You are my golden finger

Chapter 161: The Concubine's Enthronement in Progress (1)

Lin Xijin pretended that she had just come in from outside and saw nothing.

The children came forward, some saluted, and some shouted "Hello, Master". In the past two days, the servants also taught these children some etiquette. Perhaps some children did not know Lin Xijin's identity, and the scene was a little chaotic.

"Greetings to the princess." Duan Jingyun led Lele forward, knelt down respectfully and kowtowed, and taught Lele how to greet. Lele also followed suit in a baby voice.

"Good boy, what's your name?" Lin Xijin touched Lele's head, "What snacks are you eating?"

"My name is Lele. I'm eating biscuits. Brother Jing doesn't have any." Lele felt so wronged that she wanted to cry.

An An couldn't bear to see Le Le feel wronged, so he immediately took out two small cakes from his backpack and said to Le Le, "Brother, I have some cakes here. I'll treat you to some."

Lele took the small cake and thanked him. He did not eat it himself, but handed it to Duan Jingyun: "Brother Jing, eat!"

Lin Xijin was moved by the scene of brotherly love and respect. The love between brothers of different surnames who had only known each other for a few days was better than that between brothers of different blood. The scene of Xinfeng protecting Xinlan appeared in front of her eyes again, so she said softly to Duan Jingyun: "Eat, this is your cake."

When Duan Jingyun heard this, he realized that the princess had seen what had just happened. He blushed for a moment and quickly thanked Lin Xijin.

"What book are you holding?" Seeing that he was embarrassed, Lin Xijin quickly changed the subject.

"My lord, I took three books: The Confucian Fictional Tales, The Analects of Confucius, and Journey to the West."

"Can you read?"

"I have read the Three Character Classic, Hundred Family Names, Thousand Character Classic, and the Analects of Confucius before."

"How about I take you to Kyoto to study?"

Duan Jingyun hesitated for a while before saying, "Princess, I want to stay and look for my family."

"Oh, don't worry about that. The government will continue to help you look for it. Besides, we will come here often and bring you back when the time comes." Lin Xijin really likes this smart and loyal little guy.

"Can you bring Lele with you?"

"Yes, as long as everyone here is willing, you can go to Kyoto." Lin Xijin replied.

Lin Xijin turned to chat with a few other little ones who were reading, while An An and the other two went to find the little ones who were playing with toys, taking the opportunity to get to know these children.

It has to be said that this kind of infiltration-type communication is very rewarding. The four of them still found more than a dozen children with good plasticity, including Wang Chunmei.

Lin Xijin planned to take Duan Jingyun, Lele and Wang Chunmei home directly, and put the other children in the Charity Bureau for observation for a period of time.

Lin Xijin took some time to take Gu Tou and others to the Jiangning Disaster Victims New Town and marked out the land for the Jiangning Charity Bureau. She and General Wu also went to the reservoir and explained the current project essentials to the soldiers and craftsmen.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month had passed. Murong Xu had also finished arranging the officials of various government offices, and the work of various departments began to operate normally.

So all the troops gathered and prepared to return to Kyoto.

The Crown Prince and his personal guards, General Wu and his personal guards and sergeants, Lin Xijin and his family and servants, the medical team led by the Imperial Medical Bureau, the medical team of Qingyuan Medical College, Uncle Mu Xiong, Uncle Jian'an, and engineering leaders including Captain Sun and Gu Tou, and the rescued orphans... the team is huge.

The group endured hardships along the way and finally returned to the city gate of Kyoto near noon on the sixth day.

But the scene was a little beyond everyone's expectations. At this moment, flags were flying at the city gate, gongs and drums were beating, and people were crowded on both sides of the road.

The emperor actually led a group of ministers to the city gate to welcome the relief team.

"Knowing the emperor, father!" Murong Xu jumped off his horse and bowed deeply to his father, the emperor.

"Knowing Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long, long live the Emperor!" Everyone bowed.

"Please stand up! Thank you for your hard work, my dear ministers!" The emperor greeted everyone warmly.

"We respectfully welcome His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." The ministers also stepped forward to pay their respects to Murong Xu.

Finally, the relief commanders and ministers escorted the emperor back to the palace. The emperor gave a speech of condolence to the relief workers, asked them to attend the morning court tomorrow and the dinner to be held in the palace the day after tomorrow, and then dismissed the relief workers to go back and rest.

Lin Xijin brought her younger brother, sister, Uncle Mu Xiong, Uncle Jian'an, Captain Sun and others back to the Princess's Mansion. After a quick lunch, the tired people washed up and rested.

In the evening, Murong Xu came to have dinner and brought news from the palace. Tomorrow's morning court will reward the disaster relief workers, and Lin Xijin was asked to bring everyone in the family.

The heat of July was scorching, and the days were still as hot as the steam rising from an oil pan. The carriage could not isolate the heat brought by the early morning sun, and the summer breeze could not take away the anxiety and excitement of the people in the palace.

"Xihui, do you think my uncle is dressed properly? Is there anything rude?" The carriage finally stopped at the majestic palace gate. Everyone got off the carriage, and Uncle Mu Xiong asked for the 108th time, pulling the new clothes Lin Xijin had prepared for him.

"Uncle, this new clothes fits you very well and there is no problem with it. It won't be rude, so don't worry." Suppressing his inner nervousness, Xihui answered patiently as before.

"Xingcheng, does your father look handsome today?" Uncle Jianan used a joke to hide his nervousness.

"Handsome, cricket's cricket!" Xing Cheng responded to his father using the teasing tone that Lin Xijin usually used when talking to them.

"You kid, I'm going to punish you when I get home tonight!" Uncle Jian'an scolded with a smile.

Everyone laughed along, because no one dared to make any noise in front of the palace gate, but it also dispelled the tense atmosphere among the crowd.

The eunuchs arranged by Murong Xu led everyone to the gate of the Qinzheng Hall, and Eunuch Gao came out to greet them personally. Most of the lower-ranking officials had already left the hall, allowing the relief workers to enter the hall to receive the imperial decree of reward.

The first imperial edict was to confer the title of imperial concubine upon Lin Xijin.

"In compliance with the will of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims: There is a woman named Lin Xijin from Shiziwo Village, Qing'an Town, Qingyuan County, Fengbei County. She is skilled and gentle, diligent and modest, gentle in nature, and has both talent and good character. She first cultivated high-yield crops and donated military rations to soldiers at the border. Later, she built a charity school, a medical school, and cement roads. When a flood broke out, she saved the people from the water and fire. She is truly a role model for women all over the world. The Queen Mother and I are very pleased to hear this. This woman and the prince are a perfect match made in heaven. Now that they are both of marriageable age, she is betrothed to the prince as his principal wife. All the ceremonial arrangements will be handled by the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Observatory, and a good date will be chosen for the wedding."

The second imperial edict was to restore Xinlan's princess status. The imperial edict denounced Lu Ma and Lu Daming's wolfish ambitions and used their niece's granddaughter (daughter) to exchange for the princess. Fortunately, she met Lin Xijin and was able to recognize her ancestors. The imperial edict restored her princess status and changed her name to Murong Xinlan, and put her on the royal jade disc.

The third imperial edict appointed General Wu as the second-rank general of the guards, and Sun Lingyun as the fourth-rank general of the imperial guards. Their subordinates were also rewarded. Gu Yatou was appointed as the director of the Ministry of Works, and Xiao Gao and others were appointed as interpreters.

The fourth imperial edict appointed several hospital officials, hospital judges, medical officers, and physicians from the Imperial Hospital Medical Team. Sun Hong, Xue Qiren, and other teachers from Qingyuan Medical College were also appointed as medical officers of the sixth rank, and several girls such as Banxia were appointed as female physicians, and boys such as Yuzhu were appointed as physicians.

The fifth imperial edict conferred titles on all the people of Shiziwo Village. Xihui was appointed as the Minister of Works, Xinfeng, Xingcheng, and Xiaowen were promoted to the Directors of Works, and Muxiongshu and Jiananshu, who held lower positions, were appointed as Supervisors of Works.

To everyone's surprise, Xijia was named the county lady and An'an was named the county son. It seemed that the two of them benefited from Lin Xijin and Xinlan. Lin Xijin had made so many contributions that there was no more title left. The national treasury was not very rich, so the title could only be given to her younger brother and sister.