The concubine, Ji's family, was promoted to super-grade concubine, and rewarded countless gold, silver and jewels to Zhuangzi of the royal courtyard.

As for all the officers who followed An Si's west expedition, they all had promotion rewards.

For example, Jiang Yong was promoted to Doctor Youwu of the sixth rank.

After retiring from the imperial court, An Sijiyu returned to Prince Rui's Mansion with a heavy heart in his arms, carrying the imperial decree.

Especially Ji Yu, who felt very uneasy.

The emperor conferred the title of Wise King on the Fourth Brother, wouldn't it mean that the Fourth Brother should be the heir apparent?

Miss Zhuang didn't understand his worries, and joked: "Brother Yu, you are now a super high-ranking concubine, except for the emperor and empress, you don't need to salute any other concubines in the palace, they are all saluting to you."

Ji Yu smiled wryly.

What kind of super princess?The emperor can seal him, and he can also deprive him of it at any time.

He is still useful now, so naturally he is a special seal, what can he do later?

When he is no longer needed, who knows what will happen?

But Miss Zhuang was happy, so he couldn't say anything, he just looked around and asked, "Why don't you see brother Jingyuan?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Miss Zhuang and An Wu's expressions changed.

After a while, An Wu said dejectedly, "Brother Jingyuan is in a bad mood and is sick."

"Ill?" Ji Yu got up quickly: "Why are you sick? I'll go and see."

An Wu originally wanted to stop him, but when he thought of Brother Jing Yuan, who couldn't eat, couldn't sleep at night, and was so thin that only a handful of bones remained, he changed his mind: "Fourth brother, sister-in-law, you can go and have a look.Advise Brother Jing Yuan."

Ji Yu frowned: "What are you persuading?"

An Si was upset: "The emperor forced me to marry the concubine, brother Jingyuan is very sad..."

Ji Yu's heart burst into flames: "You promised to marry the concubine?"

An Wu shook his head and said: "I didn't agree, but the emperor has pointed out the second daughter of Fang Xiang's family. If I don't agree, I'm afraid Brother Jingyuan will be in danger."

How unreasonable!Ji Yu hugged the third child and rushed outside angrily.

They are a good couple, why does the emperor want to break them up?

Sure enough!Even if Brother Jingyuan handed over a lot of money to the treasury and dedicated it to the emperor, as long as he doesn't have such extraordinary skills, the emperor will still despise him.

An Si hugged the eldest and second child and followed behind, anxiously said: "Brother Yu, slow down, you are holding the child!"

After arriving at Qiutang Courtyard, Ji Yu found out that Tong Jingyuan had actually moved to live in a wing room.

The servant at the door refused to let An Wu in: "Second prince, don't embarrass the little one, the young master said, I won't see you."

Ji Yu asked: "Then can I go in?"

Of course the princess can enter.

Miss Zhuang can also enter, but the eldest prince cannot.

Ji Yu handed the third child in his arms to An Wu, and went into the room with Miss Zhuang, and was taken aback when he saw the person lying on the couch.

This is Brother Jingyuan?How did you become so thin?

Skinny, pale, and blue-eyed, he looked like a drug addict in his world.

Miss Zhuang shook her head at him and said, "If you don't eat or drink, can you not lose weight?"

"Brother Jingyuan..." Ji Yu approached, choked up and said, "I'm back."

After shouting several times, Tong Jingyuan opened his eyes and looked at him blankly.

After a long time, the light in his eyes came together, and he opened his mouth and said in a low voice: "Brother Yu...you are back..."

Hearing his feeble call, Ji Yu's heart was broken, together with Miss Zhuang, one supported him and the other stuffed a few soft pillows under him.

"Brother Jingyuan." Ji Yu took the hot handkerchief handed over by the boy, and wiped his hands and face: "Xiao Wu loves you, and only you are in his heart. You can't be so depressed!"

Tong Jingyuan shook his head and said: "What's the use of liking? He is going to marry the main concubine soon. The emperor also said that he will marry a side concubine and have an heir as soon as possible. I like Xiao Wu, and I can't tolerate a grain of sand in my eyes.I can't bear the thought of what he will do to those concubines and concubines. Instead of doing this, I might as well just die."

Miss Ji Yuzhuang can understand his mood.

If An Si, if Jiang Yong wants to take concubines, they can't stand it.

Ji Yu took the bird's nest porridge from the servant, and fed Tong Jingyuan with a spoon.

But he refused to drink: "I have no appetite."

He waved his hands again and said, "Go out! I want to rest."

Seeing his appearance of not wanting to talk to anyone anymore, Miss Ji Yuzhuang had no choice but to back out.

For dinner, the whole family gathered around a table to eat, but none of them had much appetite.

An Wu looked at An Siyu with a sad face: "Fourth brother and sister-in-law Fulang, I will point to you to come back and help me find a way!"

An Sidao: "Did you not ask the emperor?"

An Wu smiled wryly: "Why didn't you ask? Fourth brother-in-law, Fulang, do you think I'm weak and incompetent, do you think I'm vain and despise Brother Jing Yuan? Don't want to contradict the emperor for him? The emperor told me, when you come back, fourth brother, let me go to the east to fight the pirates. If you beat the pirates, you can also give me the title of king. But I said, I am willing to fight the pirates, but I don’t want to be the king. There are still people on my side todayThe yin and yang in front of me provoked strangely, saying that we are both brothers, fourth brother, you are the Wise King, and I am still just a prince. You said that you should not marry a noble girl, but you must find a man who sells rouge and gouache."

He slapped the table: "What do they know? Do they think everyone is like them, and only have power in their eyes? In my opinion, life in the capital is not much better than being in prison. For me, the happiest days are being with my fourth brother andWhen my sister-in-law and brother Jing Yuan were preparing for the exam in Qing City and fighting in Baozhou, I don’t care about the prince at all. I am satisfied with being a military commander. I have a simple mind, and I don’t have the heart and I don’t want to intrigue and judge people’s hearts.I just like Brother Jing Yuan, those noble girls in the capital say they like me, what do they like me? Don’t they like my status as a prince? If I was still in Qing City and I was white, would they like me? Only Brother Jing Yuan is hereI liked me when I was useless, and when I went to the frontier, they came all the way to find me..."

Ji Yu's eyes turned red: "Xiao Wu, don't worry, we will find a way..."

As long as Chong Xiao Wu is not easily provoked by others, as long as Chong Xiao Wu does not forget his original intention, he will help even if he racks his brains.

An Wu shook his head and sighed: "How can it be so easy? My knees are swollen from the emperor's knees, and I still don't change my mind. I still want to marry some kind of concubine..."

An Si comforted: "Xiao Wu, I blamed you. Don't be discouraged, your sister-in-law and I will find a way."

Everyone was silent for a long time, An Si said again: "Let's eat first!"

After finishing speaking, he picked up a piece of fish for Ji Yu: "Brother Yu, eat it! You are in a hurry to come back to see the child, you haven't eaten properly for a few days."

Ji Yu put the fish piece into his mouth, and then said with a satisfied face, "It's delicious."

He sighed again: "The things in the barracks are tasteless and not tasty."

An Si sighed lightly: "Brother Yu, you don't know that the food we eat still tastes salty, but the ordinary soldiers don't have any salty taste at all."

Ji Yu looked up at him, and asked in surprise, "Is there a shortage of salt in the barracks?"

He thought dry food had that taste!

An Si nodded and sighed: "Lack, the lack is severe. You miss the children, and your heart is already uncomfortable enough. I didn't let you know."

Miss Zhuang also said: "Brother Yu, you don't know that the capital is also very short of salt, not to mention the common people, even the small officials' homes are in short supply of salt."

Ji Yu was even more surprised: "What happened this year? Why is there a shortage of salt?"

An Wu sighed, "Several large salt wells have dried up, and the supply cannot come up."

Miss Zhuang said: "The emperor is worrying about this! The pirates in the east are rampant, and the inland is short of salt. The common people have no strength to work."

Salt, pirates...

These words flashed through Ji Yu's mind, and then he put down his chopsticks abruptly: "Fourth brother Xiao Wu, I have a way to make salt, and I have a way to make the emperor promise you and brother Jingyuan."

He pulled An Si and was about to leave: "Fourth brother, let's go to the palace to find the emperor."

Brother An Family was taken aback: "At this time?"

"Yes!" Ji Yu nodded heavily: "At this time."

We can't delay any longer, if we delay, brother Jingyuan will starve to death.

They were going to the palace, Jiang Yong immediately put down his chopsticks and escorted them.

After entering the palace and going to the Imperial Study Room, Ji Yu knelt down when he saw the Emperor, "Your Majesty, Xiao Wu and Tong Jingyuan are really in love with each other, why don't you help them?"

Seeing him kneeling down, An Wu hurriedly knelt down too.

For him and brother Jingyuan, his wife-in-law knelt down, so naturally he would kneel too.

An Si also knelt down next to Ji Yu.For the sake of Xiao Wu, he, the big brother, has to do his best.

The emperor looked at the three of them helplessly: "Even men from ordinary families want to marry wives and have children. What's more, Chengru is the prince! It is his responsibility to extend the royal family's heirs."

Heir?Ji Yu suddenly remembered his previous promise: "Your Majesty, I promised Xiao Wu that one of the three children will be adopted by him. If it is not enough, I will be reborn with fourth brother."

This made An Wu burst into tears.

For him and brother Jingyuan, my sister-in-law went so far...

The emperor sighed: "Brother Yu, it's not just a matter of heirs. Marriage of a prince is also a marriage."

An Wu shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I don't need a marriage. The other prince's marriage is to win power and win the heir. I don't want to win the heir. I just want to guard the frontier with Brother Jing Yuan and live an ordinary life."

The slight smile on the emperor's face faded, and he asked in a cold voice: "But he is a man, and he came from a merchant."

Ji Yu's heart sank.What the emperor dislikes more is brother Jingyuan's background!

If brother Jingyuan is a son of a powerful and powerful person, if brother Jingyuan is like him and can make great military exploits for the Great Kang, the emperor will definitely not be like this.

An Wu is still the same sentence: "Brother Jingyuan is a man, but I love him. He was born as a merchant, but he loved me when I was useless. When I was fighting in the frontier, he came to find me from thousands of miles and gave the army a gift.To supplies. This friendship, no one can compare."

Eunuch Ma, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Your Majesty, it's rare for the second prince to be so affectionate and righteous..."

But before he finished speaking, the emperor gave him a cold look, which made him shut up immediately and didn't dare to speak, only dared to wink at Ji Yu.

Ji Yu's heart broke, he gritted his teeth and asked, "Your Majesty, how can you agree to Xiao Wu and Tong Jingyuan's affairs?"