Chapter 168 Return to Jia Mansion
This time, Jia Cong did not return home alone!
First, the one hundred guards granted to Jia Cong were directly added to Jia Cong's personal guards. However, the emperor had promised Jia Cong that he could supplement his personal guards to two hundred people on his own, and then the one hundred guards would return.
Secondly, there were the maids and eunuchs who had taken care of him in the past, a total of twenty people!
The most indispensable thing is an entire medical team!
Leading the team were two skilled imperial physicians, eight ordinary medical officers, and a number of apprentices from the Imperial Hospital who were responsible for cutting medicine, boiling medicine, and doing miscellaneous tasks, also a total of twenty people.
This was the number of people selected after Jia Cong repeatedly refused and the emperor and empress screened them. The initial number of people was more than three times the current number.
"I originally thought of asking His Majesty to send a dragon sedan to take you back, but I was worried that it would be too conspicuous! So I just randomly put on a carriage and asked Chief Steward Xia and Chief Steward Zhou to take you back together!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Jia Cong was extremely grateful. If he were to ride on the dragon sedan back home today, the memorials accusing him of treason would fill up the emperor's dragon desk tonight.
"It's almost noon, let's eat and go back!" the queen said again.
Emperor Longxing immediately said, "Xia Shouzhong, ask the imperial kitchen to serve the meal!"
So, Emperor Longxing asked someone to bring a small table. After the food was brought over, the emperor and the empress surrounded Jia Cong and let Jia Cong eat the meal in a nervous, awkward but tender manner.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the carriage is ready!"
The Queen held Jia Cong's hand reluctantly. She finally saw her son, but they had to be separated after just a few days.
"You must remember to come to the palace every few days to chat with me. If you don't come, I will ask the emperor to announce the decree to your mansion, or directly send someone to take you and beat you with a stick!"
Even if she is the queen, she is still a woman and a mother. Don't ever believe that a mother can be rational when it comes to matters concerning her own son. With the queen's current mood, she is definitely capable of doing such a thing.
"I thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty! Please take good care of me in the palace!" As he spoke, thinking about the Queen's care for the past few days, Jia Cong couldn't help but feel emotional. He knelt on the ground and cried, "I am an outsider, but Your Majesty is willing to take care of me at the cost of her own life. I am deeply grateful."
"I lost my mother when I was young and felt lonely and helpless. Although I shouldn't cross the line, in my heart, Your Majesty is like my biological mother!"
"Although I dare not have any wild dreams, I will never forget the kindness of the Empress in taking care of me. The only way I can repay Your Majesty and Daqian with this body is to live up to the Empress's hard work in taking care of me for the past few days!"
After that, Jia Cong bowed three times to the queen solemnly, "I will take my leave!"
The queen could no longer hold back her tears, the emperor's eyes turned slightly red, and he waved his hands. Then Xia Shouzhong came over personally and helped Jia Cong out of the hall!
Outside the hall, it was obviously not a random carriage, but a royal carriage. However, Jia Cong, who had lost his composure for the first time in his journey through the world of the Red Mansion, did not notice it.
It was not until Jia Cong had been gone for a long time that the Queen's emotions calmed down.
"Your Majesty, when will I see our son again!"
Emperor Longxing was speechless. Jia Cong just returned home, not to heaven or hell. Why was it so serious? In this regard, fathers are always more rational than mothers...
"When the Queen wants to see him, I will issue an order to summon this boy into the palace!"
"But...but I want to see you right now!"
Seeing the queen, who was always dignified and polite, like this, Emperor Longxing was speechless. However, he could understand the queen's feelings. In fact, how could he not feel reluctant in his heart?
"Hui'er, this kid has just recovered from his injuries. It would be best if he rests for a few days. When he is well again, I will summon him to the palace immediately!"
After hearing this, the queen nodded.
The emperor raised his eyebrows speechlessly, thinking that his son had snatched his queen away...
"Humph, this kid, I should spank him!" Suddenly, Emperor Longxing said unhappily, "Just now that kid said that you are like his biological mother, why didn't he mention me? Am I not like his father?"
Seeing Emperor Longxing being jealous like a child, the queen couldn't help laughing, "Your Majesty is busy all day long, how long have you been with Xiao He'er? I am with her all day long, so of course our son will be closer to me!"
"Okay, I will personally make eggplant soup for Your Majesty tonight!"
The emperor felt much more comfortable in his heart. The queen still cared about him. However, he suddenly thought of something and asked the queen with a dark face, "Could this be leftovers from the meal he made for that kid?"
The queen smiled, and everything was said without words...
The huge team had hundreds of people. They walked out of the palace and arrived at the gate of Ningguo Mansion.
The guards at the door waited attentively until the curtain of the carriage opened, revealing Jia Cong's face. Only then did they all bow to the ground and said, "Greetings, General!"
"Someone, open the front door, the master has returned home!" The servant who was waiting on the side spoke hurriedly.
Under normal circumstances, there is no need to open the main gate, but as a servant of Ningguo Mansion, he naturally has some vision! Not only is his master sitting in the royal carriage, but there are also eunuchs and others following him, and even Xia Shouzhong, the chief steward, is here, so how could he go through the side door?
As he entered the main gate, Xia Shouzhong said with an apologetic smile, "Please ask the people from the two mansions to come over, my Lord. His Majesty has another decree for me to pass on."
As the chief steward of the emperor, Xia Shouzhong didn't know why the emperor and the empress were so close to Jia Cong, but he knew very well that in the eyes of the two was definitely extraordinary. For example, the treatment he received in the palace in the past few days was not even given to the princes! Therefore, as the chief steward, he had to be superior to other relatives and nobles, but in front of Jia Cong, he was as obedient as the lowest servant.
Zhou Zongguan, who was standing by, was even more respectful to Jia Cong. He had been the eunuch chief of the Shang Empress since the day she married Emperor Longxing. It could be said that he was more loyal to the Empress than to the Emperor. Therefore, he obviously knew more than Xia Shouzhong.
This person is his real little master! Even if he has a hundred lives, they are not as important as a finger of this little master.
Jia Cong nodded, and then told the servant to deliver the message!
Before long, everyone in the two mansions knew that Jia Cong had returned! Youshi changed into a big make-up and waited for the old ladies to come. Keqing did not have an imperial title, so she went directly to Ningzheng Hall and waited with Xiao Que'er and the others.
Led by the old lady, all the males and officials of high rank in the West Mansion changed their clothes as quickly as possible, harnessed their carriages and rushed to the East Mansion. The rest of the sisters, including Wang Xifeng, Li Wan and others also followed.
