In the first few days after that, Zheng Bo was very silent, he had a few classmates and friends, and there were also a few brothers in the clan who knew each other, although he usually did not invite friends, he would go out for a small gathering every now and then, but at these times he only went back and forth in the province and the middle school, except for a few banquets with me, he did not go out. When he was at home, he was confined to his place.

Mother said that she wanted to be fortunate in my house, but the first to go was Wu Chenghe's house, from his house, to my house, I naturally set up a feast here, plus entertainment, but she only sat for half an hour, but on the spot rewarded a lot of objects, in addition to the ordinary gold and silver and cloth, there are men and women in clothes and ten bodies, and there are one eagle falcon, two hounds, two sets of seven things, and the rest have many men's heads, clothes and belts, women's crowns, pendants.

I saw that this reward was quite unusual, and I quietly asked my mother in private, but she refused to say it explicitly, only smiled: "Ah Niang, you have made great progress in riding and shooting, practice more, and wait until the weather is warm, and take you to hunt." ”

I seemed to understand and I didn't seem to understand, but the doubt didn't last long. On February 12th, when the top and bottom of the capital began to make the final preparations for the mother's birthday banquet, the palace suddenly issued an edict, saying that the queen mother did not want to hold a banquet, wasting money, the emperor accepted the queen mother's will, and ordered that this year's queen mother's birthday, only set up a banquet in the Mingde Palace in the Shendu Garden, and entertain the relatives and nobles who came to worship in the capital, and the rest of the hundreds of officials and women were all worshiped at the palace gate. This is an edict issued by the imperial court, and the messenger sent by the palace to deliver the message brought a more specific message: because the birthday banquet is set in the imperial garden, there is a hunting competition on the day, and everyone who goes to the banquet must bring their own utensils, and the winner and the person who gets more hunt will be rewarded.

This edict is not without precedent to follow, in previous years, mother's birthday, if the year is not good, often also reduce the feast, and give things to the people, but this order is so sudden, but it is really suspicious, but then suspicion, has come to this day, and only obey the order, so early in the morning of February 13, Zheng Bo brought a lot of hunting falcons, lynxes, yellow dogs, even the eagle slaves, falcon slaves, and dog slaves who raised them, and entered the imperial garden with me. Below the horses, although they stand in different classes, they are waiting to be seen in the same place, and the children of Zhu Wu, Zhu Yang and Xun's close family are also waiting to be seen.

I stood in the princess pile for a while, and then I listened to the music, but it was my mother and Li Dan ascended to the throne of the middle hall - the edict said that the family and relatives had fun together, and the banquet was casual, but looking at today's pomp, in addition to the different clothes and fewer people involved, it was comparable to the court, and the courteous officials led us into the pilgrimage, and I was at the end of the princess's shift, and when I got up after worshipping, I saw my mother's dress, and I was immediately startled - my mother and Li Dan were both wearing the Son of Heaven's martial arts suit, sitting upright on the throne in the middle, this martial arts suit is the Son of Heaven to talk about martial arts, go out on the expedition, hunting, The color of the costume that only exists when the big shot is good, and what is said today is to hunt Bole, why did it suddenly become a shooting salute?

Mother obviously scared people a lot, and there was a buzzing discussion in several places, which was stopped by the praise guide, and then pressed down, I peeked around, and saw several older princes exchanging glances with each other for a while, Huo Wang Yuanliang stood up first and said: "Dare to ask the queen mother." ”

The mother raised her hand with a smile and signaled permission, and he said cautiously: "Wu Ben is the uniform of raising soldiers and shooting, today is a family banquet, and the ministers are often served, I don't know why the queen mother made this chapter uniform?"

The mother smiled and said: "You and the others are all the emperor's sons and grandsons, the dry city of the country, sitting in the state family, caring for the people, literary and military strategies, all of which are related to the national system and cannot be ignored." In previous years, the first emperor was in Japan, often hunting in the spring, inspecting the military and so on. Although the mountain mausoleum has collapsed, the will is still there, and the saint is young, and I will inspect the school on behalf of the Son of Heaven and others, so I will take this service to show solemnity - you should do your best, and do not be lazy, so that the saint and I will be disappointed. ”

Once the "first emperor" is brought out He is the son of Gaozu, Zun Sulong, even he is like this, the clan is even more silent, the mother saw that no one admonished again, smiled slightly, and said a bunch of clichés, the righteousness is just to glorify the ancestors' martial arts, do not forget the military clouds, the only important thing is to take advantage of the Queen Mother's birthday today, in the north shooting hall of the Mingde Palace, by the descendants of the Son of Heaven to shoot, among the clansmen, men shoot, women throw pots, show the righteousness of the country's armament.

The clan relatives looked at each other, afraid of their mother's strict authority, and did not dare to object in person, but when they answered, they were hesitant and hesitant. The mother showed a slight displeasure, raised her eyebrows and said, "King Qi thinks this matter is inappropriate?"

She refers to my cousin, heir Qi King Li Ming, Li Ming is the eldest grandson of the old Qi King Yuanji, the son of the King of Qi Chengye, the change of Xuanwu Gate, Yuanji has great merit, so after his death, his son is still the king of Qi, my cousin has always been brave, has made a lot of meritorious achievements, is considered a leader in the clan, and suffers from a straight temperament, so although there are many households, the title has been on the heir of the king of Qi, and was named by his mother, so he can only come out, and the urn said angrily: "Since it is the intention of the queen mother, there is naturally nothing wrong." ”

The mother smiled and said, "Since there is nothing wrong with it, why don't you answer the order?"

Li Ming had no choice but to bow down and say loudly: "The heir of Qi Wangming, obey the order of the Queen Mother." ”

Mother looked at Yuan Rail again, these people only had to follow the order, so they replied again, Fang was guided by the ceremonial officer, mother and Li Dan and we went to the shooting hall, stood in shifts, and there was an attendant holding the royal bow, Mother got up with a smile, stood in the middle, drew the bow and opened the arrow, shot three arrows in a row, and the three arrows were all in the bull's-eye, not moving at all.

There was a slight discussion in the team, the princess took the lead, flattered in a row, and then the princesses and princesses also took turns to fight, even I praised a few words of "the queen mother's heavenly martial arts", among the men, led by Zhu Wu, Zhu Yang and a few of the younger generations, there were applause, some praised, the princess of the daughter also came out specially to write a poem on the spot, which made the mother smile, handed over the bow, and ordered the men to shoot in turn.

King Huo is a few old, in fact, he is not very willing to do this tiring thing, but his mother has opened her mouth, and she has to draw her bow up, some are hit by one arrow, some are hit by two arrows, but there are no three arrows. There are many juniors who have all three arrows, and each of them has been given a palindrome brocade robe.

When the men finished shooting, it was the turn of the women to throw the pot, I never expected to meet such a test here, I was afraid of being embarrassed, and I was thinking about countermeasures, when I suddenly felt a person behind me, attached to my ear and said: "Two fingers to pinch the arrow, don't look at the mouth of the pot, just look at the back and above, the wrist force, although not all hit, it will not be ashamed." When I looked back, I saw that Ah Huan squeezed to my side at some point, squeezed my hand, gave an order, and quietly retreated to the back- I don't know if my mother did it on purpose, the only seat in this archery hall is the throne of her and Li Dan, we can all stand on both sides and watch, the archery hall is not as good as the archery hall, crowding so many people, the place is a little too small, everyone wants to stand in front, so it is a little disorderly, after a round of archery, it has long been no longer in order according to the grade order, they are all in one place, Ah Huan squeezed over and squeezed out, and did not bother to look.

I had to be instructed by Ah Huan, my heart was a little settled, I recalled the action when I threw the pot on the side, and quietly gestured twice in my hand, when I threw it, I was hit by two arrows in three arrows, and turned my head to look for Ah Huan from the crowd, but I saw that she was talking to the concubine of Qi Guo, when I looked at the past, she also seemed to have a spirit in her heart, raised her head slightly, and looked at the concubine of Qi Guo, and listened carefully, but her elbow was slightly raised, her index finger and middle finger were opened, and she quietly compared a "V" word to me.

That's the movement I taught her. 166 Reading Network