Chapter 12: The Beginning of the Hunt
Today is the hunting trip, the royal is extraordinary, all the way out of the imperial capital are the people in the middle of the road to farewell, all the way there are people chanting "long live", the team of people will march towards the royal paddock.
When they arrived at the paddock, the Imperial Forest Army had already set up tents, and the tents were arranged in strict accordance with the ranks, and then both men and women changed into military uniforms, and everyone stepped on horseback, and with the emperor running to the mountains and forests of the paddock first, everyone rode along and drove away.
Of course, I watched all of this, and I didn't know how to ride a horse or shoot an arrow, so I just came here to eat, drink, and have fun.
Qingge stood next to him and said enviously: "Niangniang, why don't you go with you, it's fun to hunt, and Keju!" ”
I sighed slightly: "What's the solution, I can't ride a horse, it's more important to my life than to watch hunting!" ”
Qingge nodded, watched the group go away, and said, "In this case, this person's shadow is gone, Niangniang, let's go back." ”
I nodded and asked, "But what else is going on?" ”
Qingge thought for a while: "I haven't been here either, probably just hunting." ”
I won't delve into it, let's go back to my tent and rest for a while, the bones of the people sitting upright in the carriage hurt, so I will go back to lie down and evacuate the muscles and bones.
When it was almost sunset, I could only hear the sound of horses' hooves outside, and Qingge came in: "Niangniang, the emperor has come back from hunting, and the palace maid has just come to ask Niangniang to prepare for the bonfire dinner in the evening." ”
I asked, "So there's a campfire?" ”
Qingge said with a smile: "I heard a few palace maids say that today's prey is abundant, and the ninth master shows his skills, but the emperor seems to be not very happy because the ninth master is too showy." ”
I was a little stunned when I heard Ah Han, since Haihu and his party came back, I haven't seen Ah Han again, I don't know if he is still angry, I called Qingge: "First follow me to the emperor and queen to say goodbye." ”
Qingge agreed, and was a little immersed in the demeanor of Ah Han as the palace maids said, I also asked for peace in absent-mindedness, and the emperor and queen were focused on hunting, and they didn't criticize me.
In the evening, as soon as I came out of the tent, I saw a very bright bonfire, and even the dark canopy was dark red, and there were many palace people who were already coming and going, laying felt and cushions on one side, and carrying gold and silver utensils on the other.
That night, the emperor and queen came to the bonfire with everyone, and everyone sat down in their seats after the emperor and queen were seated.
The emperor first smiled and held the wine glass, and said to everyone: "Today's harvest is very rich, you can taste this game." As he spoke, he asked the palace people to bring up the barbecue.
Everyone tasted it carefully, and the emperor also tasted it, nodded, and shook his head in appreciation: "Isn't it boring to have meat but no wine?" ”
The queen smiled: "There is wine, bring it to the palace to serve haode wine, come here!" Before he finished speaking, the emperor interrupted: "The wine in the palace is too expensive, won't it live up to this meat?" ”
Ruoyun stood up at this time and said with a smile: "My daughter-in-law brought home-brewed pear blossom white, which is fragrant and refreshing, so why don't you give it a try?" ”
The emperor was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Okay! Come and taste Ruoyun's wine. Next to him, Huan'er hurriedly held a cup and handed it to the emperor's close eunuch, and the emperor tasted it and appreciated: "Good wine!" Today is Ruoyun's good wine! ”
Ruoyun hurriedly smiled and bowed: "My daughter-in-law didn't intend to bring it when she was hunting, and she didn't want to get into the eyes of her father." ”
At this time, everyone's eyes are on me, not to mention the skill of a side concubine brewing to steal the limelight, even the dots up and down are Ruoyun, I look at everyone, I don't know if they are sympathetic or disdainful at this time.
I just saw Ah Han in the distance through the firelight, he stared at the wine glass and didn't know what he was thinking, Xu felt my sight, he raised his head slightly, and the moment he saw me, he lowered his head flatly, I sighed, and drank the wine glass in front of me.
But I heard the emperor say: "Let's have some fun, today's men are tired of hunting, so let's take a look at what is new for the female dependents." ”
I looked up just in time to see the emperor looking at me and said, "Let's start with the crown princess." ”
Everyone turned their attention to me again, and I hurriedly asked Ruoyun next to me: "Has my sister ever brought my zither here?" ”
Ruoyun tasted the pear blossom white carefully, and her face was a little red: "My sister's things don't take my sister's things with me, but my sister doesn't care." ”
I was stunned for a moment, and now I was arguing that this crowd was useless to me again, so I begged softly, "Can that sister lend me the kite?" ”
Ruoyun turned around and looked at me innocently: "This can't be, if my sister is in front of Zhuyu, how can my sister be good?" ”
I'm completely stupid, I can't do anything without a zither unless I write another hunting poem, but who wants to listen to my poetry here after a tiring day!
The sound of the firewood peeling was clear and harsh, and the sparks kept splashing out little by little, and everyone thought that I was preparing, so they all drank and ate meat first, but as time went on, they all looked at me suspiciously.
I was also at a loss, Ruoyun smiled softly beside me: "Sister doesn't have to be afraid, it's okay to sue for a crime, why don't you go play a song first?" My sister thought about it slowly. ”
Ruoyun was about to get up, only to hear the faint voice of a wisp of flute floating, such as whispering and confiding, I was shocked, this is ...... "Yue Ren Song", everyone looked over, it was Qi Han.
The emperor was already frowning, as if to say something, I hurriedly whispered and sang to the beat:
"Tonight, the boat is in the middle of the stream.
Today, I have to be in the same boat with the prince.
Shame is good, not shameful.
The heart was annoyed and unstoppable, and learned that the prince.
The mountains have trees and branches, and the heart is pleasing to the king. ”
After finishing the song, the queen smiled first: "What a beautiful song." ”
The emperor didn't say anything, just nodded, and when everyone saw it, they were all busy praising it, Ruoyun glanced at me and didn't speak.
I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, and looked up at Ah Han, Ah Han just took the flute lightly, and still sat down to drink by himself, I looked at him, I don't know when I can explain to Ah Han.
As the ladies all showed themselves in a graceful manner one by one to the bonfire, the night was getting deeper and deeper, and I sat by myself and drank cup after cup until the bonfire burned out......
The emperor looked at the scattered sparks and smiled: "Tonight is all fun!" Then go back and rest. ”
Everyone bowed and dispersed, and Qingge helped me: "Niangniang, go back?" ”
I shook my head: "Qingge, I want to be alone for a while." ”
"Niangniang, it's not safe here, it's late at night, and it's a mountain forest again."
I looked at her seriously: "Don't worry. ”
Qingge looked at me, nodded heavily, and said, "Okay, the slave will come to Niangniang in an hour." ”
I nodded distractedly and went with her.
The bonfire burned out, I poured a glass of wine and burned, I watched, smiled, an hour, am I used to escape, or is it used to wait for Ah Han?
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