In the early morning of summer, the sky is bright, the streets and alleys have been lively, the shouts of the streets and alleys come and go, the merchants on both sides of the street are opening their doors early, ready to do a morning market as soon as possible, just like the north cross street at this time, it already occupies an excellent geographical location, and from the street to the end of the street is the famous time-honored brand of Xiangyang City, which is naturally the most prosperous place in Xiangyang City.

On the contrary, the East Street in the east of Xiangyang City, the whole street is not very long, but it is wide and neat, and the scenery of North Street and Cross Street is completely different.

It's just that what makes this East Street different from other places is not these external scenery, but a more peculiar phenomenon. There are no hawkers and dense restaurants, no ox carts, donkey carts, mules and horses rushing to and fro, let alone crowded crowds, and even pedestrians are very few on weekdays.

There is no other reason for all this, just because there is this large-scale and extraordinarily imposing Chu Wangfu at the end of East Street, thinking that the King of Chu is deeply rooted and powerful in Xiangyang, how can the street in front of the palace be as noisy as a busy city.

At the beginning of the summer sun, the Chu Palace's Mansion opened the side door as usual, and the people in the palace had already cleaned up the inside and outside of the palace as usual, even the long wall outside the door was wiped as new as usual, which was impeccable.

In the side hall of the palace, she got up early in the morning, and until this time she listened to the reports of the housekeepers in the house, her face was not tired, she took a few sips of ginseng tea brought by the personal maid, her eyes swept to the outside of the hall, and after putting down the teacup, she asked lightly: "What time is it now?" General Zhao and the princess are coming, right? ”

Seeing that the stewards in the hall had already dispersed, the maid walked around to the woman with a look of understanding, gently pinched her shoulders, and replied: "Princess Rongyu, this hour has passed, and there will be about another hour, General Zhao and they can arrive, why don't the princess go back to the house and have breakfast, rest for a while and then meet them?" ”

The woman who was called the princess nodded, took the maid's arm and stood up, and walked towards the soft sedan chair that was already waiting outside the side hall.

After the princess entered the soft sedan chair, the personal maid followed the sedan chair, glanced at the four rough maidservants who carried the sedan chair and were powerful, and instructed: "Send the princess back to the 'Qingxin Building', and carry it carefully." ”

The four of them nodded hurriedly, and did not dare to say more, and gently lifted the soft sedan chair with a little strength, and carried it to the 'Qingxin Building' in the backyard easily and quickly, and the maid followed the sedan chair unhurriedly, turning left and right all the way forward.

'Qingxin Building' is a three-storey small building, located in the backyard of the palace, which was originally the residence of the princess when she was a partial concubine, and then moved to live with the king of Chu because she was promoted to the step-concubine of the king of Chu, until the king of Chu was seriously ill, and the princess was afraid of disturbing the king of Chu to recuperate, so she moved back to this 'Qingxin Building'.

The soft sedan chair only took a short while, it was carried to the front of the Qingxin Building, the four people who carried the sedan chair carefully put down the soft sedan chair, the personal maid hurriedly opened the bamboo sedan curtain of the soft sedan chair, there was already another woman dressed in the sedan waiting outside the sedan chair, reached into the sedan chair to help the princess out, into the Qingxin Building.

'Qingxin Building' is full of flowers and trees, and the small river that flows through the house is not far away, which is elegant and comfortable for the word 'Qingxin', even in the hottest time of summer, it is also a natural place to escape the heat.

Princess Chu entered the bedroom in the building, her shoulders immediately relaxed, and a trace of tiredness climbed on her face, and the woman dressed as a woman intimately handed over a bowl of warm and moderately warm bird's nest porridge, and said, "Princess, sit down quickly, and rest for a while after drinking this bowl of bird's nest porridge?" ”

The princess snorted lightly: "Ah Rong, have you forgotten again?" ”

The princess hurriedly smiled and said: "The princess must not scold the servant anymore, but the princess of these years is called smooth, every time she evokes it, she always feels that the word princess is more kind, and the princess is as beautiful as she was twenty years ago." ”

"Among the few people around me, you are the poorest, flamboyant-tongued and good-sounding one. I'm over 40 years old, so how can I talk about 'style'? Princess Chu scolded with a smile, and didn't want to blame this concubine named Ah Rong, and ordered: "I'm also with you, but in front of people, you must remember to still call me the princess of Chu, but remember?" ”

"The maid remembers the princess's teachings, and wants the maid to leave Goryeo with the princess for many years, but I am afraid that I will not be able to go back to my hometown in the future, and only when I call the princess can I make the maid remember that I am still a person from Goryeo." After speaking, tears flashed in her eyes, and while the princess was not paying attention, she turned her head sideways and quietly wiped the corners of her eyes.

In fact, the princess of Chu had already seen her personal movements, but she pretended not to know on her face, and muttered softly in her mouth, as if she was reminded of the memories of her youth by the maid, and couldn't help humming two Goryeo tunes that she often sang as a child, and said leisurely: "Ah Rong, although you and I are now in the Great Song Dynasty, one day you will be able to return to Goryeo Province with me, can you believe it?" ”

Ah Rong Huan nodded busily and said: "No matter what the princess says or does, the maid will believe it and will do it with the princess, even if it is for the maid to break her bones for the princess, the maid will not complain." After that, he said regretfully: "It's a pity that Ah Xiu can't see it, in the end, I am more fortunate to be able to see the princess come to this point with my own eyes." ”

Princess Chu handed the empty bowl in her hand to Ah Rong Huan and said: "The first and fifteenth days of every month are so tiring, I only hope that Sheng'er will get married as soon as possible and marry a capable woman, so as to take over the things in my hands, and also make my old bones easy and relaxed." ”

Ah Rong Huan smiled and said: "The princess is not in a hurry, the king of Chu is only afraid that he will ......, just wait for him to ......, and the official of the king of Che has already arranged to stop, and then the prince will succeed to the throne, and the princess will choose a virtuous new princess for the princess, and she will be able to ......." ”

When Princess Chu heard Ah Rong finish speaking, she didn't smile, but shook her head and said: "It's not that simple, the eldest and the third are all ready to move, and the old man doesn't know when to close his eyes, calculating that the medicine should have worked this month, but for some reason he still dragged it for a long time, which is really annoying." ”

The maid did not dare to answer this, and after being silent for a while, she stepped forward to help the princess to lean on the couch, and she sat on the pedal to beat the princess's legs, and the princess half-closed her eyes, and the thoughts in her head had already drifted into the distance.

At the same time, a carriage drove out of Plum Lane at the crossroads, followed by a brown horse, and the cart and horse drove towards the city's East Main Street in the rising sun.

In the dry air, the sound of horses' hooves was also a bit dull, and the hot air from the horse's nose made people feel that summer was coming, until the carriage turned into the streets of East Street.

Zhao Xian, who was sitting in the car, faintly saw a different scenery through the bamboo curtain, the greenery seeped in through the cracks in the bamboo curtain, and then she heard the sound of small streams near and far, and her spirit was suddenly lifted.

The car stopped after a while, and a male voice outside the car sounded: "Girl, let's get out of the car." ”

Zhao Xian took out a handkerchief and pounced on her face a few times, and after answering, she stepped out of the carriage from the curtain opened by her brother.

Looking up, the scorching summer has been covered by the shade of the trees, in front of you is the extraordinary wall outside the gate of the palace, not far away is the red wall and green tiles of the palace, and the layers of complex eaves in the wall.

The steward of the palace had already been taken care of, and as soon as he heard the sound of the carriage, he greeted him attentively and welcomed Zhao Xian and the others in.

Fang entered the door, and a man's voice asked through the heavy door: "Has the carriage been prepared?" I need to go to a nursing home today. ”

This low man's voice was quite good, but Zhao Xian had never seen a figure, and after hearing this voice, she actually stopped, and paused heavily in place, obviously it was a hot summer day, but her body couldn't help but tremble.