A Precious Pearl in the Imperial City

"Ming San Gongzi." King Chen jumped off the horse, walked to Ming Jiyuan's side, and put his hand on his shoulder enthusiastically: "I haven't seen you for a long time, the third son still has a great temperament and a personable demeanor. "

"His Royal Highness King Chen." Ming Jiyuan turned slightly to the side, and bowed his hands to King Chen: "I have seen the prince before."

Taking back the hanging hand, King Chen smiled: "The third son hasn't returned to the capital for a long time, so he may be a little unfamiliar with the capital. It just so happens that the king is going to visit your house today, why don't you go?"

"His Royal Highness is joking." Ming Jiyuan turned around and supported with one hand, and sat on the carriage: "Weichen is returning to the manor for the purpose of returning. Your Highness is here in the humble house, and it is for the sake of coming. What's more, the lower official's position is humble, how can you let it go? Your Highness to accompany you?"

He noticed that King Chen was wearing a light-colored brocade robe today.

However, what came to mind was the appearance of King Chen wearing a Chinese brocade purple robe, wanton publicity.

"The third son of the Ming Dynasty is young and promising, and he is an honest official. When a good official like you returns to Beijing, this king voluntarily welcomes him." King Chen made a gesture of invitation: "Please."

"Sir." Shutong looked at Ming Jiyuan in embarrassment, did they leave or not?

Ming Jiyuan smiled at King Chen, bowed his hands to him, turned his head and said, "Let's go."

The capital is much more lively than the place where he works, but at this moment, Ming Ji is far away, and he wants to enjoy the scenery of the capital. He just wants to return home early and be reunited with his family.

Lifting the curtain a crack, Ming Jiyuan observed King Chen who was riding beside him. Compared with two years ago, Chen Wang is much more mature and stable, and it seems that even the arrogant dressing style has changed.

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He did not believe that the appearance of King Chen was a coincidence, and there were not so many coincidences in the world.

He also didn't believe that a high-ranking prince would treat his subordinates courteously because of a marriage contract.

Between people, there is no reason for the closeness, there must be a plan.

What does King Chen want from the Ming family?

"Miss, the servant who sent the message said that the young master is back." The Spring Equinox hurried to Jiuzhu: "I must have arrived at the house by now."

"Brother is back?" Jiuzhu stood up and turned around in place: "Send someone to inform father and mother, ask the servants to prepare clean clothes and hot water, and, and the kitchen..."

"Don't worry, Miss, I'm still here." Seeing Miss's nervous look, Spring Equinox pushed her to the door with a smile: "Go to the door and wait for the young master, and leave the rest to us to worry about."

Jiuzhu tugged at her sleeves and stood at the gate nervously. When a carriage passed by, she hurriedly glanced at it. After realizing it was not, she retracted her gaze in disappointment.

"Ming Xiaozhu." King Chen saw Jiuzhu who was looking at the gate from a distance, he patted the horse, speeded up to her side, and smiled at her on the horse's back.

"His Royal Highness, why did you leave the palace?" Jiu Zhu's nervousness disappeared when he arrived at King Chen, and she moved to the side so that the horse would not block her vision.

"What are you hiding?" Seeing her like this, King Chen deliberately teased her: "Don't want to see me, eh?"

"His Royal Highness, don't make trouble." Jiu Zhu "touched" King Chen's mount, stretched his neck and looked around: "I..."

Before she could finish her sentence, she saw a carriage parked not far from her, and a young man in a green shirt and a crown with a hosta got off the carriage.

They had never met, but just by looking at it, Jiuzhu could be sure that this person was the brother who wrote to her every month.

The young man hurried to Jiuzhu, and wanted to reach out to "touch" and "touch" the top of her hair, and then restrained his trembling hand back: "Is it... Jiuzhu?"

Jiuzhu nodded heavily.

"It's so big." Ming Jiyuan's voice became even more choked, and he opened his arms to hug this girl, but he was afraid that his sudden enthusiasm would scare her.

He still remembered his little sister when she was just born, a little soft group. He hugged her, she didn't cry or make trouble, she opened her big eyes and looked at him curiously.

After his sister was sent away, he heard the cry of the child and thought it was his sister crying.

He thought that as long as he returned to the capital, he would be able to see his sister again. I never thought, this is seventeen years.

Just when he was stunned, the girl plunged into his arms.

"elder brother."

Hearing this "brother", Ming Jiyuan's eyes turned red, and he embraced the girl with trembling hands.

Back then, he watched helplessly as his sister was sent away, and at this moment, he was finally reunited.

King Chen got off the horse and asked the guardian dragon guard to take his horse away, leaning on the stone lion without speaking.

He arrived at Ming Jingzhou and Shen shi's carriage from a distance, raised his mouth and smiled, turned around and prepared to leave.

"Your Highness."

Someone grabbed his sleeve, he turned around and looked at Jiuzhu with red eyes, took out a handkerchief and wiped her face: "Your family is reunited today, I'll come back to you in a few days."

"How many days?" Jiu Zhu sniffed, her red nose looked pitiful.

"Three days." King Chen wiped the tears on her eyelashes: "I'll come in three days."

Jiuzhu nodded, and the hand holding his sleeve loosened, but not completely.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for sending the official back. If Your Highness does not dislike it, please come to the humble house and have a cup of weak tea." Ming Jiyuan arrived at his younger sister, grabbed King Chen's sleeve, and bowed gracefully to King Chen.

"I don't mind." King Chen smiled at Jiuzhu, raised his head to Ming Jiyuan: "Thank you, Third Young Master, for your invitation."

The voice just fell,

The carriage of the Ming family's husband and wife arrived. He was a family of four with an excited expression, and the small piece of clothing held by Jiuzhu waited patiently by the side.

He won't leave until he finishes drinking Ming's tea today.

A man, a man. If you agree to someone's request for tea, you must do it.

When the family returned to the main house, Shen shi glanced at King Chen, who was sitting beside his daughter, drinking tea silently, and looked at Ming Jingzhou in confusion.

The emperor has made a statement, the prince and the princess can't easily leave the palace, and such a big palace can't keep the legs of King Chen?

"His Royal Highness." Ming Jingzhou said, "I don't know why Your Highness came to this palace?"

"It's a matter." King Chen smiled: "The third son invited this king to drink tea in your house. I think that we will be a family soon, how can I refuse the sincere invitation of the third son."

The husband and wife turned their heads towards Ming Jiyuan.

Ming Jiyuan: "..."

In fact, it is not very sincere, just a few words of courtesy.

He smiled: "If Your Highness is busy with business, you don't need to care about the lower officials."

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"The third son may not know yet. Recently, all of us princes and princesses have been very busy and have nothing to do." Speaking of which, King Chen bowed to Ming Jingzhou: "Fortunately, the adults have taught me a lot, and the younger generation has learned a lot. ."

Ming Jingzhou got up and returned the salute: "Your Highness is serious."

Teachings?

Ming Jiyuan's doubts are deeper in his heart. In recent months, he has been in a hurry to return to the capital, and communication is inconvenient, so he does not know what major events have happened in the capital.

Father has always been reluctant to get too close to these adult princes, how could he teach King Chen something?

However, no one answered his "confusion" for him. He asked and answered his father. King Chen, who seemed to have something to say, couldn't help but wonder if King Chen had really changed his "sex"?

It didn't take long for someone to send gifts one after another, saying that it was to celebrate his return to Beijing.

When he left Beijing to take a post in another place, he never received such a gift.

How long has it been since I came back today, and the young masters have brought gifts?

Almost everyone who came to give gifts did not forget to convey their son's thoughts for him, as if each of them had a deep friendship with him.

Looking at King Chen, who was smiling but not smiling, Ming Jiyuan understood where the enthusiasm of these people came from.

He was personally greeted by King Chen from the city gate to the Ming family, and King Chen was elevating the Ming family.

But in this way, in the eyes of others, the Ming family and King Chen became a body. He frowned slightly, just as he was about to seriously think about King Chen's intentions, he saw King Chen push the peeled melon seeds in front of his sister.

The younger sister divided the melon seeds into two. She took half and gave half to King Chen. King Chen took advantage of the younger sister's inattentiveness and dialed it into the pile of melon seeds.

He was slightly startled, and a ridiculous and absurd idea came to his mind.

Maybe Chen Wang didn't want anything, just wanted to make his sister happy?

"Jiyuan, you just came back, go for a shower, change into clean clothes to relieve fatigue." Ming Jingzhou stood up, "I'll take you to the yard, there's something wrong with it."

"Jiuzhu." He said to his daughter who had eaten Guaziren, "Sit with your mother and His Highness for a while, I will be back soon."

"Okay, father." Jiuzhu nodded, and put the melon seeds in her hands back on the plate.

After walking out of the main courtyard, Ming Jiyuan asked Ming Jingzhou: "Father, His Majesty wants to consecrate Concubine Su as the Empress, but is it true?"

Ming Jingzhou nodded: "A lot of things have happened in the capital in the past six months, and I can't finish it in a few words. Now you just need to go to Dali Temple and take up a post. For other things, my uncle and I are here."

"What does King Chen mean?" Ming Jiyuan frowned: "As soon as I returned to Beijing today, I met King Chen. I don't believe this is a coincidence."

"Don't say bad things about King Chen in front of your sister in the future." Ming Jingzhou looked behind him, as if he was afraid that his daughter would follow him: "Your sister will be angry with you."

"Sister, she... is in love with His Royal Highness King Chen?"

"Marrying the person you like is better than letting her marry someone she doesn't like." Ming Jingzhou patted his son on the shoulder and said with relief, "I haven't seen her for two years, I've gotten a lot stronger."

"Father." Ming Jiyuan felt relieved about his sister's impending marriage: "King Chen has a flamboyant personality. I'm afraid that my sister will be wronged after marrying him."

"But the imperial decree has been issued, can she be allowed to not marry?" Ming Jingzhou raised his eyebrows: "Speaking of which, why do you think King Chen picks the day for you to return to Beijing and guards at the gate of the city?"

"Why?" Ming Jiyuan's eyes gradually sank: "He wants to use our Ming family?"

"Do you think... with King Chen's personality, he would do such a thing?" Ming Jingzhou shook his head: "It is impossible for such a prince, who has been favored by His Majesty since childhood, to do such a thing."

For King Chen, the world belongs to the emperor, and he is the emperor's most beloved son, which means that everyone in the world will bow their heads in front of him.

"You." Ming Jingzhou looked at him with pity: "Even your sixth brother has a fiancée, but you don't have a cold-hearted person. There is a reason."

Ming Jiyuan: "?"

Why do you disagree, but also personal attack?

"Some things, let go of your prejudice and look at it with your heart." Ming Jingzhou smiled: "You will understand."

"Also, King Chen and Concubine Su are your sister's saviors."

"Benefactor?" Ming Jiyuan asked in confusion, "Father, what's going on?"

This capital seemed to be no longer the capital he remembered, and everything became unfamiliar.

Just like in the past, he never imagined that King Chen would become his brother-in-law.

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