Nian Qiu smiled and said, "Miss Gu injured her foot today, but Her Royal Highness doesn't care about anyone at all, and she still runs around."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Chengxuan immediately asked, "Are you injured?"
Gu Qiqing hurriedly waved his hands and said, "It's not that serious."
"But you were knocked down by me just now."
"Folk girl—"
Zhu Chengxuan made a decisive decision and said: "It happens that Xinping is also tired from running, why don't we go to the pavilion over there to rest for a while, okay?"
Xinping immediately said: "Okay!"
Gu Qiqing naturally did as he pleases: "Yes."
So, a group of people walked to the pavilion.
After everyone sat down, Xinping was still panting because he was tired from running, Zhu Chengxuan said with a smile: "You are like a runaway horse all day long, girls should stay at home quietly , you learn from others."
As he spoke, he glanced at Gu Qiqing.
Gu Qiqing smiled and remained silent.
On the other hand, Nian Qiu covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Your Highness, Miss Gu is a well-traveled person who has seen a lot."
"Huh? Traveling?"
Zhu Chengxuan was a little surprised, looking at Gu Qiqing: "Do you like to travel around?"
Gu Qiqing pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Minnv's elder brother and Tong's elder brother both like to travel around, and Minnv followed them to some places when she was young."
"Then where have you been?"
"I've been to the border in the south, as well as a few cities facing the sea in the east. When I was young, I followed them to the Western Regions."
"...!"
Zhu Chengxuan was a little surprised, he couldn't imagine that such a quiet girl like Gu Qiqing had traveled to so many places.
Especially the Western Regions.
He asked, "Then, is there any difference between the Western Regions and the Central Plains?"
Gu Qiqing smiled and said, "There are too many differences."
"Tell me and I will listen."
"Well, for example, food. They like to eat things with a lot of spices. The taste is very strong and can be smelled from far away."
"Spices? The spices we make sachets?"
"Some of them really are."
"Can you eat it?"
"Minnv was skeptical at first, but after eating some, it tastes good. And after eating for a long time, I feel that my body is covered with those scents."
"Ha ha ha ha."
"They also have jugglers."
"Are you also a monkey?"
"No, they are playing with snakes."
"snake?"
Hearing this, both Zhu Chengxuan and Xinping's eyes widened in shock, Gu Qiqing hurriedly laughed and said, "It's not dangerous, the snake charmer put a pot on the ground, and he sat by himself playing a fancy flute , the snake came out of the pot, and danced to the music he blew."
"That's it!"
Seeing that both siblings liked to listen to it, and even Nian Qiu listened with gusto, Gu Qiqing told them all the new things he had seen during his travels.
He also said: "We met a man in the Western Regions. He told us that he came from a country far away, farther than the Western Regions. There, there is no night in summer."
"There is no night? How come?"
"They are near the sea. Every summer, the sun sets—actually, it falls to the surface of the sea, but within a moment, it will rise from the same place again."
"Wow!"
Xinping's eyes widened.
To her, this is like her mother and concubine, and Aunt Tongyun and the others told her the myth of Kuafu chasing the sun and Erlang carrying the mountain.
After hearing this, Zhu Chengxuan was silent for a while, and murmured: "There are so many strange people and strange things in the world."
"..."
"Unfortunately, my vision is too narrow to see anything."
Hearing what he said, Gu Qiqing hurriedly said: "Your Highness, please don't underestimate yourself like this. The daughter of the people heard from her father that Your Highness is a diligent reader, so there are naturally good things in books."
"It doesn't compare to what you've seen."
Gu Qiqing said with a smile: "There are also things in the book that women can't see."
Although she was only consoling, because of her sweet smile and sincere words, she quickly appeased Zhu Chengxuan's regret.
Looking at the sweet and lovely girl in front of him, something warm suddenly rose in his heart.
Asked: "Then you, do you like to travel around, or do you prefer to sit and read a book?"
"Folk girl?"
Gu Qiqing thought for a while, then smiled and said, "I like them all."
While they were chatting, time passed by little by little, and after a while, the sun set to the west.
Aunt Tongyun came out to find them, and said: "The Imperial Concubine urged you to go back."
Upon hearing this, Gu Qiqing hurriedly stood up.
However, as soon as she got up, she frowned immediately, and reached out to support the pillar next to her. Zhu Chengxuan kept looking at her, and immediately asked, "What's wrong?"
"..."
"Did you really twist your foot just now?"
Gu Qiqing smiled wryly.
Originally, she had an old injury on her foot, and she ran with Xinping for a long time, but she also gritted her teeth and endured it, but after sitting for a while, when she stood up, she felt tired and her ankle hurt a little.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Zhu Chengxuan knew she was injured, and hurriedly squatted down: "Come, let me take a look for you."
Gu Qiqing was so frightened that he immediately took a step back: "Your Highness."
"Well?"
Nian Qiu on the side also said: "Your Highness, Miss Gu is a girl, how can you touch someone's feet when we meet for the first time?"
"Well… "
Only then did Zhu Chengxuan realize that in his desperation, he had forgotten this.
Looking up again, he saw that Gu Qiqing's face was a little red.
His eyes flickered away from himself.
For a moment, the two teenagers hesitated, not knowing what to say.
However, Zhu Chengxuan immediately came back to his senses, and hurriedly ordered the little eunuch De Hai who was following behind him to bring a pen and paper, and he quickly wrote a prescription on the small stone table in the pavilion, and handed it to Gu Qi Qing: "I use this prescription myself. When I often practice martial arts, my hands and feet are injured. Take these medicines to decoct the water and soak the wound at night. It will be fine the next day."
"..."
Gu Qiqing was a little surprised, he didn't expect His Royal Highness King Wei to be proficient in medicine.
Carefully took it over: "Thank you, Your Highness."
"It's okay, if it's not good, you can tell me again."
"..."
Gu Qiqing was silent for a while, looked up at His Royal Highness King Wei who had a gentle smile and a gentle temperament, just smiled, and said, "Your Highness, civilian girls are not allowed to enter the palace casually."
After finishing speaking, he followed the people from Yikun Palace and left.
"No, just enter the palace casually..."
Zhu Chengxuan stood where he was, looked at her petite back, and muttered in his mouth: "Can't you just enter the palace?"
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On this side, when Gu Qiqing returned to Yikun Palace, it was already late, so Nanyan did not hesitate to keep them, and after a few gossips, he sent them out of the palace.
A young eunuch led Gu Qiqing and Si Muzhen away from Yikun Palace.
Along the way, Si Muzhen was quiet.
However, when she came to a fork in the road, she suddenly said: "My father-in-law, is this the way to the imperial study?"
(end of this chapter)