A Precious Pearl in the Imperial City - Chapter 108

The capital is prosperous, and even the gates are different from other states and counties.

Ming Jisi opened the carriage curtain and stared at the words on the city gate with scorching eyes. His eyes were full of longing: “Sister, if we could have a house in the capital, it would be great.”

The girl in the pink shirt did not speak.

“Unexpectedly, it was a noble man who rescued you from the Huaxi River.” Mentioning this nobleman, Ming Jisi’s breathing became heavier and he couldn’t restrain the excitement in his heart: “I don’t know this nobleman, yes. What an identity, if it is better than…”

“Brother.” The girl in the pink shirt interrupted him: “The Ming family is very powerful in Beijing. Don’t mention them and make trouble for yourself.”

Ming’s heirs spoke with a sullen expression and whispered in defense: “Zhenyu, since they separated from the ancestors and left the clan, although they haven’t had contact with us again, they have never retaliated against us, why are you so nervous.”

Ming Zhenyu bit her lower lip, “I hope.”

After eleven years, she finally stepped into the capital again. For the capital, she only remembers the bustling streets, the Ming family’s three-entry compound, and… Madam Ming’s indifferent eyes when she looked at her.

[You are not my daughter. 】

[Where did you hide my daughter. 】

After she was sent back to Lingzhou, these two sentences almost became her nightmare. When she was eight years old, she was ridiculed as a “fake lady”, ran out of the house in anger and fell into the Huaxi River.

“I remember when you came back that year, your whole body was soaked.” Entering the city, Ming Jisi saw ordinary people in the capital wearing beautiful clothes, and his expression became even more nervous: “When you came back, tell us who saved it. You, we can also get in touch with the nobles earlier.”

“The identity of the nobleman is mysterious. Don’t let me say it. How dare I tell my family.” Ming Zhenyu lowered her head, unconsciously digging her fingers.

“Back then, you were lucky, and there were noble people to help.” Ming Jisi recalled his childhood: “The day you fell into the water, the family at the end of our alley, the girl a few years older than you, disappeared. I heard that it was soaked in the water. It took a few days to be discovered.”

“Really?” Ming Zhenyu stopped with her forbidden hand, “I don’t remember.”

“After you were rescued, the fever will not go away. It’s fine for more than half a month. No one tells you this, naturally I don’t know this.”

The carriage calmed down. After a while, Ming Jisi couldn’t help but speak again: “You said, Ming’s daughter, have you found it?”

Since the Ming family’s three brothers went out of their clan, the family has rarely heard from them again, only knowing that their officials are getting bigger and bigger and their status is getting higher and higher.

“If Mrs. Ming hadn’t found out that you were not her daughter, you are now the daughter of a high-ranking official.” Ming Jisi said with a little regret.

He really didn’t understand that the family made perfect preparations before sending his sister into the capital. Ming Jingzhou and his wife have never even seen the appearance of their daughter when they grow up. How did they discover that their sister was an imposter?

“Who is rare to be their daughter.” Ming Zhenyu snorted coldly, “Maybe their daughter is gone.”

As they were talking, they found the carriage suddenly stopped at a corner of the street. Ming Zhenyu opened the curtain of the carriage and smiled at the coachman: “Brother, is it already at the benefactor’s house?”

“Girls don’t be anxious, there is a noble man’s carriage passing by, we must let the nobleman go first.” The coachman steadily put the carriage well, with a simple smile, no one would have thought that such an ordinary person would be a dragon guard.

Nobleman?

Her “benefits” are nobles, and now they are also nobles. How many nobles are there in the capital?

Not long after, there were eight snow-white horses, pulling a luxurious carriage passing by the middle of the road. The carriage was inlaid with gold and jade, and guards with knives accompanied them on horseback. Even these guards, wearing luxurious robes with sleeves, looked majestic and imposing.

I wonder what kind of honorable status the person sitting in the carriage will be?

At this moment, the curtains of the luxurious carriage were opened by a hand, and the white and slender nails dyed reddishly matched this hand perfectly.

Ming Zhenyu saw the face of the owner of the carriage. It was a beautiful and innocent face, as delicate as a golden princess.

Seeing all the carriages avoiding the woman along the way, she couldn’t help but ask curiously: “Big brother, this nobleman is so beautiful, is she a princess?”

“She is not a princess, but she is as noble as the princess.” Although the people in the carriage could not see it, the carriage driver still held his fists in the direction of the carriage and saluted: “That is the Princess Chen, not only respected by the King Chen, even his Majesty and the Queen like her .”

“Princess Chen…” Ming Zhenyu murmured, with a little envy in her tone. It’s great to be a prince and concubine. People in the entire capital must respectfully give way.

Someone came over and whispered a few words in the groom’s ear. The groom nodded slightly and turned to Ming Zhenyu: “My son, girl, the master has prepared a secluded courtyard for you. The two of you will come here with me to settle.”

Ming Zhenyu was a little disappointed. It seemed that the nobleman did not intend to see her right away.

“It’s hard to repay my life-saving grace, so how can I get my benefactor to settle for me?” Ming Zhenyu smiled gently: “I entered Beijing this time to repay the benefactor’s kindness, so I have no other intentions.”

“The girl really knows her.” The coachman sighed, “I’ll tell you that, my host has indeed encountered some things recently, so I have come to see you flawlessly.”

Seeing the groom’s expression a little unhappy, Ming Zhenyu felt a little uneasy, and reluctantly smiled: “In this case, the little girl will temporarily live in the benefactor’s yard.”

Do not mention the matter of repaying kindness again.

The groom smiled: “Please sit down, girl, we will get to the place soon.”

As a prince and concubine, Jiuzhu is definitely the most diligent of the princes and concubines to return to her family. In the eyes of outsiders, it was Princess Chen who was helping King Chen win over the Ming family. In fact, Jiuzhu was simply taking His Royal Highness back to her natal family for dinner.

Since Chen Wang praised Shen Ying’s mother-in-law’s cooking skills, every time Jiuzhu and Chen Wang came to the house, Shen Ying would cook the next time in person and she was very happy.

Ming Jiyuan’s mood is particularly complicated. Throughout the year before, he hadn’t seen his mother cook several times, but now everything has changed.

To eat and drink, the whole family sat in the yard, drinking tea and chatting, very cozy.

Ming Jinghai sat for a while, and then went back to read a book with Ming Cunfu. This year, when His Majesty opened Enke, Ming Cunfu also had to enter the exam.

For this reason, Ming Jingzhou, as Ming Cunfu’s uncle, did not intervene in any matters related to the imperial examination this year in order to avoid suspicion.

Seeing Ming Cunfu being carried away by his elder brother, Ming Jingzhou smiled and turned to look at Wang Chen.

Wang Chen stretched out his hand to take the snack, and immediately stopped in the air. What does the father-in-law’s eyes mean, and also to take him to read?

“His Royal Highness.” Ming Jingzhou smiled.

“Father-in-law, please tell me.” Wang Chen straightened his back, and at the critical moment, Jiu Zhu thoughtfully put a snack in his palm.

“It’s okay.” Ming Jingzhou picked up the tea and sipped softly: “I heard that your Highness and Jiuzhu some time ago saved a few good women who were forcibly bought by the family?”

Wang Chen nodded: “Is there something wrong with this matter?”

“The official is to say that His Highness has done a good job.” Ming Jingzhou’s expression was gentle: “His Highness has a heart of compassion for ordinary people.”

Wang Chen was stunned for a moment. Is the father-in-law praising him?

After leaving Ming’s house, Wang Chen asked Jiuzhu doubtfully: “Little pig, is my father-in-law praising me?”

“Is that a boast?” Jiuzhu asked blankly: “Father is just telling the truth.”

Wang Chen was silent.

He forgot, Ming Xiaozhu is the person who likes to praise him most.

“A venerable person, who doesn’t show compassion and love for the people, for ordinary people, it may be a disaster.” Jiuzhu leaned on the shoulders of King Chen: “For example, the first emperor, and the aristocratic families of the fish and meat people, if they have half the heart Good, there will not be so many people suffering innocent suffering.”

For the venerable, it is pleasure and temporary indulgence, but for ordinary people, it is their entire life.

“His Royal Highness is not the same as them.” Jiuzhu’s tone was innocent of the world, but he could see through the world: “There is light in your eyes.”

“Well, there is a candle hidden in my eyes.” Chen Wang smiled and squeezed Jiuzhu’s hand: “So my piglet sees me very differently.”

“Your Highness.” Jiuzhu snorted softly, “I’m also telling the truth.”

Wang Chen smiled and hugged her into his arms: “Okay.”

In fact, there is light in her eyes, twinkling and bright. She only needs to look at him, and even his heart can be illuminated.

King Huai was standing in the outer hall behind the Vermilion Bird’s Gate, looking at the carriage with King Chen’s logo returning to the palace, feeling a little bit sour in his heart. When he went out of the palace, he had to choose when his father and the emperor were in a good mood.

In terms of partiality, the father did the most outstanding job.

“Forget it.” He whispered, then turned and walked back.

On the way, he and Yun Yanze ran into each other head-on. After New Year’s Eve, Yun Yanze was much thinner, and his eyes were cold. Wang Huai didn’t like to talk to him.

“Big Brother.” Yun Yanze stopped him and said to him.

“There is no one else here. Brothers, we don’t have to pretend.” Wang Huai sneered, “If you have anything, just say it.”

Yun Yanze lowered his eyelids: “My brother didn’t understand what the elder brother said.”

“It’s fine if you don’t understand it.” Wang Huai walked to him and said in a low voice: “Fifteen years ago, I saw the hand that pushed the fifth brother down the rockery.”

Yun Yanze raised his eyelids to look at him, but did not speak.

“People who dare to do things with blood brothers at a young age, no matter what he says, this king won’t believe a word.” Wang Huai tossed his sleeves: “Farewell.”

“Where is the elder brother better than the younger brother?” Yun Yanze asked in a calm tone: “You saw it, but you didn’t reach out to him.”

The only person who tried to reach out to pull Yunduqing was the second child with a bad brain, but he was a little slower.

It is a pity that Yun Duqing was lucky, and obviously fell head-down, only to the elbow in a daze.

Since then, Yun Duqing has not been close to them anymore. Fortunately, at that time, the emperor father had not yet ascended the throne, and everyone was under house arrest in the hidden residence. Yun Duqing was young and knew nothing about it, and didn’t know if someone pushed him on purpose.

If it were now, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Yun Duqing would definitely anger all their brothers, and no one would let it go.

“It’s all spreading outside that the emperor will make Yunduqing the prince.” Yun Yanze saw that King Huai no longer refuted his words, and continued to speak: “As the eldest son of the emperor, would you be willing to succumb to him?”

Wang Huai stared at him silently for a long time, before yin and yang laughed at himself strangely: “It sounds like he is not a prince now. If we are brothers, we dare to provoke him.”

“You haven’t been used to co-authoring for so many years?” Wang Huai snorted: “When you were King Qi, you didn’t see you dare to compete with him.”

Yun Yanze’s eyelids trembled, and it took a long time before he returned to calm.

“You, a prince who can’t even protect the title, come to play with me to instigate the divorce, is it appropriate?” Wang Huai smiled contemptuously, turned and walked away.

Yun Yanze looked at his back gloomily, with murderous intent in his eyes.

Wang Huai went back to his yard and heard from the **** that his mother’s condition was getting worse again. He sighed faintly and lay down on the bed.

“Come here, pass the imperial doctor, this king has contracted a cold and can’t get out of bed.”

Whether it’s a brother or a concubine, they didn’t treat him as a human being because of their ambitions.

He stayed on the shore, and he was also a man of flesh and blood and thought.

Concubine Xu waited for a long time. Not only did she not wait for her son, but she also heard the news that her son had contracted the wind and cold. She was so angry that she was really sick.

This trash son was infected with the wind and cold. He clearly wanted to avoid her, and he didn’t want to bear the reputation of being unfilial, so he deliberately pretended to be sick.

Why did she give birth to such a useless thing!

“Big brother is sick?” Jiuzhu got up early in the morning and heard the news.

“Wang Hao, the slaves have prepared gifts, but can you send them now?” Yang Yiduo is the Kylin Palace manager personally selected by Emperor Longfeng and Empress Su, who has experience in handling these chores.

“It just happens that I haven’t seen my sister-in-law for a few days, so I just went to see her.” Jiuzhu got dressed and went directly to Zhang Liugong.

Jiuzhu asked Yang Yiduo, who was the attendant: “His Royal Highness has been busy recently, so you ask the kitchen to cook more soup for your highness to replenish your body and mind.”

His Royal Highness left early today, and I don’t know when he will be busy again.

“Yes, the slave took it down.”

Teahouse.

King Chen sits in a dark room, separated by a wall from him are the Ming Jisi brothers and sisters, and the slightly ugly benefactor.

“At the beginning, I sent someone to bring you brothers and sisters into Beijing. It was to complete the fate of the year. Who knows that the family suffered a disaster some time ago, and now the land and houses are all sold, and the income is not enough.” , The appearance is even more unsightly.

His gaze swept over the bracelets on Ming Zhenyu’s hands. These were bought by the Dragon Guard for her before she went to Beijing.

Ming Zhenyu was a little distressed, but she had to take off the bracelet under the obvious hint of the other party’s eyes: “This item was originally bought by my benefactor. Now you should take it for emergency.”

“How embarrassed then.” The benefactor hooked his hand and put the bracelet into his sleeve. He raised his eyes and saw the golden hairpin in Ming Zhenyu’s hair: “The workmanship of this hairpin is a bit poor, but it looks like it is pure. Golden?”

Ming Zhenyu was silent. This hairpin was beaten by her mother before she went to Beijing.

Obviously, when those people found her, they said that the person who saved her was of extraordinary status and valuable status, and they were very polite to her and her brother along the way. Why did she even want her golden hairpin when she stepped into the gate of the capital?

What kind of man is this?

“Unexpectedly, the girl is so knowledgeable, and my family has some friendship with this year’s invigilator. If he knows that your brother and sister are so knowledgeable, parallel and clean, he will definitely look at you more.” The benefactor was guilty. Cover your face with your hands: “When I get through this difficult time, I will take good care of you two brothers and sisters.”

“You are my sister’s benefactor, how can you still allow you to take care of us.” Ming Jisi reached out and took off the golden hairpin in his sister’s hair, and placed it in front of the benefactor: “My life-saving grace, Yongquan will report back, and I hope the grace will get through soon Difficulty.”

Ming Zhenyu looked at her elder brother in disbelief, this is her hairpin, he pulled it so smoothly?

“Since you are sincere, then I will reluctantly accept it.” The benefactor did not refuse, and immediately took away the golden hairpin.

Ming Jisi frowned slightly, reluctantly as if it shouldn’t be used here?

You, a gold hairpin collector, are also embarrassed to say that they are reluctant to do so.

“The yard I arranged for you, you just live with your heart.” After the benefactor took the golden hairpin, his expression was sad, but he didn’t ask for anything from them: “There are a lot of scholars who have come to Beijing for exams recently, and there are better yards. I have already been rented out. You brother and sister arrived in Beijing for the first time. If you are unfamiliar with the place of your life, I can rest assured that I live there.”

“My benefactor has already sold the house and land, why do you still keep that yard?”

“The imperial examination is important. Although I am down and down, I am a person of great promise.” The benefactor said with a serious face: “The yard will definitely not be taken back if it says it is for you to live in.”

When the brother and sister heard this, the doubts in their hearts gradually disappeared.

Renting such a courtyard in the capital is not easy. It seems that this person is not a liar.

In the next room, Wang Chen gently clicked the tabletop with his index finger.

Looking at the reaction of the two brothers and sisters, it was not like being instructed by others to approach them deliberately.

It’s like a pure desire to take advantage, so shallow and greedy eyes, if you take money to do things, you will be deducted.

Really bold.

Tomorrow I will call on Jiuzhu to watch the fun together.