After the central government moved away, the entire Nanjing seemed to have lost its soul in an instant.

Empty.

This is still the most populous city in the world, and it still has wealth and prosperity that is beyond the reach of any place. But without the emperor, is Nanjing still Nanjing?

The cabinet led the entire court to leave, except for the Ming Academy of Sciences.

No one in the entire Academy of Sciences, which was the leader of Mo, left because the research and development of a new generation of steam engines has reached Meiguan and they cannot leave.

The research and development of special tracks adapted to steam engines is not difficult. What makes Mo Cheng and other academicians of the Academy of Sciences fascinate is how to enhance the driving force of steam engines and enable transport of people and cargo as soon as possible.

In Nanjing, the once quiet needle can be heard.

And in this city, there is another person who has not left.

Zhu Wenqi.

The second prince now stayed in his mansion, guarding a pile of wood.

At the feet, wood chips on the ground.

He planned to build a Trojan horse for his son Zun.

"Your Highness."

His wife Lu Jinxi held a bowl of hot tea in her hand and called out softly.

Zhu Wenqi, who was busy, raised his head and wiped the sweat off his forehead: "How can you call my husband?"

After taking the white water without tea and taking a sip, Zhu Wenqi felt comfortable and tight.

"Today is the day when Your Majesty sets off to the north, why don't you send me some gifts?"

Lu Jinxi sat beside Zhu Wenqi and said worriedly: "There are all blocked by the people in front of our house. The people still know that they are grateful to Your Majesty for your kindness. My husband is the prince but he does not show up. If someone talks nonsense in the future when Your Majesty is approaching you, it will always be bad."

"I'm all a plain-headed person, are you still afraid of these?"

Zhu Wenqi laughed instead about his wife's concerns.

"The people gathered hundreds of thousands of people on the street, but they didn't necessarily miss me. Even if I went there, my father might not be able to see me. So with this skill, I would better make Zun Yong the little horse he was thinking about."

As he spoke, he lowered his head and carved it a few times, and stretched out his hand to stroke it through his back, making sure there was no place to prick his hands before looking at Lu Jinxi proudly for credit.

"Look, that's pretty good."

Lu Jinxi glanced at her a few times, and narrowed her eyes with a smile: "It looks very good, I didn't expect my husband to have this skill."

"There are many places that are great for your husband." Zhu Wenqi raised his eyebrows: "I learned this carpentry work secretly when I was a child. When I was a child, my father didn't have time to make this thing for me. He was busy, let alone accompanying us.

There was a carpenter in the palace, so I learned from them secretly and made small objects for myself. Later, my father found out, but he was so angry that I couldn't understand what I dared to do such an unlucky thing.

Anyway, after I fought, I never touched this job again. After I grew up, I went to school and worked very hard. I didn’t expect that I had not forgotten all the skills. I picked them up and made them again, and I could still pick them up."

Lu Jinxi covered her mouth and laughed.

The couple chatted for a while, and the door was knocked, and both of them were stunned. Lu Jinxi got up and planned to go back into the room, but the voice outside the door stopped him.

"It's me, Lu Ying."

This is Mount Tai.

Zhu Wenqi hurriedly stood up and ran to open the door, but he saw his father-in-law Lu Ying standing alone at the door and was busy seeing him.

"Wenqi has seen Mount Tai."

Lu Ying did not dare to accept this gift, and even put his hands on Zhu Wenqi's arms: "Your Highness, don't be too polite, get up quickly."

"Tarzan should just call me my name."

Zhu Wenqi was unwilling to accept the word "Your Highness" and repeatedly said humbly. In the end, Lu Ying couldn't resist it and had to call Wen Qi.

The son-in-law and son-in-law entered the yard. Lu Jinxi called her father. Lu Ying smiled and said with a smile. At the same time, her eyes also looked at the little horse and debris on the ground. She looked at the few pieces of wood chips hanging on Zhu Wenqi, and her heart was completely clear.

"Wenqi has such skills."

“As for what you want.”

Zhu Wenqi smiled and hurriedly greeted: "Brother-in-law, please sit down, Jinxi, go and make a cup of tea. The tea leaves are in my bookshelf drawer in our house."

"No trouble, no trouble."

Lu Ying laughed and shouted: "I'll sit for a while, there's still something going on in the yamen."

When Zhu Wenqi mentioned the yamen, he blinked in confusion: "If you don't say it, I'll forget it. Haven't you been in the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Rites? Why didn't you go north with me this time?"

"I was transferred to the post a few days ago."

Lu Ying explained: "I am now staying in Nanjing as the Chief of the Concierge Department. I am a local official in Nanjing and not a central official. Naturally, I don't have to move to Beijing with the central government."

When Lu Jinxi heard that his father stayed in Nanjing, he was naturally very happy. He hurried back to the inner room and soon brought two cups of fragrant tea with him with a plate.

He said that there was no need to worry, but under the fragrance of tea, Lu Ying couldn't help but reach out to hold it up, closed her eyes and took a deep breath, and sighed intoxication.

"What a tea."

Zhu Wenqi and his wife looked at each other and laughed.

"Hey, where is my little grandson?"

After waiting for a sip, Lu Yingcai remembered Zun Jing and asked.

"I had a fun night last night, and I was still asleep at this point."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Rubbing his beard under his chin, Lu Ying laughed a few times, then fell silent, looked at the tools on the ground, and looked at Zhu Wenqi again: "Wenqi, how have you and Jinxi been doing well recently?"

Zhu Wenqi's heart trembled slightly, and he smiled and stretched out his hand to put it on Lu Jinxi's hand beside him, looking at his wife: "I'm pretty good, but I've suffered a lot from Jinxi. I've suffered a lot during this period."

No matter how much Lu Jinxi is, she is still a daughter. She is a young man in the family of officials. The word "hard" is destined to have no intersection with her.

He married well when he was old. He married a second prince like Zhu Wenqi and became the prince's concubine that all women in the world envied in their dreams.

Even if he couldn't live in the palace and followed Zhu Wenqi to Quanzhou to take office, he was also the number one wife of Quanzhou.

A wife is noble by her husband, and she will prosper and lose both.

Who would have thought that Zhu Wenqi would suddenly be demoted to a commoner?

Lu Jinxi became an ordinary civilian woman from the princess.

"Jinxi will be content with her husband in this life. She is sweeter than eating honey every day. How can she be bitter?"

The young couple's irritation was so uncomfortable to see Lu Ying, the old man who was older. He sighed several times but didn't say anything.

After drinking the tea, I got up, hesitated, and took out a small bag on my body and put it on the table.

"For Jinxi and Zunyang."

Everyone knows what is contained in this small bag, and fearing that Zhu Wenqi will refuse, Lu Ying said something.

Zhu Wenqi was silent for a while and did not refuse.

"Thank you, my father-in-law."

After a long pause, Lu Ying said, "I'll leave first, I'm going to the yamen to handle the job."

Seeing the couple get up, they hurriedly said, "No need to send me off, hurry up and see Zunfeng, don't wake up and make a fuss."

Having said that, Zhu Wenqi still sent Lu Ying out the door all the way.

Standing outside the door, Lu Ying held Zhu Wenqi's hand: "Wenqi, you are confused. Even for Jinxi and the children, you should ask Your Majesty to admit the wrong one. Father and son are bloody, how could Your Majesty not forgive you?"

Zhu Wenqi looked back and looked inside the house, sighed, and squeezed out a few smiles when he looked back.

"It's not right that I was unable to take good care of Jinxi and Zunyun. I'm sorry, I'll find some time to write to my father."

"well."

Lu Ying was not willing to persuade him anymore, so he patted Zhu Wenqi's hand and turned around and left.
Chapter completed!