Going there, I saw a few eight-treasure reunion tables next to the emperor and the concubines, and the princess was sitting in the most conspicuous position, talking to the people at the next table.
Seemingly aware of Yu Linglong's gaze, the Crown Princess looked over from a distance, met Yu Linglong's gaze, and showed a kind smile on her face, beckoning her to go over.
Yu Linglong lowered her eyes, and said lightly: "I'll just sit here, you go tell the Crown Princess, don't bother."
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As if she didn't expect Yu Linglong to reject it straight away, the female officer was a little stunned, with a hesitant expression on her face: "Princess—"
But Yu Linglong picked up the teacup and drank it by herself without looking at her at all.
The female official hesitated for a moment, and had no choice but to bow and retreat, and went to answer the princess.
Sensing the surprised gaze from the Crown Princess, Yu Linglong didn't seem to notice it, she just sat quietly in her seat, her face sinking like water, her icy face seemed not to be touched by a trace of human fireworks.
She was right in her prediction, seeing that she refused to go, the Crown Princess didn't force her, she glanced at her and turned her head away, chatting and laughing happily with others.
It's not that Yu Linglong is pretending to be reserved, it's just that from the first time she saw the Crown Princess, she could vaguely feel from Xu Wang's attitude that this Crown Princess is by no means as gentle and amiable as she appears on the surface, but yesterday Xu Wang specially reminded her , It also made her wary of what was going to happen today.
Even if the princess didn't have any malicious intentions and just simply invited her to sit at the same table, she didn't want to expose herself to the public so easily. Although there were so many people present, even though they were all female relatives, it was difficult to distinguish the enemy from the enemy. Under such circumstances, it is safer to keep yourself in the dark.
The banquet hadn't started yet, and there were only cold tea and fruits on the table. There were people who were not familiar with each other. Occasionally, someone struck up a conversation with Yu Linglong, and they were left out in the cold after they couldn't say a few words.
The sun had risen to the very center of the sky, and suddenly there was a sound of horseshoes coming from a distance, and someone at the banquet said excitedly: "They're back, they're back!"
In a blink of an eye, the hunters arrived in front of the crowd, and there were about thirty or forty of them, each with attendants, all of them brightly dressed and energetic, the horses that had been running for a long time were breathing white steam from their noses, and the leather bags on both sides Hanging full of prey, it is obviously extremely tired.
The attendants untied their prey from the horse and presented them to the emperor one after another. After a while, all kinds of prey were piled up into a hill.
Seeing so many prey, the emperor's long face was delighted, and he smiled with his beard: "Okay, very good, they are all my good boys!"
Even among so many princes and grandchildren, Yu Linglong still saw King Xu at the first sight. He was dressed in a white brocade robe, and the bright silver phoenix-winged crown on his head was shining in the sun. The dripping man looked spotless, even if he was sitting on the horse, he looked relaxed and relaxed, as if he had just returned from a walk.
Yu Linglong smiled slightly, it seems that this kid is cheating and playing tricks again today, everyone is working so hard, scrambling to stand out in front of the emperor, but Xu Wang is carefree and carefree, seemingly indifferent to the world.
Lowering her eyes, she suddenly wanted to know, what was he afraid of? Did he take such pains to hide his identity that he didn't want anyone to know his true intentions
Looking up at the princes standing on the ground, Yu Linglong guessed that the person Xu Wang wanted to hide must be among them.
At this time, I saw a man in a royal blue ink brocade robe stepped forward and said to the emperor: "Father, my son caught a bear and dedicated it to my father. I wish my father a long life and good fortune." The color is long."
As he spoke, he waved back, signaling his followers to carry the bear up.
Someone at the banquet exclaimed in a low voice: "King Ding actually hunted a bear? It's incredible!"
"I heard that Xiong Ke is very fierce. King Ding's courage is really extraordinary!"
Hearing everyone's discussion, King Ding stood on the ground with a look of satisfaction on his face.
Looking at the big bear that could only be carried in by five or six people, Yu Linglong felt a little funny.
At this time, the spring is not yet blooming, the bear should still be in hibernation, how could it be wandering around, and just happened to bump into King Ding's hand
I'm afraid that someone prepared in advance and did it deliberately to help King Ding make meritorious service in front of the emperor, right
This reasoning is not difficult to imagine, but no one would spoil the emperor's interest at this moment, or offend King Ding, so they all pretended to be confused.
Seeing the big bear, the emperor was really very happy, he praised him endlessly, and ordered someone to fetch the imperial gold cup, and rewarded King Ding with a glass of wine.
Seeing that King Ding had won such an honor, the other princes were not to be outdone, and stepped forward one after another to ask for credit: "I will tell my father that my son hunted a lynx."
"There are two wild boars here, Erchen!"
"This is the black fox that Erchen caught..."
Seeing such a dazzling array of prey, the emperor couldn't help but smile, obviously in a good mood.
The seventh prince Zhou Wang looked at Xu Wang who was always smiling and silent, and couldn't help but shouted: "Ninth brother, what did you catch, why don't you show it to the emperor?"
The sixth prince Qi Wang also echoed with a smile: "Yes, the ninth brother grew up in the Shangyuan Kingdom, and his riding and archery skills must be excellent. It will definitely open our eyes!"
The two brothers sang together, on the surface they looked like a group of brothers and sisters, but Yu Linglong could hear the insidiousness and ridicule in it.
Seeing the emperor's gaze shifted to himself, King Xu threw the horsewhip in his hand to his followers, brushed off the dust that did not exist on the brocade robe, and then smiled indifferently: "I want to report to my father, my son has hunted a horse." Hare."
"Hahaha—" A burst of ridicule broke out suddenly, and the one who laughed the most was Ding Wang.
He pointed to the lonely little rabbit next to King Xu's saddle, and laughed so hard that he couldn't breathe: "Ninth brother, in the past half a day, you, you caught a rabbit?"
Ignoring King Ding's mocking laughter, King Xu patted his mount with a doting look: "This is a jade-topped crow, which is extremely rare. The road in the mountains is uneven. If you run fast, you may run away." Broken horseshoe."
After speaking, he specially called the attendant, and said: "Take it back and wash it well, remember to check the horse's hooves, if there are any small stones, they must be picked out, so as not to hurt its hooves."
Seeing that he treasured the horse so much, other people showed disdainful expressions on their faces, and some of the female family members sneered in a low voice: "After all, it came from a poor place, even a horse is so precious."
Yu Linglong pursed her pink lips, and her sharp eyes immediately glanced over. The person who was speaking was stared at her for a moment, and subconsciously lowered her head.
At this time, a soft voice suddenly sounded from the emperor's side: "I don't know what the crown prince has gained?"
Following this sound, everyone's eyes immediately turned to the apricot figure in the crowd, Yu Linglong was no exception.
This is the first time she saw the prince.
The prince looked about in his early thirties, he was dressed in an apricot yellow brocade robe, with a four-clawed golden dragon embroidered on his chest, and a purple gold coiled dragon pearl crown on his head. Cover up the nobility revealed from the whole body.
It was Concubine Wu Zhao who spoke just now, she seemed to have just seen the small pile of pheasants and hares in front of the prince, she couldn't help covering her mouth pretending to be a slip of the tongue, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness is indeed very skilled, hunting these is not bad. gone."
Having said that, the contempt in the words is self-evident.
King Ding at the side glanced at the prey in front of the prince, twitched his lips contemptuously, and said, "Could it be that the prince's eldest brother reads too much all day long, so he doesn't have time to practice riding and shooting?"
The prince smiled lightly, and didn't seem to care, and said gently: "This time, the second brother won the first prize."
There was a smug smile on King Ding's face, he refused to even say the word Cheng Rang, he just cupped his hands, obviously taking it for granted.
Suddenly, a steady voice came from the side: "Father, please say something to Rong Erchen."
Standing out of the row was the third prince, King Lu, dressed in a black brocade robe.
The emperor raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you have to say?"
Lu Wang said in a loud voice: "Today's hunting, I have been with the eldest brother of the prince. The eldest brother of the prince is not inferior in skills, but he has benevolence in his heart. Every time he sees a female beast with a small beast, he orders his subordinates not to shoot arrows, so as not to kill them." Accidental injury, finally hunted a doe, but found that it was pregnant, the prince ordered someone to pull out the arrow clusters for the doe, wrap the wound, and put it back to the forest, and it was delayed for a long time... "
The prince frowned slightly and said, "Third brother!"
King Lu turned to him and said, "Big Brother, the prize for hunting is small, but Big Brother is so benevolent and merciful that he doesn't even have the heart to hurt a doe, but he is willing to be despised for it. How can I just watch people misunderstand you?" Big Brother, don’t you want to confess to Big Brother?”
King Lu's words were fierce and sincere, and everyone couldn't help nodding their heads and discussing the prince's benevolent deeds in low voices.
A minister stood up from the banquet and said loudly: "Congratulations to the emperor, the prince is compassionate, benevolent, filial, and righteous. It is really the blessing of the emperor, and the blessing of thousands of people in Eastern Chu!"
For a while, the ministers came out one after another, shouting long live, and said in unison: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor!"
The emperor smiled while twisting his beard, and nodded slowly: "It's really rare for a prince to be so benevolent. Come and reward me!"
The prince bowed his head humbly and said