The emperor could only call Gu Zhong in, and said to him: "Send someone to the Daming Palace, and tell the empress quietly, I want to go out of the palace in modest clothes, and I will be back at night if it is soon, and I will definitely be back tomorrow morning if it is not soon."
He paused and then said: "This matter is not small, let the prince know, if I don't come back tonight, let him guard the Daming Palace."
Now only the emperor and the prince live in the Taiji Palace. The empress and several prince’s children moved to Daming Palace as early as summer, and the emperor occasionally takes a boat to visit the empress. It was complicated, and it was inconvenient for courtiers to come and go to Daming Palace, otherwise the emperor and the prince would have to go to Daming Palace to escape the summer heat.
Tai Chi Hall is located in a depression, which is humid and hot. Every summer, the emperor would feel restless and irritable when he stayed here, wishing he could just live in the palace.
Gu Zhong responded and left.
The emperor changed into a set of clothes that were convenient for traveling, and when he came out, Yin Li was already in casual clothes and waiting with his guards.
"Your Majesty, the chariots and horses are ready."
"We don't need a car, let's hurry up and see if we can return to the palace at sunset."
He is the emperor, it's okay to sneak out to play from time to time, if he doesn't return at night, it will be scary and worrying.
Yin Li naturally knew this too, nodded to his subordinates behind him, and the group got on their horses one after another.
Mr. Zhuang: ...
Wei Zhi with a sick face also got on the horse, and everyone looked at Mr. Zhuang together.
Mr. Zhuang, who always rides in a horse-drawn cart, mule cart, or ox cart, or rides a donkey, looks at them silently. Counting, he has not ridden a horse for more than twenty years.
Mr. Zhuang climbed onto the horse smoothly, and the emperor was worried when he saw it, so he said to Yin Li: "Let someone bring the carriage back. Mr. Wei is not in good health, so we will take the carriage with Mr. Zhuang."
Wei Zhi immediately said: "I have nothing wrong with you, you can ride a horse, but Zhuang Shi said that he is old, so he should really take a horse-drawn carriage."
Mr. Zhuang said: "I can also ride a horse. Your Majesty and the adults don't need to care about me. Just take a step ahead and I will ride slowly."
The emperor directly waved at the guards, "Master Wei and Shi Zhuang, please go take a ride."
Several guards dismounted immediately to ask for someone, Mr. Zhuang dismounted without resistance, but Wei Zhi fought hard for a while, and was finally carried into the carriage by the guards.
Satisfied, the emperor rode his horse and left, "You protect Master Wei and Shi Zhuang to move forward, and we will go ahead."
Wei Zhi opened the curtains and watched the emperor run away with Yin Li and the others, he couldn't help but beat his chest and stamped his feet, "I don't know if His Majesty has gone to Pu Village honestly."
Mr. Zhuang hesitated and said: "The food matter is so important, His Majesty will not slack off, don't worry, my lord."
Wei Zhi was worried.
The emperor and Yin Li ran out of the imperial city on fast horses, and after entering the inner city, there were more people, and they couldn't run fast, so the group of people ran forward at a low speed.
Running, running, the emperor slowed down his horse, and said to Yin Li who was more than half a horse behind: "I remember the wontons I ate when I left the palace last time..."
Yin Li: "... right in front."
The emperor immediately said: "Let's go eat a bowl of wontons first, Zhen, I haven't eaten lunch yet, let's go."
Yin Li silently led others to follow.
This wonton shop is delicious, so although the stall is small, there are many people eating. In addition to eating at the stall, there are also takeaways. There are not enough places in the stall. Some people buy wontons and squat on the side of the road to eat .
Yin Li paid the money, because the wontons were wrapped in advance, and he had three pots to cook at the same time, and the speed was not slow, so he quickly brought them up, and said with an apologetic expression: "Guest officer, the small stall is small, and there is no place for the time being." yes, look..."
A guard took out a piece of silver and said, "Let them vacate a table."
"Hey," the emperor stretched out his hand to stop the guards, and said with a smile, "How can you be such a prodigal? How much is a bowl of wontons? You can buy people's stalls with your money."
The startled stall owner nodded again and again, and hurriedly declined, "I don't dare to charge so much money."
The emperor picked up his wonton, pulled out a pair of chopsticks, and said with a smile: "We can also eat by the side of the road, eat quickly, and don't let Wei Zhi catch up, if we let him know that we are eating wonton on the road, we will delay our journey..."
The emperor squatted by the side of the road, and Yin Li also squatted next to the emperor with a bowl of noodles.
The two ate with gusto and were sweating all over. Yin Li took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth, then took out another handkerchief and handed it to the emperor. Seeing the emperor's face from a close distance, he frowned slightly, "Master is not feeling well. ?"
The emperor ate to his heart's content, handed him the bowl and said with a smile: "It's hot, it's just a little boring, it's not a big deal."
Yin Li nodded, took the bowl and went to the store to get a bowl of warm water, "Master, drink some warm water, Mr. Zhou said that we should drink more warm water in summer and autumn."
The emperor took it, drank it down, shook his head and said: "It seems that Yin Qing was also ordered by her doctor, let's go, let's go back quickly."
A group of people got on their horses and left.
Wei Zhizao and the others stepped out of the city in one step. The carriage was galloping along the official road. The emperor caught up with him from behind. He kept his eyes fixed and pretended not to see him. He kicked the horse in the belly and quickly overtook the horse with the people.
Wei Zhi was recuperating in the swaying carriage with his eyes closed, but because of the sound of the fast hooves, he couldn't help but glanced out of the window, just in time to see the emperor and Yin Li leading a group of guards galloping away from him. The side of the carriage passed by.
Wei Zhi: …
The guards guarding the carriage: …
If it wasn't for their strict training, they would have almost left the carriage and followed the emperor and Yin Li.
The two teams did not say a word, they "meeted" in a tacit understanding and separated again, and the guards guarding the carriage pretended not to see it.
The emperor and the others rode fast and arrived at Pu Village first.
At this time, it was Shenshi, and after the most poisonous period of the sun, many farmers went out to work in the fields, either harvesting rice, or carrying rice with ties, and many people were picking up waste in the fields with baskets on their shoulders.
The emperor slowed down the speed of the horse and let the horse trot forward. Looking at the golden color of the field, he couldn't help but smile, "It seems that this is indeed a bumper harvest."
Yin Li also smiled, "Congratulations, Your Majesty."
The emperor was in a good mood and didn't feel bored anymore. After running for a while, it happened that someone was harvesting rice fields by the roadside, so he stopped his horse and got down.
The tenants in the field also looked at them curiously, because people from the Zhou family and the Bai family often came over, and Zhou Zhoulang's caravan went back and forth two or three times a year.
The most honorable ones, they have seen the prince and princess, and concubines are even more common. Although these people look rich, how expensive can they be as valuable as the prince, princess and consort
Therefore, although the tenant farmers looked at the emperor curiously, they were not timid. Instead, they straightened up neither humble nor overbearing, holding the sickle in their hands and asked loudly, "Where did you come from, and where are you going?"
Think of them as directions.