When Chang Shi, sweating profusely, found Chen Xiujian, he was drinking and listening to ditty in the brothel with his legs crossed.
"Your Highness, stop drinking. Go back to the mansion quickly!" He squeezed his neck and squeezed out a sentence, "There is an imperial decree coming from the mansion..."
Holy shit?
Chen Xiujian drank a little too much. He was so angry that he picked up the wine glass and threw it at his butler, "Disgusting! Get out of here!"
Chang Shi didn't dare to hide, so he forced himself to remind him again.
Chen Xiujian finally came to his senses and woke up from the wine.
He got up with a grunt and stared at his old housekeeper in disbelief: "What's going on? What kind of imperial decree will come to our house?"
Chen Xiujian's biological mother was just a maid in the palace. Emperor Changxing got drunk one time and acted recklessly, so he was born.
If the mother clan is not visible, Chen Xiujian will not fight.
He had already mentally prepared that he would be an ordinary prince in this life and would never be promoted to prince.
Chang Shi quickly came over and whispered a few words in his ear.
Chen Xiujian's eyes lit up and he ran out.
"Your Highness," Old Chang Shi shouted as he chased, beating his chest and stamping his feet: "Tie your clothes first! Be steady, you must be steady!"
After returning to his residence and receiving the imperial edict, Chen Xiujian believed that it was true.
He looked around and saw that there was only Chang Shi who had just broken his knee, and there was no one with whom he could discuss.
"Your Highness, although you are an envoy out of the city on behalf of His Majesty, it is actually the job of the Ministry of Rites to welcome the triumphal procession. How about asking Fan Shangshu for advice?"
Chen Xiujian hurriedly brought several bottles of good wine to visit the Minister of Rites, but was lectured like a grandson by Fan Wen.
In the evening, he returned to the Prince's Mansion with a dark face.
Chang Shi came up to him with a face full of shame, "Your Highness, I just found out that Fan Shangshu hates people who are greedy and ruin things..."
It is said that there is one emperor and one courtier. Since he was on duty in the Prince's Mansion, Chang Shi was tied to his master, and both prospered and suffered losses.
Chen Xiujian always felt that he was only worthy of being an ordinary prince who drank and waited to die, and his long history was also disheartened. Usually he is only responsible for taking care of the affairs of the house and does not care about the outside world. He even does not know much about some well-known things.
Fortunately, Fan Wen still understands the overall situation and ignores past grudges.
In the two or three days after he came down, he seriously taught Chen Xiujian all kinds of etiquette when he went out of the city to greet him.
Chen Xiujian did not dare to be careless and studied seriously and meticulously.
For a while, the two of them coexisted peacefully.
On this day, God is good.
At noon, Chen Xiujian rode a tall horse and led all the civil and military officials out of Xingji City in high spirits, and personally greeted them ten miles away.
Ren Ning recognized him and dismounted from his horse together with Li Hebai and saluted him.
The team still had a few days to return to Star City. The Ministry of Etiquette had sent someone to deliver the detailed regulations for the triumphal ceremony, and taught and corrected them step by step before allowing them to continue their return to the capital.
Arrange ceremonial guards, set off firecrackers, play triumphal music, and sing triumphal songs...
The gongs and drums are loud and the sound is huge.
Chen Xiujian was a prince after all. Although it was his first time to see such a scene, his heart was filled with excitement but he was not afraid.
He held the imperial edict and praised the soldiers who had returned from victory based on the colorful words on it.
After finally reading the imperial edict, Ren Ning, Li Hebai and others thanked the emperor. The two teams then gathered together and turned around to head towards Star City.
Star City.
The north-south Zhuque Street was filled with taciturn Imperial Guards, standing guard every five steps and one sentry at ten steps.
Both sides of the street were densely packed with people, and everyone was full of pride and talking. It seemed to be even more lively than the No. 1 Scholar Parade three days ago.
On the Zuixian Tower facing the street near the south gate, Ji Xiang held a basket full of flower petals in his arms and stretched his neck to look south.
"Madam, why haven't the triumphal team arrived yet?" She asked this question several times, and she was so anxious that she could see through her eyes.
"Don't worry, it should be there soon." Yingpan sat at the table and sipped tea slowly.
After the champion paraded through the streets, she immediately asked Jixiang to come over and book a box with a good view, just so that she could see her husband returning in triumph as soon as possible.
Now that Ren Ning was about to return to the capital, although she was anxious, she didn't show it in front of the maid.
I don’t know how long it took, but when Yingpan was about to drink half a pot of tea, the sound of gongs and drums finally sounded from the south.
Wow!
"Madam, listen!" Jixiang jumped three feet high, "It's Kaile!"
call!
Yingpan, who had been sitting still, rushed over impatiently.
When I looked south, my view was blocked by the high city wall.
"Don't worry, madam!" Ji Xiang smiled and comforted his master: "The team should be crossing the moat. It should be entering the city soon."
Yingpan nodded.
The moat of Star City is very wide. It is part of the Xinglan Grand Canal and is large enough for two large passenger ships to travel side by side. So it takes some time to cross the river.
Bang bang!
Just then, the box door rang.
"Guest, excuse me." The waiter's polite voice came in: "There are too many guests outside. I wonder if you can add five more guests to your private room?"
Yingpan frowned and Jixiang said loudly, "I'm sorry. We are female guests, so it's not convenient."
The waiter breathed a sigh of relief: "Girl, please don't worry, these customers are all ladies."
Before knocking on the door, he naturally checked the gender of the guest in the box.
"If the girl doesn't mind, we will refund some of the deposit to you as compensation." The waiter added.
Ji Xiang was furious: "Damn it, are we the ones who are short of that little money?"
"Good luck!" Yingpan glared at the maid and looked left and right at the empty box and balcony, "Little brother, please invite them in."
Jixiang had no choice but to slowly move over and open the door.
Five girls in luxurious clothes and their faces covered with gauze filed in with their maids.
"Thank you ma'am!"
"Sorry for bothering you."
Several people apologized.
"It's okay." Yingpan smiled and waved her hand: "It's convenient for others to be convenient for yourself."
Boom, boom, clang!
At this time, the sound of gongs and drums outside suddenly became louder.
Yingpan's heart skipped a beat and she quickly looked outside again.
The five people who had just entered the box shouted softly and came over one after another.
The window sill of this private room is very large, and if there are a few people standing there, it will not be crowded at all.
Gotta get.
Three majestic and high-spirited horses walked out from under the tall city gate.
Wow.
The people nearby cheered suddenly.
"Wow, the generals are so handsome and young."
"This is what you call a hero from a young man."
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"Madam," Ji Xiang's eyes sparkled and he shouted happily: "The ones on the right holding the Xingluo military flag are Young Master and Zhui Feng. They are so majestic!"
As she shouted, she scattered a handful of petals like a goddess scattering flowers, and then quickly handed the flower basket to her master.
Yingpan nodded but did not take the flower basket.
She put her hands to her mouth and shouted loudly with a smile on her face: "Mr.
The female voice was clear and full of joy, instantly overpowering the turbulent voices below.
Everyone subconsciously looked up in search of the sound.
Ren Ning quickly recognized his wife.
He wasn't surprised either.
After all, Yingpan is a girl from the grassland, warm and generous. It is basically impossible for her to hide somewhere like other Yunchui women and be a loving watcher of her husband.
Due to the ceremony of triumph, Ren Ning could not reply. He could only nodded slightly with a smile on his face, and then continued to move forward.
The other girls in the private room didn't expect that Yingpan would come like this, and they were caught off guard and couldn't even hide in time.
In front of the eyes of countless people, everyone blushed. Fortunately they all wore veils, otherwise they would have been so embarrassed that they would have crawled underground.
"Are you sister-in-law?" Ren Xi, who was next to her, was scattering flower petals and looking at Yingpan in astonishment.
