Chapter 42: Departure
It's been half a month since that slightly timid conversation.
In fact, I don't remember the memories after that, whether it is Xiao Zaiyang or I He Qianwei, I don't remember very clearly.
It's as if that piece of the story was just poached away a big chunk, and the protagonist tacitly ignored it for the time being and put it on the shelf. And when I rummaged through it on a whim, I couldn't find anything.
If you have to talk about it, both of them can probably only remember the sunset that silently exuded afterglow, the faded sunset, and the red-stained cheeks.
Maybe it's a little embarrassing, and I don't know how to get along with each other for a while.
The water that spilled out of the words at that time, He Qianwei at that time stiffened her head and died in the East Palace for a few hours, and finally her head was planted on the soft collapse, she forgot herself in her sleep, and when she opened her eyes again, she didn't even know when she was carried back to Yaoguang Palace.
Then she seriously pretended to be an ostrich, and honestly squatted at the gate of Yaoguang Palace, and was very obedient, which made Mama Chen very happy.
Xiao Zaiyang, he was already busy, and he didn't need to bother to find something to do for himself, but silently asked Ji Xiu to go to Yaoguang Hall to inform him, and he didn't dare to meet He Qianwei for half a month.
They're not actually in conflict.
But usually two people who stick together, suddenly become ten days and half a month without seeing each other, how strange the others naturally look at it, knocking on the side and asking I don't know how many times, even the emperor in the Qinzheng Palace who diligently criticized the folds heard about it, and temporarily intervened in it.
It's a pity that even if the emperor finds out the secret guard who was in charge of following Xiao Zaiyang on the day of the incident, he can't ask anything.
After all, the main duty of the dark guard is to protect, and they don't listen to everything - it's not a good thing to know too much.
What's more, most of the daily lives of Xiao Zaiyang and He Qianwei are meaningless and commonplace, and the emperor listened to it for several years without relaxation at the beginning, but then he felt bored, and simply didn't let the secret guards pay special attention to it, so it was strange that he could find out.
Hit a wall here, the emperor pondered for a moment, changed his mind and prepared to dig out the reason from Xiao Zaiyang, but unfortunately even if he tried his best to keep his tongue in, he still didn't inquire about anything, but began to doubt himself if he was thinking too much, isn't it good?
No way.
The emperor retreated in the face of difficulties, and his hands were paralyzed and he became the shopkeeper again.
No matter what happened to him, anyway, since this son is calm and calm, it is probably not important, and there is no need to continue to fight.
The emperor thought very optimistically: since Xiao Zaiyang himself was not in a hurry, he maintained a calm and calm mentality, and he was not anxious at all, it proved that it was not a big deal.
If it's not, I don't know.
Still curious, though.
In fact, there is another reason why the emperor can sit still.
As the saying goes, if you can escape the first day of junior high school, you can't escape the fifteenth. Even if the two juniors reach a consensus at this time, pretending to be deaf and dumb to each other and escaping reality, can they still escape from getting along along the way?
No way.
So, after a few weeks of stalemate, all the preparations before departure were completed, and Xiao Zaiyang and He Qianwei were inevitably forced to come out of their comfort zone and get together again.
Should I say that seeing that the two of them didn't even dare to make eye contact, but they couldn't escape anymore, the emperor still ...... Pretty cool.
Although this person is still the same breezy appearance on the surface.
He was even inevitably very worried, and after saying goodbye at the farewell banquet in the palace, he had to be sent to the outskirts of Beijing insistfully, watching the convoy gradually disappear from view, and sighed melancholy.
I planned it well, but in the end, I still didn't think it was right.
My son hasn't even reached the age of a weak crown.
The Emperor thought in a trance.
Yesterday he seemed to have just personally taken out the results of his son, who had lost his breath due to difficult childbirth, and watched his wife close her eyes and never woke up again; In the blink of an eye, the baby of the year has gone from babbling and toddler to today's age, and can already lead the mission away on his own and take charge of it alone.
When the prince returns, he will have done all the unfinished business, and he will almost reach the point where it is time to leave the palace.
There is no feast in the world, and there is no way to do it.
The Son of Heaven has been sitting on the throne alone for a long time, and he didn't let people see his sentimental heart at all, and even the prime minister just came over for a walk, and after carefully observing, he didn't find anything wrong, so he went home from the palace with confidence.
is also a Tang Zhengde, because he has been with the monarch for a long time, he can see a little bit of the other party's mood, and he praised His Royal Highness the Prince.
As for Xiao Zaiyang, who had already set off with the convoy and rushed to Yangzhou to change into a sea ship, he didn't know.
He's pretending to be calm at the moment.
Originally, He Qianwei had her own carriage, although it was a little worse than Xiao Zaiyang, His Royal Highness the Prince, on the surface, but in fact, the interior decoration was equally attentive and comfortable.
Originally, He Qianwei could hide in the carriage with peace of mind, and in the end, she bought a period of time to make full psychological preparations, but who knew that she was backhanded by the emperor.
When the Son of Heaven said goodbye on the city wall, he watched silently for a long time, and when the two of them boarded different carriages, he spoke slowly:
"I remember that when Miss He came from Wancheng, she felt bored because she had been in the carriage for a long time, and now that the journey is far away, it would be better for her to ride with the prince, and she would have avoided some hardships."
In front of the public, the emperor said reasonably, as if he was honest and considered by He Qianwei.
So what can He Qianwei do? She didn't have the courage to refuse, and even Xiao Zaiyang couldn't find a reason to refute it.
That's where we come in.
When the prince travels, the frame is the top priority, not to mention that the emperor is also very selfish and has to add and add, which directly makes the carriage that Xiao Zaiyang is riding directly catch up with the specifications of the Son of Heaven.
Whether the road was full of sand and gravel or muddy, the carriage was still unaffected and walked its way steadily.
But Xiao Zaiyang lifted the curtain of the window on the carriage over and over again to look out.
He was actually expecting something to suddenly go wrong with the carriage......
If this is the case, He Qianwei can just go back to his own carriage, and Xiao Zaiyang can also change to the spare carriage as a matter of course, or ride directly with him.
As for the matter of riding together, as long as the two parties pretend not to remember it and tacitly ignore the past, who will not remind this sentence with long eyes?
Anyway, the emperor can't see it.
It's a pity that the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are as solid as ever, and the carriage is moving smoothly and steadily, without even a single bump.
Xiao Zaiyang was slightly disappointed and gave up continuing to do useless work.
He Qianwei has been sitting on the opposite side with a straight posture, not daring to relax at all, where is the usual as soon as she gets in the car, she takes out the pillow familiarly, reclines and rests, while chatting with Xiao Zaiyang.
It is probably useless to expect these two men to break the deadlock on their own.
After seeing the situation once in the name of serving tea and water, Ji Xiu pondered outside for a long time, and finally turned out a few gadgets from it, and found a few more books and sent them in the name of Mama Chen.
He first explained to He Qianwei: "The road is far away, and Mama is worried that the girl will be bored, so she deliberately found out the toys such as the Nine Links and Luban Locks, and handed them to the slave and maid together with the military book that the girl had not read before, so that the girl could pass the time when she had nothing to do." ”
After speaking, he put the other volumes in his arms in front of Xiao Zaiyang.
"Your Majesty knew that His Highness wanted to see the lone book in the imperial study, so he specially asked people to use the movable type printing technology that had just been researched to get these new books. If Your Highness is bored, you can just read it for a while. ”
Ji Xiu completed his task, then lifted the curtain and turned his head back to the front room, sighing slightly in his heart.
Your Highness, I've handed you all these words, if you really can't catch it, just read a good book, it's not a way to keep doing this.
And the two people in the carriage looked at each other for a while because of Ji Xiu's sudden interruption and the few new items on the table, and finally Xiao Zaiyang took the lead in breaking the silence.
"When we first met, I also said that I wanted to teach you the solution to the Nine Links." He thought back to the past, lifted the nine chains, and said with a smile: "I was rejected at the beginning, but who knows, you learned it yourself without making a sound." ”
He Qianwei coughed a few times embarrassedly: "Actually, it's not a ...... learned."
Where did she understand the Nine Rings, purely by skill, and was able to solve it with muscle memory.
As for why this was done, it is not clear what to do.
I have to say it, He Qianwei is still more attached to Lu Bansuo, and she can toss a lot of ways to play by herself after tinkering for a long time.
Xiao Zaiyang had heard of He Qianwei's approach when dealing with the Nine Links, so he naturally knew what was going on, and he didn't think about it now, but changed the topic lightly.
"The nearest wharf to the capital is in Yangzhou City, and it will take about four or five days to get there with all your might." He said, "When we arrive in Yangzhou City, we will rest for another day, and then we will officially board the ship and take the waterway instead." ”
He Qianwei is a native who has never seen big rivers and lakes, and when she heard this, she threw away her thoughts that she was still a little uncomfortable and asked.
"Is there any difference between land and water?"
Xiao Zaiyang replied: "It's far from it." ”
As if he understood that such a summary was too general, he explained further for a long time, and finally suddenly remembered another thing.
"Just as on land, some people get seasick; While sailing, some people can also get seasick. He looked He Qianwei up and down, seeming to be a little hesitant, "When you ride the carriage, you never seem to feel bad...... But I'm not sure if you're going to get seasick. ”
As for the fact that He Qianwei will suffer after sitting in the carriage for a long time, it is completely the reason why his father is casually talking nonsense in order to drive the two of them to the same carriage, and it has no credibility at all.
He Qianwei herself was not sure, so she was immediately confused.
"Is seasickness uncomfortable?" She was worried, her brows furrowed, "We're going to walk on the waterway for a long time...... If I get seasick, I'm going to have to suffer a lot. ”
Xiao Zaiyang comforted: "It doesn't matter. There are also a lot of seasickness medicine prepared in the outfit, and the boat is specially selected, even if it is a little uncomfortable when you first board it, you can get used to it after taking medicine and resting. ”
"It's better to be like that, right?"
He Qianwei replied to him.
In fact, Xiao Zaiyang still has some words to say.
If He Qianwei is really seasick, she can't get used to it, so she temporarily changes this itinerary to a backup plan, and only goes to other countries, and then takes a boat when necessary.
It's really not good, he can also find a place to put He Qianwei down, arrange someone to take good care of her, and do things by himself.
Although he is reluctant to part with He Qianwei in his selfish heart, Xiao Zaiyang still wants to make the other party happier.