Chapter 173: Wounded (I)

Rest for a day, set up a banquet for another day, to the tenth day of the first month of August, the Kangxi Emperor set off from the Rehe Palace to hunt.

On this day, before dawn broke, there were still a few remnant stars inlaid on the canopy of light ink, and the hazy crescent moon was thrown at the end of the sky, like a layer of silver-gray veil covering the entire palace, overlooking the crowd shuttling back and forth, masking the sound that came from time to time——"...... Come on, come on...... Delayed the trip of the Long Live Lord, carefully watch your skin...... It's time to leave for the paddock, and it's ...... faster."

In a small but extremely delicate courtyard, it was also so busy, and the woman's smiling urging voice echoed in the courtyard. Take a closer look, the woman standing under the courtyard porch and smiling is Huizhu. After two days of rest, Huizhu was in good spirits, got up prematurely, and did not lose the brilliance on her face, and was in good spirits directing Xiaojuan and the palace maids to pack their luggage.

Hongli had breakfast, and when he saw Huizhu busy greeting him, not only did he not see the expression of the meeting in the house, but he had a happy look, and couldn't help but step forward and ask: "Eniang, do you like the grassland very much?" How can you be so happy? Huizhu looked down at Hongli, who was already above her shoulder, and said with a gentle smile: "E-Niang has always stayed in the capital, and she has never been to many places, so of course she is happy to be able to go to the Mulan paddock to breathe fresh air." ”

Hongli looked up at Huizhu as if he understood whether he understood or not, frowned and asked, "What is air and how do you breathe it?" "Huizhu was stunned, what is air? Then he woke up and said: "Well, it's hard to say, but what Eniang means is to smell the fragrance of the earth, the fragrance of the grass, and look at another piece of the sky, which can make people feel comfortable." ”

Hongli was still puzzled, but just instinctively said: "Is it that Eniang will be happy when she sees the rivers and mountains?" Huizhu nodded inexplicably, Hongli saw it, and the little face immediately became solemn, patted his chest and said: "When my son grows up and has the ability, I will take Eniang to the palace here every year to escape the summer, and I will take Eniang to go to the rivers and rivers, so that Eniang will be happy every day." ”

Huizhu only thought that Hongli's words were a childhood joke, but he was not moved in his heart It was fake, he reached out and stroked Hongli's little head melon seeds, "Oh" and said: "That Eniang is waiting for Hongli to take Eniang to climb the mountain and wade through the water." Hongli replied heavily: "En." With that, the mother and son looked at each other and smiled.

In an instant, the dawn of dawn pierced the twilight, and the first rays of morning light slanted down, and the day dawned.

Yin Zhen stepped into the courtyard, and as soon as he raised his head, the sunrise that appeared at first appeared like a faint halo, gilding the mother and son on the stone steps with a golden light. Under the golden sunshine, it is the dazzling smiles of the mother and son, and anyone who sees the scene in front of them can't help but be touched by the softest part of their hearts. Yin Zhen squinted, a little unable to open it, I don't know if it was the dazzling morning glow, or the first two most sincere smiles, shaking his eyes.

Xiao Ranzi's eyes were sharp, and he suddenly saw Yinzhen in a python robe, hurriedly put down the mahogany box in his hand, knelt down on one knee and said, "The slave invites Master Da'an." Hearing this, everyone who was busy saluted and said, "The slave (slave) please be safe." Yin Zhen glanced at Xiao Ranzi unhappily, and said, "Get up, you continue to clean up." As he spoke, he walked towards the stone steps.

Yinzhen walked against the light, Huizhu couldn't see clearly, and the abrupt knock sounded in her heart, and on the python robe with golden light, there was a majestic golden embroidered python, and the leakage of the king's momentum was faintly visible, which made people worship and admire. "Grunt", Hui Zhu looked at the person who strode in front of her in shock, he was her husband and the father of her children, but before these two, he was first the defender of feudal imperial power, and even in the near future, he was the ruler of feudal society - Yongzheng.

After a moment of shock, Huizhu had already squatted down and saluted: "Concubine, please Da'an." Yin Zhen bowed his head and asked, "How is it cleaned up?" Huizhu followed Yinzhen back to the house, and said with her: "It's almost cleaned up." It's a master, I came here early in the morning, I shouldn't have breakfast, right? Concubine, let the grandmother in the small kitchen do some more. Yin Zhen glanced at the food on the log table that had not been removed, and stopped: "There is still half an hour, and I am about to leave, so I don't need to trouble anymore, I will use it." ”

Huizhu still knows the rules, and after listening to it, he hurriedly persuaded: "This is what Hongli used first, or let the kitchen make some again." After speaking, looking back at Hongli, how can there be the shadow of Hongli, I can't help but laugh, their father and son are like enemies in the previous life, and they can't be put together, especially when Hongli sees Yinzhen, it is like a mouse looking at a cat, and a puff of smoke will slip away.

Yinzhen stopped his hand, picked up the chopsticks on the side, and was about to use them, but suddenly heard Huizhu laugh softly, raised his head and looked, and stopped: "You shouldn't need to eat, sit down and use some, otherwise it will be uncomfortable in the carriage." Huizhu responded, found a low stool and sat down, and was very accustomed to serving Yinzhen to eat while eating by herself.

After a simple meal, Yin Zhen said: "Huang Ama is old these years and won't hunt in person, but this time he will definitely summon Hongli over, and Hongli is likely to go on horseback to hunt smaller animals." It's just that he is still young, and he is an active character, and he loves to ride and shoot on horseback...... He may not listen to other people's words, but he has always remembered your words. ”

After hearing this, Huizhu was slightly surprised, she didn't expect Yinzhen to be so clear about her mother and son's private relationship, and she also touched Hongli's temperament under her respectful face, but she never said it.

Yin Zhen pondered for a moment, frowned, and said: "The sword in the paddock has no eyes, and there is a war on the border pass, I am afraid that there will be an enemy who touches the gap to act, this is not easy to deal with, you have to keep an eye on Hongli, don't let him leave your nose, well, he is still scruples in front of you." And you are on the side of the imperial tent, there must be many people to meet......" Speaking of this, her lips moved but she didn't say anything, Huizhu looked at it suspiciously, Yinzhen coughed slightly at this time, and said hardly: "You don't show up often, when you can stay in the tent, stay there, you just be careful." ”

When Huizhu heard this, she was a little unhappy, the matter of Chen Sesame and rotten grain was still remembered, and she had stolen it once many years ago. However, after many years of getting along, Huizhu still knew Yinzhen's temperament, so she responded softly. Yin Zhen was satisfied, and seeing that the time was almost up, he gave a word or two, and left first.

Before long, as soon as Yinzhen left with his front foot, his father-in-law came to urge him to leave, Huizhu didn't dare to delay more, and hurriedly greeted Xiao Ranzi They brought suitcases and other things, and hurriedly got into the carriage to go to the Mulan paddock.

In the evening, the mighty procession stopped, Huizhu got out of the carriage, the sunset in the sky dyed the red sky, the red light soaked the thick soil, and the vast green grassland was also dyed red and green in an instant.

Hongli, who jumped out of the carriage first, was confused by the scenery in front of him, born in the capital, grew up under the glazed red wall, when did he see the endless green grass, even though it was a little dim but still the sky was translucent, the small mouth opened wide, a look of surprise and surprise.

Huizhu was amused and teased: "If you open your mouth wider, your chin will have to fall." The eight-year-old Hongli blushed, hurriedly closed his mouth, looked at people one by one with his black round eyes, and finally looked directly at Huizhu's face, and said firmly: "Eniang, my son likes this." ”

Huizhu smiled, glanced at her father-in-law who was waiting on the side, patted Hongli's shoulder and said, "Go to Long Live with your father-in-law, remember to be obedient, have dinner, if you have nothing to do, go back to Eniang earlier." As she spoke, she let Hongli go with her father-in-law, and she took Xiao Ranzi and Xiao Luzi to lead her father-in-law to the tent that had already been set up.

In the tent, the candles were bright, hot food had already been placed on the lacquered wooden table, and there were little palace maids standing with hot water and foreign towels and other things. Huizhu quietly looked at the furnishings around her, and couldn't help sighing: This is worthy of being a place for the royal driver, there are four royal guards outside the tent, and the furnishings in the tent are also luxurious.

Subsequently, Huizhu changed into her regular clothes, and after a little washing, she had dinner comfortably, and waited for Hongli to come back before she went to sleep. It was night, the mother and son listened to the unique rumbling sound of the grassland, and slept very soundly, and they had no sleep all night.

When they got up the next day, both mother and son were in good spirits. Especially at breakfast time, Xiao Luzi came in person, saying that after Yinzhen specially found a gentle pony for Hongli, Hongli was so excited that he couldn't stay for a while, and he ate a bean noodle dumpling in a few bites, so he was eager to try, and he had to ride a horse to the grassland for a walk.

Riding a horse is the nature of a boy, Huizhu thought about Hongli's usual precocious appearance in the capital, and he didn't want to go against Hongli's wishes, so he had to nod in agreement. But Yinzhen's instructions are still in his ears, at this time the border war is the most fierce, although there is Nian Qianyao to ensure the logistics supply of the Qing army, there is Yinzhen leading the army commander in front, the two jointly control the war, the Qing army is at the peak, but Yinzhen came on purpose, worried that the Dzungar Department will make strange moves, which shows the existence of danger.

Huizhu thought about it secretly, made up her mind, and chose two of the four royal forest soldiers sent by Emperor Kangxi to go with her, so as to take care of Hongli's safety, of course, she also responded to Yinzhen's orders, and did not let Hongli leave her nose.

A few days after coming to the Mulan enclosure, Emperor Kangxi wanted to set up a banquet to entertain the leaders and nobles of the Mongolian tribes, and did not summon Hongli to go, but Hongli had this horse and Huizhu by his side, and he had a very happy day. In this way, the mother and son enjoyed every grass and tree on the vast grassland, and they were very happy.

In this way, after the mother and son laughed and talked for ten days, they returned to the tent from the grassland in the evening, but received the order of Emperor Kangxi, who had just returned from Tucheng on the ninth day of the first month, to attend the hunting feast tomorrow.