Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 351
But it was said that Liu Shen, the prince of Chen Kingdom, set sail from Jiangzhou in the evening of that day, sailed down the Yangtze River, and returned to Beijing overnight.

It is difficult to sail at night, but the journey is not too long anyway, and we will arrive at midnight tomorrow at the latest.

The news that the prince was about to return to the capital was like a tidal wave, sweeping the entire capital and causing a sensation.

The people in the capital got up early and gathered in Fengyi Gate, waiting for the city gate to open.

The people spontaneously rushed to the dock to welcome the prince back to the capital.

"Hey, have you heard that Ezhou, Jiangzhou, Xuanzhou, and other prefectures and counties were successively conquered by the Yan army. Only this Jiangzhou has always stood firm, and the Yan army could not advance even an inch..."

"My cousin is a lieutenant colonel in the army. When he came home yesterday, he once said after drinking that it was precisely because of Jiangzhou City that he held on for ten days and held back the [-]-strong army of the fourth prince of Yan State..."

"The king of Shaozhou rebelled against the traitors and never joined forces with the Yan army, or formed a pincer attack on the king of Poyang and others..."

"If not, then the King of Shaozhou and the Yan army would join forces, and the King of Poyang and others would be attacked from both sides, and they might have been defeated long ago!"

"If Jiangzhou hadn't held back those [-] Yan troops, our country, Chen, would have been in chaos for who knows how long. The people would have been displaced, and all the industries would have withered..."

"This is all the result of His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"...Yes, most of the prefectures and counties such as Ezhou, Jiangzhou, and Xuanzhou were all captured by the Yan army. Only Jiangzhou, where the prince went, has never been broken and remains standing. This is all the credit of the prince!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is mighty!"

The people who spontaneously gathered at Fengyi Gate to welcome the prince started talking loudly and all the credit for Jiangzhou's defense against the enemy was attributed to the prince.

"Look, there are people coming from behind. It's such a big battle!"

With an exclamation, the people turned around one after another, looked back, and saw a procession of honor guards slowly approaching.

"That's the Emperor's personal army, the Jinwu Guards..."

"The ministers and ministers from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Punishment are all listed one by one..."

"Look at the person at the front, isn't he Prime Minister Li Zhongli?"

"It's really Li Guoxiang..."

"Prime Minister Li Guo led hundreds of officials out of the city to greet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"It goes without saying that since His Highness the Crown Prince has accomplished such extraordinary feats, it is appropriate for hundreds of officials to come out of the city to greet him."

The people watching were talking a lot, and their enthusiasm gradually increased, just like the tourists waiting to watch the lantern club fire, excited and excited.

It seems that it is a great honor for them to participate in the event of "going out of the city to welcome His Royal Highness the Crown Prince"!

However, the people were happy and excited, but Li Guoxiang, who led all the officials, was quite unhappy!
Li Zhong, Li Guoxiang, always had a serious face and cold eyes, as if everyone owed him a few hundred taels, making the city very deep.

Li Zhong rode a horse and walked at the front of the entire honor guard, turning a blind eye to the comments of the people on both sides.

The news that Jiangzhou City was not destroyed and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was not dead spread throughout the entire capital yesterday.

Li Zhong naturally knew it too.

He broke a teacup at that time.

The prince is not dead, the prince is not dead!
That small town in Jiangzhou, an isolated city, was able to hold on for ten days under the attack of the Yan army's [-]-strong army and remained standing, resulting in the prince not dying...

Li Zhong was so angry that he didn't even eat dinner. He went back to his room to sleep after dark, but it wasn't until late at night that he was so sleepy that he couldn't sleep.

However, at dawn today, Emperor Chen gave him an oral order, asking him to lead all officials to go out of the city to welcome the prince back to the capital...

Li Zhong is so angry.

The corners of his mouth twitched, and the beard on his mouth trembled.

However, the emperor's order must not be violated. Li Zhong was in a trance and absent-minded. He summoned all the officials, set up a guard of honor, and went out of Fengyi Gate to prepare to welcome the prince back to the capital.

The people in front of Fengyi Gate stepped aside one after another and made way for the road to allow the honor guard to pass.

When the honor guard slowly approached Fengyi Gate, it was time to open the city gate.

The city gate opened, and the honor guard left the city first, followed by tens of thousands of people.

Mighty!

The people walked and talked, and the momentum gradually increased.

Li Zhong, the Prime Minister who was walking at the front, listened to the comments of the people, his old face became more and more stern.

People's hearts, this is people's hearts!

The prince returns with a great victory, and his reputation will definitely be high. The throne of the prince will probably be more stable...

After a while, Li Guoxiang, hundreds of officials, and tens of thousands of people arrived at the pier of the capital.

Li Guoxiang led hundreds of officials into the dock to greet him, while the people were waiting outside.

Li Zhong remained silent, with a cold face, as if everyone owed him a few hundred taels, and stood silently at the front, waiting for the prince's ship to arrive.

After half an hour.

"The ship is here!" "His Royal Highness's ship is here!"

"Look, that's the one!"

The people outside the pier suddenly became excited, as if they were throwing fish into a koi pond.

But all the officials and Prime Minister Li Guo in the dock remained motionless, only looking at the big ship with their eyes.

Wait for the big ship to get closer.

"Wow, His Highness the Crown Prince! Look, that's His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Where is it? Why didn't I see it?"

"You are blind. It's the one holding the side of the boat..."

"His Royal Highness is wise!"

"Welcome Your Royal Highness!"

The people outside the pier shouted in unison, and the sound spread for several miles, but the prince was still on the boat, but he heard it too.

He was suddenly excited, and hurriedly urged to stop quickly.

After a while, the big boat stopped. The prince straightened his clothes and hurriedly got off the boat.

"Old minister pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Li Zhong, the Prime Minister of the State, stepped forward with his hands raised, his expression unchanged, and he shouted as if he was singing: "Your Majesty ordered the old ministers to lead the officials to welcome the prince back to the capital!"

"Welcome the prince back to Beijing!"

All the officials behind Prime Minister Li Zhong paid homage in unison.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister of the State, please arise. Sirs, please arise!"

The prince tried to help again and again.

Although he did not deal with the Prime Minister and knew that he and Li Zhong were natural political enemies, at this moment, the prince was extremely happy and excited, so he did not care about it.

Because as the Prime Minister of the dynasty, he led all the officials to come to pick him up in person. What an honor it was!
The prince's mother-in-law, Concubine Youlihua You, hoped that he would stand out and do something impressive... Now, he has done it!

"His Royal Highness is wise!"

"We, the common people, have spontaneously gathered here to welcome His Highness the Crown Prince back to the capital in victory!"

The people going to the pier started to boo.

The prince was not a fool. When he heard this, he immediately felt something from it.

Victory and return to Beijing?

I'm afraid the word "win" is not used properly...

"Your Highness, please get in the car. His Majesty is still waiting for the Crown Prince in the palace!"

When the prince was at a loss, the Prime Minister Li Zhong paid his respects again.

Li Zhong's idea was to complete this errand as soon as possible. He really didn't want to see the lively prince and the people in the capital who admired the prince...

"it is good!"

The prince agreed and was led by the accompanying eunuchs, boarding a carriage with open doors on all sides and preparing to return to the palace.

The honor guard moved again, protecting the carriage with its four sides open in the middle.

When the carriage drove out of the dock and came to the official road paved with bluestones, the common people were able to see the prince's face up close. They were immediately excited, and the atmosphere reached the height of today.

"His Royal Highness is wise!"

"Welcome His Royal Highness the Prince back to Beijing!"

The mountain keeps shouting.

There was also the wailing old man who came straight towards us and actually knelt down in front of the guard of honor.

Shan Hu said: "Jiangzhou held on for ten days, preventing Yan's [-]-strong army from advancing, and completely changing the situation of the war... Otherwise, we and the common people will suffer from the war for who knows how long."

"This is all the result of His Highness the Crown Prince, please accept your thanks!"

"Please be humbled by the grassroots!" The people around him also knelt down one after another.

The prince hurriedly ordered the honor guard to pause, jumped off the carriage, helped the old man up with his own hands, hesitated for a moment, and said loudly: "Actually, the credit for Jiangzhou's defense of the city and resisting the enemy this time belongs to another person, and he is not alone!"

"Especially Zhu Xiuyuan, the Sima of Jiangzhou, and Dong Cheng, the governor of Jiangzhou. These two people remained calm in the face of danger, mobilized the power of the whole city, and defended the city. They can be said to have made the greatest contributions!"

The prince's words seemed to pour cold water on the excited people.

(End of this chapter)