Chapter 74: The Girl Conceives Spring
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In addition to the relatives and nobles of Qi who were invited by the prince, there were many young women from the official eunuch family who accompanied their fathers and brothers, which was one of the few opportunities for them to go out in a year.
As the eldest daughter of Anping Jun, even if her father is not in the national capital, Tian Jia is no exception, on the day of April 12, she got up before dawn and put on her uniform, and asked her younger brother Tian Hu to take the private warriors to open the way in front of her, and meet the team in the palace at the north gate of Linzi.
Although it is only a commonplace hunt in the northern suburbs, after all, it was organized by the prince of Qi State, so it is still very pompous. Lifting the curtain of the carriage, Tian Jia saw that the carriages and horses were in rows, and the palace people were in rows, and I was afraid that there were thousands of people.
"Sister, look, that's Chang'anjun's hunting team!"
Tian Hu's eyes were sharp, and he shouted after a while.
Tian Jia squinted at the past, because of the crowd, she didn't have a chance to see Chang'anjun's team at all, but faintly saw a white flag of Zhao State fluttering in the wind, mixed with the homes of Qi State, like a snowflake falling in the yellow of the mountain in autumn, but it was fleeting and submerged in it.
"The Zhao family takes the White Emperor Shaohao as the ancestor, and Handan is the hometown of Yin, so they follow the example of the Yin people, and the color is still white and ......" silently muttered this sentence, Tian Jia closed the curtain, and the group went out of the north gate of Linzi and went straight to Yingqiu.
Yingqiu is located in the northeastern suburbs of Linzi twenty miles away, although it is the earliest capital of the Qi country surnamed Jiang, but it has long been abandoned, and now it is just an ordinary small town. Yingqiu Xiaoyi and Linzi are separated by Yingqiu Mountain, Linzi River in Shandong, the terrain is high and abrupt, this mountain is enclosed by Tian for 100 miles, as the royal hunting paddock, so it is sparsely populated, and the animals reproduce intensively.
The hunting ground was arranged by Housheng as early as three days ago, it is formed according to the camp hill mountain, the green cypress and pine trees on the mountain are flourishing, and countless camp tents have already been set up on the lawn along the Zishui area under the mountain, which is colorful and quite spectacular.
The large tent built by the prince of Qi is in the center, woven from red and black kudzu cloth, and surrounded by almost purple silk curtains, just like a luxurious little palace. The tents of the rest of the families were surrounded by the size of the rank, and the purple tent was like a hundred birds and a phoenix, and Tian Jia caught a glimpse that the plain white banner of Chang'anjun was driven into a place near the purple tent.
The camp of the noble women is in the southeast corner of the water, the most secluded and safe, Tian Jia just arrived not long ago, and was invited by the eldest princess of Qi to come over.
"An Pingjun is not here, my sister should also enter the palace more, the queen has been talking about you."
The eldest daughter of the king of Qi and the queen is named Tian Wei, she looks quite similar to the queen, not only the few points between the eyebrows and the good eyes are seven or eight points, but even the queen's deep mind has also learned one or two points.
Although Tian Wei is the eldest princess, she is actually only two years older than Tian Jia, she just had a ceremony two years ago, and eighteen years old is the most delicate moment for the most beautiful woman, even if she looks mediocre, but after a careful dress, it is enough to make ordinary men unable to take their eyes off.
Because she knew that the eldest princess had a little inferiority complex about her appearance, Tian Jia, who was naturally beautiful, specially didn't wear any makeup and didn't dare to steal the limelight from the princess. A few years ago, her father was suspicious of King Qi and encountered setbacks everywhere, but she was smart and learned to keep her light in her eyes.
As for the palace of Qi State, although the queen claims to "regard her as her own" and wants to crown her as a princess, Tian Jia is very afraid of that place, she is arbitrary by nature, but once she enters the palace and sits in front of the queen and princesses, it is as if she has been tied with more than ten ropes, very uncomfortable, pay attention to it step by step, lest if she makes a mistake, it will affect her father.
In addition to the eldest princess born by the queen, there are several princesses, all of whom are in their teens, among which the third princess Tian Rui has an innocent personality and has the best relationship with Tian Jia......
She chirped, "The lady said, as long as you hand over the cocoons of the silkworms to the chamber, the weavers will be able to use them to weave a beautiful deep coat for me." ”
Tian Jia smiled and promised, but sighed secretly in her heart, this princess really doesn't know that the silk coat on her body needs to use silkworm cocoons, I'm afraid of hundreds of them? The two little silkworms were not a problem at all, but when they came to hunt and play, countless mulberry picking girls of the same age worked hard to raise silkworms and peel off their cocoons......
She was certainly not so stupid as to tell the truth, and after a few words with her, she remained silent, listening to the princess and the ladies who came one after another, while trying to restrain herself from yawning.
After a while, the eldest princess who was self-conscious went down to rest, but the other princesses and nobles who had not come out of Linzi for a long time because of King Qi's illness were a little excited.
What girl doesn't have a spring? Soon they turned the conversation back to their respective marriages.
The marriage of the eldest princess is naturally the top priority, it is said that the king of Qi and the queen are planning her marriage recently, but they don't know which king and prince she will marry. They lived in the deep palace and didn't have much knowledge, and they didn't know much about the situation of being the prince and prince of the following countries, so at the instigation of the third princess Tian Rui, they asked Tian Jia to talk about it.
Being pushed back and forth by the princesses and nobles, Tian Jia had no choice but to analyze: "It is impossible for the Yan Kingdom to marry, so the eldest princess is nothing more than the five kingdoms of Chu, Han, Zhao, Wei and Qin. The little girl heard that Qin Wangji is over sixty years old, and his prince just died in Wei two years ago, and now there is no prince in the country, even if he is established, the prince is still thirty or forty, and the eldest princess can't marry the grandson, right? Therefore, Qin is impossible. ”
"South Korea has always been weak, and the monarch has only died for a few years, and now the queen mother of South Korea is only in her thirties, and the king of Han is only ten years old.
"The king of Chu is old and in poor health, although the prince of Chu is more than twenty years old, which is the age of marriage, but others are hostages in Xianyang, Qin State, so it is impossible for Chu."
"In addition, it is Wei and Zhao, and the prince of Wei is the right age. Zhao Wangdan has not yet married his wife, considering that my Qi country has accepted Chang'anjun as a hostage, the eldest prince will marry, maybe it is Zhao Wang......"
"What my sister said makes sense." Tian Rui's face was full of admiration.
Next, they talked about the hunt.
You know, in the country of Qi, the defense of men and women is not strict, in addition to the martial arts and frolic, a great function of hunting is to give young noble men and women a chance to go on a blind date, the feudal monarch will use the bow and arrow in his hand, in front of the girl hiding in the curtain to watch himself, to win their hearts. The girls will also secretly pick the man they like, collect herbs, and give them in their bags to achieve the meaning of "folding the fragrance and leaving the thoughts".
This time and again, if the two portals are equivalent, a marriage will almost become, if not, there will be strong young boys and girls who will do things like prostitution, after all, even the current King and Queen of Qi are also combined through "prostitution".
Qi people are open, they are not afraid of love, and it is common for folk women to have several fatherless children before they get married, and this kind of thing is nothing in the eyes of Qi people.
The same is true for aristocratic girls, and there is no need to shy away from the love of the opposite sex. Seeing a gentleman, don't you like it? The Warring States period is an era of advocating masculinity, but anyone who has outstanding performance in archery and riding skills is the object of attention of girls.
Therefore, who can come out on top in the hunt tomorrow is the focus of their arguments, whether it is General Kuang Liang or Tian Hu of Anpingjun's family......
"I heard that Chang'anjun of Zhao is also here?" At this time, someone suddenly said such a sentence, and immediately deviated from the topic.
The girls began to talk excitedly about things related to Chang'anjun, and in the past month, Linzi City was full of rumors related to him, such as the sable Bo who was overshadowed by a few words, such as the gambling fight with the general Kuang Liang at the banquet, can he really brew a strong liquor that can pour Kuang Liang?
The arrival of the prince of Zhao Guo brought a lot of freshness to the aristocratic girls who were tired of seeing the scenery of Linzi, and they were all looking forward to seeing the demeanor of Chang'an Jun in the hunting ground tomorrow.
Tian Jia had no interest in the new neighbor who only knew how to make wine all day, she only hoped that this boring hunt would end soon, and when the time came, she would be able to blend in with the Jixia School Palace and watch the heroes argue and argue, which would be much more interesting than sitting here dryly or watching the men slaughter their prey.
Looking at the people around her, she couldn't help but sigh secretly: "Linzi is really distinct, the smartest people in the world are concentrated outside Jimen, and the most arrogant and ignorant people in the world are all clustered here, I don't know how to absorb a little wisdom, I just fell into it......"
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Whether it was expectation or indifference, the dawn of the next day came in a hurry, and early in the morning, under the coercion of this group of nobles in green clothes and yellow clothes, Tian Jia crowded among them and came to the high platform on both sides of the prince's purple tent.
As the crown prince who presided over the hunt signaled, Teng Geng lit a fire, cleared his throat, and asked everyone participating in the hunt to come forward to meet the prince, and officially began the hunt after the sacrifice.
Everyone entered in turn, and the girls on the stage could see it at a glance, and they gathered together and pointed at those people with chirp.
The first to enter was Tian Hu of An Pingjun's family, the young man was immature, but he was tall, but there were very few handsome private subordinates, only thirty or forty people, compared to other hunting teams with hundreds of people, there were many less, but everyone was used to it, An Pingjun didn't like to be in the limelight on this occasion, and his son was the same, Tian Jia was a little worried, she knew very well that unlike her low-key father, her younger brother seemed to be honest, but he was extremely competitive.
Next was Kuang Liang, a man in his twenties, tall, driving a cart with horses, and behind him was the famous "Wen Qi" of Qi established by his grandfather Kuang Zhang. The cavalrymen were armed with spears and wore leather armor dyed red, while their mounts were dressed in black and white vests, which looked like zebras from a distance. As soon as the knights appeared, they immediately caused bursts of cheers, and Kuang Liang himself also raised his long sword and waved it towards the high platform watched by the noble girls, as if his favorite person was among them.
All the women looked back, and the third princess Tian Rui was straightforward, pulling Tian Jia and said, "I heard that General Kuang Liang intends to marry Anping Junfu?" ”
Tian Jia had a trace of disgust in her heart, which was the topic she hated the most, but her face was as usual, and she shook her head: "I'm afraid the princess will listen to it." ”
Then he pushed Tian Rui a little, and said with a smile: "Princess, look at it, next, it will be your long-awaited Chang'anjun......
Tian Rui looked over, but saw the smoke and dust billowing from the camp, and a group of people running slowly, the plain white banner hunting and fluttering. When they got closer, they saw that the leader was a handsome white-armored gentleman with a jade face, and beside him there was a young man with a sword on his back, a black horse centurion with an arrogant face, fifty Zhao cavalry, and ten rangers came one after another, and the queue neatly entered the venue that belonged to them.
The momentum of these Zhao people was no worse than that of any Qi hunting team, but the girls on the high platform did not cheer for him, but looked at each other.
It turned out that these ordinary horsemen of the Zhao people from Chang'anjun were all wearing narrow-sleeved shorts with cuffs tightly sealed at the wrists, with a fur half-armor draped over their shoulders, and trousers underneath, tightly tied with a belt, the bow bag was tied to the belt, hanging down in front of the legs, the quiver was also tied to the belt and crossed the chest, the tail of the arrow was facing to the right, the feet were on leather boots, and the hair was tied into a crooked bun......
It is already a commonplace dress in the Zhao Kingdom, but for the Qi people who are deeply influenced by Confucianism, this kind of dress is a bit maverick and even rebellious.
After a while, it was Kuang Liang next to him who first broke out into a burst of rude laughter.
After laughing, he pointed at the Zhao people and said wantonly: "Dare to ask Chang'anjun, why do you want to wear the clothes of beasts?" ”