When Taohua was thinking, the soldiers below had already moved their prey away and vacated a large area. Yu Rui first took off the leather armor and saber on his body, jumped into the field, and opened the frame.

Shen Shu also took off his cloak and leather armor, and unhurriedly took off the saber. When he handed the saber to the little chamberlain next to him, he raised his head and glanced at the women.

Momoka was looking at him a little nervously. She also heard Grandma Yu's words. The so-called one force will drop ten, this kind of hand-to-hand combat, people with great strength always take advantage, can Shen Shu win?

So, she bumped into Shen Shu's gaze. Although they were separated by a considerable distance, Taohua believed that Shen Shu was looking at her, and signaled her to rest assured with his eyes.

Taohua exhaled lightly, leaned back slightly, and watched Shen Shu turn around and step into the field. Somehow, she believed in Shen Shu, as long as Shen Shu gave her a look, she was relieved.

Yu Rui was not polite, when Shen Shucai entered the arena, he hugged his fists and said loudly: "King Anjun is invited!" Before he could finish speaking, he took a long stride and punched.

He had the heart to test Shen Shu's strength, and this punch used eighty percent of his strength, and the speed was very fast. only heard the bang like defeating Ge, but Shen Shu didn't seem to have time to dodge, so he could only take a hard move, Yu Rui's body was just a flash, but he stepped back two steps.

Yu Rui's arms were slightly sore, but he was overjoyed in his heart. Only this time, he tried that Shen Shu's strength was not comparable to his, and immediately picked up his fists and attacked it like a storm. For a while, he only heard his fist roaring in the field, and the shadow of his fist was vertical and horizontal, and he actually suppressed Shen Shu firmly, and it seemed that he could only parry, and he didn't even have the strength to fight back.

The Queen Mother watched from afar, breathed a sigh of relief imperceptibly, tilted her head slightly, and whispered to the old lady Yu Ge behind her in a voice that was just right to be heard by the people next to her: "Hachiro is still too young. "Young, impulsive, so easy to gamble on his future, what if he fails? Luckily, he still has real skills.

Old Madam Yu Ge smiled and whispered, "Yes." These children, it is ...... for the Queen Mother to teach him" At this time, she was also relieved, as long as Yu Rui wins, the impulse ahead is nothing.

The Queen Mother shook her head: "I still want to grind his temperament." "Old Madam Yu Ge is flattering, what can she teach as an inner palace woman, it's not that Old Yu Ge has to bother.

As he was talking, Yu Sirui also came with great interest. There were all the ladies of the families here, and the idlers would not come up, so he only went to the queen mother regardless of it, and the others had to retreat as far away from him as possible.

"Auntie, I shot a deer and asked someone to make a deer breast for you to taste at night." Yu Sirui was also dressed in a strong suit, but he covered his somewhat fat belly, and he looked quite tall.

The Queen Mother glanced at him, saw that his face was ruddy, and there was still sweat on his forehead, so she couldn't help but smile: "You also went down, and you even hunted deer?" Okay, I'll just wait for the evening to eat deer breast. He wanted to say that he was almost forty years old and should not mess around with young people, but when he thought that he had just lost a child, he had just come out to relax, and he would run away if he liked hunting, so he swallowed the words that came to his mouth.

Yu Sirui was quite proud. The sons and daughters of the nobles who came today are all young people, and he is the oldest. But he was able to hunt a deer, which shows that the sword is not old—no, no, no, it can be seen that spring and autumn are in full bloom—and it is not right, in short, it proves that he is in excellent health, and is in no way inferior to the young.

Since the rouge was still slippery under careful service, Yu Sirui couldn't help muttering in his heart, but today's deer in one fell swoop made him more confident, and all his previous doubts were thrown to Java, and he saw Taohua serving beside the Queen Mother, looking at the field intently, looking at it from the side, it looked like a budding flower, and his heart couldn't help but itch again, and he smiled: "Miss Jiang is also there." Why don't you show me again and see if I'm still weak? "I finally didn't care about the presence of the female dependents, and didn't say the yang word.

Tao Hua then took her eyes off Shen Shu and took a closer look at Yu Sirui. At this glance, she knew that Yu Sirui didn't take her words to heart at all, and she was still having sex these days. Others looked like Yu Sirui was full of red light, but in her opinion, the false fire was rising, and the little yang energy in her body was on her face.

It's like a fire, looking at the flames, in fact, the firewood under it has turned into ashes, only the top point is burning, once the surface is burned out, it can only be a pile of dead ashes.

"How's it going?" Yu Sirui was still triumphant, "I hunted a deer today, how about giving Miss Jiang a deer breast?" As he spoke, he wanted to get closer to Taohua.

Taohua took a step to the side and said lightly: "Since Uncle doesn't believe Langzhong, why bother asking again." ”

"Hey-" Yu Sirui was just about to speak, when he suddenly heard an exclamation from everyone below, turned his head to look, and just saw Yu Rui being thrown up by Shen Shu, thrown out of the circle, and fell heavily to the ground. But Shen Shu turned around and hugged his fist at the emperor, and said with a smile: "Brother Huang, my brother is lucky." ”

In the audience, there was silence.

Rao is a person like Yu Sirui, and he doesn't dare to speak out at this moment. The Queen Mother's face was so gloomy that it seemed to be able to scrape off a layer of frost, and the Queen opened her eyes wide and didn't understand what was going on. Old Madam Yu Ge also didn't understand, but her face was already pale. Only Yu Sanshao's grandmother sighed, and then her mother-in-law pinched her hard and closed her mouth tightly.

Yu Rui himself was a little dizzy. Obviously, he had the upper hand before, but somehow, although Shen Shu retreated step by step, he was extremely tightly guarded, and he punched and swept his legs, and none of them could really fall to the vital point. There are always a hundred moves like this, Yu Rui's stormy attack came to an end, and when he was about to take a breath and fight again, Shen Shu suddenly bullied him and went straight forward, flicked his arms out, and lifted him up by clasping his waist.

This angle is ingenious, as fast as lightning, Yu Rui only felt a tingling sensation at the joints of his arms, and the person had been thrown out. When Shen Shu carried him, his elbow hit him his waist, and his whole body lost control, and he fell to the ground hard, and he fell firmly, only to feel that his five organs were surging, and he seemed to be shaken out of place by this fall.

The emperor's face looked very strange, as if he had been wiped face, but he had to force a smile: "The fourth emperor brother is very skilled." In this way, you still take the lottery first. ”

After Shen Shu's fierce battle, his forehead was slightly sweaty, but he was not panting, and he didn't move his feet after listening to the emperor's words, he just stood and said with a smile: "Brother Fang Cai and Commander Shen made bets, and it's not just this lottery, right?" "The three words of command are bitten very hard.

He was so aggressive, the emperor's face was a little unpleasant: "I know." ”

Who knew that Shen Shu still didn't give up, and still smiled: "Jin Wuwei Gong Wei Da Nei, can't be a group of dragons without a leader, I don't know which one the imperial brother wants to take over as the commander?" ”

The emperor was obviously displeased, but this bet was made by Yu Rui himself, and he couldn't vent his unhappiness to Shen Shu even if he was unhappy in his heart, so he turned his eyes around, stretched out his hand and pointed at someone: "Fang Qian, from today onwards, you will take over as the commander of Jin Wuwei." ”

Yu Rui barely supported his body, and just as he was about to speak, he felt a sweet throat and eyes, and opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of blood. The emperor glanced at him, and his face softened a lot: "Doctor, send Yu Qing to the tent to check the pulse." ”

The imperial doctors hurriedly came up, and a few inner supervisors helped, and carried Yu Rui away with all hands and feet. The surrounding onlookers whispered. The emperor was unhappy, glanced at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "Commander Fang!" ”

This Fang Qian only entered Jin Wuwei the year before last. He was originally a guard guarding the outer palace gate, once the emperor's chariot entered and exited the palace gate, and the strong eunuch who carried the chariot was tripped over somehow, and he was about to fall the emperor down, Fang Qian, who was guarding the door next to him, stepped forward with an arrow and carried the chariot in time. This can be regarded as a rescue work, and the emperor promoted him to Jinwuwei.

He is usually silent, and he is not a child of a prominent family, although the emperor personally mentioned it, but he has never had any special rewards since then, and everyone has gradually ignored him. But he stood close to the emperor just now, and he was a meritorious person, and the emperor was squeezed by Shen Shu's words, so he ordered him casually without thinking, which was really good luck.

At this moment, the emperor raised his voice and shouted at him, Fang Qian clenched his fists, turned around and said, "Jin Wuwei line up, each in its place!" "He doesn't look amazing, but he is tall and has long arms, which is indeed a good material for martial arts. is not conspicuous on weekdays, but giving orders at this time is even a bit majestic. And with the emperor by his side, those guards who were unbalanced in their hearts had to obey the order and turned around and lined up.

Shen Shu smiled slightly, and then turned around and walked in front of Caitou.

The things held by the ten inner supervisors were bejeweled, and they could dazzle people, Shen Shu raised his hand and shook it back and forth, as if he couldn't make up his mind for a while.

"What will my brother-in-law take?" Cui Youwan said in a low voice, turned her head and smiled at Cui Xiuwan, "Maybe I'll take that Huiluan hairpin, I can give it to my sister-"

Before she could say anything, Shen Shu's hand fell, but she picked up the jade carved narcissus, put it in front of her eyes and looked at it for a while, and said with a smile: "This is a coincidence, take it back and put it away, it must be not much different from the real narcissus." ”

Even the emperor was a little surprised. In fact, what he prepared for Shen Shu was a good set of soft armor, but he didn't expect that what Shen Shu took in the end was actually this inconspicuous jade carving: "The fourth emperor brother likes jade? ”

Shen Shu raised his hand and hugged his fist at the Queen Mother from afar, and said with a smile: "I heard that this is the color of the Queen Mother, so I naturally want this." ”

The Queen Mother's face suddenly turned red. It turned out that Shen Shu deliberately chose her lottery - to defeat her nephew and win her things, what a proud calculation. The Queen Mother's hand was clenched tightly in her sleeve, but a smile appeared on her face: "It's rare that you like it, there are still a few jade carvings in my palace, and I will send them to you later." ”

"Then thank you to the Queen Mother." Shen Shu sighed, and the jade carving slipped into his sleeve.

The emperor looked at the face of the Queen Mother and coughed at the right time: "The rest of the people, they are all here to get rewards!" ”

Although he didn't get the first place, and the second place was carried away, it didn't affect the joy of the rest of the people. As soon as the emperor gave the order, he stepped forward in turn to get the lottery. Although Yu Rui was not there, the emperor thoughtfully took the box of pearls and sent them to his account, and as for the soft armor, it was naturally taken away by the third guard.

In this lottery, everyone found out that Fang Qian actually won the eighth place. looks at him inconspicuously on weekdays, but he is also outstanding among Jin Wuwei, and some people's grievances have subsided a lot.

Cao Ming was the only one among the noble children who could go to the lottery, although he was the last one, and only got the somewhat flashy dagger that was picked up by others. But for these noble children, this dagger symbolizes honor, and naturally the more gorgeous and stylish it looks, the better, as for the good dagger, if they want to use it, can't they get it?

Many people gathered around Cao Ming to congratulate him. The emperor also had gold and silver taken from him on the spot, and rewarded all those who had more than ten prey, and everyone rejoiced.

After the hunt, it was the night banquet, everyone was in the sun for a day, and then they went back to change their clothes, especially the concubines, and they had to reshape their makeup, hoping to attract the favor of the emperor.

Although Wu Cairen is newly promoted, but the place is limited, and he was only assigned a small tent, and he was hooked before entering the tent door, Lu Qi came up to untie it for her, but the bun was also scattered, and he couldn't help but be a little irritable, and threw the hairpin on the carpet casually, and sat down hatefully: "It's a shame today!" ”

Lu Qi didn't dare to speak, so she had to wait for her to recomb her hair and change her clothes, and then whispered: "As long as the queen values you." ”

"That's ......," Wu Cairen sighed. If you want the queen to value it, you have to be the knife in the queen's hand, and you can't care about it if you don't lose face.

"I only hate that girl from the Jiang family, her tongue is so sharp!" When Wu Cairen was in his mother's house, he said this kind of small talk about scolding Huai, which was always invincible, but he didn't know that he had hit a nail today.

Lu Qi also thinks that this Jiang girl is really articulate and very good at buttoning people's hats, but she still has real skills, and she really cured the Queen Mother, so she is very confident when she speaks. Wu Cairen didn't expect a girl who practiced medicine to have such a mouth, so she was slapped back when she opened her mouth.

"Lu Baolin, it's not like a ...... who can argue with others" Things gather like like, and Wu Cairen is because he sees that Lu Ying is not a person who can quarrel, so he underestimated Taohua.

"Don't care. No matter how good she is, she is just a Langzhong, even if she can be a doctor? It's just an eight-pin. Lu Qi is on top of this, "You have the queen's support, and you will definitely be promoted again in a short time, what is she?" Wait until the Queen Mother doesn't like her, see if she dares to talk back to you! ”

These things in the palace, Lu Qi has never seen or heard of them with her own eyes. The imperial doctor is also the same as the concubines, when he is red, he has a hard waist, but maybe if any case of disease is not cured, the holy family will plummet.

"You're right." Wu Cairen laughed, she could bear it, "I want to see how long she can be popular." ”

With this thought, Wu Cairen calmly redressed his makeup. There was still some time before the night banquet, and she was thinking about whether to go to the queen's tent to serve and dress, when a small chamberlain poked in: "The emperor summoned talented people to serve in the past." ”

"What?" Wu Cairen was surprised and delighted, "The emperor summoned me? ”

"Not really." The little chamberlain looked smart, "Hurry up, the emperor is waiting for you." ”

Wu Cairen felt a burst of excitement in her heart, as if there was a fire rushing up, burning her a little trembling. Last time, she stabbed Taohua in front of the queen mother about Lu Ying's treatment, the emperor was very unhappy, and although she was promoted, she was the only concubine in the palace who had never slept so far, so naturally there were people who were jealous of her promotion and ridiculed her behind her back. Now that the emperor suddenly remembered her, how could he not excite her? After all, you have to sleep to have a chance to have children, and won't the concubines in the palace rely on their children in the future?

The emperor's tent is wide and gorgeous, and it can even lay a few cases, when Wu Cairen entered, the emperor was writing according to the case, and when he saw her come in, he nodded: "Come and give me ink." ”

Wu Cairen hurriedly knelt down next to the desk, and while studying ink, he looked at the emperor with affection from time to time. The emperor was also looking at her, and when he saw her like this, he smiled, and reached out to touch her bun: "This hairstyle is beautiful, but this hairpin is not fresh." Duhi. ”

Eunuch Du heard the sound and came out with a plate in his hand, in which was placed a sparrow hairpin inlaid with sapphires, the emperor picked it up, personally plucked Wu Cairen's green hosta, and inserted the finch hairpin into her hair.

Wu Cairen's face was so red with excitement that he raised his hand to touch the cold gem, raised his eyes and looked at the emperor gently, and was thinking about whether to lean over, when he saw the emperor put down his hand, picked up the pen again, and said casually: "Grinding ink." ”

This grinding took half an hour.

Fortunately, Wu Cairen often does needlework at home, and he still has some stamina on his wrists, but Rao is so, he keeps grinding for so long, and he also feels that his wrists are sore. And the emperor seemed to be very interested in teaching her to grind ink, and from time to time pointed out that this is thick, that is light, and how to hold the ink is the correct posture.

He pointed while writing, and it wasn't until the little chamberlain came to report that the queen mother and the queen had already arrived at the banquet, he put down the pen in his hand, looked at Wu Cairen and smiled: "Although you are smart, this ink grinding is also a matter of kung fu." I heard that you have never read seriously at home? ”

This is indeed what makes Wu Cairen feel a little inferior. How could her stepmother spend so much money on this? It's just that when I was a child, I learned a few words randomly in the family studies, and I barely recognized all the four female books. When I entered the palace, I saw that everyone was literate, such as Lu Ying also went to boudoir school, Zhao Chongyi and others have been reading and learning since childhood, they are all talented women, and they really compare her to nothing.

The emperor looked at her and smiled: "In this case, you are so good to practice and sharpen ink, and when you are done, I will teach you to learn calligraphy." ”

The emperor himself taught her how to learn calligraphy! Wu Cairen's heart, which was a little cold from being tired just now, suddenly became hot again: "Yes." The concubine must practice well. ”

The Emperor smiled with satisfaction and stood up: "Change my clothes." ”

By the time the emperor had changed his clothes and gone out, they were already late.

Several bonfires were lit on the flat ground under the hillside, and the people who accompanied them were divided into several places according to their identities. Wu Cairen followed the emperor out, and gained a lot of eyes along the way, some surprised, some envious, and she couldn't help but feel a little fluttery.

"The Queen Mother and Queen have arrived?" The emperor walked to his place and said with a smile.

The Queen Mother was not in a very good mood, so she only nodded. The queen stared at Wu Cairen: "It's the emperor who is late, has he forgotten the time?" ”

"Oh—" the Emperor said suddenly, looking at the sky, "I'm really late." He sat down and smiled at Wu Cairen, "Go back." ”

Wu Cairen realized that she had followed the emperor all the way to the top seat.

The concubines have their own positions, Wu Cairen's position is at the bottom, and the top position is naturally the queen mother, the emperor and the empress. When I walked all the way just now, I actually passed by her position, and she should have taken a seat directly at that time. But she was too excited, and the emperor gently hooked her sleeve all the way, so before she knew it, she walked through the place.

The queen's gaze moved from Wu Cairen's sleeve to her bun. Under the firelight, the golden hairpin was shining, and the sapphire inlaid on it was the size of a soybean, which also reflected the brilliance. Such valuable jewelry, Wu Cairen originally did not have.

The emperor came belatedly, and he also brought Wu Cairen with him, and added such jewelry...... The queen's heart suddenly turned upside down. Originally, she felt that the emperor didn't like Wu Cairen, so she deliberately wanted to promote her, but now it seems that it has attracted the attention of the emperor. If Wu Cairen is favored because of this-the queen pinched her fingers tightly in her sleeves, she is in her twenties, and she is not as young and delicate as these new concubines......

The Queen Mother didn't have much of the heart to pay attention to the queen. Yu Rui was defeated, leaving the Yu family without someone who could control some military power. Although the Yu family also has martial arts in-laws, the in-laws are always just in-laws, and their connection is based on marriage, which is not as close as blood relatives, and is not completely reliable.

The Yu family easily cultivated a Yu Ruilai, but now it's over. Of course, it's too pessimistic to say it, Yu Rui is still young, and he can start all over again. The problem is that Yu Ge Lao is no longer young, and the children below are not particularly outstanding, there will be a fault in the middle, who will fill it when the time comes? If there is no one who holds the power of the military to protect it, this fault line may be broken forever.

Sometimes the Queen Mother thinks that the aura of the Yu family may have been used up by her generation. For example, Yu Ge Lao helped two emperors to ascend to the throne in a row and stood tall. For example, she herself also made contributions to the succession of the first emperor. There are also several cousins, each with their own merits.

But when it comes to the juniors, it is gradually becoming a tool. Yu Ge's sons are quite good, but now they are only five or six officials outside, and they are slowly boiling their qualifications, and they are still far from entering the cabinet. And Yu Sirui, the son of the queen mother's own brother, is the most unsuccessful in the family.

Thinking of Yu Sirui, the Queen Mother subconsciously glanced at the honorable seat, but did not find Yu Sirui's figure.

Where did it go? He just offered a plate of deer breast at the beginning of the feast, why didn't he disappear?

The Queen Mother was thinking about it, when an attendant ran up in a panic and hurriedly said a few words to Qingyu. Qingyu's face changed suddenly.

"What's wrong?" The Queen Mother suddenly felt bad.

Qingyu's voice trembled slightly: "Cheng Enbo is sick, here, in the tent." ”