The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 46 Departure and Engagement

In a blink of an eye, it was the sixteenth day of the first lunar month. Princess Changping got up early, dressed up under the service of her maid, and when she came to the mother-in-law's room, Mu Xu was already here.

After Concubine Zhang explained in detail, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law parted with tears in their eyes.Mu Xu took the cloak from Hongxiu's hand, put it on for his mother, and followed his mother out of Songhe Hall.When I came to the second gate, I had my own carriage waiting, and helped my mother into the carriage, and the two maids, Hongxiu and Qiuyue, followed.

When the carriage arrived at the gate of the palace, Mu Xu took the reins from the servant, got on the horse, and waved his hand to the back. Several carriages parked behind with various supplies drove over under the escort of fifty famous generals.When everyone gathered together, Mu Xu gave an order, and the convoy headed out of the city.

After leaving the city gate, Mu Xu drove forward for more than [-] miles. Princess Changning lifted the curtain of the carriage, poked her head out, looked at her son whose face was flushed by the cold wind, and said softly, "Xu'er, Just send it here."

Mu Xu waved his hand to signal the convoy to stop, then got off the horse, came to the window of the carriage, knelt down to his mother, kowtowed three times, and then got up, "Mother has gone thousands of miles, my son can't accompany me all the way, please Mother, please take care all the way."

Princess Changning beckoned Mu Xu to come closer, and said with tears in her eyes, "Don't worry, my son, it's not the first time that mother has walked such a long distance." As she spoke, she stroked her son's face, "After I leave, you have to stay at home Be filial to your grandmother, think twice before doing things, and take care of yourself."

Mu Xu nodded and agreed, "Mother, don't worry, when you arrive in Liaodong, remember to write to your son so that I know that mother has arrived safely." After speaking, he told Hongxiu and Qiuyue, "You must take good care of mother on the way, and you must not be careless." The two naturally agreed.After talking for a while, the mother and son bid farewell.

Mu Xu stood where he was, watching the convoy leave.When the shadows were gone, Yang An came to him and advised, "Your Majesty, the concubine has gone far, you should go back. Those generals are all good soldiers in the army, and they escorted us back to Beijing before. I'm familiar with it, so you don't have to worry about it."

After a moment of silence, Mu Xu looked into the distance for a while, then turned his horse's head and rode back to the city accompanied by Yang An.After returning to the mansion, he first reported to his grandmother that he had already sent his mother away.

Concubine Zhang saw that he was a little silent today, and knew that he was reluctant to part with his mother, so she persuaded, "It's not the first time for your mother to go to Liaodong, you should be happy for her, she is going to reunite with your father."

Hearing her grandmother's consolation, Mu Xu calmed down, "I didn't feel that I was always by my mother's side before, but now that my mother is gone, I'm really not used to it."

Concubine Zhang took his hand and said earnestly, "When the child grows up, he has to leave mother, it will be fine slowly."

Thinking of the old man in front of him, who hadn't seen his son for many years, Mu Xu felt ashamed in his heart, changed the subject immediately, and talked about something else with his grandmother, and the atmosphere in the room improved.

Accompanying grandma until noon, when grandparents and grandchildren had lunch, Mu Xu helped her take a walk for a while, and he left after grandma went to take a nap.

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A few days later, the Rongguo Mansion sent someone to the palace to deliver a letter. It turned out that Lin Ruhai's letter had arrived. After careful consideration, Lin Ruhai finally agreed to the marriage. It was just because he had a heavy responsibility and couldn't come to Beijing in person, so he sent his daughter's birthday Bazi personally wrote a copy and sent it to his mother-in-law together with the letter, asking her to preside over his daughter's engagement for him.

Concubine Zhang was overjoyed when she got the marriage proposal from the Lin family, and hurriedly invited Concubine Nan'an to be a matchmaker.

Mu Xu originally thought that he was going to follow along, but he didn't need him to come forward if he didn't want to be engaged. With Concubine Nan'an on the way, the two families exchanged for a better match, and they got a match made by Qin Tianjian, and got a match made in heaven. Marriage is officially done.He went to ask his grandmother, and was laughed at for rushing to marry a daughter-in-law. Only then did he realize that although the etiquette of marriage in ancient times was cumbersome, he only needed to go out to pick up the bride in person when welcoming the bride.He didn't know it beforehand, so he made a joke and was severely teased by his grandmother.

On the second day after the engagement, someone was sent to invite him into the palace.When he entered the Palace of Qinzheng, he didn't expect to say, "Don't investigate the affairs in Ping'an Prefecture for now."

Mu Xu was taken aback when he heard that, "Isn't this the ledger already obtained? After checking it, the truth will surely come to light. Why didn't you check it all of a sudden?"

Emperor Jiading smiled wryly, "This is the meaning of my father. Before I asked Wang An to transfer the records of the household department, I didn't expect to alarm my father. The old man said that he will handle this matter himself, so I don't have to worry about it." Speaking of Here, Emperor Jiading leaned back on the dragon chair, as if all his strength had been taken away.Then he said as if talking to himself, "Since I became the throne, the courtiers in the court have said that the country is in good weather and the people live and work in peace and contentment. However, I found that the taxes paid by the local governments are less than one year. It’s already beyond our means. Do you know how much silver is in the household department now? It’s only four million taels. Even so, the father still allows officials to borrow money from the treasury. This..."

Hearing what Emperor Jiading said, Wang An hurriedly persuaded him, "Your Majesty, be careful with your words."

Only then did Emperor Jiading come to his senses, and after a moment of silence, he asked Mu Xu, "Is the son of Li Meng still in your house?"

Mu Xu replied, "That's right, Li Meng's son is indeed in the minister's residence."

"Well, you can arrange an errand for him in the Embroidery Guard later, and tell him that one day, I will give their family justice."

"Yes, I know. After I go back, I will tell him what His Majesty said." Mu Xu seemed to feel his indignation when he heard the words that he almost gritted his teeth. Sheng, there are some things that haste makes waste, so why care about the momentary success or failure?"

Hearing Mu Xu's words, Emperor Jiading's eyes lit up, he sat down and said, "Yes, I just lost my composure for a while, I didn't expect you to come to comfort me." He said with a smile and asked, "I heard that you are engaged, I don't know who the woman is?"

Mu Xu naturally didn't think that this matter could be hidden from the eyes of the emperor, so he was not surprised at all. He pretended to be embarrassed and replied, "I didn't expect your majesty to know that she is the daughter of the inspector Yu Shilin."

He thought that Emperor Jiading naturally knew the inside story. In fact, Emperor Jiading only heard Wang An's report that Mu Xu was engaged, but he really didn't know who the woman was. Lin Hai, the inspector of salt censors?"

Seeing Emperor Jiading's surprised expression, Mu Xu couldn't figure it out, and couldn't help asking, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

Emperor Jiading smiled and shook his head, "That's not true. I just thought that the imperial sister would pick you a noble girl from Beijing, so I couldn't help being a little surprised. I'm still waiting to give you a marriage. I don't want you to be engaged. That's all, I Let the queen reward Lin Hai's daughter later."

After Mu Xu thanked him, he saw that there was nothing to do now, so he resigned, and Emperor Jiading naturally did not keep him.

After Mu Xu left for a while, Emperor Jiading thought for a while, and told Wang An next to him, "You pick a few good men from zhongche mansion, go to Yangzhou to protect Lin Hai, and then pass on my oral instructions to him. If he can give the salt road After I sort it out, I will transfer him to Beijing."

"Here, the old slave will send someone to do it now. What orders does His Majesty have?"

Emperor Jiading waved his hand, and Wang An went to do it himself.Looking at the back of Wang An going out, Emperor Jiading was thinking about Lin Hai.

Lin Hai is the Tanhua ordered by the Supreme Emperor himself, and has been taking care of the money bag for the Supreme Emperor with the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River. He doesn't want the Zhen family's desires to be filled, and he is still not satisfied with the weaving in his hands, so he reaches out to the salt road.Lin Hai had no choice but to turn to himself. He originally planned to let them fight with snipe and clam in the south of the Yangtze River, and send someone to clean up the mess after the two parties have a result.Now for the sake of my sister and nephew, the plan seems to have changed a bit.Forget it, just spare Lin Hai's life.

Having made up his mind, Emperor Jiading stopped thinking about it, and lowered his head to deal with the government affairs on the table.

　Originally, I wanted to open a small copy to investigate the case in Ping Anzhou. Several friends privately said that they didn’t like to watch it, so they had to come back again. Chapter everyone

　　
　
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