Chapter 569: Qing Dynasty Time-Travel Spirit Spring System (20)

Fulfilling days pass especially quickly.

Entering May, the weather suddenly turned hot.

Kangxi, as in previous years, was set to tour the lands beyond the Great Wall.

Aside from his several sons who routinely accompanied him, this year also included the Sixth Princess, Lanyue.

Perhaps worried that Lanyue would be lonely as a girl, Kangxi also personally designated Xie Yang to follow the imperial carriage.

Upon receiving the decree, Xie Yang was not bothered; on the contrary, she was quite excited.

How hot is the height of summer in Jingcheng? Wouldn't it be wonderful to go to the grasslands to escape the heat and have a paid vacation?

Si Ye, however, was quite worried.

"How did your Imperial Grandfather think to have you go accompany the Tenth Sister? You are only so young..."

How could he not guess the intention behind his Imperial Father having the Tenth Sister follow to the grasslands this time? To put it plainly, it was to bring her for Celing to see. Look, I said years ago I would arrange a marriage for you, and I kept my word; I am now marrying the princess I hold in the palm of my hand to you as your wife. Will you not manage the Grassland Tribes well for me and share my burdens?

The Tenth Sister's marriage to the Mongols is a done deal, but how did it come to involve Haiyin? She is only eleven years old!

Looking across the entire imperial clan, there are plenty of people more suitable to follow the carriage than Haiyin!

Thinking of these things, Si Ye was incredibly irritable.

Xie Yang comforted him: "Father, please don't overthink it. Perhaps Imperial Grandfather just felt that your daughter understands medicine, which is why he let your daughter accompany him. There are still seven days until the departure; your daughter will make full preparations and guarantee to return in one piece!"

"..."

Who is worried about your safety?

No, safety is indeed something to worry about, but in this regard, as long as she brings enough guards and stays by Imperial Father's dragon tent without leaving his side, nothing usually goes wrong.

What he worried about more was her being promised away for a political marriage by Imperial Father at such a young age.

Yet every year at this time, he is left in Jingcheng to oversee the state... Si Ye was so stifled that he hadn't slept well for several nights in a row.

Looking at his daughter again, she was eating and drinking well, going to the Taiyi Shu as usual, looking so carefree that she seemed completely unaware of what she might face on this trip to the grasslands.

Xie Yang: "..."

Who is carefree?

Isn't this just using the ample stove vents at the Taiyi Shu to make pills and boil ointments!

By the way, she also quietly refined a batch of self-preservation pills.

Rather than empty anxiety, it is better to be well-prepared.

At the end of the fifth lunar month, the Mulan Paddock, with its high sky, light clouds, and lush green grass, was in the golden season of the year.

The temperature difference in the midsummer grasslands is large; it is warm during the day and cool at night, making it the most suitable time of the year to escape the heat.

The tent assigned to Xie Yang was next to the Sixth Princess.

Seeing that the Sixth Princess seemed to be suffering from the change in environment, she had Shaoyao send a bottle of homemade Agastache pills over.

After Shaoyao left, the palace maid serving Lanyue whispered: "Princess, this Haiyin Elder Sister has not even been learning medicine from Imperial Physician Chang for a year, yet she dares to concoct pills. Her courage is truly too great; what if she makes someone sick? It would be better to let this servant go and invite an imperial physician..."

"It is fine." The Sixth Princess waved her hand listlessly, "If they were truly ineffective, she would not have sent them."

Daring to let her take them shows that these pills must have been verified as effective by the Taiyi Shu... or at least by Imperial Physician Chang.

She reached out to take the bottle, poured out two pills, swallowed them with water, and then lay down listlessly.

She did not feel that the pills Xie Yang sent would have any significant effect.

But she did not expect that after waking up from a short nap, she found that the discomfort of dizziness, fatigue, and nausea had completely vanished.

At this moment, she realized something and murmured: "No wonder Imperial Father summoned her to accompany the carriage..."

The palace maid was happy that the princess was no longer sickly, but she remained suspicious of Xie Yang's medical skills: "Could it be that Imperial Physician Chang prepared the pills? It must be! Imperial Physician Chang is old and is not in the accompanying party this time; seeing that the Emperor picked Haiyin Gege, he must have prepared many common pills for her. If that is the case, this servant will go find Haiyin Gege and ask for more, just in case."

The Sixth Princess thought it made sense, so she did not stop the palace maid.

Before long, the palace maid returned with a sour face.

She had been turned away.

"Haiyin Gege is really... she just got settled and already went out to run wild."

"Achoo!"

Xie Yang sneezed, facing the cool breeze scented with green grass.

"The wind has picked up; does Gege feel cold?"

Shaoyao followed her little mistress step by step while riding a small pony.

Behind her followed a team of guards sent by Si Ye to protect Xie Yang.

"Elder Sister, why don't we go back," Shaoyao said worriedly.

"I'm not cold."

Xie Yang shook her head, spread her arms, and squinted comfortably.

How free it is to let the horse wander on the grasslands as it pleases; why go back? To sit idly in the tent?

"Hey—"

Someone came galloping from afar.

The guards behind her quickly spurred their horses forward to shield Xie Yang in the center.

Not until the other party approached did the head guard whisper a reminder: "It is Lemin Junzhu of the Horqin Banner."

Xie Yang nodded to show she understood.

"Whoa—"

Lemin Junzhu pulled on the reins and stopped about five or six meters away from Xie Yang, looking at Xie Yang with a critical gaze: "Hey, which princess of the imperial court are you?"

"I am not a princess." Xie Yang smiled, showing her teeth, "My father is Si Beile."

"Ah! That cold-faced Beile?"

The group of guards: "..." Are you being polite?

Xie Yang remained smiling: "Yes! Do you know my father? He does indeed keep a straight face most of the time."

Lemin Junzhu looked at Xie Yang a few more times.

If it were someone else, and she spoke of their father like that, there is no telling what kind of look they would give her.

The princesses she had met before would either be so angry they shed tears on the spot, or they would report her to the Emperor, which would then get her scolded by her father, the Prince.

This Gege from the Si Beile's household is quite an interesting person.

"Hey, what is your name? My name is Le Min."

"My name is Haiyin."

"Haiyin? Does it mean the sound of the sea? What a good name!"

Xie Yang laughed: "My father gave it to me."

However, what Si Ye thought of when giving this name was definitely not the sea or the sound of the sea, but rather the Zen meaning of Buddhism.

"What a coincidence, my name was also given to me by my father, the Prince."

Lemin Junzhu's favorable impression of Xie Yang grew even stronger.

"Where are you going?"

"Nowhere in particular, just wandering around."

"What is fun about wandering around? Come on! I will take you to a great place!"

Lemin Junzhu cracked her whip in the air, and the horse started to run.

She looked back and signaled to Xie Yang: "Come on! I'll take you to a great place!"

Seeing that it was still bright out, Xie Yang spurred her horse and followed.

Lemin Junzhu brought her to a wild hot spring lake.

The lake was not very large, but it was warm.

"I discovered this place!" Le Min said proudly, "It is not only warm all year round, but it has never dried up. My father says this is a divine spring. Now, I am introducing it to you."

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome. So, are we good friends now?"

Xie Yang nodded: "Of course."

Le Min cheered happily.

Xie Yang also smiled, feeling that this girl was quite cute.

On her first day on the grasslands, she became good friends with Lemin Junzhu of the Horqin tribe; the other party shared the hot spring lake with her, and she shared with the other party... well, the various little medicinal pills she had made.