Chang'an Ferry

"What did you say? Uncle made him the prince?" Mu Yanying couldn't believe it.

Qingshu will send out notices to various places, "The canonization ceremony will be held on the Mid-Autumn Festival, son, we have to go back to participate"

Mu Yuying couldn't figure out why the emperor would make Li Shengye the crown prince, "It's not about making a son and an elder, how could that be?"

"Because Your Majesty doesn't do it according to this." Mu Zhan came back from outside the house, "Your Majesty appoints a prince according to his ability."

"Oh." It is undeniable that after Li Shengye joined the government, everything the emperor told him was done very well, and he is also quite famous among the people. "Will daddy go back to participate in the canonization ceremony?"

Mu Zhan nodded "yes" and then looked at Mu Yanying, "You have to leave early, I won't leave so early." Thinking about the appearance when he came before, Mu Zhan didn't want Mu Yanying to suffer again.

"Well, good." Mu Yanying nodded.

As soon as the time turned, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Mu Yingying had returned to the imperial city early, because the crown prince canonization ceremony was a rare event, and officials from all over the country also came to the imperial city early.

"Our An An looks so good in a formal dress." The queen walked around Mu Yanying a few times.

"It's my aunt who has good craftsmanship and looks good." Mu Yanying also praised the queen.

The queen smiled happily, "When An An gets married, Auntie will make the wedding clothes for you."

"I can't do this, I'm too tired." Mu Yanying couldn't bear the empress's hard work, knowing that many embroiderers would have to embroider a set of wedding clothes for a long time.

The queen approached Mu Yanying and whispered, "Actually, I have already started preparing your wedding dress."

"Aunt" Mu Yanying felt sour in her heart.

"Oh, don't cry, you're still like a child." The queen hurriedly wiped Mu Yanying's face with a handkerchief.

"Your Majesty, the time has come, Your Majesty invites you to come over," the palace maid trotted in and said.

"Well, I see, An'an, let's go!" The queen pulled Mu Yanying out of the hall.

Because Mu Yuying is the jewel in the palm of the emperor and her father's position, Mu Yuying stands in a very front position.

Li Shengye was already standing on the high platform, when he saw Mu Yanying coming in, he took a look and hurriedly looked away.

"The canonization ceremony has begun," Director Cao announced.

The ceremonial officials began to sacrifice to the sky, and the emperor sealed Li Shengye, and since then Li Shengye has truly become the prince of the Jin Dynasty.

"Long live my emperor"

"His Royal Highness is a thousand years old!" All the officials knelt down in unison.

Soon after the Mid-Autumn Festival, it will be Mu Yuying's birthday, and there is still nothing to do, Mu Yuying quietly nestled in the room and read a book, "Young master, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave you a birthday gift"

Because of the previous incidents, the two met each other and passed by each other without any intersection. In addition, Mu Yanying didn't go out and Li Shengye, as the prince, was so busy every day that it was even more rare to meet.

Mu Yanying didn't even want to watch "Put it in the Warehouse"

"Yes" Qing Shu nodded, holding the box and putting it in the bottom of the warehouse.

After staying in the house for a few more days, Mu Yanying changed her clothes, "Go to Qingshu, prepare the car, I want to enter the palace"

After handing over most of the matters to Li Shengye, the emperor had a lot of leisure. The crucian carp had gained more than a few laps, and it was the biggest fish in the whole pond.

"Are you going to Shu?" asked the emperor.

Mu Yanying nodded, "Second brother wrote a letter the day before yesterday, saying that he has cultivated a new tea for me to try, and I plan to leave tomorrow in order to arrive on time."

"Although it doesn't snow like here in Shu, it's very wet and cold. You go." The emperor was very worried, "And you will be weak in a short time."

"Uncle, don't worry, the road leading to Sichuan has been repaired these years, and the second brother will send someone to pick me up. I will only stay there for a while and will come back before I am weak," Mu Yingying said.

The emperor threw down the fish food in his hand, and the fat crucian carp quickly moved to grab the food, "Go, I like to run around when I grow up, if I didn't arrange Ji Tingyuan to be your teacher, I would have taught the child badly."

"Even if there is no husband, I still like to play around, and my uncle can rest assured that I will bring you special products when I come back." Mu Yanying smiled.

"You child, I'm not here for special products." Then he looked at Li Shengye who came from outside, "When the time comes, you will be weak and let the crown prince wear it for you."

Mu Yanying was taken aback, "Yeah" and then looked at Li Shengye, "Uncle and His Royal Highness still have something to talk about, so I'm leaving first."

"Go, your aunt is still waiting for you, go to her place" the emperor ordered.

Mu Yanying nodded, turned and left.

"Speak! What's the matter?" asked the emperor.

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"My lord, why do you think of going to Sichuan? The mountains are so high and the water is so long, my butt hurts from sitting on it," Qing Shu complained.

Mu Yanying was also helpless, but it was too cold outside the carriage, "My brother insists that I come and taste his new tea, but I can't help it."

"Oh..." Qing Shu flicked the branches to pass the time boredly.

Just when Mu Yanying was about to sleep again, Qingshu finally knocked on the door, "Master, Miss Acai is here"

Ah Cai!Mu Yanying lifted the curtain "Sister Ah Cai"

"Yingying, my lord specially ordered me to pick you up." Miao Acai jumped off the bullock cart and ran over.

"Thank you, Sister Acai," Mu Yanying said.

"It's okay, my lord is worried that you are not familiar with the way to enter Shu, so I came here to pick you up, but he will still be visiting in the mountains, and he will be back when we arrive in Shu County," Miao Acai said.

"Okay, it's all arranged by sister A Cai." Mu Yanying nodded.

"Well, then let's go to the inn ahead to rest for one night and start tomorrow." Miao Acai said, pointing to the inn in front.

"Let's go!" Mu Yanying didn't plan to take a car, so she walked over with Miao Acai.

In the middle of the night, it began to rain heavily, but luckily it cleared up in the morning. Mu Yuying opened the window and looked up at the towering mountain, halfway up the mountain was still covered with snow, and the sun shining on the snow was a bit dazzling.

"My lord, we are about to leave." Qing Shu came in and packed up the salute.

Mu Yanying also did not take the carriage but took the ox cart, and Qing Shu put the luggage on the carriage and followed behind.

"Isn't the scenery nice?" Miao Acai asked.

Mu Yuying nodded, "It's beautiful." On one side is a high mountain cliff and on the other side is a ten thousand zhang cliff. Mu Yuying stretched out her head and glanced at the cliff. The rocks that fell from time to time didn't echo for a long time. so dangerous"

"It's much better than before." The old man driving the ox cart spoke with a strong Shu accent, but he could barely understand Mu Yanying after working hard before.

"Why did you say that?"

"In the past, these mountain roads were about to collapse from time to time, and it was even more difficult to get out. Fortunately, we have a good official here!" The old man sighed.

Miao Acai went on to say, "The governor of Shu County was a corrupt official before. Although many of the officials under him were insightful people, they were oppressed and could not show their talents. Fortunately, Lord Kong came and pulled the corrupt official down. It is too poor here, so I asked the emperor to stay here, and together with the officials here, I will lead the people of Shu to come out."

"Yes! Lord Mu is a good official," the old man agreed.

Mu Yuying was also very proud to hear about Mu Dingyang's deeds, "These are the achievements of all the officials of Shu County, if the officials below are not working hard as the leaders, it will be useless."

The old man nodded, "Yes, the young man is right, but it is also very important to be a leader in one thing, otherwise we can't make it if we all go in the same direction."

"Yeah." Mu Yanying nodded, looking into the distance, the halfway up the mountain was covered with snow, and the waterfall flowed down the surrounding area, forming icicles or frost flowers due to the low temperature.

"It will be more beautiful if you come in spring or summer. There will be rainbows at the waterfall and monkeys hanging upside down on branches to drink water. There will be birds chirping everywhere." Miao Acai also lay on the fence of the bullock cart and watched "That's right." , are you cold? I know, you are not in good health"

Mu Yanying shook her head, "It's ready, it's not cold." She raised her hand to signal Miao Acai to look at Mrs. Tang in her hand.

But Miao Acai still shook out the blanket in the bundle and put it on Mu Yanying's lap, "It's better to be careful, otherwise your brother will definitely blame me."

"No." Mu Yuying pulled up the blanket, and Chu Ping next to him put the hood behind Mu Yingying on Mu Yingying, "Uncle Ping, I'm not cold"

"My lord, your face is red from the wind, and you are prone to frostbite," Chu Ping said flatly.

Miao Acai nodded again and again, "Yes, frostbite is very uncomfortable, itchy and painful."

"Okay." Mu Yanying nodded, letting the hood cover her face tightly.

Halfway through, the sky began to snow again profusely, "Yingying, do you want to sleep in the carriage?"

"Well" Mu Yanying rubbed her eyes, "it's snowing" and reached out to catch the snow "cold"

"Sir, do you want to go back to the carriage?" Chu Ping asked.

Mu Yanying nodded, and Chu Ping reached out to pick him up and put him in the carriage, "Master, go to sleep! We will call you when we arrive."

"it is good"

On the way, I rested at the stockade near the Shu Road for a night and continued on the road, and finally arrived at Shu County in the afternoon.

Mu Dingyang had been waiting at the post station for a long time, "How are you, Yanying? Are you okay!"

Mu Yanying shook her head, "It's okay."

"That's good, let's go in, it's going to be sleet and windy and it's very cold." Mu Dingyang raised the umbrella to Mu Yingying's head and led him to the post station.

Everyone drank a bowl of ginger soup that Mu Dingyang had prepared in advance, and then gathered around the stove to warm up. "Yingying, I'll give you something new today."

Mu Dingyang clapped his hands, and the people at the post station put an iron pot on the stove. Mu Yanying looked curiously and saw that it was full of red flakes and peppers floating in it.

"Second brother, what is this?" Mu Yanying felt hot when he smelled it.

Mu Dingyang picked up a plate of dishes and poured them down, "This is called hot pot. It is very popular here in Sichuan, especially in winter. Come to Yanying to try it."

"Hot pot, Yang Yang wrote to me saying that you recommended this dish to him, and after he improved it, the business is doing very well every day," Mu Yingying said.

Mu Dingyang picked up a piece and put it in Mu Yanying's bowl, "Well, I mentioned it to him, but the people over there can't eat that spicy food, so he changed it to a soup pot, Yan Ying, try it, what do you think?"

"Ahem, it's a bit spicy." Mu Yanying's tears welled up.

"Spicy is right, is it still cold?" Mu Dingyang asked.

Mu Yanying shook her head, "It's still numb!"

Miao Acai brought the tray over, "Put some condiments to neutralize it." Mu Yanying nodded, and hurriedly added some condiments with a spoon and ate another piece.

"It's much better now." Mu Yanying's eyes lit up, "How did the second brother make this, I'll go back and let the chef do it."

"I'll write you the steps later, and then I'll pack a package for you back," Mu Dingyang said bluntly.

Mu Yanying nodded and lowered her head to eat seriously.

It was almost time to finish eating when Mu Dingyang remembered something, and asked seriously, "Yingying, did you feel uncomfortable after eating it? This is spicy, are you okay?"

Mu Yanying felt "no" carefully for a while

"Oh." Mu Dingyang must have said in his heart, "However, Qingshu, you should pay attention to it at night, and let me know if Yan Ying feels unwell."

"Yes" Qing Shu nodded.

Mu Yanying didn't feel anything special, she leaned on the stool to warm up after drinking enough.

"My lord, I made you a bowl of medicine to nourish your stomach, you drink it before you go to sleep." Although Mu Yanying didn't feel uncomfortable, Qing Shu was still worried, and went to borrow the kitchen to cook a bowl of medicine after cleaning up.

"Well, you guys, you rarely eat these spicy foods on weekdays?" Mu Yanying asked with concern.

Qing Shu shook his head, "Don't worry! We're fine" and put away the bowl. "My lord, get some rest!" He stretched out his hand to test the temperature in the quilt, and bent down to take off Mu Yanying's shoes.

He set off early the next morning, took the official road and arrived at Shaocheng, the state capital of Shu County, at night. "My lord is back, the third son" is Mu Zhen, the servant brought by Mu Dingyang from the Mu family.

"It's so late, let's settle down first and I'll take you to the place where I grow tea tomorrow." Mu Dingyang said as he sent Mu Yingying to the room.

"it is good"

"By the way, I didn't prepare earth dragons in my house. I just asked the servants to light the carbon in the house in advance. If it's cold at night, ask Qing Shu to put more Tang Pozi for you and don't close the windows tightly." Mu Ding Yang gave detailed instructions.

"I see, brother, you have been traveling for so long, go back and rest." Mu Yanying pushed Mu Dingyang away.

"It's good to know, remember what I said." The last sentence was said to Qing Shu.

Qingshu bent down and bowed "Yes"