allonlinenovel Chapter 147 Honorable Return
Chapter 147 Honorable Return
Jiang Li whispered, "Brother Shen said that His Majesty...will only be here for a few days. Don't forget, there is still national mourning."
Xie Changan's face turned dark. Now that the emperor has passed away, all princes and ministers in the capital are not allowed to get married within a year!
After the national mourning, there are still three letters and six ceremonies, as well as asking for the matchmaker and proposing marriage. I wonder how long I have to wait before I can marry the beauty?
Jiang Li couldn't help but giggle when she saw him being humiliated.
Xie Changan snorted and said, "Then I will ask for more interest now."
He grabbed the back of her neck and kissed her deeply.
Jiang Li was so dizzy from his kiss that it took her a long time before she remembered something. She pushed him away and said angrily, "Stop messing around. I forgot to ask you, has Chengfeng tracked down the whereabouts of the King of Qi?"
Xie Changan's face sank. "No, after the King of Qi was rescued, he disappeared without a trace. Even Cheng Feng couldn't find him! Zhang Huai sent troops to chase him ten miles outside the city, but he couldn't find any trace of them."
"Is there a secret passage inside or outside the palace that we don't know about?" Jiang Li pondered.
The King of Qi was rescued near the palace gate. After the poisonous fog disappeared, they could no longer be tracked. Even Chengfeng could not be found. It is very likely that they had gone underground!
"I'll ask Shushu and the others to investigate."
Jiang Li immediately contacted Fat Mouse through the contract.
"Shu Shu, have your brothers check carefully to see if there are any secret passages inside or outside the palace?"
"Okay, I'll let them split up right away!"
Soon, the news about the fat rat came back.
sewer!
The King of Qi and his accomplices escaped through the sewer!
The drainage system of the capital of Da Chu is very complete. The sewers of the imperial palace, imperial city and inner city are connected, and finally lead to the moat.
Zhang Huai was shocked when he heard the news, and immediately sent people to search the sewer. Sure enough, they found traces left by the King of Qi and others, and even picked up the jade pendant that the King of Qi wore.
It turned out that they went directly along the sewer to the moat and escaped from the city through the moat!
The sewers were dirty and damp. No one had expected that the proud and noble King of Qi would actually escape into the sewers like a rat!
No wonder the troops he sent out tracked the King of Qi for ten miles outside the city but could not find any trace of him. He took the water route!
The King of Qi was also devastated.
At this moment, they were far away from the capital and mixed in with the loaded carriages.
There was a strange smell of various groceries in his nose, a bumpy and shabby carriage was beneath him, and the coarse cloth clothes on his body rubbed his skin so hard that it hurt. Nangong Xihe had been pampered since childhood. When had he ever suffered such hardship?
When he could no longer bear it, he saw the cold face of the Miao woman sitting opposite him and dared not say a word.
This is Hongying, the right protector of King Gu. She led several Miao Gu disciples, broke into the palace, rescued him from the rain of arrows, stuffed him into the sewer, and took him all the way out of the city through the moat.
Hongying is about the same age as him and has great martial arts skills, but she is like a piece of ice, cold and serious.
Nangong Xihe was frightened when he saw her, and he followed her instructions obediently along the way without daring to complain.
When they got on the cargo carriage and saw Chu Feixue curled up in the corner, Nangong Xihe asked tremblingly, "Why did you bring her with you?"
This stupid woman who is known as "the most beautiful woman in the world" is not as beautiful as Yin Shiliu, her skills are so-so, and she has only learned the basics of the poison and medical skills of the Ghost Doctor Valley. What's the point of bringing her along?
Hongying said coldly: "She is the daughter of the Ghost Doctor Valley Master, so she is naturally useful."
After saying that, she ignored him and closed her eyes to rest.
Nangong Xihe endured all kinds of discomfort, secretly swearing in his heart that today's revenge will be repaid a hundredfold tomorrow!
After someone took over the follow-up affairs in the palace, Xie Changan sent Jiang Li back to the Jiang residence to recuperate.
At this time, the plaque on the gate of Jiang's house had been changed to "Princess Mansion".
Aunt Lian and Manager Liu still seem like a dream to me.
During this period of time, their hearts were in turmoil, like a small boat in the wind and rain, ups and downs.
First, Lord Xie was convicted and thrown into prison!
This bolt from the blue was so shocking that they couldn't recover for a long time.
Aunt Lian cried every day. Why was her daughter so unfortunate? She finally found a good husband and had a chance to leave the palace, but her future son-in-law was thrown into prison!
Soon after, I heard that Lord Xie had escaped from prison!
The emperor was furious and ordered a city-wide mansion to capture the mansion, and even the Xie Mansion next door was sealed off.
The girl is nowhere to be seen either, and I wonder if the two of them fled together?
"Miss, if you are still alive, please protect our little raccoon and make sure she and her husband are safe and sound."
Jiang Li set up a spirit tablet for Fang Yi at home, and Aunt Lian prayed in front of Fang Yi's spirit day and night.
Manager Liu secretly went to the East Depot to inquire about the news, but everyone in the East Depot was very secretive about it and warned him to go out less recently and to ask Longmen Trading Company to try not to make any moves to avoid attracting attention.
Unexpectedly, a few days later, the situation took a turn for the better.
The family unexpectedly received an imperial edict, and the girl was rewarded for saving the emperor, and was named "Princess Fuhui"!
Lord Xie was also declared not guilty and was promoted to the third-rank commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard!
What made Aunt Lian and Manager Liu even more stunned was that along with the imperial edict conferring the title of princess, there was also an imperial edict granting marriage. The emperor actually personally arranged a marriage for Lord Xie and the young lady!
Aunt Lian cried with joy. This was such a great joy!
After being shocked, Manager Liu immediately started setting off firecrackers and distributing red envelopes.
He even hurriedly sent a message to Longmen Tiangong, asking them to make a plaque with the words "Princess's Mansion" overnight.
The next day, Jiang Li and Xie Changan came back together.
She was wearing a full set of princess's formal attire, with a pearl and jade five-pheasant crown on her head, a bright red silk gown, a dark blue silk jacket with gold peacock embroidered on the outside, and a blue silk shawl with gold peacock embroidered on the outside. She was extremely beautiful.
Xie Chang'an was dressed in a bright red python robe and flying fish robe, a cloud gauze crown decorated with gold threads and beads on his head, an embroidered spring sword on his waist, and riding a tall horse, guarding the princess's sedan chair.
Two teams of tall, majestic Jinyiwei led the way, followed by the princess in full ceremonial uniform.
Guarding the princess' sedan chair was the handsome and elegant new commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
Passersby were awed and envious when they saw this majesty.
"Which noble is traveling here? He is so majestic that he even has the Imperial Guards leading the way."
"She is the Princess Fuhui who was personally conferred the title by the Emperor for her contribution in saving the Emperor."
"The princess who was granted marriage to the commander of the Jinyiwei? The commander is young, a third-rank official, and so handsome. It's really a match made in heaven!"
"Ahem, don't you know? It is said that this commander is a eunuch and cannot do that..."
"Ah? It's such a pity for the princess. She will be a widow after getting married..."
Xie Changan was riding on his horse, glancing over with eyes as sharp as an arrow.
Suddenly, several Jinyiwei appeared from the crowd, silenced those gossipers and took them down. The onlookers were frightened and fled in all directions.
This Jinyiwei commander is indeed as the rumors say, a ruthless and vindictive evildoer!
The huge procession of carriages stopped in front of the princess's mansion.
The servants in the mansion greeted them respectfully outside the gate. Aunt Lian led Zhen'er and Zhu'er, waiting eagerly with tears in their eyes.