The second princess also said, "No, I don't have the strength, and I can't do it either." ”

The Ninth Princess sighed with a smile on her face, "Okay then, let's stop here today." ”

It was getting late, and they spent most of the day on the ice. The warm sun shone on the ice rink, and the ice on the ice rink began to melt, and several people's clothes, pants, shoes and socks were a little wet.

"Princesses, I have prepared some slippers, you can change them first, so that it won't be too wet on the way back to the palace."

"What are these slippers?" The second princess asked.

"Slippers are made softer and lighter than the shoes we wear on weekdays, which can be worn in the house, which is also more convenient."

After the princesses got into the carriage, they could change into the shoes they wore on weekdays before they got off the carriage in the palace. ”

The eldest princess touched the slippers made of soft cloth and sighed, "This thing is usually inconspicuous, but listening to you say this, it is of great use, and now it is not the first time that I have received your favor." If there is any new product launched in Bai Yutang, you have to tell us in advance. ”

"It's easy to say, if there is a new product, I will send the post to the princesses in advance." Xia patted his chest lightly and promised.

"Old prince, a letter from the capital." Master Puhua walked into the courtyard from the corner with the letter in hand, and Xia Yi was pouring himself a drink in the moonlight.

"I'll go get more time for the jug of wine, and you'll drink it yourself." Master Puhua said with a smile in his eyes.

The old prince didn't expect to be caught directly and touched his nose. His eyes were wandering around, "I, how about I taste this wine for you first?" Yes, it's a good wine. Then he coughed lightly and changed the subject, you said my letter. ”

"Yes, it's the letter from the Qingqing County Lord."

"Let me see what's written?" The old prince took the letter from Master Puhua's hand, "Grandfather, you have been staying in the temple for many days, everything is okay?" Yesterday, I invited all the princesses to play curling at the house, and everyone had a great time, and when you come back, we will play together. I've been thinking about a gift for the emperor lately. This gift is called a wheelchair, which is composed of two wheels, can be moved, similar to a horse-drawn carriage, and can be ridden by the elderly, weak, women and children, after all, the emperor did not say that it must be used by young men. ”

"I also attach a sketch of the wheelchair for my grandfather to see." Xia Qingqing drew a few strokes, and after the old prince read it, he said to Master Puhua proudly, "How is it?" Envy, I'm staying with you, at least someone will send a letter to condole. If you go down the hill to mine, see who else is going around you but me! ”

Master Puhua smiled and said nothing, and often recited a Buddha name, "Amitabha, the poor monk is a monk, naturally there is no one in the world to be nostalgic, and you can't enjoy the joy of family, there are regrets in life since ancient times, and there is no need to worry about it." ”

"You, you, you're really on the road to becoming a Buddha. If you ,,,," The old prince sighed and did not continue, and the atmosphere between the two was a little solemn.

Old prince, "Look at how smart my granddaughter is, I have already figured out that the gift I want to give to the emperor is called a wheelchair, you can take a look at this sketch." ”

Master Puhua took the sketch drawn by Xia Qingqing himself, and after taking a closer look, "The county lord is really smart, so he can push the elderly who are unable to walk, or children to move." ”

"Not only that, but she also invited the princesses to the house to play a game of curling, which I told you two days ago."

"What was the name of the one she invited the princess to play on the ice?" The old prince paused, "Ice skating, yes, and the ice car, these are her masterpieces, and now several princesses are friendly with her, and the ladies in the minister's palace have a lot of kindness to him." ”

"This Bai Yutang is also making a lot of noise, and it is making money every day. She, now her little life is beautiful. It is estimated that she will hold her silver ticket every day and count it over and over again. ”

Master Puhua seemed to see Xia Qingqing, counting the silver tickets under the lamp with a candle, and laughed lightly for a while, and Lao Wang also glanced at him, "Master, you laughed, today's merit can be broken!" ”

"Amitabha, monks don't talk wildly, this merit is in the heart, not in words! If the Qingqing County Lord knew that his grandfather was talking about her in such detail, I don't know how he would feel. Master PwC was joking with him.

"You bald donkey, I was kind enough to share it with you, but you turned your head to sue, right?"

"Don't forget, recently, the vegetables eaten by the monks in your temple are all my Qingqing, and Jinghong sent them."

"Then dare to ask the prince, why can't the monks in my temple eat vegetables? Need to trouble the Qingqing County Lord and the Fourth Young Master? Master Puhua raised his eyebrows and asked rhetorically.

"This, this is natural." Lao Wang had nothing to say.

"What's the matter, you were there when I was working on the vegetable garden, by the way, you didn't say anything wrong. Now, do the general ledger, right? ”

"Okay, I'll calculate with you, and I'll just say who cultivated the golden body of the big Buddha in your Buddhist temple? Who repairs the monk's meditation room every year, and who sends cotton clothes in winter? Fruit delivery in the summer? ”

The old prince snapped his fingers and counted them out one by one.

"Naturally, you are the prince, who has a compassionate heart and can't bear the suffering of the monks in the temple. That's what often gives us relief. He said. Master Puhua lived a mile deep in front of the old prince. "Old man, thank you, Lord Wang."

"Ah, I'm joking with you, are you serious?" Master Puhua's move made the old prince embarrassed.

I saw that Master Puhua didn't get up for a long time, and the whole person began to tremble, and then laughed out loud. "Xia Yi, I'm joking with you, you really take it seriously."

Xia Yi jumped up from the stone bench and hung on him, "Okay, you play with me, you old boy, today I will punish you for drinking, we will not get drunk and return." ”

"That old man might as well be respectful, so today he will sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman and accompany the prince to have a drink."

It's easy to say, the two sat under the moon, put the chessboard on the moonlight, and played chess while drinking.

The old prince was living in the temple without knowing the years, and suddenly an urgent report disturbed his peace.

"Report, Lord Qiqi, the emperor ordered you to return to Beijing as soon as possible, there are 100,000 urgent matters."

The old prince was originally lying on the couch, but when he heard this, he immediately turned over and stayed there.

"But what's going on at the border?" As he spoke, he hurriedly opened the letter from the emperor.

Recently, the border breakout army is ready to move, and I hope Aiqing will return quickly.

"Okay, I'll go and say goodbye to Master Puhua, and go down the mountain with you back to Beijing."

"Little stool, this time there is another movement on the Turkic side, and the emperor told me to return to Beijing quickly. Will you stay in the temple, or will you go down the mountain with me? ”

"Amitabha, the old man is already a person who has turned into an outsider, so he naturally stays in the temple, so please take care of yourself."

"Okay, let's leave it at that, and when it's over, I'll come up the mountain to you for a drink." The old prince turned around and walked away, raising the horsewhip in his hand.

"Waiting for the prince."

Master Puhua stood at the gate of the temple and watched the figure of the old prince in the distance, and never left for a long time.

The old prince hurried up, hurried all the way back to the capital, and went straight to the palace. "The Emperor Jing is back," Fu An walked quickly to the emperor's side and said softly.

The emperor snapped, put down the fold in his hand, "Xuan him in." ”

"Yes, King Xuan enters the palace."

"The emperor's ministers hurried all the way back to the palace, I don't know what the emperor thinks about the sudden awakening?"

You came back just in time, and I was about to tell you that the news that came back this time is true, but there has been a lot of activity over there lately. Small movements continue, I plan to send your fourth son to go, just your second son. It's time for Xia Yunlan and Xia Jingchen to come back. “”

"Thank you for the emperor's concern, my second child can also stay at the border for a few more days to keep the border safe."

The Emperor laughed twice, "I'm not such an unreasonable person. Let's get them back sooner! The two-year period has arrived, and there is no reason for the family to extend. ”

"Emperor Xie, Longen," the two had a long talk about Turkic affairs.

In the evening, the old prince and the fourth young master Xia Jinghong drank all the wine in the cup at the same time, "Jingxuan, presumably the emperor's order for you will be issued soon." Half a month is your birthday, how do you want to spend it? The family sat under the moon and admired the moon, and the old prince asked.

"Grandfather, grandson, what is there to celebrate on this little birthday! Thank you for your attention. It's just that this time the border Turks are ready to move. The emperor also intended to send me on the expedition, thinking that I would not be able to spend my birthday at home. ”

"On your birthday the year before last, you were in the east to flood and fight against water. Last year you surrendered the bandits in the West. Thinking that I could spend my birthday at home this year, I didn't expect news to come from the border at this time. ”

"Grandfather, don't worry, I can also exchange for the third brother and my father and mother to come back this time."

"The second one, they went to the border for two years. I don't know what happened to Jingyu now. ”

"A few days ago, the border sent a message back, my father and the third brother, everything was fine, my mother sewed a lot of clothes for them at the border, and I also had my share, my grandson was overjoyed, and his letter also said to me that I would not be able to wear it for a while, but unfortunately this time the situation was menacing, and I could only go alone, unlike the third brother who could go with his parents."

"Look, it's not going to be coquettish with me. A table of female dependents, "all covered their mouths and snickered, and the fourth sister-in-law didn't even look at it, I didn't expect that I would marry Lang Jun so big, and I was coquettish with my grandfather."

Xia Qingqing said with a little pretentiousness, "Fourth brother, if you are unbalanced in your heart, you can ask the emperor to ask the second uncle and the second aunt not to come back first, and wait for you at the border, okay?" ”

Xia Jinghong frowned, "The border is bitterly cold, and my father and mother are old, so it's better to let them return to this capital as soon as possible to live in peace." ”

"It's still you, the kid, who has the most heart, your father has been on the battlefield for half his life, and your mother has also been in the army for half his life."

"All told, he's fought more battles than I do. I was never able to be with them when I was younger, and it has been almost thirty years since your father stepped into battle at the age of fourteen. ”