Chapter 17: A Thousand Miles of Horses
At the end of the hunt in the West Mountain, the team returned with a full load of people and horses, all with a satisfied look on their faces. But these days of hunting made Yang Xianrong gradually become boring from full of enthusiasm, after all, she was still young, and as soon as the excitement of coming out receded, every day she was faced with an empty tent, everyone was busy hunting, and no one would take her a little girl in their eyes.
Sima Shu also felt tired, he was not keen on hunting, and he could accompany Yang Xianrong to talk and laugh a few days ago, but a few days later, he was dragged into the forest by Liu Yao, and teased him for being a big man who hugs his nest in the house like a hen all day long. Sima Shu hunted for a few days, and hunted a total of two hares, one of which Xie An asked for from someone else for a silver ingot.
Liu Yao and Yang Ting were not tired at all, one was talking and laughing by his father and brother's side, and the other thought that he had won Liu Yuan's appreciation, and he had a hot fight with several generals under Liu Yuan's command who had just befriended, completely forgetting that he still had a young sister to take care of, and he was drowsy on Sima Shu's mount by Yang Xianrong.
The spring day is as fickle as a baby's face, and the day is clear when the team sets out from the camp in the west mountain, but just after noon, the sky is suddenly covered with dark clouds, and after a few rumbling thunders, heavy rain pours down. The rain was so heavy that the team could not move on, so the crowd scattered into a few people and hid under the trees.
Liu Yao and his father and brother had just taken refuge under a tree, when suddenly a bolt of lightning struck down, and a tree on the side fell, and a smell of burnt paste instantly spread around them. This loud bang frightened everyone, and the team suddenly became a mess, dodging and dodging, and escaping. In this chaos, the little Liu Yao was not afraid of danger, first subconsciously blocked Liu Yuan's side, and after the movement passed, he followed the sound to look to the side, and then said: "It's just lightning, don't be afraid." However, it seems that this tree is not suitable for shelter from the rain, and I asked my father to order him to leave immediately. ”
Liu Yuanfu recovered from the fright, and saw the chaos around him, but only Liu Yao was not panicked out of danger, calmly, and calmly, he was very pleased, laughed and patted Liu Yao's shoulder, and said loudly: "Wu'er is really a thousand miles away." ”
Liu Yao was a little shy at this time, and scratched his head with a smile.
"Hmph, it's just that I'm young, and I'm a little sluggish, but it's a great achievement in my father's mouth." It was Liu He, Liu Yuan's eldest son, who said this, and the person he spoke to was Liu Cong.
"Yao'er is both civil and military, and she is indeed a thousand-mile horse." Liu Cong ignored Liu He, stepped on the horse, and continued to walk forward with Liu Yuan.
Due to the heavy rain, everyone was delayed on the road for a while, and when they returned to Luoyang, it was already mid-March. As soon as he entered the house, he threw himself into his mother's arms and rolled three times before raising his little face and saying in a milky voice: "Mother, Rong'er misses you so much." ”
"I don't think that's the truth." Sun lovingly stroked the sheep's head and said with a smile: "If you really miss me, why are you willing to leave me and run out to play for so long?" ”
"Honestly, of course." Yang Xianrong reluctantly rubbed into Sun's arms again: "I miss my mother the most." ”
The mother and daughter were tired of crooked for a while, and Sun urged Yang Xianrong to change his clothes to ask his father for peace, and Yang Xianrong obediently agreed, but as soon as he changed back into his daughter's clothes, he saw his father striding in from outside. Without waiting for Yang Xianrong to see the ceremony, Yang Xuanzhi actually hugged her, which had never happened in the past, Sun was shocked, but Yang Xianrong laughed "giggled".
Yang Xuanzhi put Yang Xianrong down and touched her head: "Rong'er seems to have grown taller and heavier." ”
"Father, Rong'er went out this time, had a good time, and learned a lot of things." Yang Xianrong hurriedly said: "I just told my mother ......"
Before Yang Xianrong finished speaking, Yang Xuanyi waved his hand with a smile on his face and said, "Okay, let's play." ”
Yang Xianrong wanted to tell her father about her days outside, after all, this was her first time going out, and she went to such an interesting occasion, she was eager to tell the people around her what she had met and what she had experienced, but unfortunately, her mother had not had time to listen to her story, and her father did not seem to have the heart to listen to her, which made her a little unhappy, she pouted and glanced at her father, but immediately laughed again, and jumped up and down with the nurse out.
Sun scooped tea for Yang Xuanzhi, and when he drank it all, he scooped up another cup before asking the doubts in his heart: "Master, why is this?" ”
Yang Xuanzhi smiled, leaned directly on the couch, and said, "Do you know who Brother Ma Yu is in Rong'er's mouth?" Looking at Sun's puzzled expression, Yang Xuanzhi smiled again, hugged his fists, and lowered his voice: "It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today." ”
Sun was taken aback, faintly, she also felt the meaning of Yang Xuan's words, and her heart immediately became uneasy. Now Yang Xianrong is still young, and there is chaos in the court, and the queen is not a good person. With only one sip of tea, Sun had already thought thoroughly about the dangers of the sheep after entering the palace. She looked at Yang Xuanzhi, he had a smug look on his face, obviously happy to see this happen, she knew this husband's temperament too well, and he wanted to come out every day, and now that the opportunity came, he didn't care about his daughter, but she also knew that if she objected, it would only anger Yang Xuanzhi, and it would strengthen his determination to send Yang Xuanzhi into the East Palace.
"The prince chooses a concubine, I'm afraid he can't make his own decisions." Sun said cautiously: "What's more, there is a seven-year difference between Rong'er and the crown prince, how can the prince wait until Rong'er grows up?" ”
"A woman's opinion." Yang Xuanzhi shook his head: "The palace has already revealed rumors, the queen wants to choose a concubine for the prince, and the position of the concubine will naturally not fall on Rong'er's body, but as long as Rong'er has been by the prince's side, it will only be a matter of time before she enters the East Palace." It's better to be a concubine than a favorite concubine. ”
"This ......," Sun's heart sank.
"Now although the queen is restless, and the vassal kings are also eyeing each other, it is always the Taifu who holds the power, the queen mother and the prince have a close relationship, and the prince also supports the prince, so it is a matter of time before the prince ascends the throne. When the time comes, the concubine chosen by Queen Jia will still be able to enter the eyes of the new emperor? Naturally, whoever is close to him can become the master of the harem. Yang Xuan's words were chiseled: "Once Rong'er is the queen, the day of the revival of my Yang family is not far away." Taking a step back, even if Rong'er is just a concubine, then I, Yang Xuanzhi, am also the body of the country's ruler, who dares not to look down at me? What's more, once Rong'er gives birth to a dragon son," Yang Xuanzhi narrowed his eyes, and his whole body was full of comfort: "I don't dare to think about it, I don't dare to think about it...... Hahahaha......"
Sun's eyebrows were deeply locked, and the appearance of Yang Xuanzhi's momentum made her more and more uneasy, she didn't seek wealth and nobility in this life, just wanted the health of her children, but this Yang Xuanzhi actually pinned the future of Yangfu on the happiness of her little daughter's life, she couldn't bear it, and her tone was a little heavier: "Your abacus is too wishful, don't say that Xianrong is still young, and the court is still chaotic, it is the prince, how do you know that there will be no variables in the past few years?" ”
"It depends on your mother's ability......" Yang Xuanzhi looked at Sun meaningfully.
The Sun family was dumbfounded, this Yang Xuanzhi really calculated everything, Sun's father is now the Prince's Mansion Zhan Shi, and the three elder brothers are also serving in the East Palace, even if it is for the benefit of the Sun family, I am afraid that the father and son of the Sun family also agree with this matter. Fortunately, Yang Xianrong is still young, and before the age of leaving the pavilion, all changes are unknown, and she prays that Yang Xuanzhi's abacus will always be an abacus.
"It seems that the gentleman that Ting'er brought at that time had two brushes, and this dedication is really not an idle person." Yang Xuanzhi touched his beard, didn't see Sun's gloomy face at all, and said to himself: "I gave birth to these children, but I didn't expect Xianrong to be a lucky star," he turned his face to Sun, shook Sun's hand, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, I will love my daughter well in the future." ”
At night, Yang Xianrong got into Sun's bed, snuggled in her mother's arms, and still talked about her trip to the West Mountain, how Liu Yao and Yang Ting bravely hunted a bear, and how Ma Yu's brother played with her.
"That Brother Ma Yu ......," Sun asked with a smile, "You seem to mention him a lot." ”
"She's the first friend I've ever met out there." Yang Xianrong looked at Sun and continued: "And he is very good, but his family seems to be very troublesome, and he is not very happy to see him recently, and it was not like this in the past." ”
"Would it be better to have less contact with him in the future?" Sun asked tentatively.
"Why?" Yang Xianrong asked puzzledly, "He is very good to me." ”
Sun pondered for a moment, and Fang said: "Your brother Ma Yu sounds a few years older than you, I'm afraid that when you reach the age of marriage, you can't hang out all day long like you do now, you can't ask people to throw the new lady out at home to play with you." ”
Yang Xianrong pursed his lips dissatisfiedly: "He can bring his new lady out to play." ”
"Fool," Sun was amused by her daughter, who scratched her nose, "When did you see that your mother ran outside to play?" ”
"I don't think so." Yang Xianrong tilted his head and asked puzzledly, "But, why?" ”
"Marrying into your husband's family is different from being in your own family, you have family affairs to deal with, a husband to assist, and in-laws to serve, and when you have children, and children to raise, how can you have time to come out and play?" Sun hugged Yang Xianrong tightly: "You are still too young, my mother very much hopes that you will stay at home for a few more years to accompany me." ”
"Then I will always stay with my mother and not marry." Yang Xianrong twisted and crawled onto Sun's body, stared at her, and said very seriously.
"Stupid, didn't that mother delay you for a lifetime?" Sun also restrained his smile and said: "Mother's wish in this life is to hope that you can marry a good family, have a husband who loves you, have reasonable in-laws, and have filial children, and be smooth and safe for a lifetime." ”
"Mother's ......" Xu is Sun's words were too solemn, Yang Xianrong seemed to be a little frightened, she leaned on Sun's arms, hugged her mother tightly, and fell asleep deeply.