Through the Ring of Red Mansions

By the sixteenth day of this month, the Ministry of Rites had at least made all the preparations for the emperor's patrolling and driving. Fortunately, today's decree is for the purpose of inspecting the embankment, and he does not want to disturb the officials and people along the way. In the halogen book, all the cymbals and drums were exhausted, so there were only eight big bronze horns, eight small bronze horns, eight golden mouth horns, two cloud gongs, two dragon horns, two flat horns, four bronze drums, two gold horns, two copper dots, and copper cymbals. Two, Xinggu Two, Mongolian Corner Two.The second imperial battle, golden dragon flag, five-color dragon banners, etc., as well as the important red dragon fan, double dragon yellow fan, leopard tail gun ten, bow and arrow knife, nine dragon crank and yellow canopy are all unavoidable, counting it requires hundreds of people, Therefore, even though he repeatedly talked about saving money, he still marched for several miles in front of the dragon chariot.Not to mention the accompanying battalion of imperial guards and the long dragon-like officials' chariots and horses driving behind.

Jia Huan got a Rongfu green treasure-built carriage prepared by Jia Mu as a means of transportation. This is the carriage that Jia Zheng once used. He took the red treasure chariot with him, and was worried that he would accompany the censor to participate in the performance, so he had no choice but to do so.

On the day of the trip, all the officials respectfully sent the holy car to patrol the square, and the team guarded by the forbidden army could not approach it easily. Therefore, Baoyu and others did not dare to go any further when they were sent to the gate of Rongfu. After the long queue, an official from the Ministry of Rites arranged his carriage at the end of the queue according to rank. Not to mention the shadow of Long Si, even the corner of the dragon chariot where the emperor sat was hard to see.Unexpectedly, before departure, Weiyuan Hou Dongfangying ordered Jia Huan to go, and repeatedly invited him to ride with him. Jia Huan knew that Dongfangying and Jia Zheng had a deep friendship, and then he heard Dongfangying laughing loudly, "Your father is a pedant, so he taught you such a pedant, but there is no reason to be afraid. Just get in the car and I will tell you how much benefit it will be to follow me!!"

Jia Huan saw that his kindness was hard to resist, and saw that many people around him were already looking at this movement, so he had to get into Dongfangying's car, and ordered Mo Yan and Qing Xiao to take their own car to check the luggage, and Long Si sent it to him. The two boys, Fang Ming and Fang Liang, followed.

Dongfangying took Jia Huan into the car before laughing, "You were very affectionate when you met me when you were young, but when you grow up, you hide yourself like a little girl."

Jia Huan was taken aback when he heard this, and it took him a long time to remember that what Dongfangying was talking about should be the little Jia Huan before he "come", but those memories are all fuzzy. Huan, help him to run around the yard, and it's nothing to meet Dongfangying.Probably only Dongfang Ying, who was born as a general with a straightforward temperament, ignored Jia Huan's status as a concubine.

Seeing that Jia Huan was shy and silent, Dongfangying laughed again, "You are not happy to ask you to come up, you will know later, it was your first time driving with you, and you don't know the details inside."

Jia Huan hurriedly said with a smile, "Shibo Dongfang was joking, I'm not happy, but I'm afraid of disturbing Shibo's peace."

Because Dongfangying's words were very warm and not polite, Jia Huan also relaxed his tone, only to hear Dongfangying laughing and said, "I am the most impatient of quietness, and I only want to move you. Unfortunately, today is the first day. Sometimes I have to have a face-to-face, or I will take you for a drink or two."

No one could tell that his words were humble words. Among the ministers and workers accompanying him this time, apart from a few close ministers of the emperor, only Dongfang Ying and Dongping Wang's son Shui Lu had a detached status among them. They also lined up very far, close to the imperial driver, no matter who Dongfangying invites to ride with him, that person must be extremely happy.

In addition to this, there is another preferential treatment, which is the benefit that Dongfangying has always said that Jia Huan will know later.

It should be known that the drinking water and food used by the emperor during his tours were not purchased at random nearby, but were delivered from designated places by express horses every day. After Beijing is a little further away, there are also special places for water extraction. In addition, the local specialties promoted by local officials along the way, if the emperor is not interested, most of them will be given to the ministers around him, and the emperor himself may not use them all.

For example, this round of patrolling the Yellow River embankment is to cross the Yellow River from Shenjing south to Kaifeng, and return the same way after seeing the embankment.Therefore, the Huai Spring in Zhangshiyan of Shimen (Shijiazhuang) and the Yushan Spring in Jinan were designated as drinking water for the imperial use, and residence palaces were set up along the way. Very luxurious.

Although the emperor was away from home the same as when he was at home, the officials who accompanied him were not so lucky. However, three or two close officials of the emperor or princes and clans who were hand-picked by Dongfang Ying and Prince Dongping to accompany him could still get a lot of money. Rewards from the emperor, followed by some good food. Others only have local officials to respect them when they arrive at the place where they are stationed. It's just a "working meal".

Dongfangying chatted with Jia Huan again, mostly because he was curious about some things in the Huihui Pavilion opened by Jia Huan. After talking, seeing Jia Huan's complexion looked a little bad, he couldn't help asking, "Is my nephew feeling unwell? It’s like this when I just went out today, wouldn’t it be sad later? How about I invite an imperial physician to show you, you kid, you’ve been weak like a bean sprout since you were a child.”

Jia Huan was embarrassed to say that Dongfangying's carriage was uncomfortable. Although the official road after leaving the capital was a big road, it was far worse than the flat stone road in the capital, so it was very bumpy. He had never traveled so far Men'er, he didn't expect to be called by Dongfang Ying to his carriage, so all the preparations he made earlier, the thick and soft mattresses and stuffed pillows in the carriage, are all cheap now. Yan and Qingxiao are two.

And because he is a civil servant, it is not easy to go out to ride a horse, and the situation is not very comfortable, so he secretly smiled and said, "I am not so expensive, but the road is too bumpy, and I will rest when I stop for a rest." That's all."

Dongfangying smiled and said, "Children's family is delicate, you can rest on your side, and don't pay attention to me."

Jia Huan was eager to take a handful of motion sickness medicine right now, and he couldn't be more polite. He sued Dongfangying and half leaned on the corner of the carriage to doze off.

He didn't sleep for a while, suddenly a little eunuch flew over from the front, and smiled at Dongfangying, "The Holy Majesty gave me a snack box, and ordered Dongfang Marquis not to thank you, you just keep it."

Dongfangying couldn't help wondering, it's not that I don't know my old man's temper today, and it's better to have a pot of wine than a little bit of food, so he smiled at the little eunuch, "On behalf of the old man, my little eunuch, thank you for your kindness .It seems that the Holy Majesty is in a good mood for this trip?"

The little eunuch put a small ingot of silver handed over by the middle-aged coachman next to him into his sleeve, and said with a smile on his face, "I didn't serve you in front of me, and I haven't seen the sky. I think it should be good. When I came, I heard that in the afternoon I want to take the grown-ups on horseback rides."

Dongfangying laughed loudly and said, "If you're riding a horse, the old man must go for a run too! It's a pity that the old man didn't bring the fragrant red, but the chestnut yellow is still a little worse than that boy Shuilu's silver wind."

At noon, Yujia stayed in an open space and set up a tent. He was ordered to rest and eat everywhere, and gave Weiyuanhou, Dongping Wang Shizi, and ministers meals.

Jia Huan was half asleep and half awake along the way, and lost his appetite due to the bumps, so he just glanced at the imperial gift meal that ordinary people would not want, reluctantly drank the bowl of porridge with mushrooms and white meat, and picked out a few vegetables come to eat.

As soon as Dongfangying saw that the twelve dishes, four soups, eight noodles, and four porridges were full of a table of meals, which was beyond the limit given to the Marquis, she couldn't help being surprised, and then saw that there were half and half meat and vegetables in it, and the combination of meat and fish was extremely good. Okay, obviously it doesn't fit with my habit of eating big fish and big meat, and then thinking about the box of snacks and dried fruits that women and children like to eat more on the way, he is old and mature, so he can't help but eat something that seems to be extremely uncomfortable. Jia Huan took a look there.

Jia Huan didn't know the various systems in it. He was only a small editor of the seventh rank, and he was very lucky to be appointed to accompany him on tour. Although Ying talked about some grand events in the morning when he went on tour with the old sage, most of them were just talking about local customs, rare local products offered by local officials, or jokes made by a certain minister, etc.

Another thing is that when Jia Huan was in high school, he had not yet ascended the throne. Even if he loved talents, he should have a special preference for the first subject, Sanding Jia, which he hand-picked after he ascended the throne. It is rare that he can still remember the first two subjects. Tanhua.

Dongfangying was very puzzled, and felt that it might be because Jiahuan was too young when she was in high school, which made people remember deeply, and she had the achievement of building Huihuilou, which made her look different today.

After lunch, Jia Huan went back to sleep in Dongfangying's car as usual, and ordered Fang Ming to quickly get a soft mattress and a few soft pillows for him before he left. And, it just so happened that the sun was shining through the curtain window and it was warm, Jia Huanfang felt better.

Not long after leaving in the afternoon, a young eunuch came to deliver the decree. Xuanweiyuan Hou Dongping Wang Shizi and several generals served in front of the imperial court. Seeing that Jia Huan was fast asleep, Dongfang Ying told the coachman and Fang Ming and Fang Liang brothers a few words, swaggering Riding his chestnut yellow to the front.

A total of ten or so people galloped along with the emperor's horse for a while, and everyone rode their horses tightly behind the emperor's mount, but the emperor's ride was originally a top-quality Dawan Tianma, Dongfang Ying and the others would not rush even if they let their horses run wildly. It was very difficult, and Shui Lang slowed down the horse for a while, and the crowd gradually caught up.

Shui Lu, the prince of Dongping County, laughed and said, "It's only fun to run a horse like this. I've been riding in a carriage for almost a day, and my bones are shaking. Now I beg the emperor to take pity on this little minister, let him ride a horse."

Shui Lang smiled lightly, "There are too many people in the car, and you are the only one with itchy bones. Even so, you will be able to ride a horse and accompany the dragon chariot from tomorrow on."

Shui Lu couldn't help crying and said, "Thank you, my lord, for your kindness."

Because among the royal family's nephews, the seventeen-year-old Shui Lu has a very good relationship with Shui Lang, and Shui Lu is extremely favored by the empress dowager in the harem. People come up to persuade.Dongfangying couldn't help thinking about it from the side, and said with a smile, "Xiaoshizi is good at riding and shooting, and he keeps practicing every day. This figure is considered good, unlike the one in the old man's car. He has only been out for less than a day and has already climbed up. I can't get up."

Shui Lu couldn't help wondering, "Who else is Dongfang Marquis driving with? Aren't the first and second sons of your mansion not in Beijing?"

Dongfangying smiled and said, "It's the young master of the Rong Mansion. The old man has an old relationship with his father. I thought he was young, so I called the old man's car to take care of him for a while. Who knew that he was so dizzy in the car today that he almost fell asleep. Fortunately, the Holy Majesty recruited ministers and waited for the horse race, if he recruited those Dingjia Jinshi to write papers, maybe he would ask the old man to ask for leave."

Everyone knew that Dongfang Yingti's words were originally to excuse the young master of Jia's mansion, but no one guessed that he was spying on the emperor's mind, so they all laughed, only Shui Lu snorted softly when he heard that it was Rongguo mansion One sound.

Shui Lang walked slowly on his horse for a while, but he didn't seem to hear Dongfang Ying's words at all. He said after a while, "That little Jia Tanhua is already younger and a civil servant. He is not used to going out, but he has a very good mind and literary talent. Yes." He also ordered, "Wrap a bag of those fruit and melon slices that Nanyue made, and give it to Xiao Jia Tanhua, so that he can suppress his appetite."

Manager Shan at the side hurried to receive the order, Dongfang Ying said hastily, "I thank Lord Long En for visiting flowers on behalf of Xiao Jia."

Shui Lang nodded lightly, and led the people to continue to enjoy the scenery on horseback. When the brigade behind caught up, Fang Gui drove the dragon chariot and went straight to the palace where he rested that night.