The three words of stabbing to death came out of Wu Cai's mouth, and some people around whispered in surprise.

The Queen Mother leaned on the seat with her eyes half-closed, frowning slightly. She knew that what Wu Cairen said was indicated by the queen, and she couldn't help but feel a little upset. She has also observed Taohua these days, if it looks like Xia's, it is not much like it, but it looks like the silhouette is six or seven points similar from a certain angle on the side, but when she turns her head slightly, it immediately does not look like it.

Especially Xia is a weak one, he laughs before he speaks, and he speaks Wu Nong's soft language, and the whole person is like a rhombus in the lake, delicate and delicate, which makes people feel pity when they see it. But the girl of the Jiang family was born bright and bright, and there was a faint heroic spirit between her eyebrows, even when she lowered her eyebrows, she looked cold and her back was straight. Although he is also a southerner, he can speak in a clean and neat tone, and some northerners are crisp, which is completely different from Xia's.

For such a person who is really not too similar, the queen is too eager to make a move. This niece has been in the middle palace for ten years, and she has not raised Yongronglai, who is a mother in the world, but she has exposed her impulsive and impatient nature.

Speaking of which, the Queen Mother is not without regrets. When the emperor ascended the throne, the Yu family actually had a daughter, who was ninth, two years younger than the empress, and was only fourteen at the time. The child is more stable than the queen, but he is too young to marry immediately.

The Yu family was only afraid that the Xia family would be made the queen, and it would be too troublesome to abolish it in the future, so they chose the queen who was at the right age. In fact, there is no one in the Xia family, so they can let her sit in the middle palace for two years first, which means that Jiu Niang is older, and then try to abolish the queen.

In order to get the position of the queen and avoid the trouble of abolishing the queen, he chose the current queen. As a result, when she was a girl in her mother's family, she looked fine, but now she has been neglected for ten years, and her true nature has been completely exposed. In order to avoid a problem that can be solved, but it caused this trouble that cannot be solved, the Queen Mother really feels that it is really not cost-effective now.

Sure enough, as soon as Wu Cairen finished speaking, the queen had a cold face: "Is this true?" ”

The Queen Mother couldn't help but want to sigh. Even if this is true, what can it be? Can the queen prove that Taohua's acupuncture points are harmful for the queen mother now? Blame without evidence can only make the queen appear ignorant and arrogant. What's more, the girl of the Jiang family is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Wu Cairen nodded again and again: "The concubine guarantees her life, it's true!" As she spoke, she looked at Taohua worriedly, "Miss Jiang, your home remedies, reliable?" ”

Taohua didn't stop at all, as if she hadn't heard what Wu Cairen said, until she asked by name, and then replied lightly: "Medicine doctors don't die of disease, and Buddha is destined to be a person." The mother in Wu Cai's family is blessed and stupid, so she will listen to the words of quacks and lose her life. The queen mother is a phoenix, and her fortune is profound, how can she be compared with the people in Wu Cai's family. Wu Cairen doesn't think that the Queen Mother is as ignorant and ignorant as your mother? ”

And so it was. The Queen Mother opened her eyes slightly and glanced at Taohua. She knew that this girl was articulate, and the queen's unwarranted attack would not hurt her at all, but Wu Cairen was going to be unlucky.

Wu Cairen had already hurriedly left his seat and knelt down: "The concubine never dares to have this thought, but she is just concerned about the queen mother's phoenix body, and she is afraid that the improper treatment will be damaged, and the queen mother will know it." ”

The Queen Mother raised her eyelids: "If you don't understand in the future, don't open your mouth at will." Get up. ”

Wu Cairen's snow-white face was swollen blood-red, and several concubines next to him were already hiding their mouths and secretly laughing. Fortunately, the sudden sound of the bull's horn rescued her, and Qingyu said happily: "Queen Mother, the hunt is over." ”

For a moment, everyone's eyes looked down. I saw that the people had withdrawn from the woods like water, and there were already piles of small hills of prey on the flat ground, two of which were particularly high. The Queen Mother also had to lean over and squint her eyes: "Which are Hachiro's prey?" ”

Grandma Yu Sanshao smiled and said, "The two highest piles look similar, and one of them must be Hachiro's." "She is the daughter of a military general, and she has also hunted with her father, and the prey is more or less known at a glance. These two piles of prey are not only about the same in quantity, but also about the same quality, and they look like they are up and down.

The Queen Mother frowned slightly, but still nodded. Although he didn't take the lead, at least he was tied for first place, and it was enough for Yu Ge veteran to promote him later.

Before the thought was finished, a chorus of noise was heard, and everyone looked up, and they couldn't help but gasp - two soldiers carried a white-fronted tiger and walked out of the forest with great difficulty.

"This, who shot this tiger?" The Queen Mother's eyes widened suddenly. If it was Yu Rui's shot, it would be enough to calm the whole audience.

It's a pity that no one has answered, and I saw a black horse stepping out of the forest, and the person on the horseback was hunting in red, carrying a hunched sword, and his demeanor was happily following behind the soldier carrying the tiger, it was Shen Shu. On the other side, Yu Rui came out with empty hands, his hips dismounted and looked sluggish, and Yu Rui's eyes kept staring at Shen Shu fiercely.

In this way, it is clear who shot the tiger.

The Queen Mother watched the two soldiers put the big tiger on the top of the left of the two highest prey piles, and her face became gloomy. Shen Shu not only shot the largest number of prey, but also had a tiger, so of course he was the one who stood out today.

The emperor also went around the forest, but only got a sheep and a few pheasants and rabbits. But he didn't intend to hunt either, and now he has come out with people to inspect everyone's prey in the clearing.

Seeing that Shen Shu had hunted this tiger, the emperor immediately smiled, but this smile was not obvious, at least the queen mother who was far away on the hillside could not see clearly: "The fourth emperor brother is really brave." ”

The guards and nobles who were covered in sweat had nothing to say. A few people with sharp eyes have already seen that Shen Shu's pile of prey has only been shot in the eye, and the slightly smaller prey has even been shot through the eyes. With this hand archery alone, they dare not say that they can do it.

"Today's shooting, it seems that the four emperor brothers won the first place." The Emperor smiled and pointed to another pile of prey, "Whose is this?" ”

"Back to the emperor, it is the prey of the commander." Someone next to him had already replied flatteringly.

"Oh? Yu Commander should be the second. The emperor laughed, as if he was in a good mood, "There are a lot of prey here." ”

At this moment, someone has already counted everyone's prey and picked out the top ten. Most of them were guards, and only Cao Ming barely managed to hang tenth, because he shot a wolf. And the guard behind him actually had more prey than him, but he didn't shoot the wolf and tiger and other fierce beasts, so he could only succumb to it.

This is also to fight for the face of the noble children, and some of them also want to show their faces in front of the emperor and can't help but be jealous, but some people are happy and celebrate around Cao Ming. And the guards who won the ranking also came to congratulate, and the scene immediately became lively. The emperor was delighted to see it, and waved his hand: "Today, if you get more than ten prey, I will be rewarded!" ”

I only said that there were more than ten, not whether they were big or small, so that half of them could be rewarded, and I was immediately moved with joy.

In the midst of joy, the Queen Mother and others also walked down the hillside, and the emperor smiled and said: "Since the four emperor brothers have won the first prize, the four emperor brothers will pick the lottery first." With a wave of his hand, the ten eunuchs with colorful heads ran out, and a piece of jewels was placed in front of everyone.

Shen Shu turned over and dismounted. The princes and princes of this dynasty usually wear red, but because of the few heirs of the first emperor, they have not seen red regular clothes in the court for a long time. Today, Shen Shu's energetic suit is also embroidered with gold thread python patterns, shining in the afternoon sun.

His complexion is slightly darker, which is not in line with the aesthetics of the capital, and the people in the capital prefer a fair complexion, so the red color is mostly worn by women, and even if men wear red, it is also sandalwood or jujube red and the like. However, at this moment, such a fiery color was worn on Shen Shu's body, lining his slightly sweaty face, outlining the figure of broad shoulders, thin waist, long legs and arms, but it was extremely high-spirited and dazzling.

Cui Xiuwan hid in the crowd and watched in a daze. Shen Shu was draped in a brown leather armor on his left shoulder, and a short red cloak was tied behind his back, and the corners of the cloak were also embroidered with gold thread python patterns.

Suddenly, Cui Xiuwan felt that this man was not the wild Northwest man she had in her impression before. Yin Zhuyuan said in front of her that Shen Shu was heroic, and she only felt ridiculous - she didn't achieve anything when she entered the capital, she only wandered around outside all day long, and ran to her house many times, just to see her. What kind of merit does such a man have, and what kind of heroism can he be?

But at this time, she suddenly realized that Yin Zhu was not wrong, Shen Shu was indeed a heroic person, and even the face that she thought was too rough before had become handsome. However, now that Shen Shu no longer comes to the Cui family, he did not even appear when the Zongren Mansion came to the next wedding date. And she already has other people's flesh and blood.

Cui Xiuwan subconsciously put her hand on her abdomen. Somehow, she felt a little powerless and seemed to need this child to give her some courage. The letter has been sent, and her sweetheart is already waiting for her outside Nanyuan, and elopement is imperative. But if she didn't have this child, she might ......

A sudden voice interrupted Cui Xiuwan's confused thoughts. Yu Rui strode up: "Your Majesty, please have another competition with King Anjun!" ”

Shen Shu had already walked in front of the eunuchs who were holding the lottery, and when he heard this, he put down the hand he had just raised again. The emperor was also a little surprised: "Yu Qing is going to ...... this"

Yu Rui felt that he couldn't swallow his breath in his chest. He thought he also had the ability to hunt tigers, but the unlucky horse dragged his feet! Shen Shu's dark cloud cover snow is said to have been brought from the northwest, such a horse has passed through the battle array, so it can not be afraid of fierce beasts, if he was riding that horse at that time, then he will definitely be able to shoot the tiger! In that case, he will be the one who overwhelms the audience.

"Hunting is not necessarily just about being skilled with bows and horses. What if it happens suddenly, without a bow or a horse? Yu Rui raised his fist and shook it, "Therefore, fist and foot kung fu is also extremely important, please compete with King Anjun." If the minister is lucky to win, as long as the king of Anjun lets the minister be the first to win the lottery. If the king of Anjun wins, the minister will give the lottery he should take to the king of Anjun. ”

Shen Shu listened quietly and sneered. The emperor turned his head to look at him: "Fourth Emperor Brother, Yu Qing wants to compete with you again, are you willing?" ”

"My brother doesn't want to." Shen Shu opened his mouth and refused.

Yu Rui suddenly perked up: "What, don't you dare?" "Sure enough, it's fist and foot kung fu, right?

Shen Shu raised his chin and looked at him contemptuously: "It's not that this king doesn't dare, but that Yu Commander is too good at settling accounts." Today, the emperor said that he would win with the prey he obtained. This king has hunted a tiger, and has already lived far away in commanding it, no matter what it is, this prize should be taken by me first. Yu commanded the envoy to ask the king to give up the name of winning the color, but did not exchange the corresponding color head, is it because he wants to empty the gloves and the white wolf? ”

Yu Rui said loudly: "The minister said, if the prince wins, he will take my share of the color head." ”

Shen Shu sneered and said: "The matter of winning the lottery is based on the ranking, I am already the winner, who cares if it is one or two?" Unless all ten of the jackpots are mine, what is the difference between taking one and taking two? And this color head was prepared by the emperor for hunting, and he never mentioned what punches and feet it was like. Yu commanded the envoy to attack the shortcomings of others with his own strengths, but he didn't even dare to make a big bet, but he was really heroic! ”

Yu Rui's face turned red when he said it. Everyone knows that he is born with divine power, and there are some people in the Twelve Guards who are not inferior to him in fist and foot skills, but they are not as strong as they are, and they all look at each other at this moment, squeezing their eyebrows and making eyes, obviously all of them echo Shen Shu.

"Then what bet does the prince want?" Yu Rui looked at the Queen Mother, "Otherwise, the minister will ask the Queen Mother to shine again?" ”

Shen Shu smiled even more contemptuously: "Commander Yu, the emperor invited the queen mother to make a brilliant appearance, do you want to follow suit?" ”

Imitate the emperor? Does this mean that he Yu Rui dares to compare himself to the emperor? Yu Rui's face suddenly turned blue.

"The minister has no such intention!" Yu Rui hurriedly bowed his hand to the emperor, "The ministers were in a hurry for a while, and they lost their words." ”

The emperor waved his hand indifferently: "I know that Yu Qing is not a rude person. Fourth Emperor Brother, what you just said is inappropriate. ”

Shen Shu's gaze turned around on Rui, and said lazily: "What the emperor said is true." In fact, the younger brother didn't want to follow the commander to compare his fists and feet. What lottery can he get, can he gamble with his Jin Wuwei commander? ”

This was said with extreme contempt, and Yu Rui suddenly jumped up: "Why not!" ”

The emperor frowned: "Yu Qing! Then he glanced at Shen Shu with some displeasure, "Fourth Emperor Brother, don't talk nonsense." If Yu Qing uses his commander as a lottery head, what do you have to take out to match him? What nonsense! ”

Shen Shu said with a smile: "Actually, the younger brother also has something to resist, for example, the younger brother's county king's mansion." However, since the emperor doesn't allow it, then forget it. Speaking of which, if Commander Yu loses, even if this Jin Wuwei Commander makes him not let out, he will not be able to sit firmly, so why bother. It's just that the younger brother is inferior to him in fists and feet. ”

His remarks were to admit defeat, but in fact they were clearly arrogant. Yu Rui only felt a rush of anger rushing to the top of his head, and immediately said loudly: "I bet!" "Taking the county king's mansion to gamble on a Jin Wuwei commander is actually quite quite.

Although the Anjun Royal Mansion was cut corners when it was repaired, it was worth tens of thousands of taels of silver. What's more, that is Shen Shu's face, if someone wins, the court will naturally not rebuild another one for him, and when the dignified county king doesn't even have a serious palace, it's actually like going to the street without clothes.

Yu Rui thought of the result of winning this county palace, and he felt excited. He felt that Shen Shu was advancing and retreating like this, but he didn't dare to compare with him at all. Shen Shu just felt that he didn't dare to gamble with his future, so he said such cool words. If he doesn't gamble today, he will be regarded as not daring, and he will inevitably be pointed out behind his back in Jin Wuwei. On the other hand, if he wins Shen Shu, then Shen Shu's limelight in shooting and hunting today will be completely erased, not only will he be the commander of the twelve guards in the future, others will have nothing to say, but he can also use that county palace to let everyone remember his scenery today!

The emperor's brows furrowed, as if he was very reluctant: "Yu Qing, this matter is not to be joked about. Now in front of so many people, in case you--I think it's better to forget it. ”

Yu Rui felt that his breath was choked uncomfortably, did the emperor believe that he could beat Shen Shu? If he doesn't gamble on this game today, I'm afraid that in the future, everyone in the capital will say that he is not as good as King Anjun.

"Please allow the emperor, the minister must have another game with the king of Anjun!" Yu Rui knelt on one knee and clenched his fists at the emperor, "If the minister is defeated, leave Jin Wuwei immediately." If the king of Anjun is defeated, the minister will not dare to ask for the county king's mansion, as long as the king of Anjun himself admits that his skills are not as good as others! ”

He is retreating as advancing. Sure enough, Shen Shu immediately said: "Isn't this king unable to afford to lose?" If you win, the county king's mansion will change its surname from now on! After he finished speaking, a look of uncertainty crossed his eyebrows, as if he regretted the words that had just burst out of his mouth.

Yu Rui's heart suddenly became steady, his chest stood higher, and he said loudly: "Since King Anjun said so, let's high-five!" ”

Shen Shu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he hesitated, but Yu Rui had already stretched out his palm, so he finally reached out and struck Yu Rui.

The emperor sighed: "In this case, I am here, the Queen Mother and the Empress are also here, and all the officials can testify to it." Come and make way for Yu Qing and King Anjun. ”

After the hunt, there was a fist and kick competition, and all the ladies were a little interested. But a few people were distracted.

Old Madam Yu Ge felt a little uneasy in her heart. She knew how much Yu Ge Lao expected Rui, but today Yu Ge Lao did not drive with him because of his old age, otherwise, Mrs. Ge felt that he would definitely stop it, after all, Yu Rui's bet was not only on his own future, but also on the interests of the Yu family. But the emperor was present, so naturally she didn't have the right to speak as a woman, so she could only turn her head and ask her daughter-in-law in a low voice: "How sure are you that Hachiro?" I think that King Anjun can shoot tigers, this ......"

Yu Sanshao's grandmother can't do anything else, but Yu still understands some martial arts, so she said: "Bow and horse are skilled, not necessarily good fists and feet." King Anjun's archery skills are excellent, and he must have practiced hard in the northwest. However, Hachiro is born with divine power, and if he fights in close quarters, he takes advantage. ”

These words were to the point, and the old lady of the pavilion breathed a sigh of relief, and even the queen mother and queen were a little relaxed. But Mrs. Cui on the side became nervous. In case Shen Shu loses the county king's mansion, he will become a laughing stock in the capital in the future. Looking at the emperor's attitude just now, he obviously wanted to help Yu Rui, if Shen Shu was defeated, this county palace would definitely not be able to be saved, so where would their Cui family marry their daughter? Wouldn't it be the same to be laughed at?

Mrs. Cui's heart was in a mess, and she suddenly found that her clothes were tightly grasped by her little daughter, and Cui Youwan stared at the front with a nervous face. Cui Xiuwan, on the other hand, didn't know what she was thinking, and her eyes were straight.

Cui Xiuwan's appearance, Taohua also noticed. Yesterday, she felt that something was wrong with Cui Xiuwan, and after sitting here all morning today, she had already found that Cui Xiuwan had quietly eaten more than a dozen pickled plums.

Since it is the queen mother watching the hunt, it is natural to prepare refreshments. Mrs. Cui's mother and daughter are always the father-in-law of the king of Anjun, although the things in front of them are not as good as the queen and the queen mother, there are also four kinds of snacks and four kinds of dried and fresh fruits, one of which is called golden soufflé, which is made of milk, and the concubines and wives of low status can't share it.

However, there is a problem with this thing, that is, it has a milky smell after it is cold. If you like to eat it, you will naturally not feel it, but if you don't like it, you will feel a little fishy. Taohua saw Mrs. Cui take two pieces and give them to her two daughters, obviously this thing should be liked by both sisters. However, after Cui Xiuwan took it, she only used a handkerchief to hold it to her lips and made a look, and took advantage of Mrs. Cui's turn of her head to quickly stuff it to the maid next to her. Not only that, but there was a look of disgust on her face, and immediately after that, she ate a few pickled fruits in a row. The smell of pickled fruit can be smelled peach, it is pickled plum. Among the dried and fresh fruits on the table, pickled plums were not prepared.

When you come out to drive, you have to bring your own pickled plums. I am afraid of the snacks I like to eat on weekdays, and I seem to have a nausea reaction. Taken together, these can only make Taohua think of one thing - Cui Xiuwan, is she pregnant?

As soon as she thought of this, Taohua wanted to ask Wu Zheng if she asked Sanqi to leak the news to him that time, did he sue Shen Shu, and did he check Cui Xiuwan's details? Could it be that he didn't understand, or did Shen Shu not want to make extraneous branches, and just wanted to complete the marriage set by the first emperor, even if he had different dreams in the same bed in the future? But now that Cui Xiuwan may be pregnant, does she dare to marry normally?

Taohua calculated, it has been more than a month since she saw Cui Xiuwan in the teahouse that day, and it is normal to say that she has a pregnancy reaction. But Cui Xiuwan still has nearly a month to get married, and she will be two months pregnant when she passes through the door, is she going to use premature birth to prevaricate Shen Shu?

If that's the case, she can't sit idly by. Cui Xiuwan is unwilling to marry Shen Shu and pursue free love, this is her right, but she has no right to confuse Shen Shu's heirs and let him raise children for other men!