Chapter 14: Hunting
Everyone's attention was on the arrow shot, watching the arrow shoot through the apple at a rapid speed, hitting the black circle drawn by Bai Shuqin just now, exactly the same!
At this time, everyone was so stunned that they forgot even the cheers. The emperor looked at Bai Shuqin appreciatively, stood up from the dragon seat, and took the lead in applauding: "Good archery, good archery!" ”
The others reacted after hearing this, and then cheered and won the princess of Zhao Kingdom, which is a matter of glory for the country!
After Zhao Linlang saw it, she had to be convinced, she was indeed better than her. She stepped forward and congratulated Bai Shuqin: "The Third Imperial Concubine is really powerful!" Linlang lost! ”
Bai Shuqin shook his head: "Princess Linlang agreed, just now I was just an axe from the class, which made you laugh." ”
"To be too modest is to be proud! Linlang loses convincingly, the three princesses don't have to be modest! Zhao Linlang said sincerely.
Zhuo Jinxuan was also surprised by Bai Shuqin's performance, turned around and asked Qingfeng: "You are like just now, can you hit the bull's-eye?" ”
Qingfeng was still immersed in the shock just now, and after listening to Zhuo Jinxuan's question, he replied truthfully: "My subordinates can't." ”
"There must be something we haven't found, and we'll continue to track it down when we go back." Zhuo Jinxuan commanded.
Although Bai Shuqin won, the emperor still rewarded the two of them with a piece of Hetian jade pendant, and wished the two countries to be friendly forever.
The two took the jade pendant and thanked Long En.
With the end of the competition between Bai Shuqin and Zhao Linlang, the royal hunt officially began. Everyone in the royal family participated in the hunt, except for the second prince, Zhuo Linfeng.
At this time, Zhuo Linfeng was sitting on the left and drinking tea, his face was pale, his facial features were three-dimensional, and his gray-blue eyes set off by his long eyelashes were particularly deep and charming.
He behaved elegantly, and although he wore a simple blue robe, it still could not hide his aristocratic temperament. The first time Bai Shuqin looked at him, a sentence came to his mind, the humble son was as gentle as jade.
Zhuo Linfeng looked up and saw Bai Shuqin looking at him, so he nodded and smiled at her politely. Bai Shuqin's face flushed inexplicably, smiled at him embarrassedly, and then turned his head away.
Du Zijun whispered beside Bai Shuqin: "Third Imperial Concubine, these two princes are much better looking than the third prince!" ”
"The biological mother of the second prince, Concubine Li Guifei, is a foreigner, and it was because of her amazing appearance that she was paid tribute to the emperor by the leader of a foreign country, but unfortunately she didn't have the opportunity to see her!" Bai Shuqin said with emotion.
After all, Du Zijun was young and didn't know much about the palace, so he asked, "Why didn't you have a chance to see it?" ”
Bai Shuqin sighed: "I was so angry that I died in childbirth when I gave birth to the second prince." However, from the face of the second prince, you can also imagine the grandeur of Concubine Li that day! ”
"Can you look better than Sister Bai?" Du Zijun didn't believe it.
Hearing him say this, Bai Shuqin was very useful, and said: "In my opinion, the second prince should be eighty percent similar to Concubine Li, you can imagine." ”
Du Zijun looked at Zhuo Linfeng, although he was indeed extremely handsome, but he was a man after all, he couldn't imagine what it would be like for him to become a woman, not to mention that he still felt that Bai Shuqin was better-looking, so he said: "You are still good-looking, the third princess!" ”
Bai Shuqin smiled proudly: "It's still your sweet mouth!" ”
Zhao Linlang is the princess of Zhao Kingdom, and the emperor will not allow her to participate in such a dangerous thing as hunting. However, because of Bai Shuqin's appearance, she didn't feel bored staying outside. Bai Shuqin was not far from her position, so he got up and walked towards her.
Before Zhao Linlang walked in front of Bai Shuqin, he complimented: "Third Imperial Concubine, it really opened my eyes just now. ”
Bai Shuqin turned his head to see her, got up and saluted her slightly: "Princess Linlang is too famous." ”
Zhao Linlang sat next to her and asked her, "I heard from others that you haven't been practicing martial arts for long." Can you tell me how you did that? ”
"Study hard and practice hard, and the sweat you pay will give you a harvest." Bai Shuqin played an official tone.
Zhao Linlang looked at her calloused hands, and then looked at her own hands, although they were also calloused, they were quite delicate compared to Bai Shuqin, so she said, "Then you must have paid a lot." ”
Bai Shuqin looked at her staring at her hands, thinking that they were from her laundry work, and her hands were often maintained and there were no calluses in modern times. As a qualified agent, you don't let the minutiae betray you when you are a spy.
After greeting for a while, Zhao Linlang had to pull Bai Shuqin to try again. For this kind of meaningless thing, Bai Shuqin was unwilling to entangle with her too much, saying that he was going to go to the toilet and left.
As soon as he left a few steps, Bai Shuqin really wanted to go. The toilets in the hunting ground are naturally not as good as those in the mansion, which are two simple sheds, one for men and one for women. Fortunately, Bai Shuqin had experience in the wild before, and he did not dislike this kind of shed.
Just as she was about to go back after liberation, she heard someone whispering something next door. She quietly walked to the side, tapping a cloth to hear the conversation between the two.
Fortunately, Bai Shuqin's ears themselves are sensitive, and the sound insulation effect of this cloth is really not good. Although the voices of the two were quiet, she still heard a middle-aged man say, "This operation is arranged seamlessly, there must be no problem." ”
Another old voice said, "Don't take it lightly, but be careful." ”
Bai Shuqin knew that the two of them must be plotting something, but he couldn't know anything just by talking to these two sentences. She didn't want to be nosy, and was about to leave, but she heard the middle-aged man's tone grim: "This time, I promise to let Zhuo Jinxuan go and never return!" ”
Bai Shuqin was shocked, these people were going to be unfavorable to Zhuo Jinxuan! Although she doesn't have much affection for Zhuo Jinxuan, if something really happens to Zhuo Jinxuan, it won't do her any good.
After the two left, she immediately followed out to see who the two were just now, but there were many people outside, and she couldn't find the two for a while.
Du Zijun saw Bai Shuqin come back with a serious face, thinking that something had happened, so he asked, "Third Imperial Princess, what's wrong?" ”
Bai Shuqin saw that Zhao Linlang was still there, so he pulled Du Zijun aside and whispered to him: "Someone wants to be unfavorable to Zhuo Jinxuan, I'll take a look." ”
Du Zijun was taken aback, but he was not stupid: "Why don't we inform the others and let them tell the third prince to be careful!" ”
Bai Shuqin shook his head and refused: "Now there are many mixed people, and I can't be sure who is reliable." ”
"But it's so dangerous in that hunting ground, what if something happens to you?" Du Zijun's face was full of worry.
Bai Shuqin naturally knew that there was danger inside at the moment, but there was definitely no problem in getting out with her ability. She patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I'm sure." ”
"Third Imperial Princess, I'll go with you!" Du Zijun volunteered, although his kung fu was not as good as her, but he was also much better than ordinary people.
She appreciated his kindness, but she didn't want him to go in and take risks. She thought for a while and handed him the jade pendant that the emperor had just given her: "In case I don't come back, after the hunting party is over, you will give this jade pendant to Zhuo Jinxuan." ”
Seeing that she had made up her mind, Du Zijun took the jade pendant and nodded solemnly.
Zhao Linlang was still waiting for Bai Shuqin to come back and compete with her, and she had been waiting for a long time. finally saw her come back, and pulled Du Zijun to the side, and now that Du Zijun is back, she has disappeared again.
Zhao Linlang grabbed Du Zijun's arm: "Let me ask you, where did the third imperial concubine go?" ”
Du Zijun was worried about Bai Shuqin, and he didn't want to pay attention to her, but because she was a princess, he spoke: "The third princess is not feeling well, so she went back to rest." ”
Zhao Linlang looked at him suspiciously, Bai Shuqin was obviously normal just now, how could he be uncomfortable when he went out, didn't he deliberately avoid her?
Sensing the suspicious look on her face, Du Zijun explained to her: "Our third imperial concubine was already weak, she was infected with a cold a few days ago, and she came here with illness today. Now that the competition is over, I am relaxed, and the pain has come back to me. ”
Zhao Linlang sighed regretfully, she still wanted to ask her for advice. She heard that no one in the capital had a shooting range, and no young lady practiced this, so she guessed that Bai Shuqin had invited a powerful master.
She saw that Du Zijun had been following Bai Shuqin's side, so she wanted to get a little news from him. After hearing this, Du Zijun hurriedly shook his head and said that it was impossible. He told her that Bai Shuqin's skills were all self-taught, and no one was to guide him.
Seeing that he didn't look like he was lying, her eyes widened, unable to believe that anyone could teach themselves this level.
At noon, the sun shines on the people who can't open their eyes. Half of the hunting time has passed, Zhuo Jinxuan has gained a lot, and the emperor is very satisfied with his performance, which makes the eldest prince deeply unhappy.
Bai Shuqin stole a horse from the soldiers, and secretly entered the hunting ground while everyone was drowsy.
She learned from Zhuo Jinxuan that in general, he and all the ministers would be with the emperor in the first half of the hunt, and the winner could not be determined at this time, but at the beginning of the second half, everyone would act separately, and only then did they begin to decide whether they would win or lose.
Those people shouldn't have acted yet, and she has to find them all before they start.
The hunting grounds are vast, densely vegetated, full of towering trees, and extremely hidden, and it is not easy to find those who want to be unfavorable to Zhuo Jinxuan.
Fortunately, Bai Shuqin had seen the map of the hunting ground in Zhuo Jinxuan's study before, for the sake of the emperor's safety, they would definitely not enter the depths of the hunting ground at first, they should just hunt around, those people must be in the depths of the jungle now, and the places where fierce beasts may be haunted are ambushed.
It is said that it is a fierce beast, and the most ferocious in the entire hunting ground is only leopards and the like, so Bai Shuqin is not worried that they are too dangerous.
The deeper you go in the jungle, the colder it gets, and even if it's summer noon, you don't feel warm. Bai Shuqin tied the horse to a tree, jumped straight up the tree, and stood tall and looked far away, this principle is applicable wherever it is placed.
She has a sharp eye and does not miss every place where people can hide. After searching for a long time, Bai Shuqin finally saw a person lying on the trunk of a tree lying in ambush, so he quietly approached.
The man heard some voices, looked around vigilantly, and did not see anything unusual, he thought it was the wind, and relaxed his vigilance.
At this time, Bai Shuqin had already quietly walked behind him, and before he could react, he slapped him unconscious with one palm.
Bai Shuqin ripped off his mask, and after confirming that she had not seen this person, she took the arrow that this person was carrying, and she noticed that the arrow was black, it should have been stained with poison, and they really wanted Zhuo Jinxuan's life.
Lurking in his position, based on her previous experience, she could at least easily find others in this position, after all, to form an ambush circle, it is not possible to be too far away.
Bai Shuqin looked around and locked on the positions of the other two killers. But the distance is not far, and if she acts rashly, she will definitely alarm the others, and then her situation will be dangerous.
The other two were very vigilant, looking at her from time to time. Although there were branches to cover it, Bai Shuqin still didn't dare to take it lightly.
At this moment, Bai Shuqin heard the sound of horses' footsteps, accompanied by the sound of arrows whistling by. It seems that Zhuo Jinxuan and they have begun to come here, and there is not much time left for her.