Chapter 28
The next day, Chu Shaoling indeed ordered Wang Muhan to order something and pay tribute to the Empress Dowager and took the guards out of the palace with him. Qianshou Palace was more than fifty miles away from the imperial city, and no matter how fast the carriage was, it would take three or four hours.
It was already July and the weather was a little hot. Chu Shaoling ordered people to prepare two basins of ice on the car. Seeing that the guard halberd was still sweating on his forehead, Chu Shaoling chuckled: "Forget it, I won't go out anyway. Take off this outfit and put on the same one when you get to the place."
When he went out, Wei Ji was wearing a third-rank brocade robe and official uniform of a first-class guard. Although it was summer clothes, it was three layers inside and outside, and it was covered with hot. Wei Ji shook his head. It was very unruly when he got on the carriage. What was the loose clothes like? My elder brother was sanitizing outside and didn't say anything.
Chu Shaoling put up the window frame and looked at it, saying, "Hold on, it will be cooler when you arrive at the palace. The climate there is good. The palace is surrounded by mountains and rivers, so it will not be so hot."
Wei Ji nodded, and he had been looking forward to going in his heart. Chu Shaoling said that when he got there, he beat everyone serving him from afar. The two of them were alone, playing freely.
After an hour, it was noon. The accompanying palace maid brought the prepared snacks and meat and vegetable snacks. Chu Shaoling and Wei Ji did not get off the car, but only asked someone to bring the food box in. Chu Shaoling opened the food box and took out a plate of crab roe pastry and a bowl of quails. He ordered someone to deliver it to Wei Zhan and chuckled: "Thank you for your elder brother this time, and wait until the palace to let him take a break."
Wei Ji nodded and smiled. The palace maid did not come in. Wei Ji took the food himself and sat in the carriage for a while. Both of them were not hungry. After using a little bit, they were taken down. After eating, they both leaned on the carriage and talked. As they spoke, they fell asleep. When they woke up, they were already here.
The officials and servants of the palace had been waiting since the morning. When they saw the convoy coming, they hurriedly came out and stood according to their grades to pay their respects. Chu Shaoling had not been here for nearly ten years. He looked at the solemn palace gate of the palace and was a little dazed. The words Qianshou on the carved dragon plaque were already a little mottled. Chu Shaoling still remembered that this was the plaque written by the emperor at that time. Fengyi, auspiciousness, and a thousand blessings and eternal life were promised by the young emperor to his mother. In just ten years, things and people changed.
Chu Shaoling looked at the word "Qianshou" and was ecstatic. Wang Muhan walked closer and whispered: "Your Highness?"
Chu Shaoling ordered everyone to get up and said lightly: "This plaque is a bit old, please remove it and add the golden paint..." The headmaster of the palace quickly said yes.
Prepare the "Haiyan" Hall for Chu Shaoling. Chu Shaoling and Wei Ji entered the bedroom and took a bath and changed clothes first. Wei Ji washed it first and came out. He looked at Wei Zhan outside. Wei Ji hurriedly approached and chuckled: "Why are you here? Your Highness has to wait for a while before you come out."
The guards pulled the guards to a secluded place and said, "I'm here to find you, this..."
Wei Zhan took a stack of silver notes and handed them to Wei Ji, and whispered: "This is what my father brought back a few days ago and asked me to hand them over to you. My father said that he was very good at serving him and was very grateful to the prince's kindness. He asked you to find a suitable time to give these silver notes to the prince."
Wei Ji was a little embarrassed, but his father was not good at listening, so he had to take it and nodded: "I understand."
When he left the city, he heard the rumors that the emperor wanted to choose a concubine for Chu Shaoling. Now he was full of this. He wanted to mention his younger brother a few words, but he couldn't bear to say this when he saw Wei Ji like this, so he just said, "Serve well in front of His Highness. If... if there is anything wronged, don't hold it in your heart, tell me."
Wei Ji smiled: "Brother is joking, I have no trouble, Your Highness..." Poor Wei Ji thought that only he and Chu Shaoling knew about this, so he was embarrassed to tell his elder brother, so he just smiled, "Your Highness is kind, you won't be wronged."
Wei Zhan was worried and was afraid of Chu Shaoling, so he nodded and nodded: "You... take care of yourself."
Wei Ji chatted with Wei Zhan for a while, and thought about taking out half of the stack of money in his arms. Seeing that no one around had stuffed it to Wei Zhan, he whispered: "Brother, take it yourself. I still have a lot of silver notes, just add it myself." Last time Wei Ming's silver notes for respecting Chu Shaoling were still in Wei Ji's hands. Wei Ji was usually in Bitaoyuan, and there was no one to respect and there was no place to use it, but Wei Zhan was different. As soon as he became the commander, there was a lot of place to manage. Wei Ji saw that Wei Zhan refused to accept the situation and said softly: "It's okay, I really have it."
Wei Zhan guessed what was going on, and secretly felt grateful to Chu Shaoling for the Guard, but he thought about choosing a concubine again.
Wei Ji returned to the hall heartlessly and flipped his luggage, packed the silver notes for Wei Zhan, and went inside. Chu Shaoling had just finished bathing, and Chu Shaoling had already sent all the eunuchs away, leaving only the guards and imperial guards. Wei Ji approached and served Chu Shaoling to change his clothes and took out the silver notes. He said a little embarrassedly, "Your Highness... This is what my father brought back, let me give it to your Highness..."
Chu Shaoling took a little bit, stuffed it back into the arms of the guard halberd, and chuckled: "I understand, I've put it on as a pocketbook."
Wei Ji was embarrassed to take it again and pushed it away. It was not until Chu Shaoling kissed her and she was speechless. Chu Shaoling rubbed Wei Ji's head. This stupid thing.
Chu Shaoling turned around and raised the window frames one by one. The guards looked at the lake outside and smiled: "Your Highness... Are there any fish in this lake? I will fish and eat for your highness."
Chu Shaoling smiled: "There are many koi, but I don't remember other fish, but it seems that there are some shrimps. How to catch them?"
"You can also fish shrimps, I fished them when I was a child." The Wei Ji was eager to try it, "It's more convenient than fishing."
It is rare that Wei Ji was so interested. Chu Shaoling ordered people to prepare all the fishing items. The two went to a pavilion by the lake together. Chu Shaoling put bait on the hook and put down the hook, sat down to watch Wei Ji fishing shrimp.
Wei Ji broke a few willow branches by the lake, and walked into the pavilion while pulling down the leaves. Chu Shaoling looked funny: "Get this fish? Do you care about you?"
Wei Ji smiled and said, "Responsible, please me."
The Wei Ji took most of the leaves of the willow branches, picked up the prepared bait, picked out a few pieces of chicken heart meat, carefully stitched them on the willow branches, took a net bag, went down the steps in the pavilion, squatted down to the nearby water, and put the willow branches into the water.
Chu Shaoling was worried that he was too close to the water, so he walked down. Wei Ji turned around and smiled at Chu Shaoling, turned around and focused on looking at the water.
Soon, a few shrimps swam over and jumped over, and came to the chicken to get food. Wei Ji held the willow branch in his left hand and held the net bag in his right hand. He slowly leaned over the net bag. He saw the opportunity and lifted the net bag inward. None of the shrimps ran away, and they all jumped around in the net.
Chu Shaoling laughed and said, "You are smart and come up with this method."
Wei Ji laughed: "I was naughty when I was a child before I entered the military camp. I often escaped to play with my nanny brother and the housekeeper's children. I learned from them at that time."
The lake in the palace was well taken care of by the people of the palace, and the fish were well raised, and they fed the shrimps well. They were not small. Chu Shaoling rolled up his sleeves and poured the shrimps he was holding into the bamboo basket, and smiled and said, "I won't fish anymore, I'll catch shrimps with you too. Let's eat this tonight."
The Wei Ji hurriedly broke the willow branches again. Chu Shaoling didn't mind being pickled. He took the blood-stained chicken heart and skewed it onto the willow branches, hanging down the branches and guarded them with the Wei Ji.
The two of them were concentrated on fishing shrimps, and within an hour they caught a bamboo basket. When Wei Ji was a child, they caught so many shrimps. They were not as big as that. They were so excited that their eyes were bright. Chu Shaoling looked at him happily and felt very happy. He was very excited. He thought for a while and said, "Let the people in the dining room make steamed dumplings. Let the rest be roasted to eat at night."
Wei Ji was indeed happy and nodded: "I will ask for some beef and mutton again and roast them together."
There was no need to use the guard halberd. Chu Shaoling ordered the people in the dining room to prepare a piece of baked goods. They packed a large table with various seasonings. Chu Shaoling asked someone to put the goods on the pavilion in the middle of the lake, and they didn't need the palace servants to serve them, so they roasted them and ate them.
The shrimp had already been cleaned up, and they washed them with the fishy tendons, marinated them with the sauce. The shrimp meat was soaked in the aroma of the sauce. When it was spread on the iron net, it was "ziz" and the fragrance was strong and attractive.
There was no one else in the pavilion. The two of them directly peeled the shrimp. They were all covered with shrimp oil. They were just caught. They were the live shrimps. They were accompanied by the secret seasonings in the palace. The taste was particularly delicious. They ate casually in the carriage at noon. They were hungry now and ate half a basket of shrimps. Finally, they drank the rice porridge prepared in the dining room to be full.
After eating these at night, it was difficult to go to bed early. Chu Shaoling and Wei Ji washed their hands and walked along the corridor built on the lake, slowly digesting food, and were very leisurely. Wei Ji had never played like this in front of Chu Shaoling. Chu Shaoling was very satisfied and coaxed him: "I like this?"
Wei Ji nodded and smiled: "It's great without anyone else."
Taking advantage of the night, the attendant followed him away again, Chu Shaoling took over the guard and kissed him, and promised softly: "As sooner or later, I will let you be so comfortable in the palace."
Wei Ji's face turned red in an instant. He looked around uneasyly. Chu Shaoling chuckled and took Wei Ji's hand openly and continued to walk.
Chapter completed!