In the evening, a banquet was held at the palace, and the campsites of some aristocratic families outside the palace were also brightly lit and lively.
Ling Qingyu lay on the cushion early, listening to the sound of pines in the forest, leaning against the warm body behind her, and fell asleep.
When she fell asleep, Yan Qifang covered her with the quilt tightly and asked in a low voice, "How is it?"
Ying Jiu replied in a low voice outside: "I can't get in, there are not only Imperial Guards guarding over there, but also big internal experts patrolling, even if I sneak in, I can't get my hands."
"Forget it, let's talk about it later when I have a chance."
"Yes!" Ying Jiu responded, then got up and walked to Ying Shisan, and said while sitting down: "You and Ye Po go to sleep, I will guard tonight."
Ying Shisan looked up at him, and said: "That person will always have a chance to kill, if we die easily now, what will she do?"
Ying Jiu didn't make a sound, and after a while, he punched the ground, punching a big hole in the ground, and said in a low voice, "I know."
The first day of the autumn hunt was a grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven and a military parade. After the celestial masters in white sacrificial robes accompanied Emperor Xiwen through the complicated etiquette, the square team of the imperial guards with bright banners and bright armor performed various exercises.
Ling Qingyu was located at the back of the women's family. He could only see the head in front of him, so he didn't look at it at all. He just looked at the blue sky and white clouds in the sky and calculated the data in his mind.
Today, all the female relatives are dressed in bright colors, and she is the only one in black clothes with white flowers on her head among all the beautiful flowers.
The incident of the night before last has been spread all over the place, and several versions have been published later, so there are many more kinds of eyes looking at her than before.
Ling Qingyu just didn't know, and stayed until the end of the military parade. As soon as the crowd started to disperse, they walked outside, and didn't even hear the lady next to him saying that he was going to attend the royal banquet.
"Mrs. Yang." Mrs. Gao hurriedly squeezed through the crowd and gently took her hand. Gao's station was very far away from Ling Qingyu, so it took some effort to get here.
Ling Qingyu stopped and looked at her with a smile.
Madam Gao said in a low voice: "Later, there will be a royal banquet and talent show."
Ling Qingyu was stunned. Usually, after the military parade was finished in the autumn hunt, the emperor waved his hand, and those idle men rushed straight into the woods to finish the job? Why is there another banquet? And acting
"It is said that there are distinguished guests from the Liao Kingdom participating this time, so the following changes have been made." Mrs. Gao continued in a low voice. These were notified to them temporarily, but judging by Ling Qingyu's appearance, no one must have told her.
Ling Qingyu looked at himself and said, "You don't want me to participate, do you?"
Mrs. Gao was taken aback, then asked her to look up and down, and said angrily: "Those people!" If Ling Qingyu is not informed, if she leaves, it can be said that she despises the royal family. Say.
"You wait." Mrs. Gao patted her, and immediately squeezed back to her own territory, and then went to her mother-in-law to talk about the matter. Mrs. Gao immediately stood up, and looked at the royal family in front of her with anger. , whispered: "Mrs. Yang is not in good health, I'm afraid I can't stand the scorching sun." Mrs. Gao understood, and squeezed to Ling Qingyu's side again. , I was anxious, so I pushed the person away regardless, and saw that there was a small circle where Ling Qingyu was standing, and a woman was sitting on the ground crying softly, and several women beside him were pointing at what Ling Qingyu was saying. Wanting to go up and push her, Mrs. Gao yelled directly: "Stop, who are you, you can touch the majestic Mrs. Yipin Guo!" After Mrs. Gao drank like this, the women were also stunned for a moment, and the woman who was about to push her did not die. He said in his heart: "What kind of lady, even if she is a lady, she can't be so domineering."
Just as Madam Gao was about to speak out, she saw several female officials hurried over, and shouted directly: "Who dares to make trouble here? Don't die?!"
Mrs. Gao was startled and looked at Ling Qingyu.
Ling Qingyu just had a sneer on the corner of his mouth, looking at the women and the female officials.
He is not afraid of enemies like gods, but teammates like pigs. It is not surprising that such an emperor and prince can have such a harem.
Gently brushing the stained place on the clothes, Ling Qingyu walked out without saying a word.
"Hey! You stop!"
Ling Qingyu turned around, looked at the female officer who was pointing at her, and asked, "How high are you?" Seeing the female officer was stunned for a moment, Ling Qingyu continued: "I am Mrs. Ding Guogong of the first rank, are you talking to me in this tone? Is there anyone in the palace?" Shall I teach you etiquette?" Seeing that the female officer was stunned again, she waved her hand and said, "Tell your master, Ma'am, I'm not feeling well, so I'll leave first. I don't care if they stained my clothes, but it's better not to have a next time, if there is another time, I will chop my hands if I touch it, and chop my feet if I kick it!"
Covering his mouth and yawning, Ling Qingyu just walked away calmly, leaving behind a group of women who were about to watch the fun and those who were still sitting on the ground stunned and wondering if they should continue to cry.
Madam Gao smiled to herself, watched her pass through the guards and go out from the door, then joined the maid guards who had already been waiting outside, and then turned back to her mother-in-law, and said the matter softly.
Mrs. Gao nodded and said in a low voice, "This woman is extraordinary."
Both inside and outside the palace hall were full of people, watching the exotic girls dancing in the middle, Princess Huaying's position was relatively low in the royal family, seeing her close maid winking behind her, she said to Concubine Li, got up and walked out quietly After a few steps, he reached the outside of the corridor and whispered, "What's the matter?"
The maid Fuer briefly explained what happened outside just now, Princess Huaying frowned, and asked: "Do you know who did it?" The maid whispered: "The lady is from Jingyang Palace."
Princess Huaying nodded to indicate that she understood, and then returned to her seat with a sweet smile. She couldn't help but glance at the direction of Wang Guifei. In fact, she really didn't understand the brain circuits of her two princesses and sisters. Let alone the eldest sister, Princess Huayang, the second sister, Princess Huaqing, can also hold back the second prince. Now the second prince does not have an advantage in civil servants. And there is a gap with the Zhao family again, and Heishuiguan has become a force he must win over. Mrs. Yang is indeed powerless and does not even have a son. It seems that they have never been issued. After a few years, no one will think of such a person again, and even Yang Zhao's old department in Heishuiguan will forget such a person. But how long has Yang Zhao been dead now? Although she married Yang Zhao not long ago, she is always Yang Zhao's widow. If there is something wrong with Mrs. Yang, Yang Zhao's old department will not ignore it, and Yang Zhao's reputation among the people is now flourishing. Bullying her, I'm afraid those Qingliu will make a fuss, so the second prince must show his favor to Mrs. Yang at this time to show the world and Yang Zhao's old department. It's just that he is showing favor here, and his wife is there. My sister is looking for trouble, Brother Second Emperor, it is indeed not easy for you.
Seeing that the smile on her daughter's face was actually very sincere, Concubine Li unconsciously asked in a low voice: "What's the matter?"
Princess Huaying whispered the matter in her ear, and Concubine Li glanced at Princess Huaqing who was leaning against Concubine Wang and acting coquettishly, the corner of her mouth was still smiling, but she said in a low voice: "Go and show your respect to Mrs. Yang."
Princess Huaying was taken aback for a moment, but then she understood, nodded, and smiled at the fourth prince who was looking over.
Concubine Li was also born in Deng's family, so she had been favored for a period of time, but it was a pity that she only got a princess like Huaying, and her distant cousin who entered the palace at the same time gave birth to the fourth prince. The power is so powerful, they didn't have any ideas, but as the Deng family kept sending beautiful women in and being favored, they naturally walked together under the frame and suppression of Queen Dong and Concubine Wang. When the head of the Deng family sent people in to say that they wanted to support the fourth prince, they were surprised that this was also a way to survive, so they tried their best to please Emperor Xiwen and Cheng Xiang. His own power, but the fourth prince does not have any military power to support him.
If she can make friends with Mrs. Yang, at least the people in Heishuiguan can be separated from the second prince at this time. If she can be pulled over to use by the fourth brother, then the status of her and the concubine mother will be guaranteed in the future. What's more, she doesn't dislike Mrs. Yang, and it can even be said that she admires her a little.
On the second day, Emperor Xiwen deliberately led his ministers and accompanied Xiao Sui into the hunting ground. After running for an hour like a stroll, he couldn't stand it anymore, and came back with a mighty force. In order to get rid of this pain on the third day, according to what Cheng Xiang said, Xiwen first expressed his great love for the bravery of the young people, and then said that as an elder, he would give the opportunity to the young people, and it would be best to get the most prey this time. Yes, he will give his Jin Ruyi as a reward to the one who gets the first prize.
Having said that, those young disciples were naturally so excited that they rushed out without waiting for the order.
Princess Huayang was excited to see it, so Emperor Xiwen and the queen agreed that female relatives could also enter the hunting grounds, and the queen would give rewards to those who could get the first place.
In this way, on the third night, there was a lot of excitement in the camp.
Ling Qingyu originally wanted to spend the past few days quietly hiding in the camp tent, but unexpectedly a few unexpected guests came at night.
Yang's camp was with a group of relatively low-level officials who followed. After she complained to the Liao people that night, some people began to show their friendship. First, they gave each other food and nodded when they met. When they meet outside, they will stop and say a few words.
So when those little girls were looking outside, they simply called them in to play, and then smiled and asked what was the matter.
The little girls looked at each other a few times, and smiled and shirked a few times. One of the round-eyed girls smiled and said, "We want to ask Madam to take us hunting tomorrow."
"Hunting?" Ling Qingyu was so startled that his eyes widened. These little girls also want to go hunting
"Yeah," someone started, another little girl also laughed and said, "Today, the Empress said that we can also let the female relatives go in to play. The few of us thought that if there is a lady with me, we won't be afraid."
"That's right, I heard that those young masters have caught a lot of prey today, and they are all placed in the square now. After counting together tomorrow, we will know who is the number one."
"I think it's Mr. Zhao!" "Mr. Pan!" "Mr. Shi is also good!" "Mr. Wang!"
The faces of the little girls were shy, excited, and yearning. Ling Qingyu roughly understood what they meant. From the past two days, the official positions of these little girls' families were not high, and one of them had an older brother who was in the Imperial Guard. In the camp, there are no brothers in the other families, not to mention that even the mother seems to be a little sick. Although girls can go in alone, if they are not accompanied by men and elders, they are naturally afraid of accidents. Usually it is difficult to go out, but now I have finally come here, why don't I want to play, and a few girls want to see those young men, so I think of myself, first of all, I am young and have enough status, and I also behaved She is very female, so she came to ask for help.
Ling Qingyu can't stand others being kind to her, not to mention the kindness shown by these girls and family members these days, one of them secretly helped her that day, if the girl's mother hadn't pushed her, the woman You can just tear off her clothes.
So Ling Qingyu agreed without hesitation.
The girls left happily, and Yan Qi walked in with a gloomy expression.
Seeing Yan Qi's expression, Ling Qingyu calmed down a bit in his heart, and after thinking about it again, he smiled and said: "Nothing will happen, just a few little girls take them to ride horses outside to see the excitement, so many Man, nothing will happen."
Those princes, princes, and eunuchs can bring guards with them when they go in, but the female family members can only bring maidservants, so most of the female family members have to go with their brothers. It would be okay if Shan Ling Qingyu brought a guard alone, but they all Little girl, it's really not easy to bring a guard.
What she promised must be done, Yan Qi didn't say any more, just took out the short sword wrapped in cloth from the box, and said: "Take this with you tomorrow."
The short sword was left by Yan San, only she can use it, but it is a sharp weapon for self-defense, Ling Qingyu nodded.
Yan Qi took out a pair of exquisite hand crossbows and put them on her wrists. Huang Jing made this thing for her long ago, but she thought it was troublesome and never used it. Unexpectedly, Yan Qi kept it well.
"Tomorrow, be careful." Yan Qi sighed, and didn't say any more.
On the fourth day of autumn hunting, the air was crisp and clear, with blue sky, white clouds and gentle breeze.
With the previous day's familiarity with the situation, today is the time to decide the outcome, those youngsters are dressed in strong clothes, with long bows on their backs, and long swords hanging from their waists, just waiting for Emperor Xiwen's order , then rushed out.
After all the hot-blooded teenagers had run away, the female relatives set off slowly, and the faces of the teenagers who were left to accompany them were very ugly, so they could only urge their sisters to hurry up, and hurry up.
Ling Qingyu set off with a few little girls at the countdown position. This position happened to be crowded by a large group of people in front, and there were dozens of people blocking her view. In order to match the bright colors of the little girls, she specially wore She wore a plain dress, and then a dark purple cape, just to keep herself from being conspicuous.
The forest in autumn has been dyed with strong colors. Golden daisies are blooming all over the mountains and fields. There are clusters of bushes full of ripe red fruits beside the stream. Birds are singing on the wild fruit trees, and squirrels are happily jumping on the branches of the cloud pine. Come and go.
The sunlight sprinkled sparsely from the gaps in the trees, and it seemed to bring some warmth when it fell on his body. Hearing the chirping voices of the little girls around him, Ling Qingyu felt very happy, the kind of pure happiness that he hadn't seen for a long time.
The further you go, the crowd gradually dispersed. This hunting ground is surrounded by several mountains. The foot of the mountain is still very flat, but it is a bit steep to go up. The accompanying girls seemed to be not very good at riding, so Ling Qingyu suggested that everyone walk around the foot of the mountain to see the scenery and pick flowers.
After such a leisurely stroll, they came to a mountainous grassland, which was not very big, but it was full of flowers. The little girls cheered, jumped off their horses, and ran into the sea of flowers.
"Mrs. Yang~" Ling Qingyu was about to get off the horse when he heard someone yelling in front of him. He slightly raised his body and looked around, and saw a group of people sitting around on the other side of the grassland, with mats spread on the ground, and a maidservant was busy walking around beside her. , like an outing, but it was Mrs. Gao who called her.
Mrs. Gao didn't expect to see Ling Qingyu. Seeing that she was hiding in the tent a few days ago, she followed her mother-in-law's advice and didn't take the initiative to find her. She didn't expect to see her today, so she immediately stood up to say hello.
Ling Qingyu took a few little girls and maids and walked over. Among the group of people, apart from the people from the Duke of Ji's mansion, there were also a few other people from the Duke's mansion, all of whom were honorable. The young people who followed around saw that After seeing her, he saluted earlier than those women, which made Ling Qingyu a little surprised. After thinking about it, he realized that these people must have respect for Yang Zhao, so he returned the salute with a smile.
The little girls on Ling Qingyu's side are all civil servants of the fourth and fifth grades, and they basically have no contact with the honorary circle, but they don't care so much when they go out for an outing. After a while, they just play with the little girls of Gao Ziqing on.
Mrs. Gao did not come out because of her old age. The leader of the Duke of Ji's mansion is Mrs. Gao, the wife of the eldest son, and the female family members of the second, third, and fourth bedrooms. Mrs. Gao introduced Ling Qingyu one by one, plus the rest of the Duke's mansion. After a lap, Ling Qingyu only felt that his head was as big as a bucket, and he didn't really remember how many.
However, Ling Qingyu still knows about the situation of Duke Ji’s mansion. The eldest son and the fourth son Gao Bingyang and the fifth son Gao Wenhe are born of the old lady. The second and third sons are all concubines. The big battle followed Zhao Mingliang, and if it wasn't for him, Zhao Mingliang might not be able to escape. He is a very powerful young general in the Zhao family army. There is nothing special and nothing wrong.
The sun is good, the air is good, listening to a group of women chatting with scheming...
"Mother, mother~" Gao Ziqing ran over with her skirt in hand, and shouted excitedly, "Fifth Uncle said there are more beautiful flowers on the mountain over there, can I go up there with my sisters to have a look?"
Mrs. Gao dotingly patted the grass on her body, looked up at her fifth uncle, saw Gao Wenhe nodded, and said with a smile: "Then you have to listen to your fifth uncle, don't run around."
"I'll go too." Ling Qingyu hurriedly added, and after hearing what these women said, he would definitely fall asleep, so it's better to play with the little girls.
"Alright," Mrs. Gao nodded with a smile, then looked at Xu Xiuzhu who seemed to be isolated outside, and asked softly: "Fourth sibling, why don't you go and see it too."
Seeing Xu Xiuzhu nodding arrogantly, Gao Wenhe's face darkened slightly. The eldest sister-in-law naturally meant well, but the fourth sister-in-law must have misunderstood the meaning and would not appreciate it at all. I really don't know how the fourth brother fell in love with such a woman!