Great Tang princess

Chapter 681 Surprise

The low-key carriage entered the palace in the twilight, and Li Yuechen hopped into Jixian Hall like a rabbit.

In the hall, Shangguan Wan'er, who was about to get off work, seemed a little surprised when she saw Li Yuechen. She didn't know how she came here at this time.

Wu Zetian, who was holding a teacup, also looked puzzled: "Chen'er is entering the palace at this time, what do you want to say?"

"Aniang, I'm going to Qingdao!" Li Yuechen said.

As soon as these words came out, Shangguan Wan'er subconsciously asked, "How long will your Highness be away?"

"I don't think it will be too long. I just received the news that Liu Zihe is back. I want to go and see."

"Liu Zihe..."

Wu Zetian thought for a while, "The person you sent out to find other crops? Did he bring back good news?"

"I don't know the details yet. My son plans to go and see for himself. Besides, even if it doesn't, this is a great improvement in our country's navigation, isn't it?" Li Yuechen replied.

"Since you want to go, go." Wu Zetian nodded.

But Li Yuechen said: "What the boy means is, is A Niang interested in going to see it together?"

Having said that, Wu Zetian understood, and her daughter wanted to take the family out for a trip again.

But to be honest, it's the sweltering heat of June, so it's okay to go to the beach to cool off.

It's been so long, but I kind of miss the feeling of being by the sea.

In addition, the emperor is not busy now, so if he wants to go, he can indeed go out for a walk.

So she nodded slightly: "Then let's go and have a look together, when is Chen'er going to leave?"

"The sooner the better, anyway, the airship is here, why don't we set off tonight? It will arrive almost early tomorrow morning."

Wu Zetian thought about it for a while, so he waved to Zhang Chengxin: "Then go and call the prince."

Zhang Chengxin agreed, turned and left.

"In order to avoid suspicion, Erlang and Shiro don't need to go this time, just wait for the news in the palace." Wu Zetian said.

Li Yuechen nodded: "The child obeys A Niang's arrangement."

She also thinks this is pretty good, anyway, what she brought back this time should be some crops, neither the second brother nor the fourth brother has any reason to go.

After a while, Li Xian, who was about to get home from get off work, was brought back by Zhang Chengxin.

But instead of being unhappy in any way, he looked excited.

For him, as long as you go out, you will be much happier than in the palace.

So they didn't go home, and after sending someone back to tell Wei Lian'er, they went straight back to the palace.

As soon as he entered the door, he said excitedly: "Yuechen, are you leaving tonight?"

"Yes, sleep directly on the airship tonight, wake up tomorrow, and it will be there."

Li Xian didn't have any problems, and felt that he should also try the feeling of sleeping on the airship.

Shangguan Wan'er also had a smile on her face. She once heard His Highness say that there are many novel crops on the other side of the sea.

Now that her dream is about to come true, she is also happy for Li Yuechen from the bottom of her heart.

As the emperor's secretary, she naturally had to go with her on this trip, so she packed up immediately.

That night, everyone took off from Xuanwu Gate by airship and headed straight for Qingdao.

Wu Zetian also left an imperial edict to Di Renjie, telling him to sort out the government affairs during his absence.

When Di Renjie received the edict at night, the airship just passed overhead.

……

Although it was said that they were sleeping on the airship, the people on the airship actually couldn't sleep at all.

Because Wu Zetian was old, she was used to sleeping on the huge dragon bed, and the bunks on the airship always felt a bit cramped.

In fact, this single bed is completely lying down, and this kind of crowding is more of a psychological feeling.

As for Li Xian, he was completely excited, sitting by the window and looking at the starry sky at night.

In fact, there was nothing to see at all, but for him, it was a completely different view from when he was on the ground.

It wasn't until it was too late that Li Yuechen came over and urged him to go back to sleep quickly, that he reluctantly went back to sleep.

Li Yuechen and Shangguan Wan'er slept on the upper and lower bunks respectively.

Shangguan Wan'er was curious about this kind of bunk bed, so she climbed on it and slept.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, when Wu Zetian slowly woke up, the sky outside was already bright.

In fact, this is also related to geography. After all, this is Shandong, and the sun will be seen earlier.

The airship actually landed in the early hours of the morning, but no one dared to disturb the emperor's sleep, so they didn't open the hatch.

After waking up, Wu Zetian just sat up when the guards came in with washbasins and towels, and began to serve the emperor to wash up.

Li Yuechen and Shangguan Wan'er on the other side also woke up early and even started practicing.

After Wu Zetian finished washing, Li Yuechen ran to the next dormitory to call his brother.

Pushing the door open, I saw my brother sleeping on the bed sprawled out, snoring loudly.

Li Yuechen pushed him: "Brother, get up soon, or Auntie will rush in and scold people in a while."

As soon as he heard that his mother was coming, Li Xian also got up quickly.

Otherwise, if you are really scolded by your mother, the consequences will be very serious.

After getting dressed, Li Xian hurriedly washed his face and came out to greet his mother.

Wu Zetian naturally knew that he almost didn't get up, but he could understand that it must be because he was too excited last night and couldn't sleep, so he couldn't get up in the morning.

Without saying anything, after nodding, everyone opened the hatch and came to the square outside.

Li Shu and Li Linghui have already led the officers to welcome them, even Li Longji, who is now the leader of the Jiaolong reconnaissance force, also came here.

After everyone saluted, Wu Zetian raised his hand slightly: "All officers and men are exempt from the ceremony."

Looking at this army full of spirit, as the emperor, she also felt a sense of accomplishment in her heart.

After all, as an emperor, with such a powerful army in his hands, there will always be a very reassuring feeling.

After that, they arranged for the emperor's family to have breakfast. During the meal, the Li Shu sisters introduced the affairs here to the emperor.

On the other hand, Li Xian chatted with his nephew Li Longji about various anecdotes in the army.

Only Li Yuechen looked around: "Isn't Liu Zihe back? Where is he?"

Speaking of this, Li Shu thought it was funny: "It is said that I just came back from there, and I am in self-quarantine for fear of the plague."

Li Yuechen couldn't help but want to roll his eyes when he heard this, what kind of special plague could there be in this era?

Even if there is, after drifting at sea for so long, the attack should have occurred long ago, and it is impossible for them all to come back and still have nothing to do.

In fact, concepts such as isolation and viruses were first introduced when Li Yuechen dealt with smallpox in Dongdu.

And because of the incident on that island back then, I also popularized science with Liu Zihe and the others.

"It's really unfounded, forget it, let's call him together after breakfast." Li Yuechen shook his head slightly while talking.

……

After breakfast, everyone came to Liu Zihe's isolation place and called him across the courtyard wall.

Hearing the princess's arrival, Liu Zihe shouted in the courtyard: "Your Highness, please stay away from here, just in case..."

"Okay, is there any chance that Ben Gong won't know? Come out quickly!" Li Yuechen was too lazy to talk nonsense with him.

Liu Zihe still wanted to refuse, but when Li Yuechen asked him if the crew members were sick during the journey, he said no.

"Then there's no doubt about it, come out!" Li Yuechen urged impatiently.

Speaking of this, and her words are always very intimidating, so Liu Zihe finally opened the door and brought them out.

Not seeing each other for four years, Liu Zihe and the others looked much older.

Because of the sea breeze blowing all the year round, the crew members tend to look older than ordinary people.

However, because they ate well and could keep up with nutrition, they didn't seem too exaggerated.

But the hair and beard are indeed much whiter, and the complexion has also become a lot more vicissitudes.

Li Yuechen said with a smile: "I haven't seen you in four years, are you all okay?"

Just such a simple greeting made Liu Zihe and others' eyes turn red instantly.

Liu Zihe himself saluted respectfully: "It's a good luck that this subordinate has not disgraceed his life, and has never lost His Highness's face!"

From the crying voice, it can be heard that he must have suffered a lot of grievances along the way.

Li Yuechen stretched out his hand to support her arm and pulled him up: "Everyone, hurry up and excuse me, it's been four years, thank you for your hard work!"

The eyes of the people behind were also moved, and two of them burst into tears.

As the saying goes, scholars die for their confidantes, and they feel really lucky to have such a princess.

Li Yuechen didn't want the atmosphere to remain stalemate here, so he changed the subject: "Speaking of which, the saint is here, but you haven't had time to salute yet?"

Only then did Liu Zihe and the others come to their senses, and quickly turned around to salute the emperor.

Wu Zetian didn't care too much, and raised his hand with a smile to express his disrespect, and then said: "I am also very curious about what kind of strange crops are there in this overseas land."

"Saint, please come with me, Your Highness, and let me introduce you one by one. Speaking of which, besides that, two overseas barbarians were also captured..."

"Ah?" Li Yuechen was taken aback for a moment, "Why are you arresting people?"

When going out, Li Yuechen explained to them that he would try his best to trade peacefully with the locals.

It's not that there is anything to be afraid of, the main reason is that there is no need for that. If there is any conflict, there is no way for the army to drive over and crush the opponent.

This is the reason why the so-called strong dragon does not overwhelm the local snake.

However, Liu Zihe replied: "Your Highness does not know that these overseas barbarians are uncivilized people who live in villages and have no one to manage them. These two wanted to attack us, so they were arrested..."

"Oh...it doesn't matter if it's like this." Li Yuechen nodded.

Her philosophy has always been that we don't bully others, but if we are bullied, that is absolutely unacceptable.

Just as he was speaking, Liu Zihe ordered his subordinates to pull out the two bound barbarians from the yard.

When these two people came out, Wu Zetian felt a little surprised.

These days, it is not uncommon to see people with bronze skin, but I have never seen such a tall person.

Although the two people who were tied up looked thin and thin, they were really unusually tall.

According to Li Yuechen's visual inspection, both of them were close to 1.9 meters.

However, Westerners are much taller than Asians, so it is normal for them to be tall.

Li Xian couldn't help asking: "How did you catch such a tall man?"

Speaking of this, the two people behind laughed: "His Royal Highness doesn't know something. Although this barbarian is tall, he doesn't know martial arts at all, and he is not smart. With the cooperation of the two, it is easy to trip him with a rope , and then grab it..."

"So that's how it is..." Li Xian nodded slightly to express his understanding.

Liu Zihe said with a smile: "These two people have already been castrated, why not just send them to the palace, after some training, they can also be driven by saints..."

These days, it is not a big deal to arrest and castrate people and send them to the palace, it is rather normal.

After all, the eunuchs in the palace voluntarily entered the palace, but most of them were convicted or arrested.

However, it is impossible for this kind of barbarian eunuch to get into a high position, and generally it is a status similar to that of a pet.

Although Li Yuechen didn't like the eunuch system very much, he still couldn't change it, so he didn't say anything.

Instead, he waved his hand and said, "Let's go, compared to these, I'm still more curious about what kind of crops they brought back."

"What Your Highness said is, let's go..."

Liu Zihe agreed, and led everyone to the pier.

The ship that sailed out four years ago also looks a bit vicissitudes.

The hull of the ship has changed color under the washing of the waves, and sporadic barnacles and the like can be seen near the waterline.

But it is these changes that make it have a completely different look and feel from the warships next to it.

Although they are all the same model, they seem to be two different ships.

This is the medal it once sailed across the Pacific.

When everyone came to the deck, Li Yuechen looked left and right curiously, feeling as if everything was a lot old.

It can be seen that it must have experienced a lot in the past four years.

Liu Zihe also led the way and said: "During the four years I went out, in fact, it took me only one year to reach the South America that His Highness mentioned, and it took two years to find a lot of new crops... Considering that His Highness is in a hurry That's why I'm heading back..."

"Have you experienced a lot of storms along the way?" Li Yuechen asked with a smile.

Liu Zihe also shook his head with a smile: "If it wasn't for fulfilling His Highness's task in his heart, I'm afraid he would have been overturned in the huge waves."

Li Yuechen turned his head to look around, and said to him in a low voice: "Anyway, you have a collective special merit, and you are at least a major general..."

"Thank you, Your Highness, it's just..."

"Okay, don't refuse, I will not treat others badly." Li Yuechen replied with a smile.

In any case, they have accomplished a great feat, and such credit must be rewarded!

After opening the deck, everyone entered the cabin, Liu Zihe pointed to the surrounding wooden boxes and said, "Your Highness, everything is here."

At a glance, Li Yuechen saw that the cabin was full of all kinds of boxes, and in the dark behind the cabin, there were actually several small saplings.

Liu Zihe took the opportunity to explain: "This subordinate thought about bringing these saplings back. On the way, they moved them to the deck to bask in the sun and water them every day. Unexpectedly, they came back alive..."

Li Yuechen on the side couldn't help but nodded secretly, the wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated!
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