Chapter 1308: Years (3)
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The moment Eunuch Wan saw Qi Haoran, he pounced over and hugged his thigh. He cried, “King Rong, I finally get to see you. You have no idea how worried His Majesty is about you.”
Eunuch Wan said tearfully, “His Majesty has missed you day and night for the past five years. In fact, there were a few times when I vaguely heard him greet Prince An wrongly. It can be seen how much he misses you.”
Fearing that Qi Haoran wouldn’t go back with them, Eunuch Wan exaggerated the Emperor’s longing for him, nearly to the point of saying that the Emperor missed him even when he went to the toilet.
Qi Haoran glanced at the deputy commander of the Forbidden Troops who was surrounding the entrance of the tent with a knife. The corners of his mouth twitched as he said, “Alright, I’ll go back with you.”
Qi Haoran turned around and sat on the main seat. “There’s no need to surround my tent. Could it be that you would tie me up if I refuse to leave?”
The deputy commander of the Forbidden Troops, who had this exact intention, immediately waved his hand to chase his subordinates away. With a smile, he went forward. “King Rong, you’ve misunderstood. These new guards have never seen you before, so they came over out of curiosity to take a look at you.”
Qi Haoran pursed his lips and did not expose him.
Seeing that King Rong had agreed to return to the capital, Eunuch Wan immediately took out the imperial edict in the box and handed it over.
Regardless of whether King Rong was really going back with them or lying to them, he had to go back with them after receiving the imperial edict.
Qi Haoran did not delay and directly got someone to find the accompanying imperial physician. He watched closely as he kept the herbs properly before heading east to pick up the children.
They had placed the boy-girl twins and Little Fu in a small town where Qi Haoran rented a house for them to study. Previously, they had stayed here for nearly a month. Because they suddenly received the news, they ran to West Xia to intercept the medicinal herbs that King Qingwu was planning to offer as tribute to the West Xia royal family.
These medicinal herbs were given to King Qingwu by the herb gatherers on Heavenly Mountain, which he then planned to offer to the West Xia royal family. Now that Qi Haoran had robbed them while they were being escorted by King Qingwu’s guards, there was now a sizable grudge between the two parties.
However, Qi Haoran was confident that he could resolve this and had already instructed someone to deal with it. He was not worried about this at all. Instead, he was worried that the three children would cause trouble in the town.
Considering it had been a month since he and Ah Ling had left, he wondered if the three children had caused trouble for the residents of the town.
When the group rode into the town, Little Fu was holding his brother in one hand and his sister in the other, looking for food on the street.
The guards followed behind them and saw that the young masters ended up buying food at the original price after bargaining with the vendors.
Although they had seen it many times, they could not help but twitch their lips.
They didn’t quite understand. Since they knew that they couldn’t bargain down the price in the end, why did they have to try before buying it?
After all, these things only cost a few copper coins and were not expensive. Why bother going to all that trouble?
Oblivious to what the guards were thinking, Little Fu only looked at the vendor regretfully before turning to ask Baozhu, “The vendor wouldn’t let us bargain. Are we still buying?”
The drooling Baozhu nodded. “Yes!”
The vendor was very calm. The three children came to his stall every evening to eat lamb skewers. Even if they couldn’t bargain down the price, they would still buy them in the end—but just two skewers!
The vendor was also going crazy. If they wanted him to lower the price, the key was that they had to buy more. Every time the three children came, they would only buy two sticks, but they insisted on bargaining down the price. When the vendor suggested that it would be cheaper to buy more, the other party only bought one more stick…
It was not easy running a small business.
Though the vendor had a calm expression on his face, he was going crazy inwardly as he handed over the roasted mutton skewers. After accepting the six copper coins, he watched them leave.
The three of them shared the two lamb skewers. Actually, if not for the fact that Baozhu and Little Lion were big eaters, Little Fu would have thought that one skewer was enough. After all, there were so many delicacies on this street. If they ate less of each, they could try a lot of different snacks.
The three children were about to move on to the next stall when the sound of hooves came like a storm.
The three children were stunned for a moment before they were overjoyed. Seeing them jump and run towards the sound of hooves, the guards hurriedly followed.
From afar, when they saw Qi Haoran and Mu Yangling, the boy-girl twins cheered. “Daddy! Mommy!”
Little Fu was also very excited. “Fourth Uncle! Fourth Aunt!”
After Qi Haoran and Mu Yangling stopped the horses, Mu Yangling pulled Baozhu up and placed it in front of her. She placed Little Fu behind her and asked with a smile, “Did you obey the teacher while you were in town?”
Qi Haoran had already placed Little Leopard in front of him. When the latter heard this, he shouted, “We were so obedient that the teacher even praised us!”
Qi Haoran expressed his doubts. “Really?”
Little Leopard immediately said anxiously, “Whoever lies is a puppy.”
Qi Haoran laughed and said, “Alright, Daddy believes you. You don’t have to do your homework tonight. We’ll pack our things and return to the capital tomorrow. By then, you’ll be able to see your uncles and brothers. Are you happy?”
The three children’s eyes lit up.
Not long ago, they had just received a letter from their brothers. They said that Royal Uncle had made up his mind to get them to return to the capital this time. Their brothers even asked them to persuade Qi Haoran to return to the capital. If he refused, they suggested the kids roll around and beg to go home.
They were still planning how to persuade Qi Haoran, but they did not expect to be able to go back just like that.
The three children were overjoyed.
Little Fu still felt a little regretful about having to give up this blissful life they’d been leading for the past two years, but Little Fu and Baozhu were only happy because they no longer had much memories of the capital. However, Big Brother often wrote letters to them describing the fun places in the capital. Even their parents said that the capital was very prosperous.
Seeing that the children were not against returning to the capital, Qi Haoran and Mu Yangling moved even faster. The noble ladies in the capital had just changed their spring clothes into summer clothes when their carriage entered the capital.
The news of King Rong’s return to the capital had spread a month ago. Originally, the buzz had died down, but now that King Rong’s family had really returned, the officials and commoners in the capital were watching in astonishment.
Before they reached the city gate, they saw that both sides of the road were surrounded by people. Thinking that they were commoners who had entered the city like them, Qi Haoran asked curiously, “What’s been going on in the capital recently? Why are there so many people entering the capital?”
The deputy commander of the Forbidden Troops had already received the news from the commander. The corners of his mouth twitched as he said, “Perhaps they’re here to welcome someone.”
He didn’t dare to say that they were here to watch King Rong, but his intentions were clear.
Qi Haoran had already turned to talk to Mu Yangling, who was in the carriage. When he heard this, he immediately turned to look at the commoners by the roadside in front of him. He narrowed his eyes and analyzed for a long time before asking, “The ones at the front are the Crown Prince and Prince Rong? Why did they bring so many people?”
Wasn’t it embarrassing?
The deputy commander of the Forbidden Troops coughed lightly and said, “I don’t suppose they’re brought here by them. Perhaps it’s a spontaneous act by the commoners…”
As if. At least half of the onlookers were sent by officials or families to gather information. The rest were attracted by the crowd and came here to watch the show.
With so many people watching, Qi Haoran couldn’t be casual. He could only raise his head and puff out his chest as he rode beside Mu Yangling’s carriage.
Having returned to the capital after being away for five years, the guards were all excited. When they suddenly saw so many commoners welcoming them, they were also very worked up. They could not help but straighten their clothes and sit up straight as they rode their horses forward like King Rong.
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