The news of Zhuguan's great victory spread back to the court, and Emperor Ning Longyan was very happy.
The original autumn hunting ceremony was canceled due to the war, and after the news of the victory came back, the Ministry of Rites brought up the matter of the autumn hunting again.
"I report to Your Majesty that autumn hunting is a grand ceremony in a prosperous age, a gift from the Son of Heaven. Previously, because of the urgency of the war, His Majesty was sympathetic to the soldiers and the people at the border, so the ministers did not dare to raise it. Now that the border has won a great victory, the ceremony cannot be abolished. Please also hold the autumn hunting ceremony as scheduled. Hunting Ceremony."
When the courtiers mentioned it, Emperor Ning remembered that there had been no autumn hunting for three years.
Since he recovered from his illness, he has been in good health, and he also wants to go to the hunting ground to practice, so as not to be bored in the deep palace compound and ruin his body.
Hearing the word Qiu Lie, the First Prince stood there with his heart in his throat.
Father should agree, right
"No, no, I won't go! Gu Hou hasn't come back yet, neither have Shubai and the others, so what's the point of going by myself?"
Minister of the Ministry of Rites was at a loss for words for a while, and then he remembered that Gu Huaijiang and Emperor Ning had been together in the autumn hunting in previous years. The pretense was that Gu Huaijiang led the Gu family army to protect the safety of the paddock and His Majesty, but in fact it was the two elder brothers hunting together.
This year Gu Huaijiang was still at the border and didn't come back, Emperor Ning simply didn't want to go to Autumn Hunting.
He cast a begging look at Chen Gel, who paused for a while, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Gu Hou and Shizi are still at the border, and they said they would stay for a few days to pay attention to Xikun's movements. When they come back, they have already entered the country." Dong, isn't this year's autumn hunting going to be put on hold until next year?"
Next year, if it is postponed until next year, it will mean that the autumn hunting has not been held for four full years, and it is inevitable that there will be a lack of etiquette.
Emperor Ning was still thinking, the eldest prince stood up and said: "Father, the autumn hunting ceremony is related to the national system. It is precisely because Gu Hou won the battle at the border that the court should hold a grand ceremony to promote our Dongling national prestige. Let the Xikun group Take a look, you wolfish and ambitious people, although I Dongling people are literary, I also have heroes with bow and horse riding and shooting!"
These words reached Emperor Ning's heart, and he nodded, "Gu Hou has worked hard at the border, if ordering them to hurry back to participate in the grand ceremony, it would be difficult for them. Forget it, let's hold the autumn hunting ceremony as scheduled. Prepare according to the rules."
After retreating from the court, the second prince gave the eldest prince a contemptuous look.
"Sycophant, make it sound like you went to the battlefield and defeated the Xikun people."
Yin Shuo happened to walk up to him and heard his muttering, "Why should your Highness bother with him? If you can please your Majesty in the court, you can accumulate more prestige and grace. Your Majesty is obviously interested in this autumn hunt." Quite interested, is Your Highness willing to give up the opportunity to the First Prince?"
The second prince looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to them, so he dragged Yin Shuo to the corner, "What do you mean by that, you might as well speak up."
Yin Shuo said with a smile: "The eldest prince has already seized the opportunity to please His Majesty on the matter of whether to hold the autumn hunting. It is better to do well than to say well. If His Highness can beat the First Prince in the hunting ground, then why not?" Have you completely compared him?"
The second prince frowned slightly, "What you said makes sense, but what's the use of holding Buddha's feet temporarily? His riding and archery skills are already better than mine, I'm afraid it will be difficult to beat him."
Yin Shuo said: "Your Highness, don't worry, I happen to know a person from Jianghu who is extremely skilled in bows and arrows. He traveled all over the mainland of Kyushu with a bow in Jianghu. Because his surname is Yang, people in Jianghu nicknamed him Baibu Yang. Your Highness If you can get his advice, it is not impossible for your archery to improve by leaps and bounds within a few days."
"real?"
The second prince said happily: "Baibu Yang, this name is good, doesn't it just fit Baibu Chuanyang? Where is this person now, I will learn archery from him!"
Yin Shuo smiled meaningfully, "This person lives in Nailzi Hutong, His Highness will send someone to ask about it. Wouldn't it be easy to invite him to the second prince's mansion to study?"
"It would be terrible if such a talented person is recruited by Ning Yizhao first. This prince will go ahead first, and I will thank you for your recommendation some other day!"
The second prince patted him on the shoulder and hurriedly left the palace.
Yin Shuo folded his hands and watched him leave. He didn't raise his head until he was far away, with a weird smile on his lips.
…
It was not until the third watch of the night that Yin Shuo came out of the outer study and went back to his bedroom.
Before entering the door, his footsteps suddenly stopped, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
There was a stranger's breath, which made the hairs on his whole body stand on end. It was not a unique smell, but a breath.
He can sense it without smelling it.
He looked around the courtyard, and the guards in the mansion were normal, so they should not be assassins.
Who would that be
He vaguely guessed, opened the door and entered the room, and sure enough, he saw a red candle burning on the table, the light was dim.
Looking through the screen of the inner room through the candlelight, a vague figure was sitting by the bed.
He walked slowly towards the inner room, and saw that Princess Danyang was wearing pajamas with gold thread peonies and flowers. She sat quietly by the bed and did not speak, which was quite a bit of the beauty of classical ladies.
Hearing Yin Shuo's footsteps, Princess Danyang became more and more ashamed to raise her head. She lowered her eyebrows and saw that her breasts were half exposed under the thin pajamas, and her skin was white and flawless.
Yin Shuo's eyes fell on her, and he didn't move away for a long time.
Everything is just as she expected.
There was a smug smile on her face, she raised her eyes shyly and timidly to look at Yin Shuo, "You are back."
Yin Shuo was stunned for a moment.
Princess Danyang continued: "Second Brother said, you showed your loyalty to him and introduced him to a very good archer. In fact, in your heart, you still regard us as your own, don't you?"
Yin Shuo didn't speak, Princess Danyang thought he had acquiesced, "I've thought about it a lot, no matter what kind of relationship you and I had before we got married, but now we are husband and wife. Don't be angry with me anymore, okay?"
She raised her face completely, and Yin Shuo finally regained consciousness.
He knew why he was stunned, because Princess Danyang said you are back, which was exactly the same as Yufu's soft tone.
Is she imitating Yufu? Does she know what she thinks about Yufu
Yin Shuo sized her up and said calmly, "Why is the princess so gentle tonight? People are not used to it for a while."
Princess Danyang was quite proud, she pursed her lips, and showed a shy smile, "Really? Sure enough, you men like this, you like women who seem gentle and well-behaved. It's like Gu... just like everyone likes Yufu .”
Yin Shuo slowly walked up to her and sat down, "Oh? Who are you all? Who likes Princess Zhenjiang?"
The aura of the man was getting closer and closer to her, Princess Danyang's heart throbbed, and she forgot to think why he asked this question, "Of course it's the men of the Gu family, and the second brother! Did you know that even the second brother likes Yufu?" !"
When mentioning Yu Fu, her tone unconsciously became serious, she hurriedly calmed down, and continued to look at Yin Shuo with gentle eyes.
It turned out that she didn't know, but she was overthinking.
Yin Shuo said with a smile: "The second prince likes Princess Zhenjiang, of course I know that. If he didn't like it, how could he be willing to give her such a good pigeon blood noodles?"
Speaking of this, Princess Danyang became even more displeased, the second prince had never given such a valuable thing to her, but gave it to Yufu.
If this topic continues, it will destroy the atmosphere of the flowers before the moon and the moon. Princess Danyang changed the subject, "You have worked hard all day, and it is getting late now, why don't you rest early?"
"Rest?"
Yin Shuo looked at her meaningfully, "It's time to rest. It's time for the princess to go back to rest. Forgive me for not sending you far."
Speaking of undressing, she undressed herself, and the movement of her slender fingers uncovering the skirt of the neck looked so elegant, Princess Danyang was fascinated by it.
It's just such an annoying person with such a good skin!
Shy and angry, she stood up bewilderedly.
Dressed like this, could it be that Yin Shuo didn't know what she meant
He pretended not to know, but he was angry that he had humiliated him and refused to consummate the marriage.
Princess Danyang has never experienced such a thing, she thought that she condescended to please Yin Shuo in person, and Yin Shuo would definitely bow down under her pomegranate skirt.
She was too confident to provoke this humiliation!
Princess Danyang's face was bloodshot, she turned around and walked out the door, just wanting to get out of Yin Shuo's sight as soon as possible.
At the moment when she didn't want to turn around, Yin Shuo took her hand and moved towards her arms.
She was caught off guard and fell into his arms. What caught her eyes was the delicate skin on his chest, the slender and abrupt collarbone...
"you you… "
At this point, she didn't know what to say.
Yin Shuo put her on the bed, "Princess recommends herself as a pillow, if I refuse again, won't people doubt my ability in a certain aspect?"
Princess Danyang blushed and closed her eyes, Yin Shuo sneered, and a ruthless look flashed in his eyes, "But it will hurt, you have to hold back."