Chapter 140: Accompany the patrol

The trip came suddenly, and while I told Minqiu to pack up his clothes, I was worried about how Ah Xing and Hongming would be settled. Ah Xing has never been far away, and it is very good to take her out to see and see, but in the end, when she is young, if there are three diseases and five disasters on the road, she will be guilty. There is also Hongming, who is still in his infancy, he is fed by me personally, if he does not take it away, I am not at ease, and if he takes it with him, it is really difficult to take care of it. Ah Xing returned to the house after class, and when he saw the girls cleaning up inside and out, he asked, "E-niang, what are they doing?" ”

I hugged her and sat down on the kang and asked, "Ama and Eniang want to go on patrol with the emperor's grandfather." ”

Ah Xing's eyes lit up and he said excitedly: "Really? Can Ah Wake go? I held her white and tender little hand and said, "E-niang is about to discuss with you...", I put on my mother's majesty, and said solemnly: "The road will be very hard, maybe you will encounter sandstorms, maybe you will encounter heavy rain, you will eat and sleep irregularly, follow the imperial grandfather out on patrol, every word and every action must guard the etiquette of the county lord, and there will be no mistakes or omissions in front of the minister." Can you do it? ”

Ah Xing tilted his head and thought about it, and said firmly: "Yes." ”

I said, "Okay, I'll tell him when Amma comes back." Ah Xing happily threw himself into my arms and said, "Great, thank you, Eniang." He asked again: "Will Hongchun and Hongming go?" I replied, "Hongchun is nervous about schoolwork and can't come with us." "After all, it's not my child, I'm not the Virgin, and when I can't bear it, I don't force it.

Ah Xing looked lost, but quickly shifted her emotions and instructed the grandmothers to pack what she wanted to bring.

Minqiu asked people to move out four or five large wooden boxes and prepare all the clothes for spring, summer, autumn and winter, so as to ensure that they have clothes to wear on the road, whether hot or cold. The toiletries, dishes, chopsticks, pots and plates, rouge gouache, and Zhu Hai jewelry were all carefully counted, and then two large urns of freshly brewed wine were poured into two large urns, as well as starving dried meat snacks on the road, and ten carriages were loaded.

I didn't go home until fourteen or nineteen o'clock, I had arranged everything, I waited for fourteen to wash and change into a civilian robe, he sat under the lamp to write, and I stood at the table to polish the ink. The room is quiet, a small window is opened behind him, several pots of marigolds and hibiscus are placed under the corridor, and the autumn breeze blows the fragrance away, blowing into the nose, which is particularly refreshing in the cool night.

I said: "Hongming is too young, and the journey is twists and turns, I'm afraid he won't be able to stand it." ”

Fourteen listened silently, finished writing the last word, put the brush on the ebony shelf, dried the ink, clamped the document with a silk yellow fold, and said: "If it is handed over to the side Fujin to take care of, what do you think?" ”

I'm not very happy, no matter how good my stepmother is, I can't compare to my mother, in case Side Fujin has any thoughts in his heart, and he doesn't regret me to death, so he said: "Side Fujin gave birth to Hongchun, and Ah Xing was raised by her when he was a child, I should have felt at ease, but..."I glanced at Fourteen and said: "People are unpredictable, I don't dare to risk Hongming." Fourteen grabbed my shoulders and said in a fluttering tone: "If she dares to do anything to Hongming, she doesn't want to live." After a pause, he said, "Why don't you send it to Wanyan Mansion?" Fang Fujin, you don't worry, Eniang and Amma, you should always rest assured. I thought about it and smiled, "Why didn't I think of that?" You are really smart! ”

Fourteen lifted the sideburns that fell from my ears and said softly, "It's you who are too stupid." ”

Sent someone to Wanyan's mansion overnight to pass the word, and early the next morning, Eniang brought her sister-in-law and brother-in-law to pick up in person. Hongming's mothers followed all of them, and the nurse didn't need to be invited, the sister-in-law and brother-in-law were all breastfeeding, so they were fed by the way. Eniang was reluctant to let me go, took my hand and sat on the kang and muttered: "Don't think it's fun to go on patrol, you need to be cautious everywhere in front of the saint, and it will restrain you." Your temperament is best understood, but I am afraid that no one can persuade you to make your temperament. ”

I comforted her and said, "Eniang, there are fourteen in everything, you can rest assured." ”

Eniang used to favor two sons, but now my son is annoyed by dangling in front of me every day, plus I can't see each other often after I get married, and I've been in a coma for three years, so I feel more sorry than before I left the cabinet. She took off a blue Hetian Qingyu bracelet from her wrist and said, "You don't like to wear jewelry, your body is too plain, when you go out, don't let people look down on you when you should be powerful." This bracelet was passed down to me by the old lady, saying that it was handed down by the ancestors of the Wanyan family, and you can wear it well to keep you safe. She glanced sideways at her sister-in-law and brother-in-law in the outer hall, and said sneakily: "Don't tell your brother and brother, they don't have any." ”

In fact, I have a lot of jewelry, not to mention the vermilion pearls pressed under the warehouse box, even the priceless set of white jade, green jade and red jade headdresses and the treasures of the Sui and Tang dynasties and the Song Dynasty that cannot be estimated by silver coins, all of which are placed in a whole room. In addition to these, there are also half-person-high unpolished raw stones and jade, clothes, shoes and socks made of gold wire, and there are several boxes of large and small. I smiled and said, "E-Niang, since it was handed down to you by the old lady, you can keep it for yourself..." ”

The sister-in-law lifted the curtain and entered the house, and said respectfully: "Eniang, it's not early, let's go back to the house while Hongming is asleep." ”

E-Niang then got up and told me: "Remember to let people spread the word to the family, your Amma's name is quite effective in the household department." I sent her out and said, "Got it, don't worry." "E-niang can't bear me, but I can't bear Hongming. I hugged my little infant son from my brother-in-law's arms, stared at his red face, and felt that before I left, I had already begun to worry.

However, two days later, the holy car set off from Donghua Gate. Before three o'clock in the morning, fourteen woke me up and washed, Ah woke up too excited, I didn't sleep all night, neater than me, and dressed early. I was so groggy that she was barely dancing on the roof. The three of them waited for the carriage at the gate of the palace together, and I couldn't bear it anymore, so I fell asleep on Fourteen. Fourteen simply reached out and hugged me so that I could sleep more comfortably.

When I arrived at the gate of the palace, dozens of huge lights were lit around, illuminating the fire inside and outside the palace wall. Outside the Donghua Gate, there were already sedan chairs, carriages, and slaves of the prince Fujin, and the ministers were wearing mending clothes rubbing their hands under the corners of the wall, and the princes were also standing on one side to discuss the things on the way. I didn't have to go out to meet people for the time being, so I collapsed on the bench and continued to sleep. Ah Xing said: "Eniang, the imperial grandfather is about to come out, don't fall asleep." I didn't move my eyelids, and said, "Far away, if you are sleepy, sleep next to Eniang..."

Ah Xing put on an unreasonable expression, and said helplessly: "You sleep, I'll call you later." ”

I hummed and said, "It's nice to have a daughter." ”

I don't know how long I waited, anyway, I slept and woke up, and the sun was three poles, and the palace gate was still quiet, and there was no movement at all. I stayed in the carriage for a long time, I was uncomfortable, I wanted to get out of the car and walk around, but the crowd outside the car was bustling, the formation was very large, I didn't want to get into trouble in vain, I endured it, endured it until my legs and feet were numb, and I wanted to go home immediately.

Fourteen got two baskets of hot sheep's eye buns out of nowhere, lifted the curtain of the car, handed them to Minqiu, and said: "Huang Ama suddenly fainted, the imperial doctor is doing acupuncture, you are patient, I will go find something to eat for you." He held out his hand to me, and I hurriedly put my palm in his palm, and he shook it, hooked his lips and smiled, and went again.

After eating the buns, Ah Xing wanted to go to the toilet, and Min Qiu gave an order to the eunuch sitting outside, and the eunuch jumped out of the carriage and ran behind. We brought a total of thirteen carriages, ten of which were for daily necessities and three for people. Sitting behind me, the lady in charge and the lady and the grandmother who sat behind me in the west courtyard. The eunuch went to pass the word, but after a while, a clever girl came over with a night pot, and Min Qiu reached out to catch it, and then waited for Ah Xing to go to the toilet. When Ah Xing was finished, Minqiu covered the night pot and handed it back to the girl waiting outside the carriage, who took it, saluted, and returned to the original carriage with the night pot.

Autumn was a little cool, but the sun was shining very hot, and we were stuffy in the carriage, and we felt even more breathless. Ah woke up and didn't sleep all night, and finally got tired and fell asleep on my lap. I asked Minqiu to go to the back carriage to open the box and get two futons, let out a wider horizontal stool, spread the quilt, and make a temporary marching bed for Ah Xing. After all, she is a child, and she is very adaptable, and when we moved her around, she actually slept soundly all the time.

At noon in the sunshine, Fourteen carried two bowls of beef noodles in a food box, handed them into the carriage, and said: "Eat quickly, Huang Ama has already left the Qianqing Palace, and without a stick of incense, it is time to go out of Donghua Gate." I asked, "Have you eaten?" I took off a small purse from my body and handed it to him, saying, "There are dried walnuts in it, and when you are hungry, you will have to eat it..."

Before I could finish my sentence, a soft-armored knife guard ran behind Fourteen, and whispered a few words into Fourteen's ear, and Fourteen took the purse and nodded at me, but before I could say anything, he hurried away again.

By the time the eunuch sang "Let's drive", it was already past noon.

The carriage slowly began to move, and ran faster and faster, and I lifted the curtain and looked out, and the two streets were blocked by a yellow curtain, and the people were not allowed to approach, the wheels were rolling, and the dust was blowing, and I could only see the endless flow of carriages, guards, eunuchs, and palace maids, and I did not know what Fourteen was doing, nor could I find any trace of him.

When Ah woke up and fell asleep, I wrapped her in a blanket, hugged her in my arms and asked, "Are you tired?" Ah Xing shook his head obediently, opened his eyes and asked, "Where is Amma?" We are not tired from riding in the carriage, and Amma must be tired from riding. I felt proud and relieved that she was so sensible, and said with a smile: "Amma is opening the way for us in front, and he wants to protect our mother, so that no one will know about the bad guys." Ah Xing nodded and said, "Ama is so powerful, you won't get tired after a day of riding..."

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