Chapter 35: On the Way
On June 26, the mighty royal guard of honor set off from the palace and went to the palace to escape the summer.
Yuan Yuan and Yan Huai sat in a carriage, so excited that they poked their little heads out of the carriage window, and exclaimed, "Wow! Yan Shenzhi looked, there are so many people, are they all here to send us? β
Yan Huai stretched out his hand and pulled the little girl back to him and sat down, "Don't probe your brain, hurt carefully." β
"Oh." Yuan Yuan said perfunctorily without distraction, and then pulled him to discuss the itinerary on the road with great interest.
"Yan Shenzhi, how long will it take us to get to the palace?" She didn't want to be stuck in the carriage all the time.
"About two days." Yan Huai grabbed Yuanyuan's restless little hand and stuffed a piece of candied fruit into her mouth.
"Shall we be in the carriage for both days, then? Isn't that boring? What if I have to take a shower and sleep at night? Yuan Yuan suddenly became troubled, and the thought of sleeping in the carriage made the candied fruit in his mouth no longer sweet.
"Don't worry, I won't ask you to sleep in the carriage, you can arrive at the official post before dark, and you will be on your way until early tomorrow morning." Yan Huai replied while taking a sip of warm tea.
"What is an official post?" Yuan Yuan heard this word for the first time, and looked at Yan Huai with a confused expression.
"The post station opened by the government is a place for passing documents, officials coming and going, transportation, and other places to rest and stay on the way."
Yan Huai was afraid that she wouldn't understand, so she just wanted to use the inn on Suzaku Street as an analogy, but she heard that the little girl had already understood it herself.
"Isn't it an inn? But it's only for officials, isn't it? β
"Well, if you're bored, Lone can teach you to read." Yan Huai saw that she stretched out her little hand and wanted to play with the candied fruit on the plate, so she made a small suggestion.
"Don't!" Yuan Yuan was so frightened that she retracted her little hand that was about to move, and she finally came out to play, so she didn't want to study!
was frightened by Yan Huai, the little girl went to the window to look at the passing scenery, ate a few more snacks, and then fell into Yan Huai's arms and dozed off.
Yan Huai was afraid that the carriage would turn her upside down, so she held the person in her arms steadily, put down the book in her hand, and took a small fan for her instead.
Even on the march to the palace, the royal attention did not lower the standard because of this, and the specifications of lunch were still the same.
When Yuan Yuan was woken up by Tsing Yi, even though the little girl was still vague, her nose had already taken the lead in smelling the fragrant smell of roast chicken.
"Hmm~ It's so fragrant!" When the little girl saw the target, she went straight to the long table, so frightened that Tsing Yi hurriedly followed her and grabbed her.
"Miss Xinxin, don't worry, let's go find Niangniang, your position is by Niangniang's side."
Sending people to Empress Wen's side, she took Empress Wen's hand and said coquettishly, "Auntie, I'm hungry." β
"Is it uncomfortable to sit in a carriage?" Empress Wen asked the little girl to sit down beside her and served her a bowl of soup.
The palaces were seated separately, and Empress Wen was naturally with her son, so their meals were the spoons of the imperial chefs.
After eating lunch satisfied, he was willing to pull Queen Wen to coquettishly say, "Auntie, it's so boring to ride in the carriage, when will we get to the palace?" β
Queen Wen knew that the little girl was lively and active, and she couldn't sit still in the carriage, but she could only comfort her, "It will be there the day after tomorrow, can I bear with it again?" β
"If you're bored, come to Auntie's carriage and tell you a story, okay?"
"Okay, can my aunt tell me the story of my father? I want to hear it. "I rarely want to find my old man to argue with my father, because my grandfather said that my father and mother sacrificed her life for the country and is a big hero, so you don't have to talk about it all the time, just put it in your heart.
Speaking of her deceased friend, Empress Wen lost her mind for a moment, if Ah Yun and Yuan Jing were still alive, then her heart would be happier than she is now.
Seeing that Empress Wen didn't answer herself, she gently pulled down her sleeve and called, "Auntie? β
"Huh?" Empress Wen came back to her senses and rubbed the little tweet on her head and responded, "Okay, if I want to listen to my aunt, I will tell you, go, go to my aunt's carriage." β
Brought the little girl to her carriage and sat down, Queen Wen asked people to prepare some pastries and fruit tea, and before she began to tell the little girl the story of her parents, the sound of saluting sounded outside the carriage, it was Emperor Yan coming.
Lifting the curtain, Emperor Yan's face appeared in the carriage, and Empress Wen pulled the original wish and saluted, "I've seen Your Majesty." "/"I've seen Your Majesty's Uncle." β
"Wan'er, you don't have to be polite." Emperor Yan brushed his hand at the two of them and sat down on the main seat.
Looking at the snacks on the small table, he casually asked, "Xinxin, haven't you eaten enough for lunch?" β
Empress Wen picked up the teapot on the table and poured a cup of fruit tea for the two of them, and replied gently, "Xinxin was bored with Shenzhi in the morning, so the concubine asked her to come here, and by the way, I would tell her about Ah Yun and the original realm to relieve her boredom." β
When it comes to the little girl's parents, Emperor Yan is also guilty, if it weren't for Da Yan, they wouldn't have led the army to destroy the little girl less than a year after she was born, and ended up sacrificing their lives for the country.
"It's okay, my heart is bigger, it's time to get to know my father." As he spoke, Emperor Yan took Yuan Yuan to him and sat down.
Yuan Yuan took a piece of peach cake and took a bite, and asked Emperor Yan curiously, "Does Your Majesty's Uncle also know my father?" β
"Of course I know, your father and mother are the best friends of me and your aunt, Xinxin, do you want your uncle to tell you the story of your father?" Emperor Yan said to her lovingly.
"Yes! I want to hear it. Yuan Yuan looked up at Emperor Yan with a face full of anticipation.
Emperor Yan began to recall the good old days under her gaze, "I and your father and mother met in the martial arts training field when I was thirteen years old, your father is the son of the loyal and brave marquis, and loves to practice martial arts, and your mother is the fiancΓ©e that your grandfather set for your father since he was a child, just like you and Shenzhi, childhood sweethearts, the two of them have a very high talent in martial arts, I lost the martial arts competition with them, and then often learned from them, and became good friends who talked about everything." β
"Can my mom and dad also ride a horse and shoot arrows? They're amazing! Hearing that his parents actually defeated Emperor Yan, Yuan Yuan couldn't help but worship his parents in his heart.
Speaking of the original realm and Lingyun, Emperor Yan also had a proud tone, "Back then, your father and mother led 5,000 elite soldiers to repel more than 10,000 barbarians, and made a lot of military achievements for my Dayan, and he is a well-deserved hero of my Dayan!" β
"Your Majesty, since my father and mother are so powerful, why do they still die?"
The word death was very unfamiliar and frightening to Yuan Yuan, but when she heard Emperor Yan's high evaluation of her parents, she couldn't understand that her parents who were so powerful would die.
Emperor Yan didn't expect her to ask this question, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, but Empress Wen glanced at him to solve his doubts.
"Xinxin, your father and mother died for the people of Dayan, in order to protect Dayan from being invaded by barbarians, and in order to prevent the people of Dayan from being displaced, they resolutely chose to sacrifice themselves in exchange for the people to live."