Chapter 329 Encounter with Xiang Yu
This made him even more confused, and he couldn't help but wonder if he had done anything wrong recently. But after thinking about it, he seemed to have done nothing inappropriate except playing in the sand with Ziying.
In short, it’s enough as long as the emperor agrees to let him and his mother go out.
Zhao Yuanxi waved his hand, "Okay! Let's go!
This time they were traveling from Langya to Huaiyin, a distance of more than 400 miles. At the current speed of carriages, it would probably take a week. Zhao Yuanxi was not in a hurry, but took a few children to walk and play on the road to experience the local customs and culture.
As it got dark, the group arrived at a nearby post station to rest.
The huge convoy stopped near the post station. The people in the post station suddenly became quiet and looked towards them. They saw a pretty girl coming out of the carriage. She looked like a maid from a noble family. However, with such a beautiful maid and so many guards around her, the identity of the person must be extraordinary.
The girl who came out next was also a girl, but she was younger and more delicate in appearance. She looked like a young lady from someone's family. Could this be the owner of the house?
But then two more little heads popped out, one tall and one short, one thin and one fat. It’s not that the short and fat one is ugly, in fact, the fat child is also very cute, but the temperament of the taller one is really eye-catching.
Everyone couldn't help but be curious about their identities, until the last person came out, everyone was a little disappointed. Although the woman was indeed beautiful, she seemed a little older. Looking at the age and appearance of these children, they thought she would be a stunning beauty, but only one person showed a strange look on his face at this moment.
Everyone withdrew their gaze and continued to eat and drink. He was just a noble person passing by, so it was better not to provoke him.
"Mother, are we staying here today?"
It was Fusu's first time staying in an inn. The messy smell in the air made him feel a little uncomfortable, but he could still bear it.
Zhao Yuanxi knew that he was a little uncomfortable, so he patted his head and said, "Yes, you and Ziying will stay together tonight, and Zhier will stay with me."
One reason is that there are not enough rooms in the post station, and the other is for safety reasons to facilitate guards and protection.
Although no one dared to look at them at this time, everyone present was listening with their ears perked up!
Only after Zhao Yuanxi and others entered the house did the people downstairs become lively.
"Uncle, who do you think this person is?"
The people accompanying them were all Qin soldiers. I guess they had a high status in Qin. I just don’t know what such a group of old, weak, women and children were doing here.
Xiang Liang took a sip of wine, chewed a shortbread, and said in a low voice with a gloomy look in his eyes, "This person is the Queen Mother of Qin. She has two children with her. One is the Crown Prince Fusu, and the other is the Prince Ziying."
Although not many people know what the Queen Mother of Qin looked like, Xiang Liang happened to be one of them. He once followed the envoys of Chu to Qin to send the princess of Chu to get married.
What he didn't expect was that almost ten years had passed, and the appearance of the Queen Mother of Qin had not changed at all.
Xiang Yu was surprised, "Why are they here?"
"It's not for us anyway. Let's finish eating quickly and leave. Don't alarm them." Xiang Liang didn't want to cause trouble. He and Xiang Yu were now on the run. If these Qin soldiers noticed them, they would not be able to escape.
"But uncle, this is such a good opportunity. If we can capture the mother and son of the King of Qin, we may be able to avenge our grandfather." Xiang Yu was a little unwilling. This was their closest chance to get close to the Qin people. If they missed this opportunity, they didn't know when they would have to wait for revenge.
Xiang Liang secretly kicked Xiang Yu and asked, "Can the two of us defeat these hundreds of Qin soldiers?"
Xiang Yu was not annoyed when he was kicked. Instead, he nudged Xiang Liang's arm with his elbow and reminded him, "But uncle, those two kids ran down."
When Ziying heard that there was candy in the post station, he couldn't wait to pull Fusu down and asked the person in charge, "Uncle, do you have candy for sale here?"
Others may not know the identity of the visitor, but the pavilion chief here must be clear about it. The word "uncle" frightened him and he trembled. "I am very frightened. The crispy candy you requested will be delivered to you later."
Prince Ziying's only uncle is His Majesty the Emperor. Who dares to be called uncle by him?
"It's okay, I can wait a while, just give it to us directly!" Ziying smiled adorably. His grandmother said that they were on a secret visit this time, and they were not princes of Qin to the outside world, so they had to be polite to others.
Ziying took Fusu to sit down and waited for the headman to bring the crispy candies he had ordered.
Fusu was helpless. "Grandmother said your teeth are broken and you are not allowed to eat candy. If you eat candy secretly and Grandmother finds out, be careful that Grandmother will beat you!"
"If Big Brother doesn't tell me, how will Big Mother know?"
Ziying wanted to bring Fusu down to prevent him from going and informing on others. As long as he became an accomplice, even if the Grand Mother found out, she would not beat him. After all, there is a saying that the law does not punish the masses.
"I don't need to tell you, Grandmother already knows!" Fusu pointed upstairs quietly.
Ziying looked up and saw their eldest mother staring at him with a gloomy face. He was so scared that he couldn't help but hide to the side.
Zhao Yuanxi didn't expect that Ziying would run out to eat secretly in just a short while. Didn't he know that all the guards were her spies?
"Get up here!"
"Then you are not allowed to hit me!" Ziying lowered his head and bargained with Zhao Yuanxi.
"Are you sure you want me to go down and bring you up myself?"
Ziying's face was full of pain and he could only ask Fusu for help. Fusu ignored him completely. Compared with Ziying's resentment, his grandmother was more difficult to deal with.
He went upstairs reluctantly.
"Pheasant, take his little bag away!"
Ziying looked incredulous, "That's mine!"
"That's also given to you by me!" Zhao Yuanxi was not polite at all. The small bag was filled with Ziying's daily snacks. The little guy had a big appetite and got hungry quickly at this age. Zhao Yuanxi was worried that they would not have enough to eat, so he specially prepared some nuts and dried fruits for them to fill their stomachs on the road, but he expressly forbade them to eat anything outside.
"Can't I just not eat it?"
"No, I told you not to eat anything before we left. This is a punishment! If you do this again next time, I won't take you out."
It was not just because they were worried that Ziying would eat too much, but also because they had to guard against people with ulterior motives who might harm them. It was obvious that there were indeed people with bad intentions in this post station.
Lu Zhi quickly found the small bundle and put it into the Queen Mother's room under Ziying's tearful gaze.
Zhao Yuanxi saw the people in the corner about to leave and smiled. "Since you two know me, why don't you stay and have dinner together?"
Xiang Liang felt something was wrong. Before he could escape from the post station with Xiang Yu, the gate had been surrounded by Qin soldiers, making it impossible for them to escape.
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