Xiao Qing had just walked north along Lake Baikal with two entourages at this time, and a cloth bag in her arms contained the silver beads found along the road, and she didn't know if it was all complete, but all the silver beads she could find pointed to the north without exception, and she became more and more anxious in her heart.

This road along the way, into the eyes are all dry yellow grass, at a glance, there is a little can not see the edge, can only walk along the lake to the north, but I don't know if there is a mistake in the direction.

From afar, you can see herders moving, often from one pasture to another, more lush pasture.

Xiao Qing changed into the service of the Tartar early in the morning, and painted his skin dark, and at a glance, he looked like a Tartar woman.

She rode up to the relocating herdsmen's bullock cart and greeted them with a smile and in the unfamiliar Tatar language.

"Where are you going?"

They used a flatbed truck, and the tents and miscellaneous items were piled up on the cart in a mess, and the children of the family sat around the miscellaneous items, and they were still draped in thick felt blankets.

The man of the herdsman's family saw that it was a young girl, and smiled at her kindly: "Go to Shuoxi, there are some dry grass here, and the cattle and sheep are picky and unwilling to eat, Shuoxi is warmer than here, this year the Great Khan King finally won the Tana pasture, and in the future, we cattle and sheep will not have to starve to death!"

In fact, Xiao Qing half-understood and half-understood what he said, and only heard the words "Great Khan King", and she hurriedly asked, "Which tribe are you from?"

"Ayili Jiti Division," the man replied honestly, seeing that the woman was frowning, and there were two dusty servants behind him, guessing that they were probably lost, so he kindly helped them guide the way, "If you go further on, you will have to go through the Duta Wuti Division, if you go to Alecchi, you have to pass through the Duta Wuti Division, if you don't go to both places, the west is the Cha'an Division......"

Xiao Qing didn't know about these places he was talking about, since there was a tribe in front of her, she simply went to the front to try her luck first.

Xiao Qing thanked the herdsmen with a smile and rode his horse all the way forward.

……

At this moment, in the distant Great Yan Imperial City, Emperor Wen stood on the Star Pavilion, overlooking the scenery of Yunfu City, the snow finally faded, the whole Yunfu ushered in spring, the city is full of thriving scenery, from Xijing to Yunfu has only passed two hundred years, and in these two hundred years, this city has experienced too much turmoil.

Emperor Wen rarely comes to the Star Pavilions during the day, usually only when the moon is hidden and the stars are numerous, he will come to the Star Pavilion to watch the stars at night, but this month, it is the third time to come to the Star Pavilion.

Zhao Yuande, the head of the chamberlain, was a little worried in his heart, usually the emperor would only do this when it was difficult to decide something, so he heard a sigh from Emperor Wen, and his voice was so light that if it weren't for the fact that there was no one or thing around, Zhao Yuande almost thought that he was going to hear it wrong.

Emperor Wen said in a deep voice: "Let the fourth child come to the Qianyuan Palace." ”

Zhao Yuande hurriedly nodded and agreed, and ordered.

Emperor Wen slowly walked down the Stargazing Pavilion, and the five-clawed golden dragon embroidered on the splendid robe faintly appeared with Emperor Wen's walking movements, and the hand hidden in the wide cuffs pinched a secret letter tightly.

When Xiao Rui came back, he almost couldn't recognize such a dark and thin person, it would be his imperial general Pingxi, and it would be Xiao Rui, who was very tough in talking and doing things on weekdays.

is so terrifying, and now his favorite son is ......

If it weren't for Anbei's strategy and Xiao Rui's military exploits on his head, how could he have not recovered the northwest for a long time!

Emperor Wen held back the churning breath in his heart, and his cold eyes contained a strong killing intent.

……

In Zhaoyang Palace, Concubine Shu folded the winter shirts of the four princes one by one, opened a cage, took out a few newly made summer shirts, and pressed them on the top of the baggage, there was no fancy thing, just a change of clothes, and some summer socks and winter socks, as well as four pairs of thick-soled small boots, and the most plain ones were also picked up, which was slightly relieved.

"Niangniang, let's take a rest, it's been cleaned up for most of the day, look at the sweat on your forehead!"

Concubine Gu Shu sighed lightly: "Since I was resting, were the four princes still reading?"

Ning Rou replied: "Yes, His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince has been reading books in the study for the past few days, and has seen the "Water Scripture Note" all the way from "Political Dignitaries", and during this period, he also read some local chronicles, and there are one or two books brought back from Shangwen Pavilion every day. ”

Gu Shufei nodded with satisfaction: "It's also difficult for him, he is only thirteen years old, he has to work so hard, if it weren't for the emperor's few heirs, where would he be able to get such a ......?"

This kind of thing is not something that anyone can say, Ning Rou bowed her head and said nothing, Gu Shufei looked at the noon sun, worried that her son was hungry, and went to the small kitchen to bring some snacks to the study.

The fourth prince was holding the "Water Scripture Note" in his hand and was carefully looking at the southeast chapter, when he saw Concubine Gu Shu coming in, he hurriedly got up and saluted.

"Why is the concubine here?"

The palace people on the side put the food box on the desk, Gu Shufei waved her hand, and the palace people who were waiting around her all retreated smartly.

"It's almost noon, I guess you should be hungry too, so let's eat a small amount of snacks first. ”

Gu Shufei opened the food box, revealing the white jade cake inside, which was the snack he had loved since he was a child.

"Mother, have you packed up all your things?" the fourth prince asked as he took out the white jade crisp.

Gu Shufei shook her head and smiled: "The mother concubine doesn't want to clean up for you, but you have already made a decision, can the mother still detain you and not let you go? You said that you have little arms and legs, how old are you, and you have to earn a future..."

The fourth prince hung his head and listened to Gu Shufei's complaints full of eyes, and listened carefully, where was complaining about himself, he was simply worried about his own safety, he comforted softly: "Don't worry about the mother, the son is thirteen years old, when the grandfather is the same age as the son, he has already taken care of the world by the side of the great-grandfather, the son is just going to the southeast, in terms of danger, where is there such a danger as the grandfather, that is, the prince and brother who are far away in the northwest are harder than the sons." ”

When Gu Shufei heard the prince's name, she subconsciously frowned and waved it gently, as if she had swept away the prince's bad luck.

"It's good that the mother concubine only cares about you, what about others, the mother concubine doesn't have so much spirit to care. ”

As the mother and son were talking, they heard the palace people waiting outside come to tell them that the emperor had sent His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince to pass through the Qianyuan Palace.

Concubine Gu Shu hurriedly straightened the clothes of the fourth prince, sent him to the door, and waved her hand, "Go, talk to your father about the benefits of these days, so that your father can rest assured." ”

The four princes walked along the lengthy palace road all the way to the Qianyuan Palace.

Emperor Wen sat in the study and opened the folds on the northwest side that had been backlogged for a few days and read it again.

A few small victories dare to ask for merit and reward like this, a few words do not leave the military salary and military rations, one by one wolf ambition!

He tossed them aside and never looked at them again.

The fourth prince came in and saluted respectfully: "The son and the prince see the father." ”

"Get up!"

The fourth prince stood up, his head hanging low.

"Fourth, have you decided?" Emperor Wen's voice seemed to come from a long distance.

The fourth prince nodded firmly.

"My son is not so timid, he raised his head and looked into my eyes, and told me that you really thought about it!"

The fourth prince raised his eyes to the cold eyes of Emperor Wen, and for a while he felt that the heavens and the earth seemed to be far away from him, only these cold eyes were the only truth, which looked cold but revealed an emotion that he felt unable to express. It's like going to the Taiye Pond alone in the summer and seeing the most colorful lotus flowers, but there is not even a person around you who can share with it.

"Erchen ......" he said halfway through his words and did not say any more.

"I heard Mr. Ming from Shangwen Pavilion say, you have read a lot of books these days, but you have read them all?"

The fourth prince was speechless, so he could only nod vigorously.

Emperor Wen walked to his side, stretched out his hand and gently patted the fourth prince, who was still a half-grown child, "Okay, since you have such ambitions, go with Xie Jianning tomorrow, and my father is waiting for you to come back in Yunfu." ”

This was almost the first time he had been so close to his father, and he only felt that his father's expression was a little tired at this time.

He heard his father call his name, and his voice was soft like a sigh.

"Shaohan... You have to remember that!"

The four princes were stunned, and then raised their eyes to look, but only saw the back of Emperor Wen.

"Go, go!" Emperor Wen turned his back to him and waved his hand.

He respectfully withdrew.

……

The fourth prince returned to the study, his eyes swept over the "Notes on the Water Scripture", and suddenly his eyes faded, picked up the food box where the snack was placed, and went to the dormitory.

Gu Yi was half-leaning on the couch in the dormitory at this time, turning a few pages of books in idleness, it was a romance novel circulating in the market, because most of Shang Wenge's books were boring biographies and chronicles, and he asked the fourth prince to let Zhang Ruiqing bring in these romance novels from outside the palace became a rarity, but unfortunately he has read these books over and over again many times these days, and some of the passages are silent, so even reading books has become a boring thing.

"Cousin," the fourth prince saw him so boring when he entered the door, and gave the food box to the palace people on the side, and sat down beside him, "Have you finished reading these books?"

Gu Yi saw the fourth prince come in, and the corner of his mouth smiled: "Shaohan, you let Zhang Ruiqing bring a few more books, I'm about to suffocate to death these days!"

"I'm going to Fujian tomorrow," the fourth prince looked at him and shook his head slightly, "I guess I won't be able to come back until the flood at the southeast end is cured." ”

Gu Yi looked at him sideways, "So fast!"

"It's already very slow," the fourth prince said softly, "In my father's heart, he probably doesn't want me to ...... Yes, but it's okay, it's also a blessing for my uncle......"