Song Jianing felt that someone was moving her hand, she opened her eyes in confusion, it was dark inside the tent, and the birds were chirping crisply outside the window, Song Jianing turned around slightly, and saw the prince sitting beside him in his middle clothes, holding her little hand in his big hand, watching , The pulp of the finger touched her palm, itching tenderly.
When she just woke up, she didn't understand what the lord was doing.
"Okay." Zhao Heng held her hand with a smile in his eyes.
Song Jianing finally remembered that she was shocked by the horse yesterday, and her palm was scarred by the reins. The prince was even more nervous than her. After a lingering session in the middle of the night, he personally helped her to re-medicate. Such thoughtfulness and care is really sweeter than honey. Song Jianing smiled before saying a word, leaned on his lap, hugged his waist lovingly, and rubbed against him.
Zhao Heng lowered his head and saw her long hair scattered like a waterfall. He went back and forth a few times, listening to the chirping of birds outside the window, and said in a low voice, "Today's hunting, do you want anything?" I hope he wins, so he won, but he has already made a splash. Today, Zhao Heng is not going to compete any more, so he can only give her what she wants to make her happy.
"Deer, rabbit, fox, or whatever, you choose."
Beiyuan has raised many rare and exotic animals, but the paddocks are all non-aggressive beasts. After all, the hunters are emperors and princes. If something goes wrong, no one will take care of them, and the father just wants to be active. Muscles and bones, may not really want to hunt jackals, tigers and leopards to show their prestige.
In addition to deerskin and fox fur, Song Jianing has only seen forest beasts like deer and foxes in books. Hearing this, he sat up excitedly, took him by the hand and said, "I want a fox, is there a white one?"
Zhao Heng nodded with a smile and confirmed, "Then the white fox?"
Song Jianing nodded, thought for a while and then hesitantly added: "Can I live? I want to take it back and show it to Zhaozhao." Her beautiful daughter will definitely like the beautiful white fox. A few sparrows fell on the wall. The daughter couldn't take her eyes off her, and the sparrows even cried when they flew. In the end, Liu Xi caught two of them and kept them in the cage, and the daughter was satisfied.
When he mentioned his daughter, Zhao Heng also thought about it, touched her head, and promised, "Okay."
If she wanted a white fox, he would hunt a white fox for her.
After a warm moment, the couple got up and changed their clothes, because the prince was going to hunt in a while, and he was doing hard work, and the kitchen prepared a very rich breakfast. Zhao Heng ate four pieces of meat buns the size of a palm. Song Jianing was stunned when he saw it. It was the first time he knew that his prince had such a rough side, but the prince was handsome and looked good when he ate it.
After rinsing his mouth, Zhao Heng put the tea bowl back on the tray. Seeing Shuang'er holding a sheepskin water bag, he looked at the princess unexpectedly.
Song Jianing said earnestly, "Your Highness will stay in the paddock for more than an hour. The wind is blowing and the sun is blowing, and you will most likely be thirsty. This water bag is not heavy, and Your Highness hangs around his waist, so it won't get in the way."
Zhao Heng laughed, he came to the paddock with his father, bows, arrows, and water bags will be prepared in the paddock, so they don't need to bring their own. But she thought of him in every matter, Zhao Heng was very helpful, nodded and glanced at Father-in-law Fu. Eunuch Fu understood it, and while picking up the sheepskin water bladder in Shuang'er's hands, he flattered the princess with a smile: "It's still the princess who is careful, I didn't expect it."
Song Jianing's cheeks were slightly red, but he was relieved to find that Eunuch Fu walked steadily, as if he didn't hit the board yesterday. Eunuch Fu is the first hero by the prince's side. The prince's work in the Hanlin Academy and Zhongshu Province relies on Eunuch Fu to help explain. When the prince goes out, she is at ease with Eunuch Fu.
When they were ready, the couple set off, and before they went out, they saw King Gong and Li Mulan also coming out. Zhao Heng was his brother, and Song Jianing stopped with him, waiting for King Gong and his wife to come to greet them. The spring was bright and the breeze was breezy, Song Jianing looked at the two with a smile. Li Mulan is dressed in a bright red Hu clothing, with a dignified and valiant look. King Gong wears a royal blue robe, which is a head taller than Li Mulan. The same jade tree is in the wind, but King Gong seems to have not slept well last night, his eyes are blue, this is not, short After a short distance, Prince Gong actually yawned twice.
"Third brother, third sister-in-law." King Gong shook his head and tried to greet her soberly. Just after calling out to third sister-in-law, he couldn't help yawning again. He quickly raised his hand to cover his face, and scolded Li Mulan again in his heart. I usually look at the wood and don't care about him. I didn't expect it to be a fake. Last night, he was just a little bit nicer to her, and she was as enthusiastic as a mare...
Li Mulan was enthusiastic, and Prince Gong actually took advantage of him, but he was not willing to be oppressed by a woman, so the first time ended, Prince Gong rested for a while, turned on her again, and was oppressed by her again after a while... The second time, the third time... I went to sleep when I was tired, and continued when I woke up. One night, King Gong forgot how many times he went crazy.
When she woke up, Li Mulan seemed to be fine. She seemed to be in better spirits when she looked closely. The phoenix's eyes seemed to be bright, but Prince Gong had sore back and sore legs. He almost couldn't sit up. She pressed two clear handprints on the top, and he really treated him as a horse.
Putting down his sleeves, Prince Gong couldn't help but glance at Li Mulan.
Li Mulan didn't look at him, but Song Jianing noticed the corner of Prince Gong's mouth, as if he was thinking about something, but no matter how much she guessed, she would never have imagined what happened in the next courtyard last night.
Prince Chu and Prince Rui also went out one after another. Although Prince Rui brought his favorite concubine, Mrs. Zhang, he could only stay in another courtyard and serve him at night. When the princess and the wives and daughters of other accompanying officials could watch it, Mrs. Zhang was not qualified.
The four brothers walked in front, Song Jianing and Li Mulan following behind.
"Would you like to go hunting for a while?" Li Mulan asked Song Jianing with a smile, "In my opinion, you have the talent for horseback riding, just practice more."
Song Jianing said without thinking, "Forget it, I neither dare to ride a horse nor shoot arrows, so I'd better wait for my sister outside."
"As cowardly as a mouse." Li Mulan rubbed her head gently, practicing martial arts well, but she did not have the heart to practice martial arts.
The group first went to Emperor Xuande's palace, and then walked to the paddock with Emperor Xuande, not far away, about two quarters of an hour away. On the paddock side, the accompanying officials and female relatives had been waiting for a long time. The civil ministers were led by Prime Minister Zhao Pu, and the military attachés were led by the privy envoy Cao Yu. Song Jianing saw Guo Xiao in the queue, and his stepfather Guo Boyan was not in the future.
Emperor Xuande stood in the center, boosting his morale, his eyes swept over Li Mulan, who was wearing a beard robe, Emperor Xuande stroked his beard and joked: "Princess Gong has been practicing martial arts since childhood, and she has mastered the true heritage of the Li family's martial arts. You must not take it lightly. Princess Gong will also do her best, and if you can rank in the top three, I will give you a generous reward."
Li Mulan came out and cupped her hands: "Mulan leads the order."
Emperor Xuande nodded approvingly.
"Father, I'm going hunting too. If I win, Father will reward me too." Princess Duanhui suddenly jumped out and said coquettishly.
Just as Emperor Xuande was about to reject his daughter on the grounds that women were not suitable for hunting, he caught a glimpse of his fourth daughter-in-law, Princess Gong, and suddenly felt that the words were out of his mouth. Thinking that there were no beasts in the paddock, Emperor Xuande smiled and said, "Okay, you can go too, my son from Dazhou. Heroic, women also have pride, other than Princess Gong and Princess, who else wants to compete?"
He turned to look at the female relatives behind Concubine Shu and Concubine Hui.
Song Jianing subconsciously looked at the prince who was diagonally opposite. The emperor said this as if he wanted women to have pride. If she didn't go, wouldn't she seem to have no pride? Will it make the prince look dull
Zhao Heng looked at her and shook his head imperceptibly.
Song Jianing breathed a sigh of relief, really afraid that the prince would drive her to hunt.
She didn't have the guts, Princess Duanhui smiled sarcastically, her lips moved, she was about to be provocative, but fortunately she remembered her cousin's warning in time. Princess Duanhui was not afraid of offending King Shou, but she didn't want to be upset with her cousin because of Song Jianing's troubles. She turned her eyes and landed on Chen Xiu's face next to Mrs. He, and said with a smile, "Come here, sister-in-law, run fast, You accompany me."
Chen Xiu secretly glanced at King Shou, her heart beat faster, and quickly realized that this was a good opportunity to approach King Shou, but...
Chen Xiu turned to Wen Chen again, and sure enough, she saw her gray-haired grandfather Zhao Pu, with a sullen and disapproving face. Chen Xiu's eyes dimmed. When Emperor Gaozu was there, his grandfather was the prime minister, and he had power over the government. Emperor Gaozu regarded his grandfather as a brother in private. His grandfather acted domineeringly in the court and dared to act. Fame, not only does he usually not walk around with courtiers, but in the marriage of his children, he even married his two daughters to common people, and his aunt was also from common people.
By doing this, my grandfather won the trust of Emperor Gaozu, but wronged her mother and aunt. If her mother married into a high family and was pampered, she would not necessarily die in childbirth. Thinking of the poor mother she had never met, Chen Xiu bit her lip and her eyes suddenly became firm. What if my grandfather had been careful for most of his life? Was it because he had offended the current emperor by insisting that the throne should be passed on to his son instead of his younger brother? As soon as the new emperor ascended the throne, he first demoted his grandfather from office. His grandfather lived in Heyang for ten years before finally finding the opportunity to return to the imperial court.
Grandfather is already old, and if she doesn't fight for herself, I am afraid she will be reduced to marrying ordinary people. At that time, my mother and aunt did not dare to rebel against my grandfather, and finally died of depression. Chen Xiu did not want to follow the old path of her mother and aunt!
"Grandmother, is it alright?" Looking up, Chen Xiu obediently asked Mrs. He, the grandmother beside her, a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, her beautiful eyes filled with anticipation.
Mrs. He was embarrassed. There were men in the paddock. Li Mulan had already become Princess Gong, so there was no need to shy away from it. Princess Duanhui was also engaged to the heir of the Duke of Wei, and her granddaughter was at the age to discuss marriage. yes or no. However, the emperor personally encouraged these little girls to go hunting, and the granddaughter made it clear that she wanted to join in the fun. She objected in front of everyone, didn't she refute the emperor's face
After thinking for a while, Mrs. He made a decision, and said lovingly, "Since the princess has kindly invited you, you can go, but you are only allowed to hunt rabbits on the periphery, and you are not allowed to run around and disturb the elegance of the emperor and the princes." The granddaughter has always Be obedient and sensible, as long as you stay on the periphery, nothing will happen.
Chen Xiu knew that her grandmother would agree to her, so she happily agreed, and then walked to Princess Duanhui with lotus steps, pretending not to know that her grandfather was watching her. Mrs. He noticed her husband's dissatisfied gaze and knew why her husband was dissatisfied, but thinking that her two daughters had left early because of her husband's stubbornness, and the old man dared to blame her for pampering her granddaughter, Mrs. He also glared back, the look in her eyes. Resentment is more severe than her husband's dissatisfaction.
Prime Minister Zhao Pu saw this, his face changed, and then helplessly lowered his eyes, hoping that his granddaughter was smart enough not to cause trouble for him. He helped the emperor to solve the serious troubles of his confidants, and now he has become a useless person in the emperor's heart. He has been cautious and cautious this year, so he did not give the emperor a reason to drive him away.
In the end, only Chen Xiu answered the call of Emperor Xuande, and the daughters of other officials either did not know how to ride a horse or did not have the confidence of Chen Xiu. After everything was ready, Emperor Xuande led the four princes and the young heroes to set off first, and Li Mulan accompanied him. After the men left, and the dust fell, Princess Duanhui and Chen Xiucai rode their tame big horses with a few little eunuchs and entered the paddock as if they were playing.
Outside the paddock, Song Jianing sat next to her aunt, Concubine Shu, and poured a bowl of tea for her.
Concubine Shu looked at this cheap niece's sweet and gentle face, and sighed softly, "If Duanhui is half as good as Jia Ning, I'll be satisfied." Her daughter is becoming more and more naive, and even goes hunting to help her, Concubine Shu really I have a headache, because I am afraid that my daughter will have an accident in the paddock and be injured.
"Don't worry, Aunt, the princess will be fine with so many people." Song Jianing said sincerely.
Concubine Shu hummed, picked up the tea bowl, and looked at the paddock worriedly.
Song Jianing returned to her seat and moved his gaze to the paddock, imagining the heroic appearance of his prince on horseback and archery.
In the outer circle of the paddock, Princess Duanhui held the reins in both hands and stared at the grass with her big eyes. However, after wandering around for a short time, she didn't see a single rabbit, so she couldn't help but be very disappointed. Chen Xiu saw it in his eyes and didn't say anything. He was looking forward to it, and finally he was looking forward to Princess Duanhui's words: "The prey is inside, why don't we go in too?"
Chen Xiu was secretly happy in her heart, but hesitantly dissuaded her.
How could Princess Duanhui be someone she and a few eunuchs could persuade, and with a flick of the whip, they headed towards the lush inner circle.
Chen Xiu had to keep up, his eyes bright.