I have to say that the Ministry of Rites prepared the arrangement very quickly. Three days later, the officials of the court were told to go hunting in the royal hunting grounds outside the capital one day later.

There were two hunts per year. One is after the beginning of spring, and the other is in autumn. However, this year, because the problem of the flooding in Fuzhou was solved, the emperor was happy, and he felt that this year's autumn hunting had been advanced.

Every year's hunting is when the princes of the court are in the limelight in front of the emperor, and even the concubines with the harem and the female dependents of the officials are looking forward to the hunt. Because this hunt is not as simple as the surface hunt.

When the dynasty established the country with martial arts, the descendants of the royal family were arranged to learn martial arts from an early age. And every time it was time to hunt, several princes would also want to make a good impression in front of the emperor. The concubines in the harem are even more different.

Hunting is the home of the men anyway, and the women who are brought there must be their hearts, or their status. Not every woman has the opportunity to accompany her to the hunting grounds.

This is especially true in the harem, those who can accompany the emperor must be favored or have different identities. So being able to be taken by the emperor to hunt together is also a kind of proof of their identity to others.

Zhao Qingyan is the newly crowned county lord of the imperial court, and she has just solved the big problem of the flood in Fuzhou, and this year she was directly named by the emperor to go hunting in the royal hunting grounds.

After Wang Shun finished reading the emperor's holy decree, he carefully closed the holy decree, lowered his body slightly and handed it to Zhao Qingyan with both hands. Zhao Qingyan knelt on the ground and took the holy decree handed over by Wang Shun, with surprise in his eyes, and asked, "Why did Your Majesty let me go?"

When he was about to get up, Wen Qiao next to him helped Zhao Qingyan. Zhao Qingyan didn't react at all, his eyes were still staring at Wang Shun tightly, and he didn't accept why the emperor made such an arrangement.

Wang Shun replied: "County Lord, Your Majesty can let you go, this is an unholy favor for you!" In short, you and the prince are well prepared, and when the time comes, you just have to go. Without getting an accurate answer, Zhao Qingyan was about to open his mouth to ask again, but was grabbed by Wen Qiao next to him.

Wen Qiao looked down at Zhao Qingyan and said, "Okay, Your Majesty will let you go, you can go, no need to ask." After speaking, Wen Qiao nodded to Wang Shun, "Thank you, Lord Wang, for coming over today." ”

Wang Shun waved his hand and said, "The prince laughed, this is what I should do." Then I will go back and report to Your Majesty first. Wen Qiao said lightly: "Lord Wang, go slowly."

After Wang Shun left, Zhao Qingyan was still puzzled, "Why did you say that Your Majesty suddenly thought of letting me go hunting too?" But I don't know at all!"

Wen Qiao chuckled and took Zhao Qingyan's hand and led her out of the courtyard, "You have made a great contribution this time, and you have just been crowned the county lord, Your Majesty naturally wants you to go." Even if he doesn't let you go, with me here, I will take you too. ”

After coming to this place for so long, Zhao Qingyan has not gone hunting. Not to mention that this time I went directly to the royal hunting grounds.

Because he was going to hunt in the royal hunting grounds, Zhao Qingyan prepared things in advance. She packed up a lot of food and clothing, and then took it to Wen Qiao to see.

She walked into the room with two large bags of things, Wen Qiao glanced at the things in her hand, raised her eyebrows, and asked inexplicably, "What are you doing here?" Zhao Qingyan tilted his head, looked at Wen Qiao's eyes and looked at him, and then said, "These are all things I am going to hunt."

After saying this, Zhao Qingyan noticed that Wen Qiao's expression changed. She instantly understood that she was making a joke, but she had never really been there, so she asked, "Am I not preparing correctly?"

Wen Qiao had already walked in front of her with a smile, and raised his hand to open the two burdens, one of which contained all kinds of food, while the other contained a few pieces of clothing for the two of them.

Wen Qiao really couldn't hold back now, and laughed out loud. Zhao Qingyan made a fool of herself, her face turned red, she deliberately glared at Wen Qiao with vicious eyes, and said angrily: "What are you laughing at!" Can't we go out and don't allow me to bring these things!"

Wen Qiao finally couldn't hold back the feeling of wanting to laugh, he shook his head, and replied, "There has never been a rule that you are not allowed to bring these things over. It's just that let's go to the royal hunting ground, where there are usually palace maids to prepare, we only need to bring a few clothes, and the stay is not long. ”

"If you want to bring these, then take them." Wen Qiao finally said.

Wen Qiao's words reminded Zhao Qingyan of the extravagant picture of going to the royal hunting ground to hunt. Although she made a joke, these things were harmless, and after thinking about it silently for a moment, she nodded at Wen Qiao and agreed with him.

On the day he was about to go to the hunting ground, Wen Qiao dragged Zhao Qingyan out of bed early in the morning. The royal hunting ground was outside the capital, and those of them who were courtiers had to arrive before the emperor. Because he still had to hurry for a while, Wen Qiao took Zhao Qingyan and set off as soon as possible.

If you arrive after the emperor, you may be convicted of offense. When the emperor is the most taboo, a series of things that offend the majesty of the emperor, such as high merit and high mastership.

The location of the capital is in the north, and the plains and mountains grow peacefully. And the place where the royal hunting ground is located, there are plains and mountains. There are many animals in the mountains, and in order to allow the royal hunt, many domestic animals are released in the plains at this time.

When Wen Qiao and Zhao Qingyan arrived outside the royal hunting ground, they saw at a glance that many tents had been set up in the hunting ground surrounded by guardrails. Wen Qiao helped Zhao Qingyan get out of the carriage, and the two maids who followed with Lu Luo and Xing'er followed behind them with the things brought by Zhao Qingyan.

Guarding outside the hunting ground was the forbidden army in the palace, and after seeing the leader of the forbidden army, Wen Qiao and Zhao Qingyan were allowed to enter, and the forbidden soldiers guarding opened the door and let them go.

The chamberlain in the palace took the two to find the tent they needed to live in next, and after bringing it, they saluted the two and took the initiative to leave. Zhao Qingyan came for the first time, and she still felt very novel, she opened the curtain of the tent and entered inside, "We'll live here next?"

"Hmm." Wen Qiao responded to Zhao Qingyan's words and followed her in. The space inside the tent was as large as an entire room. The two maids, Luluo and Xing'er, put away the things that Zhao Qingyan brought, and Zhao Qingyan commanded them to clean up the tent again.

The hunting time usually lasts for three to five days, but how long you want to stay here depends on the emperor's intentions. After Wen Qiao and Zhao Qingyan arrived at the royal hunting ground, various officials in the court also arrived one after another.

After packing up the tent, Zhao Qingyan followed Wen Qiao out of the tent, only to find that there were not many officials who came with female dependents.