Chapter 286: Re-entering the Mountain Pass
February 11th is a good day to travel.
Cui Si packed her things and set off in a carriage.
She brought Yanzhi and Songlu with her, plus eight people from Yannan Township and forty guards. She arranged five carriages, one for Cui Si, Yanzhi and Songlu, two for luggage, and two for the guards on horseback to take turns resting.
After leaving Xianyang City, the carriage headed eastward towards Pingzhou City.
At that time, the spring breeze was still a little cool, and the grass and trees on the roadside had already sprouted green buds. Spring was coming back to the earth, and green would decorate the earth again.
Occasionally, I would encounter early spring flowers in February, which had already blossomed on the branches in the wind, telling the world that spring had come to the world.
Cui Si asked Song Lu to roll up the curtains, feeling the spring breeze, smelling the scent of spring flowers and grass along the way, and slowly flipping through a notebook.
This book was written by a talented woman a hundred years ago. The title of the book is "Eating Flowers". She was a woman who loved flowers to the point of being crazy. But the strange thing is that she loved to appreciate flowers and eat flowers. She ate spring flowers, summer flowers, and all year round.
This book covers snacks, tea making, wine brewing, incense making, and medicine making.
Cui Si read with great interest, as if she was reading a popular science book about flowers.
As she looked at them, she felt a little hungry and wanted to eat flowers.
Near midnight, the convoy arrived at Pingzhou City. Everyone found an inn to stay overnight and had some food. Early the next morning, they left Pingzhou City and headed straight for Yuanzhou.
On February 20th, the convoy arrived at Chongshan Pass.
Chongshan Pass is now within the territory of Northern Yan, but it is also an important line of defense for Northern Yan. The general guarding Chongshan Pass now is none other than General Xu Dazhi.
Upon learning that Cui Si had come to Chongshan Pass, Xu Dazhi was also shocked. He hurried to greet her and politely invited her to the villa in Chongshan City.
"Why are you here, Wang Ji? Is there something wrong?"
"It's nothing serious. I heard that my third and fifth brothers were building a defense line on the Misty River. I had nothing to do at home, so I thought I'd go over and take a look."
"I see." Xu Dazhi heaved a sigh of relief when he learned that nothing was wrong. "It would be good for Wang Ji to go and take a look. Wang Ji is smart and might have some good suggestions. That would be a good thing then."
"It's been a bumpy ride, and I'm tired. I'll rest for two days at Chongshan Pass before continuing. I'm sorry to bother you, General Xu."
"Don't bother me, don't bother me. Oh, my wife is here too. I'll ask her to come over later. If Princess Wang needs anything, just tell her. You women are easy to talk to."
"Mrs. Xu is here too?" Cui Si was slightly surprised.
"Yes, after we conquered Miaozhou last year, Northern Yan became much more stable. My master ordered me to guard the Chongshan Pass, and I couldn't go back for a while, so I sent someone to bring my wife over, so that we can be reunited as a family."
"That's what it's like to be a soldier. You're away from home all year round, so I have to make her come here with all her hard work."
"Then...what about your daughter?" Cui Si asked him.
"Oh, Wang Ji also knows my daughter. She is here too. Let her come and pay her respects to Wang Ji later."
So that evening, Mrs. Xu brought her daughter and several other ladies who were also staying at Chongshan Pass to the villa with some things.
Cui Si also asked Yanzhi to present a gift, which was a pair of gold earrings, neither too big nor too small, but also exquisite and beautiful, and the styles were all different, which was eye-catching.
Cui Si's gaze fell on Xu Jianjia. Xu Jianjia was only six years old this year and still a child, but she was very brave and looked straight at Cui Si.
She was wearing an apricot pink cross-collared dress with a pair of small bells hanging from her waist. She had two buns on her head decorated with silk flowers, and she looked cute and pretty.
Cui Si asked her with a smile, "What are you looking at me for?"
"Wang Ji is beautiful." Xu Jianjia smiled sheepishly. "I used to think my mother was the prettiest, but after meeting Wang Ji today, I finally understand what it means that there are always people who are better than you."
Cui Si was immediately delighted.
This kid is really good at talking.
But Mrs. Xu was indeed pretty. Although Xu Dazhi was not good-looking, he married a wife of good looks, gentle and beautiful, like a lotus in a lotus pond.
Xu Jianjia has facial features like her mother, but her temperament is different. She is like a wildly growing Jianjia, full of vigorous vitality.
It is exactly in line with the line in the poem, 'the rushes are lush and green'.
She has a good temperament, a good personality, and good looks. If she had been born seven or eight years earlier, Cui Si would definitely not have let this sister-in-law go. This person is destined to be her family.
It's just that she is so good, with a good background and loved by her parents, so she deserves to find a young man of the same age as her, have a sweet love affair with him, and make a promise to be together forever.
It’s not that Cui Jing is a bad man, it’s just that he is indeed... sixteen years older. By the time Xu Jianjia is able to get married, he will be thirty-two years old.
well!
Xu Jianjia tilted her head and asked curiously, "Why is Wang Ji sighing?"
Cui Si beckoned her over, reached out and touched her head, and said, "Princess Wang was wondering, Jianjia is so beautiful, what kind of marriage would be best for her in the future?"
If she didn't marry Cui Jing, would the person she met in the future be better than Cui Jing?
Cui Si thought for a moment, then took off a pair of thin silver bracelets from her wrists and gave them to her. "These bracelets aren't worth much, but they were left to me by my mother. I've loved them since I was a child, and she had them made for me to wear in rotation."
"There are carvings of peach blossoms, peonies, lotus flowers, chrysanthemums, plum blossoms, bamboos, pines and cypresses, auspicious clouds, cranes, etc. This pair is peonies, and the peonies are in full bloom, with colorful butterflies chasing after them."
"I've heard a saying that goes, 'If you bloom, butterflies will come to you.' Jianjia is so outstanding, you'll definitely meet a man who truly loves you in the future."
It was too early for Xu Jianjia to talk about her ideal husband, and she felt a little lost.
Madam Xu hurriedly said, "Jianjia, thank Princess Wang quickly."
Although this silver bracelet is not as valuable as those gold earrings, it has a different meaning, which is Cui Si's love for Xu Jianjia.
If Cui Si really becomes the queen in the future, and Xu Jianjia grows up and wants to get married, if she can't find a suitable one, she might have to ask this person to arrange a good marriage for her.
Xu Jianjia thanked her obediently: "Jianjia thanks Princess Wang."
Cui Si reached out and touched her head: "I will stay in Chongshanguan for two days. When you have free time, you can come and play with me."
"Yeah, okay." Xu Jianjia agreed immediately.
Although she was young, she could still clearly see people's kindness and malice. The princess looked at her with some regret sometimes, but she really liked her very much.
"It's getting late, so you should all go back to your own things. I don't need anything here, and if I need anything, I will definitely ask you."
Everyone was observant and seeing that she was indeed a little tired, they did not want to keep her any longer and stood up to say goodbye and leave.
Xu Jianjia took her mother's hand and walked out the door. After they walked away, she looked back at the door.
Madam Xu asked her, "What's wrong?"
Xu Jianjia asked, "Mother, is Princess Wang going to be the queen?"
"Yeah, sure."
Xu Jianjia was immediately delighted when she heard this: "Mom, I like this queen. She likes me!"
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