Zhou Jialiang folded his arms, raised his chin to Zhou Jinyan, and said in a troubling tone: "What's wrong with you? Are you afraid of looking at me?"
"It's not that I'm afraid to look at you. It's just that the prince's eyes are so adoring, I'm a little embarrassed." When Zhou Jinyan said these words, he raised his hand and touched his face, forcing himself to look shy.
The young prince was furious, and he said angrily: "Which of your eyes saw me worshiping you!"
Faced with such a question, Zhou Jinyan said calmly: "Two on the left and right."
"you,"
Zhou Jialiang didn't expect that there would be someone so shameless in the world. Just as he was about to reason, he saw the carriage in front stopped and Zhou Jinyan tightened the horse's rope.
A group of guards came over and told the carriages that some dead trees had washed down from upstream and were lying across the bridge. The guards had already moved them.
The Queen Mother ordered everyone to rest where they were for a quarter of an hour before going on their way again.
Although the road was not bumpy, sitting in the carriage was still uncomfortable, and most of the women got out of the carriage.
In the entire team, there was only the carriage of the Queen Mother and Princess Jing, in which people could lie down.
The masters in the carriages in front and behind all got off, and what the young prince wanted to say was stuck in his chest. At this time, he had a quarrel with his servants, which embarrassed Prince Jing's palace.
He snorted heavily and stopped talking. This person was as annoying as Princess Jing!
Jian Yu, who was in the carriage, naturally heard the conversation between the two. She secretly found it funny that the two assassins were together, and the dog assassin was slightly better.
It was also at this time that Jian Yu noticed that she had not opened the car window. No wonder the young prince was sweating so much.
Being "received" in the carriage, and being "retaliated" by the dog assassin when he went out, a world where only the naughty child was injured was achieved.
Originally I thought I only needed to rest for a quarter of an hour before continuing on my way. However, after the guards moved the broken wood away, they discovered that the bridge deck was broken. There was a risk of the bridge breaking when the carriage passed over it, so it had to take a detour.
If you take a detour, you will need to walk for two more hours. If you can't reach the inn after dark, you will have to stay overnight in the wild. If you want to go back to find a place to stay, you will have to walk for half a day, which is equivalent to a wasted day today.
Finally, the Queen Mother ordered a detour.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, we turned back from the small road to the national highway and found an open space to set up camp.
In order to deal with emergencies, a carriage at the back was equipped with tools such as tent shovels when setting off.
Jian Yu only brought Hongmei, a maid, and Zhou Jinyan, a coachman, with her on this trip. Compared to other concubines who had at least two maids and two servants with her, she was quite low-key.
Although there are few people, they can't stand up to eight people each!
The guards distributed the tents to the carriages of each family one by one. After receiving the tents, the servants set up tents for the masters. Among these people, Hongmei and Zhou Jinyan were particularly conspicuous.
Before setting up the tent, Hongmei cleaned the open space and then sprinkled it with insect repellent powder. The tent looked a little shabby, so she made a pattern from wicker sticks and hung it on the tent, and then put mosquito repellent grass on top.
When everyone only had thin mats, Hongmei found a thick quilt from somewhere, spread it carefully and burned incense.
Looking at Zhou Jinyan, he was even more outrageous. He built a small fire in front of the tent and grilled fish he caught from nowhere!
A small red clay stove was set up above the fire to boil water and make tea. The aroma of tea and fish made many women who only ate cakes to fill their stomachs on the road couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
After Princess Jing's tent was set up, it was visibly different from other tents. The ground was not as clean as usual!
And it’s very luxurious! They actually used the grass brocade from Jiangnan Pearl Square to spread on the ground as a blanket. This is a hundred taels of one meter, extremely flexible grass brocade!
The Queen Mother was old and fell asleep early in the tent she had set up, while the others sat outside the tent to ventilate and ate the dry food and cakes they brought with them to satisfy their hunger.
People who dare not be as casual as Jian Yu think, we are not as delicate and busy as Princess Jing!
Whether this is true dislike or sour jealousy, anyone with a discerning eye can tell.
After the tent was set up and the fish was grilled, Jian Yu came out of the carriage. Looking at the surrounding environment and the tent, she frowned the whole time.
"Master, there is still incense in the tent. It will be fine soon."
Jian Yu hummed and sat next to the fire. Zhou Jinyan immediately handed over the fish. Jian Yu picked up a piece of fish meat and put it in her mouth without any loosening of her frown.
Apparently dissatisfied with the taste, a woman not far away who was about the same age as Jian Yu twitched her nose, her eyes full of envy, how fragrant the fish was, Princess Jing's mouth was too picky.
Just then, the young prince who was playing in the distance ran back. She gave the fish to the young prince and said, "Eat it."
The young prince didn't show any pretense. He took the fish and ate it. After chewing it twice, he frowned. This fish tasted almost the same as his father's roasted fish.
The young prince, who had only eaten fish grilled by his father once, thought that it was a year ago, maybe he remembered it wrong, and continued to feast.
The fish was very fresh, but it still had an earthy smell. Jian Yu had a very sensitive taste and couldn't get used to it.
She drank a few sips of tea and rinsed her mouth. The aroma of the tea made her brows calm down. The other female relatives seemed to be chatting, but in fact their attention was focused on Princess Jing.
The queen mother brought with her this summer vacation all concubines of low status. None of the favored concubines Liu Guifei and Xi concubine came. However, if there was an emperor on this trip, they would rush over to come.
Every year, the Queen Mother brings in concubines who are not particularly popular, and they have little say in the palace. They are all very grateful to be able to escape the summer heat with them.
This is also one of the ways for the Queen Mother to improve her reputation. After all, although these concubines have little power in their natal families, they still have official positions in the court and are not completely useless.
"Mother, the tent is packed."
Jian Yu put down the tea cup in her hand, looked around, then her eyes fell on the young prince and said, "Today the prince is resting in the tent."
Zhou Jialiang, who was halfway through eating the fish, glanced at the tent and said, "What about mother?"
"I'm resting in the carriage."
"Why? It doesn't matter if I live in the carriage. If you are not in good health, you should take a good rest."
The young prince still pretends to be presentable outside.
The mother and son have one thing in common at the moment. They can't let outsiders see the jokes in Prince Jing's house, so they behave more hypocritically. Well, they are a kind mother and a filial son.
"It's too noisy here. I'm a light sleeper. If I don't get enough rest, I'll have a headache the next day. If I have a headache, I won't be able to go on my way and my trip will be delayed."
The atmosphere in the room was quite quiet for a moment. The female relatives did not expect that Princess Jing and the young prince were having a good chat, and suddenly sand was thrown towards them.
Are they noisy? !
It wasn't right to speak at the moment, nor was it not to say anything. In the end, when everyone spoke again, they lowered their voices.
Tang Fu, who was pretending to be asleep in the tent, heard this. She squeezed the cloak that she used as a quilt, and was secretly annoyed that none of the usually sharp-tongued ladies came forward to speak.
Let Princess Jing be so arrogant! Even if she offended everyone with just one sentence, everyone still had to accommodate her!
Tang Fu told herself to be steady before setting off. She had always been able to deal with things calmly, but as soon as this happened, she felt that she was going to lose her strength.
Jian Yu really defeated her!
After hearing Jian Yu's words, the young prince who was eating fish looked at the people for a week with a confused expression.
Just say it that directly?
Zhou Jialiang, who had never cared about this in Bianbei, felt that Jian Yu's words were reckless, but the people on the side did not express any dissatisfaction.
The young prince suddenly realized that this mother seemed to be... very powerful among the female relatives of Shengjing.
