Nanyuan is actually a part of the Qinling Mountains, and the hunting ground is very large, and there are many birds and beasts in it. On weekdays, if the emperor does not come, maybe the people go in to collect firewood and hunt, but in spring and autumn, it is forbidden to enter and exit, just wait for the emperor to be lucky.

This hunt, because it was the first time in several years, and there were many nobles accompanying it, so the scene was particularly huge, and the chariots and horses alone were lined up in a mighty way, and you couldn't see the tail when you looked at the head.

Taohua was specially called by the Queen Mother to accompany the medical woman, so she was assigned a small car and allowed to bring a maid helper. However, this little car is not for her own use, but has a lot of things, leaving only a small space for her to sit, and Mint can only sit on the wheel.

However, Taohua was already very satisfied, although the car was bumpy on the road, it was much stronger than those palace maids and eunuchs who followed on foot.

"Girl, how long will it take?" When I left the palace in the morning, it was already afternoon, and the front end of the team had already entered the mountain, and the continuous Qinling Mountains were spread out in front of me like a picture scroll, and there was an invisible pressure. Mint grew up in the south since childhood, and has never seen the high mountains in the north, although it looks novel, but it is a little timid, "this mountain is so big......

"It shouldn't be long." Taohua leaned on the window of the car, and also looked at the mountains that gradually appeared in front of her, "Do you feel it, the wind is cooler than just now." ”

"Really." Mint was surprised and delighted, but looked at the surrounding carriages and horses, and hurriedly lowered her voice, "Girl, when we get to the hunting ground, can we go to see the emperor hunting?" "Actually, she wanted to ask, can she see the emperor?

People in this era have a heartfelt reverence for the imperial power after all, and Taohua must be driving with him, and the people in the mansion are envious of Mint, mainly because they feel that she has the opportunity to see the emperor.

Taohua smiled: "I guess I can take a look at it from afar." "The men are hunting, and the women are looking at the rear. Especially the Queen Mother is not young, it is impossible to get close, she is driving with the Queen Mother, so naturally she can only stay behind.

Mint sighed very satisfied: "If you can look at the emperor, the slave maid will not live in vain in this life." ”

The words were not loud, but because she was sitting on the wheel, the voice spread unobstructed, and suddenly a chuckle came from a carriage next to her.

Although Taohua is waiting for the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother has her own palace supervisor around her, and the emperor has to come to join in the fun, and there are more people in him, so Taohua can only go to the back row, and cannot follow the Queen Mother's chariot. In addition, the road out of the city is not as smooth as in the capital, the convoy is inevitably a little chaotic, the queen's phoenix, the concubines' cars, all want to rush forward, closer to the emperor, like Taohua, who comes to drive with the doctor, have to give way to them frequently, and now this carriage, which is almost parallel to them, has just been "let" by them.

Mint turned her head to see that the carriage was so wide that it almost squeezed their cart to the bottom of the road, and the two carts were so close together that the laughter could be heard.

Taohua also turned her head to look, only to see the carriage curtain gently lifted, revealing a face with a pointed chin, and smiled: "Miss Jiang." "It's actually Wu Cairen.

The carriage is very large, at least compared to the car that Taohua and the others are sitting in, it can be seen that Wu Cairen's treatment is really good. And she does look radiant: "Why didn't Miss Jiang serve by the Queen Mother's side, but she fell into our team?" ”

As she spoke, her eyes swept around Taohua's face unscrupulously, and she looked at Mint again: "Is this Miss Jiang's maid?" ”

"Yes." Taohua owed her, "During the journey, it is inconvenient to get out of the car and salute, Wu Cairen forgives the sin." ”

Wu Cairen smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed like a crescent moon: "You're welcome, you're welcome, Miss Jiang is now a celebrity in front of the emperor, how dare I blame it?" ”

This was said in a weird way, Taohua didn't plan to answer, so he ordered the coachman: "Let me go, please let Wu Cairen go first." ”

Wu Cairen laughed crisply: "Then thank you Miss Jiang." She lowered the curtain with a bang, and before she knew what she had said, the coachman flicked his whip violently, and with a snap it on the side of Taohua's carriage, which sounded next to the eyes of the horse pulling the cart.

Listening to the neighing of a horse, mint's exclamation, Taohua was thrown straight to the edge of the carriage by a force, listening to the sound of the coachman shouting, and the sound of the branch crossing the carriage, and finally slammed loudly, Taohua was thrown forward again, and the car did not move.

The carriage was full of miscellaneous things, and there was nowhere to catch it, but fortunately, Taohua was behind her with a package containing a change of clothes, and finally gave her a cushion. But when the car hit the big tree and stopped, those things all fell down because of the force of the forward rush, almost burying her in it, and when she struggled out, Wu Cairen's carriage had long been out of sight, and there were still people in the carriage who followed curiously to look at the excitement, but no one stopped to help.

The coachman had two blood marks on his face from a branch, and he cursed in his mouth, but he didn't dare to say it out loud, but he turned around and said, "Girl, it's not hurt, is it?" ”

Taohua was in pain in several places, but when she moved, she knew that there was no big problem, so she hurriedly looked back: "Where is my maid?" ”

"That girl was thrown out of the car, she should have fallen, and nothing would happen." The coachman stretched out his hand to help Taohua and spat on the ground: "Fortunately, there is a pit here, and the car has sunk into it, otherwise it would have been pulled by this horse and straight down the hillside." Damn, that bastard is trying to scare our horses - hey, girl, you've got to get off, we've got to find a way to get this car out. ”

Taohua lifted her skirt and jumped out of the car: "Wait, I have to go see my maid first." ”

"Well, it's coming—" The coachman looked back and saw a figure limping towards him, and breathed a sigh of relief, "It looks like it's all right." ”

Mint ran over in three steps and two steps, her clothes had been torn and rolled with dirt, but she was not seriously injured: "Girl, how are you?" That Wu Cairen, she-"

"Shhhh "Wu Cairen's coachman just flicked the whip, and they have no evidence to prove that Wu Cairen intended to startle the horse, so why bother to make a fuss.

"But—" Mint looked at Momoka's stray hair, her face flushing with anger.

"She is the emperor's concubine." Momoka shook her head at her, "Come on, let's get the things off the car first." "Otherwise, the car won't be able to pull out.

The horse, which was pulling the cart, was wounded in the hind leg and was snorting in pain, and the coachman had to carefully soothe the horse and examine its wounds. Momoka and Mint moved the things down the car. Unfortunately, the sky was gloomy and a little drizzle.

"Girl, I'll go find someone to help." Mint reached out and wiped a handful of sweat, "The horse is injured, we can't pull the car." ”

The road in the distance had thinned out, and it was almost raining, and everyone was picking up speed, and no one looked to the side of the road. Taohua glanced at the past, and it was all strangers: "Let's go, go and try." "If you miss this last group of people, I'm afraid you won't even be able to find anyone to ask for help.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded from the front, and a few horses were galloping against the traffic, and Mint raised his hand in front of his eyebrows to look at it for a while, and shouted: "It's the king of Anjun!" ”

The person who came was indeed Shen Shu, followed by the first and fifteenth of junior high school. Mint raised her hand and was about to shout, but Shen Shu had already seen her, and rushed down with the reins: "Are you hurt?" ”

"It's fine." Taohua breathed a sigh of relief, "How is the prince-" He followed the emperor and should be at the front of the line.

Shen Shu turned over and dismounted, his eyes swept over Taohua and Mint, and he couldn't help frowning: "I have already arrived at the palace in front, but I haven't seen you - what's going on, why did the carriage come to this point?" ”

"It's not that Wu Cairen yet!" Peppermint was angry, and the bamboo tube poured out like beans, "The horse is injured, we can't pull the car, and we are trying to find someone to help." ”

The first year of the horse to the front of the wheel of the cart to set the cart, this car is small, so the weight is lighter, although the first horse is not a miracle horse, but also quickly pulled the car out of the mud pit. Fifteen followed Mint to put the things he had moved back into the car.

"Wu Cairen - is it the one who reported you to treat Lu Baolin in front of the Queen Mother?" Shen Shu looked at the bruises on Taohua's cheeks, suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked in a low voice.

"That's her." Taohua straightened her messy hair, "She and Lu Ying lived in the same house before the draft, and I thought this person was not a fuel-efficient lamp at the time, but I didn't expect her to ask so many things." ”

"But she shouldn't have done that to you. Have you had a holiday with her before? Shen Shu raised his hand, wanting to smooth out a lock of hair that ran out for Taohua, but he stretched it halfway but shrank it back.

"Nope." In fact, Taohua can't understand Wu Cairen's actions today, "I think she should be a shrewd person, it stands to reason that she has no reason to embarrass me." "After all, she is still quite dignified in front of the Queen Mother, and she has no conflict of interest with Wu Cairen, so something like this shouldn't happen today," Wu Cairen doesn't look like a person who gets carried away with his smugness...... "Just shake her majesty, and she shouldn't shake it in front of her."

"Let's not talk about her yet." Shen Shu looked up at the sky, "Go to the palace first, I'm afraid the rain will be heavy in a while." ”

The injured horse can no longer bear weight, but it is still okay to walk. Now the carriage and horses on the road are almost gone, the first and fifteenth horses are riding, taking the injured horse to walk slowly behind, and Shen Shu is riding a horse to protect the side of the car, leading the carriage to the palace.

Fortunately, the palace was not far away, and before the rain could get dense, the carriage finally drove into the palace.

Although it is a palace, its rules are similar to the palace in the capital, Shen Shu only accompanied the carriage to go in for a while, and then restrained the horse: "I can't go in again, you be careful." After a moment's hesitation, he raised his hand and pointed in a direction, "I live in the Red Leaf Pavilion, if you have something, you can go there and send me a letter." ”

His hair was already drenched in the drizzle, shimmering in the twilight, and there were a few drops of water on his face. However, he sat on horseback with straight shoulders and a tall posture, and his damp clothes were attached to his body, outlining his slender figure. Taohua lifted the curtain and looked at the young knight, and suddenly a thought arose: Is Cui Xiuwan's eyes blind, why can't she look down on Shen Shu?

The palace is narrow, and the room allocated to Taohua is of course very small, but there is still hot water and hot rice, and Taohua feels very satisfied. The palace people who brought them over were lukewarm, and only told the queen mother that she would be summoned over tomorrow and left. After the master and servant had finished washing hastily, they heard the sound of rain hitting the window paper.

"Fortunately, the prince came back to find us, otherwise I'm afraid we would still be on the road in the rain now." Peppermint served the meal, looking happy.

"Hmm." Taohua sat down to eat absentmindedly, and somehow in her mind, the figure of Shen Shu riding a horse and leaving was flashing all the time. I don't know if he brought his maid here, the first and fifteenth of junior high school look more like soldiers in the army, not like they can take care of people, but they should always think of changing all his clothes for him, don't sleep in wet underwear.

"That Wu Cairen is really hateful!" Mint looked at the torn clothes she had changed into, still indignant.

These words brought Taohua's thoughts back again, why did Wu Cairen act today? Is it really because the villain is arrogant? Or did someone tell her to do it? Taohua is inclined to the latter, but only a few people in the palace can command Wu Cairen like this, Taohua can't think of anyone who has a reason to look at her so unpleasantly, and she hasn't offended anyone, right?

"It must be because the girl cured Lu Baolin." Mint said without thinking, "Wu Cairen is jealous of Lu Baolin—it's not right, she's already higher than Lu Baolin......

Mint overturned her thoughts, but these words reminded Momoka. It is true that someone will rectify Lu Ying because she cured her, but there are only a limited number of people who can command Wu Cairen, and the most likely one of them is the queen.

It seems that coming to Nanyuan this time is not a good errand. Taohua sighed and finished her meal in a few bites: "Rest early, there are still a lot of things to do tomorrow." "If it's true that the queen doesn't like her, then in these days in the palace, I'm afraid there will be more things.

The rain in late summer and early autumn came and went quickly, and as soon as Momoka opened her eyes the next day, it was blue again.

Such a day is very suitable for hunting, the emperor is full of interest, early in the morning to take people to the hunting ground to check the terrain, and the women led by the queen mother, first freshened up, in the palace to enjoy the scenery.

There were many people who came this time, and there were also a lot of female dependents, and there were more than a dozen people who were qualified to greet the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother alone. Taohua is not the queen mother's palace, so she is not qualified to enter the inner hall, but she was called early in the morning and can only wait under the corridor.

However, the weather is neither hot nor cold, the air after the rain is fresh and fragrant, and there are large hibiscus trees blooming just right, even if they are standing under the porch, Taohua feels quite comfortable. She only stood for a while, and then she saw several familiar people coming together, it was Mrs. Cui with her two daughters.

The mother and daughter are obviously carefully dressed up, but Cui Xiuwan's face is not very good, and she doesn't use fat powder, so she looks a little yellow and unenergetic.

Taohua didn't want to deal with the Cui family anymore, so she moved behind the pillar quietly, who knew that Cui Youwan had sharp eyes, and deliberately turned her face to greet her with a smile: "It turned out to be Miss Jiang." Didn't Miss Jiang come with her to serve the Queen Mother, why didn't she go into the palace? ”

Taohua ignored her provocation and only saluted Mrs. Cui. Speaking of which, although the two daughters of the Cui family are official ladies, they are also white, and only Mrs. Cui has a four-grade fate, which must be saluted.

Mrs. Cui was also a little uncomfortable. The palace is not as strict as the palace rules, after resting yesterday, she stuffed silver to the palace people who were waiting, she wanted to inquire where Shen Shu was, but she didn't expect to hear the news that Shen Shu escorted Taohua to the palace.

Mrs. Cui knew that Shen Shu, as the king of the county, should have a quota of one concubine, one side concubine and two concubines, and she never thought that her daughter would be able to monopolize favor if she married - in fact, she also faintly held this hope at the beginning, but Cui Xiuwan repeatedly treated Shen Shu coldly, and after Shen Shu disappeared and did not come to Cui's house, this hope was also put behind her - but no matter the side concubine, it was best for Cui Xiuwan to come to Zhang Luo, so that the threat to Cui Xiuwan could be minimized, You must not let Shen Shu choose the person he likes before the wedding, it is too dangerous.

Mrs. Cui has her own means and can manage the concubines in the family. But even so, she felt that it was quite hard. And Cui Xiuwan - her own daughter knows that she doesn't have this ability, if Shen Shuna has both a favorite and a means to enter the door, how will Cui Xiuwan deal with herself?

It was with this kind of precaution that Mrs. Cui showed her tone in front of Jing. In fact, she can already see Jing's thoughts, although she has some dislike that Jing's is a merchant girl, but now that Jiang Zhu is an official and has shown his face in front of the emperor, Jiang Lianhua's identity will also rise, although it is not enough to be the wife of the Cui family, but it is not necessary to say that it is not necessary to give it to her nephew. And since Jing's is so enthusiastic, she naturally uses her to touch the bottom of Taohua.

That's right, Mrs. Cui just thinks that the third girl of the Jiang family is a very scheming person. I think that the second room of the Jiang family has a grudge against Shen Shu, but it has only been a long time since he came to the capital, why did he do things for the county king's mansion? She didn't believe the words of refusing to be a concubine when the Jing family came back - a medical girl, no matter how well she married, what could she do? The side concubine of the county king's mansion has the fate of four products as soon as she is on the jade, if she marries another family, I am afraid that she will not be able to reach it for a lifetime!

Facts have proved that Mrs. Cui has a great foresight: Isn't it that before she arrived at the palace, on the way, Miss Jiang San hooked up with King Anjun again? Mrs. Cui can almost imagine that as long as Cui Xiuwan marries, Shen Shu will inevitably ask Jiang San to be accepted.

According to Jiang San's background, he is actually not qualified to be a side concubine. However, although the side concubine has a decree, she is also a concubine, and she does not have many requirements like marrying a concubine, if Shen Shu insists on it, no one will oppose him because of a side concubine. And with Jiang San's ability, Mrs. Cui believes that she will definitely be able to take the position of side concubine in her hands.

A favored side concubine with a destiny and means, Mrs. Cui feels her hairs stand on end as long as she thinks about it. If I was still grateful to Taohua, but now I am all worried - a side concubine who has treated the main concubine, even if she has been paid, but in the eyes of the world, it seems that there is always a little kindness, so if Cui Xiuwan wants to deal with Jiang San, she will be honest if she is not careful......

After tossing and turning all night, Mrs. Cui didn't think about how to deal with this Jiang San girl, so she bumped into her head again here, naturally she was unhappy, and she didn't stop Cui Youwan's ridicule.

"I heard that Miss Jiang has been doing things for my brother-in-law these days, and it's really hard." Cui Youwan saw Taohua saluting, so she covered her mouth and smiled again, "When my sister passes through the door, I have to reward Miss Jiang." ”

Since Taohua listened to Jing's temptation, she finally knew why Cui Youwan looked like a yin and yang weird when she saw her, and now she heard her repeat the old tricks, so she was in no mood to deal with it, so she only raised her hand and pointed to the palace, and said lightly: "Although the palace is not as good as the palace, there are rules that should not be noisy, and the second girl Cui should not disturb the queen mother." ”

Cui Youwan's face turned red all of a sudden. The houses of the palace are shallow, and you can hear the sound of the Queen Mother laughing with people at the door, which shows that Taohua is purely talking nonsense with her eyes open. But her words were set down with the rules, not only could she not find any flaws, but she also looked like Cui Youwan was very unruly.

Of course, there are other palace attendants under this corridor. Shen Shu is not liked by the Queen Mother and the Emperor in the palace, that is known to everyone, and the Cui family, as the future of Shen Shu, will naturally not invite the Queen Mother to see more, because there are a few bold palace people who are smiling, and it is really dazzling in the eyes of the Cui family's mother and daughter.

Mrs. Cui pulled her daughter angrily and walked straight to the hall. But she kept thinking in her heart, no matter what, she couldn't let Jiang San be a side concubine, even if she couldn't stop her from entering the Anjun Palace, she could only be a concubine at most, otherwise Cui Xiuwan would definitely not be able to fight her in the future, and if she robbed her husband of her eldest son again, I was afraid that it would turn the sky upside down.

Taohua didn't know that Mrs. Cui had already made up a whole set of house fighting dramas, she just felt that Cui Xiuwan was a little wrong. It's just a bad face, why do you always hold your stomach with one hand when you walk, is it because your aunt is in pain?

A palace person next to her saw that she had been staring at Cui Xiuwan, obviously misunderstood the meaning, and said with a smile: "I heard that Miss Cui had some motion sickness all the way to the palace, and she vomited again last night." This body is really delicate, and I don't know if I can afford the middle feed of the county king's mansion in the future. "This Jiang girl is now a celebrity around the Queen Mother, and she has to take her with her when she comes to the palace, if she can please her, she should still be pleased. What's more, as long as you say two sentences about the Cui family, it will be beneficial and not costly.

"Throwing up again?" Momoka couldn't help but frown. Cui Xiuwan's body is indeed not very strong, I want to know that everyone is beautiful, the door is not out of the door, the skirt does not smile, the whole day is probably either reading or doing needlework, and even the sun is not very dry, of course, it is impossible for the body to be strong and lively.

However, these girls from high-ranking families have also grown up carefully, and they have a complete diet and supplements, and there is nothing wrong with them. So Cui Xiuwan vomited more than once she didn't want to get better, but once cured, she wouldn't get sick again, and now she suddenly became so delicate again, is it really because of motion sickness? Why doesn't it always feel like something is right?