Chapter 167: Spring Hunting
Winter turns to spring, and the greenery in the yard becomes more obvious.
That day, Mrs. Wen San left her courtyard and found Master Wen San and Wen Huan, what did she say, and Ah Yu couldn't find out anything. It's just that after that, there were many more unique books in Ah Yu's study, some of which were sent by Master Wen San, and the other part was from Wen Huan's hand.
The most important thing is that Mrs. Wen also sent a message that Ah Yu was not allowed to return the lone book, even if it was a handwritten copy.
Ah Yu knew that this time she had said something that had leaked out, so she would affect her father and brother, and she didn't dare to touch her mother's brows against the limelight, so she kept this matter in mind, and waited for when Mrs. Wen San would extinguish the fire, and she was trying to find a way to transfer the lonely book to Master Wen San and Wen Huan.
After all, Ah Yu is not really a book lover.
When recuperating, he can only stay in his own small yard, and he can't go anywhere else, for Ah Yu, two or three days is acceptable, and seven or eight days can barely be bearable, but half a month is too unbearable.
If it was usual, Ah Yu could also invite a few sisters in the house to get together to pass the time.
It's just that that kind of opportunity is difficult to get back after all.
Sister Wen Wan spent most of her time on the dowry, and in another three or five months, she would have to marry into someone else's family. Before that, she needs to embroider a wedding dress for herself, and if she has enough time, she may even prepare the bedding herself.
Although it is rare for a girl from a family in Kyoto to embroider the dowry herself, it is usually just two stitches on the dowry that is about to be completed, and it is considered to be done by herself. But Wen Wan has never been the kind of person who likes to fool the past, and if he says that he will make something with his own hands, he will definitely do it himself, even if he will be wronged a little, he will not hesitate to do it.
Besides, even if he doesn't think about the dowry, Wen Wan may not have time to accompany Ah Yu.
You must know that Mrs. Wen is still saving time to cultivate the ability of Wen Yun's housekeeper!
After Wen Wan was excluded, the only ones left were Wen Fu and Wen Rong, and since they broke up unhappily last time, Ah Yu never took the initiative to look for them, and he didn't even ask about their news.
So, in this season that is extremely suitable for going out to play, Ah Yu is alone and left in his small courtyard.
In mid-February, it's time for spring hunting.
Old lady Wen took Wen Huan and the others out early in the morning, although Ah Yu didn't plan to go with them to participate in the spring hunt, but on this day, he also got up early.
At the beginning of the morning light on the horizon, Ah Yu half leaned in front of the window, his eyes fell on the courtyard wall opposite the window, and then went forward, after walking a distance that was not long or short, it was Wen Huan's courtyard.
He should have followed behind Old Lady Wen by this time and went out!
Ah Yu was thinking about things in her heart, but her current performance was in the eyes of the maids behind her, and it looked like a different look.
Aoba carefully poked Qingrui's arm and pulled the person to the side of the pillar: "The girl has been sullen all this time, could it be because of what the second girl said that day?" ”
Qingrui didn't pay attention, and was pulled away by Qingye.
She subconsciously looked at Ah Yu in front of the window, and saw that she didn't alarm Ah Yu, and she breathed a sigh of relief, so she had the heart to talk to Aoba, and patted away the hand that was still pulling her sleeve, Qing Rui frowned and said: "You always act like this, we have to wait for the girl now, how can we hide and gossip?" ”
Directly gave what Aoba said as gossip, Qingrui was reluctant to talk about that topic from the bottom of her heart.
No matter what the outcome of their arguments in private is, it doesn't matter to Ah Yu, instead of focusing on these details, it is better to go up and talk to Ah Yu and divert her attention, so that she will not have a bitter face from morning to night.
Aoba was said by Qingrui, and the color of his face became not very good.
She watched Qingrui return to the place where she was standing, and muttered in a low voice: "As long as you act properly, you will do things without leakage!" ”
When girls are studying, they often tell them some big truths, and what Aoba remembers most clearly is that sentence is the right medicine. At the moment, she just wanted to know what the girl was unhappy about, and when she knew the cause, she would naturally be able to think of a way to make the girl happy, instead of waiting for the girl to be happy like she was doing now.
The two of them had different ideas from the beginning, and neither of them wanted to reveal their thoughts first.
Ah Yu didn't know about the friction between the two maids beside her in the back, and she was still thinking about the things in the hunting ground.
The last time she was in the Lantern Festival, she had already discovered her shortcomings, although there were not too many people around other people's little girls who could mobilize, but she needed to do too much, if it was like an ordinary deep lady, it would be really difficult to do.
You can't go to Xie Huai'an for help every time you want to do something!
Even if she and him can be regarded as friends of life and death to some extent, it is not good to ask for help too many times.
Maybe she should think of some way to train some of her own people.
In this way, she will not have to suffer from no one to help her in the future.
Ah Yu on this side has already turned his worries about Old Lady Wen and Wen Huan into plans for the future, and Old Lady Wen and the others on the other side have also caught up with the large army and are walking in the direction of the hunting ground.
Although it is mid-spring in mid-February, the wildlife on the outskirts of Kyoto has not yet reached the point of flooding. They went to the royal hunting grounds, where the game was carefully cared for, and preparations began as soon as the spring hunting date was set.
At this time, the royal hunting ground is full of prey that have been raised for a winter, fat and strong, and because it is artificially raised, one is more stupid than the other, not only will not run away after seeing people, but will also stupidly come forward, just so that those people in Kyoto who are not diligent and do not distinguish between grains can easily catch them.
Although Mrs. Wen resigned early, the friendship between teachers and students with the emperor has not been reduced by half a point from beginning to end, so like many courtiers in high positions in the court, he also follows the emperor.
Today's heirs are not abundant, only three sons and two daughters, the prince Jin Yuchen is the concubine of the middle palace, fourteen years old, and he is still at the age of few things. The second prince was born to a concubine, three years old this year, the third prince and the prince are brothers of the same mother, and they will only turn one year old in May, and the other two princesses are born to concubines in the palace, and their reputation is not obvious.
The emperor's favorite child is the crown prince alone, and on Chinese New Year's Eve and Lantern Festival before, he would even personally take the prince out to play, and this spring hunt also brought the prince with him.
Old lady Wen specially observed the prince without a trace, and did not see any inconvenience in his legs and feet, and along the way, it was also calm and calm, and there was nothing abnormal.
According to the practice of previous years, after arriving at the hunting ground, the emperor was the first to shoot and personally shot the prey, and the spring hunt officially began.
"I wonder who will come out on top this year?" When the emperor was still a prince, he enjoyed the atmosphere on the hunting ground very much, but after becoming the emperor, both the people around him and himself had already kept the phrase 'a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall' in mind. Although the chances of danger in the royal hunting ground are not great, there are also precautions to be taken.
He said this when he returned to the makeshift tent on the hunting ground, surrounded by his henchmen.
Old lady Wen smiled, this year, the prince still hasn't ended, and King Le originally didn't plan to end, and his words of refusal have already begun, but somehow, he suddenly changed his mind. There is a big difference between the result of having him and not having him. If nothing else, there will be no one else who can win the top spot this year except for Lewang.
He looked at the emperor and found that the emperor was sighing sincerely, paused, and asked: "Your Majesty's heroic appearance on the hunting ground back then is not comparable to these juniors now, or they won the first place, how can they compare to Your Majesty!" ”
After speaking, Old Lady Wen pinched her beard, and what he just said seemed to be something wrong.
"The crown prince is also fourteen years old this year, I don't know when His Majesty plans to let the prince participate in the spring hunt!" If the topic isn't quite right, then just skip there.
Old Lady Wen quickly turned the topic to Jin Yuchen.
The emperor didn't think that there was anything wrong with Old Lady Wen, and even took the initiative to explain: "When next year, Yuchen will be fifteen years old and sixteen years old, and I will let him take up a position in the Ministry of Rites first, and then he will be able to make him famous in front of people." ”
I don't know where he came from to see the custom, saying that if a child is famous in front of people before he reaches his age, it will affect the child's growth and add waves to his originally peaceful life.
Others don't know, but Old Lady Wen knows why.
The person who talked to the emperor about this custom with no origin was Xie Xinji, who persuaded him to change his name, and the reason why Xie Yunkai resigned from Qintianjian was because he said a lot more in front of the emperor.
Because of what Ah Yu said to Mrs. Wen that day, he accidentally lost his mind when he was talking to the emperor.
The emperor is not the kind of cruel person, and when he noticed that Old Lady Wen was distracted, he only reminded him in a mocking tone, and he did not let him get up and ask for guilt.
Old Lady Wen hesitated, considered it carefully, and borrowed Xie Xinji's name like Xie Huai'an.
It just so happened that Xie Xinji would often write to him, and the letters always contained some strange questions, so Mrs. Wen changed what Ah Yu had said, and said it in front of the emperor, as for who mentioned it to him, naturally only Xie Xinji, who was far away.
“…… A few days ago, he sent back a letter...... "Old lady Wen first told the 'antecedents' before he opened his mouth to mention the 'consequences'," the letter said that there was a landlord with a lot of money, and his son-in-law was ...... Accidentally blinded and unable to continue to inherit the family property, the landlord only wanted his son-in-law to inherit the family property, and did not want to give the family property to other people cheaply, but asked if there was a way for his son-in-law to inherit the family property smoothly. ”
Originally, he wanted to directly say that he had broken his leg, and that the local disabled people were not allowed to inherit the family property, but he felt that it was too obvious, so he changed the content slightly.
The emperor frowned, as if he was thinking about something.
Jin Yuchen, who was listening to them on the side, asked Old Lady Wen: "Is that sister-in-law's eyes not cured?" ”
If the injury is somewhere else, even if it is a missing arm or a broken leg, it is much better than being blind.
When a person can't see anything, he is most likely to be deceived.
Old lady Wen shook her head, the prince in Ah Yu's foresight did not cure his leg, and the sister-in-law mentioned in Xie Xinji's 'letter' naturally had no way to cure his eyes.
Jin Yuchen asked again: "Then his eyes have been blind since he was a child?" If that's the case, his father has been training him for many years, and there will always be a few loyal servants who will not betray him no matter what, and he should be able to inherit the family property if he wants to! ”
"His eye was injured recently, and the news of the injury has not yet spread." Old Lady Wen looked at Jin Yuchen with a soft look, after all, the people in the Wen family are staunch royalists, and the crown prince is the next emperor, "The prince should know that the hearts of people in this world are the most fickle, who can guarantee that the loyal servants around him will not deceive him?" When the master is weak and the servant is strong, it will always make some people have thoughts that they shouldn't have. ”
Hearing the first half of Old Lady Wen's words, the emperor's eyes lit up, and he said very naturally: "Since the news of his sister-in-law's injury has not yet spread, then he can take advantage of this to set up a game." He could have taken his sister-in-law out to play, secretly assigned people to put himself in danger, and then arranged for his sister-in-law to sacrifice his life to save him. Because of his desire to save his father, he hurt himself, and his reputation spread, so he stopped ordinary people from wanting to snatch the family property, and he arranged some helpers for his son-in-law, so that the family property would naturally not be left behind. ”
Sure enough, it was an idea that the emperor could come up with.
Until the end of the spring hunt, the hunting ground was very normal, and there were no assassins as Ah Yu said.
When Mrs. Wen was on the way back, she couldn't help but think about what the emperor said before, and then thought about the things that Ah Yu foresaw, who was the driving force behind it, and naturally you can imagine.
At the moment, the most important thing is to find out whether there are other shadows hidden in the Anhe Bridge. If someone really did something behind them, then how could they ensure that Jin Yuchen would definitely walk on the Anhe Bridge, you must know that the people who traveled with Jin Yuchen were Wen Huan and Wen Hang, no matter which of these two people was, they were not the ones who would collude with outsiders and murder the emperor's heir......