181. Hunting
Soon it was the birthday day, the hunting ground was guarded by the officers and soldiers of the imperial city on weekdays, and today it was dispatched other guards, the tent has been set up, and the large and small officials and their families have also arrived at the paddock one after another, and after the appearance of the Tanglin Emperor, everyone saluted him, and then there was a group of people standing in front of the team.
"Gu Yun, the prince of Southern Xia, and his envoys loved to be very sad about the Tanglin Emperor. ”
"Nie Yunhong, the eldest prince of Xiliang, and his imperial sister Nie Yunlian have met His Majesty the Emperor of Tangling. ”
"Haha, the arrival of a few people, I have lost my welcome!"
After a few brief greetings between Emperor Tanglin and Gu Yun and the others, Gonggong Li whispered a few words in his ear, informing him that the Liyue County Lord of Northern Twilight had not yet arrived.
It was at this time that a voice full of majesty came from not far away, not because of the arrogance of the comeder, but because of the fact that many years of imperial life had already formed, "I am one step late, and I hope that the Emperor Tanglin will not be surprised." ”
Hearing this voice, everyone was stunned because of his self-proclaimed name, who else was there besides the emperor? But who was this person? Looking at him, he was very unfamiliar.
Seeing the visitor, the Tanglin Emperor was only stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted, and then laughed, "It turned out to be the Emperor of the Northern Dusk, I didn't expect you to come to Tanglin in person, I don't know yet, it's really rude." ”
Emperor Tanglin's words also woke everyone up, no wonder, it turned out to be the young emperor of Beidui, which is not surprising, so he saluted Mu Han in the form of a state of etiquette, and Qiao Ran only paused slightly when he saw Mu Han appear, it seems that his guess is right, he is indeed the emperor of Beidui.
"Emperor Tanglin is serious, is it me, for unnecessary trouble, this time I came to Tanglin to alarm anyone, and I have to make a compensatory to Emperor Tanglin here. ”
"Eh, it's my honor to be able to come to Tanglin for the Northern Dusk Emperor, how can I still make you apologize?" After speaking, he turned his head to look at the woman beside Mu Han, "Presumably this is the Lord of Liyue." ”
"Yes, Liyue has seen His Majesty the Tanglin Emperor, and I heard that there is going to be a hunting competition today, Your Majesty, I wonder if Liyue can also participate?" asked the Lord of Liyue with a blink of big eyes at the Tanglin Emperor, who would dare to talk to the Emperor like that?
"Liyue, don't be rude!" Mu Han said in a deep voice, looking a little serious, but really a little reprimanded.
Seeing Mu Han's appearance, the Liyue County Lord also fell silent, she listened to Mu Han's words, not because she was afraid of him, but because she had been used to it for many years.
"Haha...... It doesn't matter, this hunt is also to make everyone happy, the capable are on top, as long as they have the ability, they can participate, and those who win the first place will be rewarded. The Tanglin Emperor stroked his beard and smiled, he liked the temperament of the Liyue County Lord, so he spoke kindly.
"That's great, Liyue thanked Your Majesty first. ”
"If all the ministers are ready, you can begin. ”
As soon as the Tanglin Emperor spoke, someone gave an order to go down, and the hunting competition began. Because of her birthday, Dongfang Zhidie was also pardoned out of the Ruiwang Mansion, and came to the paddock with a big belly, recently Ling Nan snubbed her, this rare opportunity, Cui Xuan'er failed to follow, she naturally came.
Seeing this, Liyue pouted, the women of Tanglin were really inferior to the women of the Northern Twilight.
Qiao Ran was holding the foal that Feng Shu had given her, and she had no intention of participating in the hunt, but Ling Xueqing stepped forward to provoke.
"Hey, Qiao Ran, do you dare to compete with this princess?"
Several men who were about to ride their horses next to Qiao Ran heard Ling Xueqing's voice and stopped, looking at the situation here with a frown, it was obvious that they were very dissatisfied with her behavior.
Ling Xueqing also noticed the gaze of several people, glared at her, and said, "What are you looking at me doing?"
You are originally ill-intentioned, and several people slander you.
At this moment, Liyue also stepped forward, turned over and dismounted, looked at Qiao Ran, and said, "Are you Qiao Ran?"
Although Liyue had not been in Tanglin for a long time, she had heard a lot about His Royal Highness and the second lady of the Qiao family in Kyoto, and most of them talked about the approaching happy events between the two of them, and she was a little envious that this woman named Qiao Ran could be so favored by His Royal Highness the King Liwang. When I heard Ling Xueqing's voice just now, I wanted to come over to see who this Second Miss Qiao was, it seemed that the third princess of Tanglin was not on the right page with her!
"Exactly, I wonder what happened to the county lord?" Qiao Ran smiled lightly, because of her status, she didn't need to salute Liyue.
"It's okay, I just heard that the third princess said that she wants to invite you to compete, why don't you agree? My woman in the northern twilight is not as squeamish as you Tanglin women. Liyue didn't mean anything to say this, but she felt that Ling Xueqing had shouted in front of Qiao Ran, why was she still indifferent?
"In that case, Lord Liyue, why don't we come and have a competition?" Seeing that Liyue didn't show any hostility, Qiao Ran smiled at her and == friendly.
However, Ling Xueqing was not happy, her face looked a little ugly, and she said to Qiao Ran, "Qiao Ran, what do you mean by this?
"Princess, don't you dare, but our Tanglin has always been a guest-oriented, and the Lord of Liyue is a guest, so naturally he has to be more patient, what does the princess think?" Qiao Ran still smiled lightly, even if she didn't have Liyue, she wouldn't compete with Ling Xueqing, she really didn't have the strength to deal with her.
"You ......" Ling Xueqing was speechless with anger, she thought that what else could she think Good things were said by Qiao Ran, if she didn't say a word, it would seem that she was rude to the guests.
Liyue directly ignored Ling Xueqing, and knew from the conversation just now that in terms of eloquence, this third princess was really not Qiao Ran's opponent, and she was angry like this by Qiao Ran in two strokes, but well, the woman in front of her was a little bold, "You are an interesting person, so what do you say?"
"How's archery?"
Liyue raised her eyebrows and glanced at Qiao Ran, as if she was a little surprised, "You can shoot arrows?" It wasn't that she was suspicious, but Qiao Ran's small body, it was hard to imagine that she could shoot arrows.
"Won't the county lord know in a while?" With that, Qiao Ran turned his head and turned on his horse, and at the same time handed Feng Shu a look, signaling him to rest assured.
Receiving Qiao Ran's eyes, Feng Shu nodded knowingly, and then he rode his horse to the jungle with confidence, and the rest of the people also followed when they saw this, since Feng Shu acted like this, it showed that he didn't have to worry about Qiao Ran.
"Okay, then I'll see. With that, Liyue got back on her horse.
Ling Xueqing looked at the two of them and ignored her at all, and stomped her feet angrily, but she was helpless. Hmph, she wanted to see how capable Qiao Ran was, and the Lord of Liyue had been practicing martial arts since she was a child, so she didn't believe that Qiao Ran could still win against the Lord of Liyue, so she just waited to see her make a fool of herself!