He doesn't know what to do yet, but for now, he still has to secretly escort his mother, grandmother, and siblings to Beijing safely, and not let them be bullied on the road.
On June 15th, a vigorous summer vacation team set out for Qinzhou, accompanied by hundreds of officials and their families, plus palace maids, eunuchs, and servants from various families, numbering up to a thousand people.
I heard that it was dark today and when the huge team set off, there was a lot of noise in Concubine Yu's palace.
But she thought that the final list of people leaving the palace was decided by the emperor himself, so she could only vent her anger in her own palace and did not dare to cause trouble in public.
As for Concubine De, she didn't go herself, and she didn't plan to let the third prince go. It was Jiang Xinyue who asked the fourth prince to act coquettishly with the emperor, and she had to go with his third brother, so the third prince was able to follow Jiang Xinyue out of the palace for some fun.
Emperor Xuanwu sat in the carriage and pushed the ice basin closer to Jiang Xinyue: "Why does Yue'er insist on taking Xuan'er with her?"
Jiang Xinyue originally wanted to answer his question first, but her eyes widened the next moment: "Your Majesty, what is the name of the third prince...?"
"Shen Mingxuan, what's wrong?"
Jiang Xinyue's eyes widened, she hurriedly opened the car curtain and waved to Xiao Xuanzi who was following behind the car.
Xiao Xuanzi ran all the way to catch up: "Mother, what are your orders?"
"What was your name before you went to Leng Palace?"
Although Xiao Xuanzi was confused, he still said honestly: "I entered the palace when I was seven years old. The chief steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs gave me the name Xiao Xiangzi and assigned him to tend the flowers and plants in the flower room. Later, because the servant accidentally broke the Changzi My father-in-law’s favorite was a pot of green clouds. Eunuch Chang said that the slave was an unlucky person, so he renamed the slave Xiaoxuanzi and demoted him to the cold palace.”
Luyun is a relatively rare variety among chrysanthemums. Its branches are green, the flower color is also slightly green, and the petals are medium-thin tube petals. Especially the outer petals extend downward, like colorful clouds, which is beautiful and moving. Full of fairy spirit.
Hence the name Green Cloud. But every plant, tree, flower and water in this palace belongs to the noble masters. How can he, a eunuch, say "Eunuch Chang's favorite green cloud"?
Jiang Xinyue understood that Xiao Xuanzi was applying eye drops to Eunuch Chang.
One of her own was almost tricked, so Jiang Xinyue also cooperated and looked at the emperor: "Xiao Xuanzi had a low status at that time and could not contact the master above him. It was normal for him not to know the name of the third prince. The eunuch in charge of the flower room often had to ask for help. The palace masters send flowers and plants for decoration, doesn’t he know that the third prince’s name has the word “Xuan” in it?”
If you say you don't know, then it's definitely unreasonable. Eunuchs who can sit in the position of general manager are not just ordinary people. Even several members of the family of each palace lady will know clearly, and then they can do what they want, and then they can be promoted step by step.
Xiao Xuanzi could also keep his composure. Even if he didn't know the name of the third prince before, he could be regarded as a respectable father-in-law in the palace when he served Jiang Xinyue.
But he did not rush to complain to Jiang Xinyue, nor did he go to Eunuch Chang privately to cause trouble. Instead, he waited for an opportunity like today to let his master find out on his own, and then seek justice for him.
He is a man who never troubles his master to stand up for him.
The emperor was already displeased. When Xiaoxuanzi saw this, he quickly apologized: "I deserve to be punished. I don't know that I have a name conflict with the third prince. If I knew, I would never change my name."
Jiang Xinyue tugged on the emperor's sleeve: "I didn't even know this before! The three princes and the three princes call him every day, but I have never asked him his name."
Emperor Xuanwu patted her hand: "I'm not blaming you."
He was unhappy because the eunuch named Chang dared to mention the third prince's name.
Wang Dequan was standing outside the emperor's car. As soon as Emperor Xuanwu opened the curtain, he turned over and said, "Your Majesty..."
"You ask Shi Liang to go back and take down the eunuch chief of Sihuafang for me and send him to the cold palace."
He didn't want Xiaoxuan... no...
Just after he finished speaking, he turned to Xiao Xuanzi and said: "It is always a bad thing to conflict with the name taboo of the third prince. From today on, you should change your name back to Xiao Xiangzi."
Xiao Xiangzi was overjoyed: "I thank you for your kindness."
Who knows how frightened he was every day with the name Xiaoxuanzi, fearing that Concubine De would suddenly attack him.
Jiang Xinyue then poured the emperor a cup of warm tea: "The third prince is not unable to speak because he was poisoned. I think it is because of his psychology. I hope this summer vacation can make him speak."
What psychological reasons would cause him to not want to talk?
For this question, Jiang Xinyue felt that it would be more credible if the third prince explained it to his father himself.
There were also Aunt Xiang and Magpie in the carriage. Aunt Xiang wanted to hold the Sixth Prince, and Magpie was also seriously injured because of her leg injury.
If Nanny Lu wanted to breastfeed, she must not undress in front of the emperor. She sat in a carriage at the back, riding in the same carriage with Shuangjiang and several maids serving Jiang Xinyue.
The Sixth Prince's milk was fed at a fixed time and at a certain time. When the time came, Nanny Xiang would carry him to the carriage behind to feed him.
Jiang Chuan stayed in Hexi Palace to guard the house. Jiang Xinyue promised to let him come to spend the summer next year and asked Xiao Xiangzi to guard the house.
The sixth prince was only two months old, and he was not aware of everything around him. He ate and slept, and during the few moments he was awake, he just lay in the carriage in a daze.
But Emperor Xuanwu still had fun with him, mainly because when Emperor Xuanwu teased the sixth prince, the sixth prince would occasionally smile, which made him feel a great sense of accomplishment.
The carriages of the princes and princesses followed the emperor's carriage. The third prince, fourth prince and second princess were in the same carriage, eating, playing and enjoying the scenery along the way.
The eldest princess had passed her twelfth birthday and felt regretful that she could not ride in a carriage with her younger brothers and sisters.
As a result, the team had only been driving for two hours when she got carsick.
Fortunately, the Imperial Concubine had already inquired about the situation of several young masters and prepared motion sickness medicine and food such as tangerine peel and oranges.
Princess's pastries are mainly light and have a sour taste. Eating them can overcome some of the dizziness caused by motion sickness.
Qinzhou is not too far from the capital. The location of the summer palace was carefully selected. It needed to be shady and cool, but not too far away. Otherwise, the carriage would travel for a month or two and the summer would be over.
From here to the summer palace, it only takes two days by horse-drawn carriage and one day by water route, adding up to three days.
Qinzhou is surrounded by mountains and rivers. Throughout the year, there is little temperature difference among the four seasons, with neither very hot nor very cold periods. It can be said to be the most suitable environment for people to live in.
Moreover, because the summer resort was built in Qinzhou, it boosted the local economy. Now Qinzhou is as wealthy as those in prosperous places like Beijing and Chang'an.
Two days later, the royal guard of honor heading to Qinzhou stopped at a spectacularly repaired pier, and the outside of the pier was heavily guarded.
Emperor Xuanwu helped Jiang Xinyue get out of the carriage and prepared to transfer to the boat.
"Help...help me..."
Suddenly, a woman in gray linen clothes rushed out of the guard of officers and soldiers and ran towards Jiang Xinyue and his party.
