Chapter 105: Too Smooth, Meeting with King Huai'an
"Well, I guess the eunuch will be here soon."
"I have to go take a good look at this guy first. You go down first."
Li Jingxuan smiled and patted Liu Yanyan's butt gently.
Only then did Liu Yanyan reluctantly stand up and walked out.
After Liu Yanyan left, Li Jingxuan's face immediately became grim.
"Come here, prepare the car. I want to go and welcome the Regent and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"yes!"
Soon, the servants prepared the carriage.
Li Jingxuan got into the carriage with the help of two guards .
Then, escorted by more than a hundred guards , they left Huai'an city in a mighty procession.
At this time, it was at Qinggu Pavilion outside the south of Huai'an City.
There was already a huge crowd of people, with countless officials and attendants waiting here.
Not long after, a convoy slowly drove over.
Look at the flags raised in the convoy.
A general covered in armor turned around quickly.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince and his men are back!"
A middle-aged man who was sitting in the Qinggu Pavilion, sipping the hot tea in his hand heard it.
He dropped the teacup in his hand and strode out of Qinggu Pavilion.
Looking at the convoy approaching from afar.
The middle-aged man's body trembled slightly, and he turned and spoke to the general.
"Prepare the horses immediately. I want to welcome my son personally!"
"yes!"
The general quickly led a war horse over.
The middle-aged man jumped on his horse and headed towards the convoy.
We were almost reaching Huai'an City.
Yu Qingbei and Jiang Chen changed horses and continued to lead the convoy forward.
Just then, a group of people came from the direction of Huai'an City.
Seeing the other party coming straight towards him and others, Ye Feng was slightly stunned.
Yu Qingbei on the side seemed to sense Jiang Chen's doubt.
"Brother Jiang, don't worry. Look at the flag of this team."
"It should be my father who brought people to greet us."
After saying that, Yu Qingbei couldn't wait to pull the warhorse under his crotch.
The whole person instantly sped up his pace.
Seeing this, Jiang Chen smiled slightly, then quickened his pace and followed.
In fact, Jiang Chen was quite impressed by the King of Huai'an.
As early as when he was in the imperial capital, he had heard of the deeds of the King of Huai'an.
The King of Huai'an is the eldest son of the late emperor and the elder brother of the current emperor.
He was already deeply loved by the late emperor, but he had no interest in the throne at all.
He had made suggestions to the late emperor long ago and came to Jiangnan to establish a fiefdom.
Under his governance, the lives of the already prosperous people in the Jiangnan region became even better.
But the good times did not last long since the passing of the previous emperor.
The regent took charge of the government and added several officials in the Jiangnan area.
This greatly curbed the power of King Huai'an and the Japanese pirate incident.
This was caused by the secret collusion between those officials and Japan.
After a while, Jiang Chen and Yu Qingbei walked together to the King of Huai'an who came to greet them.
Looking at the middle-aged man in the python robe who was surrounded in the middle, Jiang Chen's eyes showed a trace of admiration.
After seeing the middle-aged man, Yu Qingbei dismounted from his horse.
He fell to his knees with a plop.
"My son greets his father!"
Seeing this, Jiang Chen also dismounted and bowed to the middle-aged man.
"Jiang Chen has met the King of Huai'an."
"Hahaha, everyone, get up. Sir Jiang, there's no need to be polite."
The middle-aged man was none other than King Huai'an—Yu Huai'an!
King Huai'an dismounted from his horse and helped his son and Jiang Chen up.
"Master Jiang, you must have worked hard on the journey."
"I am following orders, so it is not hard for me to do my job."
Facing the courtesy of King Huai'an, Jiang Chen still humbly returned the greeting and said.
"Alright, Father."
"Brother Jiang, please follow me and my father into the city!"
"Thank you, little prince."
Looking at Prince Huaian and Jiang Chen, Yu Qingbei smiled helplessly.
The two of them were even polite to each other.
After receiving the two people, King Huai'an rode on his horse.
The three of them walked towards Qinggu Pavilion together under the protection of a group of Huai'an guards .
"My Lord, why are there so many people outside Qinggu Pavilion?"
Looking at the crowd outside Qinggu Pavilion from a distance, Jiang Chen asked puzzledly.
"These people are all here for you."
After hearing this, Jiang Chen finally understood.
These people are probably here to curry favor with me.
He was the regent appointed by the emperor, although his power was not enormous.
But as long as they please him, these people won't have to worry anymore.
However, Jiang Chen is not so easy to fool.
After all, he came here this time not just to thoroughly investigate the officials.
What is more important is that while completing the emperor's task, the interests of the regent must not be harmed.
There are trade-offs here.
If there is just one mistake, Jiang Chen will face death.
Of course, Jiang Chen had another purpose for this trip.
That is to find the real fourth prince of the late emperor, but only he himself knows about this.
As Jiang Chen and others arrived outside Qinggu Pavilion.
Those were the officials at all levels and the powerful families who had been waiting for a long time.
They came forward one after another and bowed to Jiang Chen and Yu Qingbei.
"We are waiting to meet the prince and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"Greetings, Lord Regent!"
"Everyone, get up."
"Lord Jiang has been exhausted from the long journey. I will take him to rest first."
"I will host a banquet at the palace tonight to welcome Qingbei and Lord Jiang."
"When the time comes, please come and join us!"
Prince Huai'an rode his horse up to the crowd and said calmly.
But at this moment, a group of people came from the direction of Huai'an City.
"Haha, why should Your Majesty spend money?"
"Let me, the Governor's Mansion, take care of the reception for Lord Jiang!"
As the convoy stopped in front of Qinggu Pavilion, Li Jingxuan got off the carriage and spoke loudly to King Huai'an.
Hearing this, King Huai'an frowned, but said nothing in the end.
However, Jiang Chen, who was behind him, walked forward directly.
"Sir, I will not bother you any more."
"Since the prince has said so, welcome Jiang."
"I think he has made some preparations. I really don't want to disappoint His Majesty."
"After today's incident is over, Jiang will personally host a banquet to make amends for you."
Although he didn't know Li Jingxuan's identity, Jiang Chen could tell from Prince Huai'an's unhappy attitude.
Li Jingxuan was one of the spies planted by the Regent in Jiangnan.
Jiang Chen said these words without any omissions.
There was simply no way to find anything to hold against him, so although Li Jingxuan was a little unhappy, he couldn't say anything more.
"Haha, no problem, no problem."
"In that case, I will take my leave first."
After saying that, Li Jingxuan turned around and returned to the carriage.
Then he turned around and headed towards Huai'an City with his men.
It really is a hurry to come and go.
Seeing that Li Jingxuan didn't say anything to him, he went back.
A hint of murderous intent flashed across Prince Huai'an's face, but he quickly suppressed it.
