Chapter 1368 Psychological Hint

In a blink of an eye, the prince and his party finally returned to the capital, and the return journey was smooth and saved a few days of travel.

Zhou Shuren looked at the gate of the city, "Finally back."

The road was delayed in Zhangzhou for a while, and it took more than half a month to go back and forth, and it seemed that the new year was about to pass.

As the carriage enters the city, the streets in the capital are very lively. There are lanterns and festoons everywhere to prepare for the New Year, and there are people coming and going on the streets.

Zhou Shuren wanted to go home first, but unfortunately it was impossible, the emperor was still waiting in the palace, so he could only enter the palace with the prince's carriage.

When he arrived in the palace, the Supreme Emperor was also there. The emperor looked at the eldest son who had grown up a lot, and his eyes were full of relief. If he doesn't want to be the king of the city, he just wants to see with his own eyes and hear the real sound with his ears.

The emperor hugged his son and patted his back, "Okay, okay."

The prince couldn't help but blushed, and his father praised him, well, his father missed him too.

The Supreme Emperor beckoned and motioned for the prince to come over, "Well, I've grown a lot stronger after going out."

The prince smiled, "The grandson is indeed strong."

The emperor withdrew his gaze from the prince, and said: "You two adults have worked hard all the way."

Zhou Shuren wanted to say, should you pay for your hard work, but he said: "I don't work hard."

Master Yan was even more careful when facing the emperor. He had just accepted the beating, "I'm not working hard."

The emperor had a smile on his face, and his eyes did not change when he saw Master Yan's smile. He continued: "This year is approaching, and many tributes have been paid from various places. The fruits in the capital are precious. I have already arranged that the two adults will leave the palace soon. You can take it back to the house."

Zhou Shuren is happy this time, tributes, there are a lot of tributes in this dynasty, what fools people to pick the leftovers, because I dare not, they are all the best, although ancient insurance technology is not as good as modern ones, don't underestimate the ancients , Ordinary people have no money to support them.

The tribute fruits sent to the palace in winter are rare in the market!

Zhou Shuren secretly thought, the emperor should not be too stingy and only give one box.

The emperor has nothing to talk about today, he really misses his son, the eldest son has been with him all the time, these days he is away, even if the other sons often come over, the feeling is different, he wants to wait for his son to have dinner with the queen.

The emperor said: "The two adults have been away from home for many days, so I will not keep two more adults."

Lord Yan, "I will leave."

Just as Zhou Shuren was about to follow suit, the Supreme Emperor spoke, "I haven't seen Shuren for a long time, and it's still early in the morning. It won't be too late for Shuren to play a few games of chess with me before returning home."

Zhou Shuren, "..."

Bah, he just wants to go home now, who wants to play chess with a bad old man.

Lord Yan sighed in his heart. At this moment, he could feel more deeply the difference between the royal family and the Zhou family. It is worthy of being related by blood. Thinking about it this way, Lord Yan found that only the Rong family and the Zhou family were really related to the royal family in the entire capital. Family, Ning's family is also counted, but her mother's family is a cousin, and the Rong's family is closer to the emperor.

Mr. Yan felt that he should be more careful with Mr. Zhou in the future, so he nodded to Mr. Zhou and followed his father-in-law out.

The emperor and the crown prince also left, leaving only the Supreme Emperor and Zhou Shuren in the hall.

The Supreme Emperor signaled Zhou Shuren to sit down, and waited until the chessboard was set before he said, "What's so interesting about going to Zhangzhou this time?"

Zhou Shuren held the chess pieces, "You know better than me."

There are people around every day, and there is something that the Supreme Emperor doesn't know.

The Supreme Emperor choked for a while, and then his face turned black. He did know a lot, but the Emperor who wanted to know the most didn't tell him, "I miss you every time I go out."

Zhou Shuren smiled, "I also miss the emperor."

"Everywhere I go, I bring you gifts."

How bluntly said, I understand the meaning this time.

Zhou Shuren's expression was a little subtle. He suddenly regretted buying a gift and came back. It turned out that the Supreme Emperor wanted his gift. If he had known it earlier, he would not have spent money.

The Supreme Emperor observed Zhou Shuren and knew it well, "I know you miss me, where is the gift?"

Look at Zhou Shuren's pain,

Oh, I still regret buying it!

Zhou Shuren took a deep breath, "I didn't bring it into the palace."

"I sent someone to fetch it."

Zhou Shuren, "Yes."

The Supreme Emperor didn't think much about playing chess anymore, "What did you buy?"

Zhou Shuren replied dryly, "Special product."

Over the past few years, the Supreme Emperor likes to run to the south, Zhangzhou has not been there yet, and he is stroking his beard, anyway, he will be able to see it in a while.

The Supreme Emperor didn't bother with gifts anymore, he was in a very good mood, "After you left, the grassland tribes came to Beijing."

Zhou Shuren was vigilant in his heart, the Supreme Emperor let go completely, and never interfered in the emperor's decision-making these years, why did he tell him this today?

The Supreme Emperor seemed unaware of Zhou Shuren's nervousness, "I won't talk about this with you. I'm talking about Linxi. These tribes have become very ambitious in the past few years, and they want to marry Linxi."

Zhou Shuren squeezed the hand of the chess piece harder, "Oh."

The Emperor Taishang smiled. This old guy is very protective. After he abdicated, he didn't like to interact with the ministers of the previous court, let alone see the ministers alone. The only person he could see was Zhou Shuren, "Your son has taught you a lesson."

Zhou Shuren looked sideways, "Have you learned the lesson?"

The Supreme Emperor nodded, "Rong Chuan is not good at arranging things by himself. If it is too obvious, it seems like we are too stingy, so I asked your second son, that boy is not bad."

Where is the embassy, ​​poisoning, etc. are not allowed to appear, how many countries are watching, and there are quite a few countries visiting now.

Zhou Shuren was curious, "What did Changyi do?"

The Supreme Emperor curled his lips, "On the first day, he exchanged all the supplies of the various tribes in the grassland. The style was luxurious and in line with the preferences of each tribe. On the second day, he exchanged some handymen for the embassy. On the third day, he exchanged the antiques."

Zhou Shuren raised his eyebrows, "He is implying step by step that precious antiques of grassland tribes can be seen everywhere in the capital, and exquisite supplies are also common? As for changing the handyman, he must have been trained."

The Supreme Emperor nodded, "Well, for the sake of this embassy, ​​all the boxes were turned out, and of course Rong Chuan was behind it."

Zhou Shuren was delighted, "The tribes have lost a lot of money these days!"

The Supreme Emperor curled his lips, "Yes, it's still hard for them to tell, so they can only obediently take out the money."

He has been watching Zhou Changyi's actions, laying the groundwork for seven days. The grassland tribes are bold and unrestrained, so don't expect to have a good temper, of course there are good ones, Zhou Changyi only picks on bad tempers.

It's normal to get angry and throw things. He likes to drop things. It's normal to accidentally touch an antique shelf or damage something.

The Ministry of Rites wrote an excerpt complaining that the antiques at the bottom of the box were gone, and the loss was too great. After writing a bunch of them, the emperor found all the tribes in the end.

The emperor's play was very good, "I treat you as distinguished guests to use everything the best, but you don't respect my wishes, I don't want you to pay for all these antiques, only half of them will be fine."

The princes of various ministries who wanted to interrupt the emperor several times, finally finalized the compensation, and they didn't know when the compensation was made. The real antiques had already been replaced by trained handymen.