Wind rises time and space gate

Chapter 400 Strangeness in the Air
On this weekend, Zhang Lianqiu and Lu Shanchang took Chang Zhi and Qiqi to the racecourse.

Except for the younger Qi Qi, all four of them can ride horses.

Needless to say, Lu Shanchang, as a descendant of the Daqi family, has learned riding as one of the six arts of a gentleman since he was a child. Zhao Guangyuan also focused on cultivating Changzhi's riding skills. Although he didn't have much riding experience, he had no problem running a horse on his own.

As for Zhang Lianqiu, as a qualified artist, horse riding is also a required course. Of course, her riding skills and length couldn't compare with Lu Shan's, and she still had to have a coach pulling the horse in front.

"If you're old enough, run slower. These horses look docile, but we're not familiar with their temperaments, so we'd better not run too fast."

"I know, uncle!"

Since Lin Zhaoxia disappeared, I haven't seen a smiling face for several days. For a nine-year-old child, no matter how sensible and independent he is, he still feels anxious and uneasy. Lu Shanchang has been with him these days, but he has not seen him happy.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the racecourse and rode on the horse, the child came out with a bit of excitement and a smile on his face.

Seeing Changzhi riding on the horse, masterfully controlling the horse and galloping, Lu Shanchang, who was accompanying him, couldn't help but sigh, this child is worthy of being a descendant of the royal family. The demeanor of a noble son of a noble family that he inadvertently revealed made people trance-like.

Qi Qi, who was being held by her biological father and sitting on a horse, became even more excited when she saw her elder brother riding a horse and galloping away. "Brother Changzhi, run faster, faster!" he shouted wildly. , wishing that the horses under him could follow suit.

Lu Shanchang pressed his son in a funny manner, following Changzhi with his eyes and giving pointers from time to time.

When I heard Qi Qi's encouragement, I became more and more excited. After running a few laps, I felt more and more hearty.

He liked the feeling of the slave horse galloping and the wind blowing on his face. The warlike factor in his body seemed to have been awakened, "Drive!" He clamped his legs together, and the horse flew out like an arrow from its string...

On the other side, after the recognition banquet, Lin Zhaoxia and Zhao Guangyuan were sitting on the carriage returning home.

Looking at the rewards piled high on the carriage, I felt so good. "This trip to the palace is worth it."

It didn't matter if she heard a few harsh words in the palace. It didn't matter if she had a gun or a stick. If she heard a few crooked words, she could get so many rewards. She was willing to listen to them every day.

Who still has trouble with money?

Zhao Guangyuan leaned against the car wall, watching her dismantling the blind box with fond eyes.

Lin Zhaoxia would show off to him every time he took one out, "This jade bracelet is green and has such good water quality. It would probably be sold for several million in modern times." Tsk tsk, "This one doesn't have a mark, so it can be used with me." Disposed of it?"

Seeing Zhao Guangyuan nodding, his eyes brightened a little, and he carefully put the bracelet into the brocade box.

"You said that the queen only gave a pair of jade bracelets, but Concubine Liu also gave a bracelet, a phoenix hairpin, and a tiara. What does this mean?"

Zhao Guangyuan played with the phoenix hairpin she handed over and shook it. The tassels under the phoenix hairpin swayed slightly, and the huge pearl held in the phoenix's mouth became more and more dazzling. "This phoenix hairpin was made by the palace craftsman. It’s marked and can’t be pawned and given away, it can only be used as a family heirloom.”

As for Concubine Liu's purpose, he knew it well.

His good father, the emperor, allowed him to join the government because he saw that the King of Qin was powerful and had hidden concerns about overshadowing the prince. He established him in order to dilute the power of the King of Qin and use him as a knife. But Concubine Liu secretly wanted to win over him, fearing that she might want to imitate the prince and make mistakes.

It is not difficult to guess what Concubine Liu was thinking. As for whether King Jin has this intention, it is still unclear.

He handed the phoenix hairpin to her and said, "Keep it away. The craftsmanship in the palace cannot be found outside."

As for Concubine Liu's thoughts... After thinking about it, she gave her a few words of advice, "If you come back to the palace in the future, if anything happens, please contact Concubine Liu."

Lin Zhaoxia put Feng Chai away and was a little surprised to see that he valued Concubine Liu so much, "How can Concubine Liu be treated?"

"At least we can get along now."

Lin Zhaoxia also understood. She had watched so many movies and had sex, and it was not for nothing. I have no actual experience in palace or house fighting, but I have a lot of theoretical knowledge.

Although the queen is also trying to win over the couple, the queen and the prince are still very wary of them. As for Concubine De, it would be good if she did not cause any harm. Concubine Liu is not as powerful as the Queen, so her efforts to win her over are more sincere.

She observed around at the recognition banquet today. Although it was just her first impression, she still had some idea of ​​who she could make friends with and who she should be careful about.

These princes and princesses are also divided into several factions, those who are close to the prince, those who are close to the King of Qin, and those who are not close to anyone. Lin Zhaoxia can also clearly see how to maintain this attitude when there are social events in the future, and he has some calculations in his heart. .

The carriage stopped at the gate of the palace. There were two carriages when they left, and there was an extra carriage when they came back. The Sixteenth Prince finally got the Emperor's consent and was able to follow his Seventh Emperor's brother and Seventh Emperor's wife back to the mansion to stay for a few more days.

He was so happy that he jumped down as soon as the carriage stopped. He ran over and held the hands of Lin Zhaoxia and Zhao Guangyuan, with an uncontrollable smile on his face.

"Are you so happy?"

"Well, I'm happy! The palace is so boring." The little guy frowned and complained.

"Okay, then you can stay for a few more days. When you get tired of playing, you can return to the palace." Lin Zhaoxia looked at his happy face, saw his son in a trance, and became happy too.

The three of them entered the mansion, followed by Jinxiu and Yingyue, who led the four palace maids and eunuchs who came out of the palace to serve His Highness Sixteenth Highness. They followed behind with the rewards from the palace.

After placing little Guangji in a courtyard closer to the main courtyard, the couple went back to the house to catch up on their sleep.

After waking up from an hour's sleep, Zhao Guangyuan took her to meet with the palace officials and staff.

He recognized the familiar face and rewarded him again.

Then the palace guards, palace guards, and servants all came to pay homage to the new mistress, and they were all rewarded with a month's worth of money.

Zhao Guangyuan flipped through the roster of servants in the palace and introduced the origins of these people to Lin Zhaoxia... When he first returned to Beijing, there were only a few servants in the palace. As he returned to Beijing, people in the palace and everywhere took advantage of the opportunity. He sent many servants to him.

Whether and how these people can use them needs to be considered by Lin Zhaoxia.

Lin Zhaoxia was also troubled by how to arrange the two nuns, Zhou and Jia, who were sent by the queen later.

Lin Zhaoxia made Aunt Kong, who had previously worked in the Shangyi Bureau of the palace, become her nanny, and Aunt Wei, who had served the late emperor Li Fei, Lin Zhaoxia made her the steward of the main courtyard. Mammy.

As for how aunts Zhou and Jia would arrange it... they were obviously not at ease about reusing them. Arranging them at will may make the Queen uncomfortable.

"Aunt Zhou will be responsible for the purchases in the mansion, and Aunt Jia will be responsible for recruiting the servants in the mansion. Our palace was opened late, and there are no rules everywhere. There will probably be a lot of banquets and entertainment in the mansion in the future. I and I The prince also has to go out to socialize frequently, and don’t let outsiders laugh at the lack of rules in our house.”

Zhou Jia's two aunts had long been mentally prepared. They were sent here by the queen, and they were afraid that they would not be reused by the prince and princess. I thought that they would not be arranged to serve closely, but I did not expect that the princess would entrust them with the important tasks of purchasing for the palace and recruiting servants.

I can't help but be a little surprised.

"What, you can't do it?"

"No, no, it can be done!" The two men came to their senses and hurriedly thanked them, "Thank you for your respect, Princess, I will definitely fulfill my mission!" The servants made arrangements, and every place in the main courtyard was arranged like an iron barrel. Lin Zhaoxia took Jinxiu and Yingyue to place her dowry.

Jiang Wentao took the stewards of the outer courtyard to place the gifts received from yesterday's wedding. Lin Zhaoxia just waited for them to put away the gift lists and account books.

And those gifts are to be received in the outer courtyard treasury, which is different from her and the private treasury.

Her and Zhao Guangyuan's private storages were kept in separate ledgers in the inner courtyard and were not kept together with the ledgers of the outer courtyard.

Entering the warehouse, all the boxes and cages were still covered with red silk. Lin Zhaoxia took a quick look at them. There were too many and there was no place to put his feet. He only picked out the treasures he was interested in and took a look at them, then let Jinxiu Yingyue lead them. The girls arranged them in categories and made books. She and Zhao Guangyuan picked up a dozen items and put them in boxes, and brought them back to the room together with the dowry list.

On the other side, on the racecourse, Changzhi rode his horse around and around.

Maybe it was because he never had the opportunity to go back to Daqi to ride a horse after his father left. Now that his mother was gone again, he felt depressed. When he got to the racecourse, he couldn't bear to get off the horse after he got on it.

Seeing that he was happy, Lu Shanchang and Zhang Lianqiu indulged him and let him play.

The horse trainer at the racecourse was delighted to see that such a young child had such outstanding riding skills. Together with Lu Shanchang, he stayed with him to teach him how to ride.

When everyone praised her for growing up, she felt a little proud. With her godmother and Qiqi encouraging her, she couldn't help but let go.

Seeing that there are obstacle poles in the racecourse, I couldn't help but be eager to try.

Seeing that it was rare for him to be happy, Lu Shanchang couldn't bear to stop him. Seeing that there was a horse trainer on the other side, he followed one side, accompanying him while telling him, "Relax, run slower..."

Seeing that it was so easy, Nu Ma jumped over several obstacles and was also happy. Something went wrong at the last obstacle.

The horse didn't know why, whether it was tired or something, its front legs knocked when it crossed the obstacle pole, causing the horse to fall to the ground when it jumped over the obstacle pole. It was so long that it was thrown without guarding. Got out.

"Grow to!"

Seeing him throwing his horse, Lu Shanchang rushed to catch him. Zhang Lianqiu, who was watching his horse racing outside the racecourse, was so blinded that he shouted "Chang Zhi!" and rushed into the racecourse...

On the other side, Lin Zhaoxia, who was carrying the treasure back to her room, suddenly felt suffocated.

But I didn't pay much attention to it, I just thought it was because I was tired because there were too many things on this day. I thought that after watching the baby, I would have an early dinner and go to bed early.

As a result, before he could play with the treasure he brought back to the room, Jiang Wentao had someone send him yesterday's gift list.

"Who is this Jiang Huan, and why did he give him such an expensive gift?"

Zhao Guangyuan's eyes fell on "Jiang Huan", he paused and glanced at the name of the gift after his name, "He is the younger brother of the former Crown Princess."

"The former Crown Princess's younger brother? A close relative? Isn't his surname Jiang?"

"I used a pseudonym." Jiang Huan has now made many military exploits at Hangu Pass and has been promoted to the rank of general. "His family knew that I was going to open a restaurant, and they sent a lot of people here. Several of the chefs were sent by his family. I heard they are descendants of the imperial chef."

"The Jiang family is really thoughtful."

"Well, the Jiang family originally gave birth to a crown princess, which brought glory to the whole family, but something happened to the crown princess. Now the Jiang family is not allowed to hold office. If I can't reverse the case for the emperor, their family will eventually become unified. All will be lost to the world.”

"Tsk, then the whole family supports you?"

Zhao Guangyuan nodded, "They have no choice."

Apart from him, no matter who they turn to, the Jiang family will not be reused.

Lin Zhaoxia realized that only common interests can unite the front and inspire stronger relationships. It seems that this Jiang family can be used, and Zhao Guangyuan is quite comfortable in using it.

A thick gift list can sort out the closeness and distance, and it can be seen from it which people have deep friendships and frequent contacts, and which people are only casual.

"Please keep this gift list so that you can return gifts in the future."

Lin Zhaoxia responded and carefully put it into the box. After putting it away, he played with the treasures he picked out from the dowry.

"Why did you bring this over?" Zhao Guangyuan looked at the box on the table, his brows furrowed and his disgust obvious.

Lin Zhaoxia ignored his emotions, and opened the box in front of him, playing with the string of Buddhist beads, "I quite like it. Isn't it said that Zhiyuan is an eminent monk, and he is also hailed as a heavenly master by people in the capital..."

Zhao Guangyuan interrupted her, "What a bullshit Heavenly Master, it's just half a bucket of water."

Everyone in the capital was deceived by this bald donkey, and his royal brother was killed with just one word.

"You are a bit angry. At most, he was not accurate. You cannot say that he was the one who harmed the first prince."

It was him who caused it! He talks a lot about horse racing but not a word of truth. Zhao Guangyuan still looked angry when he thought about old things.

"But I think these beads make people feel calm." The restless heart calmed down.

Lin Zhaoxia put the Buddhist beads in the palm of his hand and played with them. Except for the Buddha's head, there were eighteen beads in total, carved into the same size. It is said that the eighteen beads represent the "eighteen realms", namely the six roots, the six dusts, and the six consciousnesses.

Buddhism views the world through the six senses, and dust has its appearance due to its roots. When seeing the appearance, the heart behind it needs to be pure, and then the six roots will be pure. After the six roots are pure, when you encounter the six dusts, you will not be attached to the appearance and have delusional thoughts. .

I don’t know what Master Zhiyuan meant when he sent this Buddha beads.

Holding it in hand makes people's ears and eyes clear a lot.

While playing with it, he suddenly felt that there was something strange about the beads, like a golden light flashing, but when he looked closely, they disappeared again. Lin Zhaoxia couldn't help being stunned, but when he wanted to take a closer look, there was nothing there again.

Just as he was wondering, Zhao Guangyuan tightened his hand, "What's wrong?" Lin Zhaoxia turned to ask him.

Zhao Guangyuan didn't say anything, he just stared blankly into the void ahead with a nervous expression.

He felt something strange in the air again! The surging air around him was just like the way he had traveled to modern times and Daqi countless times.

Zhao Guangyuan was very excited and held Lin Zhaoxia's hand tightly, feeling the long-lost strangeness in the air.

He couldn't let go of her hand. He couldn't watch her leave. He didn't know where the other end would lead. He couldn't let her face it alone. If they wanted to leave, they would be together as a couple.

Lin Zhaoxia soon felt something strange in the air.

She can go back! She can go back!
Excitedly, he pulled Zhao Guangyuan to stand up. The couple looked at each other and walked towards the place where the air surged...