The weather was hot, but there was ice and a fan in the carriage, so the journey was not tiring.
Prince Chun brought two hundred Yulin soldiers with him, and she herself also brought Jiahe and others and Huo Qijing's fifty personal soldiers.
Dayan has sixteen guards in the Southern Court and six armies in the Northern Court. The Southern Court is nominally under the jurisdiction of the prime minister, which is different from the imperial guards under Yan Chengyuan. The soldiers in the various Zhechongfu belong to the sixteen guards in the Southern Court. The order has been passed on, and when they arrive in Maozhou, someone will naturally lead troops to support them.
Prince Chun was extremely respectful to her, and neither pretended to obey her nor was he negligent or perfunctory.
This made Yan Shiyue feel relieved.
Little did they know that Prince Chun also breathed a sigh of relief.
He was a cautious person, and when he received the order, he was really worried, fearing that this person might suddenly decide to deal with him.
He didn't expect that he would be so quiet all the way. Although he was favored by the emperor, he was much easier to serve than others. He was not picky about where to live and what to eat. He ate the same thing as everyone else and ate whatever he could get. He was even tougher than him.
Including the fifth prince, he also has a good temper.
Huo Qijing's personal soldiers went hunting along the way, and the other Yulin troops he brought with him were also ready to take action.
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They had lunch on the spot at noon, and Yan Shiyue vividly described to the Fifth Prince how to eat wild rabbit.
Slice the rabbit meat into thin slices, then put it in a hot pot. Boil the water, use chopsticks to pick up the rabbit slices and dip them back and forth in the pot a few times. When the color of the meat slices looks like clouds, you can dip it in the sauce and eat it. This is the famous Bo Xia Gong.
People who heard it were simply drooling.
The captain of the Yulin Army couldn't help but come over and ask, "Sir..."
Prince Chun said helplessly: "The people have been arranged, go if you want to go!"
So the Yulin Army also sent out a group of people to go hunting. At this time, the wild animals in the mountains were fat and abundant, and everyone had a good harvest by the evening. Then a group of people gathered together to eat what she called the Boxiagong.
A group of people enjoyed eating hotpot in the hot summer.
Halfway through the meal, someone came over on horseback and met Prince Chun. Prince Chun seemed overjoyed and rewarded the man.
After a while, Wei Xin whispered in her ear: "That person said that Princess Chun gave birth to a son."
Um? ?
Yan Shiyue calculated silently in her heart, if Princess Chun gave birth to a child at this time, wouldn't that mean that she became pregnant shortly after the commotion there?
Her mood suddenly became a little weird.
When Prince Chun came in again, he saw the way she looked at him, inexplicably, revealing a sense of... sympathy?
But Prince Chun didn't know that the maids around her were all shadow guards with sharp ears, so he naturally didn't know what she had already known. He just restrained his expression and continued eating.
Yan Shiyue thought about it the next day and couldn't help asking Zhao Kuangyin: "Prime Minister, I want to ask you a question."
Zhao Kuangyin was puzzled: "Your Highness, please ask."
"What if, just what if... What if you get married and really want a son, and your wife gives birth to a son... And then... this son is not yours, do you think it would be better for you to be confused and happy all your life, or would it be better for you to know the truth?"
Zhao Kuangyin: “…”
His face was bruised and his eyes bulged as he said, "I...I am not married yet!"
Then he consoled himself: "What if, what if, right? Then I must know! I have been kept in the dark all my life, and I can be so angry that I can turn over even after I die! That's too aggrieved!"
Yan Shiyue looked at the others. Jia and a few others nodded vigorously in empathy. Even the Fifth Prince, who she saw as a little brat, nodded.
Wei Xin was the first to come to her senses, her eyes widened: "Master, are you saying..."
The others also looked at her steadily. Yan Shiyue had no choice but to say, "I just... it's just a feeling. There's no evidence. Don't talk nonsense. You can't talk nonsense about this kind of thing."
Feeling, feeling...Who among those who have been with her for a long time doesn’t know about that inexplicable “feeling” that she has never missed?
They looked at each other with complicated expressions.
In fact, Yan Shiyue really just had a feeling.
She mainly thinks that if the sperm quality or quantity is not good, it is really difficult to get pregnant. Besides, she is old. Although it is not completely impossible, it really requires great luck. Can the person who was rejected by her really have such good luck immediately?
The main thing is that Princess Chun is obviously a princess with princess syndrome. She has been spoiled all her life, but she was taken back by Prince Chun with harsh words. This is like the sky has fallen for her. The whole world has let her down. She feels wronged, lonely and cold. Doing something under such circumstances is completely in line with her temperament.
Tsk, can’t think about it.
When he set out again the next day, Prince Chun always felt that the people here were unusually polite to him, and even sent him some delicious food, which made him feel ashamed.
We soon arrived in Maozhou.
General Zhao Shi was already waiting with a thousand soldiers.
As soon as they met, the feeling she got was, how should I put it, the whole state was completely different from that of the Yulin Army.
In fact, she was a little confused as to whether the current government soldiers were the same as the government soldiers she knew. They should be quite different. They seemed to have more freedom. For small-scale marches like suppressing bandits, it seemed that the governor had the final say?
Since Zhao Shi had led several consecutive cleanup operations, Prince Chun called him over to tell her about the situation.
Zhao Shi had only received the order and came to support. When he heard what Prince Chun said, his eyes widened in surprise: "Call a woman to suppress the bandits? Don't be so scared that you pee your pants!"
Prince Chun was so scared that he almost peed his pants. He didn't expect this man to be so straightforward and dare to say such words.
He didn't even dare to look at Yan Shiyue's expression. Zhao Shi blurted out what he said. He was shocked after he finished speaking. He knelt on the ground and apologized repeatedly.
Yan Shiyue said: "Forget it, just tell me."
Zhao Shi stood up awkwardly. Prince Chun even winked at him, but Zhao Shi didn't understand. He could only say, "Tell the Prime Minister about the previous situations."
Zhao Shi quickly said, "Yes, someone said there were still bandits in Tianbao Mountain, so I took people to look for them, but we couldn't find any after searching around."
"Tell me in detail!" Prince Chun shouted, "As detailed as possible!"
Zhao Shi had no choice but to tell it all from the beginning again.
Because of its terrain, Maozhou has always been home to many bandits. These people follow the enemy and move with him. Once they are scattered, it is difficult for officers and soldiers to catch them. Even if they are divided into several groups to chase them, the military strength will be weakened. Therefore, when there is a disaster, bandits often run rampant.
Tianbao Mountain is high and densely forested, and close to the official road. The terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, making it an easy choice for bandits to base their base.
Officers and soldiers were purged and massacred more than once, so there have always been rumors of ghosts there. Villagers nearby seldom go there. It is said that some people bravely go hunting, but rarely catch game, so even fewer people go there.
A few times before, they heard people say they saw bandits on the mountain, so they came to take a look, but they didn't see anyone. Moreover, the original bandit camps on the mountain were all dilapidated and didn't look like anyone was there. After coming empty-handed several times in a row, they didn't like to come anymore, and if someone else said something, they would just scold them back.
Yan Shiyue listened very seriously.
Then she asked, "They said there were bandits in the mountains. What did they say specifically?"
Zhao Shi said blankly: "That's what I said!"
"How do you say that?" Yan Shiyue asked, "How do they know that they are not hunters or villagers, but bandits?"
Zhao Shi looked like he didn't know this: "A knife!"
Not to mention Yan Shiyue, even the Fifth Prince held his forehead with his hand: "Try to learn how to say it specifically!"
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