Chapter 201: Departure
The Liao State delegation has stayed at the post station outside the palace two days in advance, and on the auspicious day, they specially went to the Shuiyue Pavilion to greet Princess Baoshou.
The scale of the team is also very large, in addition to the maids and attendants of Princess Baoshou, as well as the female officials given by the emperor, and the guards who escorted them, there are one or two hundred people.
Princess Baoshou has a lot of dowry, in addition to her usual items, clothes, books and some treasured jade utensils, etc., as well as a lot of gold and silver cloth rewarded by the emperor, there are hundreds of boxes, all of which are packed in camphor wood boxes, tied with red silk, looking from afar, it can be said that it is ten miles of red makeup, dazzling.
Wearing a brightly colored red shirt, Princess Baoshou said goodbye to Concubine Wan with tears under the support of Ru Xuan and Ning Xiang, and turned around to get into the sedan chair step by step.
Today is not a big wedding, so you don't have to wear a wedding dress, but for the sake of Tujili, Princess Baoshou still chose a red dress to wear according to her words.
The auspicious time has arrived, and the team of welcoming and sending relatives surrounds the palanquin of Princess Baoshou and slowly walks outside the palace.
When they arrived at the gate of the palace, they said goodbye to the imperial city, the sedan chair was replaced by a carriage, Ru Xuan, Ning Xiang and Princess Baoshou shared a car, and the female officials and palace maids who gave the wedding and accompanied the marriage took the carriage behind in turn or not.
The carriage moved forward slowly, not very fast, and the pace of walking could keep up.
That's it, leave.
Princess Baoshou slightly lifted the curtain on the small window next to the carriage, and glanced at the palace that was slowly retreating, and a trace of water flashed in her eyes.
"Princess." Ru Xuan noticed the abnormality and reached out to hold Princess Baoshou's palm.
"I'm fine." Princess Baoshou tried to squeeze out a smile. But it can be seen that she has endured the panic and sense of loss in her heart.
Ru Xuan sighed indifferently and sat up straight.
This time we set off to Liaoguo. She still has a lot of things to do.
There is not so much time to be sad and feel sorry for yourself.
The carriage was still moving forward slowly, the atmosphere in the car was not right, and the three of them were sitting without speaking, just closing their eyes to recuperate.
Far away, on the fourth floor of a restaurant on the street, through an open window. Xuanye Gongzi was standing in front of the window, looking at the carriage and procession downstairs, passing by one by one.
Out of Kyoto. It was all the way to the north, and when they arrived at the border, people from the Liao Kingdom came to greet them.
So, if you start. Before you go to the border.
"Hall Master. All ready. Seventeen Niang stepped forward and said slowly.
"Okay, I got it." Xuanye Gongzi said, narrowing his eyes slightly.
Father, just let his son be willful once, okay?
Xuanye Gongzi's eyes opened again, and said to Seventeen Niang: "Let's go, we need to catch up with them." You can only reach Fengyang Town. ”
Fengyang Town is a border town with a sparse population. Everywhere there is a barren land.
But this is where the last stop is before reaching the border, so this is the way they have to go, and it's best to start here.
"Yes." Seventeen Niang bowed her head and replied.
Xuanye Gongzi glanced at it again, and then turned his back and went downstairs with Seventeen Niang.
Soon out of the city, and then all the way north.
Along the way, in addition to rest and accommodation, almost all of them were in a hurry, sitting in a carriage all day long, bumpy forward.
After a few days, Ru Xuan felt that her whole body was going to be shaken apart by the carriage.
Princess Baoshou's face is not very good, after all, when she goes out, she is not as good as she can eat in the palace, and if she can't find a suitable place to settle down here, she knows to rest in the wilderness.
And the things that can be are just some portable pastries and other things, fresh fruits and vegetables, of course, things that can't be thought of.
With a chronic lack of vitamins and salt, it's no wonder that everyone seems weak.
After a few more days, Ru Xuan heard people outside say that she was about to arrive in Fengyang Town.
When you arrive at Fengyang Town, you will arrive at the border of Song and Liao, which means that you can reach the country of Liao and go to Beijing in a few days.
In the afternoon, someone outside told me that he had arrived in Fengyang Town, and asked the princess to come down to rest, and a few days later, someone from Liao came to greet him.
Princess Baoshou replied lightly, "I know", and with the support of Ning Xiang and Ru Xuan, she lived in the post station.
Although the inn here looks dilapidated and many of the houses are in disrepair, there are a lot of rooms.
The largest and innermost one, naturally for Princess Baoshou, although the facilities are simple, but it looks spacious and bright, barely enough to live.
"It's a little shabby, but it's barely liveable." Ru Xuan said with a smile, poured a bowl of water from the kettle, and handed it to Princess Baoshou.
I didn't drink water for a long time, and Princess Baoshou was also a little thirsty at this time, so she took the bowl and drank the water cleanly, and handed the bowl back.
"This is the water you just went to fetch in the creek, and it tastes very sweet." Princess Baoshou wiped the water stains on the side of her mouth with a handkerchief and said.
"That night, I used this water to cook some porridge and eat it, it should taste good." Ru Xuan said with a smile.
"It's fine." Princess Baoshou nodded.
Over there, Ning Xiang had already made the bed and said to Princess Baoshou: "Princess, the bed slave has been made, do you want to sit down and rest." ”
There are many earthen kang in the north, and there is not even a decent stool in the house, so I have to reluctantly Princess Baoshou to make do with the bed with mattresses and cushions first.
Princess Baoshou said "um", sat down, and rubbed her somewhat sore knees.
After riding in the carriage for a long time, my legs couldn't be straightened, and my whole legs and knees felt swollen and painful, with a little sore feeling, and it was very uncomfortable.
Ru Xuan saw Princess Baoshou's small movements, hurriedly stepped forward, and said, "The princess might as well lie down, the carriage will sit for a long time, and the calves will be a little swollen, just lie down." ”
Princess Baoshou pinched her calf through her dress, and really felt swollen, but thinking that the house in this post station was very simple, and the window paper was also broken in some places, if others saw her lying on the bed in broad daylight, it would be really unseemly, so she explained the reason clearly and refused Ru Xuan's kindness.
Ru Xuan replied with a smile: "Then the slave maid will pinch the legs for the princess, it will be more comfortable." ”
"It's fine." Princess Baoshou nodded.
Ru Xuan half-squatted on the ground and gently kneaded her calves.
The swollen calves gradually felt comfortable under Ru Xuan's skillful fingering.
Ning Xiang took the water that Fang had just fetched in the river, and was about to tell the people below to cook some porridge.
In the hot summer, I don't feel much appetite, so cooking some light mung bean porridge with seasonal fresh vegetables here is not hard. (To be continued......)