Six days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was time to set off for the paddock.
Chiyang packed up early in the morning, went to the palace with Li Jingxing, and met the large army at the gate of the palace.
The only concubines accompanying this time were Queen Chi and Concubine Xian. Concubine Rou stayed in the palace to take care of the harem temporarily. The main reason why she stayed was to take care of Gu Qingluan.
Several princes participated, but among the princesses, only Li Jinyan and Li Jinyao were allowed to go to the paddock.
In addition, there were princes, ministers and their families.
Coupled with the bodyguards, maids, servants, and so on, the mighty team of thousands of people headed to the autumn hunting paddock three hundred miles away.
In addition to what is visible on the surface, there are countless shadow guards hiding in the dark.
Chiyang knew that Gu Qingzhi was in the team at Prince Duan's Mansion, so he sent someone to find out if this was true.
Due to the long journey, it would take three days and two nights to reach the destination. Several palaces were built along the way. They could rest for a while at each place and could also stay in the palace at night. At least the most noble group of people did not need to sleep in the open air.
Chiyang was very careful along the way and was almost never separated from Li Jingxing.
She was originally worried that Li Jingxiao and Gu Qingzhi would cause trouble on the way, but she didn't expect that the other party had been silent. However, she did not relax her vigilance because of this, but became more cautious.
The more Li Jingxiao and Gu Qingzhi calm down now, the more it means that they are holding back their ultimate move.
Chiyang was worried that Li Jingxing would underestimate the enemy, so he tactfully reminded him two or three times. Li Jingxing responded patiently each time without any impatience.
On the afternoon of the third day, the team finally arrived at the palace outside the paddock.
After the placement was complete, the sacrificial ceremony was held that night.
After the sacrificial ceremony, Li Zetian called all the princes to him and gave them collective instructions and beatings.
The scale of the palace is limited, and not everyone can be assigned a residence. After being assigned according to status, the remaining people will find suitable places to camp around.
The married princes were each assigned to a courtyard, while the unmarried princes crowded together.
At Wei Lingxi's strong request, the courtyard of Andinghou's Mansion and the courtyard of Prince's Mansion were placed next to each other.
After Li Jingxing came back from Li Zetian, he asked Du Qing to go to the temporary study room to discuss things, but he didn't come out for a long time.
After Wei Lingxi took a short rest, he couldn't wait to find Chiyang, and shouted from afar: "Cousin sister-in-law!"
Chiyang came out and said with a smile: "Lingxi."
Wei Lingxi rushed to Chiyang, took Chiyang's arm affectionately, and said, "Cousin, let's go find Jinyan. She must be bored alone."
According to Chiyang's conservative character, she would never take a step forward if she could stay in the yard, but Wei Lingxi and Li Jinyan both trusted her closely, so they agreed after hesitating.
Li Jinyan lives with Queen Chi, and she should go to see Queen Chi anyway.
Queen Chi first sent Li Jinyan to entertain Wei Lingxi, and she talked to Chiyang for a while.
"Yang'er, tell your aunt honestly, how is Jing Xing treating you?"
The news she received was that the prince and the princess were in harmony, but the adopted son was quite dissatisfied with the marriage and could not rule out the possibility of playing tricks with Chiyang.
Chiyang said seriously: "Don't worry, aunt, the prince does not treat me badly."
Anyway, it's much better than the previous life...
Actually, she was not bad in her previous life. There was nothing wrong with her except that she didn't love her. She never allowed other women to bully her, and she never believed in slanderous words and wronged her.
As for this life, so far, she seems to care about her a little, but she will not give her sincerity casually, lest she become a bitter and resentful woman in the future.
Queen Chi saw that Chiyang didn't look perfunctory, and her heart that had been hanging in the air finally fell to the ground.
In fact, she had regretted it after Li Ze's Tianci marriage, but it was a done deal, and it would be useless for her to regret it. Fortunately, the result was good.
She just said that her niece was both beautiful and well-informed about etiquette. If the adopted son of such a woman still looked down upon her, then he was short-sighted.
Queen Chi talked to Chiyang for a while and then asked Chiyang to go play with Wei Lingxi and Li Jinyan. She still felt that Chiyang was a little girl from the bottom of her heart.
Chiyang went out and saw Wei Lingxi whispering in Li Jinyan's ear.
Wei Lingxi didn't know what he said, which made Li Jinyan open her mouth in surprise.
Wei Lingxi and Li Jinyan are both lively girls, but Li Jinyan is always lively and cute within the rules, while Wei Lingxi is not bound by rules and regulations and is more free and casual.
Seeing Chiyang coming out, Wei Lingxi and Li Jinyan immediately took her arms from left to right and dragged her to the palace garden.
Along the way, Wei Lingxi and Li Jinyan kept talking, and Chiyang was responsible for listening.
What a coincidence, the three of them bumped into Li Jingxiao, Li Jing'an and Li Jinyao while walking.
Wei Lingxi's face darkened instantly, and she pulled Chiyang to turn around.
Li Jinyan felt that it would not be good to leave directly, so she stepped forward and saluted.
"Jinyan has met the Fourth Emperor Brother."
Li Jingxiao nodded, and Li Jingan saluted Li Jinyan again.
Li Jinyao was younger than Li Jinyan, so it was logical that Li Jinyao should salute Li Jinyan first, but Li Jinyao remained steady and motionless.
Although Li Jinyan didn't want to offend her father's most beloved daughter, she didn't want to humble herself, so she ignored Li Jinyao.
Chiyang also stepped forward to greet Li Jingxiao and Li Jing'an.
After the ceremony between the two parties was over, Wei Lingxi took Chiyang with one hand and Li Jinyan with the other and prepared to leave.
Li Jinyao suddenly stopped opening the pot and said to Wei Lingxi's back: "Wei Lingxi, don't you like my fourth brother very much? Why did you run away when you saw my fourth brother?"
Wei Lingxi and Li Jinyao both have domineering and domineering personalities, and they dislike each other. Although Wei Lingxi admires Li Jingxiao, this does not stop her from hating Li Jinyao.
Hearing Li Jinyao's provocation and sarcasm, Wei Lingxi turned around and took three steps forward, put her hands on her hips, and said confidently: "Who stipulated that I can only like the fourth prince? I saw a man who was more handsome than the fourth prince and fell in love with her. Can’t you fall in love?!”
Of course, Li Jinyao heard about Wei Lingxi's "romantic deeds" of asking the boy to accompany him. When he saw that Wei Lingxi actually compared his brother with the boy, he immediately became furious.
"Wei Lingxi, you are brave!"
Wei Lingxi deliberately misinterpreted Li Jinyao's meaning and said with a sarcastic smile: "The fourth prince is not as handsome as Mr. Na Lan, so why should I, the princess, be allowed to compliment him without conscience?"
Li Jinyan was dumbfounded, and Chiyang tried hard to hold back her laughter.
Little Lingxi's fighting power is really strong, but she doesn't know how much hatred she will draw this time. After that, she has to remind Princess Anyang to watch her closely to avoid retaliation.
Li Jingxiao's handsome face was ashen. Li Jinyao wanted to say something, but was stopped by his look.
Li Jinyao reluctantly shut up.
