From Bianliang to Yanshan Mansion, it is basically a northbound journey, since saying goodbye to Lin Chen, the carriages and horses of Xiaofu have traveled along the official road for more than 30 miles, and it is noon. Under the arrangement of Zhao Qing and Qian Jun, they came to a market town, found a small restaurant, and set off again after hurriedly beating the point.

In the north in late autumn, the leaves are withering, the loess is bare, and there is a depressed scene. Xiao Yiran has always disliked such scenery, and hid in the carriage with his mother Sun, chatting without a word. When he arrived at the West Mountain, Zhao Qing came to report:

"Madam, Miss, ten miles ahead is Ansanyi, and there are no larger villages and towns within thirty miles of Ansanyi. Are you staying at Ansanyi tonight? ”

"Let's stay at Ansanyi. In the future, you will be in charge of such things, and you don't need to ask for instructions again. ”

"Yes, ma'am, miss."

After sunset, the cars and horses of the Xiao Mansion drove into the Ansan Station. After all, he is a member of the two grades of the dynasty, a privy envoy, a family member of Lord Xiao, the prefect of Yanshan, and a post man in the post house. Just after settling down the people of the Xiao Mansion, and was about to command the kitchen to prepare dinner for the Xiao Mansion family, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside the post house. Xiao Yiran and Sun in the room naturally heard it, and it didn't seem to be a horse, it seemed to be the movement of five or six horses. Xiao Yiran and Sun knew that no matter how many horses they had, they had nothing to do with them, and they were still grooming and preparing for dinner. But suddenly I heard a loud shout outside:

"Your Highness has arrived."

When Xiao Yiran heard this, he knew that there was no one else in the Third Highness, and it could only be the Third Prince Zhao Heng. Raising his eyes to look at his mother Sun, and seeing that his mother was also looking at him, Xiao Yiran asked suspiciously:

"How can it be so coincidental? What did the three princes do when they suddenly came to Ansanyi, or at this time? ”

Without waiting for Sun's answer, he heard the Yicheng outside knock on the door and say:

"Mrs. Xiao, Miss Xiao, Your Royal Highness, please meet Mrs. and Miss in the main hall."

At this time, not only Xiao Yiran understood, but the Sun family also understood, it seemed that the three princes were specially here for them.

"Lord Yicheng, please tell His Royal Highness Sùsan, we will freshen up a little, and we will be there in a while."

When Xiao Yiran and his mother Sun came to the main hall of the post house, the third prince Zhao Heng was sitting there drinking tea, but the table in front of him was already full of food. Seeing Xiao Yiran and Sun coming in, Zhao Heng stood up, first glared at Xiao Yiran, and then said to Sun:

"Mrs. Xiao, please take a seat, Zhao Heng has come to practice for Mrs. Xiao and Sister Yiran."

"Your Royal Highness, the wife and Ran'er really don't dare to be it."

While pulling Xiao Yiran to greet the third prince, Sun said that he was afraid. Seeing that there was only one table of banquets in the main hall, Sun didn't know what to do for a while. Regardless of the identity of the other party as a prince, just Zhao Heng was already a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, and he could no longer sit at the same table with him. The third prince is not Lin Chen, if it is Lin Chen, he can barely dine at the same table, after all, Lin Chen has known each other since childhood, and the two families have always been in contact.

"Mrs. Xiao doesn't have to be restrained, this banquet is only for Mrs. and Miss."

Listening to Zhao Heng's meaning, it seemed that he was not eating here, and Sun's heart was a little more settled. I was about to thank Zhao Heng again, but I saw Zhao Heng walking to Xiao Yiran's side and said with a little reproach:

"Sister Yiran is going to move to Yanshan Mansion, why don't you tell me?"

"Your Royal Highness, forgive me, because of the rush of time, I didn't have time to say goodbye to Your Highness."

"Then how do you have time to go to Princess Yinghui?"

Xiao Yiran was speechless by Zhao Heng's question, so he could only stand there in disdain, bowing his head, and no longer answered. Sun listened to Zhao Heng's childishness, and he didn't know how to relieve his daughter. I had to divert the topic and ask:

"How does Your Highness know that we live in the Ansan Station?"

"When I saw the imperial sister in the palace in the morning, I knew that you set off for Yanshan Mansion today, so I chased you all the way. I wanted to come in and ask, but I didn't want to really live in Ansanyi. ”

Xiao Yiran regretted a little at this time, when he went to bid farewell to Princess Yinghui, he really should have said something to Zhao Heng. If I had met Zhao Heng at that time, it would have been difficult to make today's embarrassing thing.

"Your Highness, it's all Ran'er's fault."

"It's good to know that it's wrong, and don't make an example."

After speaking, Zhao Heng smiled first, and the atmosphere in the room was no longer as awkward as it was just now.

"Since Your Highness is chasing all the way, where does the food on this table come from?"

"Naturally, I came from the Imperial Dining Room."

Zhao Heng smiled smugly, and then said:

"I know that you have a long journey, and there are still twenty days to go to Yanshan Mansion, so I won't bother. Eat. ”

After speaking, he turned around and walked out, walked to the door, and shouted:

"Back to the city."

Xiao Yiran and Sun hurriedly followed out and sent Zhao Heng to the road outside the post house. Seeing that Zhao Heng was about to gallop on his horse, he suddenly stopped. jumped off the horse again, untied a sheathed knife from his waist and handed it to Xiao Yiran.

"This is what my father gave me to defend myself when I was hunting with my father the year before last, so give it to you."

Seeing that Xiao Yiran didn't reach out to pick it up, Zhao Heng directly bent down and grabbed one of Xiao Yiran's hands, put the knife in Xiao Yiran's hand, and then turned over and got on the horse again, shook the whip in his hand hard, and led the people to gallop away.

Xiao Yiran took the knife, lowered his head, and followed his mother Sun back to the hall. Mother and daughter, you look at me, I look at you, but they didn't speak.

"Madame, Miss, let's have dinner quickly, the dishes are cold."

Xiao Yiran didn't know what Zhao Heng brought the food, and when he first came in, he saw that the food was still steaming. Hearing Xiao Xing say this, Xiao Yiran handed the knife in his hand to Xiao Xing, walked to Sun's side, and pulled Sun to sit at the table.

"Mother, since it's here, let's eat it while it's hot."

"You can think about it."

Sun looked at his daughter, who had turned into an indifferent expression, and whispered.

"If you can think about it, if you can't think about it, you have to face it."

Xiao Yiran muttered, turned around and said to Xiao Xing beside him:

"Go to Yicheng to borrow some dishes and chopsticks, how can my mother and I eat at this table, you can also share some to taste." Anyway, it's also a thing of the Imperial Dining Room. ”

Mother and daughter had dinner and returned to their room. Because he had just finished eating, it was not suitable to go to bed immediately, so he half-crooked on the bed and talked. As he spoke, Sun suddenly asked:

"Didn't Ran'er learn physiognomy from Mr. Kou, in Ran'er's opinion, what will happen to the third prince in the future?"

"Reign over the world."

Xiao Yiran said it casually. For Zhao Heng, Xiao Yiran naturally didn't have to give him faces. It is recorded in the history books that the current Zhao Heng is the future Song Zhenzong, and in the Song Dynasty, he can be regarded as a generation of Ming monarchs.

"Are you sure?"

Xiao Yiran nodded.

"What about Lin Gongzi?"

"Although there are some ups and downs in the career, he will definitely be a generation of famous ministers in the future."