Chapter 26
When everyone arrived, the prince also began to let everyone choose a suitable horse.
This is the royal paddock, and the princes and princesses naturally have their own horses to keep in the enclosure, and everyone else has to choose the horses in the paddock.
Meng Yuan and the Ninth Princess stood not far behind King Xian, and there was only one him between them and Zhao Chen. Zhao Chen used Zhao Yin to hide his frequent gaze at Meng Yuan, not only Zhao Yin was uncomfortable, but even the prince paid attention to it.
This third brother, obviously came with him, but now he frequently exchanges glances with the second brother, what does he mean?
Who are you preferred?
Zhao Yin was one head and two big, so he simply left here to lead the horse. Zhou Jing is the daughter of Dr. Zhou, and she used to have the opportunity to come here to run horses and hunt, so there were her usual horses in the paddock, and she quickly chose them.
However, Meng Rou, who came with her and Zhao Yin, didn't choose it for a long time, and she saw Meng Yuan walking towards a docile and harmless little white horse, so she sped up her pace and grabbed in front of her, grabbed the reins and said: "Lord, the concubine will choose this horse, today's concubine's clothes are not suitable for hunting, just look at the excitement on the side." β
Zhou Jing snorted lightly and turned over on the horse in a dashing manner.
Zhao Yin stared at the horse for a while before nodding and saying, "Whatever you want." After that, he also got on his tall and mighty black horse.
Meng Rou got on the horse and looked at Meng Yuan with a smile, Meng Yuan changed his face and looked at the other horses without changing his face, and when he was worrying about which one to choose, Zhao Chen appeared with a snow-white horse.
She stopped and smiled at him, and he led the horse to her and handed her the reins.
"This is my horse, so ride it."
After he finished speaking lightly with the corners of his mouth raised, he didn't know how many women present had been fascinated by this smile, even the ninth princess had to admit that his third brother was so perfect that he couldn't find a trace of fault, and it was easy to die alone with such a brother, because no matter what kind of colt he was looking for, he would feel dissatisfied, and it was still a little bit worse.
Zhao Yin said without yin or yang: "The third brother is really generous this time, on weekdays, no one is allowed to ride your horse in the sky, last time I wanted to try it, and I asked it to kick down, do you think Miss Meng can go up?" β
Zhao Chen said quietly: "Just try it and you'll know." After speaking, he glanced at Meng Yuan, took a few steps back and raised his hand, "Miss Meng, please." β
Meng Yuan knew that there was no problem when he saw the look in his eyes just now, so he turned over on the horse very relieved, and the galloping sky really didn't move, looking more well-behaved and docile than the little white horse.
Zhao Yin's expression was quite ugly, with a hint of blackness in his stiffness, and he suppressed his voice and said: "Oh, yes, it seems that Ben Xiao is also with the master, and he is not good to anyone, but to women." β
This is a bit straightforward, doesn't this mean that Zhao Chen is not good to others, but only good to Meng Yuan?
Princess Jing'an was about to refute immediately, but Zhao Chen frowned at her, and she had to hold back again.
"Second Emperor brother, don't make fun of me, it's not too early, don't delay the prince's hunt."
After Zhao Chen finished speaking, he got on an ordinary-looking brown horse that Xingshen migrated, although the horse was not as heroic as the other princes, but the people on the horse had already outperformed them.
Seeing that it was not lively, the prince was a little interested and said, "Then let's go, but are you ready?" Girls, don't be reckless, just watch from afar, if something happens, the gains outweigh the losses. β
Princess Jing'an chuckled and said, "Brother Emperor, don't underestimate our daughter's family, today I will compete with you to see who has the most prey!" β
The prince smiled loudly: "Okay, if the royal sister wins today, Lone will give you the stunning whip you have always wanted." β
Princess Jing'an tilted her head and said, "Then what if someone else takes the lead?" β
The prince said boldly: "This is not simple, since today is Lone's invitation to everyone here, it will be Lone's way to come out of this color." There is a sharp sword, a good whip, a true handiwork, Moyu, you go to the palace to get these three treasures, and those who win the top three today can get one of these three treasures. β
When she heard Yan Dao's true handwriting, Meng Yuan's eyes lit up, but thinking of her equestrian skills, she flattened her mouth and lowered her eyes, not noticing that Zhao Chen took in the changes in her expression.
With Caitou, the nature of everyone's hunting is even higher, and the ninth princess also worked very hard to get that whip, and immediately beat her horse and soon disappeared into the forest.
Ruiwang Zhao Cheng can only ride a horse and walk slowly because of his bad legs, but he is about the same speed as the female guests. The prince and Zhao Chen glanced at each other, the two rode away together, Meng Yuan looked at their backs, and tentatively rode the horse forward, Ben Xiao is not as difficult to get along with as Zhao Yin said, on the contrary, it is very well-behaved and smart, could it be that Zhao Chen has trained in advance?
No, this horse has never seen her, how can he remember her?
When he was distressed, the sound of Zhao Yin beating the horse and leaving also sounded, Meng Yuan glanced at it lightly, Zhou Jing followed behind him, how could Meng Rou's little white horse keep up? can only move forward with her as if she was playing a ticket.
"I didn't expect His Royal Highness King Duan to give you his horse, my sister has a really good relationship with King Duan." Meng Rou said inexplicably, with a little anger in the corners of her eyes.
Meng Yuan moved forward slowly, not getting separated from the other female guests, so as not to get out of any situation.
She smiled very easily, and chatted with the sisters of ordinary families no differently: "Where, the relationship between the side concubine and His Royal Highness King Xian is good, you have only been married for less than a month, and he took you out with him, and I think it is also very good for the side concubine." β
Meng Rou froze inexplicably, her face turned a little pale, and she smiled forcibly: "Where, the prince treats everyone very well, not just for me." β
Meng Yuan shrugged his shoulders and said no more, and rode his horse to the other female guests. They are all the daughters of the important minister's family, and they naturally have a good chat with her, but it is Meng Rou, a married concubine, who is a little difficult to get into.
She rode too small and couldn't run fast, and she couldn't keep up with Zhao Yin, so she was embarrassed for a while.
Meng Yuan was extremely glad that he chose to follow others this time, rather than his decision to run around. If she goes to a place where no one is there and waits for Zhao Chen to fall from the sky according to what she thinks, I am afraid that something will happen.
In this paddock, in addition to small animals, there are also fierce beasts, and if something happens to anyone in this paddock, it is too normal.
No, Ning Xi, the daughter of General Yongning, was running after a rabbit, but the horse suddenly fell while running, she fell off the horse, and a fierce beast ran out in front of her, almost killing her, fortunately, a sharp arrow pierced the vital point of the beast, and then several arrows shot at it, and the sound of horses' hooves kept ringing, it turned out that the prince and several clan sons arrived.
Ning Xi was frightened and fainted on the spot, the prince got off the horse and checked the situation of the horse that Ning Xi was riding, the horse's foot was caught in the trap of the beast, and then the beast fell down, and the beast fell to the ground, there were blood stains on its mouth, and it should be looking for food, and I don't know whose handwriting.
"Your Highness, do you want to ......" The subordinate asked softly, Zhao Xuan threw away a silent look, and straightened up to see the situation in Ning Xi.
Zhao Chen also rushed over at this moment, he first glanced at Meng Yuan, who was watching with the other female guests, and saw that she was safe and sound, and then walked to Ning Xi's side.
Like the crown prince, Zhao Chen also inspected the horses, but he did not remain silent like the crown prince, but spoke out about it.
"The fact that I want to come to the paddock to hunt has already been announced, why are there traps here?" Zhao Chen said with a cold face, "Someone is coming, the official who manages the paddock will be transmitted, today is the crown prince's timely arrival, if it is late, Miss Ning has three long and two short, I don't need to ask for his head." β
Zhao Xuan said with a worried face: "Yes, first send Miss Ning to the camp to rest, and by the way, send the imperial doctor over and let someone from the General's Mansion pick her up." β
The subordinates received the order to do it, and Zhao Yin, who rushed to the side of the beast when he heard the news, bent down and looked at it: "Big brother has such a good receipt at the beginning today, it will be difficult for a few of us to surpass it in the future." β
Zhao Xuan said humbly: "Where, this is the prey I shot with everyone, and it is not counted in the statistics." β
Zhao Yin casually hooked his lips: "Big brother is really generous, even so, we can't refute your good intentions, so let's decide." β
Zhao Xuan said "uh", it was not so pleasant to see, at this moment, the official in charge of the horse farm arrived, and said that there was absolutely no omission in the matter of the trap, and if there was a lie, he was willing to die in Lingchi.
Daring to make such a poisonous oath really doesn't seem like their problem.
The prince looked at the crowd and said, "I don't think it has much to do with the paddock." He paused, and waited for everyone to look at it before continuing, "There is still blood on the beast's mouth, it must have come here to eat, I think, someone deliberately led it here, trying to harm someone." β
As soon as these words came out, everyone was in no mood to hunt, everyone present was extraordinary, and it was a big deal to hurt any of them, who was so stupid and so bold that he dared to do anything in hunting?
Unable to find a reason for a while, the prince took the lead and continued the hunt, and the others all echoed with interest.
In the end, the result of the hunt was Zhao Xuan first, the Nine Princesses second, Zhao Chen third, Zhao Yin fourth, and the belated Five Princes fifth, and other rankings were not included in the ranking.
Of course, the prince who won the first place was very happy, and the ninth princess originally wanted the whip, so she was not annoyed when she took the second one, and happily accepted the prince's gift.
When Zhao Chen took over the authentic painting of Yan Dao from the prince's hand, he heard the prince reassure: "Although it is not as valuable as the previous two heirloom treasures, it is also a rare painting in the world, and the third brother should not dislike it." β
Zhao Chen smiled and said, "How come, what I want most is it." β
Zhao Xuan: "Oh? With a sigh, I saw Zhao Chen walking to Meng Yuan, who had been watching, with the scroll in hand, and handed her the painting in front of all the female guests.
"I'll send you."
It's just two words, but it makes all the men present have sore teeth and all the women envy.
Meng Yuan looked at the painting in surprise and said, "This is not good, this is the hard work of His Royal Highness King Duan, how can I win people's love......"
Zhao Chen didn't want to say more, so he said "take it" and stuffed it to her, then turned around and returned to the men.
I only heard him say lightly: "Brother Emperor, I will be here first today, I will go first." β
The crown prince nodded and said, "The third brother has something urgent to do?" β
Zhao Chen held the bow in his backhand and said slowly: "It's a matter of what happened to the royal enclosure today, I have to give Miss General an explanation, and also make General Yongning feel at ease." β
Meng Rou's expression flickered when she heard this, and she hid behind Zhao Yin slightly. Meng Yuan had been paying attention to her, and when he saw her like this, he knew that this matter had something to do with her, and her target was likely to be herself.
However, in the royal paddock, she doesn't look like someone with this ability, so who is helping her? Could it be......
Guan Ju Palace, Concubine Lin stroked her bulging abdomen, and was eating fruit when she heard someone report something.
"Pass him in." Lin Guifei said lazily.
The slave maid brought the person in, Lin Guifei retreated from the others, and when she heard the man's report, she was so angry that she almost moved the fetus.
"These two sluts are really unreliable, and they have borrowed someone for them to use at a loss, and they have caused me this kind of trouble! β¦β¦β
"Mother's anger." The man said, "The servant has already asked the person you sent to Concubine Meng, and said that it was very clean, and you can't find Niangniang here." β
Lin Guifei sneered: "If you can't find me here, if you find either of the two of them, the hard work wasted by this palace on them will be in vain, it's really a waste!" β
The man echoed: "What Niangniang said is extremely true, after all, she is just a distant relative of three thousand miles, and it is useless to give them a chance. However, in fact, it is not impossible to do it, as long as King Duan does not investigate deeply and puts the blame on the head of the paddock, he will ......"
"Whimsical." Lin Guifei directly interrupted him, snorted coldly and said, "Why do you think King Duan took the initiative to take this matter?" β
The man suddenly realized: "He isβ"
I've known it for a long time, and I'm waiting for them here!
Prime Minister Meng Cheng was reading the official document in the study of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and when he heard the knock on the door, he said, "Come in", Han Ning saluted and walked to his side, and after telling all the things in today's paddock, Prime Minister Meng Cheng showed a secret smile on his face.
"I'm just waiting for him to make a move." Prime Minister Meng Cheng put down the official document and said with a smile, "This is not only better than keeping a hidden danger at home, but also better than offending Concubine Lin in person, we will reap the benefits of the fisherman." β
Han Ning said: "Xiangye means that Aunt Lin ......"
"I can't keep it." Prime Minister Meng Cheng said without emotion, and then stood up and stroked his palms and laughed, "This Duan Wang is quite open-minded, and he is worthy of being the old man's future son-in-law." β
The corners of Han Ning's mouth twitched, Xiangye, you kept scolding Duanwang and the little rabbit cub a few nights ago......