Chapter 304 has been read, not on the right track!

Seeing that there is only one month left until his birthday, that brat should not brag too much, otherwise he will be in trouble...

Emperor Xuanwu opened the letter brought back by Long Yingwei with great concern.
I thought that since the news was so widespread, even if this kid was unwilling to reveal in advance what birthday gift she had prepared for him, he would at least mention it in the letter.

As a result, the letter paper was unfolded——

[Good afternoon, father. Everything is fine.]

The environment here in Zhuangzi is nice and quiet, but the bowls for eating are for some reason a lot smaller than normal. I ate five bowls for three meals yesterday, and I still felt only eight-tenths full.

In addition, the chefs in the manor were much worse than those in the palace. The pork elbows were not stewed well enough, and it was hard to say what was wrong with the fried pork ribs, but the taste was just different...】

As always, there were a lot of bits and pieces, and even details about which dishes she had eaten and how they tasted.
At the end, she even asked him with a playful smile whether his father missed her. If he did, he could go to her East Palace to help her feed Fu Fu.
But there was no mention of the rumored mysterious gift.

But I can understand,

Surprises, he understands!
Emperor Xuanwu sneered and was too lazy to even take out a separate piece of paper to write her a reply.

Just like reviewing a memorial, he wrote five big characters in red ink at the bottom of her original letter:
"I've read it, it's not on your way!"

Why is the little kitten so noble that he, the emperor, has to go to the East Palace specially to feed her?
Are the servants in the Eastern Palace just decorations?

If you are so worried, why don’t you come back to feed it yourself?
After stuffing the letter back into the envelope and casually tossing it to the Dragon Shadow Guard, Emperor Xuanwu reluctantly raised his noble eyes:

"Tell that brat not to be lazy on the farm and come back to work when you're done!"

"Yes."

Longyingwei took the envelope respectfully and delivered Emperor Xuanwu's words that same day.

However, it is impossible to go back for the time being.

As the first batch of people to be officially given the smallpox vaccine, each of them had a very distinguished status.
It is natural for the doctors in Zhuangzi to always want to keep the patient for a while longer and confirm again and again whether everything is normal.

Yun Shu lived in the manor for more than half a month. Before she went back, the account books of chambers of commerce from all over the country were sent to the capital.

Fortunately, after the astonishing 180 million taels of commercial tax last year, the Ministry of Revenue has been particularly proactive in approaching her and taking over the task of taking inventory of the commercial tax accounts every year.

Now that Minister Yan is leading people to work overtime every day to check the account books, Yun Shu doesn't have to worry about anything anymore.

I stayed at the manor peacefully for another seven or eight days.
After finally working together with Zheng Qiaozhang and Jiang Yuanbao to make the birthday gift for Emperor Xuanwu,
Yunshu and his friends finally got the approval of the imperial physician and were able to leave Zhuangzi and return to the capital.

The carriage left deep and shallow ruts on the snow. Yun Chuhuan was holding a small heater, wrapped in a thick quilt, and sitting cross-legged in front of Yun Shu, letting out a long sigh:

"Finally I can go back!"

"After you go back, you will have to go to the upper study room to study every day."

Putting down the notebook he had snatched from Yun Chuhuan, Yun Shu raised his eyebrows in surprise:

"I thought you would prefer to stay on the farm."

"It's quite comfortable not having to study, but it's boring to be locked in a room every day!"

Yun Chuhuan sighed in a mature manner:
"What's the difference between this and being in prison? I'd rather go back to the palace. Even though I have to go to the study, at least I can have some free time every day.

Fifth sister, what did the person in your previous story say?

Life is precious, but love is even more valuable. If you want freedom, you can throw away both!

I now firmly believe this!"

“Really?” Yun Shu had an expression of “I believe it” on his face:

"If someone put a knife to your neck and told you to either stay at the manor or he would kill you, what would you choose?"

"Of course, we're going back to the manor!"

Yun Chuhuan didn't even think about it:
"I'm not stupid!"

"Oh."

Yunshu smiled:

"What if the emperor tells you that if you don't return to the manor now and continue to stay there, he will issue an order that you will never be able to marry in your lifetime?"

"Then I must go back to the manor immediately!"

Yun Chuhuan still did not hesitate:

"I've thought it through. If I marry a prince's wife in the future, I will definitely say some classic cool lines!

For example...'Woman, you are playing with fire', and 'Hey, little thing, you are the first person who dares to talk to this prince like this', and 'This prince allows you to like me'!"

He tried hard to put on the tone of an adult prince with his childish voice that hadn't even started to change.
Yun Chuhuan felt so good about himself that he almost got cocky. He even came to Yun Shu to praise him:

"How about Fifth Sister? Aren't you very handsome?"

Yun Shu: “…”

She stared at Yun Chuhuan for two seconds, then sneered and said word by word, imitating his tone:

"Life is precious, but love is more precious. If it is for freedom, both can be abandoned.

You now deeply believe it.”

Yun Chuhuan: “…”

"This... mainly because there is not so much lack of freedom on the farm."

The slap in the face came a little too quickly. Yun Chuhuan scratched his head and decisively changed the subject:
"By the way, Fifth Sister, did Father say that he would personally come to the city gate to pick us up today?"

"Father said someone from the court would come to the city gate to greet us, but he didn't say he would come in person to greet us."

When teasing a naughty child, you need to give the other person some face.

Yun Shu stopped when he saw that things were going well, and explained casually:

"We have been at the manor for quite a long time this time, so long that some bad rumors have begun to spread among the people in the capital.

So the emperor sent people to the city gate to pick us up this time, hoping that we would show up at the city gate in due time, so that as many people as possible could see that we had really returned safely."

"That's not bad!"

Yun Chuhuan was so happy that he shook his head:

“I heard that under normal circumstances, only generals who have won a battle and returned to the capital would be welcomed by all the ministers at the city gate!
I definitely won't be able to become a general and win any battles, but it's nice to take this opportunity to experience it.

By then, I..."

Yun Chuhuan was talking about something exciting when the carriage, which was moving steadily, suddenly stopped.

About half a cup of tea later, a guard came over and reported to Yun Shu through the curtain.