Along the way, from the capital to Yangzhou, the temperature gradually climbed, the shallow layer of grass gradually became thicker, the buds opened and thanked, and all the scenery gradually transitioned into the appearance of summer.

As the saying goes, spring is short.

It's a pity that He Qianwei has always been incomprehensible, so naturally she will not be sad about these changes. On the contrary, after following the convoy for such a long distance, her initial excitement had dissipated without a trace, and she only remembered the dull sound of the wheels turning day after day.

Bone Lu walked around again, and she wasted the same amount of time on the road in her beautiful life.

It's boring.

But now she is walking in a carriage again, and there is no place for He Qianwei to wander around and play freely, so she can only pull up her drapery, lean against the window with her chin every day, and look at the scenery outside in a daze.

Adhering to the principle of safety first, the mission did not take any shortcuts along the way, but honestly followed the official road, and the yellow sand was carried up as the convoy passed, wandering unscrupulously among the crowds, in sharp contrast to the other pedestrians who stopped on the side of the road in panic as soon as they took a photo.

You don't even have to worry about what to do when the road is clogged.

As the most valuable person in the entire team, Xiao Zaiyang could only smile.

The sky can be seen, he really didn't have the intention of deliberately using his identity to oppress people.

Look, isn't this prince's private seal pressed at the bottom of the box well, and he hasn't taken it out at all?

…… Even if it were to be displayed as a banner and pasted on the head of each carriage, probably not many people would recognize it.

He Qianwei also laughed, but she didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement.

She knows why this is happening, and Xiao Zaiyang's heart is like a mirror.

Sometimes, the pomp and circumstance are there, and even if you don't do anything, you can be intimidating to others.

After all, not anyone who goes out of the gate can put two light horsemen in armor in front of them to open the way, and there is even a group of soldiers guarding the perimeter.

To tell the truth, if it weren't for the luxurious carriage of the group, there might be someone who would have been escorted back to Beijing to prepare for the first trial.

Excluding this unreliable conclusion at a glance, no one can guess that the owner of this convoy is either rich or noble, and it is not an ordinary rich family.

It's just a trip out, and no one will think about making trouble for themselves, so they naturally retreat.

As for where these soldiers came from—

Without even thinking about it, you know that the emperor was drawn out of the Imperial Forest Army alone.

When boarding the carriage on the outskirts of the capital, He Qianwei noticed that there were some lightly armored royal forest soldiers in the team of this trip.

At that time, the relationship between her and Xiao Zaiyang was still not very daring to see it for the time being, even if she was confused in her heart, she didn't find a chance to ask; As for later, when she returned to her usual comfort under Ji Xiu's troubles, she had already found an explanation by herself, and she only thought that the other party was only responsible for sending her out of the capital and would turn back by herself.

He Qianwei really didn't expect that this group of people would unswervingly follow the convoy, and there was a momentum that they would never return until the Yellow River.

Seeing that the distance from the capital was getting farther and farther away, and the time taken for this trip was gradually increasing, but he didn't see the Royal Forest Army leaving with him, He Qianwei realized that something was wrong and secretly asked Xiao Zaiyang.

Xiao Zaiyang replied like this: "My father was worried that I was in danger, so he specially arranged for this group of Imperial Forest Army guards to leave and right. ”

But it's clear that a military errand has already been arranged!

He Qianwei was speechless and complained in her heart.

And His Highness originally had a secret guard by his side...... In the past, occasionally, when there was an accident, these people who didn't know where they suddenly came out and didn't say a word gave He Qianwei a big surprise.

There are both secret guards and military errands arranged by the Ministry of Rites, who would have thought that the emperor would send additional Imperial Forest Army over, and these people really have to follow the mission all the time, and they won't leave half a step if they are killed!

Xiao Zaiyang himself felt that it was more or less excessive, but who made his father such a character?

On weekdays, the emperor seems to have no way to take Xiao Zaiyang, but whatever his son says, he will agree to it regardless of 3721; If you have any ideas on your own, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not obey him, and he will often not do it.

This is only a superficial perception.

The emperor is the emperor after all, and he is the son of heaven who does what he says, if he really makes up his mind, even if Xiao Zaiyang is a hundred unwilling, he has to obey.

Instead of having to stuff the Royal Forest Army into it, it will neither hinder the overall situation nor affect other work, Xiao Zaiyang naturally nodded and responded.

The book gets down to business.

The mission walked out of the capital smoothly, He Qianwei was forced to be honest, and Xiao Zaiyang naturally suffered, and he took on the responsibility of chatting with her every day, and talked nonsense with her.

As they gradually approached Yangzhou City, the topic between the two also shifted to places related to them.

…… Well, at least a little bit of a relationship.

For example, at noon, the surrounding atmosphere gradually became depressing and stuffy, the convoy also temporarily stopped the trip, reconnoitred before and after, selected a place to rest, and when the lunch was solved by the way, the two people got together, and barely solved the desire to speak with a melancholy face, and then they also remembered a few delicacies after arriving in Yangzhou City.

After you said a word, and after connecting a few well-known special dishes, Xiao Zaiyang suddenly remembered something, as if he had inadvertently mentioned the matter of Yangzhou City's seaside.

He Qianwei had a look of "Are you stupid": "Don't everyone know about this?" If it weren't for the fact that Yangzhou is close to the sea and has a wharf of sufficient scale, who would have deliberately gone there and changed it to a waterway. ”

“…… I mean, there will be a lot of seafood in Yangzhou. Xiao Zaiyang reluctantly further explained, "Especially sea crabs, which are the most delicious in March and April." ”

Now He Qianwei reacted.

Xiao Zaiyang's itinerary will only set off at the turn of spring and summer, but what this gives is actually the time when he is away from opening the country's borders, if you really want to calculate it, not long after early spring, he has already set off from the capital and rushed all the way to Yangzhou.

When we arrived in Yangzhou and changed to a waterway, we had to spend some time at sea before we could make the Great Revelation.

And when they traveled to Yangzhou and stopped to wait for the ship to be ready, it happened to be a good time to eat sea crabs.

What a fateful word.

She immediately became excited: "Can you eat it as soon as you arrive in Yangzhou?" I've never eaten sea crab before, and I don't know who tastes better than the crabs caught in the lake. ”

Xiao Zaiyang hadn't eaten it either, so he could only stop talking and think for a long time, and hesitated: "When my father was a prince in the past, he once went to Yangzhou on an errand and tasted the sea crabs there. ”

"Pretty much the same...... Each has its own merits. ”

After all, for so many years, I haven't seen my father miss the sea crabs in Yangzhou.

Xiao Zaiyang thinks that he knows his father quite well, if the flavor of sea crab and lake crab is very different, how can the other party talk more, racking his brains to let his subordinates give the prince a whole share.

However, after so many years, the emperor never mentioned sea crabs at all, which was obviously not enough to satisfy him.

However, the tastes of people are different, and Xiao Zaiyang quickly patched up his words.

He smiled and said, "You love crabs so much, maybe you will feel different from others." ”

"In terms of my love for crabs, I call myself second, and no one dares to say that I am the first." He Qianwei replied proudly, "I'm a master of crab peeling!" ”

Xiao Zaiyang smiled and said: "Every year, when the crabs are ripe, you squat on the edge of the lake in the palace all day long, staring at others to scoop up the crabs, and then personally supervise Gu Xuan to make crabs for you to eat, who has such perseverance except you?" ”

"That's the fault you raised." He Qianwei muttered, "The first time I ate crabs in my life, when I first arrived in the palace, you said you were going to swim in the lake, but you didn't see anyone halfway through the swim, and when you appeared again, you took me to eat crabs and had a good time." ”

What's more—your posture at that time was so long that you wanted to fish out all the crabs in the lake at once and eat them all.

Xiao Zaiyang wisely did not say this, but ignored it.

"It's all my fault." He said, "Didn't you promise to take you to eat crabs once a year?" It just so happens that I am going to Yangzhou City this year, and it is a good thing to fulfill my promise in advance. ”

After so many years, Xiao Zaiyang really firmly remembered the promise he made when he was young, and every summer, he would catch crabs with He Qianwei in the name of swimming in the lake - and then when he returned home at night, he would go to the Qinzheng Palace to peel a few crabs for the emperor.

It was under such circumstances that He Qianwei went from being worried when she saw a crab and didn't know how to do it at all, to what she is today.

Now standing in front of you is He Qianwei, but she is not the one she used to be, but a big man who can chat with Xiao Zaiyang with a smile and a smile, and dismantle a crab cleanly without looking at it.

It's really to the point where "you can do better than anyone else with your eyes closed".

As a master of crab peeling, He Qianwei shook her head firmly when she heard Xiao Zaiyang's words.

This is a bit unexpected.

Xiao Zaiyang said tentatively: "...... Don't want to eat crab this year? ”

"Of course I want to eat the crabs in Yangzhou City." He Qianwei looked serious, emphasized her desire for crabs, and said: "But when I return to the capital, by the end of summer, you still have to invite me to eat the lake crabs in the palace." ”

"We have to talk about each other, and we are not allowed to change concepts."

Xiao Zaiyang couldn't cry or laugh.

He promised again and again: "Please, please." When have I not counted the words I have spoken to you? ”

However, what this person thought behind his back was that after eating crabs in Yangzhou City and drifting on the sea for such a period of time, maybe you would still think like this at that time.

Although He Qianwei's love for crabs will not lead to the point of never touching crabs again, Xiao Zaiyang thinks about it and feels that at least she will not have any hope for crabs this year.

After all, you can't see the land and the sea as far as the eye can see, and seafood is one of the important sources of food.

Crabs, who happen to be in this queue, are also in this queue.