Chapter 187: Deliberate Concession

It's another year of autumn hunting, and the colorful flags of the magnolia paddock are flying, and the wilderness forest is yellowed by the autumn wind, as if crossing a layer of pale golden mist. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info autumn wind blows people feel comfortable, look up, the sky is clear as if a clear spring, but like a piece of transparent texture, shiny jasper.

Su Dai wore a fiery red riding uniform, like a cluster of firelight, so warm that people couldn't take their eyes off it.

This is the first time in the three years since she entered the palace that she has had such a close contact with the grassland full of vigorous vitality, and her whole mood seems to be placed in the clouds, and even the corners of her lips are unconsciously raised.

Xu Heng was dressed in a bamboo-blue suit, raised his legs and straddled the horse, the gaze that fell on him was probably exploring and searching, he also ignored it, and saw a woman in red looking at him with a smile in the distance, the corners of his lips unconsciously curled slightly, the two looked at each other and smiled, without a word, but as if they were full of tacit understanding.

The inner supervisor raised his hand and waved the colored flags down, and when he heard a sound, the horses flew out like arrows.

Xu Heng raised his eyes to look at the red that had disappeared into the woods, smiled, and then slowly raised his horsewhip and ran into the forest.

The foreign women and the concubines in the palace sat not far from the forest eating tea and chatting, at this time the women of the clan camp and the concubines in the palace sat together, it was rare to have such an opportunity, and some of the women had already talked with some of the concubines.

Concubine Xian was under house arrest, Concubine Yi changed into a strong suit and went hunting like a man, at this time, Concubine Ning was the highest-ranking person among these concubines.

Prince and Princess Mu raised her hand lightly, poured a glass of honey wine, and the corners of her lips pulled up a smile of unknown meaning, and said slowly: "Your Majesty really loves Concubine Yi, since the Holy Ancestor, except for the Holy Ancestor Empress, there has been no woman who can enter the enclosure with a man to hunt." ”

Princess Ruikang also smiled, her eyebrows and eyes were full of kindness: "The Holy Ancestor's Empress Xiaoxianchun is accompanied by the Holy Ancestor to fight the world together, and naturally it is not comparable to mediocre people like me." ”

"That's true, accompanying the Holy Ancestor to fight the world is really a woman's demeanor, otherwise, she would not be respected by the Holy Ancestor Emperor as the Empress of Filial Piety." Prince Mu smiled and responded, raised her eyes and glanced at Concubine Ning on the high seat, only to see Concubine Ning's red lips pursed lightly, and there was no fluctuation on her face as gorgeous as a peony, but her eyes seemed to be covered with autumn frost.

Princess Mu and Princess Ruikang glanced at each other, and then smiled and picked up the candied begonia fruit in the glass bowl and put it in their mouths, listening to others talk about something else.

Su Dai rode into the forest on horseback, only to hear a sound of eagle chirping through the sky, her eyes quickly flashed a trace of inevitable light, raised her eyes to look at the sky, only to see the pale golden sunlight leaking in from the branches and leaves in the forest, although it was autumn, but some trees had not yet lost their leaves, so the traces of the falcon hovering in the sky were a little blurred in her eyes.

But she grew up in Uzhuerqin, even though she is just a woman, horseback riding and archery is her strength.

She pulled the reins, the red horse under her crotch slowly stopped, she raised her hand and pulled out a white feather arrow from the arrow basket behind her, her eyes stared closely at the goshawk hovering in the sky, the lush shade of the trees obscured her vision, but she didn't care, she was bound to win this goshawk.

Ready to shoot at the right time.

Su Dai only felt that everything had converged, she held her breath slightly, and as soon as her fingers loosened, a white feather arrow instantly flew out of her bowstring.

I only heard a tearing chirp from the sky, and suddenly, a touch of gray fell straight from the sky, and the corners of Su Dai's lips rose slightly, and she was hit, even though she hadn't ridden a horse and archery well for three years, she was worried that she would regress, but fortunately, although it was true that she didn't have to do it before, at least she could still handle it.

"Okay." Suddenly there was a cheer behind him, and a string of applause.

The horse under Su Dai was startled, she hurriedly pulled the reins, raised her hand and touched the mane of the jujube red horse, and the jujube red horse gradually settled down.

She pulled the reins and turned the horse's head, and saw Rong Bingye looking at her with a smile in his eyes, followed by several children of the clan camp, as well as Rong Sheng.

"I'm still a little worried about you, but now it seems that I don't need to." Rong Bingye's voice slightly revealed a bit of approval.

Su Dai smiled wantonly, raised his chin, and said arrogantly: "Your Majesty is naturally too worried, so let's do it, the concubine and Your Majesty are better than each other, and at the end of this hunt, see who has hunted more prey." ”

"If you want to gamble, you have to bet to have fun." Rong Bingye laughed loudly.

"If the concubine wins, Your Majesty will grant the concubine a request."

"What if I win?"

"Naturally, the concubine agreed to a request from His Majesty."

"Okay, I will definitely win you with this promise I made."

Su Dai flicked the horsewhip, and the jujube red horse rushed into the deeper forest, and only her joyful laughter echoed in the forest, "Your Majesty is decided." ”

Rong Bingye's eyes were full of doting, and he turned his eyes to several clan camp disciples and Rong Sheng beside him and said, "You also go hunting by yourself, you don't have to accompany me, I have a big reward for today's top prize." ”

Every autumn hunt, the relationship between the monarch and the minister is always more harmonious than usual, or more unruly, which is also the time when the clan camp can show its style the most.

"Yes." Those few clan camp disciples smiled and clenched their fists, flicked their horsewhips and flew away.

Rong Sheng saw that those people had left, so he said to Rong Bingye: "Father, the son also went first." ”

"Well, today's top spot, don't lose royal face." Rong Bingye smiled and nodded.

Rong Sheng's peach blossom eyes at this time do not have to be lazy on weekdays, but they are flashing with the perseverance of a man.

He arched his hand and said with a smile: "The son will not disgrace his father." With that, he raised his horsewhip and walked away.

Xu Heng rode a horse and swayed slowly in the forest, a missing white feather arrow was slanted into a tree, he looked at the white feather arrow with his eyes inquiring, only to see that the arrow was engraved with the word "Huai".

He pursed his lips, a faint hint of strange color flashed in his eyes, he raised his eyes slightly to look around, and saw that there was no one around, only the sound of the wind flowing through his ears.

Only then did he raise his hand and pull the white feather arrow from the trunk of the tree and put it in the arrow basket behind him.

Following the trail of being trampled by the horse's hooves, he rode his horse all the way forward.

After a while, he saw a small figure riding on a horse, followed by a man in a black suit, the man was riding a brown horse, his sword eyebrows were slightly raised, his thin lips were pursed, and his eyes were full of coldness.

Rong Huai's hand clutched the reins tightly, this was his first real hunting, although there was a cousin by his side, but he was still panicked in his heart.

The mother concubine told him that if he could hunt well in this autumn hunt, his father would be able to be good to his mother again.

"Third Highness, there is a fox ahead." Sheng Cheng'an's eyes lit up, he saw the subtle movement in the grass in front of him, and reminded in a low voice.

Rong Huai was stunned in his heart, and whispered: "Brother Cheng'an, I'm afraid that I won't be able to hunt again." ”

"Your Highness doesn't have to worry, today is just a practice, Your Highness only needs to use what you have learned on weekdays." Sheng Cheng'an's eyes softened slightly, and he encouraged Rong Huai softly.

Rong Huai's little face was full of determination, nodded and said seriously: "Okay." After speaking, he raised his hand and pulled out the white feather arrow, his fingers trembled slightly, and he tightened the bowstring, his heart was flustered, his fingers trembled, and before he could react, his fingers had already been sent, and the arrows flew out.

He lowered his head in annoyance, and at this moment, between the lightning and flint, there seemed to be a white feather arrow coming from behind, and with a strong momentum, it smashed away the white feather arrow in front of him, and shot straight into the grass, and suddenly the grass that had been known to be Suosuo returned to peace.

Rong Huai lowered his head and didn't see everything, but Sheng Chengan saw it clearly, he frowned, his eyes looked coldly at the direction where the arrow was shot, and saw a teenager riding on a horse, the smile on his face innocent and harmless.

Xu Heng ignored Sheng Cheng'an's gaze, grabbed the horse's belly, and ran away in the direction where the white feather arrow hit.

He tightened his grip on the reins and slowly stopped.

Xu Heng got off the horse, pulled out the white feather arrow in the grass, and saw that the white feather arrow was shooting into the eyebrows of a white fox, and the scarlet blood slowly slipped from the center of the eyebrows, dyeing the whole fox face, Xu Heng couldn't help but smack his tongue, and muttered softly, "It's a mistake, it's a pity to have a good skin." ”

He walked back to the horse, flew on the horse, passed by the white feather arrow that was blocked by the arrow that came later, dismounted and picked it up, and trotted all the way back to Rong Huai and Sheng Chengan.

Rong Huai's eyes became more and more lost, his face was full of frustration, Sheng Chengan glanced at Xu Heng lightly, and turned the horse's head with the reins and was about to leave.

"The Third Highness stays." Xu Heng's face was full of smiles.

Rong Huai looked back at him and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Highness's prey." Xu Heng raised the white fox in his hand and said with a smile.

Rong Huai's eyes were first puzzled, followed by a burst of joy, he couldn't hide the joy in his heart and asked, "This is what I shot?" ”

"Naturally, it was shot by His Highness, Your Highness, look, isn't the arrow that hit the white fox the name of His Highness?" Xu Heng threw the white fox in his hand towards Sheng Chengan, paused, and said with a smile, "I also saw the white fox just now, but it's a pity that the skills are not as good as others, and I still let His Highness shoot it." ”

Sheng Chengan raised his hand and firmly grasped the white fox, he lowered his eyes and grabbed the arrow that hit the white fox, only to see that there was indeed a "Huai" word engraved on it.

His eyes were still cold, but he looked a little more inquiring under a closer look.

Xu Hengcai didn't care about Sheng Cheng'an's searching gaze, he smiled at Rong Huai and said, "Your Highness, I'll take the first step." With that, he flicked his whip and was about to leave.

Sheng Chengan pursed his thin lips, turned his head to Rong Huai, who was delighted, and instructed: "Your Highness will wait here first, and the minister will ask Gongzi Heng a word, and then come." ”

Rong Huai nodded obediently and said, "Brother Cheng'an, come back soon." ”

Sheng Chengan flicked his horsewhip and ran after Xu Heng's trail, Xu Heng's horse was not running fast, swaying slowly, Sheng Chengan only ran a few steps to catch up.

"Childe Heng stays."

Unexpectedly, a cold male voice came, a smile flashed in Xu Heng's eyes, he tightened the reins, and the horse under him slowly stopped.

"What do you have to do with the Sheng guards?"

Sheng Chengan turned his eyes to look at Rong Huai not far away, and asked in a low voice, "Gongzi Heng, can you let me see the arrow in your hand?" ”

Xu Heng picked up the white feather arrow from the ground just now, and did not put it in the arrow basket behind him, as soon as he heard Sheng Cheng'an's words, his eyes were indifferent, and he raised his hand to slowly put the arrow into the arrow basket.

Sheng Chengan saw his actions and couldn't help frowning.

"There are some things that you don't need to delve into, right?" Xu Heng smiled lightly at the corner of his lips, and said lightly, but his eyes fell on Rong Huai who was not far away, intentionally or unintentionally, "It's good that Your Royal Highness is happy." ”

Sheng Chengan pursed his thin lips, he couldn't see through the young man in front of him, "Why do you do this?" ”

"There are so many things in the world, if Sheng Guard asks why, won't he exhaust himself to death?" Xu Heng smiled, his eyes caught a glimpse of a fiery figure flashing by, a trace of a smile in his eyes, raised his hand and raised the whip in his hand and threw it on the horse, and suddenly rushed out like an arrow.

Sheng Cheng'an looked at the distant figure with cold eyes, at this time, he happened to hear Rong Huai's voice behind him, he couldn't help but shake his head, forget it, no matter, it is indeed as Gongzi Heng said, it is good that His Royal Highness is happy, and he has naturally completed the task given to him by his aunt.

He rode back to Rong Huai's side, and Rong Huai's eyes were full of doubts: "What is Brother Cheng'an doing when he goes to find Gongzi Heng?" ”

Sheng Cheng'an's handsome face pulled a slight smile and said, "The minister went to ask Fang if he had seen the prey next to him where he came." ”

This is unreasonable, Mulan paddock, the prey is fat, and it can be seen everywhere, but it is a pity that Rong Huai is simple-minded, and he didn't think about Sheng Cheng'an's words, he just nodded obediently, and then happily held the snow-white fox, and said happily: "Brother Cheng'an, do you say that my father will praise me?" ”

Sheng Chengan nodded: "Naturally." ”

As soon as he said this, the smile on Rong Huai's face became even stronger.

"Sister Dai." Behind him came the voice of a small teenager.

Su Dai looked back, and saw Xu Heng looking at him with a smile, his eyes were full of smiles, and the appearance of standing with his hands in his hands made her heart feel in a trance.

"What good can you today?" Su Dai walked up to him with a smile and asked softly.

Xu Heng pursed his thin lips and said, "It's nothing, it's just some hares and pheasants." ”

In the autumn hunting of the Mulan paddock, the children of the clan camp will always shoot a lot of prey, and naturally there are no shortage of large ones, such as tigers, leopards, jackals, etc., these things are really long-faced. And the small things such as hare pheasants, each person will shoot some more or less, because they are probably hunted casually, so they will not be counted as a number when they are finally counted.

Although Heng'er is only ten years old, it is indeed not worth boasting about hunting pheasants and hares.

Su Dai naturally understood this truth, seeing that he was still smiling at the beginning, when he asked about the prey, his mood was obviously a little low, and he couldn't help but raise his hand and gently touch the top of his head, and comforted him softly: "It's okay, you are still young, naturally you don't need to compare with them." ”

Xu Heng listened to her words, the corners of his lips were slightly curved, but he didn't speak, and his eyes just fell quietly on the inner supervisor who counted the prey.