Chapter 138 – A Style of Great Yu

That night, after being mortified, Lord Su slept well in the carriage, and had a dreamless night until dawn, when the carriage moved up again and shook him awake.

Seeing that the capital is getting closer and closer, Su Yan from time to time opened the curtains to see the scenery outside the window. The thoughts that had been deliberately diluted because they were thousands of miles away popped up one by one from the bottom of his heart–

When he returns to the capital, he will go to the palace to report on his duties. What will the emperor say when he sees him? Will he praise him for what he did in Shaanxi? Or will he blame him for taking the risk and using up his military strength and provisions for nothing?

Prince is the most able to grow up, one day a kind of age, half a year do not see, I do not know how much taller, usually have not read properly?

Shen Qi this guy, last night and a chase fight hung color, also do not know how the injury, to the doctor has not been treated.

There is also his yard, in the night before leaving the capital, was Wei Jun secretly sent robbers to break into the smash, furniture are hammered a broken, once back to clean up, otherwise again to live in the inn.

How is the construction of the Tian Gong Academy, whether it can catch up with the spring enrollment after the year? Don’t make a mess, Yu Wang this son of a bitch if he dares to spoil his heart and soul – pah, can’t think about this, as soon as I think of someone, my mind jumped out of that hot letter again, hurriedly deleted.

The sun is past noon, the capital city of five miles of stage has been distantly visible, Su Yan heart some excitement, but also inexplicably born a trace of near-home feelings of timidity, ordered to stop at the capital city boundary monument, he wants to get out of the carriage to take a breath of fresh air.

“You guys see, how come this boundary monument is missing a corner and has such a big crack?” He walked around the huge granite boundary monument and asked curiously, “I remember when I left the capital, it was still in good …… shape, and now it’s all like this, how come the stage minister didn’t mend it.”

Gao Shuo said, “I don’t know either. Does Commander Long know?”

Long Quan shook his head, but by the look on his face, it was clear that he knew something, he just didn’t want to say more.

Jing Hongchou stared intently at the cracked lines on the boundary monument, and after a moment spoke with certainty, “It’s from the whip.”

Su Yan was surprised, “Whip?”

“Yes, and it’s not a steel whip, it’s a soft whip. A whip goes down, opens the monument and breaks the stone, this person is really strong in internal strength, but seems to be wary, so he only cut off a corner of the monument.”

Su Yan was just curious and did not have the obsession of having to explore this strange man, so he tsked twice and let it go.

When he was at the Wuli Post to renew the contract, Su Yan was a bit regretful and couldn’t cope with the attentive postman. He originally thought that according to Zhu Hailin’s character, he would have to come out of the city to squat at the post station to see him off, and that he would come to the post station to wait when he learned of his return to the capital.

It is not pretentious and conceited, have to Prince to receive the dust, is to feel that he has always been on Zhu He Lin’s small mind to put quite accurate, and now the guesses fall through, inevitably unexpected.

Su Yan asked the stage manager, “Has His Highness the Crown Prince been here in the past few days?”

The post minister remembered that when this famous imperial historian left the capital, the crown prince came to the post station to see him off, obviously the love between the king and the court is quite heavy, and did not dare to be slow to answer: “and did not come over. Does Imperial Historian Su have something to say to me?”

Su Yan said: “Nothing, casually ask.” At the same time, he silently lamented: the young prince has grown up ah, know that you can not fool around with the courtiers, have to pay attention to the etiquette of the ancestral system, this is a good thing.

–But in the end, there was something in the heart that didn’t feel right.

It even springs up as a big no-no analogy, like the milk dog raised with all his heart, who’s always been clingy as hell, but comes back from a six-month business trip and suddenly won’t eat the meat he’s cooked.

How can I put it, it’s a little light …… acid.

Su Yan turned toward the carriage and said to his personal guards, “Inform the jin yiwei who are resting in place – depart and enter the capital.”

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In front of the magnificent and high city gates, a long line of people came from far and near. Tee riders wearing round-collar armor arched over the carriage in the center, quickly passing the guards’ identity verification and entering the Great Ming Capital at the foot of the Son of Heaven.

After sending Su Yan to the entrance of the mansion, Long Quan and Chu Yuan bid him farewell and led the team back to the palace to resume their orders. Gao Shuo hesitated slightly and followed.

Su Yan was left with only one personal guard and two small boys by his side. He smiled and said, “We’re going home.”

This “let’s”, heard Jing Hong chased inner waves, although there is still no obvious expression on the face, but from the eyes can be seen, the mood is quite comfortable.

“Your Excellency’s residence has been unoccupied for a long time, and now I think it must have grown grass and accumulated dust, so my subordinate will go in first to clean it up. I would like to ask you to stay in the carriage for a little while longer.”

“Brother Chase, I’ll go with you.” Su Xiaojing volunteered.

He and Su Xiaobei on the way to get along with Jing Hongchou more, and together through all kinds of difficulties, and gradually born family-like feelings. The two people are called “Brother Chase” in one mouthful.

Xiao Bei was a bit more stable and stayed in the carriage to accompany Su Yan.

Jing Hong chased after his own front door and was still a little uneasy, urging Su Yan: “If there is any movement, I will be able to hear it if my lord shouts.”

Su Yan lost his smile, “This is just a few steps away from the front of the hall, what can be different? Go go go, don’t keep treating me like a meat bag.”

As a result, Jing Hongchou and Su Xiaojing just entered the door not two times, across the street at the wonton stall, a round-faced teenager looked up at this side, surprised and delighted, put down the copper plate and came at a brisk pace, walked up to the carriage and called out, “Lord Su!”

Su Yan heard this voice sound familiar, lifted the curtain to see, “Fubao!” He hurriedly got out of the car and asked, “Why are you here?”

“It is the young master ordered the slave girl to go out of the palace, saying that Lord Su will arrive in the capital in a few days, so that squatting outside the door of the Su residence to wait, must wait until the Lord can not. If you can’t wait, tell the slave girl to die outside, don’t come back.”

As soon as Su Yan heard this commanding tone, he was very familiar and cordial, and smiled, “How is the Eastern Palace?”

“Little master said yesterday, estimate Su adults will arrive today, ready to personally go to the post to meet.” Fubao sighed, “I don’t want to today after the morning court, the imperial master’s body is not good, the little master is worried, so he went to the Yangxin Hall to serve the disease, and misses Su adults, which specially instructed the slave girl to go out of the palace.”

Su Yan was startled, and his tail tone was a bit shaky, “The Emperor is ill?”

Fubao was busy comforting, “It’s not a big problem. The emperor has always had a chronic headache, some years have not been cured, today the offense is more powerful than usual.”

Su Yan asked one after another, “Headache? How does it hurt? What did the doctor say?”

“Specifically how a pain, slave girl also do not know. But I heard the Imperial Physician say that it is a head wind caused by exhaustion, and long-term medication is not very effective, it is better to emphasize on conditioning and maintenance, accompanied by massage and acupuncture. As long as you don’t exert yourself or overthink, you can minimize the number of attacks.”

As Su Yan listened, it felt like the migraines and neurological headaches of the latter days. Although it is not a big disease, but the attack is very difficult, and easy to repeat. In addition to taking some painkillers, there seems to be nothing particularly effective medicine, the doctor will mostly explain, to regulate the lifestyle, work and rest, and then suggest that the patient to receive relaxation therapy and other psychological care.

But in this day and age, even safer painkillers are not available. The mandrake, which surgeons love to use, can relieve pain and anesthesia, but because of its natural toxicity, it has a lot of side effects, and a bad use of it can produce strong hallucinations and short-lived insanity.

At that time, King Yu sewed up the wound on the palm of his hand, he refused to Chen Shiyu to him with mandala soup, rather endure the pain, the inner and outer layers of the hard stitches dozens of stitches, the eyebrows do not bring wrinkled a bit. Sitting next to himself can not see, the other side as usual laughing and joking, but also is really a cow man ……

Wait, didn’t I say it was deleted, what the hell did this asshole come out of again? Su Yan tortured his overly active, disobedient mind and pressed the delete button in his brain again.

He asked Fu Bao: “Can I go into the palace and ask the emperor for a good day? Originally, to return to the capital to resume orders should be delivered to the Ministry of mandarins, waiting for the emperor to summon, but this situation I really can not rest assured …….”

Fubao nodded and said, ”Little master also means this. Let you first go to ask for peace, said that the imperial master will be in a good mood when he sees you come back, and his head may not hurt so much. Oh, and also instructed that just to ask for peace, don’t delay so as not to disturb the Imperial Master’s rest, and then go to the East Palace.”

Su Yan agreed, turned his head to Su Xiaobei and explained two sentences, then followed Fu Bao into the palace.

After Jing Hongchou and Su Xiaojing finished their tour of the three courtyards and each house, they found that the smashed furniture had been replaced with brand new ones, and the flowers and trees in the garden had all been carefully replanted, not to mention the cobwebs and weeds, even the desktop didn’t have the slightest bit of dust, as if it had just been thoroughly cleaned.

The two of them went out after a drive and saw Su Xiaobei standing by the carriage pondering. Jing Hongchu didn’t sense any breathing inside the carriage and asked with a frown, “Where is the lord?”

Xiao Bei said, “Went away with Eunuch Fubao. His Excellency said he was going to greet the Emperor and the young master, and told us to settle down first, and that we didn’t have to wait for him for dinner, and that we wouldn’t necessarily make it back in time.”

As soon as Lord Su returned to the capital, he didn’t even enter his home before rushing to face the saint, in the style of a great Yu, and Jing Hongchu had nothing to say. After a moment of silence, he spoke, “I’ll go to the bazaar to fetch some wine and food. At that time, no matter if your lord returns or not, it will be prepared first.”

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Su Yan entered the palace and came down to the front of the Yangxin Hall under the leadership of Fu Bao.

At a glance, he saw the crown prince wandering in the corridor, entering or leaving, seemingly in a difficult situation.

He approached quickly and saluted, “Young Master.”

When Zhu Hailin saw him, his entire face lit up and he held his hand, “Qinghe! You’re back ……”

Su Yan held it back and looked the crown prince up and down – he had indeed grown a lot taller and stronger. It is estimated that this half year’s riding, archery and swordsmanship courses have not fallen behind, shoulders and chest began to bulge belonging to the muscle lines of an adult man, like a small tree that is pulling and thickening day and night.

The crown prince’s face also underwent a subtle change, as if the outline was clearer, the features were more profound, and the juvenility in his demeanor gradually faded, vaguely revealing a few moments of the majestic aura that the Crown Prince should have.

His heart gladly surged with a wave of “my family has a son who is growing up”, and in a flash he dragged himself down from the strange old fatherly mentality, and said in a disguised manner, “Ahem, I’ll catch up with my young master later, is the Imperial Master feeling better at this moment?”

Zhu Helin sighed, “I don’t know at this moment either, that’s why I’m anxious. Father waved me out la-” he made a waving motion, five fingers pointing downward and shaking his fingers outward, dispatching both gently and resolutely, obviously imitating his father’s actions at the time, “Just like this. What could I do but come out first.”

“Young master has also served the imperial master for several hours, right, even I can see your sleepiness, no wonder the imperial master advised you to go back.” Su Yan said.

Zhu Hailin touched his nose a bit sheepishly and didn’t have the heart to say that he was sleepy because he was so excited to learn that he was going back to the capital that he couldn’t sleep last night.

Su Yan stretched his neck to look inside the closed door of the temple and hesitantly said, “I want to enter the temple to visit, but I don’t know if the Imperial Master is willing to see me.”