Chapter 140: Entering Beijing
The two of them didn't know how long they had been running on the road, but the sky was getting brighter, and they could see the road under their feet more clearly.
"Su Qing, I'm so tired, can you stop and rest." Wanjun was indeed tired, and she was a little out of breath when she spoke.
"Okay, let's stop and rest then." Su Qing looked at the beads of sweat on Wanjun's forehead and felt very distressed.
Su Qing helped Wanjun to rest on the side of the road, and Wanjun rubbed her sore ankles, only to find that the corners of her skirt had been scratched by weeds.
The two of them rested for a while, and Wanjun was afraid that those thieves would wake up and chase them out, urging Su Qing to leave with him quickly.
Su Qing took Wanjun's hand and shuttled through the waist-deep grass, I don't know how long I walked, but I actually walked to the main road.
The two men were walking forward with each other on the road, when they suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves. Wanjun's eyes were good, she held Su Qing's hand and said, "Su Qing, look, there's a carriage there."
Su Qing looked in the opposite direction of Wanjun's finger, and sure enough, he saw a carriage walking in the direction where he was.
"Wanjun, you wait here for a while, and I'll go over and have a look." Su Qing asked Wanjun to sit on the side of the road to rest, and she walked towards the carriage.
"Master, my lady and I want to go to the capital, can you give me a ride?" Su Qing looked at the coachman's face and felt very kind, so he tried to ask.
"Young man, you're going to the capital, that's right, I'm also going to Beijing, quickly call your wife to get in the car, and I'll drop you off by the way." The coachman was a very kind old man, and when he heard that Su Qing needed help, he readily agreed.
Su Qing hurriedly pulled Wanjun up and helped Wanjun into the car.
The coachman saw that Wanjun's skirt was scratched and the makeup on his face was spent, and he faintly felt that these two people had probably encountered an accident.
"Girl, I still have some food and dry food here, if you two don't dislike it, you can eat a little first to cushion your stomach." The coachman took out a few baked cakes from his place, a bag of water, and handed them to the carriage.
"Thank you." Wanjun stretched out her hands, which had been scratched by weeds, and took the things in the coachman's hands.
The coachman looked at Wanjun's white injuries and wounds, and felt very distressed when he thought that his daughter was also at this age.
"Kid, I still have a little liquor here, you can use it to treat the wound on your hand. There is still a long way to go from here to the capital, and when you get there, I will deal with it, I'm afraid your hands will be inflamed. It would be a pity if such a beautiful hand were ruined like this. The coachman's fatherly voice sounded in her ears, and Wanjun felt very warm in her heart.
"Thank you, but we were robbed by the bandits yesterday, and our luggage was stolen, and only a little jewelry is of value right now. If you don't dislike it, take the jewelry and use it as a fare. Wanjun was also sincere and told the coachman what happened to her and her husband.
"Silly boy, as soon as I saw your appearance, I knew that you had probably encountered a bandit. You are about the same age as my children, and it hurts me to see you as you are now. Kid, I'm not going to take your jewelry, keep it for emergencies. ”
When Wanjun and Su Qing heard the coachman's words, they felt very moved, but they didn't expect that when they were hungry and cold, there was a person who met in Pingshui who was willing to lend a helping hand.
Originally, the previous encounter made Wanjun a little hesitant, looking at the food that the coachman gave him, he was a little hesitant, but when he heard what the coachman had just said, it was like taking a reassuring pill.
"Well, you're a nice man, coachman."
The two of them were really hungry, and when they picked up a big cake, they didn't care about the image, so they quickly devoured it. Su Qing looked at his wife's eating appearance, afraid that she would choke, so he thoughtfully handed over a pot of water.
The coachman looked back at the two children in the carriage, and felt very moved, hoping that the couple in distress could continue to walk hand in hand.
The two men ate some things separately, drank some water, and handed them to the coachman.
After Wanjun finished eating, Su Qing began to check the wounds on Wanjun's hands, looking at the blood marks on her hands, she felt distressed. Su Qing took care of Wanjun's wounds, hugged his wife, and comforted her to sleep.
"Son, when I was younger, I loved a woman like this. She is a very beautiful, kind and virtuous woman, and the matchmaker who proposed marriage back then could break through the threshold of her family. Her kindness and talent are so famous, and they have brought her trouble. When she was seventeen years old, she was kidnapped by a group of bandits, and her grades were overwhelming. But I was so useless that I couldn't get her out, and I don't know how she's doing now. The old man let out a long breath of talk, and two lines of clear tears flowed from his cloudy eyes.
"I am the only son in the family, and the family is afraid that they will cut off the incense, so they will marry me a wife, although she is not as beautiful as her, but she is also very virtuous. We have a daughter, and if she is still alive, she will be the age of a girl. When I saw her, I thought of her. ”
"It's the same end of the world." Su Qing couldn't help but sigh. Both men fell silent at the same time.
Wanjun didn't know what the two men said in her sleep, but she didn't sleep very well, and she was still shouting for help in her dream.
She didn't know that the lover in the coachman's mouth was the bride who dressed her up yesterday.
Speechless all the way, the carriage drove smoothly on the official road, and soon arrived at the gate of the capital.
Several people routinely checked, briefly interrogated them a few words, and when they heard that the people in the car were Su Qing and Wanjun, they hurriedly saluted them.
"Miss Wanjun, we were sent by the princess to pick you up. We're late, I hope the girl Haihan. ”
When Wanjun heard that she was a princess, she instantly felt that her sleepiness was completely gone, and she came to her senses.
After a while, the princess came and gave the coachman something and silver. When the driver saw that someone had come to pick them up, he said goodbye to them, saying that he had something to do, and left first.
Wanjun was even happier when she saw the princess, and she hugged each other tightly regardless of the courtesy of the monarch and ministers.
The princess looked at Wanjun's embarrassed appearance and hurriedly asked what happened. Wanjun told the princess 1510.
"Bold thief, it's really too deceitful!" The princess was angry and complained about Wanjun.
The princess took the two of them to her mansion, and on the way, she just said hello to Su Qing, and began to take Wanjun's hand and talk about this and that.
Su Qing saw that the two of them were chatting, and he didn't have the heart to take care of himself at all, so he simply closed his eyes and took a nap, being a quiet invisible person.
The seventh prince heard that Wanjun had now arrived in the capital, and he also went to the princess's mansion to catch up with the old man.
As a result, as soon as the seventh prince called someone to go in to interpret simultaneously, he received a reply from his subordinates, saying that the princess would accompany Wanjun well today and refused to see guests.
The Seventh Prince, who had eaten the closed door, felt very helpless, but he could only glance at Su Qing and smiled awkwardly.
Su Qing and the Seventh Prince watched the two of them close the door, guessing that it should be the two girls chatting about their daughter's family, and they felt that it was not easy to disturb, so they simply left together.
"Su Qing, my sister is like this, eccentric, don't care."
After experiencing the last incident, the Seventh Prince looked at Su Qing differently, and even regarded him as a good brother who had nothing to say.
"It's rare for the two sisters to fall in love, since the last time they said goodbye, they haven't seen each other for a long time, and now it's hard to see each other and say some considerate words, which is also normal." Su Qing knows the two of them too well, and they have a good relationship like sisters, and they have endless words as soon as they meet.
The two men waited outside the door for a long time, but they didn't see any plans to open the door, so they simply left together.
"Su Qing, this is your first time in the capital, why don't I take you around and do your best to be a landlord." The Seventh Prince admired Su Qing's personality very much, so he took the initiative to invite Ying to accompany him around Beijing.
"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey." In fact, Su Qing had such an idea for a long time, and since the Seven Princes had put it forward, he simply agreed. Su Qing bowed to the Seven Princes, and he still kept in mind the etiquette of the monarchs and ministers.
The Seventh Prince took Su Qing to the most lively tile in Beijing, and the crowd was full of people, so it was not lively.
Su Qing walked behind the Seventh Prince, and was not idle, choosing gifts for the two women.
At first, the Seventh Prince watched Su Qing linger in front of the fat powder stall, and laughed at Su Qing's lack of masculinity.
After a while, Su Qing stopped in front of a jewelry stall again, carefully selecting jewelry, and the Seventh Prince was even more confused.
"Your Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, I want to buy some small gifts for Wanjun and the princess, but I don't know what style of jewelry the princess likes, can you help me make some references?" Su Qing's attitude was very sincere, and he hoped that the Seventh Prince could give him some advice.
The Seventh Prince looked at the jewelry and rouge that had been packed in Su Qing's hand, and suddenly realized that these small gifts were for Wanjun. Now he has to choose a gift for his royal sister, and asks for advice like himself, he feels that he is wrong to blame Su Qing, and he is even more moved by Su Qing's sincerity.
"Okay."
The Seven Princes really didn't pay attention to what style of jewelry the princess liked, what flavor of fat powder she liked, and began to reflect that he, as an elder brother, cared too little about his sister.
"It's getting late, let's go back."
The two men wandered the streets for a long time, until it was getting late, and then they went home.
When I returned to the princess's mansion, I realized that the princess had already asked someone to prepare dinner, just waiting for the two of them to come back for dinner.
After being full of wine and food, the Seventh Prince knew that it was inconvenient for him to stay in the Princess's Mansion, so he chose a good horse in the Princess's Mansion and rode back to the Princess's Mansion by himself.
Early the next morning, the princess sent someone to Wanjun's room to wait for Wanjun to freshen up. A few people had a simple breakfast, and the princess took Wanjun to the carriage that had been prepared early and took Wanjun into the palace.
The carriage walked for a while, and then entered the palace. A group of palace maids and eunuchs knelt on both sides of the road to greet the princess's car.
"Don't worry, my father is very good, not as serious as rumored to be by the outside world. He knows that you and I are good friends, and he will not embarrass you. The princess found Wanjun's hands cold, and knew that Wanjun was nervous when she entered the palace for the first time, so she gently stroked her friend's hand to make her relax.