Chapter Seventy-Six: The Hunt

Leaving the palace, Jinru's expression was full of worry, she never knew that her aunt had an old disease of angina, but today she saw that she was sick, her face was as pale as paper, and she was extremely uneasy at this time.

What worries her even more is that it seems that her aunt doesn't like Jinyi a little.

Obviously, when I gave a New Year's gift last time, I was very concerned about Jinyi when I saw my aunt's appearance, and I asked a lot of things about her. Yesterday, I specially asked someone to instruct her, and today I invited her to come over.

Although there were some bad rumors outside, the aunt Jin Ru saw had always been gentle and kind, and she never even spoke loudly.

Jin Yi sat beside her silently, without saying a word, and there was no emotion on her face.

Jin Ruyu hesitated to speak, "Sister Yi,...... My aunt hasn't seen anyone else in the past few years, except for me and my brother, maybe she's a little unaccustomed to it for a while, don't worry. ”

Jin Yi was stunned for a long time, and smiled lightly, that smile was a little bitter, "I'm nothing." ”

Jin Ru still wanted to persuade her, but seeing Jin Yi's eyes, it seemed that she didn't want to mention it anymore, so she had to keep her mouth shut.

When the carriage returned to the Qingrong Marquis's mansion, Jinru saw that she was still silent, and her face had lost the quiet smile on her face, knowing that she was uncomfortable in her heart, and she didn't know how to comfort her. He deliberately said lightly, "Why don't I accompany you to go out for a walk, there are a lot of lanterns selling on the street these days, let's go buy some and come back, and go out on the fifteenth day to put the lanterns." ”

When Jin Yi heard this, she remembered that Xiaolou had invited her to enjoy the lanterns together on the Yuan Festival, and she felt a little helpless sour in her heart.

"That Buddha picture hasn't been touched for the past few days, and it's almost the fifteenth day of the handover. I've got to get it out quickly, so I won't go out today. You ask Jinxuan to accompany you to go shopping. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Jinru to speak, he instructed the coachman to send Jinru to the Changfeng Marquis Mansion, got out of the car and entered through the side door, and went straight to Fu Jinxuan, Qiao Wei and Qian Mo hurriedly followed her.

Jin Ru has no owner of the six gods, and when he returned to the Changfeng Marquis Mansion, he went to find his brother, and the partial housekeeper said that Jin Xuan also accompanied the emperor to Zhongshan today.

Jin Ru couldn't, so he had to go back to Ying Bixuan alone.

As soon as Jin Yi returned to the house, he instructed Qiao Wei to put up the embroidery frame. Qiao Wei and Qian Mo glanced at each other, but they didn't dare to speak. I had to see her sitting alone in front of the shelf and concentrating on embroidery.

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During the emperor's palace banquet yesterday, he talked about the art of riding and archery with the Zhenguo Gonghuan Court, and on a whim he decided to go to the Zhongshan hunting ground to hunt today.

The emperor was in great interest, and in addition to the Zhenguo Gonghuan Court, the prince and Sima Jue, the king of the East China Sea, also went together. There is also the loyal and righteous Gongzu Xun, although he is over sixty years old, he is still old and strong. Sima Yulou, Zu Juntian, Qin Jinxuan, and all the children of the Huan family went with him.

Zhongshan Mountain is continuous and widespread, and as this part of the royal hunting ground, it is not forbidden for the powerful in Beijing to enter on weekdays. Today, the emperor personally arrived, and the Xiaoqi Battalion and Xiongqu Battalion, who were in charge of the royal guards, checked the hunting ground within a radius of dozens of miles early in the morning, and forbade idle people to enter.

Some deer, foxes and other small beasts in the forest were startled by the movement of the forbidden army, and they were running around in a hurry. The younger generation is a little eager to try it when they ride on the horse.

The emperor glanced at the group of young people behind him, and said with a smile with the loyal and righteous Gongzu Xun beside him: "Although the horses have been put in Nanshan and the swords and soldiers have been put into the warehouse in these years, the cavalry and archery of the younger generation still cannot be left behind, so let them all show their skills today." ”

Since the emperor ascended the throne, he had used troops in Beisai in the early years, and the three sons of the loyal and righteous family were all killed on the battlefield, and the tragic situation of the day can be imagined.

Later, Zu Xun personally led the troops and fought hard for three years, and finally repelled all the Karasuma people in the northern Sai and drove them far north of the Hetao.

Afterwards, the emperor rewarded the ancestral family for their loyalty, and the title of the Duke of Loyalty and Righteousness was ranked before the Duke of Zhenguo, but in addition to the old Zu Xun, there was only one young son left in the ancestral family, who was prominent, but no one entered the court as an official.

Zu Xun's hair has long been gray, and he is still the old minister that the emperor relies on the most, and he laughed when he heard this: "The old minister is no longer able to shoot arrows, the emperor is at his peak, but he is much stronger than them." ”

The emperor laughed happily and said to everyone behind him: "Today, I will take a look at the skills of your young people, and the first one will be rewarded." ”

Everyone cheered, and in a hurry, they rode their horses to the prey in the woods in front of them.

The crown prince Sima Jue was not in a hurry, stopped in front of the emperor's horse, and said with a smile: "Father, when the child shoots a white fox back today, can he give the fur to the queen mother?" ”

The Emperor laughed heartily when he heard this, "Good, good." Your queen mother will like it when she sees it. ”

Sima Jue entered the tree, and the attendants around him scattered to find the white fox for him.

He saw Sima Yulou coming from there from a distance, rushed up with his horse, and stopped him with a smile, "Brother Yulou, I heard that you fell in love with the second lady of the Qin family, what a good eyesight." ”

Sima Yulou looked at him with a smile, with the same white and purple appearance, Jin Yi looked charming and moving, but she was slightly feminine on the prince. He smiled and said, "I'm looking at her well." ”

"I don't know how many noble girls in Jianye City are going to cry bitterly." The prince laughed, "Speaking of which, she still has to call the queen mother an aunt, and she can be regarded as my cousin." ”

As he was talking, there was a commotion in the woods over there, and a snow-white fox was surrounded by people and had nowhere to escape, and rushed towards the two of them in a hurry.

The prince hurriedly took off the bow and arrow on the side of the saddle, and before he could aim the arrow, the white fox had already run away, and he shot an arrow, but he was not castrated enough and fell short, and he was busy chasing after the horse.

Behind him, an arrow feather flew out, the arrow was fast, the end of the feather cut through the air, with a sharp roar, right in the left foot of the white fox.

The white fox was hit hard by the arrow, and although he was only injured on his foot, he was shocked and fainted.

The guards on the side hurriedly rode over, picked it up, and presented it to the prince.

The prince turned his head in astonishment, looked at Sima Yulou behind him, who was calmly hanging the longbow in his hand back on the saddle, his light purple eyes shrank slightly, and then, he showed an admiring smile, "Brother Yulou is really superb in archery!" ”

Sima Yulou smiled casually and said, "This white fox will be transferred to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

With that, he arched his hand to him and rode towards another mountain forest.

On this day, everyone gained a lot, but the prince never encountered the white fox again, and finally had to present the one with an arrow in the leg to the emperor.

Sima Jue, the king of the East China Sea, offered a sable to the emperor, but it was caught with a net and was not injured at all.

The emperor was extremely happy, and casually tore off a jade pendant with a black jade unicorn pattern on his waist and rewarded him.

Sima Yulou was worried that Jinyi was coming to the palace today, and he didn't know what his mother's impression of her was. When shooting, I was a little absent-minded and didn't get much.

The most prey is Qin Jinxuan and Zu Juntian.

The emperor was overjoyed, praised the two of them a few words, and smiled at Zu Xun: "Juntian is quite a father's style. ”

When Zu Xun saw his grandson fighting, he also felt that there was light on his face, and said with a smile: "This child has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, but he is also diligent, but his temperament is too lazy. is not like Jinxuan, who took the title at a young age, and is busy in the Ministry of Industry every day, and he will definitely make a difference in the future. ”

The emperor nodded yes, rewarded Jin Xuan with a saber he carried, and gave a dagger with a purple gold jade sheath to Zu Juntian.

Jin Xuan stepped forward to thank him, but his expression was calm. Zu Juntian smiled, swaggered up to Zu Xun, handed him the dagger, and said loudly: "Grandpa, I will earn face for you in front of the emperor." ”

Zu Xun kicked him with a smile, "You kid, when will you learn to be more steady." ”

The emperor nodded again and said approvingly: "Jin Xuan has a stable temperament, and after a few years of training, he will be a big person in the future." Jun is naturally pure and straightforward, and it is also good. ”