Starting from a thatched cottage, the farmer embarked on the road to wealth through imperial examina

Chapter 413 Travel

When the emperor heard Qiu Bao's report, he was a little surprised. It was no exaggeration to say that Yujing Palace was the leader among the spiritual forces in the world. Yujing Palace had kept a low profile for many years, yet someone dared to provoke it. However, the emperor suddenly found something wrong and asked Qiu Bao in a somewhat cold tone.

"Have you found out which forces are also secretly investigating Yujing Palace?"

"Your Majesty, according to the report from my people, the forces secretly investigating the Yujing Palace at least include the people of the First and Second Princes, and there is also a group of people who seem to have some connection with the Queen's family."

As expected, after dealing with a series of people's affairs after the Mid-Autumn Festival, his sons behaved well for a while. Unexpectedly, the eldest and the second son were secretly investigating the Yujing Palace. Although the third son did not send anyone there personally, the influence of the Queen's family naturally made it clear who they were working for.

Judging from the rumors, the Yujing Palace is indeed quite mysterious. It is not only a holy place for recuperation, but people who live there seem to be more likely to live a hundred years. In addition, there may be a way to communicate between heaven and earth inside. It is no wonder that they would target the Yujing Palace. However, the Yujing Palace is not so easy to investigate. Even the emperor himself has no idea where to start with the Yujing Palace. The emperor chuckled and was not optimistic about his sons' secret investigation of the Yujing Palace.

"Withdraw your people first. The situation in Yujing Palace seems to be more complicated than I originally thought. At the end of the year and the beginning of the next year, you must keep a close eye on the eldest, second, and third brothers and see who they interact with, including the etiquette exchanges during the New Year. In addition, pay attention to the movements of the officials in the court and officials above the third rank."

Qiu Bao nodded in agreement and then retreated, but the emperor's expression became somewhat uncertain.

At Caijia Farm in Sanyuan County, a large number of strawberries were planted in the greenhouse in September according to Ye Changyan's plan. Now in these cold days of winter, the strawberries in the greenhouse are growing quite well. Yang Lin, who came to deliver the vegetables, said that the first crop of strawberries are ripening one after another in the past few days.

Wulang and Erniu had always been very interested in the greenhouse that their brother had built in Shengjing. When they learned that there were strawberries in this cold winter, they were extremely excited.

However, Xingwang had picked strawberries himself, so he and Goro, two children of the same age, both clamored to go pick strawberries.

Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng sent people to notify their three senior brothers and their families in Beijing, as well as Xiao Yankai's family. Then they went to the Imperial College and Beijiao Horse Farm respectively to invite Sang Li and Li Ping to pick strawberries at Caijia Farm in Sanyuan County on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month.

On the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, everyone in Shigu Lane set out early and agreed to meet outside the city gate. Ye Changyan and his group took three carriages and met the carriages of Zhu Yuchun, Zhao Mubai and Ji Yunting's families who were already waiting outside the city gate. As soon as everyone finished greeting, the carriage of Sang Li and his servants also came over. Ye Changyan called out and Li Ping's carriage also came out of the city gate.

A group of people, eight carriages, drove towards Sanyuan County in a mighty manner. The excited Wulang lifted the curtain of the carriage. The morning sunlight was not dazzling. Instead, the sunlight shone through the curtains and onto people's bodies, making them feel warm. Along the way, one could see that the snow that had fallen in the previous few days was gradually melting.

Although they witnessed a snowfall with their own eyes, Wulang and Erniu were still very excited about the white scenery in the suburbs. They ignored the cold outside the car window and kept sticking their heads out of the window excitedly to appreciate the scenery along the way.

At the city gate, everyone was just sitting in their carriages and simply greeted each other. But when they arrived at the farm in Sanyuan County and everyone got off the carriages, Ye Changyan introduced Sang Li and Li Ping to everyone. In the crowd, except for Mr. Cai, Zhu Yuchun also recognized at a glance that Li Ping, the good friend introduced by Ye Changyan, was actually the fourth prince Li Jingping.

But even Mr. Cai did not know that Zhu Yuchun knew the Fourth Prince. The reason why Zhu Yuchun knew the Fourth Prince was when he was working in the Dali Temple. When handling a case, because the steward of the Fourth Prince's mansion was an eyewitness, Zhu Yuchun went to the Fourth Prince's mansion with his colleagues to inquire about the case. As soon as he arrived at the door of the Fourth Prince's mansion, he met the Fourth Prince who was out, so they had such a chance encounter.

Zhu Yuchun suppressed his shock. Looking at the situation, it seemed that his two junior fellow apprentices were unaware of the Fourth Prince's true identity, and the Fourth Prince did not seem to put himself in the position of a prince.

Judging from the Fourth Prince's easygoing attitude towards his two junior brothers, they seemed to be quite familiar with each other and had a very close and harmonious relationship. Zhu Yuchun had no choice but to pretend that he did not recognize the Fourth Prince.

But Zhu Yuchun was very confused. Compared with the other three princes, the Fourth Prince was always very low-key. Few dignitaries in the entire Shengjing City had ever seen the true face of this prince. How did his two junior brothers get to know this noble man?

Zhu Yuchun quietly turned her gaze towards her teacher, only to see Mr. Cai chatting with Ye Xiaozheng with a calm expression on his face. She didn't know whether her teacher knew the noble status of the young man in front of him.

Zhu Yuchun secretly observed for a while and saw that, apart from the two attendants who followed not far away, the Fourth Prince looked just like an ordinary young master from a noble family. Zhu Yuchun suppressed his shock and followed the crowd to the courtyard where Yang Lin's family lived.

Yang Lin's family greeted everyone who came warmly. Dahu and Erhu were busy bringing stools for everyone. Xue Niang and Yang Lin's old mother, who were grinding tofu, also put down what they were doing and ran to boil water and pour tea for everyone.

A group of children led by Xing Wang, Zhu Shan, Zhao Guangdi and Ji Furong surrounded Yang Lin and asked Yang Lin to help them hold the basket. They couldn't wait to pick strawberries. Several younger children led by Zhu Fu also followed the older children excitedly.

Wulang, who came to the farm for the first time, was still a little reserved. Seeing that everyone was holding baskets, he followed Dahu and Erhu and ran out of the yard, then turned his eyes to Ye Changyan.

"Wulang, you are about the same age as Xingwang and Fubao. You should also take a basket and go with them."

Wu Lang then nodded, took a wicker basket from the smiling Yang Lin, and chased after him in two or three steps.

Mr. Cai, who had just finished taking a sip of hot tea, noticed that the rest of the people were looking at him, so he said to everyone with a smile.

"You young people, go pick your own strawberries. Your uncle Ye and I will sit here for a while and drink some hot tea. We will also go to the greenhouse later."

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