Ninety-eighth doubt

Xiao Dong guessed right. Not only did Shi Xiu want to go back to Suizhou with them, but even King An sent someone here.

Zhang Ziqian.

Xiao Dong was very surprised, and invited Zhang Ziqian to come in and sit down and serve tea. They have been through hardships together, and they don't have to worry too much when they speak: "Why do you want to go to Suizhou?" ”

Zhang Ziqian also confessed: "I have long wanted to go out for a walk and take a look." Although the prince took me in, I was short-sighted and couldn't help much. It just so happens that I'm on the road with you this time, so I'll have to trouble you to take care of it. ”

Xiao Dong said: "Where is this, don't see it like this." It's also the first time I've gone far away, and this time we're taking care of each other. ”

Xiaodong also asked King An, and she felt that what Zhang Ziqian said was reasonable, but it should not be the whole reason. However, what King An said was the same as Zhang Ziqian.

Zhang Ziqian only brought a thin small burden and a long follower. In comparison, Xiao Dong is simply embarrassed. Look at her own big baggage and small luggage, just like moving, and then look at other people, this is like going out, light and simple, with a breeze on her sleeves.

But if she wants to be like Zhang Ziqian, she will definitely not be able to do it. Not to mention anything else, clothes alone are several big burdens. They are also people who have never been far away, and the gap is too big.

Zhang Ziqian's arrival did not bother Xiaodong anything. On the contrary, Zhang Ziqian is more or less his mother's family, and with him, Xiaodong still feels a sense of steadiness.

The other is indeed troublesome.

Thinking of Shi Xiu, Xiao Dong's mood couldn't be relaxed.

Of course, Xiaodong didn't want her to stay in Beijing, but on the way back, it was inevitable that she would not look up and look down - knowing that others had been thinking about the things in her own field, even if she couldn't steal them, it was uncomfortable to keep thinking about them like this. It's like eating a mouthful of cold sandwich rice, just choking in my throat, I can't swallow it, I can't spit it out, and it's stuffy.

Fortunately, she was sent back to Suizhou and handed over to her family, and the matter could finally come to an end.

Also, Xiao Dong thought that they passed by Pingzhou and might be able to meet Zhao Zhi.

Are the jewelry that Yanzi said that was sold Zhao Zhi's? At that time, Princess Jingjun gave her such a rich dowry, and the gold and silver in the box alone were enough to eat and wear without worrying, how could it fall to the point of selling jewelry? Is she doing well? Did her in-laws bully her?

Perhaps, it is all about himself. The jewelry may not be Zhao Zhi's, or others use false rumors to raise the price more under the banner of internal manufacturing.

Xiao Dong went to the palace to ask for peace, and also resigned by the way. The Empress Dowager Shengci's illness has gradually improved, and her spirit is much better. Hearing that Xiaodong was going to Suizhou, she was out of her mind for a while.

"Didn't you say you wouldn't go this year?"

"It's a little sudden," Xiao Dong explained, "I won't stay long, I'll be back before the snow falls in winter." ”

"Well, go ahead, going out is no better than being at home, you have to be careful about everything, don't catch a cold, don't be greedy for food, don't arbitrarily increase or decrease clothes, you must not go to places that are not peaceful."

"Yes, I wrote it down, Queen Mother."

"Actually, if I could, I would like to go out for a walk." The Empress Dowager Shengci said: "Since I entered the palace as a teenager, I have been to the hot spring palace as far as I have been in recent years. ”

Xiao Dong smiled and held her hand and said, "Then, I'll pick up the beautiful scenery I saw on the road and draw it and bring it back to show you." ”

Empress Dowager Ci instructed Cai Gu to fetch things, and when she came back after a while, there were all kinds of commonly used pills. What pain-relieving pills, Bazhen pills, Sang Xingsan, and even external ointments and medicinal wines, in addition, the medicine for treating motion sickness and seasickness is a big package. Xiao Dong hurriedly said: "I also have all these ready." ”

"Bring more and be prepared. I'd rather be trivial now than not when it's time to use it. These are also better than those bought from outside. ”

While he was talking, the fourth prince came. He probably came over in a hurry as soon as he came back from Jixian Hall, sweating all over his head, and his little face was hot and red.

"Say hello to the Queen Mother."

"Look at you, why are you in such a hurry?" The Empress Dowager of Sheng Ci instructed: "Bring him a bowl of rock sugar white fungus pear soup." ”

The fourth prince whispered, "That sweet and greasy ...... Queen Mother, I still want to drink the iced sour plum soup last time. ”

"That's not good, it's too cold, the doctor also said that you have a weak spleen and stomach, and you can't eat so cold. I've also told the people around you not to give you something cold to eat. ”

It seems that the four princes are very fond of the Empress Dowager Shengci.

In the past, except for Xiao Dong himself, he had never seen a princess who could make the Empress Dowager Shengci so concerned and nagging.

However, think about it, the fourth prince has no mother, although the queen takes care of it, but the queen treats the second prince with the means of assassination, Xiao Dong also knows it. The Empress Dowager Shengci and other grandsons and granddaughters are not close, and that is because there was also the Empress Dowager Shengde in the early stage. Now that he has come to the four princes, there is no hindrance, the four princes are also diligent, and the Empress Dowager Shengci treats him kindly.

"Sister Xiaodong," the fourth prince walked up to her, "I heard that you are going to go far away?" ”

"yes, yes." Xiao Dong gave him a haircut. The fourth prince has not yet worn a crown, his hair is still tied in the style of a child, and he wears a yellow and red gold and gem-inlaid longevity lock around his neck, with a good complexion and good spirit, and gradually no longer like the delicate pale and weak girl at the beginning, there is a kind of boy's tiger head and tiger brain momentum.

"I want to go too."

Xiao Dong smiled, and before he could speak, the Empress Dowager Shengci said, "You are still young." ”

"However, those three children were not very old that day, and they didn't come all the way from Suizhou to the capital......

He hasn't forgotten the Li family brothers and sisters. Well, too. There are no children of the same age as him in the palace, and he goes to study in Jixian Hall, and the two companions are also older than him, and they are very old and calm. In addition, the three brothers and sisters of the Li family are alive and vigorous, and they are amazing, so it is strange that he is not impressed. Compared to them, the people he usually saw were the same as wood.

"So this time I have to send them back, and if they go back, they will definitely be punished heavily." Xiao Dong made the consequences more serious, lest the four princes also have any thoughts of running away from home and having fun - that would be bad.

The three brothers and sisters of the Li family and Shi Xiuneng came all the way from Suizhou to the capital, most of the reason is that they used to go out often, and they were not very old, and they had already run a caravan with Li Changhe to go to the country of Poyi. Their sturdy and spicy and the Four Princes are not of the same level.

The Empress Dowager Shengci asked about the three brothers and sisters of the Li family, Xiao Dong said it urgently, and the Empress Dowager Shengci shook her head and laughed: "Bold, ridiculous." They don't want to think about it, if there is a mistake on the road, it will have to pass his uncle and aunt's heart for the rest of his life. It's just two boys, how can you bring your sister with you? The girl's family can't afford to lose. ”

"Yes, Qin Lie also trained them like this. It's a pity that it doesn't hurt or itch when you train them, if you want to beat them, they are not your own children after all. ”

"That's right." The Empress Dowager Shengci said: "Hurry up and send it back to his own uncle, and you will not have to do it." ”

The four princes were a little unhappy, and ate the rock sugar white fungus pear soup as if they were taking medicine. Aunt Cai was very thoughtful, and brought a bowl to Xiao Dong, Xiao Dong said with a smile: "It's better to be Sister Caigu, don't forget me for anything." The Queen Mother only has her grandson in her heart now, and my married granddaughter has to stand aside. ”

The Empress Dowager Shengci was amused by her: "If you want to eat, let you take the pot and eat it slowly." ”

The pear soup is warm and sweet, and it feels smooth and moisturizing on the lips and tongue when you eat it, which is very comfortable. Sure enough, the Empress Dowager Shengci is more concerned about health preservation than before. Winter is cold, but people's spleen and stomach are much hotter. In the summer, it is very hot, but the spleen and stomach are always cold. Therefore, as soon as the doctors talk about it, they talk about going to the fire in autumn and winter to make up for the temperature, but people like to eat spicy and hot food in winter and cold things in summer.

Xiao Dong and the four princes accompanied the Empress Dowager Shengci to lunch, and the four princes recited a Buddhist scripture, and the two of them came out when the Empress Dowager Shengci fell asleep.

Cai Gu said, "I'll send it to the county lord." ”

The fourth prince hurriedly said, "I'll send Sister Xiaodong." ”

Of course, Cai Gu would not fight with him, and said with a smile: "That's fine." He also instructed people to wrap up the things that the Empress Dowager Shengci had given to Xiaodong on the road.

The fourth prince was reluctant to send her to the gate of the palace, and he couldn't send her out anymore, and he was unwilling to let go.

Xiao Dong smiled and said, "It's not that I won't come back, I'll come back before the snow in winter and bring you some new things, how about it?" I heard that there are people over there who make bows from buffalo horns, do you like it? ”

"Hmmm......"

Although he agreed, his brow was still wrinkled with a small knot.

"Alright, you can go back quickly."

The fourth prince suddenly asked, "Suizhou...... Is it close to Pingzhou? ”

"It's close." Xiao Dong was a little surprised: "How did you remember to say this?" ”

"That Sister Zhao Zhi married to Pingzhou, right? You don't go to see her, she's not good. ”

Xiao Dong was surprised: "What? ”

The fourth prince still remembered that Zhao Zhi had already made Xiao Dong feel strange. When this child used to pretend to be a girl, he was probably afraid that he would say the wrong thing and reveal his secret, so he never spoke, and he was very eccentric and withdrawn. And at that time, Xiao Dong and Zhao Zhi had not dealt with him a few times.

"Before I looked at the lights that time, I heard someone say to her, don't come with you."

Xiao Dong was shocked, obviously the spicy sun was shining on his body, but he felt a chill down his spine and trembled from his heart.

She lowered her voice and asked, "What?" ”

"There was an assassin coming that time, she must have known beforehand."

The fourth prince said this, didn't say anything else, turned around and ran away. The two little eunuchs and palace maids who followed her also hurriedly followed.

Xiao Dong stood there, only to feel that his lips and tongue were dry, his lips and teeth were glued together, and his ears were buzzing, as if the blood from his whole body had rushed to his head.

When I looked at the lights on the Shangyuan Festival, the figure that popped out of the darkness -

She often relived that scene in her nightmares, and death was so near...... It's just that she doesn't usually think about it.

What the four princes are saying, what is it-

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Ahhh......h I always feel like I didn't bring something. But I can't think of what it is