Finally, after many months, Trinket and his Russian escort arrived in Peking. Prince Kang, Songgotu, and Trinket's various other friends among the ranks of the Manchu nobility were delighted (and not a little astonished) to see him back. Since his departure from Peking on his naval mission nearly two years earlier, nothing had been heard of him. Several expeditions had been dispatched to ascertain his whereabouts, but no trace whatsoever was found. It had been assumed that he and his entire fleet had been swallowed up into the ocean. Even the Emperor had resigned himself sadly to the thought that his young friend had perished. When news of his arrival in Peking reached the Palace, Kang Xi immediately sent for him.

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