"Get up when you wake up." Zhao Zhen put down his pen, folded up the written letters, put them on the letterhead, and gave them to Wu Zai to take out.
Li Can sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed her eyes. She was still in a trance when she woke up.
Zhao Ye took her in his arms, sat down at the dressing table, took the jade grate and tied her hair.
"Your Highness." Wu Zai came in and reported, "Everything is ready."
Zhao Ye looked at the bronze mirror, put a flower crown on Li Can's hairpin, and took her again: "Let's go."
Li Can immediately became energetic.
When the carriage came out of the gate of the East Palace, it stopped.
Zhao Ye raised his hand and opened the curtain of the carriage window.
"Your Highness."
Li Can was behind and saw Feng Qing and Yue Ming jumping off their horses and saluting Zhao Zong together.
"Go to different places and spread out to enter the city." Zhao Zong gave instructions in a low voice.
"yes."
Feng Qing and the two responded in unison.
The carriage started to move, and Li Can asked curiously: "Brother Zeyu, did you bring two people with you when you went out this time?"
"Yeah." Zhao Xun nodded.
"Why?" Li Can sat closer and asked him in a low voice, "Did something big happen?"
In the past, when Zhao Ji went on business trips far away, he would rarely bring anyone with him, let alone two people. This was the first time.
"Yeah." Zhao Zhi only responded.
Li Can saw that he didn't mean to elaborate, so he didn't ask any further questions.
The carriage left the city gate and headed west.
Li Can cuddled up to Zhao Zong, talked to him, and leaned against the window to look at the scenery outside.
She had never been to a place so far away. Everything she saw was new, and she didn't find the carriage uncomfortable at all.
But the scenery outside was almost the same. After a long time, she got tired of looking at it, and she felt uncomfortable sitting there.
She looked around and saw that the carriage was bare everywhere. There was a cushion just where she sat, and everything was hard.
"Brother Zeyu." She stood up, climbed into Zhao Zong's arms and sat down: "This carriage is too hard, it makes my back hurt."
Zhao Ye hugged her tighter: "Just wait for another half hour."
"Huh?" Li Can asked him curiously: "Have you arranged accommodation along the way?"
"Yeah." Zhao Zong nodded.
Less than half an hour later, the carriage stopped.
Wu Zai reported outside: "Your Highness, girl, the residence has arrived."
Dishe is an inn.
Zhao Ji got off the carriage first, turned around, picked up Li Can, and led her to the gate of the residence.
Wu Zao was busy arranging the people under him: "You, go and feed the horse. You guys will pack up the things the girl needs and send them up.
After you've sorted it out, go to your respective residences, which are all on the first floor.
This time, you have all taken advantage of the girl."
In the past, when they followed His Highness on business trips, they would eat and sleep in the open.
He rode on horseback all day, setting up camp and resting wherever it got dark, never staying in a residence or going to an inn.
This time the girl followed, and His Highness was so attentive and arranged accommodation along the way. He really felt sorry for the girl and couldn't bear the slightest hardship for her.
Li Can looked around. It looked like a small town. It was already evening and there were not many people on the road.
The residence in front of me is not as tall and grand as the one in the Imperial City. The gate is old and looks like it has seen better days.
A waiter came up to him and looked outside: "Master, girls, how many are there?"
"It's scheduled." Zhao Zhi said calmly.
"So it's you who is here!" The shopkeeper sitting at the counter came out to welcome you, with a flattering look on his face: "You two, please come in. The upper room at Tianzihao has been tidied up. I will lead you in."
This God of Wealth, who spent a lot of money, had occupied their entire residence, so he naturally had to receive them personally and be extremely careful.
After entering the upper room, Zhao Zong put aside the maps and official documents and got busy.
Li Can had nothing to do, so she first looked around the second floor of the residence, inside and out, and then watched Tang Cake and Tang Qiu replace the things in the house and the bedding on the bed with the ones she usually used.
Wu Zai brought someone in with dinner.
"Brother Zeyu, we're here for dinner." Li Can greeted Zhao Hao.
Zhao Ye agreed and sat still without moving.
Li Can curiously leaned over to take a look: "Do you have to review official documents when you are out on business?"
"Some things are important. I'll send them to you as soon as possible." Zhao Zong said and closed a book of official documents.
Li Can casually glanced at the Kanyu map, and suddenly said a strange "Huh".
"What's wrong?" Zhao Zong glanced at her, took the official document on the map and showed it to her.
"Aren't we going to Dingzhou?" Li Can's white and tender fingertips pointed at the word "Dingzhou" on the Kan map, then moved it a little bit and asked him: "Why are Chuzhou circled?"
"The real destination this time is Chuzhou." Zhao Ji never hid it from her.
"Huh?" Li Can was stunned and asked, "Are you... making false claims in the east but attacking in the west?"
Zhao Hao nodded: "Yes."
"Who are you afraid of finding out?" Li Can's crow-green long eyelashes fluttered a few times: "Zhao Xun?"
"That's right." Zhao Zhi whispered: "Zhao Xun's generosity is related to Chuzhou."
"You found it out so quickly?" Li Can's eyes suddenly lit up, Zhao Zhi must be so awesome!
"It's just scratching the surface." Zhao Zhi's black eyes were unwavering.
"Chuzhou, is that place rich?" Li Can frowned slightly: "Even if local officials are corrupt, they can't get much money, right? How can they squander like Zhao Xun?"
From the stingy Zhao Xun's generous treatment of Li Zhen, we can see that the money Zhao Xun earned was definitely huge, otherwise he would not be so generous to Li Zhen.
"We won't know the specific situation until we get to the place." Zhao Zhen stood up and took her over: "Eat first."
After the two of them had eaten and washed themselves, Li Can lay on the bed.
Zhao Ji is sorting out the official documents so that they can be handed over to his subordinates for sending away.
Li Can rolled around on the bed and tossed and turned.
"What are you doing?" Zhao Zhen was busy and stood beside the bed.
Li Can lay flat on his back and frowned: "This bed is so hard, it hurts my bones. What should I do? I won't be able to sleep tonight."
Everything here is hard, no better than the carriage we rode in during the day, so how can we sleep!
Zhao Ye leaned over and tried the bed board: "You come down first."
"Brother Zeyu, is there anything you can do?" Li Can sat up immediately.
Zhao Gong called Tanggao and others in, and asked them to put the original bedding in the residence at the bottom of the bed, and put Li Can's daily bedding on top.
"Try." Zhao Zhi raised his hand.
Li Can sat on the bed and tried it, then lay down and rolled around, looking at him with a smile: "Much better, Brother Zeyu, you are so smart."
"Go down." Zhao Zhen dismissed the servant and got into bed.
Li Can quite consciously got into his arms, holding his clothes with one hand and hugging his thin waist with the other. She buried her little face in his arms and nuzzled him like a kitten: "Brother Zeyu, am I very
Trouble? Do you regret taking me out?"
She also knew that she shouldn't be too particular when going out, but she really couldn't stand it. If she didn't put on those layers of quilts, she really wouldn't be able to sleep.
"Go to sleep, don't think wildly." Zhao Zhen patted her back gently to coax her to sleep.
"Answer me." Li Can raised her little face and looked at him with her soft lips pursed: "Are you annoyed with me?"
"No." Zhao Zhen said calmly: "Since I promised to take you out, I knew it would be like this. A trivial matter is not a trouble."
After hearing this, Li Can felt very comfortable, snuggled into his arms, and soon fell asleep.
In the following days, the carriage traveled during the day and rested at night, lasting half a month.
Li Can was full of complaints while riding in the carriage. Fortunately, Zhao Ji was there and she could often sit in his arms, which was much more comfortable than sitting on a seat. When she got tired, she would lie in his arms for a while.
She has lived for more than ten years without suffering any of these crimes.
However, with Zhao Zhen by her side, she could endure it.
On this day, the carriage finally arrived outside the gate of Chuzhou City.
Li Can curiously looked out of the window. The tower was full of guards in armor, all holding crossbows and pointing downwards, as if they wanted to take action.
At the gate of the city, a large number of guards gathered, checking people entering the city.
"Brother Ze Yu, why are there so many people guarding here?" Li Can was stunned. Even at the gate of the Imperial City, he had never seen so many guards guarding and checking at the same time.
If this wasn't Chuzhou City, she would have thought it was the door of a prison.
"Maybe there is something shameful." Zhao Zong flipped through the book and replied to her calmly.
"Your Highness, this place is heavily guarded. I heard the commander guarding the gate tell his subordinates to strictly check the people coming to the Imperial City." Wu Zai came back after inquiring about the news and reported in a low voice at the carriage window.