Chapter 45: The Horse of Yongfu
Shanglin Yuan stretches vertically and horizontally, since the founding of the country in southern Chu has been slowly built, and the emperors of all generations have gradually enclosed the territory and mountains, added all kinds of palaces, and added playthings. Until Zhao Jing's generation, it has covered a vast area and stretched several counties.
The style of the palace room in the inner is different, named after the landscape by the mountains and rivers, raising all kinds of rare birds and beasts in the inside, and planting exotic flowers and plants. The mountains and forests stretch continuously, wild beasts infested them, and the royal spring and autumn safari riding and shooting are held in Shanglin Yuan.
Zhao Jing and the queen sat in a golden-topped dragon and phoenix with eight white horses, and followed in a two-horse, Zhulun, bronze hoop, and Cui Que Ling carriage. Because it was just the emperor and queen traveling at will, he never used all his dependence, and the light car was simple, and Du Shaoheng, the commander of Yulinwei, led two teams of guards to accompany the guard.
The car driving slowly at the nearest entrance of the inner palace to the forest garden is about half a day. It is rare to have a father and queen mother to take out of the palace to play, so she naturally feels very novel and interesting, and secretly lifts the curtain all the way to look out.
I was also afraid that I was depressed sitting alone in the car, so I simply ordered someone to stop the car and climbed into Zangjiao's car to sit with Zangjiao. Zangjiao stayed alone in the car, and it was not as if she lifted the curtain and looked around like An Diji. I was very happy to see her come up, and took some candied cherries to coax and An Diji, and the two chattered and laughed all the way.
Listening to the faint laughter behind him, Zhao Jing, who was half leaning on the soft pillow on the couch, smiled at the queen: "Yongfu'er and Jue Jieyu are incompatible, and they talk and laugh every time they meet." ”
The queen leaned on the soft pillow on the other side and responded with a smile: "Speaking of which, Jue Jieyu is only six or seven years older than Yongfu'er. and never went to bed, and the feelings were not opened. Looking at the little lady who is already Peugeot, she is still a child after all. ”
Thinking that Zhao Jing put down court affairs and concentrated on accompanying him out to relieve his boredom, the queen's complexion today is exceptionally better than usual. The two bends of the light smoke eyebrows are carefully traced with green daisies. A thin layer of pearl powder and peach blossom rouge was applied on the pale cheeks, and the pale pink was faintly pearlescent, looking beautiful like a hibiscus in early autumn.
Zhao Jing'er is also in good spirits today, wearing a royal blue gown, with a silver and blue jade buckle belt around his waist, and a bright yellow double-silk long spike jade pendant. The white jade-like face was radiant, and the beard under the chin was shaved clean, only a layer of blue and black marks appeared.
Holding the queen's slender fingers with one hand, he half-lifted the curtain curtain of the car with the other hand and glanced out and said with a smile: "Chu Nan woman can go out of the pavilion at thirteen." Miaorong, when you married me, you were just in time. Jue Jieyu is sixteen years old this year, and she is not a child.
However, our Yongfu'er will be eleven years old when she turns the New Year, and her eyebrows and appearance are becoming more and more like you day by day. There are good children of the noble family. But you can gradually consider the choice of the colt. ”
"Yes, yes, Yongfu'er is so big in a blink of an eye. The concubine really wants to watch Yongfu get married and have children, and hug her grandson. It's a pity," the queen paused slightly, then continued with a smile:
"If the official family chooses a horse for Yongfu'er. The concubine thought that her appearance must be upright. The best thing is the youngest son of the Xungui family, and the sister-in-law should be less.
Don't choose the eldest son and eldest grandson, although he inherited the title of family business, he also weighed the burden of honor and disgrace on his shoulders. Our Yongfu'er is a lazy and idle person, just enjoy the happiness in peace, but I don't have the heart to be a clan wife for them.
This young son is much better, the grandparents dot on him, and the grandmother cherishes him. There are also eldest brothers and sisters in the middle to help. There is no shortage of money to spend, and after getting married, she will open another princess's mansion. Moved with the horses to spend the day.
Although the royal daughter-in-law does not need to set rules in front of Aunt Weng, she must also respond to a false number of courtesies for the sake of the horses. Opening a mansion saves a lot of trouble, and the eldest princess of our family, Yongfu'er, is a noble princess, although she has no Auntie, she can't be looked down upon. ”
The queen was still babbling about the trivial matters of Emperor Yongfu's future adult marriage and son-in-law, Zhao Jing listened patiently with a smile, and gradually choked up in her voice, and when she was a child, she had already sobbed.
Zhao Jing's heart was sore and painful, and he carefully hugged the queen in his arms and coaxed softly on his chest before he approached: "Miaorong doesn't cry, let's play in Shanglin Yuan for a few days, and when I go back, I will announce that our Yongfu'er will be the eldest princess of He'an."
Not only will the generations enjoy the glory and wealth forever, but the princess's mansion will be built immediately. Just follow the decorative pavilions in your palace and build a bigger and more beautiful eldest princess's mansion, okay?
Tomorrow, I will teach the Ministry of Internal Affairs to draw the drawings in detail for you to see, and you will refer to Yongfu'er in detail, what kind of thing you want to build, where to sit and lie and play, I will not hesitate to spend money, and I must be perfect, exquisite and magnificent."
As he spoke, he couldn't hold it anymore, his eyes were slightly red, and he turned his head to wipe his tears with his hands. Holding the queen with one hand and gently patting her thin shoulder with the other, she choked up.
Fortunately, the queen was weak and weak after all, and Zhao Jing gradually fell asleep after coaxing, and slowly fell asleep in Zhao Jing's arms.
The carriage and horses swayed, and they stopped twice for tea, a snack, and a change of clothes and hands. Unconsciously, half a day passed, and the carriage and horse slowly drove into the tall stone gate of Shanglin Garden, and the palace attendants had already knelt on both sides of the stone road to welcome the holy car.
Du Shaoheng led Yu Linwei to inspect the front and back to investigate that there was nothing to do, Fang Hao Hao led the emperor's chariot and Zangjiao and others to Dongxiu Palace, and the palace room of Shanglin Yuan was built in four places, southeast, northwest and northwest, and the four landscapes were different.
If you want to go on a spring outing, you will go to the south to plant exotic flowers and plants, lakes and streams, and hunt in autumn under the mountains and valleys in the west, where the dense forests are deep and wild beasts are frequently infested.
The east side is the nearest entrance to the forbidden palace, all kinds of fruit trees and flowers are numerous, there are several pools of warm soup, a lake of clear water, you can bathe in winter, and you can cool off in summer.
Du Shaoheng sent the royal forest guards all the way to scatter around the Dongxiu Palace to set up secret sentinels, while investigating whether there were any hurting people and wild objects in the West Mountain to break into the east. All kinds of distributions were complete, and it was not until Dongxiu Palace was located that Li Zhaosheng loudly sang the official family and Niangniang, and An Diji, and Xuan Jieyu.
Zangjiao took Yongfu's tender little hand and walked off the carriage with the arm of the attendant Chang'an, stretched her waist and legs that had been sitting for a long time, and saw Yongfu Emperor Ji pointing to the front and shouting happily.
Looking in the direction of Yongfu's finger, I saw a group of verdant mountains and fields rippling in front of the green shade, reflecting a silver ribbon of winding river, behind which a large area of gorgeous palace rooms stretched into a piece. Boundless green flowers loom in the eaves Zhu Lu, Gao Xuan Xiu Pavilion.
"Auntie, you see that this forest garden is so beautiful, although there are flowers and plants in the palace, there are not as many as here, and there is no green here." Yongfu children's words, pointing to Zangjiao to tell the joy in his heart.
"Yes, Emperor Ji has always liked flowers and plants, and this time I have been playing happily for a few days. The concubine will send the emperor to the mother first, and then come back to play with the emperor? ”
Zangjiao carefully pulled Yongfu, paid attention to the large bluestone road under her feet to prevent her from falling, and crossed everyone to the queen and bent down to say hello: "Niangniang is tired all the way, and her body is fine." The emperor was very interested on the road, and the concubine thought about asking the emperor and the mother to rest for a while before playing. ”
The queen looked at the emperor who was jumping and pulling Zangjiao, and a doting smile appeared on her face: "Since Yongfu likes to play with you, you can take her with you, I live in the east and west halls with the official family, and you live in the south palace." Although there are many palace rooms in this Dongxiu Palace, some of them have been vacant for a long time and have not been cleaned.
After lunch, she will send Yongfu to her palace, and let the mum who serves her wait for her to sleep so that she can play. You don't have to worry about me, just rest and go. ”
Zhao Jing nodded with the queen's hand and agreed: "Since the queen wants you to play with Yongfu, let's go, teach the attendants to lead you to your palace, and I will accompany the queen to rest and eat later." (To be continued.) )