Chapter 179: Sharing Difficulties
The lobbying went very smoothly. Prince Li proposed to change the route on the grounds that he was worried about the Queen Mother. After all, everyone knew that the Queen Mother was at Yutai Mountain and the road was blocked by heavy snow. The court officials could choose not to go, but as a concubine, she could not ignore it.
After some discussion, it was decided that Gu Yunhai would escort the court officials and some children of noble families back to the capital first, while Prince Li and Helian Tuo would take a group of concubines to Yutai Mountain instead.
"It should take a day to travel from Jiuzhu Mountain to Yutai Mountain by horseback. Although the snow has stopped, the carriage cannot travel fast, so it will take about two days."
Inside the carriage, Shu Hong stuffed a hand warmer into Si Linglong's arms while explaining softly to her.
Si Linglong leaned against the wall of the carriage. The familiar bumpy feeling made her feel uncomfortable. Add to that the snow had melted and the weather was cold, so she stayed huddled in the carriage the entire time, and it was obvious that she had no energy at all.
"Yeah." He replied muffledly, then asked, "Where's Xueshan?"
"Xue Sha has always been riding in the emperor's chariot. This time, the emperor rode to Yutai Mountain and there was no one on the chariot. I'm afraid His Highness Xue Sha is alone on it."
When Si Linglong heard this, she suddenly felt jealous.
She still remembered that Helian Yue's sedan chair was spacious and comfortable, and that fat fox actually left her alone to enjoy it? !
No loyalty!
No matter how jealous they were, no one had the courage to ask to ride in the emperor's sedan chair when the emperor was not around, as this was against taboo.
Although Si Linglong is a fierce woman, she knows that this is something she cannot do.
Besides, she had broken up with him, so who would want to ride in his chariot?
After thinking for a while, he said, "Wait until we get to the next place and bring Xue Sha over."
The child is grown up now, it's time to teach him what it means to share difficulties.
That fur is warmer than ten hand warmers.
Well, it's still meaty.
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Si Linglong and his party walked leisurely for two days and finally arrived at Yutai Mountain at noon on the third day.
By then the mountain road had been unblocked and the snow on the road had been cleared.
Helian Yue was accompanying the empress dowager on the mountain. When he heard that the concubines had arrived, his brows twitched slightly, but he didn't say much.
If it weren't for the previous incident, they should really come and pay a visit.
Come over now, just in time.
Behind the screen, the empress dowager, dressed in plain silk, was twirling the Buddhist beads in her hand with her eyes closed. A chubby tabby cat was quietly crawling beside her legs, seemingly listening to the Buddha's teachings, quiet and well-behaved.
"Since they are so kind, I can't refuse them. Let them stay here first and come back tomorrow to pay their respects."
The nanny nearby agreed upon hearing this and left to make arrangements.
Fortunately, the Huguo Temple was never open to the public because the Empress Dowager worshipped Buddha here, so the temple was spacious and could accommodate hundreds of people.
Helian Yue, however, wanted to hurry up for two days. That woman had always been spoiled, and he didn't know how she would complain on the way. He also wanted to go and see if her anger had faded, but because the Queen Mother was there, he didn't show much.
On the other side, Si Linglong, wrapped in a brocade fur coat, got out of the car with the help of palace maids, and she felt her feet were a little light.
Xueshan crawled out of the car and kept grabbing at her feet, obviously feeling cold and wanting to be hugged.
Si Linglong liked to hug it to keep warm in the car, but now that she had gotten out of the car, she didn't want to waste the energy to do that. Not to mention, she really had no strength left.
She felt like she had caught a cold along the way. Climbing the mountain had taken all her energy, and now she just wanted to find a bed and have a good sleep.
Helian Tuo saw from afar that her face looked bad, his eyes moved slightly, but he didn't dare to get close to her, so he just ordered someone to call a doctor.
Si Linglong was unaware of what was happening behind her, so she followed the monk who was leading the way to her room. She found that it was actually a separate courtyard. She was a little surprised, but was too lazy to ask more questions.
Just as she was about to lead Shuhong and Qinglu inside, she saw a man in a blue brocade robe standing in front of the courtyard. The man was about twenty-three or twenty-four years old, handsome, and his demeanor was elegant with a bit of reserved shrewdness. When he looked at her, his gaze was not avoided or yielding, and his pair of black and brown eyes were as steady as a mountain, as if he had been waiting here for a long time.
Si Linglong was sure that there was no such a person among the young men from noble families who followed Helian over, so where did this person come from?
The man who could appear in the Gokokuji Temple...
Could it be that he belongs to the Queen Mother?? ! !