. The buttocks could easily become numb from the shaking, and finally, Shao Qing discovered that one of his poor toes seemed to have frostbite.
It hurts a bit, and it's itchy. It's hard to scratch while wearing thick boots and socks, so it's really painful.
Fortunately, he had brought frostbite ointment with him. Wei Jing rubbed his hands with the ointment to warm them up, then grabbed one of her delicate feet and rubbed her round toes. After a few times, her feet gradually got better.
"Let's get to the capital soon."
Wei Jing was careful. He rubbed the left foot and then the right foot as a precaution. Shao Qing was a little ticklish on the soles of her feet. She couldn't help giggling for a while, and then frowned and complained.
In fact, she was somewhat afraid of the capital city, but she had to go there sooner or later, and it would be too painful to arrive early than late.
"There are still six or seven days to go, and we will be there soon."
In his hand was a natural foot that was as long as his palm. It was round and delicate, with beautiful lines. As Wei Jing rubbed it, he couldn't help but have some strange thoughts. But he didn't intend to let his wife suffer in such a cold weather. The heating conditions were limited and the location was not suitable, so he held back.
Wei Jing's voice was a little hoarse. He massaged her and put her socks back on, comforting her: "Just bear with it. It will be over soon. We are already Xiangcheng."
He felt sorry for his wife's suffering, but there was nothing he could do. The road was difficult to travel on. Fortunately, they were almost there. If they turned west from Xiangcheng and bypassed Xuanyuan Mountain, they would head north and reach the capital.
In fact, Shao Qing just complained a few words casually. Seeing Wei Jing frowning, he quickly comforted him, "It's nothing. I just said it casually. It will be here in five or six days."
Wei Jing kissed the top of her head. His wife was always very sensible, so he felt even more distressed. "Go to sleep, aren't you very tired?"
"Um."
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The couple went to bed immediately and did not speak a word all night.
Both of them thought that the trip would take only five or six days, but when they woke up the next day, they found that Prince Ji Wei Jun, whom they had ignored, had made a big move.
The other party wants to take a detour to the east, first to Chenliu and then to the capital.
"His Royal Highness Prince Ji said that since we have plenty of time, why not go to Chenliu first to see the newly built Yellow River embankment this year to broaden our horizons before heading to the capital."
Han Xi came over quietly and said, "He Yun was very surprised, but Prince Ji was determined to do it, so he couldn't refuse and had to agree."
In fact, the entire Yizhou team was very surprised. In this vast land of ice and snow with no roads, why would they suffer so much to go and see a river embankment that had not been repaired?
"The Yellow River embankment?"
Wei Jing repeated it slowly.
At the beginning of last summer, the new emperor accepted the proposal of Ding Hua, Marquis of Wu'an, and adopted the strategy of restraining water and attacking sand to build a large section of the Yellow River embankment, which was already in danger.
Wei Jing and others judged that the Yellow River would definitely burst its banks next year. All his current plans are based on the Yellow River bursting its dikes.
However, this extremely long section of river embankment is exactly the section from Chenliu to Fugu.
At this critical moment, why did Prince Ji have to go and check it out with such great interest?
The three of them immediately smelled something unusual. They looked at each other, and Wei Jing's eyes flickered. He said, "Very good, we can just follow them."
check it out.
The author has something to say: The late emperor treated Prince Ji leniently, not just because his son looked too much like him. After all, he was a gentle and kind man at that time, and his character could not be ruined...
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