After Xiao Qingyan's two concubines left, Xu Changan called his two guards out to practice riding, but Xiao Qingyan in the palace was called by the emperor to the Hall of Longevity for no reason.
The Hall of Longevity is a palace dedicated to the former queen's spiritual seat. The emperor called it here, but the emperor himself never showed up. Xiao Qingyan really couldn't figure out what his father wanted to do.
The emperor never showed up, and Xiao Qingyan couldn't leave without permission, so he could only go straight to his mother's spiritual seat and knelt there the whole time, whispering to his mother all the things he remembered when he was a child.
On the other hand, in the Emperor's Taiji Hall, the emperor in a bright yellow robe was worried about the pile of memorials in front of him. This year can be said to be a year of disasters and disasters for his Xiao family. From the beginning of the war in the north at the beginning of the year, the treasury began to be tight, but there was a severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River, and the food production was reduced by about 30%.
"Emperor Qi, His Royal Highness King Xian is still in the Hall of Longevity, and is now kneeling in front of Queen Huiren's spirit."
"King Xian accepted his concubine yesterday, and this is only the second day. As soon as you arrive at the Palace of Longevity, let the King Xian return to the palace." King Xian indeed ordered him to stay in the palace, and the emperor did not forget about it. Son, he's just... It's just that this son is a little disappointed in him now.
"By the way, the fathers of the concubines on both sides of King Xian are important officials of the court. You will go to King Xian's mansion in person later. I have a reward for the two concubines. You send King Xian back to the mansion and declare the decree."
"The slave obeys the order."
The matter of Xiao Qingyan being left behind by the emperor but left hanging in the Hall of Longevity for no reason soon spread to his successor. Now that the successor is worrying about other things, he has no time to worry about this trivial matter.
"Father, what do you mean by Your Majesty? He gave the Xian King a husband and wife, but he gave all the daughter of the Shangshu Shilang to that boy as his concubine. Although the two adults have already surrendered to their father, now their daughter has become a concubine. King Xian's side concubine, do you think... will they still be single-minded towards the second prince?" The worry is far more than that, although his second prince has not yet reached the crown, but Xiao Qingyan XVI has already entered the court, and now The second prince was already nineteen, but he was sent to an inconspicuous corner on the grounds that the emperor had not reached the crown, and he did not even use it in the previous court.
"Why should you worry? The virtuous kings left and right are no longer qualified to succeed the throne, so there is nothing to be afraid of now. Now the empress should not worry about the virtuous king, but the concubine Zhou who opposes you in this harem, and the king Jing who has made great achievements in battle. That's right." Since the emperor gave Xiao Qingyan a man and a wife, Lin Guogong has long disregarded Xiao Qingyan, and now he is most worried about King Jing, and now the court has long been divided into two factions, the family of military generals who support King Jing , and the noble family who supported the second prince with himself as the head. As for the Qingliu faction in the DPRK... Humph! The sage kings they supported have been rejected by the emperor, and now they are all swaying like a piece of grass! snort!
"But I always feel that His Majesty's decision is a bit strange. There is absolutely no trace of it." The emperor's training of the eldest prince is completely the model of the royal family training the future emperor. This is also the reason why most people thought Xiao Qingyan was the candidate for the prince. But the emperor's sudden decision made not only the people in the court, but also the empress herself completely unable to find a reason. She was naturally happy in her heart, but she was still a little worried.
"Why does Niangniang think so much? You only need to know that King Xian is no longer something to be afraid of. As for the side concubine bestowed by His Majesty... After all, King Xian is His Majesty's beloved eldest son, perhaps... to make up for King Xian." Including the title of King Xian, if you can't give him the world, you will give him wealth, honor and glory. Your Majesty has done his best to King Xian.
The Queen's worries were persuaded by her father, and she felt at ease. Now the only thing to worry about is King Jing.
Xu Changan took his guards directly to the open space on the outskirts of Beijing, which is the village where he lived before. There is a large woodland behind the Zhuangzi, and the terrain in front is relatively flat, so it is best to learn to ride horses there.
The two guards who followed Xu Changan happened to be two brothers, one was named Wu Ren and the other was named Wu Yi. Their father was a seventh-rank petty official. Although they were guards in the palace, their rank was even higher than that of their father.
"I haven't been in contact with horses since I was a child, and it may be a little slow to learn, so I will trouble you two." Knowing that he did not have the ability to do it overnight, Xu Changan also specifically explained that he would find a gentler and shorter horse so that he could learn it. Simpler.
Although Xu Changan became a princess, she didn't have the tenderness of a woman, and she was easy-going. In addition, the two brothers of the Wu family had a lot of sympathy for Xu Changan, so they really wanted to help him. . Xu Changan was the princess, and they were still the guards that the prince pointed to him. Xu Changan only had to give him an order for anything. Now that Xu Changan is so polite, the two brothers were embarrassed and said quickly, "This subordinate is the guard of the princess, the princess. The matter is the matter of the two subordinate brothers, the princess can only give her orders when she has something to do, and the last commander will not dare to refuse." The two received the positions of military generals, but they were also inferior to military generals, but they are now Xu Changan's people. , so he naturally called himself a subordinate to Xu Changan.
"The two of you will give more advice in the future." Xu Changan chose this place not only because the terrain was flat and he wanted to see his mother, but he also had a thought in his heart, that is, he had bullied before going to scare him. his servant. It is said that those people should be the mother's people, but in order to please Liu's family, all of them tend to be inflamed and embarrassed themselves for no reason.
For those who don't know how to ride a horse, at the beginning, in addition to a horse with a gentle temperament, the comfort of the saddle is also very important. Xu Changan had explained to them before, and the two of them had prepared enough things. Helping Xu Changan to get on the horse, Wu Ren leads the horse and walks in front, and Wu Yi talks to Xu Changan about some precautions at the back. For example, how to hold the reins, what posture should the body maintain when the speed of the horse is fast or slow, and what posture should be used to vault the horse if it is unable to control the horse to cause the least damage to oneself and so on.
It is late autumn now, and there is autumn everywhere. The grains in the farmland not far away have been harvested, and the leaves of the mountains and forests are also dyed in color. It is no longer just green at a glance, but yellow and red. .
Xu Changan looked in the direction of the farm where he had lived for three years, sighed inwardly, and said to Wu Ren in front of him: "I want to try riding myself, if we can, let's go here first, and continue tomorrow. Today I want to go see my mother."
"Yes, princess."
The title of Wang Fei is a bit jarring, but Xu Changan knew that it was the title that brought him the days he had today. If it wasn't for this title, he would still be in that village now, and he still didn't know when his life would end. back to the west.
I don't know if it was because he was too talented, or because the horse that the Wu family brothers found was too docile. Moreover, according to the instructions of the two brothers, he could actually manipulate the reins and let Marr under him follow the direction he was going in obediently.
"Have I learned something?" Xu Changan was afraid before, the autumn hunting was coming, what if he couldn't learn it, but he didn't expect that riding a horse was much easier than he imagined. It was only an afternoon of work. Almost all learned.
Xu Changan was happy in his heart, and the corners of his mouth were raised unnaturally, and there was a slight smile on the corners of his eyes and brows. The two brothers of the Wu family have been following the princess for some time. They always knew that the princess was good-looking, but now that she saw the princess smiling, she realized that when the princess smiled, she was good-looking. The slightly upturned corners of the mouth make people want to get close. The princess is too rigid in front of the prince, always holding a face and refusing to show any expression, if the princess can smile in front of the prince, it will be great, the grandfather will definitely I would like the princess more.
"The princess is very smart, and she can learn everything quickly." Xu Changan knew everything that the two brothers said just now, and he was very courageous, so he naturally learned quickly.
Although Xu Changan had never been in contact with horses, he was not a young lady raised in a boudoir after all. As a man, he naturally yearned for horses, swords, and swords. The thought of learning to ride a horse is not only a little bit of fear, but more of an excitement. Naturally, he learns it very smoothly.
The three headed towards the farmhouse not far away, and a carriage was parked outside the farmhouse at this time, with a man and a woman descending from it, all of them fifteen or sixteen years old. When Xu Changan and the Wu brothers arrived at Zhuangzi, the pair of men and women had already entered Zhuangzi, leaving only the carriage at the door.
Looking at the carriage at the door, Xu Changan had an intuition that the Xu family was here. Thinking of what happened that day, he was frightened and ran towards his mother's grave! He only had one thought in his mind, is it that Liu Shi couldn't find a way to vent, and came here to find his mother's bad luck, and now they can only bully the mother who can't resist.
There are more than a dozen servants in this village, and Xu Changan also met a few people along the way, but he ignored them and ran directly towards his mother's grave.
When he thought that his mother could only lie alone in this dilapidated farmhouse, Xu Changan felt very sad. His mother was the wife Xu Yongnian was marrying, but after being murdered, Xu Yongnian not only condoned the murderer, but also buried his mother in this dilapidated farmhouse on the outskirts of Beijing! He neither sent his mother's coffin back to his hometown for burial, nor did he find a feng shui place to build a spiritual mountain for his mother, but he just hurriedly buried his mother in a dilapidated village.
With a handful of loess to cover her body and a stone tablet to leave her name, the square and round place has become the mother's long-term resting place!
"Xu Yongnian!" One day, I will make you pay back a hundredfold of the hardships you inflicted on your mother! Xu Changan felt resentment in his heart, thinking of his poor mother, his eyes were getting red, and he was walking fast again, and he almost fell accidentally, but fortunately he was quickly protected by Wu Ren who was behind him.
"Be careful, princess!"
"I'm fine, but I suddenly miss my mother a little and want to go to see my mother's grave." Knowing that someone from the Xu family must have come today, Xu Changan was only worried about his mother's tomb, and he didn't care about the rest. He hurried to his mother's grave, but there was no one there. After letting go of his worries, Xu Changan asked the Wu brothers to stay away, while he himself knelt before his mother's grave.
"Mother, I taught Liu Shi a good lesson for you a few days ago, and I will not let her be arrogant in the future. Don't worry, the child will not be bullied by his father and Liu Shi in the future."
Knowing that his mother had always expected him, Xu Changan had no regrets. The mother wants to have a good future for herself, and hopes that she will marry a wife and have children and live a stable life. But what if she does what she wants? His own child is also a descendant of the Xu family, and he hates Xu Yongnian so much, how can he still care about the succession of the Xu family
The author has something to say: I went home too late last night, so I just went straight to sleep when I fell asleep. This was secretly made in the office this morning. It was noon before I finished writing. I am going to eat. .