“Damn it!” Xie Jing Xing suddenly turned around and ordered Mo Qing, “You escort Madam out of the field, Tie Yi will follow me.”
Shen Miao said, "You are going to the infield now?" The uneasy premonition in her heart became heavier and stronger, so that Shen Miao almost had the urge to hold Xie Jing Xing and not let him leave.
Xie Jing Xing took a deep look at her and for the first time his eyes became dark, "The plan has changed."
Shen Miao clenched her fists, looked at him and said, "I will wait for you to come back."
Xie Jing Xing didn't speak any more, he turned the horse's head, slapped the horse with the whip, and Tie Yi followed closely behind. The two gradually drifted away, and they could no longer be seen in the smoke and dust splashed by the horse's hooves.
Shen Miao held the reins tightly and sat on the back of the horse, at this time, she was no longer in the mood to hang out in the outfield by herself. Mo Qing said, "Madam, let's go back."
Shen Miao nodded and Mo Qing and a group of guards escorted Shen Miao away. Despite this, Shen Miao's heart was still beating "thumping" and she tried her best to calm herself down. Think carefully about every detail of the matter.
Today's events seem to be full of dangers lurking in them. Emperor Yongle's position in the Great Liang Dynasty was not as stable as he had imagined. Among them, the army of the Lu family was the leader, and there was a hint of conspiracy. The most important thing was that the Lu family seemed to have served the emperor before.
Could it be that there was a disagreement between Emperor Yongle and the late emperor? Just like some emperors are unwilling to pass on the throne to a certain son, could it be that the position of Emperor Yongle was not justified, and he used some means, so that the former emperor held a grudge, and even after a hundred years of history, he still laid a big net, In order to one day pull him off the horse
Xie Jing Xing and Emperor Yong Le should have made some arrangements for this, but for some reason, Emperor Yong Le entered the infield alone and went up to Hua Luan Peak before the signal started. There are only two possibilities. One is that someone in the Imperial Guard coerced Emperor Yong Le, and Emperor Yong Le was forced to enter the infield ahead of schedule. Second, it was Emperor Yong Le's own idea, he should have made a certain decision, but he did not discuss it with Xie Jing Xing.
Shen Miao felt that it should be the second type, because there were some courtiers and others walking in the outer field, even those who were hidden in the Guards, would not choose to do it here, and would definitely let Emperor Yong Le enter. After the infield, no one took the shot.
But why did Emperor Yong Le enter in advance and what decision did he make to make Xie Jing Xing so nervous, it seemed that Shen Miao had never seen such a serious expression on Xie Jing Xing's face.
She walked groggyly with the horse's steps, and happened to see a hawk flying by in the sky making a long cry, a sudden jolt in her heart, and an unbelievable thought came to her mind.
However, that thought was quickly denied by her, she shook her head and touched her heart secretly.
When he got out of the field, he saw Mrs. Ji at a glance. Mrs. Ji did not go out hunting with Mr. Ji, but waited outside. Shen Miao had no acquaintances in Long Ye, so she walked up to greet Mrs. Ji.
"Why did the princess come out so early?" Mrs. Ji smiled and said, "I thought I would play more inside. There are many foxes in the outfield, and sometimes I am lucky, and I can hunt rare black foxes and make them with skins. The scarf is warm and beautiful."
Shen Miao smiled slightly, "I just went in with them to join in the fun and would not hunt." She looked at Madam Ji and said, "Madam doesn't need to call me a princess, she is a relative after all, call me a sweet girl. That's good. I'm so shy to call my wife and auntie."
Mrs. Ji was stunned for a moment, and then her smile became more enthusiastic: "It turns out that Jing Xing told you that, since that's the case, I won't do those stupid things, so I'll call you a sweet girl."
Shen Miao smiled, Luo Xueyan had no sisters but only brothers, so she only had uncles and no aunts, having an aunt now is something new. But seeing Mrs. Ji dignified and decent, she seems to be a person in the situation, and she speaks very frankly. Shen Miao thought about it and thought it was true again, otherwise how could she have the temperament of Ji Yushu.
Mrs. Ji took Shen Miao's hand and walked to the other end while saying, "Today Jing Xing and Xingzhi are going hunting in the inner field, you just wait with me outside. When they fall, they should come back. When Jie Shi, the two of you will go to Ji Mansion to have a meal together, speaking of which, since Jing Xing came back this time, he hasn’t come to our mansion for dinner.”
Shen Miao replied with a smile, thinking of Xie Jing Xing in a flash, she suddenly became a little worried and asked, "Aunt, is this infield battle dangerous or not... A male lion, I'm afraid it is not easy to hunt."
Mrs. Ji sighed, "These are all the rules set by the founding of the country, after so many years, it was originally intended to be abolished, but the late emperor..." She stopped in her tone, looked at Shen Miao again, and said with a smile, " You don't have to worry, you still have the Guards. Although the beasts are vicious, those guards are not vegetarian. Besides, both of their brothers have martial arts skills, so they are not idlers without the power to protect themselves. Kung fu is still more than enough.”
When Shen Miao heard this, she followed with a smile, but she thought in her heart that it seemed that Madam Ji didn't know about it. If he knew, he would definitely not show such a relaxed expression. The Praetorian Guards were not as safe as they seemed. Mrs. Ji was not someone who could negotiate matters, Shen Miao felt a little regretful at this time and should have called Pei Lang together, at least this time it was possible to negotiate. She had no acquaintances in Long Ye, and she didn't know anything about Xie Jing Xing's arrangements, so rash arrangements were not beautiful.
On the edge of the outfield, far from the bushes, there was a pergola that was erected immediately. Because the people who came today were all the royals and nobles, they also transported a lot of ice cubes together. It was very cool at the moment, and some ladies and nobles were sitting inside, drinking tea and eating snacks. Occasionally, when they saw their family members come back with some prey, they also felt excited and cheered and came forward to show off.
In the end is as a fresh fun.
But Shen Miao's heart gradually sank as she looked at Hua Luan Peak with heavy clouds and mist in the distance, Hua Luan Peak was steep and steep and could not see the end at a glance, everyone here was chatting happily, who knows if they were fighting to the death? Or what kind of fight? Is the prey really just a male lion, or is it a golden dragon above the nine heavens
Just as she was thinking, someone came over from the opposite side, Shen Miao raised her eyes and saw that it was the shrewd and silent Madam Ye. Mrs. Ye walked to Mrs. Ji and sat down, looked at Mrs. Ji and smiled: "Why didn't you go in?"
"Where can I hunt, but I'm just watching." Mrs. Ji also laughed. Although the Ji family and the Ye family didn't have much contact, they still had to do it for face. After all, Ye Maocai's official position is not much different from that of Ji Zuotu, or even a little higher. Mrs. Ji said, "Mrs. Ye won't go in either?"
“I won’t go,” Madam Ye waved her hand, “I can’t stand the bumps and bumps of my body.” Her eyes fell on Shen Miao and said, “Prince Concubine didn’t go in anyway. Didn't I just see the prince and his concubine go in together, why don't you play for a while?"
Shen Miao's heart moved, Madam Ye's words seemed to be testing something, could it be that she also knew a little bit about the infield matters today? The Lu family and the Ye family's identities in Long Ye are subtle, and they are worth noting. She said, "The sun was too strong, and the outside field made me dizzy, so I came back first." Then she put on a gesture of disgust: "Besides, I don't even see the scene of killing."
Mrs. Ji laughed, "Prince Rui is soft-hearted, but it is no wonder that she is an ordinary daughter's family and she does not want to see the rabbit being killed." Seemingly afraid that Mrs. Ye would continue to question Shen Miao, Mrs. Ji deliberately changed the conversation. Asked Mrs. Ye, "Speaking of which, I heard that Young Master Ye was suffering from pain a few days ago. Is it better?"
Young Master Ye, of course, refers to the concubine who was born to the concubine of the Ye family and was raised under the name of Mrs. Ye. When Mrs. Ye heard the words, she said, "It's alright, it's all an old problem. When it rains, it hurts. There's nothing I can do for so many years." Her tone was indifferent.
Shen Miao later learned from Bajiao that this Young Master Ye was on the surface of the Ye family's direct son and the servants treated him very respectfully, but in reality they thought he had no future. Mrs. Ye was just okay with him, but she never really cared about him.
Shen Miao felt that Young Master Ye, who had never been masked, was a little pitiful.
Mrs. Ji and Mrs. Ye had a hard life again. Probably also deliberately trying to divert Mrs. Ye's attention. Later, Mrs. Ye seemed a little impatient, and got up and left.
Shen Miao and Madam Ji sat there again and waited.
The sun gradually went down, but Emperor Yong Le and Xie Jing Xing still had no shadow.
Shen Miao instructed Mo Qing, "Go and find out, is there any news about them?"
Mrs. Ji smiled: "Don't worry, there have been times like this before. Because hunting has to be patient, time often passes in a flash. The road to Hualuan Peak is too steep, and it's hard to walk when it's dark, so you have to wait for the second time. I just came back.” Even so, the slight anxiety in his eyes was caught by Shen Miao.
Shen Miao didn't know if she was too sensitive, if she didn't know some things about Xie Jing Xing before, she might really feel relieved. But this time, I had a bad premonition, and knowing that Xie Jing Xing's departure was not as easy as it seemed on the surface, he raised his heart tightly.
After the sun went down, the sky gradually became dark. The emperor has not yet returned, except for some young ladies and female relatives who have already returned, and the courtiers are still around the hunting ground. Shen Miao asked Madam Ji if it was the first time that such a situation had occurred, Madam Ji said, "Not really, but it has been rare in the past."
Some courtiers have already set up camp and made tent-like things out of long cloth. Even in summer, dew is inevitable at night, for fear of catching a cold. Ji's family also made such a tent.
Shen Miao was walking outside, but saw Lu Wan'er standing not far away, talking to a middle-aged man. It seemed to be coquettish or pleading, but the man was unmoved. Immediately afterwards, Lu Wan'er was forcibly pulled into the carriage and escorted away by a group of guards.
It was probably that Lu Wan'er wanted to stay here, but the man was not allowed. Shen Miao was about to leave when the man seemed to sense Shen Miao's gaze and turned his head abruptly, revealing a vicious face. He was as burly as a bear, with a bloodthirsty expression on his face, as if his temperament was also very violent. Looking at Shen Miao, her eyes were very gloomy. Bajiao said: "That is the head of the Lu family, General Lu Zhengchun."
Shen Miao suddenly realized that this was Lu Wan'er's father, the military general of the Lu family. Immediately, he was surprised again. He was also a military general, and Shen Xin was also very heroic, but he was not so violent as he looked at him, and he could hardly hide the murderous aura in his heart. She was a natural killing god, Shen Miao was surprised before, Madam Lu, Lu Wan’er and Concubine Jing were not very smart looking, how the Lu family maintained such a prestigious position in Long Ye, seeing Lu Zhengchun now, she understood in her heart. . With such a killing god, it's no wonder that Emperor Yongle couldn't easily attack the Lu family.
Lu Zhengchun stayed here, wondering if he was also waiting for a result on Hualuan Peak? Shen Miao pondered in her heart, her eyes swept across Lu Zhengchun, and she turned and left.
The Lu family stayed here, so did Mrs. Ye, and Ye Maocai also came back and was talking to Mrs. Ye. The Lu Ye family are all here. If Emperor Yong Le really made a mistake here, the Lu Ye family would not take the opportunity to do anything wicked.
Looking around, some ministers have already got into the tent and chatted with their wives at night. They think the hunt is a fun game. Just waiting for Emperor Yong Le and Xie Jing Xing to hunt the lion back to be the sacrifice at the festival.
Shen Miao stopped and looked at the sky, the starry sky was quiet and the summer night breeze was blowing on her face, it was truly refreshing.
But is this night really as calm as the surface
Mrs. Ji called her: "Jiao Niang, it's cold outside, come to the tent first."
Shen Miao smiled and then went in. When Master Ji was not in the tent, the ministers sat together in groups of three and five, drinking and chatting, but they let go of their rare leisure.
Madam Ji poured a cup of hot tea for Shen Miao and said, "Don't worry, they will be fine. But you, if you suffer from the cold because of this, and Jing Xing asks about my guilt, I can't afford it."
Shen Miao laughed and said, "How dare he." After speaking, she thought of something, hesitated for a while, and finally said, "His Royal Highness... the relationship with the late emperor seems to be not good?"
Hearing this, Mrs. Ji was stunned. She smiled and said, "Why did you suddenly ask the late emperor?"
Rao was Madam Ji trying her best to hide it, but Shen Miao could still feel Madam Ji's hatred that flashed past.
Shen Miao had always wondered what role the late emperor played in the life of Xie Jing Xing and Emperor Yong Le in the imperial court in Long Ye. Since Mrs. Ji and the former queen are sisters, she must know something about the former emperor. Is there any news about the former emperor from Mrs. Ji
Shen Miao simply did not hide it and said, "I once heard His Highness mention one or two, but it was not very clear, and I felt a little strange in my heart."
Mrs. Ji looked at her in astonishment and immediately said: "I didn't expect that he even told you this." Then she smiled: "In the end, this is Jing Xing's family affairs, if I told you, it would be No, the other day you and Jing Xing will kneel down and tell them frankly, so that you will know that it is a festival." This is what he refused to say.
But it was precisely because of Madam Ji's attitude that Shen Miao further confirmed her conjecture in her heart. Thinking that the late emperor really did not deal with Xie Jing Xing and the two brothers, looking at Madam Ji's attitude, she must not be very good to the late queen's family.
Thinking about this in her heart, Madam Ji also fell into deep thought, and it took a long time for her to react and said to Shen Miao, “Hey, it’s good, don’t mention it. Jiao Niang, you also sleep for a while, in case they are in the morning tomorrow. When you come back, you are tired, what should you do if your body is exhausted."
How could Shen Miao fall asleep at this time, she only thought about things and said, "I'll sit for a while, anyway, I can't fall asleep anyway."
Seeing her stubbornness, Mrs. Ji couldn't persuade her any more. After talking for a while, Mrs. Ji herself was tired. She was not as young as Shen Miao and could not stay up late, she would doze off in the tent after a while. Shen Miao covered her with the cloak and sat in the tent by herself.
Who knows, this sitting is one night.
The morning light was faint, and there were birds and beasts chirping in the distant forest. Master Ji was drinking with his colleagues at the other end yesterday, and he was already sober at this time and walked towards the tent, just in time to meet Shen Miao who opened the tent door to ask for it. go out. Suddenly stunned, Shen Miao smiled at him and said, "Aunt has not woken up yet and is sleeping, uncle's voice is quieter."
Master Ji nodded and said to her again, "Go and have something to eat first."
Shen Miao agreed and walked out by herself.
Some of the ladies outside had already woken up, and their expressions were already exhausted. They are all noble and noble people on weekdays, and it is not enough to make do with it in the tent. The particularly delicate one had already returned to the mansion last night, and those who stayed behind were either to flatter Emperor Yongle, or to experience this rare leisure.
Fennel brought Shen Miao a bowl of porridge, and when Emperor Yong Le came out, a few of the cooks in the palace came to cook meals for these servants and their relatives. While drinking the porridge, Shen Miao asked Bajiao, “Is there any news from Your Highness?”
Octagon shook his head.
Shen Miao looked into the distance, the sun had already emerged from the top of the mountain, after another hour, the sky would be completely bright, even if Xie Jing Xing and the others spent the night on the mountain, it was time to come back. There is absolutely no precedent for two full days of hunting in the mountains.
Although, they don't just hunt.
“Is there no signal in your Mo Yu army?” Shen Miao asked, “Your master did not agree with you about the matter this time, what signal will be released to inform you once the matter is completed?”
Star anise and fennel were stunned for a moment, they looked at each other and shook their heads together. Anise said: "This time, the master did not tell the slaves and servants."
Shen Miao was helpless and had to say, "I don't know what the situation is now." Looking at Lu Zhengchun and Ye Maocai on the other side who had already stretched out in the distance, she felt even more headache.
Just thinking about it, she saw a familiar figure walking by on the other side, Shen Miao was stunned for a moment, she didn't care about drinking the porridge, she put the bowl in Bajiao's hand and quickly stepped forward to catch up with the person.
That person turned back, it was Ji Yushu. Shen Miao had a lot of thoughts in her heart, so she pulled Ji Yushu to a corner where no one could see and asked him, "Why are you back?"
Ji Yushu asked, "What does sister-in-law mean?"
Shen Miao frowned, "Aren't you with Xie Jing Xing?"
Ji Yushu was surprised: "No wow, I'm in the outfield, and only royals can enter the infield. Although I'm half a royal relative, I'm still not qualified."
Shen Miao was surprised, she thought that Ji Yushu came here to help Xie Jing Xing. Ji Yushu is not there now, are Xie Jing Xing and Emperor Yong Le fighting alone? She said, "Tell me honestly, what exactly does Xie Jing Xing want to do this time?"
Ji Yushu touched his nose aggrieved: "sister-in-law, you really asked the wrong person. The third brother never took me with him when he was going to do anything important, and the more dangerous it was, the less let me touch it. At that time, I only took care of the food and drink of Fengxian’s pawnshop, and I was not allowed to intervene. Yesterday, Gao Yang was with him at the hunting ground. The third brother would always bring Gao Yang with him, but I wanted to follow, third brother. Not allowed."
“Gao Yang?” Shen Miao asked, “Gao Yang is also a minister, how can he go?”
"Gao Yang Yi Rong became the third brother's personal entourage." Ji Yushu said, "He has a smart mind and understands medical skills. If something happens, he will be very helpful."
Shen Miao's heart tightened, Gao Yang knew medical skills so Xie Jing Xing took it with him, but could the situation have reached such a dangerous level? Looking at Ji Yushu again, he knew in his heart that although Xie Jing Xing had a bad mouth, he was extremely protective of his shortcomings. Ji Yushu is his cousin anyway, just like Su Mingfeng at the time, the best way to protect Ji Yushu is not to involve him, maybe he is also protecting Ji's family.
Ji Yushu looked at Shen Miao's expression, but this time he became smarter and he asked, "Sister-in-law, did something happen to the third brother?"
Shen Miao said, "No, I just saw that he did not come back, and I was anxious."
"Impossible." Ji Yushu said decisively: "Sister-in-law is not such a senseless person. You were so strange. Yesterday I went to Gao Yang, and Gao Yang was also mysterious. In this way, it was fine when he was in Ming Qi, but when he came back to Long Ye, he became more and more concerned with me, does he want to do something on his own?"
Shen Miao looked at Ji Yushu's frantic appearance and sighed in her heart. Xie Jing Xing was accustomed to leave the people around him to take care of everything for his only son, such as the Marquis of Lin'an, Princess Rongxin, and Su Mingfeng in Dingjing. Now it's Ji Yushu's turn, but some things are indeed a blessing for those who don't know.
She said, "Sorry, I can't answer you because I don't know what he's going to do either."
"On the infield hunting, only members of the royal family can enter. Could it be that there is danger in it?" Ji Yushu said: "The third brother and the emperor are always strange, sister-in-law, do you really not know?"
“I don’t know what?” Before Shen Miao could answer, a female voice came from behind, but Madam Ji came over. She did not know how long she had been listening here, she looked at Ji Yushu and then at Shen Miao, her expression became strange, she said, "What happened to Xingzhi and Jing Xing? What did you mean just now?"
Mrs. Ji originally wanted to ask Shen Miao to go back to the city with her, but who knew that she happened to see Shen Miao holding Ji Yushu over there. Star Anise and Fennel were busy guarding against Lu Chunzheng and Ye Maocai, but they did not guard against Madam Ji, but Madam Ji heard the conversation between Shen Miao and Ji Yushu.
Ji Yushu said, "Mother, it's nothing, my sister-in-law and I are playing around."
"Don't fool your mother." Mrs. Ji looked at Ji Yushu and said angrily, "When I asked you to go to Ming Qi to find Jing Xing, you won't come back once you go, and you don't know what to do in Ming Qi. I don't care what you do. , after all, you are the young master of the Ji family, I ask you, what do you know, why do you say those words, Jing Xing and Xingzhi... are they dangerous?"
Ji Yushu was speechless by what her mother said and looked at Shen Miao as if asking for help, Shen Miao hurriedly said, "Aunt, you have misunderstood, Yu Shu and I were just joking. It's just that His Highness is not at this time. When I came back, I was a little anxious, so I asked Yu Shu. Yu Shu doesn't know anything, it's because I think too much, aunt don't blame him."
Madam Ji looked at Shen Miao again with a stern gaze and said, "Jiao Niang, this is not a trivial matter, I..."
Just as he was talking, Bajiao suddenly ran over, and he said, "Madam, they are back! The emperor is down the mountain!"
Ji Yushu seemed to be amnesty, and hurriedly said to Mrs. Ji, "Look! I said that the third brother was fine, mother, don't think about it, let's go, let's go and see the lion hunted by the third brother and the emperor!" Ran.
When Shen Miao heard that Emperor Yong Le and his party had returned, she was relieved and smiled at Madam Ji, "Let's go too."
Mrs. Ji wanted to say something, glanced at Shen Miao's calm expression and swallowed it back, sighed and let Shen Miao walk over.
I saw a group of imperial guards coming out of the outfield, and the leader was Emperor Yong Le, but it was very strange that Emperor Yong Le did not ride a horse, but walked by himself. With a sharper eye, he saw that the sword on Emperor Yongle's waist seemed to be a little blood red.
But for royal hunting, it is said that the emperor came to hunt in person. In fact, it is a beast etiquette. Wherever the emperor can risk the danger to go, it is only the guards who hold arrows at the side, and the emperor assigns them.
And now the meaning is, Emperor Yong Le shot himself
Emperor Yong Le's expression was the same as before, and he could not see his anger at all. Concubine Jing waited in Hua Nian for a long time, and immediately greeted her lovingly, and said delicately, "Your Majesty has come out, and the concubine has been staying here all night, and her eyes are red."
Emperor Yong Le just glanced at her lightly and did not say anything, Shen Miao could see clearly that Ye Maocai's expression was normal, but Lu Zhengchun was a little gloomy.
A few janissaries behind them dumped the things pulled by the horses on the ground with a bang, causing the surrounding female relatives to exclaim. That thing was nothing else, it was the corpse of a giant lion, with blood stains on its head, and countless arrow holes on its back and belly. It must have been a fierce battle.
Immediately, some courtiers flattered, came forward to congratulate and said: "Your Majesty is wise and martial, it is the blessing of my Daliang community." Everyone followed the words and knelt down and sang in pursuit.
Shen Miao also knelt down and Emperor Yong Le signaled everyone to be flat.
But Shen Miao did not see Xie Jing Xing's figure.
After everyone died, Lu Chunzheng suddenly said, "Your Majesty, why do you only see His Majesty, but not His Royal Highness?"
It seemed that everyone remembered that Prince Rui was not there.
Emperor Yongle stared at Lu Zhengchun closely, his eyes were as cold as ice, and said, "Prince Rui was injured and has returned to the city from the other end for treatment."
The crowd was in an uproar.