The blast was particularly harsh in the night, and everyone looked towards the source of the sound. Even Princess Chun'an and Princess Zhuang, who had been distracted and sitting upright, raised their heads, looking somewhat surprised and doubtful.
When they all looked up, they found that the continuous popping sounds were actually the sounds of long whips hitting the ground. Each sound sounded extremely spectacular. As the sound became louder, several horses started running in the large open space in front of the main hall. They trotted at first, and then ran faster and faster. Then several young eunuchs ran with the horses for a while, and suddenly jumped on the horses and stood on the backs of the running horses.
The current emperor was born on horseback and loves these things very much. He goes hunting every year. There is a Mingyue Mountain outside the palace city, which is also used to raise many wild animals, so that the emperor can indulge in them whenever he feels like it.
Until a few years ago, a leopard house was built in the palace at some unknown time. It was filled with ferocious beasts such as tigers and leopards. These beasts were domesticated and used for viewing and performance.
These performances at palace banquets have been going on for several years, but this year the animal trainers in the Leopard House have come up with new tricks, performing various movements while standing on horseback, which is really thrilling to watch.
Everyone's attention was drawn to it at once. The timid ones even held their breath in shock.
Emperor Yuanfeng was obviously very satisfied, and smiled at Madam He and said, "Look, little sister, how does this compare to the horse racing we saw in the northwest?"
At that time, Emperor Yuanfeng's fiefdom was in Jinzhong, where the people were tough and brave. Horse racing games were often held in the military camps, and the winners could win prizes.
Mrs. He shook her head frankly: "I was too young and don't remember much about what happened back then."
Emperor Yuanfeng's mood became depressed, and he sighed with some emotion: "Yes, you were still a little kid back then..."
After saying a few words, there was suddenly cheering from outside. Emperor Yuanfeng followed the gaze of the crowd and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Black Bear!"
Su Yao also looked out, and saw a black bear slowly coming out of the cage. After being whipped by the animal trainer, the bear's movements became much faster, and it looked very cute.
It was so funny that everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Even Princess Zhuang couldn't help but smile.
The beastmaster pointed at it with his whip again, took out a bamboo ring and threw it on the ground. The black bear stood up, put its two paws on its chest, pushed off with its hind legs, stepped on the ring, and began to turn flexibly on the ground.
Mrs. He was a little lost in thought. When cheers and applause rang out all around, she said to Su Yao, "After the dinner is over, you go first..."
She was just about to tell Su Yao to wait in the side hall while she and Emperor Yuanfeng went to get the empress's portrait, when she heard a sudden cry from outside, followed by a woman's screaming and crying.
In such an important occasion, you cannot easily hear crying. To put it bluntly, if you can come to this palace banquet, you have to put on a smiling face even if someone in your family has died. But what is going on now
Mrs. He was surprised for only a moment, then she knew why - the moment Su Yao pulled her back, she saw a black bear suddenly rushing in from outside.
The Yulin Guards and Jinyi Guards in the hall were caught off guard and were scattered for a moment. Those who had no time to escape were all knocked away by the black bear's brutal strength.
All the royal family members had never seen such a bloody scene before. They were stunned on the spot and then collapsed and wanted to escape.
The black bear had obviously gone mad for some unknown reason, and was charging through the crowd without any regard. Many of the Jinyiwei and Yulinwei who had reacted to protect the emperor were injured.
For a moment, the scene in the hall was in chaos.
One of the concubines accidentally stepped on the skirt of the person in front of her when she was running away. When the black bear rushed in front of her, she hurriedly pulled the person next to her to block it.
Emperor Yuanfeng was stunned for a moment before he flew into a rage: "Where's the beastmaster?!"
The scene was so chaotic that the beastmaster didn't know where he was. The black bear was going crazy, and even its eyes were blood red. It looked eerie and terrifying, like a monster crawling out of hell.
Mrs. He was pulled by Su Yao and staggered, falling backwards to the ground, even her knees were scraped, but she didn't care about that. Seeing the bear rushing around, she was terrified and hurriedly asked Su Yao to run away.
There was no way Su Yao would run away by himself. After pulling Mrs. He away from the oncoming crowd, he tried to help her stand up.
But when she was bending over and supporting Mrs. He halfway, she felt a strong force behind her. She immediately lost her balance and fell forward, landing next to a pile of overturned cups and plates.
Su Yao felt a piercing pain in his palm. Before he could react, he heard Mrs. He screaming in an almost heartbreaking voice, "Yaoyao!"
At the same time, Su Yao raised her head and saw the black bear walking towards her with crazy steps, and it seemed that it would reach her in a moment.
She was startled and tried to stand up by supporting herself on the ground, but her palm was pierced by the debris on the ground again. Her left hand suddenly went limp and she fell heavily to the ground again.
Is it God's will to kill me? Her emotions, which had always been calm since her rebirth, finally began to fluctuate, her heart began to beat violently, and her heart was filled with resentment and resentment.
She hasn't finished what she wanted to do.
The truth of the Weichang case has not been revealed yet, Old Lady Su and Su Rong are not out of danger yet, Cheng Dingan and Prince Zhuang are still watching them covetously. If she died now, what would be the difference from her previous life
As she was thinking about all this, she heard a sound of breaking air beside her.
The sound of breaking air almost brushed past her ears, and she suddenly felt a chill in her ears. Immediately afterwards, the black bear was hit in the left eye by an arrow. It paused in its movement and let out a dry howl that shook the earth.
But it was only a moment, and the black bear suddenly became more manic. After being injured, it only stopped moving for a moment and then started running around wildly.
In just this instant, Su Yao was pulled up from the ground by someone, avoiding the black bear's big palm that arrived almost instantly.
Mrs. He was almost horrified, her heart nearly jumping out of her chest. She ran towards Su Yao frantically, pulled her and called out "Yaoyao", tears instantly coming out.
Su Yao was still in shock, but she knew that someone helped her at the critical moment and saved her life. After responding, she raised her head to thank the other person, but as soon as she raised her head, she couldn't help but be shocked - Song Heng!