After the fifth day of the first lunar month, King Jin started to get busy again.
After asking, Yaoniang found out that the current Longevity Day is in March, and it is a full day, the fiftieth birthday. It stands to reason that as the son, King Jin would go to Beijing to celebrate his birthday.
Naturally, going to Beijing to celebrate his birthday cannot be taken lightly. An ordinary son would have to carefully prepare a birthday gift for his father, not to mention that his father is a Ninth Five-Year Honor, so this birthday gift should be very important. In addition, Jinzhou is thousands of miles away from the capital, and the guards of honor and even the use of carriages and horses along the way must be properly arranged in advance.
In addition, if King Jin leaves, the matter of the fief has to be handed over to his trustworthy and reliable subordinates. He has to deal with some things that his subordinates can't do the master in advance. In particular, Jinzhou is close to the border and has the responsibility of resisting the barbarians, which is the most important thing.
So King Jin was so busy these days that he only came back at night, while Yaoniang was raising her baby in Rongxiyuan, during which Xiaobao learned to walk.
Generally, when children are just learning to walk, they are always impatient and walk quickly, and most of them will fall, so someone has to watch them. Little Treasure didn't have this kind of situation at all. From the very beginning, he was able to let people lose their hands and walk, and his steps were very serious and slow, and he never fell down.
So King Jin was busy and busy, and suddenly found that his son could walk.
When he came back from the outside at night, he was being served to clean his face and wash his hands, when he suddenly found a short little man in front of him. It was only a little higher than his knees, and he was wearing thin cotton clothes and trousers that were easy to move around. There was a small peach tip left on the front of his bare head, which looked very cute.
King Jin just looked down at the little peach dangling under his nose, and suddenly the little baby became unsteady and fell to the side, and King Jin picked him up with his magic hands.
He was picked up again! It's like carrying a cloth bag!
Xiaobao reached out and hugged King Jin's arm, and took a bite. It's a pity that King Jin didn't even move his eyebrows, but instead his teeth ached from too much force. Looking up, everyone in the room was looking at him, and so was the person opposite, and he burst into tears.
I am ashamed.
Yaoniang hurried over from Dongjian, "What's the matter?"
When he came in, he saw King Jin carrying Xiaobao and putting him on the kang.
"Why are you picking him up again? Little Treasure doesn't like being picked up by others. Every time you pick him up, he's unhappy." So, it's still a mother who understands her son.
Xiaobao did something stupid, and right now he felt ashamed to see others, Yaoniang came to hug him, and he just lay on his mother's shoulder and didn't look at anyone. As he lived longer and longer, he found that he was becoming more and more naive, but the problem was that this kind of naivety would always pop up inadvertently, and he couldn't control it at all.
Jin Wang Leng had a bit of embarrassment on his face, but he couldn't tell if he was asked to explain that he didn't know how to hold children, but only carried them. I could only watch Yaoniang patting Xiaobao's back one after another, coaxing softly: "Baby is good, your father doesn't know how to hold a baby, and he will learn it slowly in the future."
To the point, King Jin was even more embarrassed.
He cleared his throat and sat down on the edge of the kang, served tea with red silk, and led the people down.
"This king intends to take you along on this trip."
Yaoniang didn't react, she subconsciously asked, "Where are you going?"
"Go to the capital." The King of Jin picked up the tea, took a sip, and said again: "You need to submit a letter to the imperial court for the concubine's canonization, and the jade certificate for Xiaobao, so let's do it together this time. .”
In fact, there is another reason why Jin Wang didn't say it, he was not at ease to keep her in the mansion. His trip to Beijing will inevitably take away a large number of people. The situation in the palace is already complicated. Those women who are rewarded by the superiors do not know who is behind them, and the nails in the secret have not been pulled out. No one dares To be precise. Instead of letting her worry about herself in the mansion, it's better to take her with you.
"Can I go? My stomach..."
"I asked Dr. Liu Liang, it's okay to go on the road, as long as you don't go too fast. And there is still a part of the road that needs to be taken by water."
"That little treasure—"
"Bring them together."
Yaoniang nodded, already thinking about what to bring on the road.
This trip is not only for King Jin, but also for Yaoniang and Xiaobao. Naturally, Princess Jin is indispensable.
And just the day before he was about to leave, a moth suddenly broke out at Concubine Xu's place.
She took out a letter from the Xu family, saying that her mother was seriously ill and wanted to go back to visit. This reason is reasonable, after all, Baishan filial piety is the first, and Princess Jin knew that the other party was lying, but she couldn't produce strong evidence to refute her. She was so angry that she turned her head and took Concubine Liu with her on the grounds that she had never returned to Ning.
In this regard, King Jin did not express any opinion.
Since then, in order to go to Beijing to celebrate his birthday, the famous masters of Prince Jin's Mansion disappeared. Jin Wang has already handed over all the matters of the fiefdom to his trusted confidants. As for the matter of the backyard, Jin Wangfei is not without rules, and she entrusted it to Mrs. Li.
Mrs. Li is an old man in the house, and there are only a few concubines left, so she doesn't worry about any troubles.
On the day of departure, the brigade was like a long dragon, marching out of the city mightily.
At the same time, two other carriages, escorted by more than 20 lightly dressed guards, left quietly.
On the carriage, Yao Niang asked: "If we sneak away like this, will people find out?"
"No one will notice that they are walking slowly, and we just need to meet up before entering Beijing."
Yaoniang nodded, and stopped caring about these things.
The carriage traveled extremely fast along the way, because the carriage was specially made, so there was no sense of bumps. And every day, she only walks at full speed for most of the day, and rests for the rest of the day, and Yaoniang doesn't feel any discomfort.
Along the way, I saw many different scenery and passed many cities. Not only Yaoniang was dazzled, but so was Xiaobao. Both of them are the kind of people who have never been out of the courtyard in their previous lives.
After walking for more than ten days, I changed the boat. Originally, King Jin was worried about whether Yaoniang would get seasick, but luckily she didn't. It took another five or six days by boat to reach the destination.
Because the team of troops and guards of honor from King Jin's Mansion hadn't arrived yet, King Jin and others stopped there temporarily and found an inn to stay.
When the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, more and more people go out of the city for spring.
With nothing to do at all and traveling lightly, King Jin originally planned to take Yaoniang out for a stroll, but when he left the city, he was scared back by the scene of the crowd yelling. After asking, I found out that there is a Taoist temple nearby. There is a Taoist priest in that Taoist temple who is very effective. Today is the day when he opened the altar to preach.
Sermons are second to none. After all, they can understand, and there are not many people who have roots of wisdom. However, every time the Taoist priest opened the altar to preach, he would pick three believers to help him perform hexagrams and test characters. It is said that they are very effective and accurate. These ordinary people are all going for these three hexagrams, maybe they can pick themselves.
Jin Wang dismissed this, he used to not believe in such ghosts and snakes. But Yaoniang was very curious, she hadn't seen anything called performing hexagrams and measuring characters.
Seeing this, Jin Wang could only accompany her to play for a while, originally to take her out to relax.
I went outside the city, but it was just a little dilapidated Taoist temple.
Now that Buddhism is flourishing and Taoism is sluggish, King Jin is not surprised that this is the case. However, there are quite a lot of believers, because the venue is limited, even people are standing on the treetops and on the hillside. On a stone platform in the venue, there is a yin and yang fish and Tai Chi picture carved in the middle, and a Taoist sits cross-legged on it.
The sermon had already started, except for the circle around the stone platform, some people were listening attentively, and most of them were whispering to each other. From time to time, children would make a fuss, and the woman would stand up and chase and beat the child, and some young children would come and play with each other.
It's like a vegetable market.
King Jin raised his eyebrows and motioned to Yaoniang: "Are you still going?"
Yaoniang looked embarrassed, and finally came out, but she didn't expect it to be like this. She thought of so many people rushing here, she must be devout in her heart, she never expected it to be like this. I don't see how this Taoist looks profound, but it looks like a grass-roots troupe in a rural county to sing a big show.
Yao Niang is honest, so she shook her head.
King Jin smiled, took her hand, and the group was about to leave. But Xiaobao stretched out his hand over there, and called mother.
Letting Yuchan hold Xiaobao, he was dressed in thin indigo cotton clothes and trousers, with a small cap on his head, just like ordinary children from rich families. Yaoniang and King Jin were also dressed in ordinary clothes, and they were pretending to be the master and wife of ordinary merchants when they came out this time.
The masters were all dressed so low-key, and Fucheng and Anyi were also dressed in cloth shirts. All in all, this group of people was not eye-catching. Except that the master and wife are too handsome and beautiful, but they have attracted two young people, so I won't mention it for the time being.
"Xiaobao, what's wrong with you?" Yaoniang asked.
But at this moment, the scene suddenly became quiet, Yao Niang turned around to look, only to find that the Taoist priest on the stone platform was actually looking at them.
"Hey, hurry up, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Someone said.
Yaoniang was still confused, but King Jin said to her: "You don't want to read the hexagrams and test characters, but you didn't make a trip."
Uh…
While speaking, King Jin had already led her through the narrow path opened by the crowd, towards the stone platform.
When I got closer, I realized that this Taoist looks like a fairy, with white hair and a childlike face, and a shiny and ruddy complexion. At first glance, he looks like a master of Taoism.
"Poverty Han Chuanzi, I never thought that I would meet three people with such strange fates here today, and the three are still a family, so I will give you the three hexagrams today." Tong whispered a few words.
Xiao Daotong raised his voice and said to the audience that today's Sangua person has been selected, although there were endless complaints, they still dispersed.
Here, Han Chuanzi looked at King Jin with a smile on his face, and asked, "What do you want, benefactor?"
"Ask for nothing."
"But everyone has something to ask for."
"What I ask for is not something that a mere Taoist like you can give."
"That's right, asking for a benefactor is a big deal, and it's really not something a poor Taoist can give." Han Chuanzi said with a smile, not caring about King Jin's attitude.
Until then, King Jin gave Han Chuanzi a serious look.
King Jin has seen a lot of monks and Taoists who bluff and deceive like this. Sitting in his position, all those who come to him to play tricks are asking for money and power.
At this time, King Jin looked at Han Chuanzi squarely, not because he thought he was so profound, but because he wondered if he had missed his whereabouts.
There was sharpness in his eyes, and he glanced at Han Chuanzi again, before he lowered his head and said to Yaoniang: "Are you hungry? It should be time for lunch."
As he spoke, he led Yaoniang back and walked back. His behavior seemed normal, but in fact, anyone who knows martial arts would know that the woman in his arms was protected by him so that no matter what attack he could Block it at the first time.
While An Yi was walking, he had already come to the right side of Yu Chan, and he and Fu Cheng were on the left and the other on the right.
After walking a little far, there was a voice, but the wind was a little strong and it was blown away.
Yao Niang asked curiously: "The man seemed to say something, did you hear it?"
King Jin shook his head, "It's just a bluffing Taoist."