Ren Ning hardly talked about the affairs of the Taishi Mansion, and Ying Panlan Xinhui never asked about it, so he didn't know much.
After watching the victorious team walk away amidst cheers and applause, she turned back with satisfaction: "Who is the girl?"
Ren Xi hurriedly took off her veil and introduced herself.
"So it's my sister...you!" Yingpan nodded with a smile.
After all, she was Ren Ning's half-sister, and she didn't refuse anyone thousands of miles away.
As the saying goes, a sister-in-law is like a mother, so Yingpan chatted pleasantly for a few words, invited Ren Xi to visit her in the future, and then happily returned home with Ji Xiang.
The triumphant team entered the city, went to the Ancestral Temple to offer sacrifices to heaven, and presented prisoners to the emperor. If there was no banquet in the palace, Ren Ning could almost go home.
She had to go back and get something delicious first.
Ren Xi opened her mouth, but no words came out.
Qiu Jue behind him became anxious and reminded in a low voice: "Girl, you will be old enough in a few days."
Ren Xi glanced at her maid.
In March last year, Qiu Jue wrote a letter in her voice, and Ren Ning, who was in Yanxian Fortress, asked for leave. Now that Ren Xi was about to get haircut, she didn't have the courage to invite him again.
On Zhuque Street, Ren Ning and others continued to go to the imperial city amidst the cheers, screams and applause of the people.
snort!
A disdainful snort came from the high-rise building on the roadside.
"The sage has a saying, everything is low-grade, only reading is good. They are just a bunch of reckless men who only know how to fight and kill. There is nothing to brag about."
"If there are no capable ministers in the court who have saved such a large foundation for the empire, what will they use to fight the war!"
Sun Ye quickly opened his fan to cover his mouth, turned around and said with a smile: "Brother Chi, do you think so?"
After glancing at the fan, the boy next to him lowered his head deeply.
Sun Ye's front teeth were knocked out by Ren Ning last year. Now that just opening his mouth would affect the appearance of Xingji City, he had no choice but to abandon the weapon that made him embarrassed, and instead brought a fan to cover himself from time to time.
"Third Young Master is absolutely right." Chi Zhongyu nodded with a complicated expression.
The number one scholar lost his father when he was young and his family was poor. He studied hard for ten years and no one asked him, and he became famous all over the world in one fell swoop.
After three days, Chi Zhongyu couldn't help but feel a little intoxicated by the life of people being entertained everywhere.
At this time, I heard a burst of screams and applause outside, and looked at the flowers petals scattered by the girls outside the window. Everything seemed to be more lively than when he was parading in the streets three days ago.
Chi Zhongyu felt a little unclear in his heart.
"Ignore those guys with their heads tied to their belts." Sun Ye sat down carelessly: "They say that there are thousands of books inside and thousands of cups of wine outside. Come on, let's continue drinking."
"The jar of amber worth thirty taels of silver is thick, and it tastes pretty good."
Chi Zhongyu sighed.
The living expenses of an ordinary family in the imperial capital only cost a dozen taels of silver a year, and yet they had three altars of such gifts in front of them. One meal can consume several years of living expenses for ordinary people.
Moving the exquisite wine jar, he couldn't help but feel: "It is indeed a good wine."
"Every time you taste it, it gives you a different taste. It's like a young woman with ever-changing personalities, sometimes crazy, sometimes poetic; sometimes shy, sometimes charming..."
Sun Ye listened patiently.
He laughed loudly: "As expected of the number one scholar, he can even taste so many flavors in wine. For me, Sun San, there is only one sentence: this wine is worth the price."
hehe.
Chi Zhongyu's eyes flickered and he tried his best to smile in response.
If you win the first prize, you will not be able to run away as a Hanlin Academy editor. But if you want to continue to rise, you still have to find a big tree first.
Behind the Sun Ye in front of him were the Chengen Palace and the Empress, which was a good choice.
Ren Ning didn't know what was going on upstairs in Gao Sheng, but he did his job conscientiously.
When it was time to prepare to hold up the lanterns, the cumbersome triumphal ceremony was finally over.
The palace did not hold a banquet on the grounds that it was getting late and the soldiers were tired due to the long journey.
When the Ministers of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War learned about it, they both became dark-faced.
Fan Wen walked over and bowed: "Your Majesty, as the ancient etiquette goes..."
Emperor Changxing didn't wait for him to finish, and quickly passed the blame to the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue: "This is arranged by the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. I have been busy with state affairs recently, and I just learned that I won't hold a banquet."
"There is something going on at home, veteran. Let's take the first step." Qian Liang decisively turned around and left.
He walked hastily. Even the young and fit Minister of the Ministry of War Guanyi couldn't catch up, let alone the old and decrepit model.
Ren Ning didn't know the situation of the big guys, so after muttering a few words about Emperor Changxing's stinginess, he happily walked to Yong'an Hutong with Lei Er Xiao Gang.
Although the palace banquet is an honor, it is extremely boring in itself. Under the cumbersome palace rules, it is usually not possible to even lift chopsticks, let alone fill the stomach. It is not suitable for soldiers who eat large pieces of meat and kill people with big swords.
Li Hebai caught up with him on horseback: "Old Ren, you don't mind if I come to your house to bother you for a while."
"Welcome," Ren Ning laughed, "Of course, no problem."
This time the prisoners are escorted back to the capital, and Ren Ning and others will not be able to leave Xingji City for a short period of time.
Because it takes time to verify meritorious awards or to hear Nan Feng's case.
Although soldiers like Li Hebai whose families were in other places had their own accommodation arranged by the Ministry of War, it was not as comfortable as staying at a friend's house.
"It's a pity that your sister has left Xingji City and returned to Nanshu City some time ago. Otherwise, you siblings would have met at my house."
"Ah?" Li Hebai was surprised, "Why does my sister live in your house?"
Although they are all in Guangxin County, Li Hebai rarely goes home to visit relatives.
Through letters, he only knew that Li Hezhu was planning to do a big business in Beijing City a few years ago.
As for whom he was doing business with and what kind of business he was doing, the letter did not say anything about it, so Li Hebai knew nothing about it.
"Old Bai, don't you know anything?" The closer he got to home, the prouder Xiao Gang became.
He said: "The rubber shoes and raincoats purchased at Zhennanguan are our business."
Li Hebai was stunned. It took him a while to react, and he quickly gestured: "How many families do we have?"
Several people saw that he really didn't know anything, so they had no choice but to explain it in detail. Li Hebai's face was speechless.
As a leading general, purchasing logistics equipment has never been his business. As a result, the raincoat and rubber shoes had been used for so long, and Li Hebai realized that they were his own things.
But that's a good thing.
At least the eldest sister no longer has to worry about money.
"It seems that the lieutenants of the four counties of Baihua Canglan later ordered some raincoats and rubber shoes?"
Ren Ning nodded: "When we attacked Song Dingcheng, several county lieutenants saw with their own eyes that the raincoats could protect against boiling water and gold juice, and the rubber shoes could protect against tribulus, and they were all moved. So each county ordered a batch."
"Great." Xiao Gang excitedly punched his palm and stared at Ren Ning closely: "Then the report to His Majesty and the Ministry of War must contain this aspect."
Ren Ning understood what he meant and nodded with a smile: "Yes. And General Wei wrote it in great detail."
Presumably, orders will come in like snowflakes in the future.
Yongan Hutong is not far from Miyagi City, and we arrived there within a few words.
"Mother!"
Xiao Gang suddenly waved his hand vigorously forward.
Ren Ning and the others looked up.
The door to Zhongyongbo's Mansion has long been opened, and the high threshold has even been lowered.
Madam Lei Wan and the frail Crown Prince stood at the door with their servants, stretching their necks and looking out.
The horses of several people were all smart, and they all started trotting happily. After a while, we arrived at the gate of Uncle Zhongyong's mansion.
Xiao Gang got off his horse, fell to his knees, and kowtowed to Lei Wan several times.
"Mother, the child is back."
"It'll be good to come back safely, it'll be good to come back safely."
Lei Wan quickly picked up his son and looked him up and down.
Seeing that there was nothing unusual about him except that his face was darkened and there were a few scars on his hands, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
When the prisoner team entered the city, like Yingpan, Lei Wan also took her maid to watch.
It's just that the distance is too far, and most of the soldiers are uniformly dressed, so it's not clear. Only when Xiao Gang was really standing in front of her did she feel that her son was really back.
