The day when the prince left Beijing was approaching day by day, the team that played the front station had already set off, and the officials who followed him were also busy in the hot summer, carefully packing their bags. As the highest official who escorted the prince to the north, Wang Xian was dressed in thin silk, sitting barefoot on a cold bamboo mat, and the family was eating watermelon and chatting, how could there be a drop of sweat all over his body......

Although he is now an old lady, Wang Xingye's problem of picking his feet can't be changed, he picks his feet with one hand and picks up a piece of watermelon with the other, "When will you go to Beijing?" ”

"It's almost the end of the month," Wang Xian spit out a dozen melon seeds in one breath, and said lazily: "There are still five or six days." ”

"So fast?!" The old lady was concentrating on teasing her grandson, but when she heard this, she raised her head and said in surprise: "Didn't you say autumn?" ”

"The emperor urged His Highness to set off within a time limit." Wang Xian smiled apologetically: "When the errand is not free, it can only be like this." ”

"Won't you go with your family this time?" Wang Xingye had long bought a house in Beijing according to Wang Xian's intentions, and knew that the whole family was going to move to Beijing after all.

"I can't move this time." Wang Xian sighed, he obviously felt Lin Qing'er's body stiffen, "First, it's a little hasty, and second, it's ...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't want to move the capital, I take the whole family to the north, what will His Highness think? ”

"Yes." Wang Xingye nodded, got up and left the table, put on his shoes and walked to the inner hall. After the tea effort, Wang Xingye went and returned, holding a stack of deeds and said: "This is the property that has been bought one after another in the past few years, you go and have a good look, don't let people know about it." ”

Wang Xian took the towel handed by Lin Qing'er, wiped his mouth first and then his hands, and then picked up the stack of documents and looked through them. After reading it, his face turned pale and said, "You have always bought all the cities of Beijing?" ”

"How can it be so exaggerated!" Wang Xingye waved his hand modestly, but his face could not hide his smugness: "It's just that I bought dozens of stores, more than a dozen houses, and more than 100 hectares of land......

"Do you need that much?!" Wang Xian's head was big for a while, and he felt that he could already be equated with corrupt officials.

"It didn't cost much!" Wang Xingye excitedly picked his feet, and his eyebrows danced: "If you buy a courtyard house in Nanjing, you can buy ten in Beijing!" The field store is even cheaper! Saying that, he looked at his son with bright eyes and said: "If it is really like what you said, I will move the capital to Beijing in the Ming Dynasty, and these industries will have to be multiplied several times and make a lot of money!" ”

"This ......" Wang Xian looked at his father helplessly, feeling that if this old gentleman was born in a few hundred years, he would definitely be a black-hearted real estate developer......

After chatting with his father and mother until dark, Wang Xiancai and Lin Qing'er said goodbye, and the two walked hand in hand on the stone path covered by bamboo...... Lin Qing'er usually won't hold hands with him publicly, but the husband and wife are about to separate, and she doesn't know when they will meet, she can't wait to be with him every second, and she has already thrown the countess's reserve out of the clouds.

"Why do you always gather less and leave more," she held Wang Xian's warm hand, her reluctance became stronger and stronger, and she murmured: "I really suddenly saw a strange willow color, and the penitent husband is looking for a marquis......"

"Hey," Wang Xian was also full of apologies, especially since he had promised that the family would live in peace. I could only try my best to comfort my wife and said, "As soon as you settle down, I'll pick you up and go north, okay?" ”

"Okay......" Lin Qing'er nodded happily, but then lowered her voice and said, "My son is still young, and my mother will definitely not let him live in a bitter cold place." ”

"Beijing ......" Wang Xian smiled bitterly: "It's not that bad, right?" ”

"Why isn't it bad?" Lin Qing'er said categorically: "Yan Zhao is a bitter cold place!" That's always been the case. ”

"Okay......" Wang Xian reluctantly stopped, he knew that in the eyes of Jiangnan people in this era, Beijing was like Lhasa in the eyes of later generations...... It's no wonder that those officials don't want to move the capital even if they are killed.

"What should I do?" Lin Qing'er wrapped her arms around her husband's waist, buried her head in his chest, tears rolling in her eyes: "I don't want to be separated from you for so long...... I don't want to be separated from you......"

"Don't worry, it won't be too long, there is always a way." Wang Xian gently patted his wife's shoulder and comforted him softly.

The waning moon hung on the dark sky, and the cold light sprinkled on the couples who were about to separate......

At the end of the month, the day of departure arrived. Before dawn that day, two or three hundred civil officials stood outside the Prince's Mansion, and the lineup was basically the same as the group of people who petitioned in front of the Prince's Mansion last month...... Of course they didn't come to see them off!

"Everyone," Ji Benqing, the young secretary of the Zhan Mansion, said with a resolute face: "This time, we must not take a step back!" Be sure to leave His Royal Highness the Crown Prince behind! ”

"That's it!" Hearing this, all the officials responded in unison: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must not be allowed to go north!" ”

"This time, unless they step on our corpses," it is clear that the civil officials are still haunted by what happened last time, "they don't want to take a step out of the house!" ”

"Morale is available!" Ji Benqing nodded with satisfaction and asked left and right: "How about the back door?" ”

"It's been arranged," the official next to him patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, it's hard for the people inside to fly!" ”

"Good!" Ji Benqing's eyes lit up, gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone, it's not successful!" ”

"Then you become a benevolent!" The officials shouted in unison.

After speaking, the civil officials stopped speaking and stood silently in front of the prince's mansion.

As time passed, the sun rose little by little, and the sky brightened......

The gate of the Prince's Mansion also slowly opened, and the guards came out in a procession, standing on both sides of the stairs, ignoring the officials outside the door......

Looking at the unobstructed gate, the civil officials who were originally preparing to meet the storm muttered: "What's the matter, don't care about us?" "There must be something strange in this......"

"Ahem," muttered for a long time, and there was no movement inside, the officials finally couldn't help it, and said to the stake-like guards of the East Palace: "Excuse me, when will His Royal Highness the Crown Prince leave?" ”

"Your Highness," the leading guard glanced at them coldly, and said with a teasing tone that was difficult to hide, "I have already left Beijing......

"What? Sling the bull! When the officials heard this, they became angry: "We came before dawn, how can we see any car driving out of the palace?!" ”

"Believe it or not." The leader of the guards grimaced.

"Don't try to fool us!" The civil officials didn't believe it at all, and said menacingly: "Think you can take us away like this? We're not going to leave today! ”

"That's a good idea." The leader of the guards laughed strangely and said, "It's good that we are standing guard and lonely, you are willing to accompany you......" The guards laughed.

......Seeing the guards behaving like this, the civil officials couldn't help muttering, waited patiently for a while, and finally couldn't help but turn their heads and ears: "What they said can't be true, right?" "That's it, Jinyiwei and Ying Tianfu haven't come yet, so there is no fear!"

Just as everyone was talking, I saw Zhu Zhanjun, the second son of His Royal Highness the Prince, coming out of it with a birdcage. Seeing that his door was blocked, Zhu Zhanjun smiled bitterly: "What are you doing?" Give way to the driver. ”

"Your Royal Highness," the officials knew something bad as soon as they saw Zhu Zhanjun's behavior, and hurriedly asked, "Where is His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”

"Didn't you tell you?" Zhu Zhanjun looked at the guards on both sides: "My father is already on the road?" ”

"I said it, but what if people don't believe me?" The leader of the guards said with a bitter face: "Your lords, give a circumstantial evidence, isn't that the case?" ”

"Really?" Zhu Zhanjun set his eyes on the officials again.

"Well, it'......" The officials replied in a muffled voice, "He did say so," and as soon as the words changed, his voice raised eight times, "But how is it possible, we are here before dawn!" ”

"How is it impossible," Zhu Zhanjun said with a smile: "My father left the city yesterday evening." ”

"Huh?!" The officials were stunned: "But today is the auspicious day of the zodiac supervised by Qintian, how can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince change it?" ”

"Who said my dad would come another day." Zhu Zhanjun said lightly: "His old man is just to escape the summer, stay in the military camp outside the city for one night, and set off directly from the military camp this morning." ”

"What's ......" The civil officials looked at Zhu Zhanjun in despair, and muttered in great disappointment: "How can Your Highness do this?!" ”

"Ladies and gentlemen," Zhu Zhanjun said with a straight face, "Before my father left, he had something for me to bring to you. ”

"I'll listen to you." The officials hurriedly said solemnly.

"Don't be impatient, this palace has its own measure." Zhu Zhanjun looked at everyone, sighed and said, "Disperse." ”

"Hey......" The officials dispersed helplessly......

Outside Beijing, at the mouth of the Longjiang River, the officers and soldiers of the government army were already on guard. On the river, more than a dozen official ships have been anchored, and only the largest one remains, which is still moored at the wharf.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi stood on the dock and looked back at the capital behind him with a guilty face. He really didn't want to leave like this if he could. But those officials are no longer reasonable, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really doesn't want to make any more trouble......

"Your Highness," Wang Xian, who was standing aside, couldn't help but remind, "It's time to get on the boat." ”

"Hey......" Zhu Gaochi sighed deeply, finally nodded, and slowly boarded the boat with Wang Xian's support.

When the guards behind them also boarded the ship, the sailors removed the planks.

Zhu Gaochi stood at the bow of the boat, holding the railing with both hands, staring at the outline of the capital in the distance for an instant, he wanted to imprint the entire capital in his mind, because it was likely that this would be the last time he would see this city in his life......

At this moment, I suddenly heard the hooves of horses in the distance, and hundreds of horsemen and horses galloped towards them. Riding on the horse were Ji Benqing and other civil officials, all of them covered in stinky sweat and embarrassed, and shouted in their mouths: "Wait a minute! Don't go! ”

The officers and soldiers at the dock tried to stop them, but these ordinary scholars who were helpless were like crazy tigers on a rampage, and the soldiers couldn't really stab them with the tips of their guns, so they let them rush over.