Just after an autumn rain, the emperor took out the day's time as promised and took the queen and the fourth princess to see the autumn leaves.

You don't have to go out of the city to see the autumn leaves, you can go out from the Yanshou Gate in the northeast of the palace, and you can go to Manshan with a meal. Liu Yan sometimes comes over when he is interested, riding horses, shooting, and hiding.

It's the first time I've come to see the autumn leaves.

At this time, Manshan should be the best time of the year.

At least that's what Liu Yan thinks.

In winter, the grass and trees wither, and one piece withered, naturally there is nothing to see. The spring is green and yellow, and it always looks a little bleak. In the summer, it was a lot of green, but it was monotonous.

Or is it best at this time.

The green of the mountain, the yellow of the yellow, and of course, the red of the maple leaves, one by one, layer by layer, the shades are distinct. The sky was so blue, and the wind was neither cold nor hot.

Liu Yan feels that the best time of the year is now.

Empress Cao was also happy today, she wore a dark purple riding costume, and someone in front of her led the horse slowly.

Liu Yan caught up from behind and asked with a smile, "What does the queen mother think?" If we're tired, we'll rest for a while, have some refreshments, and move on. ”

"It's not tired, it's hard to get out, and the horse is about to lose its ride."

The horse ridden by Empress Cao had a very docile temperament and walked steadily, but Liu Yan was still not very relieved and followed closely by Empress Cao's side.

This makes people who are familiar with the inside story feel a little funny, but they also feel that the fourth princess is indeed filial piety.

The queen mother followed the emperor to the north and south, she never suffered anything, she never went anywhere, she couldn't ride a horse, how many things did she have to miss? I'm afraid I won't be able to live today.

But it is natural for a daughter to worry about her mother.

It seems that Empress Cao is also very useful, as can be seen from the smile on her face.

Since the mother and daughter are harmonious, what do they outsiders have to say?

After riding a horse for a long time, Liu Yan was sweating slightly, and the emperor ordered him to stop and rest.

The accompanying eunuchs and guards quickly set up tents, spread carpets, tables, chairs, cushions, tea utensils, bowls, and even hot water, and brought tea to the table.

The place where they rested was by the mountain stream, and the stream was flowing loudly, and Liu Yan wanted to get closer, but someone stopped her in front of her, as if she was afraid that she would fall into the stream that was not two feet deep and drown herself.

Empress Cao called out to her: "The stones by the stream are slippery, don't go there." ”

Liu Yan bent down and stretched out his hand to pick up a maple leaf that flowed down the stream.

There was more than one leaf floating down the river, but this one was the closest to her.

This leaf is not big, not very red, it looks thin, and the wind is together, and these leaves that are not strong enough always fall first.

Liu Yan shook the water on the leaves and took it back to show Empress Cao.

"This is supposed to be a leaf that fell upstream, and was brought by the stream." Empress Cao looked at the middle of the mountain: "Look, it should be red over there." Let's rest for a while and then move on, and we can dine under the maple tree at noon. ”

Liu Yan said: "It looks good from such a distance." ”

To be honest, going out with his father and queen mother today is enough to make Liu Yan happy. As for whether the maple leaf can be seen or not, it has become secondary.

There are no others, no brothers, sisters-in-law, sisters, and sisters, and neither the father nor the queen mother have so many palace affairs, and today there is only one of them in a family of three.

Even if he didn't look at anything, didn't go anywhere, just sat next to his father and queen mother, Liu Yan felt satisfied.

Maybe she doesn't even remember it herself.

But how she longed for a moment when her parents were by her side.

The emperor was absent when she was born, and it was a long time before she saw her father for the first time. For a long time, the emperor remembered her birthday wrongly, not only the wrong day, the wrong month, and even the wrong year.

Later, the queen mother put her in the Cao family and left her side.

Liu Yan remembered in a trance that she had cried and made trouble, and her aunt and eldest sister kept holding her and coaxing her, saying that her mother would come back soon, and she would bring her delicious pastries and snacks when she came back.

Later, Liu Yan gradually stopped crying.

It's not that she doesn't miss her father and mother anymore, but she knows that even if she cries, it's useless, and they won't come back.

For a while, Liu Yan always wanted to go to Wu Xiaohui's house to live.

Although the Wu family is near the lake, the villages and towns in that area are very hot and there are many mosquitoes, she still wants to go.

Aunt is very good to her, like Aunt Cao, she does everything to eat and play, and Wu Xiaohui and their three brothers and sisters are also good to her.

One day Liu Yan saw Wu Xiaohui coquettish beside her aunt, hugging her neck and lying on her back, the mother and daughter were so close, she suddenly understood.

My aunt and her mother are quite similar, after all, they are sisters, their faces, eyebrows and eyes are similar, and even their voices are somewhat similar.

She always wanted to live at her aunt's house, and that's why.

But then she realized that her aunt was not her mother.

Liu Yan honestly returned to Cao's house, and later did not make any more noise to go to Wu's house to live.

Day after day, year after year, Liu Yan himself forgot how much he wanted to reunite with his family when he was a child.

But today she remembered it again.

What she once wanted most was now happening. Father, mother, and her.

The emperor said to her with a smile on the side: "Just count you as the best at being coquettish, how much effort do you want to be lazy?" Drink the tea, grab your bow, and let's go ahead and take a look at some game and add vegetables at noon. ”

Liu Yan reluctantly got up: "What is there to hunt here?" Didn't the imperial doctor say that his father should eat lightly these days? ”

The emperor had already gotten on the horse, and Liu Yan had no choice but to follow.

This is a good time for hunting, and all kinds of birds and animals are particularly fat for the winter. Liu Yan didn't hunt very hard, but picked a large handful of wild flowers, which made people tie them up and tie them behind the saddle, planning to take them back to the palace to insert bottles.

The emperor shot a pheasant, and the chicken with its arrows fluttered its wings and pierced into the bushes, and the two guards went over and picked up the pheasant, and a group of followers said in unison: "The emperor is heroic! ”

Liu Yan was happy: "What kind of prey do you want to catch with such a loud voice?" They were scared away. ”

The emperor looked at the pheasant that he had shot, turned his head and asked her: "This coat is good, do you want to keep the shuttlecock?" ”

Liu Yan nodded again and again: "If you want it, you must keep it for me, I want to tie a few more." ”

Liu Yan also shot two arrows in the back, but nothing was missed. Her archery technique was already commonplace, and it was so wild that she almost couldn't even pull her bow.

But no one, including the emperor, laughed at her.