Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

The eunuch who delivered the message to Fu Yuanzhou arrived in the capital, exhausted to the point of collapse.

When the chief eunuch serving the emperor saw him, he thought Fu Yuanzhou was disobeying the imperial decree. He frowned, but before he could ask any questions, the eunuch grabbed him.

"Master, the Prince of Yangliao has a memorial to present to the Emperor."

The head eunuch glanced at his dusty hands, said nothing, but seemed to have silently cursed him a thousand times.

His apprentice quickly withdrew his hand, wiped it on his clothes, and presented the memorial with great deference.

“The Prince of Yangliao did not refuse to send his son to the capital; he just wanted to ask the Emperor if he could come to the capital to accompany his son in his studies.”

The head eunuch thought he had misheard; he had never heard of a prince being allowed to enter the capital, let alone a prince who was stationed outside the capital.

The chief eunuch took the memorial and went inside, presenting it to the emperor.

The emperor had just finished dealing with his business and casually picked up the memorial to read. In the end, his face was full of indescribable feelings, but he also found it somewhat amusing, so he threw the memorial onto his desk.

"This sixteenth son, when Father Emperor was alive, he never dared to return to the capital once. Now, he only needs to be asked to send his son here, and he takes the initiative to come back."

The chief eunuch, considering the emperor's attitude, said, "The Prince of Yangliao is a kind father."

The emperor scoffed lightly: "Still a romantic at heart."

The chief eunuch laughed and said, "The Emperor is at ease knowing that the Prince of Yangliao and his wife are so deeply in love."

The emperor glanced at him, but did not reprimand him. Instead, he directly ordered him to write on his behalf: "Everyone else lets their heirs come to the capital on their own, but he's just being delusional. You should reject him outright."

The chief eunuch responded and wrote a few simple words on a new piece of paper for the emperor to review. Only after the emperor nodded did he put pen to paper on Fu Yuanzhou's memorial, and the words he wrote were exactly the same as the emperor's.

The emperor instructed the chief eunuch to keep the memorial safe and send it out a few days later.

But to his surprise, this memorial was just the beginning. Almost every few days, he would receive a letter from Yangliao.

The letter contained nothing substantial; it was just a greeting and Fu Yuanzhou asking if he could accompany the child to the capital.

This was the first time the emperor had seen Fu Yuanzhou so persistent, and he gained a new understanding of Fu Yuanzhou's compassionate heart.

“There are loving fathers every year, but ours is quite different.”

The emperor finally granted Fu Yuanzhou's request, allowing him and the princess to accompany the crown prince to the capital.

After agreeing, the emperor instructed the chief eunuch: "After the Prince of Yangliao enters the Hongwen Academy, have the scholars there pay close attention to his studies and martial arts as well."

"The royal family only needs one Prince Yangliao; we must not produce another."

"It is reassuring, but if it weren't for his princess consort's ability to stabilize the situation, I wouldn't feel comfortable letting him guard Yangliao."

“If Your Majesty says so, this servant must speak up for Prince Yangliao,” the head eunuch said. “When the late Emperor was on the throne, he specifically ordered that Prince Yangliao not be sent back to the capital, but instead be ordered to guard the border. This shows that he recognized the prince’s abilities.”

"Him?" The emperor was quite disdainful. "To say that you approve of him is more like you approve of the soldiers under his command."

"Putting everything else aside, the soldiers of Yangliao are indeed excellent, and many people are envious of them. Unfortunately, since he got married at the age of sixteen and his wife has been supporting him financially, the soldiers of Yangliao have not flowed out and have all stayed at the border."

“Good soldiers guard the country’s borders, isn’t that what we should do?” The head eunuch’s eyes revealed a hint of envy. “Even if I didn’t have that opportunity, I’ve always thought about going to the border to make a name for myself!”

The emperor agreed with his words; what man in the Li Kingdom doesn't have such thoughts?

Oh no.

The emperor looked at the letter laid out before him, his face stern.

The King of Yangliao may not have one, but his queen may.

The emperor clicked his tongue in annoyance, raised his hand to close the lid, and decided to avoid seeing it altogether.

When the news of the emperor's approval reached Yang Liao, Fu Yuanzhou was looking utterly miserable, clutching Tangyuan tightly, unwilling to let go.

Tangyuan looked helplessly at her father, who put on a small show every three days and a big show every five days, and turned her pleading gaze to Yinyin, who was watching the show from the sidelines.

The decree restricting the prince from leaving his fiefdom couldn't stop Yin Yin, who was already certain she could find a loophole to travel with Tang Yuan. Now, faced with her child's plea for help, she calmly looked away.

It wasn't that Yin Yin didn't want to help, but if she stepped forward, Fu Yuanzhou might end up acting as her.

She's had enough of it and just wants some peace and quiet.

Tangyuan sighed softly. Even his usually reliable mother had become unreliable, so he could only look up at the sky and ignore his father's theatrical-like tone.

Fortunately, the emperor's messenger arrived in time.

Qingyun, who had already left the manor to marry but had returned to serve him, came in from outside: "Your Highness, Your Highness, the eunuch Chen who delivered the message earlier has arrived. He said that the Emperor has granted Your Highness permission to come to the capital!"

"Really!" Fu Yuanzhou's eyes lit up, and he was so happy he almost dropped the child.

Yinyin's expression changed, and she quickly stepped forward to help him up. Tangyuan was also quick-witted and hugged his father's neck tightly, preventing any accident.

Fu Yuanzhou felt a little guilty, yet couldn't help being happy; his expression was unusually strange.

Yinyin rolled her eyes in annoyance, took the glutinous rice ball from him, and urged him, "Aren't you going to accept the imperial decree?"

After Fu Yuanzhou left, Yinyin praised Tangyuan: "Thank goodness you reacted quickly."

While his father was away, Tangyuan whispered to Yinyin, "It's all thanks to Mom's good teaching. I think if I practice kung fu for a few more years, even Dad won't be able to beat me. If I work harder then, I might even be better than you, Mom!"

“Then you still have a lot to practice,” Yin Yin said. She had practiced internal energy cultivation techniques herself, but only taught Tang Yuan some external martial arts.

Tangyuan is still young, and even if he is precocious, Yinyin doesn't dare to let him know too much. Besides, no one in this world can move mountains or fill seas. At most, if you train well, you can become light-footed and leap across rooftops. With his external martial arts skills and the medicine Yinyin brews for him to nourish his body and bones, that's more than enough.

"I won't let my guard down even when I go to the capital," Tangyuan assured Yinyin. "When you come to the capital, Mother, test me, and I guarantee you'll be satisfied with my progress!"

Yinyin didn't dampen his enthusiasm, and instead extended her little finger to make a pinky promise with him: "Then it's settled."

Tangyuan skillfully pinky-pinched with her: "It's a promise, it's a promise. I'll be the most amazing person in the future, even more amazing than Mom!"