Chapter 66: The Hunting Grounds

Zhao Lingshu smiled embarrassedly, and his smile was like a flower in the sun, and his eyes flashed with the most innocent beauty.

Zhao Yechen helped Zhao Lingshu into the carriage, and then he stepped into the carriage and instructed the coachman to drive to the hunting ground with Zhao Lingshu.

The hunting grounds are located on the outskirts of the capital, with deep forests and dense grass, which is most suitable for hunting. Many princes of the family had already arrived early and were gathering together to chat, but several princes and Emperor Liang Wen had not yet arrived.

Zhao Lingshu arrived at the hunting ground, and as soon as he lifted the curtain and walked out of the carriage, he saw An Zhilian.

An Zhilian is dressed in white again today, but he has changed from a long shirt to a riding uniform, and he looks more upright and fluttering like jade. Most of the sons of the family on the field are mainly black, so that An Zhilian is particularly eye-catching and different.

Zhao Lingshu didn't know An Zhilian's identity, and he thought he was an ordinary merchant's son in Ci'an Temple. Now when I saw An Zhilian in the hunting ground, I was very surprised.

"Sister, who is the boy in white? How come I've never seen it before? Zhao Lingshu got out of the carriage and asked a young lady from a family next to him.

"That, that's the son-in-law of the county lord of Anling, and now the son of the world, the name of Anzhilian." The young lady was chatting happily with her friend, and was suddenly stopped by someone, who was a little annoyed, but when she turned around and saw that it was Zhao Lingshu, she put on a smile again and answered patiently.

"Lord Anling? The Son? Zhao Lingshu was taken aback, and his heart was full of thoughts: "The carriage was hit on the road that day, and he also said that he was the sister-in-law of the county lord of Anling, so I hit him on the street, and he was actually him?" ”

Zhao Lingshu remembered An Zhilian's ridicule when he collided on the street, and his face couldn't help but feel a little hot. She tried her best to avoid An Zhihuan and found a remote place to sit down, hoping not to meet An Zhihuan and avoid embarrassment.

An Zhishu saw her when he walked out of the carriage from Zhao Lingshu, he saw that Zhao Lingshu also noticed him, and thought that she would come forward to say hello, but he didn't expect Zhao Lingshu to not only not come to him after seeing him, but avoided himself and sat in the farthest place from him.

An Zhilian was a little confused: "What is this Zhao Lingshu thinking?" ”

Since Zhao Lingshu didn't come to find him, An Zhilian decided to go to her.

Thinking like this, An Zhilian walked directly towards the direction where Zhao Lingshu was.

Zhao Lingshu, who thought that he had escaped An Zhilian's sight and was sitting there playing with his fingers boredly, suddenly appeared a black shadow in front of his eyes in a bright sunshine.

Zhao Lingshu looked up suspiciously, and saw An Zhilian's face that was still handsome after being enlarged.

Zhao Lingshu was taken aback by surprise, and his body immediately reflexively shrank back, and he almost fell down with a chair.

An Zhihuan saw Zhao Lingshu's embarrassment, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to support Zhao Lingshu, who was about to fall.

Zhao Lingshu, who was held steadily, had not yet eased up, but saw An Zhilian smile gently at her.

An Zhilian saluted Zhao Lingshu dignifiedly: "Contemptible An Zhilian, the son of the lord of Anling County." What else is the name of the young lady? ”

Seeing An Zhilian reporting to his home, Zhao Lingshu panicked, hurriedly returned the salute, and then wanted to turn around and leave. Who knew that he was stopped by An Zhilian.

"Miss Zhao, in fact, we know each other, right? I was in a hurry that day and stopped your carriage, and I apologized in a bit of a hurry at the time, and Miss Zhao must still have some mustard in her heart, so now I am here to apologize to Miss again. As he spoke, he saluted Zhao Lingshu uprightly.

Seeing that An Zhilian saluted and apologized, Zhao Lingshu was also embarrassed, and waved his hand again and again: "No need, the prince has already apologized, and I don't mind it for a long time." ”

"May I be like the stars and the moon, and the night will be bright and clean." An Zhilian suddenly recited a poem, tilted his head and looked at Zhao Lingshu with a playful expression.

Zhao Lingshu was very surprised when he heard this: "Isn't this the poem I wrote on the hanging paper on the day I went to Ci'an Temple?" Didn't I already hang the hanging paper under the marriage tree? How did he know? ”

"Where did the prince see this poem?" Zhao Lingshu looked at An Zhilian suspiciously.

"Miss Zhao, when we met on the street that day, I recognized you. The hanging paper you hung on the marriage tree was blown down by the wind, and I happened to pick it up. You still have your signature on the hanging paper, isn't it strange to recognize it? An Zhilian explained with a smile.

Zhao Lingshu was about to say something, but at this moment, a eunuch next to him suddenly shouted in a sharp voice: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

Everyone present knelt down and saluted, and the conversation between Zhao Lingshu and An Zhilian was also interrupted, and they hurriedly knelt down.

On the other side of the road, Emperor Wen Liang and several princes came to the hunting ground together, surrounded by palace maids and eunuch attendants.

"Zhong Aiqing is exempt from courtesy. Today is a hunting competition, not in the palace hall, you don't have to be restrained. Emperor Liang Wendi sat on the dragon chair that he had moved over, and looked at the people kneeling in front of him with a satisfied expression.

Then everyone got up.

As soon as Xiao Qiyun came to the scene, he saw Zhao Lingshu standing in a remote corner, raised his feet and walked over.

When she came to Zhao Lingshu's side, Xiao Qiyun immediately found An Zhilian standing behind her, and there was great hostility in her eyes.

Who doesn't know that now Zhao Lingshu is the sweet and sweet in the eyes of the princes, and the pride of the sky has not yet been obtained, how dare a prince come to grab it?

"Fifth Highness, this is the son-in-law of the lord of Anling County, the son of Anzhilian. He came to apologize for crashing into my carriage the other day. Seeing that the eyes of the two were wrong, Zhao Lingshu hurriedly explained.

"It turned out to be the son of An Ling, disrespectful and disrespectful." Xiao Qiyun pretended to say hello.

The prince is above, and An Zhilian can only salute: "Your Highness." After saying hello, seeing that Xiao Qiyun didn't pay attention to him, An Zhilian left with a familiar understanding.

Xiao Qisheng and Xiao Qiming, who were in the same place, saw the movements of these three people clearly, but they were silent.

Emperor Wen of Liang sat on the throne drinking tea, and a eunuch next to him stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, everything is ready and you can start." ”

When Emperor Wen Liang heard this, he put down his teacup, stood up and announced: "Today's hunting competition will start now, and when it is over, see who catches the most prey, and I will be rewarded." ”

Each contestant took a team of men and horses to the designated hunting grounds to start the hunt. Everyone worked hard to become the one who hunted the most in order to be rewarded by Emperor Wen of Liang.

Several princes also went to the hunting ground with their own teams. Xiao Qiming also brought Chu Lanxi, while Zhao Lingshu followed her brother Zhao Yechen.

As soon as Zhao Lingshu and Zhao Yechen entered the hunting ground, they met Xiao Qiyun's team that came first.

"Miss Zhao, are you willing to hunt with His Highness? All the prey you struck is yours. Xiao Qiyun proposed, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was currying favor with Zhao Lingshu.

"If you can't get the Fifth Highness, the Lingshu won't hunt, I'm afraid that it will drag the back of the Fifth Highness, and it will be a sin for Your Highness not to get the emperor last time." Zhao Lingshu politely rejected Xiao Qiyun again, and then turned around and followed his team and continued to walk forward.

Looking at the back of Zhao Lingshu leaving neatly, Xiao Qiyun's heart was full of unwillingness. But Zhao Lingshu rejected him so many times, and he also lost his patience, turned his horse's head and went in another direction.

A beautiful and agile deer in the forest scurried over the bushes, and Zhao Yechen, who heard the movement, immediately turned around and shot the deer with a bow.

The moment the arrow came out of the bow, two more arrows hit the deer at the same time from somewhere else. The deer has three special red-feathered arrows from the hunting grounds.

Zhao Yechen followed the movement and looked over, and first saw Xiao Qiming, the owner of one of the arrows, standing not far away looking at him.

Zhao Lingshu, who was following Zhao Yechen, got off the horse, and as soon as he walked in front of the injured deer, he saw a fiery red shirt walking towards him. Zhao Lingshu looked up and saw that it was Chu Lanxi who followed Xiao Qiming.

Chu Lanxi smiled gently, and just wanted to talk to Zhao Lingshu, but saw that Zhao Lingshu didn't look at her, and even picked up the deer as if he didn't see her and walked back in the direction of Zhao Yechen.

"Corpse!" Chu Lanxi didn't pretend anymore, and his face also showed anger.

"What's the matter with my sister?" Zhao Lingshu also pretended to be stupid.

Chu Lanxi pointed to the deer in Zhao Lingshu's hand, and then pointed to the red feather arrow on the arrow, the meaning was obvious, she wanted Zhao Lingshu to give her the deer.

"I'm sorry, this deer was shot by my brother, and it stands to reason that it should belong to me and my brother." Zhao Lingshu directly rejected Chu Lanxi's request, and then turned around and left to find Zhao Yechen without looking back.

Seeing that Zhao Lingshu, who was originally obedient to her, suddenly rejected her request so strongly, Chu Lanxi was very annoyed, she looked at Zhao Lingshu's back unwillingly, and her clenched hands were full of fingernails.

Xiao Qiming walked over, hugged Chu Lanxi and comforted: "It's okay, will there be a deer soon?" I'll call you later. Xiao Qiming said as he pulled Chu Lanxi away.

"Your Highness, this Zhao Lingshu is really too blind, that deer was obviously shot by us." Chu Lanxi said to Xiao Qiming aggrievedly.

And Xiao Qiming just pushed her away. Before leaving, Xiao Qiming turned his head and stared at Zhao Lingshu for a while.

Zhao Lingshu, who returned to Zhao Yechen's side, gave the deer to the attendants. Seeing that she came back for a long time, and saw Chu Lanxi and Xiao Qiming walking to Zhao Lingshu's side in turn, Zhao Yechen intuitively felt that something had just happened.

"What just happened?" Zhao Yechen asked worriedly.

"Nothing. I just saw a deer running over there, let's chase it. Zhao Lingshu didn't want to tell Zhao Yechen, but pretended to find an excuse to cover up the past.

Zhao Yechen didn't care, and when he heard Zhao Lingshu's words, he immediately rode in the direction Zhao Lingshu said and continued to hunt.

Zhao Lingshu and Zhao Yechen walked into the depths of the forest, looking around for any prey to shoot, when they suddenly heard someone shouting: "Help!" Anyone? Come and save me! ”

"Brother, someone is calling for help!" Zhao Lingshu said anxiously to Zhao Yechen.

Zhao Yechen followed the sound and rode over directly, Zhao Lingshu also followed, and the two came to the place where the sound originated, and found that a person dressed as an attendant was being chased by a ferocious tiger.

The attendant who was being chased saw Zhao Lingshu and Zhao Yechen, and hurriedly ran in their direction, constantly calling for help while running: "Help me!" I don't want to die! Please save me! ”

Zhao Yechen directly set up the bow and arrow in his hand, and the feather arrow shot out, which happened to hit the tiger's leg, and the tiger struggled a few times, but finally fell to the spot and could no longer move forward.