20demayo Chapter 451 Dalin's Mission Returns to Meng State
Chapter 451 Dalin's Mission Returns to Meng State
Seven days later, Emperor Yuan Shun and his concubines and ministers escorted the envoys out of the palace and Beijing. Shen Jiarou stood in front of Emperor Yuan Shun in a purple palace dress, followed by Nanny Wang, Ruan Qingling, Nami and others.
Emperor Shun of Yuan knew that the journey was long and he was reluctant to leave.
"Yi Yi, take care of yourself along the way and put your health first."
Shen Jiarou bowed respectfully and said, "Your Highness, I obey your order. Father, Grandmother, and Mother, please take care of yourselves. So do all the brothers and sisters-in-law."
The Queen Mother was reluctant, but for the sake of peace between the two countries and the little girl, she had no choice but to accept the Emperor's proposal.
"Girl, if you feel unwell when you are out, be sure to tell them immediately. Don't just bear it. Remember."
Shen Jiarou nodded obediently: "Grandmother, I'll remember it. Take care of yourself and I'll bring you some toys later."
The Queen Mother nodded slightly with a doting look on her face: "Okay, Grandmother will wait for you to come back."
The queen looked at her daughter with tears in her eyes, and her resentment towards the eldest princess deepened.
"Yi Yi, your mother doesn't need you to bring anything back. Bringing yourself back safely is the best gift you can give her." They only spend a few months together in a year, and now he has to leave for another half a year. It really breaks her heart.
"Your son obeys your order, mother, don't worry. When I come back, please don't find me annoying." The queen reached out and scratched her nose.
"No worries, no worries."
Seeing Concubine De and the third princess, Shen Jiarou smiled at them.
"Empress Defei, Third Sister, I am almost several months pregnant. You must take care of yourselves. Empress Defei, please make sure Third Sister eats well. I will tell you stories when Yi Yi comes back." The mother and daughter smiled at each other and nodded in agreement.
"Okay, Princess Yongkang, take care of yourself too. I wish you a safe journey."
"Sister, I wish you a safe journey."
Shen Jiarou then greeted Concubine An, the Second Princess, Concubine Shun, Prince Rong, Prince Yu, Prince Su, Prince An's family, as well as Concubine Zhang and Concubine Xian, with whom she seldom interacted on weekdays, and bowed. At the wave of everyone's gesture, she turned around and walked towards the carriage.
Nanny Wang and Ruan Qingling supported her all the way to the carriage. Zhen Luosang lifted the curtain. Shen Jiarou looked outside and waved to the people above. The ministers knelt down one by one to bid farewell.
"We respectfully send Princess Yongkang and the diplomatic envoys back to Meng State. May Princess Yongkang live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years."
When the long team arrived at the palace gate, it merged with the team waiting outside. Military generals escorted them all the way to the city gate, and the people along the way looked into the team.
"As Timmy said, this diplomatic mission back to Meng Kingdom will also include our Princess Yongkang."
"This matter has already spread everywhere."
"This trip will take at least half a year."
"Yes, it would take two or three months just to go back and forth, and I would have to stay in Mengguo for a while."
"You're right."
Bao Zhiqing brought Bai Yunsu, and Li Zongyou brought Yaer, escorting them all the way to the city gate. Originally, Bao Zhiqing, as the chief guard, should have gone with them, but after thinking it over, Shen Jiarou decided to keep him and let him guard the three mansions.
Bai Yunsu couldn't possibly go back to Meng State with Shen Jiarou, as they were newly married. Shen Jiarou couldn't bear to see the newlyweds separate, so she left him behind to look after the mansion.
As for Mr. Li, it was entirely because of Yaer’s pregnancy that Shen Jiarou deliberately kept him.
Among the four major guards, there are only Xu Zhi and Feng Jingyun, and they are the chief and deputy chief guards of the guards. They are responsible for protecting their princess closely, while other guards and soldiers are in the front and back to protect her.
After leaving Beijing, the delegation had a winding journey of more than 10,000 people, with ten horse-drawn carriages and fifty horse-drawn carts.
The former had thirty carts prepared by the imperial court, which contained supplies needed for the journey and gifts to be sent back to the State of Meng.
Twenty of the cars were prepared by Shen Jiarou and her friends, and two of them were specially given as gifts to the king's family and several familiar ministers.
There were fifty carts of supplies on the carts, twenty of which were specially prepared by Shen Jiarou.
Their team passed through Yunzhou. Shen Jiarou wanted to go see the eldest princess, but it was a bit inconvenient, so she gave up the idea.
An uninvited guest came to the gate of the official post station, and the soldiers looked at him seriously.
"What?"
"Hello, may I ask who will be on this diplomatic mission to Hui Meng Kingdom?" He wanted to know whether his fourth sister was there. After all, they were going to Hui Meng Kingdom, and as the eldest princess of Hui Meng Kingdom, his fourth sister might go.
General Huaiyuan was going downstairs at this time. Hearing the noise at the door, he frowned and walked over.
"What's going on?"
"General, this person asked us who we have."
Hearing this, General Huaiyuan narrowed his eyes and looked at the other party. He was also stunned by the sight.
"My Lord Prince Consort?" Why is it him?
Su Jiahe nodded slightly: "That's right, this prince consort just wanted to ask if Fourth Sister is on the list of people going back to Meng Kingdom this time."
After thinking about the relationship between the two families, General Huaiyuan decided to tell the truth. After all, this was something that should be done in the open.
"That's right. Does the Prince Consort want to meet Princess Yongkang?"
Su Jiahe shook his head: "Not for now, I'll take my leave first."
"Go slowly, Prince Consort."
After returning to the mansion, Su Jiahe walked quickly towards the backyard.
"Princess."
The eldest princess was pruning branches and preparing to arrange flowers in her room for appreciation. Suddenly she heard her husband's voice and was stunned.
"Jiahe, what's wrong?"
"Follow your husband quickly." Su Jiahe took his beloved wife's hand and ran away, and the eldest princess looked confused.
"No, Jiahe, something happened."
"The fourth sister has arrived in Yunzhou."
The eldest princess exclaimed in surprise: "Ah, really? But we have to go slowly."
"It's too late. They will leave tomorrow."
"Why?"
"Fourth sister is going back to Meng Kingdom as an envoy this time."
When the eldest princess heard this, she no longer worried about whether to run fast or not.
"Then bring Maomao with you. He likes the fourth sister the best."
Hearing this, Su Jiahe suddenly stopped.
"Yes, let's go and take Maomao with us."
Su Wenmao was eating a candied haws, but he didn't expect his father to pick up his little body and the candied haws fell to the ground.
"Dad, candied haws."
"Son, forget about the candied haws. Dad and mom will take you to see Aunt Huang, okay?"
"Is it the fairy-like auntie?"
When the couple heard his childish words, they smiled at each other and nodded in response.
"Yes."
"Yes."
Su Wenmao was very happy.
"Great, let's go."
The carriage of the Princess's Mansion stopped, and all the soldiers were stunned when they saw Su Jiahe coming down holding a child and leading a woman by the hand.
General Bai went out for a walk and some exercise. When he saw a familiar family of three, he thought he was seeing things.
"Princess?"
When he got closer and saw that it was really him, he quickly saluted.
"I pay my respects to the eldest princess, her husband, and the young prince."
The eldest princess raised her hand and said, "No need to be polite. Please help me report. Thank you."
When Shen Jiarou heard that the eldest princess and her family of three were asking for a meeting, she thought she had misheard.