novelden Chapter 150 Is Your Master Back?
Chapter 150 Is Your Master Back?
"Daughter," Liu stepped forward and signaled Xia Weiwei to leave here quickly. Prince Jin has not lived in Songbaiyuan in the past few days. No one knows why he suddenly came back today.
"Yeah," Xia Weiwei hurried out. Prince Jin's behavior was even crazier than she had imagined. She didn't want to stay here and deal with it with a forced smile.
Xia Zhaofeng and his wife did not acknowledge the marriage between their daughter and Yang Biao. On the day of their daughter's wedding, they did not invite relatives, friends and colleagues, nor did they inform their five sons who were out of town. All the servants in the house were busy that day, all for the King of Jin to see. So no one was invited to today's Huining Banquet, and the family of three just had a meal together.
"Lian Ming!" Seeing that Xia Weiwei was about to leave, and he had drunk too much and his legs were weak, he anxiously asked his personal guard to stop her.
Lian Ming was ordered to stop people from leaving, and Shi Rui immediately took action, "Little guy! The King of Jin cannot move. How can I be afraid of you, you slave?"
"Miss, where are we going?" Hongling asked Xia Weiwei, who was sitting in the carriage with a pale face.
"Let's go back to Ratetu Road." Xia Weiwei blurted out, and when she came to think about it, she was surprised herself.
"Madam," the concierge was puzzled when he saw that it was Xia Weiwei. Wasn't today her day to return home? Why didn't the master accompany her and let her go home alone? Could it be that the couple had a quarrel?
"Is your master back?" Xia Weiwei lifted the curtain of the car and asked him with a serious expression.
"The master hasn't come back yet." The doorman replied respectfully, "Madam, do you want me to call someone to go find the master?"
"No need!" Xia Weiwei lowered the car curtain and closed her eyes. Where on earth had he gone? Why hadn't he come home yet?
"Sir, here are the students who have passed the college entrance examination this year." After half a month of marking the papers, the academician handed the college entrance examination admission list to Xia Zhaofeng.
"Okay, as usual, post the top three articles," Xia Zhaofeng ordered, looking at the list, "Yang Biao?"
"Sir, Yang Biao is the second place in this college examination!" When the academician heard him call Yang Biao's name, he thought it was a sir asking about the result.
"Well, go ahead and do your work. The list of successful candidates will be posted early tomorrow morning." Xia Zhaofeng returned the admission list to him and continued to handle official business.
"What's that sound?" Xia Weiwei was sitting in front of the dressing table, Jinrong was combing her hair, when she heard the loud sound of gongs and drums outside. She hurriedly asked Hongling to go and see what was going on.
"Miss, great news..." Hongling ran out of breath and danced with joy.
"Great joy, what great joy is that?" Jin Rong became anxious and walked forward and pushed her to speak quickly.
"Yes..." Hong Ling took a breath and ran to Xia Weiwei, "Uncle...Uncle passed the college entrance examination and ranked second. Those who announced the good news are waiting in the hall now."
"Ah," Xia Weiwei stood up. What's wrong with Yang Biao? He didn't tell her even when he took the college entrance examination. But now is not the time to think about it. She was taught to be calm since childhood so she sat down again. She opened the drawer beside her and took out six ingots of silver, weighing ten taels each. "Jinrong, go give the money to the person who brought the good news."
"Yes, Miss!" Jin Rong took the silver and went out to give the reward.
"Miss, why hasn't your husband come home these days?" Hongling stood up for Xia Weiwei. Yang Biao was going too far, leaving the young lady alone in an empty room.
"He might have gone back to the academy to study." Xia Weiwei guessed because she hadn't seen Yang Biao in the three shops for five days.
"Miss, are you going to the silk shop today?" The Xia family gave quite a few shops as dowry, but Hongling knew that Xia Weiwei wanted to find Yang Biao, so she went to Yang Biao's shop.
"Yeah," Xia Weiwei wanted to cry, but she still smiled at herself in the mirror.
"The imperial edict has arrived!" All the people in the Xia Mansion knelt on the ground to receive the edict. Xia Zhaofeng and his wife were very nervous. The news of their daughter's marriage should have reached the emperor's ears. They didn't know how the emperor would deal with it.
"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims... Xia Zhaofeng, the current prefect of Guangping Prefecture, has been conscientious in his duties, diligent in serving the people, loyal and honest, and has put into practice my way of governing the country. Your outstanding governance and the well-being of your subjects are in harmony, and your merits and diligence have won my heart. I hereby promote you to the rank of second-rank governor! I grant you ten thousand taels of gold, a hundred pieces of brocade, a pair of jade ruyi, and a pair of jade screens... You should be loyal and diligent, worthy of your appointment, and be a decent official, and do not be ashamed of your talent!"
"I decree!" After the eunuch finished reading, he closed the imperial edict with both hands, smiled and said to Xia Zhaofeng who was kneeling on the ground, "Master Xia, please accept the edict!"
"Your humble servant receives the imperial edict!" Xia Zhaofeng knelt down, took a few steps forward on his knees, and took the imperial edict and official uniform with both hands. Then he stood up and made an invitation gesture, "Eunuch Wu, you have been traveling all the way. I have prepared a little wine and would like to invite you, Eunuch Wu!"
Eunuch Wu waved his hand and said, "I won't drink our wine. I wonder if Governor Xia knows where the Prince of Jin is now?"
"Prince Jin is..." Xia Zhaofeng looked around, leaned close to Eunuch Wu's ear and told him the whereabouts of Prince Jin.
"This is my first time here, and I don't know the place. Please ask Governor Xia to send someone to lead the way!" Eunuch Wu's heart skipped a beat. This place where the Prince of Jin stayed was not appropriate. As a prince, he behaved so improperly. No wonder the imperial edict of Emperor Tianqi used the word "押".
"Okay, Xia Yi, take Eunuch Wu to find His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin." That's great. The Prince of Jin was finally brought back to the capital by the Emperor, and his daughter can finally go home.
"Sir, the Prince of Jin has been taken to his fiefdom." Xia Yi led the way back and told Xia Zhaofeng everything that had happened.
It turned out that Concubine Yu had abdominal pain and gave birth to a prince on the night when the emperor issued the imperial edict to Xia Zhaofeng. Emperor Tianqi was very happy, and as soon as the child was born, he held the child tightly in his arms.
"Everyone says that the emperor loves his eldest son and the people love their youngest son. Why does the emperor also love this child?" Concubine Yu, wearing a headscarf, lay on her side on the bed watching Emperor Tianqi coaxing the child.
I have to say that the relationship between father and son is truly mysterious. They are both the flesh and blood of Emperor Tianqi. As soon as the child was born, Emperor Tianqi liked him very much.
"This prince is good-looking. He looks a bit like me and a bit like my beloved concubine." The child stopped crying, and Emperor Tianqi sat on the bed so that Concubine Yu could also see the child.
"Children are actually like water, and adults are the containers. The shape of the container will determine the shape of the water poured into it." Concubine Yu touched the prince's face. The newborn baby's skin was extremely smooth and tender.
"Are you a container?" Upon hearing this, Emperor Tianqi immediately placed the child carefully on the bed and left.
It seems that King Qian of Jin has spoiled his child, so this little one needs to be trained well.
In order to prevent Prince Qian of Jin from causing trouble in the capital and affecting the country's destiny, he ordered to immediately send people to escort him to his fiefdom and not allow him to enter the capital without being summoned.
Concubine Zhao had already bribed spies around Emperor Tianqi. Upon hearing the news, she was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. She went to the Yangxin Palace many times to persuade the emperor to withdraw his order. However, Emperor Tianqi avoided her and stayed with Concubine Yu every time he left court, hugging the crying little prince and comforting him.
So, the emperor didn't blame me for marrying off my daughter, and even promoted me? Xia Zhaofeng was puzzled. He couldn't figure out the emperor's intentions at all. "No wonder people say that serving the emperor is like serving a tiger!"
"No matter what the emperor thinks, as long as my husband does not commit corruption or abuse of power, can the royal family punish him for no reason?" Liu was very happy. "Now that the Prince of Jin has gone to his fiefdom, our daughter can finally go home."
"Well, it's late today. Let's go pick up our daughter tomorrow!" Xia Zhaofeng felt that the emperor's intentions were difficult to guess. He did not have the talent for it, so he should just live in the present.