Chapter 40: Meeting in the Hunting Ground
The moon has not yet set, and the sun has risen. With the cool breeze, a roll of red glow surrounds the Xuan Mountain, which is the royal hunting ground with towering forests and changeable terrain.
At the foot of the mountain, there is a specially built 100-mile lawn for equestrian competitions, and at the end of the lawn is a swamp wading through the swamp to be able to come to a place where there is real prey.
Li Xun was the earliest, changing the elegant dress of the past, today he is wearing a black power suit, a tight coat with gold thread coils, a golden short knife around his waist, a high collar showing his heroic temperament, and his posture is vigorous on a horse, and his air is magnificent!
When I got closer, the determination in his eyes and the impenetrable color of his pupils all explained the difference today......
"Fourth Highness, you are so early. Get seated!"
A horse stable in the distance walked over and said.
Li Xun dismounted and walked to the seat placed in the center of the lawn, and gradually walked to the far left of the center position as the stableman led him, and the seat at the end was seated.
His horse was led to the stable, where Li Xunduan sat alone, waiting for the others to arrive!
Li Xun arrived early, not because he wanted to come early, but because everyone else wanted to enter the palace first with the emperor, but he didn't have to, as in previous years, he had to come over first to greet them when they arrived, if he didn't arrive in advance, and asked the princes to wait for him, I'm afraid it would be another round of gossip.
Although Ma Wei said it casually, how could he not know that Li Xunduan arrived first every year! Just a few words of greeting, Li Xunduan was even more depressed.
After waiting for half an hour, the stables saw the emperor's army from afar, and finally came.
"The emperor is here, come forward to greet him. ”
A yellow flag was held high, hundreds of people rushed from the side of the lawn, the first thing to see was the forbidden army in armor, the huge formation, I didn't know that I thought I was going to fight, the ritual music played, and the whole royal hunting ground ushered in an extraordinary opening.
In contrast to Li Xunduan's solitary body before, as if he was not a royal person, not a prince, and had nothing to do with these scenery!
Respectfully stepped forward, Li Xunduan had a smile on his face.
A group of horses had arrived, the forbidden army was divided into two roads, and Emperor Li Quan rode a horse and appeared in front of Li Xunduan.
Li Quan is only forty-five years old this year, but he doesn't look young, under the majesty of his face, there are many traces of external strength and middle dryness, and there are many wrinkles on his face, but a pair of eyes are very attentive, when he looks at you, he seems to be looking at your value, and he can say a word at any time!
This is the emperor, Li Xunduan's father, but he is also his mother-killing enemy!
Seeing him approaching, the few dressed men behind him were all his brothers who had been crowned kings, but they didn't feel kind no matter how they looked at it.
"Xingduan, it's also very early today!"
Li Quan approached, Li Xunduan immediately went over to help him dismount, and a foot wearing yellow riding boots stepped on Li Xunduan's thigh and walked down.
He greeted Li Xun cordially, but he had very little affection, and he almost couldn't feel it.
After he stood still, Li Xun stood up, cut his hair, took out a folding fan from his body, and said with a smile.
"Father, the sons go first, but I made poems last night, and I didn't sleep all night and my spirit is okay today, so I came over first to welcome my father!"
It's so breezy to say it, but it looks like something he would do.
"Oh, yes? There's equestrianism today, how can you do it without sleeping all night?"
Li Quan smiled, but his eyes were full of scrutiny. In previous years, Li Xun came to hunt dressed as a scholar, just watching himself and several of his brothers hunting, he was just drinking and writing poems on the side, and today he was wearing a strong suit, could it be that he was going to participate?
"Father, there's no need to worry. The fourth brother has always liked to chant poetry, but he never participates in equestrian matters!"
Looking at the person who spoke, the figure was tall and mighty, a face similar to Li Xunduan did not look the same temperament at all, he had sword eyebrows and big eyes, a tall nose bridge, and a resolute face! The whole person was full of masculinity, and he was much stronger than Li Xunduan, this was Li Kangduan, the king of Wu!
When the emperor gave him the title, he deliberately chose Wu! meaning strong and brave, he also lived up to the emperor's high expectations, and his uncle General Mushan fought for the emperor for many years, and now he is in peace, he has only returned to Beijing for less than a year.
Today's equestrian skills were set up specifically for him, and the emperor wanted to see what kind of abilities he had grown over the years, and how he had made so many military exploits! It was also a test, this Li Kangduan spoke straightforwardly, and as soon as he came up, he interrupted their conversation, and Li Xunduan didn't know how to pick it up.
"Third brother! Xun Duanzi didn't dare to compare with the third brother, just watched from the side. ”
"Your body looks weak, it's better to practice martial arts!"
Li Kangduan was about to answer, but Li Xunduan saw that the emperor had walked away, and he also echoed Li Kangduan to his seat.
King Xiang behind him looked at them and silently walked to the side, but was stopped by the King of Shu.
The king of Shu is named Li Yuduan, and the relationship with King Xiang is not good on weekdays, everyone knows that if the prince can not succeed to the throne, then the most promising thing is the king of Shu, in recent years, Li Xuanduan has been moving constantly, not only attracted the attention of Li Xunduan, but also was firmly monitored by Li Yuduan, these two people are obviously enemies, but Li Yuduan is very polite.
"Fifth brother, won't you go with me?"
Seeing him greet him, Li Xuanduan didn't say anything and walked up.
Li Yuduan and Li Xunduan are exactly the same, they are both so elegant, handsome and have the same temperament, but those starry eyes are full of ruthlessness!
Today, he was wearing a dark placket robe, the long sword at his waist loomed, and the two tiger tooth chains made a sound as he walked, not crisp, but sounded like a muffled sound, with a jade crown and bundled hair, a high nose and thin lips that looked so outstanding, but no one dared to approach. His strength is not comparable to his current self.
"Second brother!"
After approaching, he called the second brother. They stopped talking, and the two walked together.
The horse was led, and Li Xuanduan glanced at his horse, his heart full of worry.
After everyone sat down, Li Quan realized that there was still one person who was not present!
"What about the prince, why hasn't he arrived yet?"
The emperor was unhappy, Li Haoduan, as the crown prince, had not even come yet!
"Back to the emperor, the prince suddenly fell ill today. I'm afraid I won't be able to show up......"
The emperor's face was ugly, but he couldn't check whether there was such a thing now, and said angrily.
"This prince! Why is this child's play, I'm so angry!"
"Father, eldest brother Xu is really sick, don't blame him. ”
Li Yuduan spoke, and the emperor glanced at him, but still did not calm his anger.
"As your eldest brother, even if he is sick, he must tell me first!
Li Quan looked very angry, and Li Xun wanted to say something, but he stopped talking.
"Father, this eldest brother is addicted to wine on weekdays, I'm afraid it's not in good health, I'm afraid that I won't be able to hunt the prey when I come today, so I'm sick!"
Li Kangduan spoke straightforwardly, but he told the reason why the prince did not come, and the emperor heard this, but he no longer scolded the prince.
and the prince he has set up will not change. How can he scold the prince in front of his own group of sons? I am afraid that someone who cares will have some thoughts when they hear it!
"Well, since I'm sick. Let him have a good rest! The horse farm is ready! Come with me!"
Li Quan got up, and several princes immediately followed, and the racecourse was the first battle today!
It's an opening!
Today is still a long time!