Volume 1 Dongchang Yan (Sweet Pet) Chapter 44 Hunting Competition
Leng Qingtang never expected that he would be choked by a little girl.
He stopped writing and looked at her with his eyelids raised, his expression a little overwhelmed.
Gu Yunxi was a little frightened, and secretly guessed whether the overseer's next performance would be like the Double Ninth Festival, and he would be angry with her.
Silently bowing her head, she secretly peeked at the Overseer with the rest of her eyes, and found that the Overseer's face was clearly interested, and she immediately came to her senses.
Just now, Leng Qingtang was really secretly thinking about what trick to use to punish Gu Yunxi a little. But he soon thought of the experience of scaring her to cry during the Chung Yeung Festival, so he didn't dare to repeat the old trick.
Forget it, it's nothing to be teased by her occasionally, who let herself fall in love with this naughty and cute little girl! From the moment his eyes fell, his eyes and heart were filled with her smile!
Leng Qingtang put down the official document and looked at the red book in Gu Yunxi's hand, and immediately straightened his face.
"You know that you are greedy for play, and you don't concentrate on hard work!"
"Why aren't you paying attention? I've written a few words! β
was reprimanded by the overseer, Gu Yunxi looked unwilling, pursed his lips and pushed the red book in front of the overseer.
Leng Qingtang picked up the book and looked at it carefully.
The red block letters are also decently described, and every stroke is strictly in accordance with the mold of the words. The undried ink reflects the candlelight, revealing an ethereal beauty in the elegance.
Leng Qingtang pretended not to be satisfied, and muttered:
"I haven't finished a word of hard work, and I still say that I am concentrating? See for yourself, how many words of apostrophes and strokes have been traced? β
Leng Qingtang returned the notebook and raised his eyes to stare at Gu Yunxi's actions.
Gu Yunxi was surprised, and when he looked carefully at the notebook, he always felt that his description was not as unbearable as the overseer said, he frowned and blinked, his face condensed a few times of displeasure, and he craned his neck and said in a muffled voice:
"The Overseer said I didn't write well, so show me what you wrote! I'm almost sixteen, and it's not like I haven't learned to write with the gentleman in the Gongyuan, and I will be scolded by you for painting red! β
Looking at her delicate little face and instantly turned into a bulging little bun, Leng Qingtang felt funny and funny.
The little girl actually had a little trouble with him, which shows that she really regards him as her closest person! This moved and relieved Leng Qingtang.
I didn't hurt her in vain-
Official documents are confidential and cannot be displayed to others. So he took a blank piece of paper, left a poem on the white paper with a pen in his hand, and handed it to Gu Yunxi.
She was dumbfounded.
Book on paper:
The distant mountains are slightly left, and the near islands are green. If the sea collects the city, the mermaid hides the house. Suyun is like waiting for the dawn, returning to the tide to solve the Tibetan spirit. The Japanese mother patrolled to the east, and Yu will take Taining.
Gu Yunxi didn't understand the meaning of this poem, but she recognized a majestic momentum from the overseer's handwriting.
The handwriting that is pretentious and dense can indeed make people look at it, and they can immediately imagine the image of a majestic man who is vigorous and free, and is not a small family.
Gu Yunxi read the whole poem carefully from beginning to end, although he was confused about the poetry, he also found something, and his jade-like fingers pressed on the sentence "Suyun is like waiting for the dawn, and returning to the tide to relieve the Tibetan spirit", and smiled in surprise:
"Did you choose this psalm because it implies my name? There is a word for 'cloud' and 'tide' in the sentence you just said! β
The little girl is so smart, she has a little brain-
Leng Qingtang happily stroked Gu Yunxi's head and replied with a smile: "Exactly." β
"The Overseer knows so much, you must have read a lot of books, right?"
Gu Yunxi's eyes looked at Leng Qingtang, and the five-body admiration and affection were intertwined, as dazzling and charming as reflecting the brilliance of the stars.
Leng Qingtang's smile was faint:
"Reading and cooking are the same, they don't happen overnight, they are all accumulated day after day, year after year. In the future, I will teach you slowly. β
"I like to see you write, you can write me another one!" Gu Yunxi entangled the overseer, and he was deeply affectionate.
"Good!"
Leng Qingtang took a blank piece of paper again, and his eyes swept softly on Gu Yunxi's innocent but charming melon seed face, dyed with a warm smile.
After a few strokes, a vertical column of words fell on the white paper:
My Fair Lady, Gentleman.
"The meaning of this sentence must have been taught to you by the old gentleman, right?"
His eyes burned at her, his eyelashes casting a mottled shadow on his handsome white face, making him more and more tender.
Gu Yunxi picked up the page and looked at it, suddenly felt a little ashamed, folded the paper and covered it on his chest, and stood up from the chair.
"Overseer, I'm ...... I'm sleepy and want to go back to sleep......"
"I'll send you."
Taking advantage of Leng Qingtang to lead the way, Gu Yunxi quietly tucked the origami into his clothes.
Under the corridor, Leng Qingtang handed the lantern to her.
The night was dark, and there was silence everywhere. Only a red light in the lantern was in a trance, reflecting two figures, one tall and one short, which were extremely hazy.
Leng Qingtang suddenly lowered his head, kissed Gu Yunxi on the cheek, and whispered: "Walk carefully, go back slowly, sleep well." β
"Hmm." She nodded shyly, her expression full of reluctance.
The Admiral's Mansion is not as comfortable as Dongchang, and the Overseer can't live in the same courtyard as her, which makes her feel as if she has lost a corner of her heart. With a little regret and loneliness, Gu Yunxi walked around the corridor with a lantern and entered the courtyard all the way.
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Mid-October β
Leng Qingtang was sullen when he came back from the palace.
"What's the matter, Overseer?" Gu Yunxi took a cup of hot tea and asked softly.
Leng Qingtang thought about it, his face was gloomy, and he raised his eyes and asked Gu Yunxi:
"In two days, the palace will hold an annual hunting competition, would the girl like to go with me?"
"Naturally!" Gu Yunxi agreed without thinking about it.
Qing'er was busy packing up her things next to her, and interjected:
"Master, it's only been a few days since our girl learned to ride a horse. What is the reason for the chaos of the hunting competition? If you want to go, I'll go with the girl! β
Gu Yunxi was suddenly unhappy, and shook his face: "Go!" Don't mess around, I'll ride a horse! β
Qing'er grimaced and continued to go about her business.
How did Leng Qingtang not understand Gu Yunxi's riding skills?
It's just that after the dynasty this morning, Wan Yuyao of Yongning Palace suddenly passed him on, talked to him about the hunting competition in two days, and specially instructed him to take his little apprentice Yun Guan'er to her to see.
It didn't take long for the feud with Xichang to settle down, and the incident had not completely subsided, and Leng Qingtang was unwilling to go with Gu Yunxi in his heart.
He didn't worry about anything else, he was afraid that the play that the imperial concubine sang was instigated by Minglan, and the sinister villain suffered a loss, and he couldn't tell what conspiracy was being planned behind his back.
But right now, as soon as the imperial concubine Chrysostom came out, it was probably not possible to deliberately refuse her.
Taking a sip of tea, Leng Qingtang stood up and walked out, and instructed Gu Yunxi in the room without looking back:
"I'll go back to Dongchang, don't wait for me for lunch!"
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Two days later, the autumn was crisp and the fields were goldenβ
The Imperial Forest Army laid a defensive line around Yuyu Mountain in the western suburbs of the capital, and Emperor Jingxiao and hundreds of civil and military officials lined up neatly.
The auspicious time has arrived, the officers and soldiers released the trapped beasts in each cage, and the brigade began to chase and hunt.
This year, there is a rare white deer among these beasts, Emperor Jingxiao decreed, the first to hunt the white deer, cut off the antlers and donate is the winner, the prize is a thousand taels of gold.
At the beginning of the competition, Leng Qingtang did not rush into the mountains and forests with all kinds of horses, but took Gu Yunxi to the front of a horse team.
"Weichen greets the imperial concubine."
turned over and dismounted, Leng Qingtang took off his robe and bowed.
When he came, he told Gu Yunxi not to talk much, and she learned from him what he did.
Gu Yunxi saw the overseer kneeling, and hurriedly loosened the reins on her jujube red horse, and without saying a word, she knelt down directly and bowed her head to the woman in front of her who was surrounded by the eunuchs and palace maids.
The woman was dressed in a beautiful and fiery red riding costume, with a gilded tortoiseshell saddle and silver threaded reins decorating a white high-headed horse, and her temperament was noble and luxurious.
"Hmm...... He's your apprentice? β
Wan Yuyao rode on horseback, looked at Gu Yunxi absentmindedly, and then ordered: "Raise your head and tell the palace to take a look." β
"Minions...... Yes, sir. β
Although he was honestly afraid, Gu Yunxi still raised his head slowly very carefully, and his eyes always lowered to look at the yellowed and decaying grass and trees on the ground.
Leng Qingtang told her the rules, no matter when, she should not raise her eyes and look directly at the master.
Wan Yuyao looked at Gu Yunxi and was slightly stunned, then raised her eyebrows, her face was slightly happy:
"It's not a loss that Lord Leng has a crush on, he is really handsome and smart, and he looks honest. How old are you? β
"Back to my mother's words, the slave is fifteen this year."
Seeing that "he" understood the rules and spoke in a voice like a pearl and jade, Wan Yuyao nodded happily:
"Well, that's good...... Follow your master to learn the rules well, and you will have the opportunity to serve the masters in the palace in the future. Okay, people can rest assured when they see this palace. Go ahead, the palace will rush to the emperor's side. β
"The ministers are leaving."
Leng Qingtang lowered his eyes and bowed his hand, got up and led Gu Yunxi to pull the horse and walk for a while, away from Wan Yuyao's guard of honor, and then got on the horse and drove into the mountains and forests.
"Overseer, is that the Imperial Concubine?"
Gu Yunxi carried a bow and arrows on his back, rode a horse and followed the overseer, inquiring curiously.
"Yes." Leng Qingtang replied with a word, which was simply simple.
"What does she want to see me for?" Gu Yunxi asked again.
This time the Overseer did not reply, and kicked the horse's belly hard with his heel to speed up the horse.
In the depths of the mountains and forests, Xiao Xiaoshen and Yuan Qian took a few Fan Wei to argue with the people of Xichang.
Leng Qingtang stepped forward, reined in the horse and asked, "Xiao Shen, what are you doing!" β
Xiao Xiaoshen was furious, and when he saw the overseer coming, he hurriedly suppressed the fire in his chest, and pointed at the fire fox with two arrows stuck in the ground and was twitching, and said:
"Overseer, they deceive people too much. It's obviously my prey first, and they have to grab it! β
"What to rob with you? This beast was obviously shot by us, and it still has the arrows of our West Factory stuck in it! β
An Hong of the West Factory frowned angrily, and when he saw Leng Qingtang, he gritted his teeth with hatred.
Not long after the incident of Qingfeng Temple, Qin Zhong died, and the injuries on their Ming Governor's body were so neat, how could the revenge that was plotted be easily relieved? Now that everyone meets again, no one stabs the layer of window paper on the surface, but the heart is tense, wary of each other.
Yuan Qian retorted at this time: "It was indeed our East Factory that shot first!" We see the prey, the arrows that come out first! β
When Gu Yunxi was noisy, she also chased after her, and when the people in Xichang saw her, they immediately put on a prodigal face.
Leng Qingtang saw it in his eyes, and didn't want to entangle with them more, so he reprimanded Xiao Xiaoshen in a deep voice:
"A fox is like this to you? Give it to them! There are good prey in the woods, and then you can catch them! β
Xiao Xiaoshen was helpless, so he had to watch An Hong and them lift the fire fox and throw the arrows of Dongchang on the ground.
The commander of Dongchang is thoughtful, but his two subordinates are young and vigorous, and they are very deceived.
"Boy, do you dare to compete with us?" got the prey, An Hong still did not give up, and took the lead in provoking Xiao Xiaoshen.
"Good! That's what Grandpa wants! β
Xiao Xiaoshen and Yuan Qian didn't think about it, they directly threw their horsewhips and flew into the deep mountains, and many people and horses in the West Factory followed closely behind.
In the midst of the hustle and bustle of Ma Naruto's roar, Gu Yunxi felt that someone had whipped her pony's buttocks. The pony raised his neck and neighed, spread his hooves and ran with the crowd into the forest.
Leng Qingtang frowned, opened his mouth but didn't make a sound to stop his subordinates, and there was a vague premonition in his heart, and he chased after him with a shake of the reins.