Chapter 2 The Road to the Capital
Xiao Dong was bumped in the carriage. She believed that it was probably the best carriage of its time, butβthe best, it was also a carriage.
The carriage has no rubber tires, no hydraulic shock absorbers, no ...... Nothing.
There is only one stupid brother Zhao Lu to accompany her.
His eyes were red and swollen like ripe apricots. Children at this age have clearly understood what life and death are.
But Xiaodong didn't cry.
No one will tell a three-year-old that your mother is no longer there, and a child at this age obviously cannot understand what death is and what is goodbye.
Zhao Lu told her stupidly that her mother had gone to a far away place, and it would be a long, long time before she could come back.
Xiao Dong opened his round eyes and comforted himself as he beat his spirit.
She just wondered, why didn't he call Mother? What he said was that Aunt Qing had gone far away.
Wasn't he and her born to the same mother?
Possibly -
Xiao Dong didn't know if his mother was the only wife of the prince. But since it is the prince, it is unlikely that he will have only one wife. So even if she and Zhao Lu don't have the same mother, there is nothing strange about it.
Stopping on the road to rest, Hu Shi hugged Xiaodong and fed her some food.
Outside the car was a field, cloudy, with mountains in the distance and woods and grassy slopes near all shrouded in a faint layer of fog. As soon as she glanced at it, she was dragged back by Hu: "It's cold outside, be careful of catching a cold." β
Xiao Dong only ate a small piece of cake and couldn't eat it. Zhao Lu ate two pieces, and he didn't have much appetite.
Seeing that she always wanted to look out the window, Zhao Lu also looked at it and said to her: "This is the Prancing Horse Mountain...... Well, we'll be able to get to the capital before dark. β
Hu Shi hugged Xiaodong, she was a little drowsy.
There are so many things I can't figure out.
The mother's funeral was very simple, and it was almost a silent burial. It is said that the prince's wife, even if she is not a wife, should not be like this...... It's like sneaky.
If it is said that it is a woman who is not welcomed, it may be so, but the prince came from the capital with his son, and it cannot be said that he does not pay attention to it.
Xiao Dong couldn't figure it out, leaned on Hu Shixiangxiang's soft arms, and soon fell asleep.
When her mother went, she also felt sad that her heart was empty. But after all, the feelings are not very deep, if you talk about family affection, Hu Shi, who holds her all day long and coaxes her to take care of her, is more like a real mother. Xiao Dong shouted Hu's mother very smoothly.
She was in a trance in her dream, for a while she felt that she was still in the modern era, and she was rushing to design copywriting overnight, and then she found herself standing in an empty ancient house, there was no one everywhere, she kept walking and searching, but she couldn't find the way out. Doors were closed, and she couldn't hear an echo when she cried out.
"Sister, sister?"
Xiao Dong woke up, and Zhao Lu breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm home." β
Arrived?
The curtain of the car was lifted, and Hu Shi got out of the car first, and then turned around to hug her.
Zhao Lu stopped doing it, and squeezed over: "I'll hug my sister, I'll hug you." β
Hu's kind words comforted, where did Zhao Lu listen to her, and insisted: "I can hug my sister, I'll hug me." β
The Hu family couldn't force him out, but if he wanted to hand over Xiaodong to him, it would never be possible. She couldn't afford any of them. The two froze for a moment.
Xiao Dong was not in a hurry, and squatted there with his cheeks on his hands and watched them. Hu was so anxious that he sweated in the cold weather, and Zhao Lu's little face turned red, and no one backed down.
A pair of hands suddenly stretched out, and Xiao Dong was picked up.
Hu Shi saw it at a glance, and took a step back with some cringe: "Lord Wang." β
Zhao Lu also immediately became honest.
Xiao Dong instinctively reached out and hugged his father's neck.
When you look up, you can see a large lantern hanging in front of the gate, with the word "An" written on it, swaying slightly in the wind.
Zhao Lu came over one after another, and it seemed that he was still unwilling.
The prince held the small one in one hand and the big one in the other, and just dragged into the house.
Xiao Dong's chin rested on his shoulder and looked around.
Although the lanterns were lit, it was dark and windy, and there was too little to see.
The subordinates who came and went all changed into blue cloth filial piety clothes, and the guards were still wearing strong suits and armor, but they also changed black belts around their waists.
Almost all of them have Qi on their faces, whether it is true or not, it makes people feel sad to look at.
A woman came up to her, she was holding a moth bun, wearing a plain silver head on her head, and her body was also plain white, and her eyes were slightly red. This is obviously dressed as filial piety, but Xiao Dong felt very strange at first sight when he saw her.
Yes, weird.
Maybe it's "women should be pretty and filial" This saying is indeed reasonable, the woman wearing a plain white dress looks like the eyebrows and the corners of her eyes are all Chu Chu moving amorous charm, she is also very charming when she walks, her waist is like a tender willow in the spring breeze, and the corners of the skirt are gentle and winding like a cloud.
She is definitely not a subordinate, and such a woman will not be just a subordinate anywhere.
"Lord, prince," she curtsied, paused, and said, "Is this the little lord?" β
King An only nodded at her casually, and ordered: "Let people clean up the Yufang Pavilion and place the things with Xiaodong and the people with her." If you lack anything, look for Fuhai. β
The woman's eyes were slightly rounded, as if she was extremely surprised.
In the midst of the accident, there seems to be something else.
A complicated expression flashed in her eyes, but she only responded softly: "Yes, I'll let people clean up." β
Hu Shi stepped forward to take Xiao Dong from King An's hands, saluted and retreated, Zhao Lu glanced at his father, and then chased out: "Sister, sister, I'll take you to see my yard." β
Hu Shi said softly: "The prince has been traveling all the way, let's go change clothes and rest first, you see, Mother Qi is waiting for you there." β
Xiao Dong leaned in Hu's ear and whispered, "Mother Hu, who was that person just now?" β
Hu Shi also replied in a low voice: "That's Mrs. Ming." β
Xiao Dong bit his lip, Mrs. Ming? It's my father's concubine, right?
"Shall I bow to her?"
This question is not abrupt, and Madame Hu has begun to teach her what different salutes should be done to different people. For the elders, for the seniors in the peer......
"No, you don't." Hu Shi said quickly, revealing a hint of disgust in his simple tone: "The county lord doesn't have to salute her, she has to salute you and the prince." β
"Oh." Xiao Dong nodded.
Hu Shi said as if talking to himself: "Yufang Pavilion, she just can't live in it if she wants to live in her last life." β
When passing by a courtyard, Hu Shi deliberately said: "The prince lives here, close to the top of Yufang Pavilion." β
Xiao Dong wanted to see clearly, but he couldn't see anything clearly at night. But she heard a soft, gentle whistling of the wind.
There must be a lot of bamboo planted in this area, so I can't see it now.
She was indeed too tired, and when Hu wiped her face and feet, she was no longer awake, and fell asleep as soon as her head touched the pillow.
Whether she is mentally mature or not, her body is fragile and small.
Life after crossing over time seems to be more complicated than I thought at first......