At noon on April 30, Shen Mingyuan sent someone to Weiwei Lane to pick up people. The carriage traveled for more than half an hour before arriving at the Qinghe Palace. Wei Yangyang got out of the carriage, was taken by the maids in the palace, and walked to the martial arts training ground in the West Courtyard. She never expected that the palace could be so big, and she could ride a horse at home without going out. When she entered the door and knelt down to salute, Shen Mingyuan couldn't help but ask first: "Do you live in Weitong's house?" Aren't you good at overcoming people? Wei Yangyang's performance was completely different from when she was in Haixi, she lowered her head and replied obediently: "Back to Your Highness, no." The third brother's house is at the mouth of the alley, and the courtier's daughter lives alone in the "Guiyuan" at the end of the alley, not next to his house. ”

Shen Mingyuan looked at her and saw that she was wearing a lake-green narrow-sleeved women's dress today, obviously to facilitate her practice; She combed her hair into two buns, and tied a string of pure gold flower hair ornaments to each bun, which looked more like a girl than when she was in Haixi. But her reply was alienated and boring, and Shen Mingyuan was not satisfied: "You don't want to go back to Your Highness one courtier at a time, just talk like you did when you were in Haixi." Wei Yangyang still lowered his head: "Back to Your Highness, how can you do it, the third sister-in-law of the courtiers sent someone to teach the courtiers for several days." The hairstyle she combed today is a common hairstyle for Huadu women, and her hair is divided into two halves and tied into a ball-like bun. But her hair is thick and hard, and her hair is very long, so those two "balls" are much bigger than others'. Shen Mingyuan saw that she was rarely kneeling obediently, and on a whim, he couldn't help but reach out and pinch the "ball" on her left. For other girls, if they have less hair, they have to fill in the wig, or tie the "balls" a little bit to make them look bigger. When he pinched it, he found that Wei Yangyang's "balls" were tightly tied, but they were still two laps bigger than others. Although he had seen her hair and knew that the "ball" was full of real hair, he was still surprised by the amount of her hair, pinched it a few times, and confirmed it, but he was still in disbelief: "When I saw it that day, I only knew that you had a lot of hair, but I didn't expect that there really was so much?" ”

He mentioned the matter of his hair again, and Wei Yangyang was about to be angry, but he was the prince, and he didn't dare to move, so he could only kneel there and be pinched by him. Shen Mingyuan looked at the other party and bit his lower lip in anger, looking angry, and felt funny in his heart, but he also knew that he couldn't continue to play, otherwise he would anger this little Hades, and it wouldn't be fun when she turned her face. Shen Mingyuan hurriedly withdrew his hand and changed the subject: "I said, recently the courtyard at the end of Weiwei Alley was renamed Guiyuan, and it turned out that you lived there. Wei Yangyang didn't know how to answer him, so he had to say, "Back to Your Highness, yes." ”

Shen Mingyuan saw that she had only been here for a few days, but she also became the way the woman of the Huadu official family spoke, and she was bored in her heart. He finally found a girl who was angry with him, and he didn't want her to become like that, so he decided to tease her: "If you talk like you used to, I'll reward you with a delicious meal, okay?" I promise you've never eaten it before. This trick really worked, as soon as he heard that there was something delicious, Wei Yangyang immediately raised his head and asked, "What is it?" After asking, he found that he was very rude, and quickly knelt down again, so frightened that he lowered his head.

Shen Mingyuan instructed Ling Quan to fetch what he said was "delicious". He picked up a fruit from the plate with his right hand and handed it to Wei Yangyang: "You taste it, this is sweet." Wei Yangyang didn't reach out directly to take it as he thought, but waited for the maid of the palace to hand it to her before she dared to look at the fruit. I saw that the fruit was about the same size as a date, but the shell was dark yellow and hard. Curious, she peeled the shell with her hands, and the flesh inside was pale yellow and crumpled. She looked at the fruit and thought, "Why did King Qinghe give me a bad fruit?" Yes, it must have been me who treated him badly in Haixi, and he deliberately took revenge on me. But people have to bow their heads under the low eaves, and now they can't stop eating, and I'm angry.

Her happiness or displeasure were expressed on her face, and Shen Mingyuan saw that she was staring at the fruit with a frown, and she didn't dare to eat it after reading it several times, so he guessed what she was thinking. But he was ready to wait to see a good show, and he didn't plan to tell Wei Yangyang the truth. He even put up a score: "This king rewards you, why don't you hurry up and eat it?" The king wanted the minister to die, and the minister had to die, Wei Yangyang thought of this, his heart was crossed, and with the determination to be poisoned, he put the fruit in his mouth and chewed it desperately. Seeing the expression on her face change from panic and determination to doubt and surprise, Shen Mingyuan finally couldn't help laughing: "It's very sweet, there are cores in it, don't forget to spit it out, the cores can't be eaten." At this moment, Wei Yangyang only felt that his mouth was like being stuffed with a piece of honey, but it was different from honey, not only sweet, but also fragrant. She ate the pulp according to what Shen Mingyuan said, and spit out the kernel again, knowing that King Qinghe did not intend to retaliate, so she dared to speak: "It's so sweet, it's just that it's been left for a long time, and it's a little dry." Your Highness, what kind of fruit is this? ”

Shen Mingyuan finally managed to suppress his smile, and when he heard her ask, he laughed again: "This is Guiyuan, isn't the place where you live called Guiyuan?" It's just right for you to eat. This fresh fruit is difficult to preserve, so like the dried apricots you eat, it is dried before being tributed. "Longan?" Wei Yangyang repeated his words. Shen Mingyuan pointed to the plate of longan on the table: "Longan is produced in the south, which was sent by the county guard of Minzhou last month, and my father rewarded me with a hundred." If you will speak as you did in Hercy, I will reward you ten. ”

He didn't let Wei Yangyang go to death, he just asked her to speak as usual, of course Wei Yangyang was willing. She looked at the fruit on the plate and nodded desperately: "Deal!" When Shen Mingyuan heard this, he clapped his hands and laughed: "Well, this is the Wei Yangyang I know." Get up. Wei Yangyang was helped to stand up by the palace maid, rubbed his knees, and began to mutter: "I don't want to talk like this, but before I came today, I was repeatedly told by my third sister-in-law for several days." Your Highness is tired of listening, and I am even more tired when I speak. I'm tired tonight, and I have to eat half a bowl for dinner. ”

Seeing her speak like this, Shen Mingyuan was satisfied: "I asked you to teach me kung fu, let's teach riding a horse first, this is my horse, but a first-class good horse, how about it, it's very good, right?" Wei Yangyang only glanced at the white horse, and said casually: "Although the horse is important, it also depends on the rider's control, and the rider's skill is the most important." Seeing her arrogant attitude, Shen Mingyuan was not surprised: "Really? If a medium horse meets a good rider, can it beat a superior horse and a medium rider? Wei Yangyang is very confident in his riding skills: "We can try it." Your Highness rides the white horse, and I'll ride one at will. Shen Mingyuan's desire to win was instantly stimulated by her: "Okay, let's limit it to ten laps, I want to see how good this Wei Jiajun's riding skills are." ”

On weekdays, everyone is afraid that he is the prince, and when they compete with him, who dares to win him? But he mentioned "Wei Jiajun's riding skills", how could Wei Yangyang let him? So there was no suspense in the game. When they were just about to start a lap and a half, Wei Yangyang caught up with him, and what was even more annoying was that Wei Yangyang deliberately slowed down and waited for him leisurely. The white horse itself was a first-class horse, and he had been running in with the white horse for another three years, and Wei Yangyang was riding just a black old horse that she had just selected. But despite this, he had to do his best to barely follow Wei Yangyang. By the last lap, somehow, the opponent slowed down. He seized the opportunity and was about to overtake Wei Yangyang, only to see her leap into the air, jump from her own horse to his back, and sit firmly behind him. The horse galloped, but Wei Yangyang was not afraid at all, and instead of grabbing his clothes, he laughed behind his back. Obviously, she was deliberately showing off her skills in that performance just now! As soon as the horse crossed the finish line, Shen Mingyuan couldn't wait to grab her: "What kind of trick is this?" I'm going to learn this! ”

But before he was happy, he ordered Wei Yangyang: "Hey, you show me the Wei family's archery again." Wei Yangyang was a little embarrassed: "The archery technique of our Wei family is the Seven Fairies, but I have only barely practiced to the Five Fairies, Your Highness, you can't laugh at me." Shen Mingyuan had seen Wei Jiajun's archery outside Bibo City, but at that time, it was to defend against the enemy, and no one showed him the "Seven Fairies", the name of this archery was so good, he couldn't help but want to see it immediately: "That's nature, you hurry up and demonstrate." Wei Yangyang first picked up the bow and tried it, then picked up five arrows and put them on the bow. She aimed at five targets, let go of her right hand, and five arrows flew towards different targets at the same time, four of which were firmly shot into the target, and only the last one, although it hit the center of the circle, was not strong enough and fell to the ground. Shen Mingyuan was simply eye-opening: "This is the Five Fairies? The seven fairies can shoot seven arrows at the same time? Wei Yangyang's face was calm, and he was used to this: "Yes, I have been practicing for a long time, but I have little strength, so the five fairies always can't shoot in." Only four of them succeeded at a time, and if only my father was handsome, he could shoot seven fairies. Shen Mingyuan's heart was itching: "The five fairies are enough, I have to learn this!" ”

Wei Yangyang was a little impatient: "Your Highness, you said that you want to learn swordsmanship, archery, and horseback riding, so you have to come one by one." Is it called something or something, and the more you think about it, the faster you can't reach it? She doesn't read much, and her speech has always been reversed, Shen Mingyuan laughed and added for her: "If you want to hurry, you can't reach it!" Which do you think I should learn first? Wei Yangyang thought for a while: "On weekdays, His Royal Highness takes a carriage when he goes out, so it shouldn't matter if he doesn't learn equestrianism for the time being, right?" Shen Mingyuan clapped his hands: "Yes, four months later, it will be the autumn hunt, I have to learn archery first!" ”

He was sure that he wanted to learn archery, and Wei Yangyang taught him very seriously. But on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, although it is also a fifth day, because it is the Dragon Boat Festival, Shen Mingyuan wants to enter the palace to celebrate the festival with the emperor, so there is no need for her to come. When she came again on the tenth day of the fifth month, as soon as she entered the door, she excitedly told Shen Mingyuan what she had seen and heard on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival: "The flowers are completely different from the customs of our Haixi, and even the zongzi have several kinds of fillings. My third sister-in-law didn't allow me to go out, but I was in Guiyuan, and I saw a lot of lanterns flying in the sky, which was really wonderful. "Lanterns?" Shen Mingyuan listened to her description, and repeatedly thought in his heart, how can this flower have a flying lantern? He asked in detail, "What does the lantern look like?" Wei Yangyang gestured with his hands: "It's probably so big, but it's not red, it's white, and it's not round but square." The most important thing is that it can fly, it's amazing. ”

Shen Mingyuan suddenly realized: "You're talking about Kong Ming lantern, right?" Wei Yangyang had never seen Kong Ming lanterns, and shook his head: "I don't know, can Kong Ming lanterns also fly?" If someone else asks like this, Shen Mingyuan must think she is a fool. But when he was in Haixi, he knew that Wei Yangyang had never played anything since she was a child, except for riding horses and archery, and she didn't even know how to fly kites. Shen Mingyuan didn't make fun of her, but said mysteriously: "Do you remember that I promised you when I was in Haixi that I would teach you how to fly a kite?" When you come back next time, I'll prepare kites and Kong Ming lanterns for you, okay? Wei Yangyang almost jumped up: "Okay, good!" But, but, we go to fly kites and Kong Ming lanterns, is it going to be a long time? Then there is no way to practice. I will not take your Highness's money for nothing. ”

She came once every five days, staying for three hours each time, and the salary of the female officials of the fifth rank in the palace was one thousand taels of silver per month. Since she only came six times a month, Shen Mingyuan broke the money into one-fifth and gave her two hundred taels of silver. She knew since she was a child that if she took the silver from the imperial court, she had to do things for the imperial court, how could she play when she was on an errand. Thinking of this, the excited expression on her face gradually faded, and she dispelled the idea of learning to fly a kite. She is so serious, Shen Mingyuan is a little embarrassed, if the court officials are willing to do things like her after receiving money, then this officialdom atmosphere is only much better than now. He even felt a little sorry that if Wei Yangyang was a man, he would definitely become a pillar of the imperial court if he stayed in the Wei family since he was a child and asked a master to raise him well.

He originally thought that it would be okay to just play for a while between exercises. But as soon as Wei Yangyang's words came out, it seemed that he was wasting the money of the imperial court. He has been playful since he was a child, who dared to persuade him, but he didn't expect to be inadvertently commanded by Wei Yangyang today. He thought about it carefully, he couldn't delay the practice within three hours, and he could teach her to fly a kite, so let her come early, wouldn't it? Thinking of this, he told the other party: "Wait for May 15, you will leave an hour later, and then go back after dinner in the palace." Wei Yangyang didn't show the smile he imagined after hearing this, but hesitated a little: "But, but my third brother," Shen Mingyuan realized that she was afraid of being scolded by her family: "Don't worry, Wei Tong sentenced it, I will send someone to inform him." After staying in the palace and eating, didn't he go somewhere else, isn't he still at ease? ”

After the two of them finished practicing on May 15, it was already dusk. Shen Mingyuan really did what he said, and made her a super large kite, which was very weird, and it looked like a red-clothed cannon. Shen Mingyuan first taught her to raise the red-clothed cannon into the sky, and when she learned how to keep the cannon flying smoothly in the air, Shen Mingyuan ordered Ling Quan to bring a small kite. There was a cannonball painted on the small kite, and Wei Yangyang knew at a glance that it was a cannonball filled with a cannon. But she didn't understand what she meant, and watched Shen Mingyuan lift the cannonball kite into the sky again. Shen Mingyuan turned his head and ordered her: "Don't move, my cannonballs will come to your cannon." As he spoke, he pulled the line, and the cannonball was higher than the cannon, hidden behind the cannon, and could not be seen. Then he started running, and the shell appeared quickly from behind the cannon, as if the cannonball had really been shot away during the war! Wei Yangyang had never seen such a kite flying method, and was stunned by the scene in front of him. But Shen Mingyuan's careful thinking is not over, after the shell is fired, it will naturally explode, he ordered someone to set off fireworks in the courtyard next door, loading, launching, and exploding, the whole process is completely the scene of the red-coated cannon bombardment.

He looked at Wei Yangyang stunned there, his expression was exactly the same as he expected. He was very satisfied with his ingenuity, and deliberately teased the other party: "What, is it exactly the same?" Wei Yangyang applauded: "It's really exactly the same, it doesn't feel like flying a kite, but like watching a bangzi show, it's so exciting." Shen Mingyuan knew that she would say this: "This play is not over yet." After the battle, it is necessary to pray for the blessings of the relatives who died in the war, which uses Kong Ming lanterns. He picked up the Kong Ming lantern sent by the maid and pointed to the pen and ink on the table: "When praying for blessings, you should write the name of your loved one, or if you want to say it, you can write it yourself." ”

Wei Yangyang realized that he knew that he was far away from home, so he deliberately designed it this way so that he could also pray for his relatives who died in battle. She picked up the pen on the table and dipped it in ink, but thought again: There are so many people in the family who died on the battlefield, there must be no favoritism. Grandpa has to write, grandpa has to write, thirteenth uncle has to write, eldest brother, second brother and fourth brother have to write. Shen Mingyuan saw that she didn't move her pen for a long time, and was a little strange: "What's the matter, what words can't be written?" Wei Yangyang put down his pen: "It's not, but there are a lot of people I want to write, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to finish writing on this lamp." After she finished speaking, she even felt a little sad in her heart, which Shen Mingyuan didn't expect. But Shen Mingyuan was very smart, and he immediately thought of an idea: "The soldiers of the Wei family fought on the battlefield, isn't it just to protect the peace of the country, we can write: The country is safe and the people are safe, and the wind and rain are smooth, how about it?" In this way, they can all see. ”

Wei Yangyang immediately became happy again after hearing this, and she picked up the pen again: "Your Highness taught me the three words "people, wind, and rain", I will write these three, and the other Highnesses will write well, is it okay for the other Highnesses to write?" Shen Mingyuan naturally agreed. The two people cooperated, and wrote the eight words "Guotai and Min'an, Wind and Rain" on the two Kong Ming lanterns. Shen Mingyuan said to her: "You come and light the lamp, the higher and farther the lamp floats, the more people will see." Wei Yangyang picked up the candle and lit the two lamps in turn, and the lights really flew into the sky slowly. Wei Yangyang exclaimed in surprise again: "It's so fun, you can fly into the sky without a line." Who came up with this great idea? This time it was Shen Mingyuan's turn to be surprised: "Don't you know that Kong Minglan was invented by Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng?" It's the loyal minister you like, Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng. Wei Yangyang's face showed a surprised expression again: "Prime Minister Zhuge ? Shen Mingyuan explained to her: "Yes, Prime Minister Zhuge is surnamed Zhuge Mingliang, and the word Kong Ming, don't you know?" Wei Yangyang patted his head vigorously: "Oh, I knew it, why didn't I think of it." Shen Mingyuan told her again the principle that Kong Ming lanterns will fly to the sky when they have heat, and Wei Yangyang clapped his hands again and again: "Why is Prime Minister Zhuge so smart, not only can he put up a gossip array, but also make Kong Ming lanterns?" ”