Mu Youxian's gaze was really too "scorching", of course Han Xing also noticed it, and felt that his eldest brother's eyes were really strange, so he turned his head to Duanmu Fei and whispered: "Cousin Scarlet, are the eyes of the eldest brother a little cross-eyed?" He can't be too nervous, right? ”

Duanmu Fei looked at Mu Youxian carefully, and felt that his round eyes were indeed a little strange, and nodded with concern.

Geng Anhao was similarly disappointed. Originally, he thought he could see his sweetheart again!

Geng Anhui casually glanced at the hourglass on the side, and then hugged his fist to Mu Youxian and said, "Your Highness, it's almost time." ”

Mu Youxian also looked at Geng Anhao, their eyes collided in mid-air, sparks were shining, but their expressions were polite.

While speaking, the chamberlains and servants of the two also prepared horses, bows and arrows.

The palace people had already placed at least twenty or so targets around the venue, and Geng Anhao and Mu Youxian needed to ride horses around the martial arts arena and shoot arrows at the targets at the same time.

Not only the speed, but also the accuracy of the horse shooting.

After a small chamberlain sounded the gong and drum, the two rode out of the horse, the horse's hooves were flying, and they "deservedly" stepped on a piece of flying dust and galloped in the martial arts arena.

"Whoosh ......"

The two rode their horses together, constantly pulling their bows and firing arrows on their horses, and the sharp sound of breaking the air rose and fell one after another in the sound of horses' hooves, and every arrow was accurately shot at the target......

I saw a lot of people applauding!

Han Xing was also one of them, shouting excitedly in his mouth, "Brother Emperor Rush", "Brother Emperor shot again", "Catch up"...... The little face was crimson with excitement, and his eyes were shining.

The two horses galloped faster and faster, no one was willing to lag behind, you chased me, and finally in the cheers of everyone, Mu Youxian crossed the finish line one step ahead of Geng Anhui with a fist advantage.

Immediately afterwards, a small chamberlain reported the results, and the twenty arrows they each shot hit the target, but Geng Anhui's sixteen arrows hit the bull's-eye, and Mu Youxian was second, and the one who hit the bull's-eye was fifteen arrows.

It can be said that the two are inseparable.

For the onlookers, this result can be said to be the best, which means that the two chess opponents have their own merits, and they will not spoil everyone's interest because of who lost.

Han Xing was extremely disappointed, and whispered to Duanmu Fei in disgust: "Brother Great Emperor is really useless!" She was about to scream and hope for him, but she didn't win.

Han Xing felt that his eldest brother was useless, but in fact, this record was already quite good.

Geng Anhao is not the kind of son who does not learn and has no skills, as early as before the Geng family returned to his hometown to guard filial piety, he served as the commander of the fourth product in the fifth military camp, and also won the leader of the night hunt in the autumn hunt, and was repeatedly rewarded by the emperor, and can be said to be the best among the sons and daughters of the nobles in Beijing.

Moreover, Geng Anhao is already in the age of the weak crown, and the eldest prince is only fifteen years old, and the two of them can compete with each other, which is enough to show that the eldest prince's riding and archery are quite good.

The results of the competition between the two did not take a cup of tea, and it reached the ears of the emperor, who was also a dragon face and a great joy, and said hello repeatedly, and the bright laughter echoed in the room.

"Little Dezi, give these two treasure swords to the eldest prince and Geng Shizi for me." The emperor casually picked up a pair of scimitars from the side of the Fanbang tribute, and loudly ordered an inner attendant.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The chamberlain took the two scimitars with gem-filled scabbards with both hands, and after respectfully agreeing, he withdrew.

In the spacious Dongnuan Pavilion, in addition to the emperor, there are also three tall men, one is Geng Hai, the Duke of Weiguo, the other is Wei Yongxin, the governor of Beijing, and the other is the emperor's imperial uncle.

If any of these three people walks out, Jingzhong will be shocked.

Geng Hai smiled and hugged his fists and thanked the emperor: "The minister thanked the emperor for the reward for the dog first." He also thought that the result could not have been better.

Prince Li on the side stroked his beard with a smile and praised: "Your Majesty, the eldest prince is the bloodline of my Mu family, and my Mu family is the world on horseback, and the eldest prince has the style of his ancestors." ”

Of course, Geng Hai and Wei Yongxin also echoed one after another, praising and praising the eldest prince, and attributing the reason to the tiger father and no dog, which made the emperor laugh a lot.

"Speaking of which, the eldest emperor's riding shot is still when he was five years old, I gave it to Qi. In the past few years, he has also been quite attentive. There was a smile on the emperor's face and words, "Geng Hai, your family An Hao has been in his hometown for the past three years, and his riding and archery kung fu has not fallen, and these two children are good." ”

"Thank you for your praise." Geng Hai said with a smile.

The emperor asked casually: "Geng Hai, you haven't been back to Beijing for three years, are you still used to it?" ”

"Your Majesty, the whole world is the king's land, so what's not used to it." Geng Hailang laughed.

Prince Li also warmly greeted Geng Hai and said: "Duke Weiguo, this king remembers your ancestral hometown of Guilin, they all say that Guilin is the best in the world, and this king must go to see it if he has the opportunity." ”

Geng Hai smiled and talked about Guilin, the monarchs and ministers laughed and laughed, the atmosphere was quite harmonious, Geng Hai from Guilin has been talking about what he saw and heard on the way back to Beijing with his family, and finally sighed: "After three years, this capital is still so full of flowers, just like yesterday." Just ......"

Geng Hai said and looked at the emperor in front of him, his eyes flashing slightly.

"Your Majesty," he stood up suddenly, and said with righteous words, "After the minister returned to Beijing this time, I heard that Dongchang was arrogant and domineering, and he could not live forever, relying on the emperor's favor, and was tyrannical and reckless in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, which made people panic and complained......"

Geng Hai said indignantly and impassionedly, and at this moment, the brocade curtain leading to the outer room was opened from the other side, and then, a long figure in a big red unicorn robe walked in, and the beautiful face of the person who came made the room seem to light up.

The air around them suddenly felt a little weird, as if the sound had been sucked away in an instant.

Cen Yin walked unhurriedly to the emperor in the eyes of everyone, saluted the emperor, and then looked at Geng Hai with a smile, the expression seemed to say, do you want to continue?

Geng Hai was stunned by Cen Yin's smiling eyes, but he looked at Cen Yin without changing his face, and continued to say: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Dongchang is acting quite fearfully that the world will not be chaotic, and it is really ...... "It's time to restrain it!"

However, before Geng Hai could finish speaking, the emperor burst out laughing, and his pleasant voice echoed in the room, making it difficult for Geng Hai to continue.

The emperor said with a smile: "Thanks to Ah Yin in charge of Dongchang, now the court and the central government can be calm, and those courtiers dare not form a party behind my back and plot against me." ”

Geng Hai was really speechless at this time, and he didn't know whether to feel the emperor's unreserved trust in Cen Yin, or the emperor's wariness of the courtiers.

This is an eternal problem between the monarch and the ministers, not only to support each other, but also to guard against each other, one to eliminate the other.

The Emperor would never allow any of his courtiers to override him, whether it be the important ministers of the cabinet or the noble generals who have achieved great military achievements...... It is precisely because of this that eunuchs like Cen Yin are given an opportunity!

The emperor said this, and Geng Hai could only stop in moderation.

Wei Yongxin and Prince Li secretly exchanged glances with each other, and they were both silent about tea. At this time, no matter who is on the side, it will offend the other, and it is not worth it.

"Thank you, Your Excellency." Cen Yin smiled casually, "Wei Guogong has just arrived, and it is inevitable that there will be some misunderstandings about Dongchang, so it's good to misunderstand." ”

The emperor also bowed his head with the same feelings: "Geng Hai, Ah Yin has always been safe. After seeing people's hearts for a long time, you will naturally know it in the future. ”

I have only been away from the capital for three years, where has I reached the point of "newcomer"?! Is Cen Yin trying to say to himself, "This time is different from the past"? Geng Hai sneered without a trace, and echoed in his mouth: "The emperor is right." He smiled and asked Cen Yin to give more advice to Yunyun in the future, and he was a gentleman and a minister.

After greeting Geng Hai, Cen Yin said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the excerpts from the capital have been sorted out in the past few days......

As he spoke, a small chamberlain beside him respectfully placed a large stack of folds on the imperial case in front of the emperor.

Geng Hai, who was a few steps away, glanced casually, and noticed that there was a note in each note, and his gaze lingered on those notes.

The emperor noticed Geng Hai's gaze, took out a fold, unfolded it on the imperial case, and revealed a piece of silk paper with a few lines of words written on the fold, and the willow body in one hand was strong and strong, and the knot was tight.

The emperor glanced at the densely written excerpts, and said casually: "Some people just can't change the habit of making articles, the excerpts are written in a verbose manner, and a large page can't finish one thing, thanks to Ah Yin sorting it out for me, saving me a lot of things." ”

The meaning of the emperor's words was obviously to praise Cen Yin's ability.

Geng Hai's heart sank little by little, and his eyebrows frowned slightly.

At first glance, Cen Yin summed up those excerpts as mostly to share the emperor's worries, but in fact? Day after day, year after year, the emperor will slowly develop the habit of only looking at Cen Yin's strips and not at the excerpts, so that it will be much easier for Cen Yin to do things in the future, which is equivalent to giving him the opportunity to interfere in court politics and tamper with edicts.

These eunuchs are really used to playing with power and competing for favor.

Geng Hai's eyes became deeper and darker little by little, and this Cen Yin was even more difficult to deal with than he thought. At this moment, Geng Hai almost regretted that he had been away from Beijing for three years, and it was time to respond to the emperor's "love".

The emperor casually picked up the slip written by Cen Yin on the fold and looked at it at a glance, the first fold was about the envoys of the Northern Yan.

Wu Shangshu of the Li Fan Yuan asked the emperor when the envoys of the Northern Yan led by Shu Yanfu would return to the Northern Yan.

The return of the Northern Yan envoys to China was decided five months ago, but since the new king of Northern Yan succeeded to the throne, this matter has been delayed again and again, and now it has been a whole year since these Northern Yan envoys came to Dasheng, and there is no old precedent to follow.

Wu Shangshu's implication was to ask the emperor what to do with these Northern Yan envoys.

While the emperor was looking at the note, Cen Yin dictated the important things in an orderly manner, and then changed the conversation and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is time to send them back......

The emperor raised his eyebrows in surprise, he didn't expect Cen Yin to say this, put down the strip in his hand, and slowly turned the jade wrench on his thumb.

Cen Yin continued: "Now that the new king of Northern Yan has ascended the throne, this new king and the deceased king of Northern Yan do not seem to be in harmony. ”

For a while, only Cen Yin's feminine voice echoed in the study, neither light nor heavy, not slow or slow, but it hit the emperor's heart like a hammer.

The emperor's hand turning the jade wrench unconsciously stopped, and his face sank like water.

It was he who was careless!

Ah Yin said very much.

"It's without further ado." The emperor said decisively.

Cen Yin responded, and followed the emperor's words and said, "Your Majesty, then it's better to let Geng Shizi set off immediately to send people back to Beiyan." As he spoke, Cen Yin glanced at Geng Hai, and the corners of his red mouth hooked a meaningful arc, stabbing towards Geng Hai like a sharp sword.

Geng Hai's pupils shrank, and the secret path was not good.

He originally thought that whether the envoys of Beiyan would return to Beiyan or not had nothing to do with him, so he didn't intervene at all, but he forgot that he had previously received an errand for his son to send the envoys back to Beiyan, but today he gave Cen Yin, a treacherous eunuch, an opportunity.

Geng Hai's heart sank a little, and his lips tightened into a straight line.

Originally, when the king of Beiyan was still in power, the errand of escorting the envoys of Beiyan back to Beiyan was a beautiful errand, no danger or danger, and he could make military achievements, but now the situation of Beiyan is unknown, and the envoys sent by Dasheng to Beiyan have been almost three months, and they have not returned, and there is no news.

This errand is too dangerous.

Cen Yin's move is a conspirator, which is clearly taking revenge on the complaint he just sued him.

Xiang Zhuang danced the sword, intended to Pei Gong, he went around in a circle to attack his son, and the shot was really ruthless!

Geng Hai's eyes were cold, but on the surface, he said with convincing words: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter still needs to be discussed in the long run, and the situation on the Beiyan side is unclear, so I Dasheng should still brake quietly and wait and see what happens." ”

Cen Yin didn't look at Geng Hai, and said to the emperor calmly: "Your Majesty, this matter is related to the diplomatic relations between the two countries, it is better to be sooner rather than later, and the new king of Beiyan should see my sincerity, so that we can continue to maintain the goodwill between the two countries." ”

"Your Majesty, Geng Shizi is young and promising, and he is well known. The minister really doesn't know who can take on this 'heavy' responsibility except Geng Shizi. ”

Cen Yin was full of beautiful words, but Geng Hai couldn't laugh, his eyes became deeper and deeper, and cold sweat was dripping from the back of his neck at a speed visible to the naked eye. Geng Anhao is his eldest son, and he is also his most outstanding son, the so-called "gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall", his son must not risk his life.

The Emperor narrowed his eyes thoughtfully, and his right hand shook and opened, opened and squeezed. What Ah Yin said is true, this errand is related to the peace talks between the two countries, and there is no room for mistakes.

Geng family, he is relieved.

The emperor looked at Geng Hai and said loudly: "Geng Hai, this matter has to be taken care of by your family." ”

Geng Hai's heart plummeted, as if he had fallen into a bottomless abyss all of a sudden.

Geng Hai's heart couldn't calm down for a long time, and a storm seemed to be brewing in his eyes.

At this moment, the chamberlain came to report that the eldest prince and Geng Shizi came to thank him.

The emperor immediately smiled and let the two in, praised them in a good mood, and then told Geng Anhao to let him return to Beijing tomorrow and send the Northern Yan envoys back as soon as possible.

"......" Geng Anhui didn't expect the emperor to suddenly mention this matter, and was slightly stunned in surprise. He glanced at Geng Hai quickly, and when he saw his father nodding slightly, he knew that there was no room for things to turn around.

He settled down, and immediately clenched his fists and responded: "Yes, Your Majesty." The end will certainly live up to the trust. His voice was bright and bright, and he seemed full of ambition.

"It's really a tiger father without a dog, and a coward without a gate." The emperor's mood was better, looking at Geng Anhao's eyes with kindness towards his nephew, he sighed with emotion, "Anhao, if I remember correctly, your yuan match has been gone for more than a year, you are still young, and the continuation should be decided earlier." ”

Geng Anhao's eyes lit up, and when he thought of the beautiful shadow, he immediately took the opportunity to answer: "The last general wants to ask the emperor to give him ...... marriage."

Halfway through his words, Cen Yin suddenly opened his mouth and said with a smile: "The minister sees that Wei Guogong is making a look at the prince, presumably Wei Guogong already has a candidate for the princess...... The emperor still doesn't want to pull the red line indiscriminately. Cen Yin's tone was very casual, with a bit of jokingness.

The emperor subconsciously looked at Geng Hai, and happened to see Geng Hai quietly winking at Geng Anhao, and couldn't help but look slightly gloomy, and felt a little unhappy in his heart.

Geng Hai's face was a little embarrassed, he originally wanted to prevent his son from rashly mentioning marriage to the emperor, but he didn't expect to be caught by that Cen Yin by the pigtail again.

The emperor quickly laughed again, and said jokingly: "Ah Yin, fortunately, you reminded me that I almost messed up with the mandarin ducks. ”

Geng Anhui still wanted to say something, so he heard Cen Yin smile and said again: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes: 'Heroes are matched with beauties, talented people are matched with beautiful women', and the minister heard that those young men have also shown their skills after the eldest prince and Geng Shizi, and now the martial arts arena is very lively." Maybe after the autumn hunt, there will be a lot of happy events in Beijing......"

"Oh. And such things? The emperor was also in high spirits as he spoke, and got up and said, "Then I want to go and join in the fun." ”

The topic of marriage ended without a hitch, and a group of people surrounded the emperor and went to the martial arts arena.

At this moment, there are nearly half more people in the martial arts arena than when the eldest prince and Geng Anhui competed before, and it was bustling.

Every year autumn hunting, are the opportunity for young talents to become famous in one fell swoop, following the eldest prince and the prince of Weiguo, there have been many young sons to compete, and the surrounding audience is also enthusiastic with that competition.

With the arrival of the emperor, the already lively martial arts arena exploded in an instant, and everyone bowed their heads to salute the emperor, shouting to the sky.

Those young men became more and more excited, and in order to show their faces in front of the emperor, they rushed to appear on the stage, some tried to ride and shoot, and some directly rode horses and fought each other with guns......

The emperor watched two competitions in a row, rewarded the winner with great interest, and praised Geng Hai and Wei Yongxin for "heroes from ancient times out of youth" and "the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves" Yunyun's words.

"Even if this is a good competition, it still has to be stopped." Wei Yongxin said to the emperor with emotion, "After the niece of the minister got the emperor's reward yesterday, she was too frivolous, so she would make people jealous, and she was shot in the arm by a test and was bedridden......

The emperor raised his eyebrows, remembering Wei Yongxin's "niece".

Wei Yongxin was originally waiting for the emperor to ask, and he could take advantage of the situation to "complain" to Duanmu Fei. This Duanmu Fei used such barbed arrows at a young age, which was really ruthless.

What he didn't expect was that the emperor just said "oh" with a faint expression, and said casually: "It's that little girl." ”

Wei Yongxin was stunned, feeling that something was wrong.

"Yongxin, you also spoil your little concubine's niece too much, and I also know that little girl from the Duanmu family, last time she said that she hit the badger, guess what, it was my two princesses and her sister who let her, drive the badger into the trap and let her aim at the arrow again...... She proudly showed off in front of me for a long time. ”

The emperor also felt a little funny when he said it, Wuyang and Hanxing looked at the little girl's face, which Cen Yin told him quietly.

"She's just a little girl, riding and shooting is a mess, the arrows shot out are light, even a rabbit can't shoot to death, according to me, I'm afraid that it's not enough to accidentally scratch someone, it's just an accident, your 'niece' is too squeamish."

"......" Wei Yongxin's expression was a little weird, he didn't expect the emperor to react like this.

The emperor has always boasted that he has the wisdom to know people, Wei Yongxin knew that it was useless to continue talking, so he changed his words and said: "It is also common for this little girl to be squeamish, and the niece of the minister is injured, so she is afraid that she will have a scar, and she has cried all night. ”

Originally, Wei Yongxin didn't have to bother the emperor with such trivial things, but this hospital didn't take him seriously, and Rong Rong didn't invite the imperial doctor to invite him yesterday with his post.

The Emperor frowned.

Cen Yin is right, Wei Yongxin has been too frivolous recently, relying on being a favored minister, he uses the imperial doctor to please his favorite concubine......

The emperor's eyes darkened.

Of course, he also knew about Wei Yongxin's absurdity of spoiling concubines and killing his wife, but this was a private matter of his courtiers, so the emperor didn't want to worry about it, but now it seems that it is time to beat it up.

"That's not right." The emperor directly refused, and his tone was light, "You, don't be in love with children all day long, let's take it easy, if I give you the imperial doctor today, there will be a bunch of impeachment folds handed to me tomorrow." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister knows what to expect." Wei Yongxin casually echoed seemingly nonchalantly, but there was a dark tide surging in his heart, and he didn't know whether to be angry with those imperial historians staring at other people's houses, or complaining that the emperor would not even agree to such trivial things.

It's just a doctor, since the emperor refuses to give it, then he will ask people to go to the nearby Huaiqing Town to invite a famous doctor to come over.

The emperor shook his head, quite a taste of "no problem with him", pointed at Wei Yongxin and said: "You, everything is good, but the inner house is not repaired." Be careful that you will suffer a lot in this regard...... Even I have heard of your concubine's arrogance. ”

Wei Yongxin responded with a smile: "The emperor is right." ”

He said it nicely on the surface, but in his heart he didn't think so, he just spoiled a woman, and what was the big deal, but those imperial histories love to find fault.

The emperor did not see Wei Yongxin's dissatisfaction, and continued to look at the field with great interest, only to see three sturdy horses galloping around the martial arts arena, and "whoosh" feathered arrows continued to shoot out from the bow and arrows......

When the leading horse galloped through the southeast corner of the martial arts arena, the emperor suddenly noticed two familiar figures, Han Xing and Duanmu Fei were watching the excitement together, clapping their hands for a while, talking and laughing at each other, and the two little girls were full of energy.

Seeing the two little girls laughing heartily, the emperor seemed to be infected, and his smile became even stronger, and he said to Prince Li beside him mockingly: "Hanxing has been naughty since he was a child, don't take the granddaughter of Duanmu Xian's family crookedly, otherwise Duanmu Xian will have to come to me to settle ......accounts."

Duanmu Fei's little face was flushed, and he excitedly pointed to Han Xing and said, "Han Xing, look, the third place is about to catch up!" ”

"Will he come from behind?" Han Xing also stared at the third-ranked Tsing Knight with burning eyes.

"He's already at the end of his crossbow." A gentle and elegant male voice suddenly came from behind the two, "The second person should be able to win......"

Before the words fell, the two arrows fired by the green knight missed one after another, and the blue knight in the center, after shooting the last target, swung his whip past the indigo knight in front and crossed the finish line first.

Thunderous applause erupted all around, and the cousins followed the prestige in unison.

Behind Han Xing's right, I don't know when a young man in an apricot yellow brocade robe stood at some point, looking at the two of them with a smile, it was the second prince Mu Youchang.

This book was first published by Xiaoxiang Academy, please do not reprint!