Chapter 163: Bittersweet and Bitter in Half
The white mist curled her breath and blurred her feverish eyes, leaving only the sound of the orderly march of the army.
She adjusted her breathing, looked ahead, clenched her fists tightly, her chest burning as if it were on fire.
Grandfather and father who have never been seriously injured, which one is so squeamish as her?!
They taught her all the skills, did they just make her feel sorry for herself? When I was a child, I learned martial arts and suffered a lot, and I have been abandoned for many years, and now I want to pick up the martial arts again, can I come back if I think about it?
The sky is fair, and life is half bitter and sweet.
These hardships have fallen on her over the years, and she has to make up for it in order to get back her original martial arts, which should be.
When Xiao Ruohai quickly caught up with the marching team, he saw that Bai Qingyan jumped off the horse without taking the carriage, and walked quickly to Bai Qingyan's side and said, "Son, my subordinates have not been able to pick up the four girls." The four girls refused to go with different subordinates, claiming that they did not know their subordinates. That Mr. Xiao said...... His trip is also to the south, the fourth girl is the younger sister of the son, he will take good care of it, if the son is really not at ease, he can go to pick up people in person, only to see the son...... Only then did he believe that I could wait for someone who was a son to return the four girls. ”
Bai Qingyan slipped on the stone under his feet, and his stiff body almost fell, but fortunately, Xiao Ruohai helped him: "Son!" ”
If her footsteps stop, the pace of the team behind her will inevitably be chaotic, she is not a deep daughter with no marching experience, she immediately straightened her waist with Xiao Ruohai's strength, and walked forward: "Got it!" ”
She regained her breath and pace, thinking about Xiao Rongyan's intentions.
Let her pick up someone herself?
Bai Qingyan sneered in her heart, she was going to leave the marching team to pick up people, and she explained the reason to the prince.
Xiao Rongyan was afraid that he had a plot and wanted to go with the prince, but he was afraid of being deliberate, so he wanted to use her mouth to spread the word...... Let the prince invite him.
After all, as a prince, the crown prince is used to enjoying the bustling and lively capital, and this carriage is boring and boring, and it is not so difficult to have a confidant who can talk about the world.
The habits and style of the princes and nobles, Xiao Rongyan understands them very well.
She couldn't help but think back to the two days when she had a fever and fell asleep, during which the prince had a secret conversation with his grandmother for half an hour, and she thought of her grandmother before leaving, almost explicitly saying that her every word and deed must be under the nose of His Royal Highness the Prince, and not to leave His Royal Highness the Prince's side.
She thought that it should be the crown prince who promised her grandmother that as long as she did not have dissenting intentions and did not leave his sight to do anything that would hinder the royal family, she would save her life.
Xiao Ruohai did not persuade Bai Qingyan to go back to the carriage to rest, he knew Bai Qingyan's temperament, and persuasion was useless, so he simply led the horse to protect Bai Qingyan and accompanied him all the way.
When it was dark, the army finally arrived at Qufeng.
Bai Qingyan also almost lost her strength, she sat in the barracks, trembling hands to untie the iron sandbag wrapped around her body, the sandbag was already dripping water.
When meditating, sweat comes out more than on the march.
Xiao Ruohai ordered someone to bring water to Bai Qingyan and personally guard the door, so that Bai Qingyan could take a good bath and relieve his fatigue.
The prince looked at the little eunuch who was medicating his feet under the lamp, frowned and asked, "The eldest girl of the Bai family, you really have to come down in one day?" ”
Today, he only walked a few miles, and the blisters on his feet were grinding out and he couldn't move forward, this Bai Qingyan was a girl's family, and he actually walked with the army for a day?!
The prince's personal eunuch Quan Yu put on the prince's socks and said with a smile: "It's not surprising, the eldest girl of the Bai family has been on the expedition with the grandfather of the same country since she was a child, she must be used to it, she is really blessed and will not enjoy it, but she has to toss herself!" ”
"You can't say that, she has been sick for all these years, and her body is not as good as before......" The prince looked at the flickering candle flame, and was quite unwilling in his heart, he couldn't even compare to a woman?
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is noble and noble, but he must not lower his identity to compare with those hard-working people." Quan Yu cleaned his hands and gave the prince a bowl of bird's nest with just the right temperature, "Your Highness uses the bird's nest to rest early!" I'm still in a hurry tomorrow! ”
When the prince took a small bite of bird's nest porridge, Quan Yu had already ordered someone to light incense to help him sleep and make the bed.
After the prince rinsed his mouth, he helped the prince to the bed, and his eyebrows were full of reverence: "Your Highness has worked so hard for the country and the people, and the people will remember His Highness's kindness, and when he returns from the victory in southern Xinjiang, His Highness will definitely be more popular." ”
"Less sycophants!" The prince said this, but his eyes were full of smiles.
The army will be drawn at the end of the day.
Bai Qingyan came back from the martial arts arena after his daily training, and after changing his clothes and washing, he went to see the prince and informed the prince of Bai Jinzhi's affairs.
"Xiao Si was reckless and was afraid of being sent back to Dadu, so he lied that he didn't know the guards around him, and Mr. Xiao didn't dare to take Xiao Si away rashly, so he wanted to ask his father-in-law next to His Royal Highness to pick up Xiao Si from Mr. Xiao."
As he spoke, Bai Qingyan bowed in the direction of Quan Yu, without the lofty posture of the noble family's contemptuous eunuchs.
Quan Yu was flattered and hurriedly returned the courtesy.
Bai Qingyan is dressed in men's clothes, thin but tall, a heroic and sassy man's posture, and there is no daughter's posture between words, but people can't distinguish between male and female, but he feels that he is a young man who looks more beautiful than his daughter's family.
"That's right, Rong Yan has something to do with Pingyang City first and then return to China, and go with us!" The prince suddenly smiled and turned his head to look at Quan Yu, "You go to the inn to pick up the four girls back, and then ask Rong Yan...... Are you willing to walk with the army, go and return quickly, and don't delay the time to pull. ”
Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes and was silent, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must have been quite bored sitting in the car, and he was so happy to hear that Xiao Rongyan was on the same road.
"Your Highness, rest assured, Bai Da...... Rest assured, the slave will not delay the hour! Quan Yu received the order, and hurriedly went out after saluting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Bai Qing.
The people around Bai Qingyan went twice and didn't bring anyone back, and the servants around His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went for just over half an hour, and before the army set off, Xiao Rongyan and his party arrived with Bai Jinzhi.
Bai Qingyan stood behind the prince, and saw Xiao Rongyan, who was wearing a fox fur, riding a horse and stepping on the dawn of the morning, followed by a team of more than 20 guards with knives, and the pomp was very pompous.
The extremely elegant and gentle man calmly dismounted, and the glow of the early morning behind him crossed a layer of glittering gold around him.
He saluted the prince from afar, with a faint smile on his lips, and his gestures were full of elegance and elegance with poetry and books.
Bai Jinzhi, who was dressed in men's clothes with Xiao Rongyan, also followed Xiao Rongyan to salute the prince, and then quickly ran in the direction of Bai Qingyan, she ran to Bai Qingyan and looked at her own sister timidly, stood obediently beside Bai Qingyan, lowered her head and pulled the hem of her clothes with her fingers.
"Rong Yan, you don't want to ride a horse and ride in the carriage with Lonely! Lone also has a person to talk to! The prince called out to him with a smile.