Gourmet Red Chamber: A Chronicle of Baochai's Rebirth

The emperor smiled and said, "My father and mother will live long and healthy, but there is no need to worry about these things."

Then he asked, "Is the queen doing this sewing?"

Queen Mother Sheep's thoughts moved slightly, and she nodded with a smile, "Maybe people are in high spirits during happy events, but I have been more energetic these days, so I thought of making a summer shirt for the emperor.

I am old, and it took me two days to embroider a leaf, and I don’t know if I can finish it before summer comes.”

The emperor was stunned, surprised and moved, and hurriedly saluted, "My mother is old and it is really not suitable for me to do these things myself. I have enough clothes."

Queen Mother Sheep smiled and said, "The emperor's clothes are enough, but they are not made for my mother herself.

If you follow the emperor's words, it's just a matter of your heart, and it will definitely not be as good as the work of the embroiderer in the palace, so the emperor should not dislike it."

The emperor once again leaned over and bowed, "My mother's words are serious. It's too late for me to rejoice, so how can I dislike her?"

Queen Mother Yang sighed, "Although you brothers enjoy all the wealth and honor in the world, it is actually not easy.

Xiaoqi has been frail and sick since she was a child, and she almost couldn't raise her. Let's not mention it. Even you, the emperor, can't it be easy for Xiaoqi?
Although you are the eldest son, the second prince is also versatile and capable. The second prince’s mother and concubine do not know how many times the queen’s mother favors her.

Xiaoqi is too young and can't help at all. You have to rely on yourself for everything.

The Queen Mother was also afraid at that time. She only wanted you to become a talented person as soon as possible. Not to mention being pampered by the pain, she even dared to give you a good look. She was afraid that you would become spoiled and slack, which would ruin the Queen Mother's kindness as a woman.

It was hard to wait until you came to the throne, but you were old and busy. The queen mother had to go through several channels if she wanted to see you. When she did, she often only said a few words before you had something to go.

Mother wants to get used to the pain and has no time or chance. Now I can only make two pieces of clothes for you when I have the energy."

The Queen Mother Sheep sighed again as she spoke, looking at the emperor with soft but sad eyes.

The emperor felt that his nose was sore and his eyes were burning, and he knelt down unconsciously, "Mother, please forgive me, it's because I am unfilial and busy with political affairs, so I can't always entertain you!"

Queen Mother Yang hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, pretending to be angry and said, "Business matters are important, and no matter how ignorant the mother is, she also knows that she cannot miss the important matters of the court because of her own selfishness!
I have a prince, and now that Xiaoqi is back, why do I have to have you with me all the time?
What's annoying is that Xiao Qi is the right one. I waited for him for so many years before I got him back.

Fortunately for him, he only stayed for a few months before he left again for a fake sister, not even his mother! "

The emperor hurriedly defended Baozhuang, saying, "Xiaoqi is still young. It will be fine when he grows up and becomes sensible."

But he couldn't help but add, "Xiaoqi is still young after all, just a woman. If you like it and accept it, how is it worth spending so much effort?"
He stopped studying and didn’t do the errands I arranged for him. He really couldn’t distinguish the priorities! "

Queen Mother Sheep's eyes flashed slightly and she sighed, "So it's better for the emperor to teach him more. I and your father are both old, and the only one he can rely on is you, the emperor's brother."

The emperor repeatedly promised her, and rarely stayed with Queen Mother Yang for a long time before saying goodbye and leaving without mentioning anything.

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Two days later, Baozhuang, who had been running all the way, changing horses but not people except staying overnight, finally gave the order to stop and rest.

Yang Jinping looked at the sky. It was not even lunch time, so why did the prince dare to stop?
By the way, what are they going to do in such a hurry?
Yang Jinping only received the order from Queen Mother Yang to follow Baozhuang and protect the safety of Baozhuang. He had no idea what the purpose of his trip was.

Yang Jinping thought about it, looked at Baozhuang's expression, and really didn't dare to ask.

His cousin had always been gentle and kind, and he had never seen him not smiling.

But this time, Baozhuang has been keeping a cold face for two days, and he doesn't know who provoked him?Is it related to the purpose of going to Beijing this time?
Forget it, he will know one day, there is no need to rush to ask, no one will intercede for him if he gets into trouble!

"Master, Miss Xue is about ten miles ahead. It's better to wait until we catch up with Miss Xue and then rest together."

Yang Jinping was stunned, Miss Xue?
Is it the Miss Xue he was thinking of?Commander Yu’s foster sister?

If it were her, it would make sense if she thought about Commander Yu's danger and the direction they were heading.

"No need".

Xiliu was stunned, and after thinking for a while, he dared to ask, "Master said there is no need to catch up with Miss Xue? But isn't it that we came all the way just to catch up with Miss Xue?"

Baozhuang's voice was calm, "Just follow him from a distance."

"Yes".

Xiliu didn't say much anymore, but Yang Jinping's heart was like a cat scratching the ground, chasing after him all the way. Why did he follow him from afar when things were about to end?
Why, why?

Yang Jinping was feeling itchy when the sound of horse hoofbeats sounded faintly again. After a while, a group of knights in costumes arrived in front of him. They dismounted and knelt down in unison, "I pay my respects to the prince!"

Baozhuang frowned, "Who are you?"

The leader hurriedly replied, "My subordinates belong to the Royal Forest Army, and the emperor specially sent his subordinates to protect the prince.

He also informed the prince that Commander Yu was apparently going to Changchun for disaster relief, but in fact he was going to Chu Ting to investigate the maritime checkpoints under the emperor's secret order.

Commander Yu was also in danger this time near Chuting, not at the Songhua River."

Because Baozhuang wanted to catch Yu Xin's pigtails, he sent Beiqi, the best martial artist, to follow him all the way. He also knew that Yu Xin was going to Chuting.

Only Yu Xin was being hunted along the way, and if he and Xue Baobao left blatantly, they would inevitably attract attention.

Therefore, he followed Xue Baobao in the wrong direction to confuse people's eyes. When the time was right, he quietly went to Chu Ting.

When he left the palace and left the capital, he definitely couldn't hide it from the emperor's brother. However, it took the imperial army two days to catch up with him. Naturally, it was the emperor's brother's deliberate arrangement.

The emperor's brother was afraid that if he found out early, he would lose his temper and go directly to Chu Ting, which would lead to bad things!
Baozhuang took a serious look at the group of imperial guards and said, "Princess Suiyan is about ten miles ahead. You guys should chase her.

Just say that the imperial brother sent you to protect her, and then tell her the real place where Commander Yu is in danger, and send a message as soon as there is any situation."

The leader was stunned, "Your Majesty, the Emperor sent his subordinates to protect the Prince."

Baozhuang chuckled, "Are you unwilling to protect the princess?"

The leader's scalp went numb, and he hurriedly leaned over and knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty's words are serious, my subordinates will go after the princess now."

Yang Jinping couldn't help but be curious and asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, why don't we go after the princess directly?"

Baozhuang smiled slightly, "I heard that my uncle went to the Lin Mansion to propose marriage for you? Has Mr. Lin agreed?"

Yang Jinping, "..."

Don’t step on people’s feet!

"Oh, it seems that Mr. Lin doesn't agree. I wonder why Mr. Lin doesn't agree?

It is obvious that Yangfu's family background is worthy of that of the Lin family, and his cousin can be considered a top-notch talent? "

Yang Jinping, "..." Hitting someone is not a slap in the face!

Baozhuang smiled slightly, "It seems that Mr. Lin is dissatisfied that my cousin is obviously very talented, but he is a mess in reading, so the poor monk will not ask my cousin to guess."

After saying this, Baozhuang ignored him and concentrated on turning the steamed buns on the grill, as if this steamed bun was a bigger event than his cousin's life event.

Yang Jinping, "..."

If you don’t ask me to guess, then you should just tell me!

Could it be that what you have been saying for a long time is just to attack me for being such a mess at studying that I can’t even get a wife?

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Soon, Xue Baobao and the others in front changed directions, and Baozhuang also ordered to continue following.

Xue Baobao was worried about Yu Xin's safety, so he headed south, hurrying and slowly, and arrived at Chuting County in only 20 days.

In order to avoid attracting attention, Xue Baobao ordered the imperial guards to put on coarse clothes and divide them into several teams with the men he brought from Xue's house to follow them from a distance. He only took Nan Xing and Awei along the way.

They walked smoothly all the way, but when they entered Chu Ting, the atmosphere became obviously tense.

When entering the city, the road citation documents were carefully checked, and soldiers patrolling and exploring could be seen from time to time in the city.

The people she brought from the Xue family, headed by Yu Xiu, walked in front of them.

After Xue Baobao entered the city, Yu Xiu welcomed them into a small courtyard they rented temporarily, and said apologetically, "Time is tight, and I'm afraid of attracting attention. I couldn't find a good one. I feel sorry for my cousin." .

Xue Baobao waved his hand, "How can you be so particular about going out? What are those soldiers on the street looking for?"

"They said they were looking for a spy from the Japanese country. There was no portrait. I heard a few times and I guess they were looking for a white-faced man in his 20s."

Chuting is near the sea. Most of the local people have dark and red skin. With their tender skin and tender flesh, you can tell at a glance that they are from other places.

He is in his 20s, fair-faced, and matches Yu Xin. I just don’t know if they are looking for Yu Xin.

Xue Baobao put on the local Chuting clothes that Yu Xiu had prepared in advance, and asked Ah Wei and Nan Xing to put them on as well, and went out with Yu Xiu.

She seemed to be heading in the wrong direction like a headless fly, but she actually knew more than everyone thought.

Apart from his own safety, his brother would never hide anything from her, including the emperor's secret orders from him.

Xue Baobao always knew that Yu Xin went to Chuting, not Changchun as he claimed.

She also knew that Yu Xin came here to inquire about Chu Ting's opening of maritime checkpoints for the emperor. He had previously sent people to Changchun to deliver things batch after batch, but they were just cooperating with Yu Xin's acting.

She just didn't expect that Yu Xin, who had sworn to her that there would be no danger here, could actually cause him to be seriously injured and fall into the water, not knowing whether he would live or die.

And since he went not to Changchun, but to Chu Ting, he might have fallen into the sea!

Fall into the sea!

No matter how good my brother was in water, he would still have a narrow escape if he encountered the sea, not to mention that he still fell into the sea after being seriously injured!
It was a hundred times more dangerous than the one at Shennong Mountain!
Xue Baobao grinned and pulled out a sweet smile from her tight face. She couldn't panic or be anxious. She must find her brother!

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In the teahouse facing the street on the second floor, Yang Jinping looked down and then at Baoduan opposite, who was staring at the tea leaves floating in the cup. He bared his teeth and swallowed what he wanted to say.

It's been seven days!
They followed Miss Xue to Chuting for seven days!
He didn't know what the prince's men were doing. He only knew that he accompanied the prince every day in various teahouses, waterhouses, and ice waterhouses in Chu Ting until his stomach was full!

Miss Xue was even more exaggerated. She was obviously in a hurry on the road, but when she arrived at Chuting, she was no longer in a hurry. She dressed up beautifully and walked around, ate everywhere, played everywhere, and bought everywhere!

She spoke a nice and soft Jiangnan dialect, and she would join in the fun whenever she saw something fun, take a few bites of any delicious food she saw, and buy anything good-looking when she saw it. She was really like a follower to her elder brother. A wealthy daughter out for fun.

Chu Ting was obviously searching for the whereabouts of Yu Xin, and was very wary of people like them who spoke with Beijing accents. However, the person who should be wary most spoke softly about Wu Di, so they just ignored it!

Oh, by the way, in just seven days, Miss Xue was able to communicate with the locals in Chuting County without any obstacles.

She even spoke to the locals in Hokkien most of the time, as if she had been here many times!
Yang Jinping thought about it and couldn't help but said, "The princess is really smart. The dialect here is not easy to learn. In just a few days, the princess will be able to talk to the locals in the dialect!"

Baozhuang raised his head from the floating tea leaves, glanced downstairs calmly, and then looked at Yang Jinping inexplicably, "Inquiring about the price, praising the products and the beautiful scenery, it's just a few words. It’s been seven days and you still can’t learn?”

Yang Jinping, “...but Miss Xue didn’t just ask about prices and praise the products and the beautiful scenery.

I just saw her chatting with the old lady on the street, asking her if her grandson had gone to school, and if there were many schools here, if there were many teachers, and if there were many people who passed the imperial examination."

This is not just a matter of learning a few clichés.

Baozhuang is even more inexplicable, "No matter what kind of dialect, the pronunciation and accent always have certain rules.

Once you have mastered it, you will naturally know everything. If you know one sentence, you will know ten or a hundred sentences. It has been seven days. How could Sister Xue not be able to learn it? "

Yang Jinping, "..."

Excuse me, he is trying to judge these smart people with the heart of a fool!

As Baozhuang spoke, his suspicious eyes fell on Yang Jinping's face, "Cousin, haven't you learned?"

Yang Jinping, "..."

He shouldn't talk too much!

Based on the personality of the person in front of him, how could he not know how smart his sister Xue is and that he needs to praise her?
Yang Jinping hurriedly pointed downstairs and said, "Look, Miss Xue is buying books. She is indeed Miss Xue. The bookstores she visits most these days are.

I don’t know how many boxes of books I bought. It’s such a long way home and it’s not enough to bring them home! "

Movable type printing has long existed in the Red Mansion world. Books are not particularly expensive, but they are far from popular. Some rare and unique copies are even more expensive.

Most of those who can afford the book business are rich and powerful. Naturally, they can also afford to buy and rent shops. Therefore, most books are sold in various beautifully decorated and elegant bookstores.

What Xue Baobao encountered today was that he packed a few rattan boxes randomly, pulled out a straw mat, and piled books on the dirty ground for sale.

Off the coast of Chuting, even the air smelled of salty humidity. The streets they were in were wet all year round, smelling of the sea. There were traces of all kinds of seafood passing through everywhere, and they looked dirty and dirty over the years. Stinky.

But now these precious and valuable books are placed randomly across a layer of straw mats without any care.

Some covers are torn, some are dirty, and some have curled corners. It's clear at a glance that their owners don't care about them at all.