Chapter 1254 The Emperor is the Greatest

The eve of Mid-Autumn Festival.

The Eighth Prince's Mansion, which was originally bustling with people coming and going, became a mess after Yinsi was imprisoned in the clan house and his first wife, Guo Luoluo Minghui, returned to her parents' home.

Now, there are only five people living in the whole mansion: sisters Ruolan and Ruoxi, two maids Dongyun and Qiaohui, and nun Wumei.

Due to the lack of servants and maids to clean and maintain the path, the originally clean and tidy bluestone path had long been covered by overgrown grass and trees.

Even under the stone roads, a lot of grass grew, adding a sense of desolation to the house.

This day.

A young eunuch, under the protection of a team of imperial guards, rushed over from Shandong and read out the imperial edict of amnesty:
"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims... In the battle at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, General Maertai defeated 30,000 enemies. Crown Prince Yinzhen requests permission to allow Maertai Ruolan to divorce the guilty minister Yinsi. You may choose a day to return to Anxi. I decree this!"

Anxi City, which is the Guazhou County in later generations, is about two hundred miles away from Yumen Pass. It is also the garrison of General Maertai.

After sending off the eunuch who issued the imperial decree, Ruoxi couldn't help but congratulate her sister:
"Sister, we can go home now!"

"Yeah, we can finally go home!"

The moment Ruolan heard the imperial edict, her heart, which had been withered for many years, seemed to be watered by a bucket of snow water from the Tianshan Mountains. She instantly came alive, and her eyes were filled with the liveliness and loveliness of her pre-marriage days.

"Sister, let's pack up quickly and leave!"

Ruoxi didn't want to stay here any longer.

"Girl, why are you so anxious?"

Seeing her sister so anxious, Ruolan was both angry and amused:
"From the capital back to Anxi City, the journey is full of mountains and rivers, wind and rain, and it may take two or three months to get there. I'm afraid it won't be possible to prepare in just one or two days!"

“Do you need to prepare a lot of things?”

When Ruoxi heard this, her eyes were filled with confusion.

Nowadays, if you go out for a trip, you just pack your bag and buy whatever you want on the way. Even if you want to bring something with you, you only need to bring some cosmetics and some spare clothes.

Ruolan ignored her sister and turned to Nun Wumei. She bowed slightly before saying earnestly:

"Master, now that His Majesty has granted us sisters permission to leave the capital, can you escort us back?"

It’s a long journey from the capital to Anxi, probably at least five or six thousand miles.

The sisters Ruolan and Ruoxi, together with two maids, a total of four women, were on the road. They were afraid that if they could not get out of Zhili, they would be kidnapped by bandits in the Taihang Mountains and become their chief wives.

So, for safety reasons, Ruolan wanted to invite Nun Wumei to escort her.

"Well, Miss Ruolan, I need to ask the prince first!"

Nun Wumei has been secretly protecting the sisters Ruolan and Ruoxi for nearly a year, and they have developed feelings for each other. Seeing the two sisters so happy, although she couldn't bear to refuse, she remembered that she was arranged by Su Mingzhe, so she didn't dare to act on her own.

When Ruolan heard that Nun Wumei wanted to ask Su Mingzhe, her expression changed slightly:
"Master, I'm afraid the prince won't let Ruoxi leave the capital so easily!"

Ever since the "pamphlet incident" a few years ago, Su Mingzhe has been sending people to bring him food, drinks, clothes and jewelry on regular occasions, and has never stopped doing so.

If there is a holiday, Su Mingzhe will write a letter to ask about the two sisters' well-being.

Su Mingzhe has given so much to Ruoxi, but Ruolan doesn't think that Su Mingzhe, who has become the crown prince, will let Ruoxi leave easily.

Ruoxi also understood this truth. When she heard the conversation between her sister and Nun Wumei, she was immediately so angry that she snorted:

"The emperor has already asked us to leave. Even if he is the crown prince now, does he still dare to disobey his order?"

After hearing this, Ruolan could only smile bitterly and explain to her sister:

"The Emperor's decree only told me to choose a day to leave, but it didn't tell you to leave with him! So, even if the Crown Prince wants you to stay, it doesn't count as disobeying the Emperor's decree!"

When Ruoxi heard this, she was shocked and quickly took out the imperial edict to take a look. She saw that only her sister's name was written on it and her name had nothing to do with it.

This made the fearless girl panic:

"That's not right. I stayed here just to accompany my sister. Now my sister can leave. I haven't done anything wrong. Can he stop me?"

……

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yinxiang brought good news.

Near the Tianshan Mountains, the Qing army won six battles in a row, defeated the Dzungar tribe, and captured more than 100,000 people.

After Su Mingzhe learned the news, he ordered people to inform Kangxi of the good news, and at the same time, he pleaded for mercy to Ruoxi's sister Ruolan, and also asked for an imperial decree to grant marriage for himself and Ruoxi.

Kangxi was a little narrow-minded. Although he had recognized Su Mingzhe's ability to govern, after receiving the good news, he immediately pardoned Maertai Ruolan and allowed her to divorce Yinsi.

However, the imperial decree granting marriage was not delivered until the next day. After the young eunuch who received the task of delivering the decree learned the details, he did not dare to delay and rushed back to the capital overnight.

Unfortunately, Kangxi was on an inspection tour in Shandong at that time. The first imperial edict was sent on the first day and arrived the next day.

The young eunuch who delivered the second imperial edict was still a step late no matter how fast he hurried. When he returned to the capital, the city gates were closed.

The young eunuch did not dare to delay and called the city guards overnight.

It was already late at night.

Su Mingzhe, who was having a ridiculous affair with the two beauties Rouze and Lanxin, heard that the eunuch had arrived in the middle of the night to deliver the imperial decree. He thought there was some emergency and got out of bed before the Zhougong ceremony was over.

When Su Mingzhe learned the details, he was so angry that he almost bit his teeth off:
"This old man is so evil!"

"I worked hard to help him run the government, but he not only ignored me, but also made trouble for me!"

During the day, Su Mingzhe learned that Kangxi only pardoned Ruolan and did not issue an imperial decree to grant the marriage. He originally thought that Kangxi did not agree to grant the marriage.

Unexpectedly, the old man Kangxi actually withheld the imperial decree of marriage for a day in order to "teach" himself a lesson.

This childish behavior made Su Mingzhe laugh and cry.

Gen chirped all night.

Early the next morning, Su Mingzhe came to the Eighth Prince's Mansion with the eunuch who was delivering the imperial edict.

When Su Mingzhe arrived at Ruolan's attic, he saw Ruolan counting on her fingers, carefully calculating the items that needed to be prepared for the journey, while Ruoxi was holding a brush and writing, roughly counting the quantities that would be needed along the way.

If the sisters want to go from the capital to Anxi, they must first consider the issue of safety.

Yesterday, Ruolan begged Nun Wumei to help hire a reliable escort company to escort the sisters away.

Nun Wumei was unable to refuse the request because of the friendship they had gained over the past year.

I went to look for the escort company early this morning.

Besides, the four women couldn't walk all the way home.

Ruoxi and her two maids cannot ride horses yet, so they need one or even two carriages.

There is also the issue of food and drinking water along the way.

You have to know that there are many sections along the way that may be uninhabited for dozens or even hundreds of miles.

The sisters Ruolan and Ruoxi were not officials, so they could not stay in the post stations along the way. If they did not prepare food and water, they might die of thirst or starvation even if they did not encounter bandits.

There are also medicines, cold-proof clothes and bedding, etc.

All these things can be said to be too much to prepare.

After standing at the door for a while and realizing that no one was paying attention to him, Su Mingzhe could only cough lightly.

Sisters Ruolan and Ruoxi finally came to their senses:
"Good luck to the prince!

"no!"

Su Mingzhe walked into the room, took a look, and frowned:

"Master Wumei and the maid aren't here?"

Ruolan quickly explained:
"Master Wumei has gone to hire a escort company for us! Two maids have gone to buy a carriage!"

When Yinsi was imprisoned in the clan house at the beginning of the year, the entire Eighth Prince's Mansion was raided.

Not to mention the carriage, even the furniture in the rooms of the sisters Ruolan and Ruoxi was almost gone.

When Ruoxi saw the man coming, she thought of what her sister and Nun Wumei said yesterday, and her heart rose to her throat. She asked:
"My Lord, what are you doing here?"

She was really afraid that the man would forcibly stop her and not let her go home.

"It's a message!"

When Su Mingzhe saw the girl's appearance, he guessed what she was thinking.

So, at this time, Su Mingzhe was too lazy to talk nonsense. He coughed lightly and called the eunuch in to convey his orders.

Not long after, the young eunuch read the imperial decree granting the marriage, and Ruoxi was dumbfounded.

The emperor is the biggest in this big place!
Now that the emperor has granted the marriage, how can we break it?

(End of this chapter)