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Chapter 4 Concealing the Sky

The day of his mission to the Blue Sea was set to be half a month later, and the whole country was paying attention to this matter. Officials of the Ministry of Rites repeatedly checked the route of travel and other details such as accompanying the baggage, for fear of any mistakes.

On that morning, just about the matter of who should be in front of and behind the Princess Yinquan and the Prince's carriage, a group of old students in the Ministry of Rites argued with blushing faces and for a long time.

Some people say that the strong dragon will not suppress the local snake. Since he was on a mission to Bihai, the princess has a noble status and is the imperial sister of the current Bihai Minghuang, so it should be in front of him. Some people immediately retorted that it was precisely because the mission to Bihai is related to the national system, and the prince is the crown prince of Cangwu. After following the Princess of Bihai, wouldn’t he lose all his face? It was quarrel until Ye Zhiqiu entered the hall and stopped the noise for the time being.

"This matter should not be discussed in the order of the two countries, which can easily hurt harmony. The emperor's biological mother, Empress Dowager Zhuang Shunjing, and the biological mother of the left and right Taijun, are biological sisters, and Princess Yinquan is also the eldest daughter-in-law of Taijun Li. In terms of seniority, the prince should call the princess as her aunt. The filial piety of my Cangwu Kingdom was the first to let the princess carriage go first, taking into account the face of the blue sea country, and showing the wise men of the Cangwu country." Ye Zhiqiu said a few words, and immediately disappeared. The old students who advocated Princess Yinquan to go first seemed quite proud.

"But this time, it was the prince's mission, not the princess' visit to his relatives. The trivialities of the chariot need to be changed. The princess's chariot should not be used with the Fangting chariot, but with Changping chariot. The flag chariot is from eight chariots to four chariots, and the driver's chariots are reduced from twenty to ten." Ye Zhiqiu changed his mind, and the old ministers who supported the prince were energetic again.

"The Changping Yan in the Ministry of Rites' warehouse is a bit outdated, and it needs to be rushed to make another set. This matter should be assigned immediately. You will inform the Grand Tutor's Mansion of the rules and changes so that His Highness the Princess will be prepared for a long time." After hearing this, everyone took the orders and scattered. Leave Ye Zhiqiu alone in the hall, thinking about something.

One leaf can tell autumn, and one leaf can block your eyes.

Princess Yinquan Zhu Yuxiao was sitting in front of Mu Yunyou's couch at this time. The two cups of tea on the table were already cold and had not yet drunk it.

The two were speechless.

"I'm going back soon, why are you unhappy?" After all, Mu Yunyou spoke first, but he was a little difficult to speak.

"Master is too worried, I don't." Although Zhu Yuxiao sat there, she seemed to be wandering around and answered casually.

"I haven't returned for twenty-four years, so I must have seen many old friends I miss." Mu Yunyou seemed to have an unintentional statement.

Zhu Yuxiao tried her best to hide the excitement in her heart and acted to pick up the tea cup, but she felt that the porcelain was cold and the tea was cold, so she could only put it back, "What old friend can I miss, but my sister is the only one who can miss."

"I heard that Emperor Ming has not been in good health in recent years. After taking care of me, you have to take care of her again when you go back, and you have to worry about it. You should also pay attention to yourself, don't be too... too much." Mu Yunyou said a few more words and coughed.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuxiao had to caress his back and let out a silence, shook her head and said, "You said you have such a body, but I'm going to remind me... Actually, you don't have to care too much about my affairs."

"If I don't care about you... then who should care?" Mu Yunyou knew that he was declining, but his eyes were full of pity when he looked at Zhu Yuxiao. After coughing for a while, he said slowly: "...You don't need to hide it anymore. I know you have complaints in your heart. Over the years, you have been reluctant to tell me what you are in your heart, and you even smile less. I thought you would always feel more comfortable when you go back this time." Mu Yunyou struggled to sit up, "Yu Xiao...you..."

Mu Yunyou rarely calls her by her name directly. He is a gentleman with the arrogance of a gentleman. He doesn't want to use flattery to win the heart of this woman, but when you think about it carefully, adding her to the mission is also a kind of flattery. He is the most resourceful person in this country and even in the world, but he can't think of a way to truly get close to her heart.

At this moment, an old maid, named Xiaobei, suddenly hurriedly ran in. When he saw Zhu Yuxiao, he shouted, "Princess, let me find you." Zhu Yuxiao frowned. This girl followed her from Bihai Country for years and has been in her forties, and she is still walking so vigorously.

"Princess, the Ministry of Rites just came and said that our various ceremonial guards have been reduced, and the chariots have been changed, and the drivers have also been reduced. The cabinets and cabinets they carry with them are not allowed to exceed 100 boxes! This is too bullying. Son-in-law, after all, you have heard about this. Before the princess has left, Ye Zhiqiu poured a bowl of herbal tea on it..."

"Random!" Before Mu Yunyou opened his mouth, Zhu Yuxiao shouted loudly: "This is the prince's envoy, not my Zhu family's outing! Ye Zhiqiu is the Minister of Rites, so he naturally has his own reason for doing this! You, a servant, dare to criticize yourself! If you continue to spread my words, everything will be done according to the authority of the Ministry of Rites."

Xiaobei was so scared that his face turned pale, but because he had been following the princess for a long time, he couldn't help but hum, "But the princess... I just collected some things yesterday. The princess must have to prepare some inside and out when she goes back this time. The number of these hundred boxes..."

"No one is allowed to take it away!" Zhu Yuxiao buckled her hands. Seeing this, Xiaobei was so scared that she kowtowed and hurriedly escaped. She knew that every time the princess clasped her hands tightly, it was a storm, and she would be finished if she didn't avoid it. She could always press the master's bottom line to challenge. This is the power of a senior girl.

Mu Yunyou seemed to have seen this situation, and said warmly:

"What's the point? You can take it with you as soon as you want. Ye Zhiqiu can really say nothing."

"No, I have nothing to bring, but I just go back to visit. My sister will be prepared for the things I use. Why bother to return the car and pull it over with painstakingly?" Zhu Yuxiao waved her hand.

"Yu Xiao... Mother heard last night that you were going back to Bihai, so she came over to persuade me." Mu Yunyou said quietly.

Zhu Yuxiao was shocked and asked quietly, "She...she is here to advise you not to go back to the Bihai?"

Mu Yunyou stared at his wife's wonderful eyes and spit out two words very slowly: "That's it."

“Why?”

"Mother said, you will not come back again after you go back to the Bihai."

"Why did my mother say this? Why didn't she come back? Oh, yes, is she still worried about you, afraid that I will not be there, and others will not serve you well. In fact, I just went back and stayed for a few months..." Zhu Yuxiao tried her best to calm down, but was busy explaining, and her words were filled with a little fear.

Mu Yunyou gently patted the back of his wife's hand and comforted her: "Don't worry, I have told my mother that I asked you to go back, and my mother agreed to me."

When she returned to the blue sea, she thought about it for many years and now she can really go back, but she is like a thorn in her throat and has no idioms.

Zhu Yuxiao suddenly felt guilty and forced a smile, trying to comfort her husband on the couch, but didn't know what to say. After a while, he said, "Thank you, thank you for being so kind to me."

When Mu Yunyou heard her say this, his brows stretched a lot and said with a smile: "I am very happy to say this. As long as you think it is good, that's great..."

Facing the extremely real look from her husband, this sentence seemed to suddenly melt the iceberg that had been built in his heart. Zhu Yuxiao couldn't help but blurted out:

"I...I will come back. You must also maintain your health."

Everyone envies Mu Yunyou's intelligence, but he can't say anything about it. Is intelligence a good thing? For example, at this moment, he must be so smart that he can see that the last sentence his wife said was a comforting word.

The pain of smart people lies in the feeling of powerlessness that they can know what is going to happen but cannot do anything. But even with such a little kindness, Mu Yunyou didn't want to wipe it away. He smiled and nodded, felt a little tired, so he closed his eyes.

Zhu Yuxiao sat silently. She knew that he was not asleep, but she didn't know what to say. She knew in her heart that he had treated him meticulously over the years and was sincere and could not be better.

Although she hated that everything was caused by him, now that she thought about it carefully, he was also an innocent person.

It's really a bad fate.

After sitting for a long time, she whispered: "Then you rest first. After I leave, you must take care of yourself and eat lightly. You should eat less Xianyun Wuwei Dish...especially... the peppercorn plate, don't put it anymore."

Mu Yunyou seemed to be asleep with his eyes closed and did not hear it. When Zhu Yuxiao walked out of the room, she sighed softly: "Don't come back." Tears quietly flowed down the corners of her eyes.

At the corner outside the room, when Zhu Yuxiao's figure disappeared, a crane and silver-headed crutch appeared. The person holding the stick poked hatefully on the bluestone ground, and two words burst out: "The Witch!".

Since the mission was decided, Su Xiaochen began to pack up his luggage slowly. When his aunt learned that the emperor had given him a green jade crown and a black-leaf shirt, she was overjoyed and said that she would sew a pair of boots in her own hands to make a good outfit. In the future, she would not lose her dignity when she went to Taiye Kingdom to meet the Emperor Ming of Bihai in the future.

Su Xiaochen didn't care so much. He always felt that it was the most important thing for a person to have real talents and knowledge. If he had a false statement, then what would be different from those dandy people in the capital? Having said that, because his uncle was the Minister of Rites, Su Xiaochen had been influenced by him since he was a child. Although he was only sixteen years old, he had only seen many scenes of officials walking. Therefore, it was not completely unreasonable that Mu Yunyou chose him as the prince's companion. He was well-read and had to go to the court. All he lacked was the time.

However, my uncle seemed a little strange these days.

The discipline on weekdays is very strict. There are many big and small rules, and my uncle has to ask about everything. But this time I went to ask my uncle, what should I do and what should I not do when I went to the mission to Bihai, but my uncle had nothing to say. After asking too many questions, my uncle said, "Do you think my Ministry of Rites are empty salary? When the Grand Tutor sent you to the delegation, the responsibilities of the various departments under my Ministry of Rites have been clearly divided. Where can you do it? Just follow the prince honestly."
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