after farewell

Some of the staff are only temporary replacements, and some are to stay. However, just now such a big incident happened in Suzhou Mansion, and it was personally explained by the emperor. A thriving scene.

In addition to the appointment of these officials, the approval in the court this time punished all those involved in the imperial examination: Lian Shuxi, governor of the south of the Yangtze River, was dismissed from his post and exiled if he knew about it; All candidates caught cheating in the imperial examinations will be removed from their merits, and they will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examinations forever.

Of course, there are also rewards. For those who have contributed to the rescue this time, each person will be rewarded with 20 taels of gold and be promoted to a higher level.Zuo Xinming, the governor of Jiangsu, was in charge of the office, loyal and loyal, and was promoted to the governor of Jiangnan.Ma Boying, the admiral in the south of the Yangtze River, was conferred the title of first-class baron for his meritorious service in suppressing the rebellion.As for Zhao Yuan and the others, they were not mentioned in the report, presumably the emperor made his own arrangements after returning to Beijing.

The wicked are punished, and the good deeds are promoted. Naturally, the common people are running to tell each other, very happy.After all, the scientific examination is the only way for children from poor families to enter the imperial court, and it is also beneficial to them that the imperial examination can be more fair.For a while, Zhao Yuan, the imperial envoy this time, received unprecedented popularity, which made him a little flattered.

All the preparations for the re-examination were completed, and the re-examination just kicked off.This is naturally unwilling for most candidates, after all, every scientific examination is simply a physical and psychological torment.But there is no way, what should I do if I don’t take the exam?

Zhao Yuan was naturally the uncompromising chief examiner, but he was just a name. He was not familiar with the imperial examinations, so he left it to Wen Min'an, the deputy chief examiner.Hey, isn't Zhou Ziming also in this scientific examination?Although he took the exam directly in the capital, why didn't he receive any news?I didn't say it and no one mentioned it. I didn't think of it until today. . .Really.But forget it, what does it have to do with yourself?

Now Zhao Yuan and Jia Zhengwei are both idle, just waiting for Wen Minan to prepare for the scientific examination. Zhao Yuan is fine, half working and half having fun, but Jia Zhengwei has suffered. Having been idle and worried all day long, now that there is nothing important to do, Zhao Yuan simply gave him a vacation and let him have a good time for a few days.I spend the whole day in the mansion with Yun Xuan, and it is very good to match this spring.

After a few days like this, Wen Min'an came to report that everything was ready for the re-examination of the imperial examination, and it was scheduled to be seven days later. At that time, the spring was over, and after a few more days, the rankings were selected, and their errand was over.Zhao Yuan was naturally extremely excited when he heard that, although Jiangnan is good, it is a foreign land after all.

"But what else do you want? We have to go back to Beijing in a few days." Zhao Yuan asked.

"It's really gone, don't buy any more. I don't know if you want to shop or really want to give me something. Look at what you bought recently, and prepare a carriage for your gifts." Yun Xuan said On the road of disdain, but my heart is tight with joy.

Hearing Yun Xuan's words, Zhao Yuan felt a little shy, he still has a bit of a girlish heart. . .Wouldn't it be good if I couldn't wear it myself and bought it for Yun Xuan?But still can't just make Yun Xuan joke like this.

"Where did I just buy it for you? I even brought presents for my family. It was given by my wife and I. Of course, the meaning is different." Zhao Yuan said.

"Who is your wife? I don't dare to be her." Yun Xuan was naturally happy when she heard Zhao Yuan call herself that, but the difference in status between the two was a thorn in her heart.She can be with Zhao Yuan, she can fall in love with Zhao Yuan, but so what?His main wife is destined to not be himself.Since it is impossible for him to be his wife, how can he be called his wife?

"You are my wife, my only wife." Zhao Yuan held Yun Xuan's hand, looked at her and said seriously.

Yun Xuan didn't want to ruin the sweet atmosphere between the two because of these problems, she still had the original idea, let's live it day by day. "Okay, okay, like a child, I belong to you, that's fine." Yun Xuan smiled helplessly, acknowledging the relationship between the two, but after all, she didn't have the courage to say the word "mother".

"Yunxuan, I won't have anyone else, you are my one and only, my wife." Zhao Yuan said relentlessly.From the moment he confessed his love to Yun Xuan, he made up his mind that he would never let her down.If he marries the concubine again, will he delay the future of the concubine he marries in? Let's not talk about it. He has been in contact with the ancient Zhai Dou since he was a child. So bullying Yun Xuan, think about it or forget it, he is not willing to let Yun Xuan be wronged.

"Why are you such a mother-in-law again? Didn't I already say it?" I have to admit that Yun Xuan still enjoys Zhao Yuan's occasional domineering.

"Then you say you are my wife." Zhao Yuan still refused to give up.

"Okay, I'm your wife, is it okay now? Didn't you say you're going to take me out to eat delicious food at night? What are you doing here?" Yun Xuan definitely said that Zhao Yuan was becoming more and more childish, and she always had to coax her , but who makes himself bigger?Wait, I am five years older than Zhao Yuan!What a deep generation gap this is!By the time he is 20, he will be almost 30! ! ! !At this moment, Yunxuan hated her erudition very much, because she suddenly remembered a line of poetry: the most difficult thing to keep in the world, Zhu Yan Ci Jing Hua Ci Shu.She is old and her beauty is gone, but Zhao Yuan is in her prime, what should she do at that time?

"Yunxuan? Yunxuan?" Zhao Yuan looked at Yunxuan's tangled look, although he didn't know what she was thinking, he interrupted.

"What are you doing?" Yun Xuan said dissatisfiedly when her train of thought was interrupted.

"Let's go, let's go to eat. I know that there is a squirrel mandarin fish that is very good. Let's go quickly." Zhao Yuan said impatiently.

"Will you meet another nobleman of yours?" Yun Xuan returned to her usual indifferent appearance, teasingly asked.

"There are so many noble people for me to touch, you are my nobleman, let's go quickly." Zhao Yuan hurriedly turned over this chapter.

Yun Xuan just wanted to cover up her inner panic, seeing Zhao Yuan like this, she didn't say anything more, just tidied up a bit and followed Zhao Yuan.

The second day of June was the re-examination day set by the emperor himself. Zhao Yuan was required to strictly control the examination and not make any mistakes. Therefore, Zhao Yuan still appointed everyone he trusted to conduct the examination, including himself, to inspect the examination room carefully. Fan.Zhao Yuan was in charge of the examination room in Suzhou Prefecture. Knowing that it was the chief examiner, Shi Ziye, who was personally inspecting the examination, all the officials cheered up and supervised the examination carefully, and the candidates no longer dared to cheat. After all, Zhao Yuan was not like the previous officials. Money will do.This is the figure at the top of the pyramid, who would look down on these vulgar things in their hands?

The inspection tours of the examination rooms under Suzhou Mansion are all Zhao Yuan's confidantes, and the invigilators are also newly appointed officials, so the discipline of the examination rooms is strict.Zhao Yuan thought to himself, this job can really be done well.

After the end of the Spring Festival, it took another half a month before the list was released. Zhao Yuan only looked at the top ten names. Wen Min'an was at ease in doing things, and he only looked at the top ten names out of curiosity.

The achievements of Chunwei have also come out, and the fraud case has also been found out. With the help of those two account books, many corrupt officials have been dealt with. Things to worry about, follow-up and so on, let those people in the court take care of it.The young master is going home!

On June 25, Zhao Yuan finally set foot on the official ship back to Beijing.When Zhao Yuan wanted to go back to Beijing by water, Jia Zhengwei naturally had nothing to do, and Wen Min'an rarely objected, because he knew that he couldn't persuade Zhao Yuan. It's been so long, it's okay to go back two days later, so I acquiesced.On the contrary, Zhao Yuan prepared a full stomach of persuasive words and had no place to use them, so he felt aggrieved.

Zhao Yuan set a date to return to Beijing and asked Bai Yang to deliver a letter to the young man, but Bai Yang reported that there was no answer when he knocked on the door of the house, so he just slipped the post through the crack of the door.Zhao Yuan also knew that the whereabouts of these people in the rivers and lakes were uncertain, so he didn't force it, anyway, he delivered the letter, so don't blame me if you're not here, so he didn't wait, and let the ship sail when Sishi arrived.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yuan's official boat pulled up, and as soon as it moved, a blue figure flew up, that's right, it was flying!The guards around Zhao Yuan hurriedly surrounded Zhao Yuan and others, and the archers were all ready to release arrows!

"Stop, everyone get down." Zhao Yuan shouted.

The guard was still about to explain, so he heard a hearty voice saying: "It's been a long time, sir, do you still remember?"

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"Brother Sun, you are safe and well." Zhao Yuan watched the figure slowly fall on the deck, and greeted with a smile.

Wen Min'an naturally started to preach again, the identity of this person is still unknown, the prince should not take it lightly, besides, it is really inappropriate to call him brother like that.Zhao Yuan had no choice but to repeat the account book, and Wen Min'an just stopped talking.

"Brother Sun, don't you have any luggage?" Zhao Yuan asked after all the guards retreated.

"Could it be possible that my lord can't even part with some new clothes?" the young man challenged.

Now Zhao Yuan has experienced the prince's mood when he is angry with him on weekdays, really, this is so sour!

"Hehe, Mr. Zhao was just asking casually. Don't blame grandson, if you need anything, just go to find the writing writer." Zhao Yuan said to the writing writer: "You take good care of Sun Gongzi these few days." Zhao Yuan just gave up after nodding his head.

Afterwards, everyone went back to their own room. Zhao Yuan originally wanted to arrange a banquet for everyone, but seeing the freshness of everyone, he gave up. It makes people uncomfortable to have a banquet by themselves, so let them appreciate it more. Great scenery.Even Zhao Yuan ordered the kitchen to deliver the meals to everyone's rooms.

Zhao Yuan went to Yunxuan's room after making arrangements. The room he arranged for Yunxuan was also decorated according to Yunxuan's room in Xiaoxiang Pavilion. Yunxuan was naturally very suitable. When Zhao Yuan went to She is painting outside the window.

"Adapted so quickly? Are you starting to paint now?" Zhao Yuan asked curiously.

"If you talk about getting used to it, you should get used to it when I was living on a boat with you in Hangzhou." Yun Xuan smiled, "I see that the boat is running very smoothly, and I have nothing to do, so I thought about painting when I saw the scenery outside the window."

"Then you should reward me with a painting of calligraphy." Zhao Yuan said as he approached, saw Yun Xuan was accumulating ink with a brush, and asked, "Why did you start painting ink painting?"

"Did you remember your hand stove?" Yun Xuan laughed.

"Yes, yes, I will find a good material in the future, and chisel your painting on it." Zhao Yuan said, thinking about it, he was really excited, and there is a couple's hand stove, "It's really wonderful, Yunxuan, you still think about it." Wonderful." Zhao Yuan praised.

Seeing the paintings made by Yunxuan again, the fine brushwork is the workmanship, mainly using ink, which is elegant and elegant, and the landscapes painted are even more refreshing. Yunxuan gave him too many surprises!

"Looking at your paintings, it seems to be self-contained." Zhao Yuan praised.

"You will say nice things to coax me." Yun Xuan stopped writing and said, "You go out first, I can't feel at ease if you disturb me here."

"You draw yours, let me see you draw." Zhao Yuan really didn't want to leave, the rascal said.

"I'll appreciate it with you after I finish the painting. I can't calm down when you're here." Yun Xuan said, it's rare for her to have such an elegant mood. It's like something is hanging in my heart if I don't finish a painting.

"Okay, I'll go." Zhao Yuan said helplessly, which one in his love is not like glue, really.

"Angry?" Yun Xuan tilted her head, her eyes were clearly ridiculed, Zhao Yuan was about to retort, when she felt her neck was encircled, and before she could react, a fiery kiss swept over Zhao Yuan's words. Everything swept away, Zhao Yuan couldn't think of anything at this moment, he just felt that he liked Yun Xuan so much, hoped, hoped that this kiss could continue like this.

"Is this good?" The sweet kiss was still over, Yun Xuan looked at the flushed Zhao Yuan, her eyes full of doting, and asked.

"Ah? Oh, I just remembered that Boyu still has something to do with me, Yun, Yunxuan, you draw first, and I will come when I go." Zhao Yuan hurried out without waiting for Yunxuan to answer, ah Ahhh, my first kiss!Zhao Yuan felt his heart was full, he wanted to vent!

Seeing Zhao Yuan going out like this, Yun Xuan smiled helplessly, this person was still as shy as a child, she was really embarrassed to "seduce" him.Hey, why do you keep thinking about these things? Yun Xuan shook her head, holding a paintbrush and preparing to continue painting.

"Dong dong dong."

"Come in." Yun Xuan said, without turning her head, she continued, "Why are you back again?"

"Miss Yun is so excited." A deep voice came.

Yunxuan looked back and saw that it was Suyun. She knew that Suyun didn't want to see her early in the morning, so she wasn't surprised, and said, "So it's Miss Suyun, what can I do for you?"

"Miss Yun treats my father so infatuatedly, even Suyun's servant, she is very touched when she sees it." Suyun said in a dark tone.

"Miss Suyun came here just to say these things?" Yun Xuan knew from Suyun's appearance that she had nothing good to say, and she was a little hesitant at the moment.

"No, no, Suyun just came here out of kindness to analyze the current situation with Ms. Yun. Why, Ms. Yun thinks that my master is really in love, and you must do it?" Suyun said.

"Oh? Miss Suyun is telling me, why is my son doing this?" Yun Xuan was not annoyed when she knew the reason for Suyun's visit. She walked to the table and sat down, poured herself a cup of tea, and asked slowly.

Seeing Yun Xuan like this, Su Yun felt impatient, a prostitute, why is she acting so indifferent!

"Does Miss Yun know the daughter of the Xiao family?" Suyun was no longer polite, and said straight to the point.

Only now did Yun Xuan think of the beautiful woman who had a big fight with Zhao Yuan on Yuan Xiao Ye, "Of course I know." Yun Xuan said.

"Since Miss Yun knows, it saves Suyun the trouble of explaining. My father just had a quarrel with Ms. Xiao, and he just fell in love with you for a while. Suyun advises Miss Xiao, don't pay too much It's good, so as not to be distracted in the future." Su Yun no longer had the usual meekness in front of Zhao Yuan, and said sternly.

Seeing Suyun's appearance, Yunxuan felt it was funny, did she not know what kind of person Zhao Yuan was after serving Zhao Yuan for so many years?How stupid.But he still pretended to be dazed and asked, "Why did Miss Suyun say that?"

"I won't talk about anything else. I can't talk about how much I care about the daughter of the Xiao family. I can only talk about Miss Yun's painting." Su Yun looked at Yun Xuan's desk and said: " At the beginning, Miss Xiao only loved everyone's seals, but in order to please Miss Xiao, my master learned seal carving with scars all over his hands. The obsessed Mr. Yuan felt that he was not doing his job properly and wanted to punish him, so he just carved it and sent it to Miss Xiao."

Seeing Yunxuan frowning, Suyun said persistently: "How about Miss Yun? You are painting now, and I have seen it, but I have a little thought to engrave for you." The more Suyun talked, the more he felt that he had grasped the point, and the more Get excited.

"Miss Suyun, please go back if you finish talking. Let him talk to me about the matter of the eldest son. Please trouble Miss Suyun." Yun Xuan picked up the teacup lightly and said.Sad, isn't it?Engraving, right?Hand full of scars, right?Baba sent it back, right?Zhao Yuan, you are really good!Although Yunxuan didn't believe what Suyun said that Zhao Yuan was not sincere to her, but she was still jealous when she heard that Zhao Yuan was so kind to other women, she was still a beautiful woman!

Serving tea to see off guests, how could Suyun not know?But she was not in a hurry, she returned to her usual docile appearance, and said: "Suyun advises Miss Yunxuan to make a plan early, the princess is determined to never agree to you being with the master." After finishing speaking, she left gracefully.

Heh, who cares about entering your Prince Jing's mansion?What this girl cares about is only Zhao Yuan!Yun Xuan sarcastically said in her heart.

After being disturbed by Suyun, Yunxuan temporarily lost the mood to paint. After a while, Wanxia came in with lunch, saying that the dishes were specially ordered by the crown prince, and told Yunxuan that the crown prince still had some official duties to follow up. See her again at mealtime.

Yun Xuan didn't have an appetite at first, but she heard that Zhao Yuan personally ordered her to move her chopsticks a little, but her jealousy boiled over, everything she ate was sour, and Wan Xia took it away after she ate some.

"Hey, Yunxuan, didn't you paint this afternoon?" When Zhao Yuan came to find Yunxuan with dinner at night, he saw her sitting on the couch in a daze. The paintings were only slightly different from what he saw in the morning. .

Yun Xuan just looked at Zhao Yuan and asked, "Why did you come here so early?"

"I miss you. I came here after explaining the matter. I heard Wanxia say that you didn't eat much at lunch. Are you feeling well?" Zhao Yuan said.

"No, looking at the scenery, I don't have the mood to eat for a while." Yun Xuan looked at Zhao Yuan and smiled, and said.

"No matter how beautiful the scenery is, can it still be eaten as a meal? It seems that I will have to eat with you in the future." Zhao Yuan laughed.

"Just do your work, I'm not a child, can I still starve myself? When my painting is finished, I'll have to drive you, write a letter." Yun Xuan grabbed Zhao Yuan's hand hands, said happily.

"Haha, Yunxuan, are you acting like a baby with me?" Zhao Yuan smiled happily. Seeing Yunxuan's shy smile, he continued: "If I can make you so happy by writing a word, then I would rather write for a lifetime." .”

"Is this true?" Yun Xuan asked in surprise.Sure enough, I still feel too insecure.

Zhao Yuan looked at Yun Xuan's bright eyes, sat down next to her, and said, "When have I ever lied to you? But if you come across someone who writes better than me, don't despise me."

Yun Xuan was naturally very happy to hear what Zhao Yuan said: You sometimes doubt your own charm. "Okay, I'm sure I won't abandon you. The food is getting cold, what's there to eat?" Yun Xuan put all her troubles aside for now, as long as Zhao Yuan's is her own in the future, don't care about his past what did you do.

"There are almond tofu, cherry meat, eight-treasure duck, and shiitake mushroom cabbage. I also have someone stew black-bone chicken soup for you. You should drink more." Zhao Yuan's voice became quiet again after speaking.

"You should also eat more vegetables, big fish and big meat are not good." She naturally knew Zhao Yuan's intention of making black-bone chicken soup stewed, and her menstrual period was only a few days away.But how can such a thing be brought up?

"En, good, you should also eat more meat, seeing how thin you are." Zhao Yuan took a piece of duck meat and put it in the Yunxuan bowl.

"It's fine, it's fine. If you make me so fat that I can't dance anymore, my mother will fight you hard." Yun Xuan was frightened by Zhao Yuan's non-stop picking up vegetables. What about pigs!Quickly stop it.

"Who dares to fight me hard?" Zhao Yuan said with a smile, "Besides, how could I be willing to feed such a beautiful woman like you so fat? Eat it at ease, I didn't dare to put fat on you."

It was still dark after dinner, Yun Xuan let go of the burden in her heart, and became interested in painting again. Zhao Yuan clamored to watch Yun Xuan paint, but Yun Xuan had no choice but to let him sit on a stool so as not to disturb her thoughts .

As long as Zhao Yuan can stay, he can do whatever he wants, so he sat down and looked at Yun Xuan just like that.Yunxuan really took the four characters of Fenghua and Peerless, and she had an unconventional posture both static and dynamic.Zhao Yuan has seen Yunxuan's dancing posture before, and now she paints quietly, which has a different flavor.

"What are you thinking?" Yun Xuan waved her hand in front of Zhao Yuan's eyes, seeing that he didn't respond, she had to speak out.

"Yunxuan, you are so beautiful." After Zhao Yuan finished speaking, he realized that he had slipped his mouth, and argued, "Ah, I mean your paintings are so beautiful." He quickly covered it up.

"Oh? Praise it before you see it?" Yun Xuan joked, seeing Zhao Yuan's nympho look.

"When I watched it in the morning, I found it refreshing, and I thought it must be a failure later on." Zhao Yuan said seriously, and now he is embarrassing!

"You'll be talking nonsense." Yun Xuan yelled at him, "I've finished this painting, what can I inscribe?"

"Naturally, I've thought about it. Only lovesickness is like spring, Jiangnan and Jiangbei will send you back. How about it?" Zhao Yuan began to think about it since he watched Yunxuan's painting, how can someone else inscribe it, this is his wife's painting!

"It seems that your head is not so ostentatious, it's not bad." Yun Xuan couldn't be more satisfied with this poem, and handed the brush to Zhao Yuan.

Zhao Yuan took the brush and wrote down like flowing water. This time he used running script, which fits the artistic conception of the painting.But, "What's missing?" Zhao Yuan blurted out after thinking about it.

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When Yun Xuan saw Zhao Yuan's writing, she looked at the painting again and thought it was very good, but she didn't think there was anything missing, so she looked at Zhao Yuan suspiciously?

"Ha, I got it." Zhao Yuan clapped his palms and smiled, "Do you have an account, Yunxuan? Another good seal will be perfect."

"That's not true. I usually just paint for entertainment. How can I go to get the number and engrave it seriously?" Seeing Zhao Yuan mentioning this matter so naturally, Yun Xuan felt relieved and relieved. feeling.

"My name is Liu Le Layman, and you are Wuyou Layman, how about it?" The tone was asking, but the expression was as flamboyant as always.

"It depends on you." Yun Xuan said with a smile.It doesn't matter what the number is, the important thing is Zhao Yuan's heart.

"Wait for me." Zhao Yuan said and ran out like the wind, and came back after a while.

"There are so many good stones in the south of the Yangtze River. I have collected a lot this time." Zhao Yuan opened the brocade box and said, "I don't know who released the news that I am good at seal carving. Those people also sent a lot of good materials." Originally, he learned seal cutting to please Xiao Wan, but over time, it became his hobby.

"I found some good ones in the afternoon, chicken blood stone, Qingtian stone, even Tianhuang gave me a piece, which one do you like?" Zhao Yuan opened his mouth like a machine gun, talking endlessly.

"Okay." Yun Xuan stopped Zhao Yuan's words, "As long as it is carved by you, I like it. Seeing you running sweating." Yun Xuan wiped the sweat on Zhao Yuan's face carefully with a handkerchief , "Although it's spring, you have to pay attention to these things. How about sweating and catching a cold? You just went to do this in the afternoon?"

Zhao Yuan let Yun Xuan wipe his sweat away, "Yeah, I thought of it when I saw you painting this morning, so I wanted to carve a piece with you myself." Zhao Yuan smelled it for a long time but couldn't smell any spice.

"Yunxuan, why don't you choose Tianhuang? This is the best stone I got." Zhao Yuan said.

"Okay, I'll choose one, what's your personal seal like?" Yun Xuan asked with a smile.

"I just wanted to carve it for fun, and only used an ordinary chicken blood stone." Zhao Yuan said.

"Then I'll also have chicken blood stones. I don't understand these things, so let's save Tianhuang for those who understand it." Yun Xuan said seemingly unintentionally.

Couples are couples, and there are so many excuses, Yunxuan, why can't you just say it openly!But when Yun Xuan spoke, Zhao Yuan naturally agreed to everything.

"Yunxuan, what kind of incense do you use on your body? It smells so good, I've never smelled it before." Zhao Yuan asked curiously.

"It's just some flowers mixed with spices. I was curious when I was young, so I learned how to combine fragrances with others, is it worth your fuss?" Seeing Zhao Yuan as a curious baby, Yun Xuan teased.

She grew up in a brothel since she was a child, and she was positioned as a talented girl from the beginning. She had to learn as long as the upper class played since she was a child.She was beaten and scolded if she was not good enough, but she finally managed to get her head around, outshine others, and became the chief oiran, only then did she have a slightly better life.As long as she thinks about those memories before, she thinks they are nightmares, but now she is very glad that she has learned everything.

"Is there anything else about Yunxuan that you don't know?" Zhao Yuan felt that Yunxuan was really a fascinating mystery, and he felt very happy every time he solved it.Even though it was just the tip of the iceberg, I was extremely curious and delighted.

"I don't know how to cut seals." Yun Xuan smiled, "If you like it, I'll do it for you."

"Then I'll just wait." Zhao Yuan said expectantly.Incense is still fashionable nowadays, but Zhao Yuan doesn't like the smell too strong, so he doesn't ask people to smoke it. It's really nice to have Yun Xuan come to mix incense for him now.

Yun Xuan is not interested in mentioning Suyun's matter to Zhao Yuan anymore. Suyun's concern for Zhao Yuan does not seem to be fake, and what she said is the truth. It is normal not to like herself. Anyway, I don't need to have frequent contact with her. Forget it.

The two of them walked the waterway happily for ten or twenty days, and finally arrived in Beijing on July [-]th.King Jing and his wife had already ordered people to wait at the pier, and people from Jia's and Wen's residences also came to pick them up at the pier.

"Both of you, let's bid farewell. See you tomorrow morning." Zhao Yuan said to Wen Jia and the two of them.The emperor ordered them to go back to rest first, and then go to the court to report on their duties together the next day, and Jia Zhengwei was also specially approved to go with them.Naturally, the two of Wen Jia had no objection, and they each went home after seeing each other.He bid farewell to the young man from the rivers and lakes, and wanted to send someone to see him off, so as to visit the house, but the young man said that he would meet again in the future, Zhao Yuan saw that he was perfunctory, and he was not interested in continuing to pester him.Hehe, let's not live here, there will be no date later, that's the best.

Zhao Yuan originally wanted to send Yun Xuan back to the mansion, but Yun Xuan insisted on refusing, and said that Zhao Yuan's family would miss him because of Zhao Yuan's long trip.Seeing that Zhao Yuan was still very stubborn, Yun Xuan had no choice but to coax, "We won't be here for a while, it will still be long in the future, so you should go back to your residence first, and come see me next time when you are free." He went to Zhao Yuan's heart, and he really missed King Jing and his wife, so he led everyone back to the mansion first, and asked Bai Yang to escort Yun Xuan back to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

After entering the mansion, everyone went to Yanrenju to store their luggage, and Zhao Yuan went directly to the main hall to meet King Jing and his wife.

"The child greets the father, mother and concubine, and the father, mother and concubine are blessed and safe." Zhao Yuan was excited when he saw King Jing and his wife, but he still restrained himself and saluted.

"Ting'er has seen the second brother, and the second brother is blessed and safe." After Zhao Yuan got up, Zhao Ting saluted him again.

"Sister, get up quickly. After the second brother has been gone for a while, you have become more and more disciplined." Zhao Ting was supposed to salute on this occasion, but usually the two of them are at home casually, regardless of these things. Today, Zhao Yuan will return when he travels. Ting still bowed seriously.

Zhao Ting got up when Zhao Yuan called out and went back to sit next to Princess Jing, holding Princess Jing's arm and said: "My brother has been away on business for so long, and he has calmed down a lot."

"Yuan'er, come here and let Concubine Mother take a look." Princess Jing patted Zhao Ting's hand to express her agreement with her words, and said to Zhao Yuan again.

Zhao Yuan approached him as he said, and the concubine pulled Zhao Yuan again to sigh with emotion, "I'm taller and thinner, but I look more energetic."

"The boy didn't suffer himself all the way, probably because he is taller, he looks thinner, mother and concubine, don't worry." Zhao Yuan said.

"Cough" King Jing reminded dissatisfiedly when he saw that the mother and son were enjoying themselves happily, but he was being ignored.

"Go and coax your father." The concubine and King Jing have become more and more old companions in the past few months. Seeing King Jing like this, she knows what he is thinking, and whispered to Zhao Yuan.

With a face of sudden realization, Zhao Yuan cupped his hands to King Jing and said, "I don't know what other instruction my father has?"

"You did a good job this time. There is no one in the court who does not fail to nod in praise, but you are already young and occupying a high position. If you think about rewards, you will not be promoted again. You still need to be mentally prepared." King Jing said while twirling his beard. .

"It's Yuan'er's job to do the job well, and I dare not try to reward you." Zhao Yuan was already mentally prepared for this, and it didn't matter to him that the two talents, Wen and Jia, should be the ones who deserved the most credit for this job.

"Neither arrogant nor impetuous, Yuan'er can do this, very good." King Jing praised.Hmph, don't you have to listen to my king's opinion on everything, this king is the head of the family, okay?

The two of them were still waiting to discuss something, and Princess Jing said: "Yuan'er is tired after traveling so much, go back and have a rest, and come back in the evening." Seeing that Zhao Yuan didn't have time to change his clothes when he came back, and seeing that he was in good spirits It's good, but after all, it's a long-distance journey, and it still looks a little dusty, so how can it be really not tired?Seeing that everything was fine with her son, she was relieved, and let the child go back to rest first.

King Jing heard what the concubine said, and he meant it, so Zhao Yuan went back to the courtyard.

In the evening, Zhao Yuan had already changed into a set of red and gold silk-trimmed regular clothes. Jing Wang and his wife found that the garden was just in time for spring when they had nothing to do in the afternoon, so they simply put the dinner in the garden. lights.

"Brother usually likes some elegant and light clothes, but I don't dare to admit that I am dressed up like this today." Zhao Ting first saw Zhao Yuan, smiled, and made an unbelievable movement of rubbing his eyes.

"Oh, you don't understand. In the past, people wanted to please their sweetheart, you understand?" one person said.

Only then did Zhao Yuan realize that it was Zhao Qing, "Qing'er, why are you here?" Sure enough, he was still as venomous as ever.

"I heard that you came back today, so come and take care of me." Zhao Qing smiled, and when she returned to Zhao Yuan, she huddled with Zhao Ting again.

"Here, Ting'er, this is a gift from the second brother." Zhao Yuan took the things and signaled the maid beside him to put the rest on his low table.

After all, Zhao Ting was still a little girl, so she was very happy when she heard that her second brother had a gift for her. When she opened the box, she found four sets of rouge and gouache inside. The color is bright and comfortable, and it’s also fragrant and full of cheeks." With a sly smile, "Second brother also has a lot of research on these, huh?"

"Naturally there are beautiful women to help." Zhao Yuan said happily seeing that Zhao Ting liked it.

"Oh?" Zhao Ting suddenly became interested, "Which family is the girl from?"

Before Zhao Yuan could answer, Zhao Qing yelled, "Brother Yuan, where is my gift? If I don't have one, I won't accept it."

"Yes, yes, I didn't expect that you were also in the mansion just now, and you were left in our courtyard. I just asked someone to pick it up." Zhao Yuan just said that Hong Ling walked slowly.

Zhao Yuan looked at Hong Ling like a savior, Hong Ling approached and looked at Zhao Yuan with a funny look, and after saluting several people, he handed the brocade box in his hand to Zhao Yuan.

"I have to see what it is." Zhao Qing excitedly went to take the brocade box in Zhao Yuan's hand, "Slow down, be careful." Zhao Yuan said hastily.

"Wow, what a beautiful teacup." Zhao Qing exclaimed.What Zhao Yuan gave her was a set of pastel snow teacups. It was the same model as Zhao Yuan's favorite set of pastel flower teacups, but the patterns were different, and they were very delicate and fresh.

"Don't you like snow scenes? I think this set of tea sets is very suitable for you. I brought it back from Jiangnan. Are you satisfied?" Zhao Yuan explained.

"Satisfied, satisfied, Brother Yuan's gift naturally suits my heart." Zhao Qing smiled and frowned.

"What are you joking about? It's so lively?" Zhao Yuan and others were talking and laughing. King Jing and his wife came together, seeing them smiling happily, they asked.

"It's just that the boy brought some gadgets back, looking at the novelty." After everyone saluted, Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"Oh? Then there are fathers, queens and concubines?" King Jing asked more and more like a child, seeing that Zhao Qing and Zhao Ting had gifts.

"Of course there are." Zhao Yuan smiled, and then motioned to Hong Ling, Hong Ling took a delicate brocade box from Zhao Yuan's short table, which was slightly smaller than Zhao Ting's.

Zhao Yuan took it and opened it, brought it in front of King Jing and his wife and said, "Father Wang likes calligraphy and tea, and the tea that is promoted every year is the best, and my son can't come up with better ones, so I have to find another way. My son occasionally sees an inkstone. , I think it's very innovative." He said and handed over the brocade box.

Originally, the things that were to be sent to King Jing had to be inspected by a special person to make sure they were safe before they could reach him. Now they were given by his son, and King Jing didn't pay much attention to them, so he just reached out and took them happily.Take out the inkstone and observe it carefully, it is actually a red silk inkstone, the arts and sciences are mixed with red and yellow, and there are traces of red silk, which is natural and interesting, and the surrounding cloud patterns are more exquisite.

"Okay, this inkstone is very delicate, it seems to be an ancient thing? Father likes it." King Jing said.

Seeing that King Jing was satisfied, Zhao Yuan asked again.