Once the royal family is involved, the rules of doing things are extremely cumbersome.
Spring hunting in particular seems to contain some kind of special meaning. Not only is the preparation in advance complicated, but Pan'er heard that he even asked Qin Tianjian to calculate the auspicious time.
But she didn't pay attention to this either. She has been busy training horses these days. As long as Zong Cong was free, the two would drive their horses out of the palace to find an open and bright place to train their horses.
After a few days, Pan'er was able to trot on her own for a while, but she still had to be watched, because she still didn't know how to control the horse. If the horse misunderstood the command and ran faster, she would scream in fright.
Zong Yue and his mother came out to practice horses once, and Pan Er was successfully teased by the children. Although the children didn't think it was teasing, the mother became furious and drove the children away. Personal practice.
Anyway, she was used to being laughed at by him, so she didn't think it was a problem.
There are more and more people in the palace day by day, but the relatives of the emperor and noble ministers don't live in this palace, but live in the outer part of the palace.
Wanrong and Zong Qian went out every day, and Pan'er bumped into him once from a distance, and they were teenagers of the same age going out together. There are very few descendants of the noble family in Beijing who don't know how to ride a horse, and even some noble girls can also ride a horse.
However, this kind of noble girls are still very few, only a few daughters of the Xungui family dare to do this, other noble girls still only dare to look at it from a distance, and dare not try it lightly.
In this way, Wanrong has playmates, and within a few days, she made a few playmates, riding horses and a group of teenagers headed by Zong Yue, running around hunting pheasants and rabbits.
"Wanyu, you always run out like this, so you're not afraid that Madam Su will tell you about you?" Seeing that Wanyu was walking out in a hurry in riding clothes, she couldn't help but be a little worried and called her to stop.
"Fourth sister, don't worry about me. My mother and concubine won't talk about me. You see, you didn't learn how to ride a horse when you were asked to learn horse riding from me. Now you can't go out with me and Wanxi. Let me say, Fourth sister, you should learn from horses, so as not to be bored sitting in a tent during spring hunting."
Wanrong just said this casually, exchanged a few words with Wanxie and the others, and left in a hurry.
Wan Pei was a little helpless, and looked at her back with a little envy for a while, then turned around and smiled at her sisters.
Wanshu said: "You don't care what she does. I heard that Su Niangniang is also learning to ride a horse recently, and she was taught by her father. Su Niangniang will definitely not control Wanyu and not let her ride a horse."
"So this is ah."
It's also true, from the very beginning when Wanwan learned to ride a horse and learn to swim, the imperial concubine would not care about her, and naturally she will not care about her now. Although my elder sister would always say that it was not good and immodest for Wanwei to be like this behind her back, Wanmei was still very envious and felt that she seemed to be living a happy life like this.
The few people were bored in the house, so they made an appointment to go out for a walk, but who would have met Wanrong halfway, so they were a little bit discouraged about going out for a walk.
Today Wanxian has been a little absent-minded, Wanshu glanced at her and said, "Elder Sister, what's wrong with you today?"
"No, it's nothing." Wanxian smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm just a little distracted."
"Is elder sister thinking about..." Wanshu didn't finish the rest of the sentence, but replaced it with a smile in her eyes. Even so, Wanxian was called shy, and she chased after Wanshu with her fists squeezed.
After making a fuss, several people walked out, all looking thoughtful.
Especially Wanshu, who would glance at Wanxian from time to time, and lower her head from time to time, not knowing what she was thinking.
Up front, Wanchan was pestering Wanxian, asking her who Concubine Xu Xian thought she would like to be her son-in-law this time, and let her tell her so that she could give her advice at that time.
Wanxian blushed and refused to say anything, and while talking, the sisters started fighting again, but Wanshu suddenly said: "How about we also go to the father and say that we want to learn horses?"
These words made several people look back, including the seven-year-old Wan Yan.
Wan Shu said: "In this palace, it's really inconvenient not to know how to ride a horse. You see, Wan Wei rode a horse and went out. We had to walk, which was slow and tiring. And even if you want to go out and see what's going on outside, you can't go out." It’s not easy to see, and there’s no excuse to go out of the palace.”…
It is said that they came from the palace to the outside of the palace, but in fact it is no different from the palace. Before they came out, the people in the palaces were all dressing up their masters, but even if they were driven out, so what, at most they were in spring hunting. That day, I wore it to meet the occasion, and I didn’t ride a horse or hunt, so I could only sit in a tent as Wanrong said and be bored.
If everyone is like this, in fact, that's it, but one of them is different.
Seeing Wanlu living so unscrupulously, even though she always uses her as an excuse that she is still young and doesn't need too many scruples, but now she is almost ten years old, it is still the same, and it can be expected that it will be the same in the future. In the dead of night, envy will always be silent. The sound came up.
"I think the second sister's idea is good. Elder sister, you don't want to go out and have a look, maybe you can see my future eldest brother-in-law." Wanchan said with a smile.
Wanxian was so ashamed to beat her lightly with her fist, but her expression was hesitant, obviously she was also tempted.
In this case, although they were a little hesitant, the princesses still went to find the father together and mentioned that they wanted to learn horses.
Zong Cong naturally would not object, probably because he loves the house and loves Wu, or maybe he has been watching Wanrong for a long time, and occasionally he even thinks that Wanrong is like a real princess.
Healthy, lively and wanton.
On the contrary, the older daughters above, he felt a little too quiet, all of them were thin and thin, with pale skin that was almost bloodless, and looked unhealthy and lifeless.
With a big wave of his hand, he agreed, and specifically ordered Fulu to send more guards and eunuchs to watch over the princesses.
Wanxian and the others went back to change their clothes, and when it was Wanchan's turn to be with Wanmei, Wanchan showed a sarcasm.
"Third sister, what are you laughing at?"
Wanchan glanced at her younger sister: "I'm laughing, some people have ulterior motives, and some people have hidden ulterior motives. In fact, what the concubine mother said is correct. The person in the palace who makes people think that the most thoughts are actually the least. On the contrary, those who look at it honestly and silently have the most thoughts."
"Third sister, what are you talking about? I can't understand more and more."
"It's good if you don't understand. I just want to see if these two people are going for the same goal, and then they will fight."
Wan Pei is a little slow, and she is not as smart as her sister, but it doesn't mean she is stupid.
She covered her mouth and looked surprised: "Sanjie, do you mean that the eldest sister and the second sister have taken a fancy to the same son-in-law, but the selection has not yet started, and you just pestered the eldest sister to ask, did the eldest sister say nothing?" What, how do you know?"
Wanchan squinted at her younger sister: "I'm sure they won't say it. If you don't say it, someone will make up their minds. What if you say it and get cut off?" After all, Wanchan is only one year younger than Wanshu, and she is thirteen. If you want to get married, you can do it.
"Just wait and watch the show." After finishing speaking, Wanchan entered the inner room.
For a few days, every time Wanrong and the others came back, they could bring a few rabbits and pheasants, and once they even brought a spore.
Pan'er knew they were going hunting, because the people traveling with her were not very old, so she was hunting nearby, and she didn't dare to go deep. She was a little worried at first, so she told Zong Cong about it in private.
Zong Cong said that these prey were not threatening, and the people below had screened them over and over again to make sure that there were no large animals before they were released to the periphery for people to pass.
Going deeper, there are relatively more animals in some places, not only deer, but also wolves, foxes, bears and so on. But that is a place specially prepared for spring hunting, and it is isolated separately, and no one will be let in now.
Only then did Pan'er feel relieved.
She also knew about Wanxian's learning to ride a horse, but she didn't think much about it, even because it aroused her desire to learn how to ride a horse, so that when the juniors learned it, she didn't. , a joke.
After a few more days, it finally came to the real day of spring hunting.
The spring hunting lasted three days in total. To add to the fun, Zong Cong even brought out things as rewards. Calculated on a daily basis, whoever had the most prey before sunset would be the winner of the day. All the royal family in Nanyuan Relatives of the state, and even the children of honorable ministers' families, can participate.
In fact, rewards are second to none. Many relatives of the royal family and even noble families, they... are either like the Su family, relying on nepotism to confer titles as marquises or dukes, or they are born into the royal family. Generally speaking, they did not have the habit of studying and taking the imperial examinations as the civil servants did, and they were all favored by their ancestors.
But there are quite a few descendants in every family, just one or two Mengyin. If other people want to earn a family background, the shortest way is to enter the holy eye once, and from then on they will flourish and flourish.
So everyone understands the meaning of this spring hunt, all the children from the capital who have a little family background have come. According to the past, this kind of occasion would have to be at least fourteen to participate, but because the princes are not very old, some younger ones also came.
For what, it is self-evident.
The whole scene was very grand, and the concubines sitting in the tent could only see countless people and horses gathered there from a distance.
Chunshou's first arrow was shot by Zong Cong.
The arrow is specially made, and it has a whistle when it is fired. With the sound of the arrow, the ground trembles for a moment, and the vibration can even reach the tent.
Pan'er made an excuse to leave the tent, and someone was already waiting for her outside.
Not long after, Zong Cong also came.
He changed his armor and wore a riding suit, with a light armor covering his upper body. The black base was matched with the silver-gray light armor, and he looked particularly energetic.
"Let's go, I'll take you hunting."
This is what the two of them agreed a long time ago. As soon as Pan'er learned how to ride a horse, Zong Cong would take her to hunt.