Iron Dynasty

In the Bishui Pavilion, Concubine Zhen dragged Fei Yue'er to chat about family affairs, and from time to time asked for warmth.

Xiao Ming sat in the chair and looked at the two of them, thinking about the time to return to Qingzhou. Now that he is married, there is no need for him to stay in Chang'an.

Moreover, the last assassination also left a psychological shadow on him, and Chang'an was not safe for him.

Just as every vassal king would try his best to avoid leaving his own fief, Xiao Ming is also thinking of this now, because once he comes to someone else's territory, he will no longer be able to control his own safety.

What's more, now that he has Fei Yue'er as a princess, he doesn't want to make any mistakes in Chang'an.

While the two were joking, Xiao Ming interjected at this time: Mother, I plan to return to Qingzhou in five days. I won't stay in Chang'an. After all, this is not a place to live.

Concubine Zhen nodded when she heard the words, but she didn't hold back, the assassination incident this time also made her worried, Well, it's better to go back early, the water in Chang'an is too muddy, and if you take one more day, there will be a threat one day, and your The fief also has to be taken care of by someone else, otherwise it will change after a long time, so you can go back when you are ready.”

Fei Yue'er also knew about Xiao Ming's assassination, but she didn't object, she just asked, Has the murderer been found yet?

According to the meaning of the father, either the second prince or the Shan merchants who colluded with the barbarians did it, and these two parties are indeed the most likely. Xiao Ming pondered.

Second prince. Concubine Zhen was taken aback.

Xiao Ming nodded, Yes, and the royal father also tested his son for this matter. Then Xiao Ming said the matter again.

If it's the second prince, your father seems to be preparing to turn the big things into small ones again. He is the king of a country. Now that you are fine, he naturally doesn't want to touch the second prince, so as not to offend King Liang, but this There will always be a lot of admonitions. Concubine Zhen said.

Hmph, I guess the father also meant the same thing, but if it was the second prince, the son would not compromise like this, otherwise how could the son explain to the dead soldiers? Xiao Ming was furious.

Even if what the second prince did, it wasn't a crime of treason, the prince was not guilty of death.

Concubine Zhen nodded, Yue'er is right, you can't be impulsive about this matter, let your father handle it. What she was worried about was that Xiao Ming did something stupid on the spur of the moment.

Xiao Ming frowned and said, Yes, concubine mother.

After chatting with Concubine Zhen for a while, Xiao Ming and Fei Yue'er got up and left, there is always not much time left in this palace.

Hey, the concubine is alone in this deep palace compound, and you are not around, she must be very lonely.

On the way back, Fei Yue'er was moved.

The most ruthless imperial family, how can this be nonsense, but what can I do? The only thing I can do is to improve my status, the mother is precious by the child, so that she can relax in the palace, and don't have to suffer from other concubines. bullying.

Fei Yue'er often chats with her sister, and naturally knows the darkness in the palace, but even so, her sister still looks forward to the day when she can be a mother in the world.

Sometimes she can't even understand, are rights really that important?

Back at the palace, Xiao Ming ordered Aster and Luluo to count the gifts sent by the guests this time, and at the same time prepare to pack up and return to Qingzhou.

At this time, Fei Yue'er also met Aster and Luluo.

Fei Yue'er has always been gentle in receiving people and things. After chatting with the two girls, Aster and Luluo were delighted to be called Princess sweetly.

Looking at this scene, Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction.

For a man, a woman who can manage a house is a good wife. He and Fei Yueer are not in a free relationship, but a political marriage. Naturally, he hopes that his backyard will not catch fire everywhere.

It's already very tiring to work outside, which man wants to go home or jump around?

The three chatted for a while, and Fei Yue quickly entered the role of wife and took the initiative to take the responsibility of checking the gift list. For her, these things are now theirs.

And this made Xiao Ming more at ease, and a smile appeared on his face.

Thinking of the gift list Xiao Wenxuan gave him, Xiao Ming took a glance from his sleeve and saw what was on it. Xiao Ming couldn't help laughing. This time Xiao Wenxuan was very generous and directly gave him 60,000 taels of gold and 5,000 pieces of cloth. Hundreds of precious jewelry, really fed him.

The last item of the morning wedding was over, and in the afternoon Xiao Ming and Fei Yue’er counted the gift list together.

There were 600 guests at the 60-table banquet. These guests included almost all the important people in Chang'an City. They were busy until the evening, and they converted everything and got about 3 million taels of gift money, which can be said to be a harvest. Quite abundant.

Although most things need to be sold to convert, but this figure also makes Xiao Ming very satisfied.

While a group of people were happy, a person suddenly entered the palace.

It was none other than Li San. After the assassination incident, he sent Li San to conduct a secret investigation. During this period, Li San was constantly on the move, and even went to Xinqingzhou to ask Wang Xuan to cooperate with the investigation.

Seeing Li San coming, Xiao Ming took Li San into the main hall, while Fei Yue'er avoided suspicion and went to the wedding room.

His Royal Highness, Wang Xuan's people have caught the Shanxi merchant who sent the barbarians to the prince. Li San still carried the rushing dust on his body, but his expression was very determined.

Caught? Xiao Ming's eyes narrowed.

Yes, Wang Xuan has been keeping detailed works in the barbarian territory, and he quickly found out the details of this Shanxi merchant, and this Shanxi merchant even had contacts with our Chamber of Commerce, and violated the regulations of the Chamber of Commerce, and sold a lot of liquor to the grasslands without authorization. , Li Kaiyuan has always wanted to punish him. Li San said.

How did you catch him? He has also heard of this Shanxi merchant. Many businessmen in the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce look down on these Shanxi merchants, calling them traitors and traitors, because these Shanxi merchants have been selling in Dayu over the years. Giving a lot of contraband to the barbarians is tantamount to indirectly subsidizing the rise of the barbarians.

Li San said: There is a three-way village between Liangdi and Yongwang's fief. Most of the Shanxi merchants gather here, and many goods are also circulated here, but there are also conflicts between these Shanxi merchants, so we let Li Kaiyuan use it. The Chamber of Commerce bribed a Shanxi merchant to get the whereabouts of that person, and successfully arrested him, and now the Shanxi merchant is just outside Chang'an City, just waiting for His Highness's release.

Good job. Xiao Ming praised.

From Xiao Wenxuan's tone, he knew that Xiao Wenxuan would do this in a hurry, because from Xiao Wenxuan's point of view, he was not dead anyway, what was needed was the stability of the overall situation, and he wanted to fool the past.

But for him, this revenge cannot but be avenged.