Ming Da sighed and said, "I heard that there was a war in the Western Regions, and many Persian merchants were unable to return to their homeland. Even if they are like this, you are outsiders, why are you taking risks at this time?"
Man Bao stared, "How do you know I want to go to Gaochang?"
Ming Da tapped the dark stone on his wrist and said with a wry smile: "I really can't think of any other place where such crystals and strange stones can be found except in the Western Regions."
And Man Bao has shown off to them more than once, Zhou Zhou Lang's business has been done on the grassland.
Mingda reached out and touched the crystal, looked up at Man Bao, and asked in a low voice, "Did they just want money, or did they ask for something else?"
Man Bao didn't expect Ming Da to want to go to the Western Regions, so he muttered for a while, unable to speak.
Mingda looked at her for a while, and didn't force her to explain, but asked in a low voice, "You went to Gaochang because of this?"
Man Bao immediately shook her head. After thinking for a while, she whispered, "It's because of the poisonous stone. I want to go to Gaochang to have a look, and there should be many flowers, plants, insects and animals that are not found in the Central Plains."
Mingda knows that she likes to collect flowers and plants, just like Shennong tastes all kinds of herbs. When she meets something she has never seen before, no matter whether it is edible or not, she likes to take it back and study it by herself.
She also said that she would go to Lingnan to see peacocks in the future.
So Mingda didn't doubt it, nodded and enviously said: "I'm a princess, I'm afraid I won't have a chance in this lifetime."
Man Bao said: "It's a lifetime, who can say what will happen in the future? When I was young, I thought that if I could go through the mountains around our village in detail, it would be great. Who knows that I can go all the way to the capital. where?"
So now Manbao never says to limit himself, what he wants to do, he keeps it in his heart first, and if he has a chance in the future, he will do it naturally.
She'll say it, basically what she already thinks can be done.
Ming Da looked at Man Bao who was full of confidence, and was filled with admiration in his heart, so he nodded and said, "Dragon Boat Festival, I will go to your Zhuangzi together with you."
This matter has been settled for the time being. As for how Mingda got the empress to agree, Man Bao didn't ask.
Mingda went to see her father at night, and she directly stated that she was bored and wanted to go to Yongzhou to relax during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Mingda lowered his head and said pitifully: "My daughter hasn't been out of the palace since the twelfth lunar month."
Seeing Mingda's pitiful words, the emperor immediately felt distressed, "Are you going to Yongzhou? That's fine, there is a palace over there, so I'll let someone clean it up."
The emperor thought of his third son who had been locked in the harem all this time, and said casually: "Let the three of you escort you there, so that I can protect you."
The queen raised her head and glanced at the emperor when she heard the words.
The emperor smiled at the queen in a fawning manner, and said in a low voice: "The third child already knows that he is wrong, we can't lock him up in the palace for the rest of his life, can we?"
The queen thought for a while and said, "In that case, let the prince go too."
"The Empress Dowager is seriously ill, and the Baiyun Temple in Yongzhou is good, why don't the Prince take his younger siblings to pray for the Empress Dowager."
Mingda took the opportunity to whisper: "When the time comes, let the prince and third brother be alone for a while, how about me and sister Changyu going to Zhouman's Zhuangzi to rest?"
When the emperor heard this, he rolled his eyes and asked, "Did Zhou Man persuade you to go out?"
Ming Da said: "That's not it, it's because the daughter is really bored, and the father only took the prince brother out of the palace during Qingming, not us."
The emperor explained: "You were not in good health at that time, how can I take you? Okay, okay, you can go if you want. Zhou Man's Zhuangzi is also in Yongzhou, far away from Baiyun Temple?"
How does she know whether it is far or not
But at this moment, she directly shook her head to indicate that it was not far away, and the emperor didn't pursue it further, but decided to send them more imperial guards to follow.
If only the two princesses of Mingda and Changyu were traveling, then two teams of imperial guards would be enough, but if the prince was also going together, then one or two teams would not be enough.
Yin Li personally arranged it. Fortunately, Yongzhou is the deputy capital, and people from the royal family would go to Yongzhou to have fun from time to time. Even the emperor would occasionally sneak out of the palace to go shopping in Yongzhou, so safety is not very worrying.
This time, the Tai Hospital did not have a full-week schedule, so she and Xiao Yuanzheng could leave Beijing after reporting.
Old Zhou's family, Mrs. Liu and others went to Zhuangzi a few days ago, only Bai Shan rode there with his guards after leaving the palace.
They also deliberately waited at the gate of the city, and followed the crown prince and his guard of honor after they left the city.
When the crown prince saw them riding on his horse, he didn't need them to inform him. He just waved and a guard stepped forward to welcome them into the team.
He looked the three of them up and down, then put his gaze on Zhou Man, and said, "You guys will make trouble for Gu."
Man Bao blinked, looked at the ruddy and high-spirited prince, and said, "I don't believe His Highness is unhappy."
It was rare to be able to go out of the palace and Beijing to play, the prince was naturally happy, he snorted and said: "Okay, Mingda and Changyu are both in the car, you go and play with them."
After finishing speaking, he glanced at Bai Shan and Bai Erlang again, pointed at them and said, "You are not allowed to get in the car."
Three people: ...
When Bai Shan and Bai Erlang heard it, they didn't get in the car, so why did they follow along
It's better to follow the prince, so they don't leave, they just hit the horse and walk behind the prince.
The prince's guards silently gave way to them.
The prince didn't mind them following behind, Zhou Man was right, he was indeed in a good mood.
From years ago to now, he has never stopped for a moment, let alone going out of Beijing, he rarely goes out of the imperial city, every day he opens his eyes is full of various government affairs, and he also has to go to Chongwen Museum to study.
The only time he went out of Beijing was because Qingming wanted to go with his father to worship the ancestors, but when he was with his father, it was Qingming worshiping the ancestors again. If he wanted to be happy and happy, he had to avoid people, otherwise it would be another round of impeachment.
It is rare to have the opportunity to go out of Beijing to have fun, and the prince has already planned it. When you arrive at the Yongzhou Palace, you can go horse racing and hunting first, have a drink in the evening, go to Baiyun Temple the next day to pray for blessings, and then go horse racing and hunting after eating vegetarian food; Let's take a stroll around Yongzhou City in one day, buy some things and go back to the palace in the afternoon.
The prince glanced to the other side, except for the addition of an annoying person in the accompanying team, he was not unhappy at all.
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang followed the prince's eyes to look at Prince Gong at the side, their eyes flicked back and forth on the two brothers, and then silently slowed down the horse, making it go slower.
Prince Gong was only excited for a while while sitting on the horse, and the excitement passed after leaving the capital.
He doesn't like to ride a horse, he wants to take a carriage, but the crown prince is so hateful, he doesn't take his carriage, only gives him a horse, he has to ride a horse to Yongzhou by himself, at this speed, it will take at least two hours to get to Yongzhou Palace, He thought the inner thighs would be chafed.
Prince Gong was not very happy in his heart, so his face turned serious. He was very cold towards the prince, and had no intention of easing the relationship at all.