After a good night's sleep, as soon as he got up early the next morning, Chief Fu carried two brocade horses into the palace with a smile on his face. He bowed and saluted before saying: "Prince, these are the brocades that the emperor personally selected in the embroidery workshop." The horse costumes made by His Royal Highness and Young Master, the Emperor is going out to the city for hunting today, please go to the hunting ground first, and then have breakfast at the hunting ground."
"Father-in-law, go first, we will arrive soon." Hua Jinglan responded with a smile.
When the emperor went hunting, the princes and ministers naturally had to dress up and accompany him. When Hua Jinglan and Chun Yuyan came out, Qiao Fu and Qu Xian were also about to mount their horses.
"Greetings to His Highness the Crown Prince." When the two saw Hua Jinglan, they naturally stopped and turned around to salute.
Hua Jinglan raised her hand to signal the two of them to get up. She looked forward at the long and winding team and said, "If it was just about hunting, there would be too many people there."
"The prince doesn't know something," Qu Xian said respectfully: "Every summer, animals migrate in herds, which is a great opportunity for hunting, but it is very dangerous. How can officials dare to despise it?"
"Prince, please mount the horse." The attendant led the horse up. Hua Jinglan patted the white horse's strong thigh, grabbed the saddle and rode up.
After Chunyu Yan also rode a tall maroon horse, Qiao Fu and Qu Xian got on the horse.
The crisp sound of the bell rang, causing everyone to turn around and look. Hua Jinglan also turned sideways and saw a carriage covered in goose yellow slowly driving out. It had a golden body and jade ornaments on the eaves, which was very dazzling.
After the carriage stopped, Bai Jiehao opened the curtain with her wrist. She was wearing a goose-yellow brocade floor-length skirt, with bead hairpins slanted horizontally and jade rings ringing together. She was much more expensive than Loulan Erxuehua.
Diaoyu was not as frivolous as yesterday. He just stood in front of the carriage and said to Hua Jinglan: "Diaozhu wants to chat with the emperor to relieve his boredom. Your Highness, Diaoyu will go first."
After saying this, without waiting for Hua Jinglan to respond, he got into the carriage and drove away.
Hua Jinglan just smiled and pulled the horse forward.
As soon as he walked out of the city gate, Glass rushed towards him, surprising many people along the way but without realizing it, he just cuddled up to Hua Jinglan and had fun.
"What... is this?!" The officials accompanying him backed away in panic.
Hua Jinglan patted Guizhi's head and said, "Follow me obediently and don't make trouble."
The glass rubbed against her hand, acting obediently.
Hua Jinglan sent someone forward to explain the reason to Loulan Erxue. Although they were still frightened, they could only reluctantly go on the road, but they invariably distanced themselves from Hua Jinglan and Chun Yuyan.
However, there are also those who are bold, Qiao Fu and Qu Xian among them.
"His Royal Highness actually tamed a spiritual beast?!" Qiao Fu looked at the huge glass that was pleasing to Hua Jinglan in surprise. His eyes were filled with envy. He looked behind it and couldn't help but ask, "But why doesn't it have a tail?"
Hua Jinglan shrugged and said, "I don't know about that either."
"I heard that the tail of a tailless spirit beast is hidden in its belly before it takes shape. It is strange that His Highness the Prince's spirit beast is so huge that it has not yet grown a tail." Qu Xian looked at the glass and said.
Glass grinned and howled, frightening those eyes focused on its tail to move away.
Hua Jinglan couldn't help laughing, scratched its chin and said, "Don't be so fierce. Look, you're scaring others."
Glass stretched out his tongue to lick her hand, which shocked Qiao Fu who was watching on the side. Glass could almost swallow half of her arm with its mouth. How dare she put her hand into its mouth with such confidence
Hua Jinglan and Guizhu were amused and said without raising their heads: "Animals are sometimes easier to get along with than people."
Qiao Fu glanced at her and then moved his gaze back to the glass.
After walking for about two hours, they finally arrived at the royal hunting ground. As Hua Jinglan approached, she heard the sound of animals running in the green fields.
Hua Jinglan and Gui Gui walked to a path opened at the entrance of the forest and frowned slightly.
Chun Yuyan who followed later saw her like this and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Glass has become more and more irritable recently," Hua Jinglan said slightly worriedly: "Have you not noticed that the beasts have been very manic recently?"
"Qu Xian just said that animals migrate in herds during summer, which may be related to this." Chun Yuyan looked back at the bright yellow tent that had been set up in the distance and said, "Are Lan'er worried about the emperor?"
Hua Jinglan was worried but couldn't express it. She didn't know if it was her imagination. Along the way, the glass inside was too abnormal. The beasts were different. Could there be an earthquake? But it lasted too long, so that shouldn't be the reason.
"His Royal Highness, Your Majesty, please enter your account with me." Qu Xian approached and cupped his hands towards the two of them.
"Master Qu, what did you mean by the migration of beasts just now?" Hua Jinglan paused, but still felt it was necessary to ask in detail.
"Every summer, all kinds of beasts migrate thousands of miles from the Four Kingdoms to the Tianshui Kingdom. Your Highness the Crown Prince doesn't know about this?" Qu Xian was quite surprised.
Chunyu Yan was also startled. Hundreds of beasts migrated from the Four Kingdoms to Tianshui Kingdom? Simply unheard of!
Seeing the appearance of the two of them, Qu Xian said, "The migration of beasts occurs every summer. Isn't it possible that Houyue doesn't have it?"
Hua Jinglan pursed her lips before saying: "The mountains and forests of Houyue Kingdom are flat, and there are not many animals that can be raised. We usually don't see many of them, so they probably don't attract anyone's attention."
Qu Xian was relieved and added with a smile: "Most of the wild beasts come from Qiongyu Kingdom, and there are many rare species among them. It is not just the emperor. Summer hunting is already a folk custom in Loulan Kingdom. There is no need for the prince to be surprised."
Hua Jinglan nodded, looked at Chunyu Yan, and said, "Let's go to the tent first."
Hua Jinglan lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then raised her head and asked the people around her, "Do the beasts from the Qiongyu Kingdom have the habit of migrating to the Tianshui Kingdom?"
Chunyu Yan was also confused. How could he have never heard of the fact that the five countries had diplomatic relations and that hundreds of animals migrated thousands of miles? There was no strange phenomenon in the Houyue Kingdom. Why was the Qiongyu Kingdom so unique
Hua Jinglan narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "Why don't we go and explore?"
It suited Chunyu Yan's mind, so he said: "Let's put the glass into the forest first."
"Glass, go!" Hua Jinglan waved, and the white shadow of the glass disappeared into the forest in a flash.