Chapter Seventy-Three: The Battle of the Deer
When everyone heard this, they were ashamed. Xindao, don't you just can't hold it back, and you want to work with Qiao Fengzhi? It is also righteous and awe-inspiring, and scatters so many mandarin ducks with one stick.
After listening to his words, Emperor Qiandi sighed in his heart. After so many years, he, as a father, has nothing to control over this son's absurd behavior, and he can't be scolded and can't be saved. Ay......
"Queen Mother, tell me, do you mean what I said?" Huo Jingyao hurried up again to ask the queen.
The queen finally stopped laughing, and when she saw him chasing after her and asking, she couldn't help but laugh for a while, and then said: "Okay, okay, what you said is also reasonable, then from tomorrow, men will work together, women will work together, this will always work, right?" ”
Emperor Qian, seeing that the queen had agreed, had nothing to say, so he had to snort coldly and leave with the queen.
Sure enough, as soon as the emperor left, Huo Jingyao exposed the stuffing in public, and immediately pounced on Qiao Fengzhi's side and said: "Fengzhi Fengzhi, from tomorrow onwards, I will break buds with you, and you will only be responsible for sitting and drinking tea in the field, and I'll wave my arms and break it!" After that, he leaned into Qiao Fengzhi's ear and whispered: "Until I break your heart!" ”
Everyone saw that the two of them were sticking together again and whispering, and seeing that there was no big drama to sing, they all dispersed one after another.
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It wasn't until the second day that Yao Duran knew that Huo Jingyao's proposal was really not good. I don't know if it was arranged by others, or by coincidence, Yao Duran and Huo Jingrou were together. In the long bud rice ditch, she is on the left, Huo Jingrou is on the right, one person and one row of buds, just break down.
Although Huo Jingrou is a princess, she plows every year, and she has practiced these jobs perfectly, and she is not squeamish when she does it.
Yao Duran worked quietly, only to feel that the atmosphere was dead and silent, which made her uncomfortable.
After breaking like this for a while, Yao Duran suddenly heard her call her name: "Yao Duran." ”
Yao Duran was stunned for a moment, and then turned her head to look at her: "What does the princess command?" ”
Huo Jingrou didn't turn around, still doing the work in her hands, and said, "Do you think this princess has given up?" ”
After hearing this, Yao Duran's heart sank, and the matter was really not over. She had nothing to say.
After being quiet for a while, I only heard Huo Jingrou say again: "I don't make trouble, it doesn't mean I give up." The Queen Mother is right, if I really love him, I should think about him. When he first came to Nanqian, he hadn't yet gained a firm foothold, so I shouldn't be too publicistic about giving him the enemy of the Jia family. ”
"So what?" Yao Duran asked lightly.
Huo Jingrou said: "Yao Duran, in fact, I didn't want Qiao Fengzhi to abandon you, I just wanted you to retreat to the concubine room, we can still coexist." ”
After hearing this, Yao Duran said without hesitation: "Okay, I am willing to retire to the concubine position." The princess can go and discuss with Qiao Fengzhi. ”
When Huo Jingrou heard this, she turned to look at her, and said slightly angrily: "You don't use him to press me!" Yao Duran, I tell you, sooner or later he will be willing! I advise you to quit first in order to save some face for you, lest you be so embarrassed that you won't be able to get off the stage if he is abandoned in the future! ”
Yao Duran didn't care to look at her, turned around and continued to work, and said in an indifferent tone: "Then Twilight thanks Her Royal Highness the princess for her kindness." It's just a pity that Twilight is the kind of person who toasts and doesn't eat and drinks. No matter what the outcome is in the future, as long as the things are still in my hands, I will never take the initiative to give up, and I will survive until the day when I can't keep them. ”
There was silence behind him, but Yao Duran felt like a man's back. After a long time, she heard Huo Jingrou snort coldly and said, "Okay, then it depends on which of us can survive whom." ”
Both of them stopped talking and went their separate jobs. In the suffocating atmosphere, suddenly there was the sound of footsteps. Yao Duran looked sideways, only to see that it was Qiao Fengzhi. However, when Qiao Fengzhi saw Huo Jingrou working with her, he was not surprised, as if he had already known. He saluted as usual: "Weichen has seen Princess Roufu. ”
Huo Jingrou saw that he had come to Yao Duran openly, and a trace of anger crossed her eyes, but she didn't speak, turned her head and went back to work.
Qiao Fengzhi was also useless, as if no one was there to build a fire in the field, he went to pick a few tender buds, and then said: "Dye'er, come here, roast buds for your husband to eat." ”
Yao Duran looked at Huo Jingrou's back unnaturally, and said, "I don't eat, you go back to work." ”
"No, come here." Qiao Fengzhi put the bud rice on the wooden branch and roasted it on the fire, and soon there was a faint fragrance.
Yao Duran simply ignored him and only worked seriously. After Qiao Fengzhi roasted for a while, who knew that a voice came unexpectedly: "It's such a kind fragrance, I don't know if there is a share of the main hall?" ”
Several people all looked sideways, only to see that Huo Jingcheng had come again.
"Your Highness, can you still have your share of this field full of buds?" Qiao Fengzhi smiled lightly, but he had another thought in his heart, he came suddenly, is it really a coincidence?
"When the main hall passed, it was attracted by the fragrance, but I didn't expect it to be worth the trip." Huo Jingcheng said, also broke off a few bud rice sticks, and then sat on the ground by the fire, slowly roasting it.
"You two also rest, come and bake the bud rice." Huo Jingcheng said to the two women, and Huo Jingrou obediently walked over and sat down.
The four of them roasted a bud rice around the fire, and after roasting it for a while, the flavor of the rice became stronger and stronger.
Huo Jingrou suddenly said to Huo Jingcheng: "Sixth brother, since you value Master Qiao so much, why don't you send some people to protect Mrs. Qiao from today, lest anyone worry that I will eat his wife, and put down my work and run to protect my beloved wife." ”
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere was slightly awkward.
Qiao Fengzhi said: "The princess is too careful, Weichen is a little worried by His Royal Highness King You, so he just came to relax, there is no other intention, I hope the princess will be clear." ”
Huo Jingrou stopped talking.
Huo Jingcheng diverted the topic at the right time and asked, "Fengzhi, have you heard of the battle of the deer in Lintian Mountain Garden?" ”
Qiao Fengzhi said: "The battle of the deer in the mountain garden has been heard by Wei Chen. Every year, after all the farm work is over, His Majesty will hold a battle for the deer in the mountain garden, and the winner will win the deer. ”
Huo Jingcheng patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Not bad." Speaking of which, this battle for the deer is won by the king every year, so the deer is the mounter, and Nanqian only inherits the king alone. As for this year, the palace will choose you and Du Yan as help, and then let's see the battle situation. ”
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In the blink of an eye, another seven days had passed, and all the work in the bud rice field was done. Emperor Qian's dragon Yan Dayue called for the annual royal event - the battle of the deer.
The so-called battle of chasing the deer is to release a well-trained giant deer on the Lintian Mountain in the mountain garden, and each of the princes will choose two right-hand men to go up the mountain to capture the giant deer, and the winner will be his own mount, and he can also get a heavy reward from His Majesty. Those who lose it will not be able to do so.
As for the other courtiers, if they want to observe, they can go up the mountain to watch, but they can't participate in the war.
In addition, the queen also called for the annual hunting activities, and personally led the princesses and officials to hunt in the forest, and those who got the most prey also had a heavy reward.
Yao Duran didn't know how to hunt at all, and even his horse skills were very rusty, but the queen personally called for it, so she couldn't help but participate, so she had to accept the riding and archery suit distributed by the queen. The heart entered the forest and walked around at will, but the queen didn't say that there would be punishment if she couldn't hunt.
All things were decided, and everyone rested for the night. Early the next morning, in front of the dense forest at the foot of the Lintian Mountain, there was already a sea of people, and all the princes were ready to go, as long as the drums of war sounded, they could lead their respective helpers up the mountain through the dense forest in front of them.
Emperor Qian looked at his sons and said loudly: "This battle is just a game, and those who can get it don't have to be strong." ”
"Yes." The six princes responded in unison.
Emperor Qiandi came to a big drum, took the drumstick in the hands of the guards, and struck it himself, and the drum sounded loudly and thickly.
"Ride-" The kings waved their whips in unison, several horses neighed and galloped out, and a group of people rushed into the dense forest and up the mountain.
After they were gone, the queen rode on her horse, looked back at the women who were hunting, and saw that they were all dressed in strong suits, and they were all a little more heroic than in the past. The queen laughed, "That's very good! Let's show the men, we're not embroidered pillows. ”
The women laughed and echoed.
The queen smiled and asked, "Are you ready?" ”
Everyone responded again, and the queen finally gave an order: "Go!" ”
When the words fell, there was another roar of horses' hooves, and the women began to ride their horses into the forest.
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In the Tianshan Mountain, thousands of rocks are showing, the mountains are towering and green, and the mountains and rivers are full of blue colors and rivers can be generally painted.
The kings and men from all walks of life have gradually attacked, looking for the figure of the giant deer.
However, after Huo Jingcheng went up the mountain, he was not in a hurry to find deer, but looked leisurely and meaningless, as if he was not participating in the war, but walking leisurely in the mountains and forests, enjoying the scenery along the way.
Qiao Fengzhi and Du Yan followed behind him, and the three of them rode their horses slowly. Du Yan became more and more anxious, and said: "Your Highness, if you continue to be so casual, I am afraid that you will be left behind." ”
Huo Jingcheng didn't care: "It's okay, it's not in a hurry." ”
The three of them still walked slowly, and after walking for a while, a yellow figure suddenly swept in front of them, Du Yan saw that it was the figure of Canglu, and immediately spurred the horse to chase after him, but at this time, he was stopped by Qiao Fengzhi: "Don't move!" ”
Du Yan was puzzled and said hurriedly: "Seeing the figure of the giant deer, why don't you chase it?" ”
Qiao Fengzhi said profoundly: "What is the battle of the deer? Competing in the world is the act. ”
Du Yan was half-convinced and didn't know whether to move or not, but he saw Huo Jingcheng looking at Qiao Fengzhi with a smile and boasted: "Fengzhi, you really know this hall." ”
Qiao Fengzhi smiled lightly and said confidently: "His Royal Highness is not a loser in the battle of the deer in the past few years, but a willing loser. This year is no different. ”
Huo Jingcheng saw that he spied so thoroughly, and couldn't help but smile and become deeply interested: "Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”
Qiao Fengzhi said: "Since going up the mountain, His Highness has been so leisurely, Feng Zhi has concluded that His Highness is willing to be a loser." Of course, there is a reason for His Highness in this. In my humble opinion, this is clearly a trick to support the strong with the weak. In the final analysis, the battle is just a game, and what His Majesty wants to see through this game is only the heart of the kings, not the ability. Then whoever is serious will lose, lose because the desire to win is too strong, lose in the limelight, and show ambition. So it's not easy to be a winner, it's better to be inappropriate. ”