Chang'an Ferry

Chapter 13

Music starts.

All the ministers waiting in the side hall brought their family members to file in through the gate of the hall. Because it was a good day for reunion in the Mid-Autumn Festival and the defense of men and women in the Jin Dynasty was not strict, so after entering the hall, they just sat on both sides without screens or curtains. .

Mu Zhan hadn't returned yet, the older children in the family were all outside, and one grade was too young, so Mu Yanying naturally sat next to Jiang Ning.Next to him was Lin Yuanzhi's wife, Zhang Xian, the Minister of the Household Department. The two families were old acquaintances, and the children played well, so they chatted as soon as they met, "Chen'er, why do you look thinner?" Jiang Ning felt that Lin Chen's usual pouty cheeks were gone.

"There are riding and archery classes in the school. This kid used to eat too much and was not very flexible, so the teacher stepped up the strength for him, so he lost some weight." Zhang Xian said that he was very happy with his son's weight loss. An'an, it looks like she's grown a little flesh."

"Well, what Mr. Ji taught is some basics. The muscles and bones are more active, but the health is better." The two mothers are worried about their son's fatness and the other's son's thinness. They are very satisfied with the tossing during this period.

"An'an, I heard that you are learning martial arts from Mr. Ji? Mr. Ji is famous for both civil and military skills. How are you doing?" Lin Chen secretly stuffed a piece of pastry into his mouth, chewed it twice, and swallowed it. Seeing the look in the eyes of the old man on the other side, he turned away with guilt, "My father praised you several times, saying that your handwriting is beautiful, and the article is also well written, and he scolded me!"

"How could your father be willing to scold you! It's you, how is your riding and archery martial arts?" Mu Yingying thought to herself, she couldn't swing a sword, she couldn't ride and shoot, and Mr. Ji's hair turned gray.

Lin Chen chuckled, "The teacher said, the girl next door can draw a bow better than me."

Mu Yanying's eyes rolled, fortunately, fortunately, she was not the worst one, at least she could pull away and shoot, although the shot was far from the target, at least it succeeded! "real or fake."

Lin Chen nodded, "An'an, you can go to Mr. Ji to steal some teachers, come back and teach me!"

"Okay, don't worry!" Mu Yanying decided in her heart that she will work harder after returning home and learn better!

"Concubine Shu, Concubine De, and Empress Jieyu are here"

"The eldest prince, the second prince, the third prince, and the fourth prince are here"

"Greetings, Your Royal Highness," everyone stood up and bowed.

"Pingshen!" said the leading concubine Shu.

After the three of them sat down, the following princes also sat down, and behind the other three princes sat two companions, while Li Shengye was alone.

Mu Yanying hurriedly asked the maid behind her to bring over the plate of mooncakes in front of her. Li Shengye looked at the two plates of mooncakes in front of her, amused in her heart, "Please bring this plate to the young master of the Mu family."

"..." Mu Yanying looked at Li Shengye asking the maid to bring over his portion of mooncakes, feeling black in her heart.

"Do you think the other party's mooncake is more fragrant?" Lin Chen reached out and took a piece of mooncake and stuffed it into his mouth. After swallowing it, "It's the same!"

Mu Yanying handed him another piece, "It's different, try it carefully"

"No!" Lin Chen ate another piece and Zhang Xian quickly tugged at his sleeve, signaling him to sit down quickly.

"Emperor Queen Arrives"

"Welcome Your Majesty, Empress Empress" everyone saluted again.

"Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, I would like to present a cup to all of you. Thank you for your contribution to the affairs of the court. Come!" The emperor and queen raised their glasses together.

The people below also quickly raised their glasses, "I should be diligent"

The emperor and empress sat down again, the sound of ceremonies and music sounded, and the dancers entered the dance and danced lightly.

After the banquet, the emperor toasted again, "Dear dears, the autumn hunting will be held in three days. I hope you will show off your talents at the autumn hunting. I have prepared prizes for you to come and collect."

"Yes" Even so, most people go hunting to relax themselves. Where would they compete for this prize? Most of these are given to the young people at the bottom. If they are favored by the emperor, then no matter how many prizes they get, they will be exchanged. not coming back.

The place for the autumn hunting was in the royal paddock more than 60 kilometers away from the imperial city. It would take at least a day and a half for a large group of people, so at noon on the second day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone packed up their things and prepared to go.

Habayashi guards cleared the royal enclosure half a month in advance, making sure that there were only animals with little attack power inside, and there were guard posts and sentries along the way.

Habayashi Wei, who led the way, went out of the city first, followed by the carriages of the emperor and empress, concubines, princes, and ministers followed closely behind.

It's just that the emperors and queens have all been on the battlefield, and the frames are all light and light. They walked a normal distance in one afternoon, which exhausted those delicate boudoir ladies. Everyone was bouncing in their own carriages. Dizzy and dizzy, I didn't stop all the way, and finally arrived at the place where I camped at night.

Everyone looked at the tents that had been pitched up, and they had never been so kind before, and rushed in to rest while facing their own names.

Those children didn't feel anything, they fell asleep when they were tired, just like Mu Yanying, who slept in the dark from the time they went out to the place where they set up camp, even Jiang Ning changed his pajamas for him and didn't know when he put them under the quilt. It was woken up by Lin Chen.

Lin Chen also fell asleep on the road, but he was not so lucky. As soon as he arrived, he was woken up by his father spanking.

"An'an, there's a bonfire outside, and they say they're going to have a barbecue, do you want to go?" Lin Chen drooled as he spoke, and quickly wiped the corners of his mouth with his hands.

"Ha..." Mu Yanying yawned, "I don't want to go, I'm very sleepy, and I can't eat"

"Yes!" Lin Chen remembered that most of the time he saw Mu Yanying either drinking medicine or drinking clear soup and porridge, "You can go and smell it!"

"..." But looking at Lin Chen's expectant eyes, Mu Yanying nodded. Before going out, Jiang Ning ordered a thick cloak for Mu Yingying. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the temperature difference between morning and evening has become a little big.

"Let's go to Aye first, he's alone." Mu Yanying went out to take a look. At this time, everyone rested for a while to recover, and they were all attracted by the smell of barbecue.

But today is not the busiest time. The busiest time is the night after hunting. Everyone will cook a dish with their trophies for everyone to taste. So this time when going out, the mistress of the family practiced hard at home for a long time His culinary skills are just waiting for the time to show off his demeanor.

"An'an, are you going to the fourth child's place?" The third prince Li Shengjing couldn't help pinching Mu Yanying's little face, "Well, I'm a little fatter, and my hands feel better than before."

"You're just fat, big fat man!" Mu Yanying didn't want to hear others say that he was fat during this time. Others practiced martial arts and developed tight muscles, but she grew flesh instead. Severely over-nourished fat, in the end, the emperor felt that his son was so fat that he lost the royal face, and ordered the concubine to lose weight for him, so that a prince had to eat bran and swallowed vegetables for more than half a year before he lost weight.

Li Shengjing naturally felt that it was black history, have you ever seen a prince who eats vegetarian every day?Have you ever seen a prince who wipes the floor every day?Wipe the huge Concubine Palace spotless.

"Hmph!" Li Shengjing wanted to squeeze Mu Yingying's face hard but was afraid that his father would blame him, "The fourth child has gone out a long time ago, and has never seen the world!"

"The third prince has only seen the world, so why come out instead of sleeping with his head covered in a tent?" Mu Yanying snapped back unceremoniously.

"..." Li Shengjing was of course curious. The prince can only leave the palace to build a mansion at the age of 16, and he still has three years left. There are only a handful of days when he goes out on weekdays, but how could he admit it, especially Mu Yanying, who stole his father's favor? Brat, "on the prince's body, I want you to take care of it" arrogantly turned his head and walked to the other side.

"The third prince is obviously very curious himself." Lin Chen whispered in Mu Yanying's ear.

Mu Yanying nodded, "At his age, Qiu Lie can go out of the palace, not usually."

"So pitiful" Lin Chen asked.

"Yes, but soon, before leaving the palace to build a mansion, His Majesty will let them go out of the palace to get used to it, so as not to be deceived, but just forgot to ask Aye where he is going?" Blow through, blowing up the smoke of a barbecue.

Li Shengye saw Mu Yanying's figure from a distance, picked up the plate in his hand and walked over there, but saw Lin Chen next to him at a glance, paused, and then continued forward.

"Aye" Mu Yanying ran over cheerfully, "Are you out to eat?"

"Is the Fourth Highness taking it back to the house to eat?" Lin Chen looked at the plate in Li Shengye's hand, it looked delicious!

Li Shengye said lightly, "I've already eaten" and handed the plate to Mu Yanying, "This is suitable for children"

There were only a few slices of meat on the plate, and Mu Yanying took it and tasted it. It should be the tenderest meat on the leg of lamb, and it was still warm. It won't get angry after eating it, "It's delicious! Aye, thank you, By the way, Ah Chen, do you want to eat?"

"I..." Seeing Li Shengye glance at him quickly, Lin Chen shook his head as if he felt threatened, "I have to pay attention to my diet during this time, I can't eat."

"Oh!" After eating the remaining two slices in a few mouthfuls, Mu Yanying hiccupped, leading both of them to look at him, thinking in their hearts, their appetites are too small!

"I'm going back soon, and I have to hurry tomorrow." Li Shengye took the plate and put him on the shelf next to him. The two children nodded, and the people around gradually decreased, and they all went back to rest.

The place where Lin Chen and Mu Yingying camped was not far away. Seeing his mother waiting for him outside the tent, Lin Chen jumped in his heart, "An An, can you come and sit with me for a while, just a while" Lin Chen asked for help road.

Having known each other for so long, Mu Yuying also knows that Lin's father is a strict person, Lin Chen went back late today, and wanted to come to Lin's father to say something to him, "Okay" looked at Li Shengye, "Aye, do you want to go back first? "

"It's okay." Li Shengye shook his head.

"Great!" Lin Chen pulled Mu Yanying and walked happily to his tent.

"Why hasn't that bastard come back yet?" Lin Yuanzhi opened the curtain, and eye-to-eye with the three of them, "So it's His Highness the Fourth Highness and Young Master Mu?"

"Master Lin" Mu Yanying and Li Shengye performed a junior salute, Lin Yuanzhi nodded, "Thank you for sending Chen'er back, but I have to hurry tomorrow, so let's go back and rest early!" This kid also knows how to find a rescuer, What, do you have to think that I will smack him?I have so much free time?

It was only then that Lin Chen remembered that Mu Yuying was not in good health, and he was dragging him around to blow the night wind. The autumn wind was still quite cold, "An'an, I...you go back quickly! Don't get sick!"

"It's okay." Mu Yanying patted his hand, "Then we will go back, Mr. Lin."

"Go back!" Lin Yuanzhi looked at Mu Yanying's small body, "Let the accompanying imperial doctor take a look, don't be caught by the wind."

Mu Yanying smiled slightly, "Yes" and waved to Lin Chen, "See you tomorrow"

"See you tomorrow"

……

After walking a few steps, it was the tent of Mu's family. Li Shengye didn't go in after sending it here, but went back after watching Mu Yanying's figure disappear.

"Mother!" As soon as Mu Yanying entered the tent, Jiang Ning greeted him, touched his hand, and felt relieved, "Don't come back so late when you go out next time." If someone followed, she couldn't help but go out to find him up.

"It's only been out for half an hour," Mu Yanying corrected.

Jiang Ning patted Mu Yuying's butt, "Spoof, hurry up and wipe yourself off, and go to bed!" Jiang Ning carried Mu Yingying into the inner room, Qingfengmingyue had already prepared hot water.

"Mother, I'll do it myself." Mu Yanying was a little shy, the breeze and bright moon were still there, Jiang Ning asked them to go out in a funny way, "Mother will wash it for you, the water will be cold in a while"

"Um"