Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 25
Half a month later, the gates of the Shang capital opened wide, and Princess Pearl, who went to the south of the Yangtze River to quell the plague, and the water control envoy, General Manager Xia, returned triumphantly.

It is said that the princess and Mr. Xia are deeply loved by the people, and the farewell team of the people in the south of the Yangtze River has been following to the outside of the Jiangnan Pass, facing each other from a distance across the long gorge.

In front of the Jinluan Hall, Ming Shengdi personally walked down the steps to greet Xia Zijin and Xia Shengqing, with joy in his eyes.

"See your father."

"See Your Majesty."

Xia Zijin and Xia Shengqing bowed and saluted. After entering the city gate, they went all the way to the Jinluan Hall, dressed in dust and dust.

"Er Chen and Manager Xia have fulfilled their mission, Jiangnan is now in good condition, and we just need to wait for the spring to recover in the coming year!"

Ming Shengdi laughed loudly, touched his gray beard, and said loudly: "Well, well, you are indeed my Pearl Princess! This trip to the south of the Yangtze River, you two have made great contributions to our Dalai Dynasty, I am very relieved! "

Xia Zijin was holding the token, his hands were above his head, and his face was solemn.

"This token was bestowed by the emperor before my son's departure. Now that the task has been successfully completed, the son will return to Zhao."

Xiao Xiazi took the token and delivered it to Emperor Ming, he nodded with satisfaction and put the token in his sleeve.

"Zijin can be said to be an outstanding talent among females. It is a pity that I was able to find you back in my sixtieth year. If it were a few years earlier, with Zijin's talent, it would not be an exaggeration to be a princess now!"

Although Ming Shengdi said this, it was indeed a bit of a temptation. Xia Zijin's suppression of the plague this time has won the hearts of the people. Although under normal circumstances, the princess cannot enter the court and take power, but since ancient times, there has been no lack of unity. The empress of the world, if Xia Zijin is determined to take part in politics, it is not impossible to influence the direction of the court with the public opinion accumulated this time.

The crown prince's face turned sour when he heard Ming Shengdi's words. The empress dowager is in the same position as the prince. If the empress dowager is a hundred years later, the empress dowager can also inherit the throne.

Could it be that because Xia Zijin quelled a plague, Ming Shengdi wanted to use Xia Zijin again?
Xia Zijin frowned, showing paternal feelings towards the Holy Emperor Shangming, but hiding a probing look, amused in his heart, but answered impeccably on his face.

"Going back to the royal father, no matter whether the children return to the royal father sooner or later, they are all of the royal father's blood, and they should share the worries of the royal father. What's more, Zijin is just a little girl in the boudoir, so how can he live up to the royal father's expectations? The effect this time is just because he was born in the south of the Yangtze River and knows better than others."

Xia Zijin's voice changed, and he said again: "Although I have returned to the south of the Yangtze River this time, although I have contributed to my hometown, I am often unable to do what I want. Look at my father, Zijin has lost a little weight? If there is such a hard job again, my daughter Don't follow me!"

As he said that, Xia Zijin took on a bit of resentment, which made Ming Shengdi couldn't help laughing, and the suspicion in his heart was already let go.

After all, he was thinking too much, how could the little daughter's family have the idea of ​​coveting the world.

"It's the father's fault, Zijin has suffered!"

Ming Shengdi turned his gaze to Xia Shengqing, who was kneeling beside Xia Zijin, who was neither humble nor overbearing, with some appreciation.

"Shengqing, you should be the first to control the water this time!"

Xia Shengqing put her hands together, bent down and said: "The slave is just following the princess's plan. The emperor trusts the slave, so the slave will naturally live up to the grace of the emperor. But if you want to claim credit, you really dare not take it."

Seeing him humbly saluting, Ming Shengdi was also relieved in his heart.

"I heard that Shengqing contracted the plague a few days ago, but now he's recovering?"

Although Emperor Ming did not go to the south of the Yangtze River in person, he received reports every day. A few days ago, Xia Shengqing clearly fell ill and was on the verge of dying, but now he was kneeling in front of him alive and straight, and he had to sigh for what Xia Zijin had provided. The magic of the prescription.

"Back to the emperor, the slave has recovered now. Apart from being a little weak, he is fine. Thanks to the princess's recipe, the slave can survive the catastrophe and continue to serve the emperor!" Just right, neither flattering nor hypocritical.

"Both of you are great heroes, there is no need to be humble, I will naturally understand!"

Ming Shengdi waved his wide sleeves, and his voice resounded in front of the hall.

"Princess Xia Zijin of the Pearl, beautiful and intelligent, well-known and well-known, has made great contributions to the Jiangnan plague case. I specially bestowed food on thousands of households, ten thousand taels of gold, twenty sets of heads and masks, fifty pieces of silk and satin, and her salary is the same as that of Princess Heshuo! "

"Xia Shengqing, the head of internal affairs, is loyal to the emperor and serves as a minister. I will also reward Xia Shengqing for her meritorious service in water control this time. I will specially promote Xia Shengqing to be a first-rank servant. I will give you a house, a thousand hectares of land, and a hundred buckets of barley!"

As soon as Ming Shengdi finished speaking, both of them saluted together.

"Thank you, Father, Long En!"

"Thank you, Emperor Ron!"

All of a sudden, all the officials sighed endlessly. It was also for water control. The princess and Mr. Xia won a lot of money, while Prince Lin sighed in despair in his own courtyard. Who said he was not sighing?
It's just that some people are happy and some are worried, and the Liu family naturally has no objection to Ming Shengdi's award, and they are sincerely happy for the two.

As for the prince's faction, it was not the case, especially the prince Xia Qin, who stared at Xia Zijin with gloomy eyes, and a thorn in his heart was already planted.

After the award of the Golden Temple, Xia Zijin returned to the long-lost Mosheng Garden.

The Mosheng Garden is still full of vitality. Even in this cold winter, the pines and cypresses in the garden are still green, and the wintersweet in front of the house has spit out its pistils, and the fragrance permeates the garden.She breathed the familiar air around her, and she felt a little bit like a world away.

"Princess, you are back! I want to die as a slave!" Xiao Huanzi greeted him from afar, took the heavy burden for Xiaokui, and happily went into the house.

"You bastard, you're getting more and more talkative!" Xia Zijin spat at him with a smile, feeling joy in his heart.

"No, princess, Xiao Huanzi is becoming more and more dishonest!" Xiao Kui chimed in, but with a smile on her face.

Xiao Huanzi chuckled, pulled Xia Zijin a rattan chair with a thick warm cushion, and brought him a cup of steaming soup and tea.

"Shanghai has been so cold since a month ago. Jiangnan should be warmer. The princess should pay attention to keeping warm these two days, so as not to freeze!"

Saying that, the maids brought in a hot brazier, with a partition shelf covering the top, and a red charcoal fire burning underneath.

"This is silver charcoal, not easy to break or melt. What's rare is that it doesn't burn like ordinary charcoal fires. It's the first time for the princess to spend the winter in the palace. I'm afraid she is not used to it."

Xia Zijin moved her hand closer to the brazier, rubbed it lightly, and her whole body warmed up. She thought about the last winter, she was still in the previous life, Lin Runyu cut off her food and clothing, and the night was so cold, She was so cold that she huddled next to the stove in the kitchen to keep warm. The majestic concubine became a joke in the whole palace.

Now that she is still in the palace, she can still live as she pleases, but Lin Runyu's winter will not be very smooth.

There was a smile on the corner of her lips, and she was thinking about something on her mind, but was pulled back from her thoughts by the sound of footsteps in front of the door.

I saw a maidservant from the Mosheng Garden standing outside the door, and hurriedly said: "Princess! It's not good! Miss Bai from the Shangshu Family of the Household Department is clamoring to see you, the princess. At this moment, my son has already broken into the garden. The servant girl They can't even stop them!"

Before the maidservant finished speaking, Bai Pingting, who was dressed in water red, rushed to the front of the room angrily. She pinched the hem of her skirt with a savage look on her face.

"Xia Zijin!"

With her head held high, Bai Pingting shouted angrily, her eyes were fiercely waiting for Xia Zijin, as if she wanted to tear her face apart.

"Miss Bai, is it possible that Lord Shangshu didn't teach you the rules? How can you call this princess by her name?"

Xia Zijin once again saw this woman whom she wished to eat her flesh, gnaw her skin and drink her blood. The hatred in her heart was hidden deep in her heart, but her face was deserted.

How can Bai Pingting get Xia Zijin's tricks? She is the empress dowager's own niece, and the empress dowager is older than the emperor. Could it be that she is afraid of the little daughter of Ming Shengdi?
"Don't play tricks with Miss Ben!" She snorted coldly, and said, "I ask you, did you deliberately give brother Runyu a bad plan, causing him to be dismissed from his position by the emperor!"

Xia Zijin frowned. She did give Lin Runyu an incomplete plan, but it was one thing for her to give it, and another for Lin Runyu to screw it up.

"Miss Bai is a bit absurd to say this, isn't it? Lin Shizi is so smart, how can this little girl of the princess be easily deceived. Besides..."

Xia Zijin's voice changed, she covered half of her lips with a handkerchief, and said with a slight smile: "Besides, my princess' plan doesn't say that the prince should be corrupt and pervert the law. Isn't it absurd for Miss Bai to say so?"

"You!" Bai Pingting was annoyed, never thought that Princess Shi Laozi who came back from a brothel would be so eloquent.

"Hmph, you are not so proud. If you didn't deliberately give brother Runyu a bad plan, how could he do such a bad plan to solve the case? You must have deliberately taken Runyu to pave the way for your eunuch lover. Brother Yu is a springboard, yes or no!"

Bai Pingting pointed at her nose and scolded, but at the moment her beautiful eyes were full of anger, and her face was also slightly ferocious.

Xia Zijin let out a chuckle, her ability to make excuses has really not changed a bit, she was like this in her previous life, relying on being the queen mother's niece, she made things difficult for herself everywhere.Even though she is the main wife of the princess, she is always overwhelmed by the domineering Bai Pingting.

In this life, Bai Pingting still wanted to be domineering, but she, Xia Zijin, would never give in!
"Miss Bai, you are so whimsical. Who is to blame for Shizi Lin himself being useless? But according to this princess, even if Master Lin is no longer useful, he is still your husband-to-be, Miss Bai. As a wife, Miss Bai is more nervous." This princess can also understand."

Suddenly, Xia Zijin seemed to think of something again, and added arrogantly: "This princess is wrong, Miss Huang is the wife of the eldest son, and Miss Bai is only the eldest son's concubine."

(End of this chapter)