Chapter 16: Field Hunting
"Master Hou still needs to wait a while, after half a pillar of incense, the team will set off." Xiao Huangmen said to Xuan Shijing.
Xuan Shijing nodded: "Well, I see." Then he instructed Long'er: "Long'er, tell the coachman to drive the carriage out of the palace, don't stop here, and we'll follow after the team sets off in a while." ”
"Yes." Long'er responded: "Long'er will go out for a while, the little marquis will be here with Sun Daochang first, and Long'er will come when she goes." ”
"Go ahead."
After a while, Long'er sent the carriage out of the palace and turned back, her body had changed into a men's tight beard, and her hair was combed in a bun like a man, tied up with a gray hairband.
"Little Marquis." Long'er happily turned around in front of Xuan Shijing and asked, "How is it?" ”
"Handsome, Long'er, how many women are you fascinated by Chang'an City, let's say, whose girl do you like, Master Hou, I'll help you get it back." Xuan Shijing smiled and joked with Long'er.
"The little marquis is not serious again, how can you talk some nonsense, we are going to hunt today, how inappropriate it is for Long'er to wear women's clothes."
"Your Majesty and the Queen's maids are not dressed like you." Xuan Shijing looked at Long'er, who was dressed in men's clothes, and even tied her chest, and said, "What, you are going to make trouble." ”
I have to say that Long'er, this little girl, dressed up as a man, is indeed extremely handsome, if it weren't for the sweet smile on her face, sometimes showing the posture of her little daughter's family, it really makes people think that this is a handsome little Langjun.
After a while, the courtiers who were standing together in twos and threes suddenly collected their voices, and they all turned to face the door of the main hall of the Chengtian Palace, Xuan Shijing looked up, it turned out to be Li Shimin dressed in military uniform, standing at the door of the main hall, and there was also the Empress Changsun standing beside him, followed by four eunuchs and four palace maids, bowing their heads respectfully, standing there quietly.
The ministers hurriedly lined up on both sides according to the military generals of the civil and military officials, knelt down and saluted Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, Ministers."
"All love is free of etiquette, today is the Laba solar term, according to the ancestral system out of the city to hunt, no need for red tape." Li Shimin waved his hand and exempted everyone from courtesy.
Glancing at the courtiers standing outside the hall, the sharp-eyed Li Shimin found Sun Simiao, Xuan Shijing and Long'er standing outside the team, and whispered to the little eunuch beside him: "Go and arrange Sun Daochang to my personal guard team, so that you can serve for a good life." Then he smiled and beckoned to Xuan Shijing: "Shijing, come to my side." ”
Xuan Shijing tilted his head and looked at Long'er.
"Little Marquis, Your Majesty asked you to go to his side." Long'er whispered.
"I know." Xuan Shijing also lowered his voice and said, "Let's go, come with me." After speaking, he strode towards Li Shimin in front of the Chengtian Palace.
Long'er stared at Xuan Shijing's small figure, pursed her lips, and hurriedly followed.
"The minister has seen Your Majesty, and I have seen the Queen Mother." Walking in front of Li Shimin, Xuan Shijing bowed and saluted.
"The slave and maid Long'er have seen Your Majesty and the Queen Mother." Long'er knelt on the ground and saluted the emperor and queen.
"Get up." Li Shimin helped Xuan Shijing up: "In a blink of an eye, Shijing is four years old. Li Shimin sighed a little, and then said: "Your mother didn't accompany you into the palace today?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty, my mother said that Shi Jing is growing up and should take on the responsibilities of a marquis." Xuan Shijing said neither humbly nor arrogantly, His Majesty Li Er, the first emperor of the ages, stood in front of him, except for the time when he was born, this time it was the closest, he originally sneered at the majesty of the emperor in TV and literary works, but now he really felt this momentum, Li Shimin's invincible, powerful and confident temperament, people couldn't help but follow him and be loyal to him.
Li Shimin has a unique personal charm, after the Xuanwumen Incident, most of the talented subordinate officials of the Prince's Mansion were retained by him, and some even lived in the six official departments, Li Shimin was very relieved to give them some important positions, the most prominent of which was Wei Zheng who planned Xuanwumen to kill Li Shimin, because the battle between Li Shimin and Prince Jiancheng became increasingly fierce, Wei Zheng tried his best to persuade Prince Jiancheng to attack Li Shimin and the subordinate officials of Tiance Mansion, and single-handedly dominated the affairs of Xuanwumen. In order to protect the fashionable and young Li Chengqian and Li Tai, the eldest grandson queen personally put on armor and went into battle with a sharp sword in his hand, and fought with the prince's mansion who attacked the Qin palace.
is such a Wei Zheng, after Li Shimin ascended the throne, he still reused him, and his magnanimity and open-mindedness can be seen.
"Your mother was too you." Li Shimin sighed with emotion: "You are only four years old, but I also understand your mother, Shijing, this time when you go out of the city to hunt, you and Long'er will come to the Hou Mansion?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty, yes, Shijing thinks that two people are enough."
"Hey, you kid, you're not small." Li Shimin felt a little funny when he heard Xuan Shijing speak with such confidence.
"Your Majesty, look at you, don't freak out Shi Jing." The eldest grandson, Empress Shi Shiran, walked to Xuan Shijing's side, half-squatted in front of Xuan Shijing and looked at Xuan Shijing: "Jing'er, I heard that Daoist Sun said that he was conditioning your body today, how is your body now?" ”
"Xie Niangniang cares, Jing'er now feels much lighter than before." Xuan Shijing said with a grin.
When Empress Changsun saw him smiling honestly, she couldn't help but smile: "Speaking of which, the palace also wants to thank Jing'er." ”
"Why?" Xuan Shijing was puzzled.
"Because Bengong heard that Jing'er knew that Bengong was unwell, he asked Sun Daochang to go to the study on Jing'er's house to find the medical certificate." Empress Eldest Sun lovingly touched Xuan Shijing's little head, smiled, and then straightened up to face Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, Jing'er is still young, and he used to sit in the carriage of the ladies in the palace with his mother, look at this year's ......"
Li Shimin thought for a while and said: "Jing'er will follow the frame of the princes this year, Long'er, take care of your little marquis, don't make a mistake." ”
"Yes." Long'er responded, and then took Xuan Shijing to find the team where the princes were.
"Brother Shijing." Li Chengqian saw Long'er walking over with Xuan Shijing and greeted him.
"His Royal Highness the Prince." Xuan Shijing also greeted Li Chengqian, Li Chengqian at this time was only twelve or thirteen years old, but he had the same mature and stable temperament as Xuan Shijing that did not match his age appearance, Xuan Shijing was born with the experience and memory of his previous life, and he was born like this, and Li Chengqian This is as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Empire, after many years of training, he only has this kind of temperament, in some ways, Li Chengqian and Xuan Shijing are still some similarities. The eldest grandson and the empress dowager all asked Li Chengqian to accompany Xuan Shijing, so the best relationship between Xuan Shijing and many princes is Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian looked at Xuan Shijing, and then at Long'er, who was dressed in men's clothes behind him, and said with a smile: "Brother Shijing's brother only came with Long'er this year?" ”
"Yes, so when the time comes, I will ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to take care of it." Xuan Shijing said with a smile.
"Who should I be, let the eldest brother leave our brothers and run over to greet him, it turned out to be the little marquis of Xuanwei." Li Tai, the king of Wei, walked over with a wicked smile.
Xuan Shijing smiled helplessly in his heart, Li Tai's mouth is still so annoying.
At this time, Li Tai was only in his teens, and his relationship with Li Chengqian was quite harmonious, because His Majesty Li Er favored him, so he had already been crowned the king of Wei, but he still let him live in the palace.
Regarding the royal struggle, Xuan Shijing didn't think about getting involved, because those who participated, no matter what the outcome was, didn't end well, for example...... His father.
"The fourth brother laughed, Shijing's younger brother is young, and he just wants to take care of it." Li Chengqian said with a smile, and then said to Xuan Shijing: "Brother Shijing, let's take the lonely frame in a while." ”
Without waiting for Xuan Shijing to respond, Long'er saluted Li Chengqian and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, I'm really sorry, before going out, my wife instructed that this time I let the slave and maid ride a horse with the little marquis, saying that it was to train the little marquis." ”
Li Chengqian said with a smile: "In this case, Long'er should be careful when riding a horse with Shijing. ”
"Yes."
Just when Li Chengqian and Xuan Shijing were talking, the guards and eunuchs in the palace had prepared the ceremonial guards for travel, Li Shimin stood in front of the Chengtian Palace, holding a sacrificial table, read it out loud, and then, the eunuch reached the three thumb-thick tribute incense, Li Shimin took the tribute incense, and after bowing to the heavens three times, he inserted it into the huge copper tripod outside the Chengtian Palace. With Li Shimin's order, the large army set off to the royal hunting ground outside Chang'an City.