Chapter 5: Teenagers
The years in the palace are difficult to say that it is difficult to endure. But when it is said to be fleeting, it is also fleeting.
In a blink of an eye, spring went to autumn and many reincarnations, and sixteen years passed.
Seeing that, the two princes were already seventeen-year-old young men.
But this year is very different from previous years.
The land of the five continents, with the blessing of the people is the most industrious, coupled with the wind and rain every year, it is the only supplier of grain in the countries of the five continents, it can be said that one side of the blessing of the people of the five continents feeds the population of the five continents.
Every year, the nations would buy a large amount of grain from Fukuzawa, and every year they would present gold and silver treasures and rare curiosities to the Fukuzawa royal family.
Since the opening of the five continents, the world has set a rule that every ten years royal dignitaries from various countries should go to Fuze Country to worship in person. First, the countries should contact each other and negotiate disputes, and second, they should also offer treasures to the country of Fuze and determine the distribution and price of grain for the next few years. It must be known that food is related to the lives of the people, to the provision of war, and to the national fortunes of each allied country in the five continents.
The day when all countries come to Fuze to worship is getting closer and closer, and the palace is in full swing to prepare.
The Ministry of Rites prepares the process, links, and etiquette of the ceremony.
The Ministry of Industry, receiving the king's holy decree, is in full swing to build a pavilion in the sky on the west mountain on the side of the palace - Amethyst Palace, for banquets and protocols. At that time, the princes and nobles will each have a room here, and the members of the Fukuzawa royal family will be no exception.
The food, drink, paper, pen, and silk used in the grand ceremony are all forged or purchased by the Minister of the Interior himself.
The Imperial Forest Army, diligent and training day by day, shouting and shaking the sky, and marching neatly, will defend the royal family on the day of the ceremony, and show the majesty of the Fuze country.
And to say that the steward of the preparation of the pilgrimage ceremony of the five countries is none other than the little boy who is only seventeen years old, Prince Xuan Yuanhui is also.
Originally, the king ordered the queen to negotiate the ceremony with the minister of rites, and he didn't want the young boy to follow his mother to listen to it a few times before he had a general understanding of the ceremony. Once, when the queen was discussing with the ministers how many rooms to build for the guests in the Xishan Amethyst Palace, the queen occasionally asked, "Hui'er, what do you think?"
Xuanyuan Hui actually talked eloquently and expressed his opinions. His words are even more reasonable, and the analysis is thorough and clear.
The queen was both surprised and delighted, and then asked about other matters, Xuanyuan Hui was all the way, one by one, in the words, but also about how many objects need to be purchased for this ceremony, how many singing and dancing music girls are needed, how much construction period, how much money is, know in the chest, and strategize.
Since then, the queen has asked Xuanyuan Hui to come forward to negotiate with the ministers, and she is happy to sit behind the scenes, pointing behind her back, praising what is right and correcting what is inappropriate.
Let's say that on this day, a Sichuan Shu brocade merchant brought a large number of silk brocade into Kyoto. The silk brocade had been put in place, and the merchant rested at the west corner gate of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, waiting for the people of the Cabinet to allocate the money.
It was hot and dry, and the vendor couldn't help but hold a fan he had brought with him, and rolled up his sleeves to reveal his round fat arms.
At this time, the corner gate came to report, "The eldest prince has arrived-"
After the news was heard, a young man in a brocade dress walked from outside the house, his face was warm like beautiful jade, and his eyes were as dark as a star. Although he is young, he is tall and solemn.
This man was followed by a group of retinues, all of whom were brave and handsome.
This person is the eldest prince Xuan Yuanhui is also.
Hearing that His Royal Highness the prince was coming, the Shujin merchant hurriedly prostrate on the ground and waited for the summoning order.
"I came today to inspect the Shu brocade to be purchased by the palace ceremony, and decide whether to buy it according to the quality of the goods. β
Xu was a merchant who came all the way to the palace, and he didn't know that there was such a young but talented figure in the Kyoto Palace. I thought that the reception would be a forty or fifty-year-old man, but I never thought that it would be such a little hairy child, and this child had words in his mouth to "inspect" his own goods, and to "decide whether to buy according to the quality", which is really incredible.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, you, don't make fun of your old body, let's go and call the silk weaving steward in the palace to talk to me. After speaking, the Shujin merchant laughed to himself, and unconsciously flapped the rotten pu fan in his hand a few times.
"Why, don't you know the prince and me, I want to inspect your Shu brocade, do you want to not cooperate? There are thousands of silk and satin in the palace, and there are many less than your family, and there are not many more of your family. Xuanyuan Hui's apricot eyes were slightly disgusted.
"Bold! In front of the prince, how dare you make a mistake!" Xuanyuan Hui's left and right entourage geared up to take down this Shu brocade merchant who didn't know how to lift.
"Don't dare, don't dare, the little one delivered goods for Kyoto for the first time, I don't know the majesty of the prince, please atone for the prince!" The fat Shujin merchant crawled on the ground again.
"That's it, and don't cure your crimes, you have to introduce your Shu brocade well, if the goods are not good, try to fool the court, shoddy, and then ask you about your guilt is not too late. β
"Prince Xie. β
After that, everyone stepped out of the cool hall of the West Corner Gate, went to the side room, and walked to the side of the forest wall in the West Mountain, and suddenly a small stone seemed to have eyes, and suddenly flew to the fat face of the Shujin merchant.
The Shujin merchant screamed "ouch" and covered his fat face.
"What's the matter?!Don't make a mistake in front of Your Highness!"
"No, not muchβthe flies were blinded, yes, the flies were blinded. The Shu brocade merchant smiled flatteringly.
"Have you arrived?" asked Xuanyuan Hui.
"It's here, it's here. After that, he opened a wide cloth of ink-colored cloth under the big tree in the courtyard, and the colorful silk satin suddenly came into view.
"This is really good material," the Shu brocade merchant proudly introduced, "the appearance is bright and smooth, the texture is soft, the thickness is appropriate, and look at the sun and moon dragon and phoenix and the entangled dragon duan..."
Suddenly, a peach pit struck from behind the dense forest, and it hit the head of the dancing trader impartially.
"Who, who?!"
"Why, it's here again. β
"The little ones don't dare, it's really that the little ones have been attacked by various unknown objects since just now, the little ones..."
"Okay, you go back, your goods are in good condition, and the Internal Affairs Pavilion will deliver the payment to your inn in the near future." Again, this time the goods are mainly red gold, and then prepare some plain green fabrics to send it. β
"Yes, yesβ"
"Don't back down yet. Qingyun, the guard beside the prince, scolded angrily.
"Yes, yes, the small ones will step aside. With that, the Shujin merchant climbed out of the compound.
Xuanyuan Hui's eyes swept over a dense forest beyond the courtyard wall, mottled with light and shadow, seemingly peaceful.
"Don't come out yet!"
Suddenly, I saw a young man in green clothes, driving a two-arm-wide deerskin kite with both arms, flying down from the jungle, his clothes fluttering and his sideburns flying. The young man was impartial and fell in front of Xuanyuan Hui's eyes.
The person who came was Xuanyuan Hui's living treasure brother, and Xuanyuan Ming was also.
Everyone was not alarmed, how many times had this scene been seen, this Xuanyuan Ming always seemed to have endless tricks.
From within the dense forest, I don't know when a team of royal forest troops rushed out, this is the elite warrior sent by the Queen Mother to protect Xuanyuan Ming.
Everyone rushed up and unloaded the burdensome deerskin kite on Xuanyuan Ming's body.
Xuanyuan Ming lowered his head and patted the dust on his body, and even sorted out the other embroidered brocade purses around his waist, that is, the medicine purse that he got from scratching Zhou, and the palace maids carefully renovated it over and over again, so that Xuanyuan Ming could always carry it with him.
"Why is my brother naughty and bullying small merchants and vendors?" Xuan Yuanhui blamed.
"I'm not angry with you, brother, this little trader is too eye-catching to know Taishan. Xuanyuan Ming playfully took his brother's arm.
"Okay, don't make a fuss, do you know how long Dr. Sun has been looking for you in the palace?"
"Haha, let him find it, let him find me is the most interesting thing in this palace, hahaha. Xuanyuan Ming laughed happily.
"Alright, come back with me. β
caught this free king, Xuanyuan Hui clamped him back to the palace.
was born on the same day, but Xuanyuan Hui's mind seemed to be several years older than Xuanyuan Ming.
"Beware of your body, I can't help but bump again, and make Grandma Huang sad. Xuanyuan Hui was concerned in his words.
"Brother, don't worry, without Dr. Sun in charge of me, I'll be fine, and I will live another five hundred years, hahaha. Xuanyuan Ming didn't care.
But sure enough, on the way back to the palace for the two, Xuanyuan Ming fainted without warning, such symptoms became more and more frequent, and the symptoms became more and more urgent.
Xuanyuan Hui hurriedly sent Xuanyuan Ming back to Cining Palace, there were more than a dozen doctors waiting in the hall, and Jing Xuan's family cried again.
Could it be that the death date of 20 years old, which was sentenced by doctors as a child, is really coming?
Xuanyuan Ming fainted frequently, this is really a few happy, a few worried! I know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition.