Huating County, located in the northwest of Chang'an City about 600 miles, here is the most advanced and easiest road to the Hexi Corridor of the Silk Country, and it is also the starting point of the first western tour of His Royal Highness Liu Jie, the prince of the Silk Country, Liu Yan led the hundred officials to Huating County.

In order to allow the crown prince Liu Jie to get on the road safely, Liu Yan can be said to have done everything he could prepare: a full 50,000 soldiers, including 20,000 cavalry - this is already all the cavalry that Liu Yan can gather from the north and south camps and all the surrounding areas, strictly speaking, this is also the largest cavalry force in the country of silk except for the Liaodong Protectorate. Of course, another purpose of these accompanying soldiers is to provide enough troops for the Western Regions Protectorate, and after arriving in the Western Regions, the Metropolitan Protector Wang Hanxin will become the supreme commander of these soldiers, and then they will accept Wang Hanxin's 'baptism', making it a team that can truly fight and win on the battlefield. In addition to the security personnel, Liu Yan also prepared an entourage of more than 500 people, including personnel who serve all aspects of clothing, food, housing and transportation of His Royal Highness the Prince, as well as personal guards and so on. It also includes the baggage and food needed for these people along the way, so the whole team is vast, the grand lineup can almost be compared with the army going out, and the degree of luxury is even better, if you count Liu Yan himself and the civil and military officials and their entourage, honor guards, it can be said to be a rare grand ceremony in the history of Huating County.

The crown prince Liu Jie was wearing a golden-winged goose feather armor, which was a suit of armor that Liu Yan specially gave to the prince. Although Liu Jie is only fourteen years old, his figure is almost the same as that of an adult, but there is still childishness on his face. Wearing this gorgeous armor, with a bright red cloak and battle robe, he looks even more heroic and extraordinary, like a god general in the sky.

Liu Yan looked at the majestic posture of Yingting's son sitting on the horse, and he liked it and was sad at the same time. I am happy that my son is already a young monarch, and I am sad that my wife, Empress Hua, has not been able to see her son.

Behind Liu Jie, Wang Hanxin, the real commander of this patrol, even if Wang Hanxin is sixteen years older than the crown prince, he is still the youngest senior general in the Silk Country, and in the eyes of others, he climbed to the high position of the capital protector at the age of thirty, and he climbed all the way from a civilian to here, which is simply an incredible thing, and it is difficult to find a trace in the history of the previous dynasties of the Silk Country.

Wang Hanxin is also wearing the Yanling Treasure Armor, but it is not as gorgeous and dazzling as His Royal Highness the Prince. This armor Wang Hanxin has been wearing for many years, it is said that it was given to Wang Hanxin by the late Yan King Liu Xianzhi, when Wang Hanxin wore this armor, and the scene of the white tiger skin cloak left to him by his father across the battlefield is an unforgettable memory of many soldiers in the country of silk. Now the white tiger skin cloak Wang Hanxin has given it to his junior brother Flying Feather Wolf, and since then he no longer uses the white cloak, today he is only wearing a purple brocade cloak.

The two young men rode their horses to Liu Yan's car, both kicked off their horses, and knelt in front of Liu Yan. Liu Jie arched his hand and said: "Father, my son is here to say goodbye!" ”

Liu Yan bowed his head slightly, and said, "The emperor, please get up, take care all the way." ”

"Brother can't go! Father, the son does not agree! A delicate girl's voice broke the conversation between the father and son.

Everyone doesn't have to look with their eyes to know that the person who spoke was Liu Sixian, the princess of Pingguo. Liu Sixian is only eight years old this year, and she is as beautiful and lovely as Queen Hua's rebirth, Liu Yan loves this princess like a treasure, especially after her mother's death, she is very cared for, and even Mi Guifei is able to see the emperor from time to time because of raising this princess. However, the result of Liu Yan's doing this is that this princess of Pingguo is very arrogant at a young age, she must do whatever she wants, if anyone does not comply, then she dares to sue in front of the emperor, and her tears are like the verdict of the defendant.

You must know that Liu Jie is Liu Sixian's own brother, since the death of Queen Hua, the relationship between the brother and sister is even closer than before, and now Liu Jie is suddenly going to the Western Regions, how can Princess Pingguo be reluctant? Originally, Liu Yan planned to hide from her and send Liu Jie away, but the news couldn't be concealed anyway, Princess Pingguo was coquettish and crying in front of Liu Yan, and she was helpless to entangle the king of a country, and finally she could only agree to take her to send the prince together.

Originally, Liu Yan brought Liu Sixian with additional conditions, that is, he could only watch quietly in the team, and Liu Sixian also agreed. Who knew that she would just shout out at this time, which made the scene very embarrassing. At this time, Liu Yan couldn't help but secretly regret it, not because the scene became so ugly, but because he blamed himself for not believing in an eight-year-old child's promise, once they were emotional, who would care what promises you had?

Liu Sixian trotted all the way to the prince Liu Jie, crying in his mouth: "Brother, don't go, Sixian doesn't want you to go!" ”

Liu Jie hurriedly stood up and stepped forward, hugged his sister in his arms and comforted: "Sixian doesn't cry, my brother is just going out for a while, and when I come back, I will definitely buy Sixian a lot of toys that you haven't seen, okay?" ”

"I don't want toys, I don't want toys, I just want my brother to stay with me!" Princess Pingguo kicked and beat in the prince's arms, making Liu Jie ignore it.

Seeing that this scene of family disputes had become the mainstream tone of the send-off, without waiting for Liu Yan to speak, Wang Hanxin on the side took a step forward, hugged Princess Pingguo from Liu Jie's hands, and said, "Your Royal Highness the princess, don't quarrel." You are also a big child, in fact, you also know in your heart that no matter how noisy you are, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will inevitably go west, you are just venting your inner dissatisfaction. Why bother to upset everyone? ”

In fact, everyone understands these words in their hearts, but who dares to say them directly in front of Her Royal Highness the Princess? But Wang Hanxin said it so unashamedly, even Liu Yan was stunned.

When Liu Sixian heard this, he stopped his grief and said angrily: "Who are you who dare to speak to this princess like this?!" ”

Wang Hanxin changed the princess in his hand, let her face him, and then scratched her little nose with his fingers, and said with a smile: "I, I'm your brother's teacher, so I can be regarded as your elder, you have to listen to me." ”

Wang Hanxin's move stunned everyone, although everyone knew that he was bold and reckless, but they didn't expect him to dare to do anything to the emperor's palm pearl. Liu Sixian was even more angry when he heard this, and punched Wang Hanxin in the face, scolding in his mouth: "Rude! Don't put this princess down yet? ”

Princess Pingguo's pink fist naturally couldn't hurt Wang Hanxin in the slightest, he only had one finger to defuse the princess's attack, but he said: "I want to put you down, you are so troublesome, if I really let go, I am afraid that the princess will fall a big heel, don't cry when the time comes." ”

"Let go of me!" Princess Pingguo kicked her feet wildly.

Wang Hanxin immediately let go, Liu Sixian fell down, Wang Hanxin gently supported her waist with her toes, and Princess Pingguo was cushioned before falling to the ground.

Rao is like this, Princess Pingguo is also a humiliation that she has never encountered in her life, she is more and more unwilling to give up, lying on the ground and crying.

Wang Hanxin squatted down and said in her ear: "Her Royal Highness the princess is so ignorant of etiquette, it has disgraced the royal family, as a punishment, I will take your brother away, and I will not return my brother to you until you become a girl who understands the general situation." ”

After saying that, Wang Hanxin stood up and bowed to Liu Yan, and said, "Your Majesty cherishes it, and the ministers will go." ”

Then Wang Hanxin pulled the prince, who was still looking at his sister, and got on the horse together, heading towards the northwest.

By Wang Hanxin's concise words, the original atmosphere seemed to have become a thing of the past, and even the congratulatory message that the emperor himself wanted to say became an unnecessary thing, watching the army move slowly, Liu Yan only had to shake his head with a wry smile.

Princess Pingguo stared blankly at the distant centaurs, forgetting that tears were still hanging on her cheeks.