At the end of March, the flowers are red and willow green, the warm sun is melting, and after the Shili Pavilion outside the city gate and the people of Emperor Kangtai said goodbye sadly, Lan Qiduo changed out of the official uniform that was slightly heavy because of Emperor Kangtai's special care, and got off the horse and got into the carriage very neatly.

She was not in good health, especially after falling into the water last year, Mama Yun said distressedly: "Oops! It's true, it's a man's thing to lead troops to fight, how can His Highness be called out like this? ”

Lan Qiduo's carriage was spacious, and the four personal maids and Mama Yun and the six of her people sat together and did not dislike crowding, she lay comfortably on several of them to knead her body that was sore from riding a horse, and comforted Mama Yun with a smile: "I am the daughter of my father, I should solve problems for my father, and besides, it is a good thing to go out this time, doesn't Mama understand my thoughts?" ”

"How can you not understand? But if you go out to travel, you can go to the rich areas of the south of the Yangtze River, I heard that it is more prosperous and prosperous than the capital! "Mama Yun is a little unreasonable when she encounters things about Lan Qiduo, especially when she thinks that she raised the meat for Lan Qiduo in one winter, because the busyness of these days seems to have been reduced again, how can she not be angry?

Lan Qiduo wisely did not answer this question, as if he was already asleep, and then under the careful service of Bi Dure, Lan Qiduo really fell asleep.

"Your Highness, Commander Ma has come to ask for instructions, it is almost noon, and there is an open space in front of you where you can bury a pot and make rice."

Lan Ziduo woke up from the fog to find himself leaning into little Tupin's arms, sat up, stretched, and lifted the curtain of the carriage.

Her travel team on this road not only included five or six hundred people from the princess's mansion, but also nearly a thousand officers and soldiers' families and the soldiers of the Western Battalion sent by Emperor Kangtai to protect them along the way.

Lan Qiduo is in the middle of the middle, in order to prevent accidents from happening, to protect Lan Qiduo inside, just like the old and weak women and children in it, all in order to minimize the damage as much as possible.

Not every family has a carriage, many families are a flatbed car and then an old toothless horse, living at home can save money, although many people have complaints about going to the northwest this time, but relatives are there, even if they mumble, but when they receive the notice, they still try their best to cooperate.

Lan Qiduo jumped out of the car curtain in front of the people or behind the people, except for the trees on both sides of the official road and the occasional pedestrian, there was not much fun, she looked at a few glances and then put down the curtain, and her front and back left and right were the families of officers and soldiers, these people had a mixture of curiosity and awe for Lan Qiduo, Lan Qiduo was never happy to be seen as a monkey.

"Well, that's what the horse commander meant, but it's dry and rainless today, be careful not to go out of the water!"

"The slave knows!"

Someone has already hurried to the front to arrange, since you have to get off the carriage to re-groom, Lan Qiduo thought that these people who followed today are the families of the soldiers of the Dingxi Army, including the families of ordinary soldiers, the families of the little generals, and the families of higher levels like Yu Laosan, but the Dingxi Army is different from the soldiers in other places, there are no children of families in them, almost all of them are the children of ordinary people who work hard a little bit, so relatively speaking, these people are very simple even if they are not very poor.

And ordinary people have a kind of fear for most of the royal people, and when Lan Qiduo opened the curtain just now, someone accidentally looked at her, as if she was very frightened, and almost fell off the cart

"Don't dress up too luxuriously, these people will have to deal with them often in the future."

Mama Yun agrees with Lan Qiduo's statement, but even if Lan Qiduo's clothes are the most homely, in the eyes of those female dependents, they are like concubines and fairies, even if some have seen some of the world's military generals' wives, I am afraid that the best clothes worn when going out to meet guests with strength are also Lan Qiduo's most ordinary set of homely clothes.

Therefore, when the bustling procession finally stopped at the open space that the horse commander had said, Lan Qiduo stepped down from the carriage, and the crowd, which was still lively, suddenly quieted down a lot.

They had never seen Lan Qiduo before, and they had never approached Lan Qiduo so closely, at this time, they saw Lan Qiduo standing a foot away from them, just standing there in a light purple shirt, it gave people a sense of grace and luxury, I don't know who knelt down first: "The people have seen Her Royal Highness the Princess!" ”

"Your Highness Chitose Chitose Chitose!"

Going out, here is the princess's mansion and the people are staggered together, plus the escort soldiers, there are more than 2,000 people, they are very sensational along the way such a large scale, at this time there is a person saluting Lan Qiduo, then the rest of the people naturally have the same example, not to mention Xiao Tuping they are Lan Qiduo himself was also taken aback, Lan Qiduo glanced at the horse commander in order to maintain his composure: "Go out so that you don't have to be polite." ”

Commander Ma immediately conveyed the words loudly, and Lan Qiduo thought that everyone must not be comfortable staying on the side, so when everyone was still watching the excitement, he took the maidservants to a simple shed that had been cleaned up in advance.

There is a thick food carpet on the ground, holding a rose dew in his hand, and on the table are a few pastries that Lan Qiduo likes to eat on weekdays. Aren't you very bold on weekdays? It's like I'm scared today! ”

The more than 200 female soldiers brought by Xiao Tuxi were assigned by Lan Qiduo, and they sent someone to each female family as much as possible, even if there was a sudden problem, they were better than ordinary women, since she experienced the incident of Yan Guishan, she herself no longer dared to leave Lan Qiduo half a step, but after leaving the capital, Xiao Tuxi was obviously a lot more lively, and Lan Qiduo naturally liked to see it.

At this time, hearing what Lan Qiduo said, Xiao Tuxi pouted: "Your Highness doesn't know, if you meet a man staring at people like this, the slave maid would have already fanned over with a big ear, but these people are ordinary women and children, just curious about us, just like a new family came to the village, everyone is curious about who the new family is, what it looks like, what it does, and what people don't do, if the slave and maid are arrogant, wouldn't it make people think that the people who came out of our princess's mansion are unreasonable?" ”

"That makes sense, but which of you went to see how the food went? Hongu was a little hungry. ”

There are more than 20 girls of all sizes who serve Lan Qiduo, because Lan Qiduo likes beautiful people or things, these girls are beautiful and lovely even if they are not like the national color and Tianxiang, especially when they are out of the house, the girls can always attract people's attention as long as they get out of the car and do things, Lan Qiduo has just discovered this, so the number of people around him has been reduced to eight, which will say that Mama Yun is hungry and takes the two girls out.

"The meal will take a while, and the fire will be lit now, Your Highness may wish to pad your stomach with some pastries first."

The weather has been much warmer, Lan Qiduo also changed into a slightly light light purple orchid pattern jacket, she ate pastries and drank sweet ****, the soft spring breeze on her face, so comfortable, the thought of finally being able to go out for a walk only felt that even the air was fresher than other places.

Traveling in this season is a very pleasant thing, the weather is neither hot nor cold, those naughty children who have been confined to their homes for a winter can not come out to play at will because they are in a hurry, at this time there can be a gap between burying pots and cooking, they almost all run out to stroll, Lan Qiduo can see the children in the distance in the temporary shed.

Especially those little girls' families, because Lan Qiduo and his party were gorgeously dressed, although they were warned by their mothers and grandmothers not to disturb the nobles, but the girls in the younger grades already knew the beauty and ugliness, and they always couldn't help but stand not far away and sneak a glance at Lan Qiduo's side.

The little girl Lan Qiduo came into contact with was taught to be knowledgeable even if she was seven or eight years old, and she was basically decent when she saw people, where did she talk about such a daughter who seemed to be smart and lively but had a little shyness? I can't help but watch it very interesting.

When Mama Yun was worried that Lan Qiduo was hungry and didn't like those pastries, so she asked a few maids to bring over a few plates of hot cakes, and now not only the girl's house looked here, but even the male dolls were attracted by the aroma of the cakes.

As the saying goes, "half the size eats the poor man", after walking for a noon, even Lan Qiduo, an adult, felt hungry, let alone these little guys? At this time, the fire of burying the pot to make rice was raised, in order to facilitate unified management, the commander of the horse and the escort soldiers had already discussed, everyone paid some money every day and then the good cooks came out to help cook, and then the rice was ready, and each family took the bowl back to eat their own, so at this time, except for Lan Qiduo's side because of the small stove alone, a few cakes were made, and the rest had to wait at least half an hour to eat, how could they bear the smell of the fragrance?

A bold boy swallowed his saliva and asked, "Sister, what's on your plate?" ”

The second-class maid beside Lan Qiduo who was holding the plate, she was a girl with a melon seed face, she was very amiable, and while talking to the child, she kept walking towards Lan Qiduo's shed: "It's a beef patty and a leek pie." ”

There are a lot of leeks in the spring, and the fragrance is very strong, you can smell it from afar, this child is just hungry and wants to eat, but the little maid is to serve Lan Qiduo food, even if he knows what his mind is, he still pretends not to know, and enters Lan Qiduo's shed.

This place is so big, even if it is for Lan Qiduo to open up a slightly larger open space, but how big can it be, Lan Qiduo heard the sound of the conversation outside, and when the little maid put the plate on the table in front of Lan Qiduo, Lan Qiduo said to the children who were probing their brains: "Come on!" Come in. ”

Lan Qiduo's words could be regarded as a hornet's nest, not only the little boy she beckoned to stand curiously and frightened at the entrance of the shed, but even the girls boldly came over, there were eleven of these children, four girls, seven boys, and their ages seemed to range from six to nine years old.

They hula rushed over all of a sudden, and the few people in front of Lan Qiduo who were affected by the disaster were startled, and Xiao Tuxi stood in front of Lan Qiduo with a "whoosh".

Lan Qiduo whispered a small picture of joy: "Don't be impatient!" Let's see what other pastries we have, and then go and get five or six more plates. ”

Then he put his chin on his chin and smiled as much as he could, "Are you hungry?" ”

The older ones knew that they were shy, but the younger ones nodded honestly, and some simply bit their fingers and stared at the food in front of Lan Qiduo.

The little guy biting his finger was about the same age as Lan Jing, and Lan Qiduo saw that his saliva was overflowing, but he didn't reach out to eat, and he felt even more pity in his heart.

"If you want to eat, come and get it."

The little one raised his feet and was about to step forward, the oldest was a boy, he grabbed the little guy who was about to come forward, bowed his head and said with some embarrassment: "But my mother said that you are a princess, and you must have rules in front of you." ”

Lan Qiduo couldn't help laughing, she stood up and picked up the pastries on the plate with both hands, as well as the beef patties and leek egg cakes that had just come out of the pot, walked quickly to the door of the greenhouse, bent down and held the plate up to the little guy who gnawed his fingers and said, "Eat!"

The dim sum that comes out of the palace is more delicate than ordinary people's things, I don't know how many times, children are easy to be attracted, Lan Qiduo's snow-white cloud cake, transparent osmanthus crisp, bright kidney bean rolls, bright and clear pea yellow, as well as fragrant beef patties and leek cakes, attracted the attention of all children.

There was curiosity and eagerness in their eyes, but still none of them took the initiative to reach for it.

Lan Qiduo reluctantly beckoned to Xiao Tu'an, let Xiao Tu'an hold the plate, she quickly wiped her hand with a handkerchief, and then picked up a piece of cloud cake and put it in the hand of the little boy who gnawed his fingers, and said lovingly: "Eat!" ”

The little boy smiled shyly at Lan Qiduo, took a careful bite, and then immediately raised his head and said to Lan Qiduo with sparkling eyes: "It's delicious!" ”

The rest of the little ones now focused their eyes on the pastries in Xiao Tuan's hands, and Lan Qiduo did not hesitate to give the rest to the others, and said with a smile: "Eat, there are still after eating!" ”

The fluctuating "thank you" whispered from their mouths, and the joy in Lan Qiduo's heart was even greater, it seems that the children of these soldiers have good tutors, and they will not take the initiative to ask for something when they are hungry, but they will also thank others if they accept gifts.

Lan Qiduo ordered someone to pour a glass for each of them that he drank, and said on the side: "Eat slowly, don't choke!" Then he personally took the youngest little boy who gnawed his fingers in his arms.

Lan Qiduo has always said everything in front of people, and at this time she gave the children what she ate, and a few girls just did what she said, standing respectfully behind Lan Qiduo.

The little ones who were eating glanced at a few girls from time to time, but more often than not, they looked at Lan Qiduo.

Probably because of the food, they were not as afraid of Lan Qiduo as they were at the beginning, Lan Qiduo asked some questions such as "what is your name, how old are you", "where do you live", "how many people are in the family", they will also answer seriously, sometimes they will argue with others who say wrong, so many people resting around can hear, and there are many chattering sounds like little sparrows in the princess's shed, occasionally accompanied by the laughter of Her Royal Highness the princess. (To be continued.) )