After a few days of day and night of hurrying, Emperor Wuding finally turned back to the Great Yin Shang, Empress Dowager An saw her son return, her heart was very happy, came to visit, Emperor Wuding brought back some precious gifts from the snow side to share some to the Empress Dowager An.

"Ding'er, why do you seem to have lost a lot of weight when you come back from Xuefang this time?" Empress Dowager An looked at him and asked distressedly.

"Is there one? There was some trepidation. King Xuefang entertained his retainers with good wine and food from the court, but his retainers were far away and lost some of their appetite. Emperor Wuding said.

"I see." Empress Dowager An said, "Did you encounter something bad in the snow side? Makes your heart tremble? Empress Dowager An asked.

"There are some bizarre things, but the queen mother can't worry about the affairs of your own country, so don't ask more about the affairs of other countries." After Emperor Wuding finished speaking, he rubbed his temples with his hands, and Xue Fang's experience suddenly became like a dream. Empress Dowager An saw that Emperor Wuding was a little tired, so she went back. This time, the bones that went out and presented to the palace were first reviewed by Fu Shuo on his behalf, and there was nothing abnormal, which also made Emperor Wuding breathe a sigh of relief.

The tragedy that happened to Xue Fangjian Theater made Emperor Wuding miss music. It's been a long time since I've listened to Kong Xiangsha playing music, so he summoned Kong Xiangsha and arranged for her to play a prosperous concert three days later, and also sent his subordinates to notify all civil and military officials, women, Concubine Yu, Concubine Tang, Concubine Cui and others to watch the performance together.

In this concert, in addition to playing beautiful music with Tao Xun, copper bells, round drums, stone chimes, etc., there is also a woman who plays music with shutters and empty bottles, which is easy to hear to the extreme, like icing on the cake, and dedicates an exquisite auditory feast to Emperor Wuding. Everyone nodded frequently and praised, thinking that the woman's ingenious use of louvers and empty bottles to play music was more ethereal and relaxed than those pottery xun, bells, drums, chimes and the like, which not only brought them a sense of novelty, but also relieved their heavy mood, which can be called the sound of heaven in the world.

Bei Yin Cuicui's heart was still full of vinegar, when everyone else was listening to music and listening to it obsessively, she was observing the concubines of Emperor Wuding on the opposite side of the performance stage, in addition to the women, Concubine Tang, and other concubines, looking at their makeup, looking at their expressions, and watching them eat fruits, she always felt that they were all unpleasant, and accidentally made a "sneering" sound, so that a concubine sitting next to her looked at her, she realized that she was a little out of shape, and hurriedly lowered her head to drink water. However, the woman noticed this detail of her, which made her even more suspicious.

When they finished playing the music and were about to leave, Emperor Wuding stopped them. "Who are the players in the audience who use shutters and empty bottles as musical instruments?"

"Back to the king, she is Ruan Xiang'er, a new musician." Empty Xiangsha said.

"Well, yes, be sure to cultivate it well, and use leaves and bottles to create more beautiful songs." Emperor Wuding said.

"No!" Empty Xiangsha replied, leading the group away.

After the band left, the civil and military officials and concubines present all left the stage, and when Beiyin Cuicui happened to pass by the woman, the woman looked at Cuifei with a very serious expression, as if to say: 'If people don't know, they can't do it unless they do'. Be mindful of what you say and do! Concubine Cui sighed in her heart, thinking, "Why is the woman looking at me with such eyes?" Could it be that she was suspicious of herself? Thinking of this, he quickened his pace and hurried away.

"This person is jealous, and I finally saw some clues. You must keep a strict watch on her, otherwise you have to give birth to a lot of right and wrong. The woman looked at her back and thought to herself.

"Hello woman, what are you thinking?" Emperor Wuding walked up to her and asked.

"No, nothing." The woman hurriedly replied, there was no evidence in this matter, just suspicions, and she didn't want to distract Emperor Wuding from unfounded things.

"If you come this time, don't go back to Yuanlu Courtyard for the time being, just stay in Jiaohua Palace for a few more days, and go hunting in Baling Mountain with Gu. What do you think? ”

"No!" When the woman heard that she was going to go to Baling Mountain to hunt, she immediately became interested and nodded in agreement.

There is no sun on this day, the weather is not too hot, it is suitable for hunting, Emperor Wuding took a group of women, hungry bells, Fu Shuo, women's subordinates Huang Zijun under the leadership, general Zhenyan, Fu Shuo's subordinates Ashi, Ah Zhong, Tail Spoon Night Sakura, as well as the female imperial doctor Wei Susu, the male imperial doctor Zhou Shituo and others took a carriage to hunt under the banner, and set off towards Baling Mountain. There are many hares and pheasants here in Baling Mountain, so every year Emperor Wuding will always bring his subordinates to hunt, and every time he always returns with a full load.

Baling Mountain is very large, and it is overgrown with shrubs and weeds. In the great mountains, they began to divide up in pursuit of their prey with bows and arrows on their backs, and soon found many hares, pheasants, etc. Although Emperor Wuding did not know martial arts, he knew a little bit of foot shooting, and his archery skills were not very accurate, and he was lucky enough to shoot one or two hares and pheasants, but it was enough to excite him for several days, and he packed them into the bamboo basket he carried with him. Of course, the woman is much more proficient, whether it is riding or foot archery, she is very proficient, and after a while, she shot eight rabbits, which made Emperor Wuding very happy, and couldn't help but sigh: "If you have a wife like this, why regret in life?" ”

Just when they were in high spirits, a woman not far away suddenly let out a scream, and the woman followed the voice, only to see a woman holding a sharp arrow in her shoulder blade and fainted beside the root of the tree, blood oozed from between her fingers, and a rabbit beside her pulled out her legs and fled. "Yikes! Not good! Your Majesty, you didn't shoot the rabbit, you shot the person backwards! The woman screamed.

"No! I didn't even shoot an arrow! Emperor Wuding said in a panic. The woman raised her eyes and looked around, and saw Proverbs standing there in the distance, stunned and motionless.

"Proverbs! You've shot someone! It's time to kill someone! The woman shouted at Proverbs, "Why don't you hurry up and call Wei Susu over."

"Oh!" Only then did Proverbs come back to his senses, and he turned around and shouted as he ran: "Imperial Doctor! Physician! Someone is injured here! ”

The woman and the Emperor Wuding stepped forward, only to see that the woman was pale, her eyes were closed, and dense beads of sweat oozed from her forehead. "Your Majesty! You pull the arrow out of her shoulder blade! The woman said.

"This ....." Emperor Wuding was a little timid, hesitating there, "I draw arrows blindly like this, I don't know if I can make it." Emperor Wuding said, as he spoke, the two imperial doctors arrived, Zhou Shituo pulled out the arrow very neatly, Wei Susu stepped forward to put some herbs on her, and then bandaged her with a piece of cloth very quickly.

"Proverbs! Why are you so careless! Can't even see a person? Emperor Wuding was very angry and criticized.

"I'm sorry! Because the rabbit happened to be under that tree, I was not very good at archery, and I missed a little, and who knew that this woman would suddenly emerge from behind that tree. Proverbs said.

"You're not sorry for us, you're sorry for this girl!" Emperor Wuding was still angry.

"Proverbs, you are a strategist, you don't study the way of discussion and battle well, what are you running out to fool in?" The woman also criticized, Proverbs lowered his head, although he is a general, but he also likes archery, he thinks that his archery skills are good, who knows that he lost his hand today, maybe his archery skills are just feeling good about himself, after all, he has only shot a pheasant until now, but the arrows on his back are almost finished. As she spoke, the woman heard their quarrel in a daze, and suddenly awoke and looked at them with a pitiful gaze.

"Girl, what's your name? Where do you live? We'll send you back and compensate you with some money. What do you think? Emperor Wuding asked with concern.

"My name is Qi Da, and my family lives in Yongle Zhuang Qi House." Qi Di whispered.

"Well, Proverbs, carry her to the carriage and escort her back! Compensate her with some shellfish as a sign of comfort. Emperor Wuding said, and Proverbs acted immediately, slowly carrying her to the carriage, for fear that he would accidentally get her injuries.