In mid-June, there was a long group of soldiers and horses outside Chang'an City.
Early in the morning, Zhang Yang opened the door and saw six maids waiting at the door.
"The Queen has ordered that Shilang Zhang and Her Royal Highness the Princess will accompany them to Qizhou Renshou Palace."
Renshou Palace has always been the royal palace.
Li Yue has also packed herself and is packing her luggage.
"This time we go to Qizhou Renshou Palace to stay for a while. I remember the last time my father and the others went to the palace to escape the summer heat for two months."
"Two months? This is too long."
Li Yue carefully arranged her clothes, "Actually, how long Father wants to escape the summer heat has nothing to do with us. The people accompanying him can stay for only one day, and they can leave at any time after that. It doesn't mean how long Father wants to stay, the people accompanying him can People will be there as long as they want.”
Zhang Yang nodded clearly.
Aunt Wang was cleaning up the house. She put the little bear in a bamboo basket and carried it on her shoulder. "This is the first time for Her Royal Highness to leave the palace."
Li Yue narrowed her eyes and smiled, "I have been in the palace since I was a child, and I have never seen what it is like to leave the palace."
After packing his things, Zhang Yang carried a package on his back, "It's rare for us to travel far away. Let's see the world and see what the royal summer resort is like. We'll treat it as a trip."
The little bear was sitting in a bamboo basket eating a piece of dried meat, looking indifferent.
This guy might have looked like this after he was captured.
Alas, it’s becoming more and more edible.
The two aunts escorted her one behind the other, followed by several palace ladies.
When I walked out of Chang'an City, I saw a very large group of soldiers and horses. At first glance, it was a long line with no end in sight.
Li Shimin went out with great pomp.
"Master Zhang, please come this way, Your Highness the Princess."
Following the palace maid all the way to the front of the team, Zhang Yang looked at the carriages. In addition to the royal family members, there were many dignitaries accompanying them.
It can be seen from the style of the carriage that these people have a high status.
After Li Yuan ascended the throne, he granted a group of dignitaries to the state.
After Li Shimin came to power, he named a group of meritorious officials.
When he walked into the clan's team, Zhang Yang noticed that many eyes were looking at him.
There were also many people talking about it.
Especially with a little bear as a pet.
Li Yue didn't care much and let them point at her.
The couple walked into one of the carriages. The interior of the carriage was very spacious and specially prepared.
There was a strong sense of strangeness. Rather than being under the gaze of these people, Zhang Yang wanted to be with the villagers.
While it was still morning and the weather had not yet become muggy, the convoy began to move.
Li Yue took out a book and read it quietly.
She was originally a very quiet girl, and she was very keen on exploring knowledge.
The carriage was not moving very fast, and a little fat man broke into the carriage, breaking the couple's peace.
Looking at Li Tai melancholy, Zhang Yang was puzzled as to why his brother-in-law loved being a light bulb so much.
Li Tai took a bamboo can and said, "There is milk tea in this. Brother-in-law, would you like some?"
Zhang Yang waved his hand.
Li Tai looked at Li Yue again.
Li Yue also shook her head. She took the hawthorn given by her master and ate it.
"Your Highness, King Wei, besides the family members in the palace, who else is accompanying this party?"
"Haha, of course the prince can't come. The prince will stay in Chang'an and help the prime minister and others handle government affairs."
Putting away his expression, Zhang Yang sighed, "I'm talking about a few people accompanying me. Why is His Highness the King of Wei talking about the prince again?"
"Of course they will be accompanied by dignitaries and relatives of the emperor. This time there will also be Grandpa Huang and Gao Shilian."
Zhang Yang thought, the people accompanying him should be quite rich.
"That's natural." Li Tai blinked again, "Brother-in-law, what did you think of again?"
"How much milk tea did you bring?"
"Several buckets..." Li Tai slapped his thigh and said, "I understand, now I will ask the servants in the palace to sell milk tea to the entourage."
Li Tai hurriedly stepped out of the carriage, called his own guards and left in a hurry.
"Husband, do you want Qingque to sell milk tea among the people accompanying you?"
"Whatever you can earn is worth it. An uninvited guest in our carriage will disturb us. This little fat guy is ignorant. It's good that I didn't beat him up."
Li Yue chuckled softly, "I'm afraid Qingque will be scolded by my father again."
"It doesn't matter to him as long as he can make money and get scolded."
Usually the couple rarely travel far, so this time they treated it as a trip.
Renshou Palace is located near Tiantai Mountain, which is to the north of Qinling Mountains, and is also near Baoji in later generations. It takes three to five days to travel from Chang'an City to Tiantai Mountain.
The team marched until they stopped for a rest at noon.
The people accompanying them began to move around, greeting each other in their respective carriages.
Zhang Yang took Li Yue out of the carriage. The scenery here was very nice, and there was a temple in the distance. It seemed that Li Shimin and the others had already entered the temple.
Zhang Yang and Li Yue are like special cases in the team.
The two of them had no acquaintance among the royal family members.
The sun was shining brightly, and a clean linen cloth was spread on the back of the carriage. The couple sat down and quietly ate the meals they had brought from home. There was a stack of pickled chicken feet and bitters in the food box. vegetables and a stack of salt pork.
Eat more salt in summer meals.
The food brought out is also on the salty side.
While I was eating, I saw a middle-aged man riding a horse towards here.
Zhang Yang calmly closed the food box, "Someone is coming to grab the food."
Li Xiaogong was carrying two slaughtered sheep, "Boy! You didn't even know you were here."
Zhang Yang smiled awkwardly, "The Prince of Hejian County is really well-informed. Even I, the accompanying team, know about it."
Li Xiaogong, the prince of Hejian County, was talking to Zhang Yang.
The surrounding royal family members started talking again.
In the clan, Li Xiaogong was naturally a very important figure.
"The servants in my house are not good at cooking. I know that your boy is good at cooking, so he came to ask me to roast two sheep. Those ignorant bastards in the house can't even roast the sheep."
Naturally, there are small groups among the royal family members, and all of them form cliques.
The couple is isolated here.
Could Li Xiaogong’s servants not be able to roast sheep?
Probably because he was afraid of being bullied by other members of the clan, he found an excuse to come here.
Zhang Yang patiently fixed the sheep on the wooden frame.
Li Xiaogong dismounted and said with a smile, "After eating, you and Yue'er go to the Queen's team in front. This is all the Queen's orders."
Li Yue bowed slightly and said, "Yue'er understands."
"Hahaha." Li Xiaogong grinned, "It's because the queen's arrangements are bad. You two must not care."
"We don't care. This is our first time traveling far away." Li Yue smiled politely.
The people who can follow Li Shimin on his travels are all from the palace and the clan. The interpersonal relationships here are very complicated.
It would be better to be isolated.
I don't want to get involved in clan affairs.
Two lambs were fixed on a wooden frame and roasted over a large fire.
Li Xiaogong also asked people to bring drinks.
After a while Li Tai also came, followed by Li Xiaogong's son Li Chongyi.
I didn't expect Cheng Chumo to come too.
The couple, who had been so cold in the team, suddenly became lively.
Qin Qiong came over to take a look, and saw that Zhang Yang and the princess were accompanied by Li Xiaogong, and left with peace of mind.
Suddenly I noticed that there were more and more people here.
The king of Hejian County, the son of General Cheng Yaojin, and the king of Wei Li Tai.
This place started to attract attention again.
Li Tai tore off a leg of lamb and pointed to a child in the distance who was yelling at the eunuch, "That's Concubine Yin's child Li You."
Zhang Yang thought of what happened in Lantian County, "It turned out to be this kid."
Li Tai snorted coldly, "He's just a man who relies on his mother and concubine to do whatever he wants. He's nothing to be afraid of. He's not honest in front of me."
Li Chongyi also smiled and said, "Nowadays, the influence of Yin Concubine has been eliminated. Even Yin Hongzhi was sent to the border town. It is indeed not the same as before."
Zhang Yang tore off a piece of mutton and handed it to Li Yue.
Li Yue poured a cup of tea.
Zhang Yang drank the tea and said, "Prince Hejian, can so many people stay in Tiantai Mountain?"
"Of course not. Those who can't live here will have to camp at the foot of the mountain, or leave on their own. But you don't have to worry. His Majesty will arrange a place for you and me to live in Renshou Palace. Besides, Yue'er is also His Majesty's daughter."
Li Yue did not contradict what Li Xiaogong said.
Identity is identity, you can’t get rid of it.
Zhang Yang gave the remaining mutton to the bear, which gnawed on the bones.
"As expected, he is becoming more and more like a dog."
The carriage was rearranged, and Zhang Yang allowed Li Xiaogong's men to bring the carriage to the front of the team.
The carriage here is more luxurious than the one at the back, like an extended version.
Under the guidance of the palace maid, they also greeted Queen Changsun.
"Queen Mother." Li Yue saluted first.
"I've met the queen." Zhang Yang also saluted.
Empress Changsun's eyes already had wrinkles when she smiled, "Your Majesty also misses you two very much."
There were several palace maids kneeling on the ground nearby, their heads lowered in fear.
I guess I was taught a lesson by the Queen.
This involves a fight in the palace.
Obviously there is no dispute with the people in the palace, but this time it was still deliberately arranged.
It would be better to keep a distance from the palace in the future.
Queen Changsun looked at Li Yue, "You have grown taller again, and you are not as thin as before."
Li Yue replied in a low voice, "I'm sorry for my mother."
Queen Changsun held her hand and asked, "How are you feeling?"
"Everything is fine."
While listening to himself talking to his wife and queen, a burst of wild laughter came from behind, and then someone slapped him hard on the back. Zhang Yang looked back and it turned out to be the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan.
Li Yuan stroked his beard and smiled, "Your back is indeed strong. You can still stand well even after being patted like this."
Zhang Yang cupped his hands and said, "Your strength has become a little stronger. I guess your skills have become deeper."
"What kind of skills do you have? Don't talk nonsense to me." Li Yuan looked at him and said in a low voice, "I heard that your kid has a set of boxing skills?"
"Boxing skills?"
Li Yuan came closer and asked in a low voice: "The boxing technique you taught Zhang Gongjin is called Tai Chi, right?"
Zhang Yang nodded, "Your Majesty, do you have something you don't understand?"
Li Yuan nodded, "Ask."
"Did our palace arrange a detailed construction in my village?"
"Careful work? Why did you say that?" Li Yuan said in surprise.
"The people in the palace know everything about what happens in the village. I am really puzzled, so I asked this question."
"I only found out about it when others talked about it."
"I'm afraid the village is infested with rats."
Even if it's not a palace rat, it might be someone else's.
Li Yuan took a deep breath and then asked, "I also heard that your boxing technique has the effect of prolonging life?"
"no."
Zhang Yang became more and more surprised.
Li Yuan tugged at the beard on his chin, "Doctor Sun once said that if you practice Tai Chi for many years, it will be of great benefit to your body and mind. Can you also teach me to practice it?"
"Your Majesty, Tai Chi is just a form of physical fitness. Practicing Tai Chi for many years can make people's minds peaceful, and it is good for improving people's mental outlook, improving their body shape, relaxing their muscles and bones, practicing their breath, and practicing mind."
"So that's it." Li Yuan nodded slightly.
"It's too far-fetched to say that you can prolong your life and prolong your life. You can always practice it, but I'm afraid your temper is not suitable for this kind of slow boxing. You might as well jog for half an hour every morning, which will also have good results."
Li Yuan clapped his hand again, "You and I are not outsiders. You will teach me how to practice well when we get to Renshou Palace."
Zhang Yang endured the pain in his back, which was probably going to have red marks.
Li Shimin came out of the temple.
The team sets off again.
When Li Shimin left the palace, he also wanted to understand the sentiments of the people. When passing through a county, he would also walk around to see the situation.
The local officials knew that His Majesty was passing by and had already prepared it.
At night, mosquitoes are a nuisance.
Zhang Yang lit some homemade mosquito coils and asked his aunt to send them to His Majesty, the Queen, and the Prince of Hejian County.
The mosquito coils were made last year, so I don’t have many left.
It looks like we will do more this year.
Looking along the distance of the motorcade, we can see that there are many torches along the way.
The little bear also lay down in the carriage.
The two aunts were sleeping on the shaft of the carriage.
Zhang Yang looked at the night sky. The starry sky was beautiful. No matter how the years changed, only the starry sky remained unchanged.
"Husband, it's getting late."
There was not much space in the carriage, so the couple lay down, covered themselves with quilts, and fell asleep cuddling together.
From time to time, the sound of horse hooves could be heard, and soldiers and horses came and went to keep watch.
I didn't sleep well that night.
When I woke up early and saw Li Yue's depressed look, I knew she hadn't slept well.
Wash your face, brush your teeth, and rinse your mouth.
The couple's exquisite behavior attracted a lot of attention.
Seeing an old man staring at him while he was brushing his teeth, Zhang Yang spit out the mouthwash and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with this old man?"
"Can you show me this thing of yours?"
Zhang Yang washed the toothbrush and handed it to him.
After reading it, the old man handed it back, "It's a good thing. If I had this thing, I wouldn't be unable to bite things now."
"If you like it, I'll give it to you if I have a spare one here."
Zhang Yang took out a spare toothbrush from the package and handed it to him.
The old man stroked his beard and took the toothbrush, "Boar bristles and bone hairpins? What an ingenious idea."
"Mr. Ouyang, why are you here?" A man who looked like a young boy ran over in a hurry.
"It doesn't matter, I can take a walk as you like." He waved his hand and said, "Ouyang Xun, I don't know how to address you in person."
"Zhang Yang, just call me Xiao Zhang."
"Um."
Seeing him nodding and leaving, Zhang Yang was shocked, "Old sir, are you Ouyang Xun?"
(End of chapter)
