The rural doctor bought a husband who was very treacherous

Chapter 226: Trip to Jiangnan

Two days later, Emperor Jing returned to the capital with a group of trusted officials, and on the same day he asked Eunuch Fu to deliver many rewards to the Prince of Qi's Palace.

This time, not only precious medicinal materials were given, but also many jewels, jade articles and antiques.

Soon after, the Prince of Qi's Palace received gifts from various noble families in the court. Of course, some people took the opportunity to send women into the Prince of Qi's Palace, but they were stopped by the guards at the door.

"In our mansion, except for the women who are already in the mansion, no women from outside are allowed to enter the mansion."

Because the mistress of the Prince of Qi's Mansion was the Grand Princess, the women who were stopped outside the mansion could only twist their handkerchiefs and say some jealous words about the Grand Princess in private, but no one dared to really challenge the Grand Princess.

Su Tang was so overwhelmed with the things she collected that day that she asked people to put all the things into her private warehouse. Then she was alone in the warehouse and put all the valuables into the space.

There is no need to worry that the next time someone sends gifts, those people will find that the items in the warehouse are missing. Su Tang spends a lot of money on a daily basis anyway, and behaves like a child who spends money. If someone finds that the items are missing, they will just think that Su Tang is used to spending lavishly and sold all the items.

Of course, among the gifts bestowed by Emperor Jing, the sugar that could not be sold was directly placed in the large warehouse of the Prince of Qi's Palace.

"I'm in a good mood today." When Qi Lingheng came back from the palace, Su Tang was sitting in the house eating fruit with a smile on her face.

Seeing Qi Lingheng enter the room, Chunmei and the others immediately retreated and went to the outer courtyard to guard.

Although the door was open at this time, there was no one else in the yard where Su Tang lived.

"You came back early today. Would you like to have some fruit?" Su Tang pointed to the plate of fruit.

Qi Lingheng walked to the table and picked up an apple. The fruit that Su Tang ate was produced in Su Tang's space, and it tasted much better than the fruits sold outside. Su Tang said that these fruits were improved by later generations, so they tasted better than the current fruits in Dayong.

"Now several countries surrounding Dayong know that we have artillery, and they have sent letters of surrender." Qi Lingheng took a bite of the apple, and the sweet taste filled his mouth.

"No wonder so many people sent gifts today." Su Tang got up from the couch and walked to Qi Lingheng's side. She found that Qi Lingheng's body had grown a lot in the past six months. She now had to look up to look at Qi Lingheng at eye level.

"I guess during this cannon test at Taijing Mountain, the spies planted in Dayong by many neighboring countries have already sent the news back to their respective countries."

"Hey, the weather is so nice, do you want to go to Jiangnan for some fun?" Su Tang looked at Qi Lingheng and asked.

The artillery has intimidated the surrounding countries, so the external threat to Dayong has been temporarily resolved.

At least, no country should dare to provoke Dayong now, and no one wants to be the second Northern Frontier.

General Qi Lingheng should have some free time recently.

"Sure." Su Tang wanted to go out and play, how could Qi Lingheng not agree.

"Then let's go on a trip on a whim." Su Tang said happily.

"Well, I will send a letter to my father in a while. It's a good opportunity to go to the south and enjoy the scenery while the flowers are blooming in spring."

"Okay." Qi Lingheng smiled at Su Tang lovingly.

Now that Su Tang is not pregnant, it is more convenient for them to go out and play. When they have a child in the future, although Su Tang will not have to take care of the child herself, it will definitely take up Su Tang's energy. I guess she won't be as leisurely as she is now.

After making a plan, Su Tang happily walked to the table and wrote a letter to Emperor Jing personally. She then called Chunmei and asked her to deliver the letter to the Second Prince's residence and have the Second Prince bring it to Emperor Jing personally.

In the afternoon, Su Tang packed a lot of things and put them in the space. This time she went out with Chunmei and Xiamei.

Of course, Chunmei and her companions also prepared a lot of supplies, and they also prepared several carriages to accompany them.

This time, Su Tang just wanted to be a complete ancient person and enjoy the joy of traveling as the ancients did.

The next day, at the south gate of Kyoto, several carriages filed out of the city.

Su Tang and Qi Lingheng did not hide their going out this time, and the carriage they took was also the princess's carriage. Especially the one that Su Tang and Qi Lingheng rode in, it was the princess's carriage for traveling.

So wherever we went, local officials would open the door to welcome us.

Su Tang enjoyed the privileges comfortably along the way.

Su Tang was not afraid that she would be impeached after she returned. She was just a princess. People from the royal family were treated with courtesy by some local officials when they went out, and she could not lose the face of the royal family.

After walking for a while, the group finally arrived in Jiangnan after more than a month.

"It's worthy of the reputation of a land of fish and rice. The climate here is much better than our Kyoto. Why did they choose Kyoto as the capital before?"

After sitting in the car for half a day, Su Tang wanted to get off and walk around for a while, so the convoy found a place with pleasant scenery and stopped.

Su Tang stretched, and Chunmei took out the recliner she brought with her and placed it in the camp.

The guards who were on this trip were also doing their duties in an orderly manner.

"This trip is very safe." Su Tang withdrew her hand, jumped on the spot, and did a few stretching exercises to stretch her muscles.

"Yes, but it is not ruled out that those people are afraid of the power of artillery."

Although the artillery is still kept in the Qi family military camp outside Beijing, only a few close associates of the Qi family can operate the artillery.

To prevent any accidents, Su Tang took all the people back to the space after they returned from Taijing Mountain.

Even if someone took the cannon away, those people would not be able to operate it. After all, this kind of high-tech product was not something that the ancients could understand just by studying it.

Su Tang was not even afraid that those people would destroy the artillery. The artillery was a product of the military compound. No matter how many artillery pieces Su Tang took out, the artillery pieces in the compound would be automatically replenished.

"Just go on and you'll reach Yangzhou. It's said that there are so many beautiful women in Yangzhou. I'd like to see what kind of beauties they are then." After Su Tang said this, she glanced at Qi Lingheng.

"Are you going to see beautiful women?" Qi Lingheng didn't believe what Su Tang said.

There is actually another important reason why Su Tang wants to come to Jiangnan this time.

The account book left by Sun Yueyun's father previously recorded the Ministry of Revenue's misappropriation of tax silver, most of which were errors and omissions in taxation in Jiangnan.

The people the Qi family had planted in the Ministry of Households also found out that the problem was in Jiangnan.

Now that they have confirmed that there is no problem with the account book of Sun Yueyun's father, they can check it secretly during their trip to Jiangnan.

Su Tang also wrote about this in the letter to Emperor Jing, so Emperor Jing agreed to let her, a princess, leave the capital.

"Just take a look. Don't you want to take a look?" Su Tang sat on the recliner prepared by Chunmei with her legs crossed. Xia Mei walked to Su Tang and helped her massage her legs.

Su Tang waved her hand, "No need to hit me, I'll just stretch for a while."

"Yes." Xia Mei responded and stepped back.

Su Tang was very kind to Chunmei and the others and never treated them as real servants.

Except for combing her hair, which she has always found inconvenient, Su Tang would do everything else by herself.

She would never beat or scold them at will. Even if they were servants in Prince Qi's mansion, Su Tang treated them equally.

During this year's Spring Festival, the servants of Prince Qi's Mansion and Princess Princess' Mansion all received big red envelopes from Su Tang, which was enough for a full month's salary.

Su Tang said that as long as everyone worked hard, people in the Prince Qi's Mansion and the Princess' Mansion would receive an extra month's salary at the end of the year.

"No one is as pretty as my wife." Qi Lingheng walked to Su Tang's side, squatted down and looked at Su Tang straight in the eye.

Su Tang's face suddenly turned red. What was this man talking about? As soon as she asked him about this, he began to confess his love to her passionately.

The face is getting thicker and thicker.

A day later, Su Tang and his group arrived in Yangzhou.

Su Tang and his team did not hide their whereabouts along the way, so officials from various prefectures would open the doors to welcome Su Tang and his team into the city.

But when they arrived in Yangzhou, Su Tang and his companions did not see the scene of officials welcoming them as before.

"Could it be that this official from Yangzhou is an honest person?" Su Tang opened the curtain of the car and looked at the long queue in front.

Most honest people would not do anything to curry favor with the powerful, so it would be understandable if such a person did not come to greet Su Tang.

But how could an official from a land of plenty be an honest official?

All the officials who can be arranged here have backers in the court. Without some background and power, it would not be his turn to be an official in this good place.

Think about the fiefdom of the Qi family. Even a general who fought for his country would not be entitled to such a rich fiefdom.

However, the area outside Yangzhou looked very lively, with more pedestrians and convoys along the road than in other cities we had passed through before.

There was a long queue at the city gate in the distance, and the road was blocked. Su Tang and his team's convoy could only line up in order.

"You'll know when we get there." Qi Lingheng frowned and said, then he made a few gestures outside the carriage, and Qi Feng, who was following him outside, immediately nodded in response.

Looking at Qi Feng walking away, Su Tang asked, "What did you ask him to do?"

"Just in case, we will dispatch some people to the city to make arrangements first, and visit the garrison stationed outside Yangzhou."

"You just made those few gestures, but you confessed so many things?" Although Su Tang knew some of the Qi family's code words, the gestures that Qi Lingheng made just now were not the Qi family's exclusive code words.

"Well, I have come up with a new set of secret codes and hand gestures. Do you want to learn them, madam?" Qi Lingheng lowered the curtains. Two huge luminous pearls were placed in the carriage at this time, so the inside of the carriage was as bright as day.

"No need." Since this was a new codeword that Qi Lingheng had researched, he must have his own reasons for doing so. She didn't need to know everything about Qi Lingheng.

She will give Qi Lingheng the trust and space he deserves.

While waiting to enter the city, Su Tang picked up the pastries on the table and started eating.

"You've really eaten a lot along the way. You've obviously gained more fat on your waist." Qi Lingheng suddenly reached out and touched Su Tang's waist.

Su Tang was startled by Qi Lingheng's sudden action. She took Qi Lingheng's hand away from her waist and said, "I'm still eating cakes. Aren't you afraid that I'll choke?"

"Then have some tea, ma'am." Qi Lingheng picked up the teacup and handed it to Su Tang's lips.

Holding Qi Lingheng's hand, Su Tang took a sip.

"Honestly, do you think there is something wrong with the Yangzhou prefect?"

"Even officials from poor places can be found to have some problems. I'm afraid the governor of the wealthy Yangzhou is not a clean person either." Qi Lingheng drank the remaining water in the teacup and put the cup back on the table.

Su Tang glanced at the teacup on the table. She had long been accustomed to it. Qi Lingheng often ate the half-eaten food of Su Tang, saying that it should not be wasted.

"If he doesn't come to greet us after we enter the city, we can just find an inn to stay in."

"No need, the Qi family has a house in Yangzhou." Su Tang raised an eyebrow, "Is the Qi family so powerful?"

This is the wealthy Yangzhou. The prices of houses here should be no lower than those in Kyoto. The Qi family actually has a house here.

"You forgot that the Qi family is also a century-old family, and they have some wealth. When my grandmother was young, she often came to Yangzhou, so she bought a house in Yangzhou at that time."

Although the convoy moved slowly, it was finally Su Tang and his friends' turn to enter the city.

The carriage of Su Tang and her group was more luxurious than the carriages of other people around them, and it was obvious that it was not something that ordinary people could ride in.

Along the way, the people around had frequently come to watch the carriage.

Many people privately speculated which noble family the person in the carriage was from.

When Su Tang and his group arrived outside the city gate, Qi Yan, who was accompanying them, showed the badge of Prince Qi's Palace to the soldiers at the gate.

Seeing that it was the badge of King Qi, the guards at the door and the surrounding people immediately knelt down towards Su Tang and his convoy.

After the soldiers at the gate knelt down, they immediately urged the people who had been checked and allowed in to make way for the city gate so that the King of Qi and his entourage could pass.

The convoy moved forward again until it arrived outside a mansion, where the carriage stopped again.

"Master, we're here." Qi Yan said outside the carriage.

Qi Lingheng lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage first, then held Su Tang's hand and helped Su Tang get out of the carriage.

In front of her, a mansion that was larger than the Prince Qi’s Palace in Beijing jumped into Su Tang’s eyes.

Su Tang thought that the mansion Qi Lingheng was talking about was just the small house where Old Madam Qi lived temporarily when she was traveling in the south.

I didn't expect it to be such a big house.

"This Jiangnan mansion is more beautiful than the one in Kyoto. The garden here is very exquisite. Let's go in and take a look."

Qi Lingheng took Su Tang's hand, and the two walked towards the mansion hand in hand.

On the mansion in front of him hung a large plaque with the words Qi Mansion on it.

"This plaque was personally bestowed by the late emperor." Qi Lingheng saw Su Tang looking at the plaque on the gate, and he casually introduced it.

"Then how did it get to Jiangnan?" Why isn't this kind of plaque hung in the Qi Mansion in Kyoto?

"My grandmother said at the time that it would be a waste to hang it in Kyoto. After all, the officials there all knew the Qi family, but she didn't come here often. Hanging a sign bestowed by the late emperor would help protect the house."

Su Tang burst out laughing, it turned out that Old Madam Qi regarded the late emperor's calligraphy as a door god to protect the house.

But this idea is quite appropriate. With this plaque here, I guess no one would be so blind as to come here and steal.

As Qi Lingheng entered the mansion, what came into view was a huge screen wall.

It is carved with exquisite reliefs that symbolize auspiciousness.

After passing the screen wall, you will see a large garden.