The plants and trees in the autumn harem gradually faded, and the cold wind gradually blew away their last consciousness, only the bamboo forest surrounded by the hibiscus dwelling was still verdant as usual, even if the autumn wind was bleak, they were all fearless, like an immortal wise man.

Among the harem, Su Wanxi is the most favored, Concubine Chen is second, and then the rest of the concubines are occasionally lucky, except for the occasional tragic death of a few palace people every day, or the exhaustion of a few laborers who repair the palace, this period of time is quite quiet, and nothing major happens.

It was September, and Shen Wen had nothing to do, and wanted to prepare for an autumn feast in the royal hunting ground. This kind of hunting event is held almost every year, and there are quite a few people with him, and the scene is very spectacular. For three consecutive years, Shen Jingyuan, as the crown prince, lived up to expectations and won the hunting winner.

It took half a month from the personnel arrangement to the preparation of firewood, rice, oil and salt, and in mid-September, Haohao Tangtang's team arrived at the royal hunting ground.

In addition to Shen Wen and Shen Jingyuan, there were the other three princes who were about to be weakened, as well as more than 30 civil and military courtiers, and the accompanying family, Shen Wen brought the queen, Concubine Chen, Wanxi and Ruyue, Shen Jingyuan only brought Zhao Luchu alone, and several important ministers also brought their wives and children. And there were no less than a thousand palace people accompanying him.

With the sunny days of autumn and the cool breeze of winter in September, this season is just the right time for hunting.

Above the endless hunting grounds, the zhang canopy is set up, the sky is cloudless, and outside the withered forest, everyone is ready to go.

Shen Wen rode a Dawan horse in golden armor at the front of the team, and on the right side Shen Jingyuan sat on a horse in a light civilian suit, with a bow and arrows behind his back, and a scimitar hanging at his feet, and the cool breeze blowing in his face stirred the corners of his clothes that had not yet been stained with fine dust. Su Ziyou also put on armor, carrying a bow and arrows on his back, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were cold. The rest of the princes and ministers were also fully armed and prepared.

Concubine Chen also changed out of her usual graceful and luxurious outfit, with high sideburns, dressed in civilian clothes, and even took off all her earrings and jewelry, completely looking like a woman who does not let her eyebrows go.

However, the queen is too old and refuses to participate in the hunt, Ruyue is a woman from a small jasper family and does not participate, and Su Wanxi does not want to participate, it can be seen that Concubine Chen's confident appearance is only casual in the early morning, and she got on the horse with Concubine Chen, but in fact, Su Wanxi is not good at equestrianism, she can only let the horse walk at most.

The cool breeze hit her face, Su Wanxi looked at the forest in front of her, and sighed with emotion in her heart, she had never tried life on horseback, but today she also opened her eyes. In the past, she was nothing more than imprisoned in a small space every day, and then studied those things that could not be seen all day long, and once upon a time, she also wanted to be like today, stepping into the saddle and galloping on the horse.

"Aifei, you can ride a horse at will, as long as you are happy, don't run too far. Before the hunt officially began, Shen Wen didn't forget to turn around and remind Concubine Chen and Wanxi.

Concubine Chen raised her eyebrows and smiled, full of spirit: "The emperor still can't trust the concubines?

The queen and Ruyue looked at the crowd on the side, looking at Concubine Chen, who was full of arrogance, and was quite envious, Ruyue was just envious of Concubine Chen's courage, and the queen knew that Concubine Chen not only had that courage, but also that strength.

It was Su Wanxi, who was awkwardly carrying a bow and arrow at this time, which was quite embarrassing, but it was also quite good to be able to experience the feeling of hunting, and she didn't want to miss such a good opportunity because of embarrassment.

"Father, the emperor, the son will definitely surpass the seventh brother this time!" The speaker was Shen Yue, the thirteenth prince, and the seventh brother in his mouth was Shen Jingyuan, when the crown prince of the dynasty must be the queen's concubine, Shen Jingyuan was already the seventh in the ranking when he was born, and there were three princes and three princesses who had left the cabinet in front of him.

"Haha! Okay, Father is waiting!" Shen Wen smiled, his voice slightly vicissitudes.

Instead, Shen Jingyuan looked at this usually arrogant younger brother and quipped: "Then I have to show my real strength this year." ”

Shen Yue was young and frivolous, raised his eyebrows and said, "Hmph! Let's compare! Show your true skills!"

While they were talking and laughing, Su Wanxi was slightly distracted. "Brother Qi......" "Brother Qi...... "Brother Qi, Brother Qi, I don't know if anyone has called you like this besides me." What she loves is Ah Qi, who she saw for the first time by the lotus pond, but what she hates is this unsympathetic prince.

As soon as noon came, the huge gongs and drums were beaten, and the sound of a bang was transmitted into the forest, and the birds flew in shock.

"Rush!" Shen Wen, who was on horseback, could always recall the arrogance of his youth, the gongs and drums sounded, the horns were blown high, the sound resounded through the sky, Shen Wen gave an order, and thousands of iron horses poured into the forest.

"Let's go!" Concubine Chen said to Su Wanxi with a smile, and rushed forward with the crowd.

Su Wanxi raised her lips and smiled, this feeling of blood boiling was quite subtle, so she clamped the horse's belly and also moved forward, her body was slightly unstable, but she could barely control it. In those darkest days, she also learned equestrianism, but that was not the point after all, and it was only a superficial taste. She still remembers that the first time she rode a horse was with Su Ziyou...... Thinking about looking in the direction of Su Zi's right, he had already rushed towards the forest with the rest of the people.

After the men entered the forest, they scattered in all directions, each looking for prey, and before he could do it, Su Wanxi vaguely heard applause, as if Shen Jingyuan had captured the first prey.

Su Wanxi's speed on horseback was not fast, so after entering the forest, she fell behind everyone, and Concubine Chen in front saw that Wanxi's speed was slow, and she also slowed down her horse speed quite strangely, keeping pace with her.

"It seems that your methods of seducing men are good, but your riding and archery skills are not enough. In the end, it seemed that only the two of them were left in the forest, and Concubine Chen was also blunt, and the smile on her face was very contemptuous.

Su Wanxi raised her eyebrows and smiled, but she also recognized this fact, and she was not embarrassed, and said: "I can't compare to your heroine." ”

Concubine Chen chuckled: "I don't dare to be a hero, I just love this feeling of galloping!"

As she spoke, Su Wanxi turned her head sideways as if she saw a flash of light on Concubine Chen's face.

"You hold the reins tightly, then speed up, and try the feeling of the wind slapping your face!" Concubine Chen raised her eyebrows and finished speaking, she made a demonstration first, and then rushed forward with her horse and whip.

Not to be outdone, Su Wanxi learned to ride a horse from Concubine Chen, and it really worked, the horse suddenly accelerated, her body staggered a little, but she adapted to the speed of the horse in a moment, the wind was whistling in her ears, the trees were all behind her, and the horse was running hard, as if she was going to rush out of this borderless forest in the next moment.

"How's it going?!" In the wind, Concubine Chen's green silk was flying, her smile was arrogant, and she was quite bright.

"Hahahaha!" Su Wanxi laughed heartily from the bottom of her heart, with an expression on her face that she had never seen before, it was better than her pear blossoms bringing rain and her smile to the city.

Concubine Chen glanced at her, a deep smile rose at the corner of her mouth, and the two of them rode their horses for a while, and then slowed down their speed and put their focus on hunting.

The two of them began to search for prey, and not far away a white mass was shaking in the withered yellow grass.

"It seems to be a rabbit. Su Wanxi looked at it and said in surprise.

Concubine Chen also rarely saw Wanxi look as unguarded as today, smiled faintly, then lowered her voice and said, then took her bow and arrow: "Be quiet, don't scare away the prey." ”

Su Wanxi watched her skillfully press the arrow on the string, and quietly did not say a word.

"Why don't you let it go to you?" When Concubine Chen wanted to draw the bow, she turned her head sideways and looked at Wanxi funny.

Su Wanxi also didn't hide it: "I'm not good at riding and archery, so let's come." ”

Concubine Chen turned her head and focused on aiming at the prey without saying more, and pulled a full string with force, her eyes were like torches, and she locked on to the target, and then with a release of her right hand, the arrow shot out quickly, piercing the air, and inserted into the hare without a sound.

Su Wanxi hurriedly rode forward, only to see that the rabbit's abdomen was stained red with blood, and she struggled and jumped a few steps before lying on the dry grass and pulling out her beard, and then completely lost her life, and her scarlet eyes seemed to be full of resentment.

"Your archery skills are exquisite, Wanxi admires!" Su Wanxi said this sincerely, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find a woman in the world who can compare to the heroism of Concubine Chen, no wonder Shen Wen always misses her.

And Concubine Chen looked at the rabbit that fell to the ground, but she didn't want to pick it up at all, but looked at the forest on the right and said: "You and I will go separately, I told the emperor, I will hunt a big one this time." ”

Wanxi heard the meaning of this, she was disgusted that she didn't know anything, and following her delayed her affairs, so she said interestingly: "Okay, with your strength, it must be no problem." ”

"Take this rabbit if you like. With that, Concubine Chen turned her horse's head and headed in the other direction.

Su Wanxi looked at the rabbit on the ground coldly, and she didn't have much expression, and she drove her horse forward. It's rare to relax like this, you don't have to be happy, you don't have to be pampered, just ride a horse quietly and walk in the forest. Even if you don't know how to shoot arrows, it's better to take out a bow and arrow and practice your hands casually than to stay in that deep palace......

Concubine Chen and Su Wanxi left Xuyu, and the other horse leaned towards Concubine Chen, and finally walked forward side by side with Concubine Chen.

"Are you ready to explain your things?" asked Concubine Chen, her beautiful face dyed a little colored.

"The subordinates who explained the things that Niangniang explained remember clearly. The man on the other horse replied, turning his head and not hiding, looking straight at Concubine Chen.

"Then go ahead. After Concubine Chen finished speaking, she raised her whip and sped up the horse, leaving the man behind.

The man looked at Concubine Chen in the distance, turned around alone, and accelerated in the direction of Su Wanxi......

This article is from the novel of Kanshu.com