Chapter 230: Ambition
Xiao Xuan listened to Ning Guiren's seemingly sparse but secretly sad words, and didn't know what to say for a while, but Ning Guiren took the initiative to speak.
"Look at you, it is Your Royal Highness the princess who was raised by His Majesty and the Imperial Concubine." Ning Guiren sat on horseback, and after a few steps beyond Xiao Xuan, she turned around to look at Xiao Xuan and said. "The daughter of a leader like me, it's good that I can come to Dazhao and be His Majesty's concubine. Most of the other girls of my status were sent to the chief's tent of another tribe to be the wife of a man old enough to be their father, and our tribes were not as particular as you Jokhang people, and when the husband died, he married his husband's other sons or husband's brothers. Men were killed or killed, but women were to be treated as trophies as cattle as they were. At that time, my father surrendered to Dazhao in time and sent me to Dazhao, which was already my best way out. ”
Xiao Xuan heard her words, and vaguely felt that her heart was pressed down, and there was a feeling that she couldn't speak.
"Later, when I came, Dazhao entered the palace, and found that the most noble majesty in the world may not have a good life." Ning Guiren put a smile on his face again, and said with a winkhead at Xiao Xuan. "Your Majesty has a queen, an imperial concubine, a concubine, a concubine, a concubine, and many concubines, including me. But after a few years, I found out that His Majesty is actually not a woman, although there are many concubines in the palace, there is only one person he really likes, but it is not his wife, but Her Royal Highness the Princess, your mother, the Imperial Concubine. ”
"My father and my mother were cousins and sisters, and they knew each other when they were young, but when my father was an adult, my mother was still young, and at that time, my great-grandfather had already set a candidate for my father's future wife." In fact, Xiao Xuan didn't feel sorry for his mother. "But the mother doesn't value this, she cares more about being able to spend more time with her father."
"Yes, the imperial concubine is a rare smart person. It's better than the queen's camp, and she wants to hold on to everything. Ning Guiren said. Time flies so fast, I remember the year I first came to the palace, you were still a little girl. In the blink of an eye, even you are married out of the palace. I've only seen your colt a few times, and I heard you picked it yourself? ”
"Well, I picked it myself." Speaking of Duan Shaolan, Xiao Xuan had a sweet smile on his lips and lowered his head slightly. "He's fine, and in my heart I have to be my colt."
"Just by saying this, you know that you are doing well now." Ning Guiren deliberately turned around the horse, turned his head around, touched Xiao Xuan's head, and said to her with a smile. "You are my first friend in Dazhao, and I sincerely hope that you can have a smooth life in this life. When you give birth to children and bring them into the palace when they grow up, I can teach them to ride horses and hunt. ”
"But since I got married, there hasn't been any movement at all." Speaking of the child, it couldn't help but touch Xiao Xuan's heart, she sighed a little sadly and said.
"What's this, you are a princess raised by the royal gold, and there must be no problem with your body. When and how many children can be born depends on God, and you can't be the master yourself. "Ning Guiren comforted Xiao Xuan." My mother had me in the tenth year of my father's service, and a few years later gave birth to my younger brother. You've only been married for a long time now, so what are you worried about? ”
"That's right." Xiao Xuan smiled again. "Let's go, it's not too early, and I'll have to go back to accompany the colt for another lap."
"Okay." Ning Guiren smiled slyly, and while Xiao Xuan was unprepared, he suddenly whipped a horsewhip on Xiao Xuan's horse's buttocks.
The horses neighed clearly, and they rushed out far away in an instant, Xiao Xuan was startled, but fortunately this time she reacted quickly, adjusted her sitting posture in time, and rushed towards the direction set before.
Listening to the voice of the maid and Xiao Xuan outside, Duan Shaolan immediately put down the things in his hand and got up to greet her. Before he could take two steps, Xiao Xuan had already thrown himself into his arms, and his hands were still tightly wrapped around his waist.
"It's been a crazy run for a long time." Duan Shaolan was so familiar that he hugged her back, grabbed her slender body with one hand, and gently probed the back of her neck with the other. "Why are you sweating? Come in and change your clothes, the paddock is not as warm as the imperial capital, beware that you will get sick again. ”
While talking, Duan Shaolan brought Xiao Xuan in.
Dan Tang, Lu Lin and the others had already prepared a set of clean underwear and outer clothes, and after Xiao Xuan came in, they waited for her to change into clean and comfortable new clothes. He pulled her to sit down in front of the dressing table, and served her to clean her face and make up again.
Duan Shaolan smiled and stood on the side waiting for her, waiting for Xiao Xuan to dress up before he stepped forward again to take Xiao Xuan's hand.
"The Wu Nei attendant beside Your Majesty came over before, saying that after you come back, let us and my wife go to Your Majesty's place." Duan Shaolan took Xiao Xuan and walked out. "If you don't come back, I'll go out to find you."
"It's not that I've been bored for a few days, and it's easy for the doctor to say that I can go out, and I don't have to go out for a few laps." Xiao Xuan winked at him and smiled. "I'm counting the time, the spring hunt will be over in a few days, I can't just go back like this."
"You always have your own reasoning." Duan Shaolan was helpless. "It's not that I won't let you go out, I'm just afraid that you won't pay attention to your body."
"Okay, I know everything." Xiao Xuan is coquettish. "Next time you let you go out with me, you might be relieved?"
"Well, I'll be with you next time."
When I arrived outside Emperor Chu's tent, I happened to meet Xiao Jin, who had to come out of it with a spring breeze on his face.
"I've seen King Jinjun."
"I've seen the second brother."
"It turned out that my sister was here." Xiao Jin didn't know why, he was in a surprisingly good mood, and when he saw Xiao Xuan and Duan Shaolan greeting him, he took the initiative to stop and greet the two. "I've been busy these days, and I haven't had time to visit my sister's injury, which is my brother's mistake. When we return to the imperial capital, your sister-in-law and I will definitely come to visit. ”
Xiao Xuan looked at Xiao Jin in front of him, his complacent appearance didn't seem to be fake at all, and he didn't know what good things he had encountered to be so happy.
"I'm only slightly injured, so I don't have to mobilize people to visit me." Xiao Xuan's face was a well-behaved smile as a younger sister. "But since I got married to my concubine, my second brother and second sister-in-law haven't officially come to my princess's mansion as guests. After returning to the imperial capital, when will it be convenient for the second brother and second sister-in-law to come, send someone to tell me in advance, I will definitely entertain the second brother and second sister-in-law. ”
Duan Shaolan stood on the side, and after listening to a few brief greetings between their brother and sister, Xiao Jin seemed to have something to do and left.
"I don't know anything about my injuries in the past few days." Xiao Xuan looked at the back of Xiao Jin leaving, and talked to Duan Shaolan about the doubts in his heart. "I remember that the second brother didn't have such a good mood a few days ago, I don't know what happened during the time when I was recuperating from my injury and didn't go out, the second brother was so high-spirited."
"I heard a few words from my colleagues in the former pennant guard, Your Majesty and you were in danger that day, your horse didn't know where to run with you, it was King Jinjun who led people to save Your Majesty." Duan Shaolan told Xiao Xuan what he knew. "Presumably, Your Majesty was moved by King Jinjun's single-minded behavior of saving his father, and I heard that many things in the follow-up of the spring hunt were handed over to King Jinjun to do. King Jinjun has been neglected for a long time because of the Jiangnan case, and it is rare for him to regain His Majesty's attention, so his mood will naturally be much better. ”
"Really?" Xiao Xuan thought for a moment. "Leave him alone, let's go in and see my father."
Emperor Chu, who was sitting in his position with his head down and didn't know what he was thinking, saw Xiao Xuan come in, and immediately saw a smile on his face.
"Xuan'er is here." Emperor Chu beckoned Xiao Xuan to step forward. "Come forward and show my father."
Xiao Xuan looked at Duan Shaolan beside him, Duan Shaolan willingly let go of the hand holding her, Xiao Xuan ran forward with a smile, and let Emperor Chu pull her to look up and down carefully, for fear that something would be wrong.
"Are all the injuries on your body healed? Did the Imperial Doctor visit you today, and did you say anything? "Emperor Chu lost the coercion of the emperor at this time, and became a long-winded father who dragged his daughter." I heard that you went out with Ning Guiren early this morning to run a horse, don't mess around, and go crazy if you get injured? ”
"Oh, father, the imperial doctor said yesterday that I'm fine." Xiao Xuan was not afraid of Emperor Chu at all, and sat down on the vacant seat beside him. "I'm actually just slightly injured, and I can go out and walk around a long time ago. The horse I used today is the one with the most suitable temperament specially selected for me by Ning Guiren, so my father doesn't have to worry too much. My own body knows that I will never mess around. ”
"You, my father only said two words to you, but you have such a tirade waiting for me." Emperor Chu was still able to put on a bit of a strict father's aura in the face of his sons, but as soon as he arrived in front of Xiao Xuan, he automatically became a soft and loving father. "Father is worried about you, you are young now, and many hidden dangers cannot be knocked out, but I am afraid that you will suffer when you are old in the future."
"Oh, the imperial doctor who came to check for me is a regular servant of my father, and his medical skills are the most exquisite, so my father can rest assured." Xiao Xuan changed the subject. "Father, I got up early to run the horse, and now I'm a little hungry, when can we eat?"
"Are you hungry?" Emperor Chu is like parents all over the world, and he can't listen to his daughter say that she is hungry. "Okay, Father, the emperor will arrange it, you can wait for a while."
Emperor Chu was afraid that Xiao Xuan would be hungry, so he hurriedly asked Wu Chuan to go down to arrange meals.