Chapter Twenty-Six: Princess Naning
Xiping County Station
The Celestial Empire has post stations throughout the country, called post delivery, which are placed every ten miles, and there are shop lengths; Sixty miles to set up a post, the post has a post, the post station is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, Langzhong, set up four inspectors of the pavilion, and each county is governed by the county order and the post affairs. At the same time, the post station also set up an express shop and a delivery station, which strengthened the logistics information, and the post station has a post house, which is also used for people who go to Beijing for business or tributary to live, such as the prince's mausoleum, the princess's marriage, the emperor's patrol, the envoy of neighboring countries or the nobles to Beijing to meet and so on.
Therefore, this time, the envoy from the Western Regions came, and the county commander of Xiping County, Yuanhua, personally greeted him and received him with the highest standard of accommodation and food. The envoy from the Western Regions rested temporarily at the post station in Xiping County, and the envoy from the Western Regions at this time, after sending away the original Huaxian order, frowned with some annoyance. The envoy of the Western Regions is the cousin of the lord of the Western Regions, King Shanshan, called Shen Tu Li, he was originally a rugged man, tall, not very old, he likes to frown, and his forehead has been wrinkled for a long time, forming Sichuan characters. Shen Tu Li originally wanted to speed up his journey to Kyoto, offer tribute, complete King Shanshan's request, and return to the Western Regions as soon as possible. However, when he left the border of the Western Regions, he found that the little princess who was the favorite of King Shanshan of the Western Regions had actually mixed into the mission.
The mission has already set off, and it is impossible to return, after all, it is related to the diplomatic relations between the two countries, Shen Tuli had to use the Flying Eagle Book to inform King Shanshan, how do you know that King Shanshan dotes on his young daughter, not only does not send someone to bring the princess back, but also asks her to let the princess as much as possible. If the princess doesn't like it, then take the princess back to the Western Regions together. In short, Shen Tu Li understood that the princess could blend into the mission, or his great king let it go, King Shanshan sighed to himself, and thought it was a beautiful errand... Alas...
Shen Tu Li unconsciously sighed again, since he entered the territory of the Celestial Empire, he would sigh every night. Shen Tuli's brows furrowed even tighter, and the Sichuan characters on his forehead looked like knives carving. He felt that if he spent a few more days with the princess, he would definitely have a short life of a few years. After the princess was exposed, she simply stopped pretending, and directly and generously asked people to prepare a sedan chair, but her eldest lady did not sit in a sedan chair, but rode on horseback every day. After walking dozens of miles, he said that he was tired, he wanted to rest for a while, he wanted to eat for a while, and he wanted to buy something for a while, and the most annoying thing was that he once said that he was in a bad mood and didn't leave, so angry that Shen Tuli wanted to kick her to death. Shen Tuli knew that this was the little princess who wanted to slip away, but was stopped by the guards she arranged. Shen Tuli has no other hope, he only hopes to go to Kyoto smoothly, and then return to the Western Regions, as long as this old ancestor is safe and sound, and returns to the Western Regions without any damage.
"Your bracelet is so beautiful." The little maid who swept the post station looked at Sister-in-law Feng's bracelet enviously. Although the bracelet was not a precious object, it was delicately handmade, carved with ripples, and seemed to shimmer silver in the refraction of the moonlight. The little maid was just about to reach out to touch it, but Sister-in-law Feng quickly withdrew her hand.
The sun has set in the western mountains, and the shadows of the two people in the backyard have been dragged for a long time, and they have been busy all day, and it is the time for the nobles to go back to the room to rest, and it is also a good time for the people to be lazy.
"This is what Brother Feng bought for me when he went to the southern border to walk darts." Sister-in-law Feng is not very old, only about twenty, she is touching the new bracelet in her hand, her voice is high, and her expression is very proud.
"The southern border is the richest place in our Celestial Empire, and I heard that there are dealers everywhere, and if you throw a seed, you can grow a tree. The southern border is very distinctive, although it is a hot day, but it often thunders and rains, so you can see a rainbow when you look up every once in a while. People even started gambling games to bet on the rain to see when the rain began to stop. "The little maid is very envious.
"Yes, I heard my brother Feng say that the streets in the south are very lively, rubbing shoulders, all dressed in strange clothes, with eyes of amber, black, red, and I have heard that some people have seen purple. There are a lot of things sold in street stalls, some in the Western Regions and also in the north, and the things sold by merchants who go south and north are very rare. Any juggler on the side of the road can perform something new, where it is like us here, every time it is a big stone in the chest. Sister-in-law Feng said it vividly, as if she had experienced it herself.
"Yes, yes, I've heard about it, not only these things, but also a lot of food, and it is known as the food capital." The little maid nodded in agreement.
The courtyard was empty, and the voices of the two girls were a little loud, attracting the attention of Princess Naning. Princess Naning listened intently in the corner of the wall, her face was full of yearning, she hadn't even seen the broken boulder on her chest, and there was anything fresher? Lose a seed to grow a tree? Even rain can be bet? It's really fun to be in the south.
"Princess, princess!"
Princess Nanin's attendant is missing the princess and is looking for someone.
"Don't talk about it, go to work."
When the two women heard the voice, they quickly stopped the topic, dispersed in a hurry, and ran away in a smoke.
Princess Naning looked at the maidservant who came to look for her with a look of chagrin, stomped her feet angrily, didn't look at anyone, and turned her head away. In the south, I must find a way to get over, the weather in the Western Regions is dry, the wind and sand are very large, the yellow sand is everywhere, and it rarely rains, Princess Naning really wants to see how green the place where it often rains, and see if you can see the rainbow when you look up.