Chapter 249: The Hunt Begins
At the end of March, the grass grows and the warbler flies, the wind and the sun are beautiful, the whole Shangjing City is thriving, and every qiē is so beautiful, even everyone in the palace is in good spirits, welcoming the arrival of hunting.
The place of hunting is the royal hunting ground, which is located at the bottom of a mountain 100 kilometers away from Kamikyo. It is located in a large area and is a naturally formed jungle at the bottom of the mountain. The trees are dense, the jungle is towering, and there are many rare and exotic beasts inside.
According to the regulations, ministers and family members of the third rank and above are required to participate. Naturally, Wang Ruzhen, a second-class lady, dressed up early, and set off with a large family.
When they got there, the princes and ministers had already arrived at the sacrifice ground. They hurriedly found a place to stand and waited for the old emperor's hunting sacrifice.
Generally speaking, sacrifices are performed before hunting, and there is a special sacrifice ground outside the royal hunting ground, and the Guogong Nunnery next to the sacrifice ground is a place dedicated to the spring and autumn hunting of the emperors of the past dynasties. Xuanyuan Jing would not cross this rule and go directly to the hunting grounds, this kind of sacrifice used a roast suckling pig that was killed only a month old, and a whole sheep sacrifice, just to pray for a good harvest in hunting.
The sacrifice was carried out inside the Kokuko-Nunnery, and due to the limited space, the family members of the ministers were all on the outside memorial ground.
The old emperor also wanted to pray for a bumper grain harvest this year and the people to live and work in peace and contentment.
This kind of spring hunting sacrifice has the meaning of petitioning for the people, but it is extremely solemn and grand, and it has taken half an hour just to sacrifice. Fortunately, it is rare to come to this spring hunt, the location is beautiful, and there are many wild animals in the hunting ground, which makes people's hearts surging.
The process of sacrifice was complicated, and Li Changqing took this opportunity to constantly look around. In her previous life, she had also been here as a queen, so she was more familiar.
Now it seems that except for the fact that the Guogong Nunnery is a little smaller, and it is not as majestic as the expansion of Xuanyuan Chu as the emperor in the previous life, it really hasn't changed at all.
However, when it comes to it, Li Changqing is really reluctant to come to this place.
When she was still the queen, the fence was broken, and a fierce tiger suddenly appeared in the jungle, not only biting several courtiers to death, but also biting the fetus in the womb of Xuanyuan Chu's favorite concubine Su Yueniang to death.
Now, if you think about it carefully, that prominent tiger was actually artificial.
Xuanyuan Chu had only been on the throne for a year, and many ministers were not convinced, and his temper was extremely irritable since he became the emperor, and he would punish or punish the ministers who opposed him at every turn, which made everyone in this court feel comfortable and silent.
If it weren't for her, Li Changqing originally thought about the consolidation of Xuanyuan Chu's later throne, and followed the example of Zhu Yuanzhang's wife, Empress Ma, to be a virtuous and virtuous and benevolent queen. Presumably, in the entire imperial court, those highly respected ministers have long been in different places.
That was the time, presumably Xuanyuan Chu had a grudge and anger towards her, and he was a little guilty. Otherwise, there will be no special favor for Li Changxin in the future.
In the end, Li Changqing now thinks about it carefully. That time, several ministers were bitten to death, Su Yueniang lost her child and lost her life, she also saw their corpses, it was miserable, and she vaguely smelled a strange smell. I didn't care about it at the beginning, but now that I think about it, Xu is body has already been drugged, but they don't know it, and they followed Xuanyuan Chu, a hellish Shura, but finally went to death.
Entering the royal hunting ground again, Li Changqing felt a sense of visual familiarity of returning to his hometown for no reason, as well as a sense of strangeness emanating from the inside of his body.
After the sacrifice, the people had lunch in the tents they had set up in advance, and after a short rest, they began to hunt.
When he arrived at the hunting ground, the emperor had already ridden on the white dragon horse, majestic and solemn, and everyone followed behind, waiting for Xuanyuan Jing's order.
"Father, what kind of competition is there this year, last year the third brother won the tiger skin, and this year's sons are also gearing up, waiting to win the award." Xuanyuan Jia asked loudly after Xuanyuan Jing.
A smile appeared on Xuanyuan Chu's ice-like face, "Prince, this year is not much different from previous years, I heard that this gift that won the first prize is very different from previous years. ”
"Oh? What will it be? Xuanyuan Moyan, who came up, rarely poked out her little head and walked in between the two, and asked curiously.
"Hey, I'll have to ask my father." Xuanyuan Chu pretended to be mysterious.
"Third brother, you always lie to me, you don't know at all, do you?" Xuanyuan Moyan, who had been dressed in fiery red all her life, pouted the corners of her mouth, and ignored Xuanyuan Chu.
"Hahaha, An Le is a ghost." Xuanyuan Jia felt that Xuanyuan Chu was casually messing around, but he just looked at Xuanyuan Jing and waited for orders.
"I'm happy this year, and whoever plays more will win the first prize." Xuanyuan Jing was rarely so happy, his Qi'er actually asked to participate in the hunt for the first time this year, could he not be happy?
"I heard that there is a white fox in this year's hunting ground, so why don't you call for your father to make a dress to wear." Xuanyuan said flatteringly.
"Prince, this year is different from the past, even the sixth brother has come to participate, and this hunt seems to be much more intense." As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Xuanyuan Qi, who was dressed in a purple embroidered golden lotus costume next to him, and saw him as tall as a fairy and in his prime, and his heart skipped a beat for no reason.
"It seems that the sixth brother has the chance to win?" Xuanyuan Chu said mockingly, as far as his soft and weak waste for more than ten years is concerned, it is really bad to wear such good clothes.
Xuanyuan Qi glanced at Xuanyuan Chu lightly, his face was expressionless, but there was a trace of condensation in his eyes. "I thought that the third prince would be ashamed to go out after being found hanging upside down from a branch last time." As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows, and said with an evil face: "Now I think about it too much." After speaking, he didn't look at his appearance, shouted, and rode to the side.
Leaving Xuanyuan Chu behind him, he frowned, and gave Xuanyuan Qi a sinister gaze at his back.
This scene happened to be seen by Li Changqing, who was standing not far away, she frowned slightly, glanced at Xuanyuan Chu, and then looked at the man who was with the sun and the moon, and still shook her head.
Xu felt something, Xuanyuan Qi turned his head and looked at Li Changqing, raised his eyebrows at her, and the corners of his lips curled.
The two looked at each other and laughed silently. When Xuanyuan Chu saw this scene, he stared at Li Changqing with complicated eyes: Li Changqing, you wait! I've got to get you!
"The emperor has decreed that this time, all the princes and ministers who hit the prey will be rewarded." Li Dequan stretched out his voice and read an edict to the people behind him.
When these words came out, in addition to the prince, those generals and ministers were not far behind this time, following behind the emperor, ready to move.
The emperor soon took the lead, the drums shook loudly, and the Praetorian Guards also protected the old emperor. Suddenly, the entire hunting ground was covered in dust, and shouts soared into the sky.
Looking at the figures of everyone in the distance, Li Changqing sat aside and prepared to take a rest, and Murong Beibei brought Xuanyuan Moyan over: "Miss Li, let's have a try!" ”