Chapter 197: Dedication
It's already early autumn in September, and the summer heat has completely dissipated, and after an autumn rain, people have to wrap up in an extra layer of clothing.
Surrounded by the forbidden army and many palace people, the royal hunting team set off from the main gate of the palace, and solemnly passed through the main street of Jinhuamen all the way to the suburbs outside the city under the gaze of the people in the city, and the people who watched and bowed gradually became scarce.
The wheels of the carriage were tripped by the pebbles on the road, Mo Shihuan gently lifted the corner of the curtain and poked out a little look, and the maid Zhi'er who followed outside the car saw her poking her head out, thinking that she was hungry because she hadn't eaten enough for breakfast, so she hurriedly took out a snack box from the cloth bag she carried with her and gave it to her.
"Miss, aren't you hungry? I have a snack I bought from the Spring Banquet in the morning, would you like to eat some to pad your stomach? ”
Mo Shihuan wrapped his cloak and shook his head, leaned at the window and asked, "Where are you now?"
Zhi'er didn't seem to know very well, she was about to take a few steps forward to ask the eunuch who was following in front of her.
"Now that we're on the outskirts of the city, it's time to walk another stick of incense and we'll be at the foot of the mountain we're going to visit."
Zhuo Chen was riding a white horse and was slowly pulling the reins of the horse to slow down, he was wearing a convenient narrow-sleeved black riding suit today, the collar and cuffs were embroidered with gold thread with the patterns and ripples of the Nine Infant Divine Beasts, and his hair was tied high, looking clean and neat.
Mo Shihuan raised his head and exclaimed, "You really look good in black!"
Zhuo Chen didn't answer her, and ran to the front with a horse's belly.
The carriage was fast on the way, and they reached the gate of the palace at the foot of the hunting mountain in a blink of an eye.
After the emperor's sedan chair stopped, the carriages and horses of the people who followed behind could stop, Mo Shihuan got down from the carriage and saw Xu Ying walking towards this side at a glance.
She straightened the hem of her skirt and whispered, "It's really ghostly."
Although the palace at the foot of the mountain is not as luxurious as the Imperial Palace, the area inside and the display of the palace are very particular, and an altar to worship the mountain god is built in the center of the palace.
At this time, the huge palace in the middle was singing and dancing, the emperor was holding a wine glass and drinking with everyone, Mo Shihuan was not used to drinking the spirits at the banquet, and the reason for some discomfort slipped away early.
The palace is not big, so everyone except the emperor and the palace concubines are arranged one by one side rooms, the room is spacious, and Mo Shihuan is supporting his head to study the medicine on his table.
In order to refresh herself, she ordered some borneol incense powder, and the incense in the incense burner lingered.
She took the small pill on the table, pinched it in her hand for a long time, and finally made up her mind to send it to her mouth, when the door was pushed open with a "clang", and the person who came in snatched the pill from her hand.
"Why did you try the medicine yourself?" I saw Zhuo Chen holding the pill and putting it back on the table, his face slightly angry.
Mo Shihuan stood up and carefully put away the pills, frowning: "I don't dare to let you try new drugs directly, if something happens to you, you will inevitably be blamed again."
"Let the subordinates try it." Feiying stepped forward and stretched out his hand and knelt on the ground, indicating that he could come to test the medicine.
Mo Shihuan looked at Feiying and hesitated, Zhuo Chen stood next to Mo Shihuan: "This is not some poison, let me try it."
After half a pillar of incense, Mo Shihuan watched Feiying break the copper bar on the candlestick, and forgot to close it for a long time with his long mouth.
Zhuo Chen turned around and poked her arm, wondering, "What's the matter, is the effect of the medicine wrong?"
Mo Shihuan's eyes lit up, and he hugged Zhuo Chen: "Yes, that's right, my medicine experiment has finally succeeded!"
The candlelight flickered, and the eagle sat alone on the roof looking at the moon a little depressed, and he looked at the autumn moon with a big and round roof, and felt that he would be very redundant if he entered the house now.
In the house, Mo Shihuan was making fun of Feiying, saying that he would definitely apologize to Feiying tomorrow to repay the kindness of the drug test.
Zhuo Chen rubbed her head and praised: "You have made progress again, you must not anger the quacks in the Tai Hospital to death if you continue like this."
Mo Shihuan leaned on the back of the chair and looked up at the moonlight outside the window: "That's because you have been by my side to support me."
Following
Today is the day of the first hunting out of the palace, and the sky is beautiful, and the sky is sunny.
A few rays of sunshine in the early morning found Mo Shihuan's workmanship on the small wooden table, she put the last pill into the porcelain bottle and corked it, and looked at the neatly stacked small porcelain bottles in front of her with some pride.
"Put these in a fall-proof wooden box and send them to King Liang, and by the way, tell King Liang that there is a lot of medicine, and you can give some to Flying Eagle and other subordinates."
The maid Zhi'er nodded, carefully put the medicine bottle into the wooden box and left.
Before the hunt, a ceremony was held in the center of the palace to worship the mountain god, and the emperor took the wine bottle and sighed that the sun, moon and stars were harmonious, and the sun rose to three poles before it ended.
Zhuo Chen was about to take off his dress to change into the riding clothes he was preparing for hunting, but before he could reach the room, he bumped into Mo Shihuan who was coming towards him.
Mo Shihuan raised two fingers and said, "I have prepared a lot of new medicines for you, which you can use when hunting."
The subordinates beside Zhuo Chen hurriedly said: "After you left today, Miss Mo sent someone to send a box of medicine, and also instructed that there are a lot of medicines, don't worry about the amount of medicine, and let you benefit the guards around you."
The two of them walked together in the corridor, and Mo Shihuan asked about King Wu.
Zhuo Chen laughed twice and pointed to the racecourse not far away: "Wu Qun's riding skills are good, and he is now paying tribute to his father over there."
King Wu is a person who is not good at scheming on the surface, but in fact, he is better at dancing than anyone else.
Mo Shihuan rubbed the clothes in her hand, she also wore a spiral skirt for horseback riding today, and originally planned to go to the racecourse to have a look, but now when she heard the presence of the emperor and the group of people from King Wu, she canceled the decision of where to go to see the excitement, and prepared to walk in the small courtyard of the palace.
"I saw you dressed up today, are you going to go over there too?" Zhuo Chen stared at her clothes and said.
Mo Shihuan felt a little embarrassed, she coughed twice in embarrassment, saying that she just wanted to try on this dress, and she didn't plan to join in the fun.
The corners of Zhuo Chen's mouth rose slightly: "When you have different hearts, your hands will unnaturally fiddle with your sleeves."
Is it so obvious? Mo Shihuan hid his restless hand in his sleeve.
Who knew that the next moment, Zhuo Chen suddenly took her hand and said, "What are you afraid of?" Go, this king will go and tell you to ride and shoot. ”
Mo Shihuan was pulled by him to the racecourse, and his palms were sweaty because of nervousness.
"I'm very bad at riding and shooting."
"It's because I know that you ride and shoot poorly, so I want to teach you."
"Oh, then you ......"
The two of them arrived at the racecourse one after the other.