Although Li Ke's refusal disappointed Prince Theodosius, he was not a person who gave up easily, so when he finally left, he once again expressed his hope that Li Ke could go to his house when he came back from outside the city, which made Li Ke really difficult to refuse, so he had to agree.

After sending off Prince Theodosius, Cen Changqian immediately complained to Li Ke: "His Royal Highness refused very well at first, but in the end, he really shouldn't agree to Prince Theodosius's invitation!" ”

"Oh, why is that?" Li Ke sat down and took a sip of tea, just now it was Cen Changqian who wrote behind his back, so that he refused the other party's invitation, and now it was time to listen to his reasons.

I saw Cen Changqian open his mouth and said: "Your Highness doesn't know, I also collected some information about Rome a few days ago, and all aspects of the information show that although this Prince Theodosius and Constans II are brothers, the relationship between the two is not as simple as it seems on the surface, with our identity, we really don't have to get too close to each other." ”

Li Ke was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and immediately understood a little, it seems that there is also a palace struggle within the Roman Empire. Then his face changed, and he asked again: "Changqian, do you know the details of this?" ”

However, Cen Changqian said helplessly after hearing this: "Your Highness Qiqi, except for the first few days, we have never dared to deal with the Roman nobles again, and this involves the battle of the court, so few people will say it clearly, so the subordinates only know a little bit, as for the more detailed information, it is still not clear." ”

Li Ke also showed a helpless expression when he heard this, thinking that he could take this opportunity to make friends with several important Roman nobles. But he didn't expect that the customs here were too different, at least he couldn't accept it.

However, Cen Changqian suddenly said again with a happy face: "Your Highness." Although we don't know about the relationship between the brothers of Constans II, you can ask Empress Irina about it. Presumably she should know better than anyone else. ”

Li Ke also nodded after hearing this, it seems that it can only be like this, and he ordered someone to hurry up and prepare.

"Whoosh~" A long arrow passed through the grass and hit a hare that was galloping with great accuracy.

"Shot, Your Highness is really amazing!" A coquettish female voice complimented, and then three horses galloped in from a distance, at once a man and two women, all dressed in handy hunting suits, and the man in his hand was armed with a bow and arrow. The style of the bow and arrow is obviously different from that of the Romans, it is Li Ke who came from the Tang Dynasty, and the women around him, one is Coris, who is the translator, and the other is naturally the mistress of this manor, Queen Irina.

Early this morning, Irina took a carriage to pick up Li Ke and they to this manor, and welcomed them very warmly, and in the afternoon, she proposed to hunt in the manor. This made Li Ke, who had not hunted for a long time, also very agree, so the group rode horses to the hunting area of the manor.

Empress Irina has an unspeakable good impression of Li Kebao, which naturally can't hide the eyes of Cen Changqian and others, so when she started hunting. They deliberately trailed a distance to create opportunities for both of them.

Before coming to Rome, I'm afraid Cen Changqian and the others never dreamed of it. They would even like Li Ke to have an affair with the Roman Empress. However, as the saying goes, Roman women didn't even care about their husbands. There were even those who encouraged their wives to cheat, even the emperor and empress. This is simply too normal for the Romans, so Cen Changqian and they naturally don't care, not to mention that if Li Ke really hooks up with Empress Irina, they can also get a lot of benefits from the other party, such as intelligence and the like.

As Li Shimin's son, Li Ke naturally followed his father to hunt since he was a child, and his archery skills were also in the forefront among the brothers, so it was only an hour, Li Ke had already shot a deer and two pheasants, plus this hare, it was already four prey, but Irina still found nothing.

I saw Irina galloping on her horse, and then jumped off the horse to pick up the hare that Li Ke shot to death, today she was wearing a Roman hunting costume, and she looked coquettish and heroic, and she looked particularly charming. The hunting suit worn by Li Ke is a Hufu brought from the Tang Dynasty, and it absorbs some of the characteristics of the military uniform of the army in Li Ke's hands, which is divided into upper and lower clothes, which is not only convenient for hunting, but also sets off Li Ke's heroic and extraordinary.

"His Royal Highness King Wu is really like a god of arrows, and among the entire Roman nobles, I'm afraid there is no one who is your opponent!" Irina praised it unabashedly. The Romans were more accustomed to using javelins on the battlefield, coupled with the backwardness of bow and arrow making technology, so they did not pay enough attention to bows and arrows, so most of the Roman nobles were not very proficient in bows and arrows, so with Li Ke's archery, it can indeed be ranked in the forefront of the Romans.

"The queen praised it, my archery skills are nothing among the Han people, and even among the princes, there are a few people whose archery skills are much better than mine!" Li Ke said very modestly.

"His Royal Highness King Wu is too polite, this is not a holy palace, don't call me the queen anymore, just call me by my name." Irina said a little shyly.

Although she and Li Ke have not known each other for a long time, Irina slowly found that she has been fascinated by this prince from afar, especially compared with her husband, Li Ke not only seems more mature and stable, but also has a more noble talking temperament, and does not have the problems of Roman men, she is simply a perfect dream lover.

And Li Ke was also moved when he heard Irina's words, he was over thirty years old, and it was the most attractive moment for a man, he had already been aware of Queen Irina's previous performances, and now the other party let him call her by her name, and he naturally heard the affection contained in it.

"Irina!" Li Ke shouted softly. And Irina was overjoyed when she heard this, and a pair of big blue eyes stared at Li Ke tightly.

And Li Ke then said: "Irina, in the future, in private occasions, you don't have to call me His Royal Highness King Wu anymore, just call me San Lang directly." ”

"Three...... Man! Irina called out the Chinese name very stiffly. Because Chrysy didn't know how to translate the name in Greek, she had to use the Chinese pronunciation instead.

"Hmm." Li Ke agreed, "Usually only my elders, friends, and wives will call me by this name." ”

When Irina heard the tone of Li Ke's special emphasis on his wife's words at the end, her face was even more red, but her heart was extremely sweet, although neither of them was explicitly broken, but they had already expressed their affection in their words, and at this moment, there was an ambiguous atmosphere that began to permeate between the two.

It's a pity that the two of them have ignored one point, that is, there is also a translator Chrysy by their side, this poor little slave girl feels the ambiguous atmosphere between her master and the Roman queen, which makes her feel that her existence is really superfluous, but she can't avoid it like Cen Changqian and those people, otherwise Li Ke and Irina will not be able to communicate. However, if you fall in love, you still need to bring a translator, and Li Ke and Irina can be regarded as the first in their love history.

Just about two or three miles behind Li Ke and Irina, Wang Fangyi and Lu Wan opened their bows and arrows, and once again aimed at the two pheasants not far in front of them, and then suddenly released the bowstring, and as a result, two long arrows shot out, hitting the prey almost simultaneously. Wang Fangyi is a military general, and his archery skills are naturally exquisite, while Lu Wan was born as a pirate, and later worked in the slave hunting team for a long time, so he can play with all kinds of weapons, let alone hunting.

Looking at the manor slaves around him picking up prey, Wang Fangyi said a little strangely: "Captain Lu, have you found it, there seem to be too many prey in this manor, this is only a little older, we have all fought so much." ”

Wang Fangyi said and pointed behind him, there were already a lot of prey hanging on the slaves arranged by Irina, among which pheasants and hares were the majority, and even deer had three or four heads.

"Hehe, I know this, in fact, the prey we caught was caught by the slaves in the manor outside, and then put it in the manor for the master to hunt, so the prey here is so dense." Lu Wan opened his mouth and smiled.

"I see, no wonder so many prey bumped into along the way!" Wang Fangyi said with a wry smile. Although this practice did allow the nobles to hunt more prey, it was also too simple and a bit boring for him.

While Wang Fangyi and Lu Wan were talking, suddenly a series of laughter like silver bells sounded behind them. They didn't have to look back, they also knew that it must be Cen Changqian who was molesting a few maids brought by Irina.

Speaking of which Cen Changqian is indeed smart, he learned some Greek from Coris when he was on the road, coupled with the practice after coming to Eastern Rome, which allowed him to have a simple communication with the Romans, plus he was not very interested in hunting, so he began to pester the maids brought by Irina to chat, mainly not to let them disturb Li Ke and the others, and they would stay in the manor for a while, so Cen Changqian didn't mind having some wonderful relationships with a few maids.

"Karp~Karp~" Suddenly, there was a commotion among the Roman slaves around Wang Fangyi, and at the same time, someone began to shout, but unfortunately he and Lu Wan couldn't understand it at all.

But it didn't matter if they didn't understand, because they soon learned what the slaves meant by shouting Karp. I saw a tall wild boar emerge from the bushes next to it, this wild boar was about one and a half steps high, more than two steps long, and I don't know why, I actually let it run out of the bushes.

"What a big boar!" Wang Fangyi was feeling a little bored, he didn't expect such a fierce beast to run out, and he was very excited at the moment to open his bow and shoot three arrows in a row, and all of them hit the head of the wild boar, one of the arrows also blinded one of the boar's eyes.

As a result, the boar howled miserably, turned its head and fled in the other direction. Wang Fangyi was just about to ride his horse to chase after him, but Lu Wan next to him shouted: "It's not good, the wild boar has fled against His Highness and their side!" (To be continued......)