The ceremonial officers in the procession sang the trumpet call loudly, and the endless procession of carriages and horses finally began to move forward slowly.
Xiao Nanhui swiftly jumped onto the horse, and let Jixiang stay close to the emperor's carriage, secretly peeking into the carriage.
The entire imperial carriage had only one driver, wearing green clothes, holding a long sword, and with a dull expression. It was Ding Weixiang.
Ding Weixiang looked straight ahead without looking sideways, but his peripheral vision seemed to have hooks.
"Mr. Xiao, you're too close."
Lackey.
Xiao Nanhui curled his lips and had to walk away.
At this moment, there was some movement behind the thick brocade curtain of the carriage, and then someone pushed it open halfway from the inside.
Su Wei leaned slightly closer to Ding Weixiang and whispered something.
Xiao Nan smiled back and was about to move forward, but then he saw the person sitting next to him in the carriage, and the smile on his face disappeared almost in an instant.
She said, how could one person ride in such a big carriage.
The one sitting next to Su Wei, with her cloud-like hair, fragrant figure, dark eyebrows and red lips, isn't she Cui Xingyao, who had previously saved the emperor and was awarded the title of Shuyuan?
Before Xiao Nanhui could feel better, the passenger Zuo, who had been out of sight until now, also caught up on horseback. His expression became even uglier.
She had never expected the Emperor to transfer Xu Shu from his position as Guard Commander to the position of Charioteer. She refused to believe the Emperor was unaware of the grudge between her and Xu Shu, believing he had done it on purpose. In her heart, she cursed the old scoundrel Zhongli for a hundred and eighty rounds.
When he thought about how he had held the other person's hand and said something like "goodbye" in a cheesy way the day before, and how he had been quite moved and fascinated by that face just now, Xiao Nanhui wished he could chop off his disobedient and reckless head.
She always forgot that the other person was the emperor, and thought that as long as he liked her and she liked him, things would develop in a pleasant direction.
However, reality gave her a slap in the face.
On the other side, Xu Shu's face also looked unhappy.
He knew who was sitting next to the emperor in the carriage.
Ever since Cui Xingyao was chosen to enter the palace, he hoped every day that the emperor would forget the existence of such a person.
In reality, according to the past, the emperor would only keep people in the palace for ten days or half a month before sending them out. It was only a matter of time before Cui Xingyao left the palace. However, events had already surpassed his expectations. Since the Jiaosong Festival, Cui Xingyao seemed to have been greatly favored. He had been residing in Chengzhao Palace, the closest to Yuanhe Hall. Now, he was accompanying the emperor on the Spring Hunt, seemingly poised to become a phoenix.
Xiao Nanhui naturally saw Xu Shu's expression. His eyes swept across the beautiful figure behind the car curtain, and he suddenly remembered this matter.
She was staring at the man sitting in the car, while Xu Shu was thinking about the woman sitting in the car on the other side.
Well, no one will have an easy time.
Thinking this way, Xiao Nanhui's heart suddenly regained its balance. He squeezed his legs together and quickly ran forward, staggering several lengths away from Xu Shu. He also disliked the white horse under Xu Shu's buttocks, finding its uniform fur extremely ugly.
After walking about a few miles out of the city, the sky in the distance became gloomy.
Late spring is the rainiest time of year.
But today, this cloud in the sky seems to be as big as half the sky.
A hot and humid atmosphere began to float in the air, mixed with a bit of earthy smell, making it difficult to breathe.
The distant horizon became a little gray, and a figure on horseback came closer and closer, heading straight for the caravan on the road.
Ding Weixiang noticed it keenly, squinted his eyes to take a look, then relaxed his expression and gave a secret signal to the Black Feather Camp lurking in the dark. The sound of tightening the bowstring suddenly disappeared.
After about half a cup of tea, the figure finally approached. Xiao Nanhui was surprised to find that the other person looked familiar. It was actually the servant named A Chu whom he met when he visited the Mei Mansion that day.
Ah Qiu was obviously coming straight towards her, but due to etiquette he only waited a few dozen steps away.
Xiao Nanhui understood and rode forward. Before he could ask politely, the other party spoke concisely.
"Miss Xiao, my young master wants me to tell you something. He's waiting for you at Liwang Pavilion, three miles ahead."
Xiao Nanhui was stunned for a moment before she realized that the young master the other party was talking about was Su Pingchuan. This was somewhat beyond her expectations.
The lookout pavilion was not far from the official road that the caravan passed by, so it wouldn't take long to go back and forth. However, even so, the caravan would not stop to wait for her just because she fell behind.
"May I ask what is so urgent, sir? I'm on duty and time is tight. I can only spare a cup of tea at most."
"That's enough." Ah Qiu bowed deeply on horseback. "Thank you, young lady. I'll go and reply right away."
After saying this, Ah Qiu turned his horse around and left.
Xiao Nanhui hesitated for a moment, but still reluctantly approached the carriage.
Ding Weixiang glanced at her sideways and coughed heavily.
Xiao Nanhui pretended not to hear and shamelessly reported it directly to the person in the car.
"Your Majesty, General Zuo said he has something important to discuss with me..."
"Go ahead."
Before she could finish her words, the people in the carriage responded.
He didn't show any emotion in his words, and there were only two words, so she couldn't tell whether there was some displeasure or something else in his tone.
He agreed readily, but it made her think too much.
Xiao Nanhui cursed inwardly and replied with a groan.
"Then I will go and come back soon."
She turned her horse's head and gave a light shout, and Jixiang left the convoy and headed towards the gray earth slope not far away.
Ding Weixiang, who had been looking straight ahead, glanced at the figure out of the corner of his eye and frowned slightly.
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