After time travel, my best friend and I exchanged supplies and became a rich woman

The team led by Eunuch Tang moved very slowly because there were too many miscellaneous creatures.

Sometimes the cow wants to eat grass, sometimes the dog wants to pee, sometimes the horse wants to take a walk...

In addition, Taoists also need time to practice every day.

Don't ask Eunuch Tang why the two poor guys had to practice on the road.

The question is whether Chen Dongyue agreed. What secrets could a eunuch like him know?

Also, there was that kid named Tugen. For some unknown reason, he seemed to be possessed by evil spirits ever since he left Liaozhou. He had bad luck in everything he did.

It's such a cold day!!! It's such a cold day!!!

This kid got bitten by a snake when he went to poop in the bushes.

It’s winter, this is the winter in the north!

The ground was frozen hard, but the snake hadn't hibernated yet.

But later, according to the research of Chen Dongyue and Song Yun, the snake... might have been awakened by the warmth of Tugen's poop.

But it doesn't matter.

The important thing is that Tugen’s buttocks were swollen into three pieces due to being bitten by a snake, so Eunuch Tang sent someone to call a doctor for the child, which delayed another two days.

Of course, where there is a sleeping dragon, there must be a phoenix chick.

After Tugen's poison was resolved and they were finally able to travel again, Junlan upset his stomach from eating too many frozen pears.

Then the entire team would stop every once in a stick of incense and wait for Jun Lan to release them.

The key point is that this team is not just made up of people.

So when they set out, they were slower than ordinary teams.

And when we stop, some people occasionally fall behind.

In addition, they had to boil medicine for Jun Lan who had diarrhea and Tu Gen who had poison in his buttocks. The speed... was simply maddening.

Really.

If it weren't for the emperor's order, these people must be brought back to the capital. If Eunuch Tang were to lead the team, he would have left this group of people behind.

Even Boss Shang, who was originally traveling with Chen Dongyue and the others, couldn't stand it anymore. He used the excuse of going to the capital to find out the customs of the people first and ran away with the cook.

It’s so miserable. Eunuch Tang is really suffering.

..............

Because of all the bad luck along the way, it took Chen Dongyue and his crew a full half month to travel a distance that could have been covered in one day by express horse or three days by normal carriage.

Honestly speaking, Eunuch Tang felt that even if an eighty-year-old woman was traveling to the capital, fifteen days would be enough for her to make a round trip!

Emperor Yuande, who couldn't wait for Chen Dongyue and his companions to enter the capital, specially sent Geng Hui and his men to search for them three times.

In the first episode, because Emperor Yuande was afraid that Chen Dongyue and others would be ambushed by the remnants of Prince Qi, the emperor asked Geng Hui to bring a thousand imperial guards to pick up Chen Dongyue and others.

The second time, Geng Hui went with fifty Holy Guards.

The third time, two Holy Guards went.

Judging from the arrangement of the pathfinders alone, Emperor Yuande is indeed becoming more and more convinced of the strength of Chen Dongyue and his group.

When Emperor Yuande saw Chen Dongyue again, it was the sixteenth day after Chen Dongyue left Liaocheng.

In fact, when Ji Chongning learned that Chen Dongyue and the others had arrived in the capital, the first thing he wanted to do was to go and see them.

But...Ji Chongning can go out in the middle of the night, but Emperor Yuande cannot.

So, early in the morning of the second day after Chen Dongyue arrived in the capital, she was summoned, no... summoned to meet Emperor Yuande.

Emperor Yuande's outer study.

"Yo~~~~~~" Emperor Yuande, who still liked to fan himself in the middle of winter, made a sarcastic sound when he saw Chen Dongyue.

He fanned himself, walked around Chen Dongyue who was rolling his eyes, and said after walking in a logistics circle: "Master Chen is really hard to invite~~~~This is the first time in my life that I have seen someone walk from Liaocheng to the capital for a full fifteen days!!"

"Your Majesty," Chen Dongyue stood in the middle of the outer study and said expressionlessly, "You have to ask your aunt about this matter!"

........

"How dare you!" Emperor Yuande scolded.

Chen Dongyue frowned slightly, his heart skipping a beat.

As soon as this guy became the emperor, he became like this... He won't tolerate people telling the truth?!

But then, Emperor Yuande said, "Chen Dongyue, are you crazy? You actually called me Your Majesty! What do you mean by Your Majesty?"

? !

Chen Dongyue looked at Emperor Yuande with a puzzled look on his face and boldly asked: "If I don't call you the emperor, should I still call you Ji Chongning?"

Emperor Yuande fanned himself and thought for a while, "This doesn't seem quite appropriate...why don't you just call me Chongning? Or Aning is also fine."

"Your Majesty!" Chen Dongyue shuddered and got goosebumps all over her body. "Please respect yourself!"

“Hahahahahahahahaha,” Emperor Yuande suddenly laughed, “Chen Dongyue, Chen Dongyue, I didn’t expect you would be afraid sometimes. Okay, I was just teasing you.”

Chen Dongyue breathed a sigh of relief, "You scared me to death... Your humble servant."

"However," Emperor Yuande suddenly walked up to Chen Dongyue, looked at her straight, and said seriously, "Do you know that I will soon choose a concubine?"

"Of course I don't know," Chen Dongyue's eyes flickered. She didn't want to look at Emperor Yuande. "I have been dealing with children's butts or... Forget it. Anyway, I just arrived in the capital. I really don't know much about your affairs."

"It doesn't matter if you don't know," Emperor Yuande said in a deep voice, "I just want to ask you, are you willing to enter the palace and be my...concubine?"

"Your Majesty," Chen Dongyue raised her head and met Emperor Yuande's gaze, a smile on her face, "You are joking. I am already married, how can I be your concubine?"

"Don't you always want a divorce?" Emperor Yuande's expression was still serious. "If you are willing, I can immediately ask the Ministry of Rites to change the terms of the divorce."

"It is one thing for me to want a divorce, but it has nothing to do with whether I want to enter the palace or not." Chen Dongyue looked at Emperor Yuande seriously and said word by word: "Your Majesty, you are very good. But what I want in my life is only the word freedom... So please grant me your wish."

Ji Chongning, not bad.

Emperor Yuande, however, couldn't do that.

Chen Dongyue understands this very clearly.

She is not a love-sick person and is quite indifferent to the relationship between men and women.

If Ji Chongning was not Emperor Yuande and she was single, perhaps she could consider it.

But now, Ji Chongning is Emperor Yuande, and she is not single yet.

Although her feelings for Song Ke are more about friendship and family than love.

But this does not mean that she can accept herself and anyone else in marriage.

All in all, they were not the right people and the time was not right.

He has everything: the right time, the right place, and the right people.

So from beginning to end, Chen Dongyue never considered any possibility with Ji Chongning.

After listening to what Chen Dongyue said, Emperor Yuande's brows turned cold.

The eunuchs and palace maids serving in the study dared not even make a sound when breathing.

The emperor's proposal...was rejected.

And they were extremely unlucky to witness this moment...

Help, someone save them! !

They really don’t want to die yet!

In the outer study, even the air was stagnant.

Chen Dongyue, who was a little embarrassed by Emperor Yuande's gaze, couldn't help scratching his head, and then took the lead in asking: "Your Majesty... can I eat the snacks over there?"

The eunuchs and palace maids in the room only wanted to scratch their own philtrum.

what's up! !

How dare she? !

You just rejected the emperor's courtship, and now you're actually... thinking about some snacks?

Is this snack time?!

Unexpectedly, Emperor Yuande suddenly burst into laughter.

Then he said, "So Chen Dongyue, how did you know that I was joking with you?"

Chen Dongyue smiled innocently: "Haha, I just... guessed. How can a man in the world not like soft and cute girls, but prefer strong women?

"I think that the emperor's vision is definitely higher than that of all men in the world, so he should like... pretty, soft and cute girls, right?"

"Hahahahaha," Emperor Yuande laughed exaggeratedly. He turned around, walked to his own dragon table and sat down, then continued, "Your guess is right, my dear minister! The queen I chose this time is indeed very beautiful! Someone, come! Let your dear minister Chen sit down, and bring some more cakes."

Chen Dongyue then let out a sigh of relief and thanked the emperor for his reward with a silly smile.

The two chatted in the outer study for more than an hour. Chen Dongyue then hinted to the emperor that the emperor had not yet paid him the 100,000 taels of money for gunpowder.

The emperor immediately stood up, said that he had something important to do, and then personally escorted the person out of the study.

After the people left, Emperor Yuande, who had been smiling all the time, gradually became gloomy.

For the next half day, the emperor was busy reviewing memorials, and even scolded the eunuch who brought him lunch.

There were mountains of memorials, and he would cross out the fiefdoms on each one and then throw them away.

Inside and outside the outer study, everyone was silent, not daring to make any sound.

The eunuch on duty at the door asked Geng Hui, who was resting his eyes with his hands folded across his chest, in a whisper, "Sir Geng, who is the emperor competing with? What should we pay attention to?"

"Be careful...don't die." Geng Hui replied.

.........

The eunuch on duty pinched his philtrum with his mind.

Suddenly, the emperor in the study shouted: "Geng Hui! Come in!!"

The eunuch on duty mouthed, "Master Geng... take care."

But Geng Hui just raised his eyebrows and strode into the study.