Chapter 162: A Desperate Shot
Before the envoys of the Naiban tribe left, the Ligong coincided with the autumn hunt. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Because of the urgency of the court in the past two years, the autumn hunt has not been held for three consecutive years, and now it happens that the envoys of the barbarian department have entered Beijing, Rong Bingye suddenly remembered to hold the autumn hunt, in order to shock the people's feelings internally, and to show the martial arts externally, so he went to the Mulan paddock autumn hunting, so as to show the strong force of Dachu.
Rong Bingye's edict was handed down, and for a while, the court was busy, in addition to the emperor's permission to allow the virtuous concubines to stay in the palace and the six departments and nine secretaries to perform official duties as usual, all the royal relatives and nobles, princes and ministers, concubines of the two palaces and the guards who were driving forward in the routine were all on standby, ready with chariots, horses, bows and arrows, and waiting to go on the expedition.
The Mulan Enclosure is located in the northeast of Jizhou, not far from Lijing, which has been a grassland with abundant water and grass and animal breeding since ancient times.
Chu Taizu built a vast enclosure here, starting from Chu Taizu, every year he would lead the princes and ministers here to hold a hunt, called "Mulan Qiuqiu".
Since the first emperor, the Autumn Festival has not been held every year, so when Rong Bingye became the emperor, the Autumn Festival was also held every few years.
Rong Bingye originally wanted Su Dai to stay in Lijing, for fear that the fatigue of the boat and car would make her even more sad, but he just mentioned the beginning, Su Dai kept a calm face and did not speak, and his temperament became more and more childlike, as long as he went to Weiyang Palace, he would inevitably be locked out, and after two days of trouble with him, Rong Bingye was finally afraid of her, and let her go with her, but the conditions were raised.
Because of this, Concubine Yi's carriage is the most comfortable except for His Majesty.
Away from the bustling city of Lijing, the carriage gradually drove onto the royal road leading to the Mulan paddock. The convoy traveled for a day, slowly stopped, Su Dai lifted the curtain on the carriage and looked out, no longer saw the hundred-foot palace wall, the tip of the nose was the unique breath of Mo, only to see the sky in the west is a red fiery cloud, like a rhododendron crying blood, the bright red is amazing, the brilliant glow dyed the entire sky, closed his eyes and sniffed the faint fragrance of wild flowers, his mind wandered for a while, it was really a long time since he was so comfortable.
After a while, I only heard a eunuch knocking on the door outside the carriage, Zheyan stepped forward and lifted the curtain, only to hear the little eunuch outside say with a smile: "Aunt Zheyan, Your Majesty just said, rest here for one night today, and then set off tomorrow." ”
Not long after the little eunuch left, Huan Yanqi came to Concubine Yi's carriage again, and asked with a smile outside: "Niangniang, Your Majesty asked the servants to ask Niangniang, is there any discomfort in your body?" ”
Su Dai shook his head and said with a smile: "Everything is fine. "Can it be good, in addition to Zheyan and Du Ruo, she also followed eight little palace maids, not only that, Rong Bingye also picked two classic medicines from the Department of Medicine to follow, and within the city of her chariot, there must be two imperial doctors on call.
After Huan Yu left, Su Dai asked Zhi Yan to help her get out of the car, although Du Ruo wanted to stop her, but Su Dai just glanced at her lightly, and she didn't dare to say more, thinking that it was because she was angry with Rong Bingye a few days ago, which made Du Ruo aware of something.
Not far away, the chef had already picked an open piece of land, set up a stove, and the fire was soaring into the sky, adding a little brightness to the twilight sky.
She held Zhiyan's hand and walked forward slowly, only to hear a voice calling her from behind her, "Second sister." ”
She paused slightly to look back, but saw Naren Toya and her palace people standing behind her.
"Beggar concubine?" The corners of Su Dai's lips were slightly hooked, and he said lightly.
Hearing that Su Dai only talked to her about the grade in the palace, Naren Tuoya's eyes were slightly pale, her face was respectful, and she bent her knees at Su Dai's body slightly: "Concubine Yi Niangniang, in the past, the concubine was ignorant, so she collided with Niangniang, and I hope that Niangniang will not remember the villain and spare the concubine once." ”
"Knowing your mistakes can improve a lot, but the most important thing to apologize to is not this palace, but Ye Xiaoyi." Su Dai looked at her with a smile.
Naren Toya lowered her head respectfully, although she heard Su Dai's tone a little ridiculed, she still didn't have any reaction, as if she was really repentant: "Thank you Niangniang for reminding me, as soon as the concubine was lifted, she had already apologized to Ye Xiaoyi." ”
"Oh, since that's the case, this palace won't talk to the beggar concubine." Su Dai chuckled and turned around to leave.
Naren Tuoya hurriedly stopped her, and when she saw Su Dai stopping, she hurriedly said, "Concubine Yi, can the concubine accompany Niangniang for a walk?" ”
Su Dai looked back and chuckled, stared at her and said, "No need, this palace doesn't want to be accompanied by others." ”
Naren Toya watched Su Dai leave, with a slight trace of hatred in her eyes, but she still didn't show it on her face.
"If you are unwilling to do this, seize the grace of God as soon as possible, and when the time comes, no one will dare to underestimate you like this." A mocking female voice suddenly came from behind her, and Naren Toya hurriedly turned around, only to see Yu Ronghua looking at her with a smile.
Naren Tuoya hurriedly wiped away the hatred in her eyes, and curtsied at Yu Ronghua: "Concubine see Little Lord Ronghua." ”
"No courtesy, there is no need to be so polite between sisters." Yu Ronghua said softly with a kind smile on the corner of her lips.
Naren Toya pursed her lips and lowered her eyes: "Little Lord Ronghua may have misunderstood, the concubine is not dissatisfied with Concubine Yi. ”
Yurong Huayan looked at Naren Tuoya with a smile, reached out for her to gently straighten her sideburns, and said softly: "Really? That could be my mistake. ”
Naren Toya breathed a sigh of relief, Yu Ronghua was the first person to get close to her since the ban was lifted, which made her feel a little good for Yu Ronghua.
"Actually, Concubine Yi is the concubine's own sister, but she still seems to have some misunderstandings about the concubine, so she is lukewarm to the concubine, which makes the concubine a little sad." Naren Toya lowered her eyes, then took out the brocade from her sleeve and gently tried the corners of her eyes.
The smile on the corner of Yu Ronghua's lips was like the warm sun in March, which made people feel very comfortable, and she said softly: "I am going to meet Concubine Ning Niangniang now, if you are unhappy, you can come to my chariot to look for me." ”
Naren Tuoya wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, nodded and said, "Okay, little master Ronghua go and get busy." ”
At this time, Concubine Ning was sitting on the chariot, only to hear the voice of the little eunuch outside, "Niangniang, Yu Ronghua asks to see." ”
"Let her in."
After a while, Yu Ronghua entered Concubine Ning's chariot.
"On the way when she came, Niangniang guessed who the concubine saw?" Yu Ronghua said with a smile.
Concubine Ning closed her eyes and said indifferently: "Who?" ”
"Beggar concubine." The corners of Yu Ronghua's lips had a smile of unknown meaning.
Concubine Ning slowly opened her eyes and muttered Yu Ronghua's words, "Concubine Qiyan? ”
"The mother and the concubine have almost forgotten that there is such a person." The corners of the jade concubine's lips were slightly curved, and she said with a smile.
Concubine Ning's red-dyed nails were regularly tapped on the desk, looking thoughtful.
Mulan enclosure is actually in the ninety into the palace, there are vast forests, vast grasslands, clear plateau lakes, built near the mountains, next to the lake and repaired, the palace scenery takes the best scenery from the north and south into a garden, compared to the Yuhuatai and the Glass Palace, it is another scenery.
Just arrived at the Jiucheng Palace, Su Dai looked at the scenery here, and wandered in his heart, the scenery here is somewhat similar to Wuzhuerqin, after all, it is all grassland.
The colorful flags fluttering on the hunting ground, the sky is clear like a piece of transparent jasper, flawless, not even a trace of clouds, but it is in contrast to the clear jade lake in the palace.
A burst of cheers resounded throughout the hunting ground, startling the tired birds in the trees, flapping their wings and flying to the sky.
The ladies all sat far away, eating melons and fruits, chatting together, and from time to time the little eunuchs who came out of the hunting ground to help the master bring back the spoils of war first. Su Dai looked at them talking and laughing happily, but he also felt a little interesting
She just sat and talked to Jiang Mi and Zhao Nianjuan, and occasionally tried to talk to her, but she was lukewarmly blocked back.
Occasionally, large prey, such as tigers, leopards, jackals, and the like, caused the ladies to exclaim in amazement, and then asked who had hunted the booty.
There was a fiery red fox, which was particularly dazzling among many prey, and the fiery fox was shot into the eye by an arrow, without hurting the slightest fur, and was killed by an arrow.
"This fox fur is so beautiful, it's a rare red fox, and it hasn't hurt its fur yet, which family shot it?" A woman in an indigo dress asked with a smile.
The little eunuch frowned a little embarrassed, and hesitated: "The slave forgot." ”
"How can this be forgotten!" The indigo dress woman just opened her mouth to reprimand.
But I heard another little eunuch laugh and said: "This is also the first to go, speaking of which can also be a good archery, a hundred shots, a hundred miles through Yang, it is estimated that it can win the first place in this hunt." ”
The women looked at each other, and it turned out to be a face.
At this moment, I only heard Concubine Ning chuckle and say, "Hun said! Your Majesty's archery is exquisite, and according to the palace, it must be Your Majesty who will come out on top this time. ”
The women immediately smiled and responded, and the little eunuch knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly begged for mercy: "The slave said the wrong thing, and the mother forgives the sin." ”
Concubine Ning didn't care, and waved her hand lightly to let him get up.
After half a moment, the hunters all came back, and when they counted the prey, as Concubine Ning expected, it was indeed Rong Bingye who shot the most prey, followed by Ilad, and Rong Sheng ranked third.
Iled looked at the prey on the ground and said lightly: "These prey should be regarded as a small thank you gift from me to Your Majesty." ”
"Where's the face?" Su Dai saw that he hadn't seen his face for a long time, and couldn't help asking.
Du Ruo said in a low voice: "Zhenyan is not feeling well, so it's convenient to go." ”
Su Dai nodded, and asked Du Ruo to tell Rong Bingye, only to see Rong Bingye bowing slightly at her, she got up from her position, slowly walked back, just walked a few steps, only to hear Du Ruo say: "Niangniang's cloak seems to have fallen, the slave maid will go back to get it first." After speaking, he instructed the few little palace maids behind him to take care of Concubine Yi carefully.
Su Dai walked back slowly, followed by only four little palace maids.
At this moment, a black horse seemed to be crazy, and suddenly raised its head to the sky and roared, and the reins galloped with it, breaking free from the hands of the little eunuch, and everyone hurriedly dodged, and the black horse ran more and more violently, running straight in the direction where Su Dai was standing.
Su Dai heard the commotion behind him, and couldn't help but stop and look back, but he saw a black horse rushing towards him, and the four little palace maids who were waiting behind her were already so frightened that they screamed and didn't know where to run, and she forgot to dodge for a while, and stood in place in a daze.
Rong Bingye was so anxious in the distance that he shouted loudly: "Scorching quickly dodge!" Jiang Mi was so anxious that tears fell, and she held the hand of the lai next to her.
Su Dai's feet seemed to be filled with lead, and she couldn't move half a step, she wasn't afraid, but for a moment, she seemed to suddenly realize that this scene seemed to have been experienced somewhere, so familiar, where was it? She suddenly remembered the woman she had met in her dream, the woman had said that everything would happen again, and she suddenly felt as if the blood in her body had flowed backwards, had she experienced all this?
She looked at the black horse galloping towards her in a daze, and was in a trance.
Just when the hooves of the black horse were raised high, and they only stepped on Su Dai's body in the next moment, everyone couldn't help but cover their eyes, for fear of seeing a bloody scene.
Between the lightning and flint, she raised her eyes to see the horse's hooves getting closer and closer to her body, she couldn't help but close her eyes, she didn't want to accidentally fall into a warm embrace, only to hear a faint male voice in her ear, "Hold me tight." ”
The man rose into the air and carried her out of danger.
Su Dai subconsciously hugged the man's waist tightly, the touch on her hand was not the traditional Da Chu clothing, she couldn't help but open her eyes, only to see that the man's eyes were deep like a piece of amber, thin lips were lightly pursed, there was no expression on his face, and his facial features were handsome as if he was a celestial.
"Ilad?" She couldn't help but murmur softly.
Ilad's body stiffened suddenly, and his eyes darkened a little, but he didn't speak.
And she just wrapped her arms around his waist in a daze, and her mind was in a trance, and suddenly there seemed to be a young boy's voice speaking in her head, "Amur, my father Khan has agreed, and I will come to Ujurqin next year to propose marriage." His voice was a little pretended, but it faintly revealed the joy of points.
"I'll give you this dagger, you have to put it away, if Naren Toya bullies you again, you will stab her with this."
"King Khan, I am pleased with the princess of Sudai, and I hereby ask to marry the princess, hoping that the two will marry, if the king of Khan can agree, I promise that Amur will be the only wife of my Ilod."
The little boy's voice echoed in her mind for a long time, and Su Dai trembled, tears slipped down unconsciously, she remembered, she remembered everything about Ilad, it was he who had always wanted to marry her as a concubine, obviously just a child, but he swore an oath.
She couldn't help but whisper, "It's you!" It's you! ”
Ilad noticed her mood swings, and couldn't help but look down at her, but saw her burst into tears, his eyes turned pale, and his thin lips opened lightly: "What's wrong with Niangniang?" ”