Chapter 57: Moving
The next day, Li Qing woke up early in the morning, changed into a silver plain Yunjin wide-sleeved short top, a silver embroidered hundred butterfly flower skirt, his hair was loosely braided on his head a few times, he inserted a pair of trembling red gold inlaid ruby butterfly flowers, drank a bowl of bird's nest porridge, and waited anxiously to go to Chunhui Courtyard to ask for his resignation.
Sun Yi, the chief housekeeper of the palace, waited anxiously outside the practice room, yesterday the prince went to the military camp outside the city to inspect, and returned late at night, he did not wait for the prince, Mrs. was going to move to Yimeizhuang this morning The matter has not been reported, today Yin is just over, he rushed to the outside of Chunxi Courtyard, and wanted to wait for the prince to report this as soon as he came out, but who knew that the prince slept in the outer study yesterday, and when he rushed to the outer study, the prince had already gotten up to go to the practice room, and no one was allowed to disturb him when the prince was practicing, he was in a hurry and did not dare to step forward, so he had to guard outside, His little servant Xiaoyi came over and whispered:
"Even the steward is here to urge the car again."
Sun Yi had a headache and commanded in a low voice:
"Tell the steward that the car is ready, and when the prince is presented, he will be sent out, and the lady travels for this matter, if you don't give it to the prince, you should be careful and tell the steward, don't offend people for the lord!"
Xiaoyi agreed and ran out.
King Ping finished practicing and went out of the practice room, Sun Yi hurriedly greeted him, respectfully reported, King Ping stopped suddenly, stood for a moment, did not speak, turned around and entered the outer study, Sun Yi stood outside in a daze.
After a while, the prince finished washing, changed his clothes and came out, and instructed Sun Yi:
"You send Mrs. over to see if there is anything missing in Zhuangzi, and, no matter which place, but Mrs. thinks it is not suitable, so she quickly asks someone to change it, and let Li Ren come to see me, and the third master."
After speaking, he turned around and went to Chunhui Courtyard, Sun Yi breathed a sigh of relief and respectfully agreed to go out.
When the prince arrived at Chunhui Courtyard, Li Qing was waiting for Concubine Wen to drink red fruit soup, King Ping's face was a little gloomy and he stared at the butterfly Huadian on Li Qing's head for a while, accompanied Concubine Wen to say a few words, and then went out of Chunhui Courtyard and took people out of the city to Changling Racecourse.
Li Qing quit and came out, and returned to Chunxi Courtyard with brisk steps, Mama Zheng had already packed all the things and was waiting for her inside the courtyard gate, and when she came back, she smiled and bent her knees to take it,
"Madame go into the house to rest for a while before leaving, just now the housekeeper Sun came and said that the prince instructed him to send Madame over, and wait for Madame to settle down and come back."
Li Qing said with a bright smile:
"No, let's go now, our car is slow, I'm afraid it will take two or three hours to arrive, hurry up, let Sang Zhi ride over first to deliver a message, we have to go to Zhuangzi for lunch!" Let them carefully stew fish soup for me to eat. ”
Mama Zheng, Qiu Yue, and Liuli all pursed their lips and laughed, these days, I am afraid that there will be some peculiar smell that will smoke the prince, not to mention fish, and even the kitchen of green onions and leeks will not dare to send it.
Mama Zheng took a silver cloak with a few flowing reeds embroidered with silver thread and put it on Li Qing's body, and the group took a two-wheeled car to the second gate.
In the second gate, several big cars have been prepared and waiting, Mama Zheng helped Li Qing to get into a wide Zhulun canopy car in the middle, Qiu Yue followed and waited, Liang Jing and Cheng Yan sat in front of the car, Mama Zheng took Liuli and other girls to get on several other cars, the convoy moved slowly, Li Qing smiled and lifted a corner of the car curtain, and gently waved her hand to the palace, Qiu Yue pursed her lips and looked at her with a smile.
As soon as the car came out of the city gate, it stopped, and the third master was already waiting outside the city gate, seeing that the car stopped, he got off the horse, walked to Li Qing's car, and said with a smile:
"Madam, the prince instructed, let Commander Ding bring five hundred soldiers to send Mrs. to Yimei Village, and in the future, she will be stationed outside Yimei Village to guard Zhuangzi."
Li Qing raised his eyebrows and said in surprise:
"It turns out that the Korean land is in chaos like this! It's only twenty or thirty miles away from Pingyang Mansion, and it takes five hundred soldiers to protect it?! ”
The third master opened his mouth for a while, stayed there, and after a moment, he explained with a wry smile:
"It's not because of chaos, Handi is not chaotic at all, this is the meaning of the prince's love for his wife."
Li Qing smiled and said in a long voice:
"Ah...... It's love...... Then, thank you to the prince and the third master. ”
The third master laughed awkwardly, got out of the way, and the convoy slowly moved forward under the escort of Commander Ding and five hundred soldiers.
Li Qing's face was gloomy, and his good mood in the morning was completely ruined by these five hundred soldiers, hmph, he looked at her as a prisoner. Qiu Yue looked at Li Qingyin's face, smiled and explained:
"I see, this is really the prince's love for his wife, otherwise, how could he get so many soldiers?"
Qiu Yue lowered her voice and pouted before rushing to the car,
"For those like Madame who can't even walk, just the two in front of them, it's enough to look at Madame."
Li Qing stared at Qiu Yue, Qiu Yue grinned, and there was no fear, Li Qing thought about it, and couldn't help laughing,
"You're right, just like me, a rough woman is enough, it's a waste to arrange it so carefully inside and out!"
Li Qing yawned and instructed Qiu Yue,
"Loose my hair, I'm going to get some sleep, I woke up too early today, I'm sleepy now. Tell the outside, stay steady, don't wake me up! ”
Qiu Yue smiled and passed the word to the front, stepped forward to clean up for her, Li Qing put herself comfortable, Qiu Yue took a thin cotton cloth and covered it for her, Li Qing closed her eyes and soon fell asleep.
Qiu Yue gently pushed Li Qing,
"Madame, ma'am, wake up, we have arrived."
Li Qing sat up in a daze, lifted the curtain of the car and looked out, her eyes lit up, and she sat upright and asked Qiuyue to tie her hair, get dressed, and tidy up, before helping Mama Zheng's hand to get out of the car.
The car stopped in the second gate of Zhuangzi, Li Qing was about to look around in a blink of an eye, the four grandmothers had already stepped forward to kneel down and kowtow to say goodbye, Li Qing looked carefully, and couldn't help but smile, it was also an old acquaintance,
"Steward Sun sent a few of you here on an errand?"
Zhao Changgui's family replied with a smile:
"It was a few of us who begged Steward Sun, and Steward Sun also felt that a few of us had waited for the lady, and it was better than the stranger, so he sent it over."
Li Qing nodded with a smile on his face,
"I'm miserable here, and I've wronged a few grandmothers."
The other four people of Zhao Changgui's family were busy kowtowing and saying "don't dare", Li Qing smiled and helped down, and the other four grandmothers of Zhao Changgui's family hurriedly stood up and waited behind Zheng Mama with their hands down, Li Qing smiled and ordered:
"In the future, in this Zhuangzi, the affairs of the inner courtyard will be in charge of Mama Zheng, and the messengers of the four of you will also be assigned by Mama Zheng, and in my house, Qiu Yuetong will be in charge, and the affairs of the outer courtyard will be in charge of Mu Tong, and if Mu Tong can't be the master, he will naturally go to the steward."
Everyone bowed down and agreed, Li Qing tightened his cloak, this suburb, the wind is strong, and it is cold. Qiu Yue hurriedly stood upwind and shielded Li Qing from the wind, and Mama Zheng slightly bent her knees and suggested:
"Madam, go and rest for a while, the kitchen has already prepared lunch, it's not too late to eat and rest first and then look around."
Li Qing hesitated, she slept all the way, but she was not tired, but the girls who followed were all tired, so she smiled and nodded, and the rough mother-in-law carried a small bamboo sedan chair for two people, Qiuyue and Liuli supported the sedan chair, wore flowers and willows, and went to the main hall of the backyard.
At the end of the day, Li Qing changed into a green and yellow Su embroidered Yuehua long jacket, a soft silver light Luo lily skirt, with Qiuyue and Liuli, accompanied by Mama Zheng, Zhao Changgui's family and Sun Yi, he looked all the way in the Zhuangzi, Sun Yi half-bowed and led the way in front,
"Madam, this is Madama Hall, the master is used for the study, and he also meets people here, dealing with official business, Mrs. walks slowly, be careful of your steps, this step is a bit high, and the rose behind is newly planted by the master last autumn, and one is also planted outside the study of the palace."
"Madam, please see, this is the Shumei Ju where Madame rested just now, this house is the most spacious in this Zhuangzi, and the nearest Songjian Hall just now, there is a verandah connected, the master has been living here when he came here, the master ordered, let the lady live here."
The corners of Li Qing's mouth curled, did not speak, the group continued to walk towards the Zhuangzi, turned a few buildings, and suddenly opened up in front of them, the green lotus leaves of the half lake were mixed with a few slim pink lotus flowers, gently swaying in the wind, Li Qing's eyes lit up, and he took a few steps and walked towards the lake, the lake was huge, and he couldn't see the feeling of the other side, Sun Yi with a smile in his eyes, followed behind and introduced:
"Although this Zhuangzi is called Yimei Village, in fact, the most brilliant thing is this lake, and the lotus of this lake, there are almost 20 kinds of lotus flowers in this lake, Mrs. knows, we are cold, the varieties that can bloom in May, and we have in this Zhuangzi, there are several kinds of late-blooming lotus flowers planted in this lake, before and after, and can bloom until the end of October."