Chapter 135 The teacher returns to the court
In May of the 45th year of the Kangxi reign, the crown prince led a large army back to the capital.

Prince Yu Fuquan led a group of princes and officials to welcome the victor a hundred miles outside the capital. Everyone wore court robes and waited for the victor's return according to the auspicious time calculated by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory.

The prince and his entourage did not arrive as scheduled because of a small incident.

According to convention, the army would rest and prepare in the suburbs of Beijing, wash off the dust along the way, and accept the inspection of the people of Beijing in the most energetic manner, and this time was no exception.

The prince ordered them to set up camp, have a good meal and rest before setting off again. He took the opportunity to go see Fei Yanggu who was recuperating from his injuries.

"How do you feel today?" The prince had a good impression of his savior. Not only did he instruct them to walk slowly along the way, he also asked questions from time to time. Everyone praised the prince for his kindness.

"In reply to Your Highness the Crown Prince, I am fine with everything except having a sip of liquor." Fei Yanggu laughed heartily, cursing in his heart.

He was a subject, and the prince was the sovereign. A subject could not be untidy in front of the sovereign, otherwise it would be considered as a breach of etiquette in front of the emperor. It was fine at ordinary times, but now he was covered in wounds, and changing clothes would make him sweat all over, not to mention the pain of pulling the wounds. The prince came to visit him three times a day, so he had to tolerate his troubles.

Look, I haven’t taken off this coat the whole day, and I have to put it on again after taking it off. It’s so tiring.

"Haha, that's not difficult. I heard that fourth brother's wife is pregnant. After ten months of pregnancy, there will be a little grandson to serve wine to adults." The prince was really envious when he said this. The fourth brother was going to have a legitimate son again. Is it so easy for the Ulanara family to give birth?
The prince recalled in his mind that the fourth son’s wife seemed to be Fei Yanggu’s youngest daughter, what a pity.

Fei Yanggu was really happy to hear this, and couldn't hold back the smile on his face: "I dare not."

"I'm glad to see that you are in good spirits. I won't disturb your rest. We will be able to reach the capital in half a day. By then, I will definitely report back to my father and give you enough time to recuperate." The prince smiled as if bathed in spring breeze.

"Thank you very much, Your Highness, for your concern." Fei Yanggu was very grateful and was about to get up from the bed and kowtow, but was pushed back by the prince.

Yinreng walked out of Fei Yanggu's military tent and was suddenly bumped by a humanoid object. His personal soldiers immediately escorted the black thing away.

"Prince, don't you want to know what the future holds? Don't you want to know whether you can become the emperor? I know everything! I can tell you!" A sharp and somewhat hoarse voice came from the beggar-like mouth. Yinreng looked around and saw only soldiers on duty. They didn't even turn their heads, as if they had heard nothing.

Yinreng didn't want to pay attention to such treasonous remarks. Just as he was about to have him executed, he heard the beggar say: "Honghui has obviously died a long time ago, but he is still alive!"

Yinreng turned around suddenly, tilted his head and stared at the beggar for a long time, then signaled his men to take the man away, and then asked to replace all the guards who were close to him. As for whether the person who was replaced was dead or alive, no one knew, but he never appeared in public again.

In the prince's tent, the beggar was kneeling on the ground, shaking constantly. Yinreng was sharp-eyed and could see bugs crawling on his body. He felt a little nauseous for a moment and asked someone to take him to take a bath and change clothes.

As a result, the auspicious time calculated by the Imperial Observatory was missed. Yinreng did not dare to let Kangxi wait too long, so he temporarily detained the beggar in secret, and he led the army to meet Prince Yu first.

"I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and congratulate His Royal Highness on his triumphant return." Although Prince Yu was the Crown Prince's uncle, he was always respectful and polite, never regarded himself as an elder, and was not at all unwilling when he knelt down. The princes and ministers behind him also knelt down, and the Crown Prince rode his horse, turned down from his horse, and helped Prince Yu up first.

"The princes are at peace."

"The Emperor has ordered that a banquet be held in the Qianqing Palace in three days to celebrate the great victory over the Dzungar Khanate and the restoration of peace to the Qing Dynasty's borders." Prince Yu bowed his hands upward, conveying Kangxi's intention.

"Your son obeys the order." Yinreng knelt down to receive the order, and then followed Prince Yu to the palace. The others also went back to their homes and looked for their mothers. Yinzhen watched from a distance as Fei Yanggu was carried on a stretcher. The two looked at each other and nodded to each other. Yinzhen felt relieved, as it seemed that Fei Yanggu had survived.

Fortunately, if anything happened to Fei Yanggu, the pregnant woman in the family would probably be half dead too.

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The next day, Yinzhen took Yihuan back to her parents' home, accompanied by Honghui and Liuliu.

Yihuan did not bring the eldest princess this time. The eldest princess was getting older, so even if there was an intention to arrange a marriage, she had to avoid suspicion, not to mention her eldest sister-in-law's previous attitude.

Lady Ulanara brought a large family to welcome Yinzhen and his wife. Fei Yanggu did not come out because Yinzhen had passed on a message in advance, saying that the general had made great contributions in killing the enemy and was injured, so the family did not need to be so reserved and did not need to force themselves to come out and kneel down.

Mingxuan searched carefully and found that only Honghui was holding Liuliu. The figure he had been thinking about day and night was not following behind him. He couldn't help but look a little disappointed.

Honghui looked down at Liuliu, and both of them smiled wickedly.

"What are you looking at?" Honghui joked.

Mingxuan hesitated for a long time without saying a word clearly, and his face turned red.

Liuliu exclaimed exaggeratedly, "Cousin, you have a fever."

The little girl is in the stage of losing her teeth, and sometimes she would swallow words when she spoke, just like now, she said "fever" instead of "slutty". Honghui couldn't help but burst out laughing, Mingxuan's face got even redder, Liuliu didn't understand, looked up at his two brothers, shook his head and thought that adults were so weird, then walked with his short legs to act cute beside Lady Ulanara.

With the help of Yinzhen, Yihuan went to see her father first. With just one look, Yihuan knew that Honghui was lying to her. How could he be bedridden if he just injured his hand? And it seemed that he had been lying there for a while.

"Father, where are you hurt?" Yihua couldn't stop crying as she spoke. Perhaps it was because she became more sentimental after becoming pregnant, or perhaps it was because of her original emotions. Her nose felt sore when she looked at Fei Yanggu.

"It's okay, just a minor injury. This time, Dad will not go to the battlefield anymore, he will stay at home with your mother." Fei Yanggu leaned on the bed, breathing heavily for a long time after saying a few words. He seemed to be in good spirits and was still imagining his life after retirement.

"Well, you take good care of yourself. I brought a lot of supplements this time. Take them according to the doctor's advice. If it's not enough, your daughter will send you more." Yihuan wanted to lift up Fei Yanggu's clothes to take a look, but this was the Qing Dynasty, and doing so was too shocking.

"Didn't you say you wanted father to give the baby a nickname?" Fei Yanggu changed the subject. He looked at Yihua's waist, which was not yet pregnant, with an extremely loving look.

"When my father was injured, I saw a little baby smiling sweetly at him and holding a small wooden sword. It was so cute."

"How about calling me Xiaojian?"

Yihuan was shamefully silent for a moment. She felt that as a mother, she had to fight for this name again: "There is still time, why don't you think about it again."

"Yes, you are right. I need to think about it carefully."