Chapter 33: The Mulan Enclosure [I]
Tonight is destined to be sleepless, all I think about is Jian Concubine Guan Yanxin, there have been too many things in the past year, and unexpected things have come one after another, which caught me off guard.
"Niangniang, it's already the second watch, and I'm going to leave for the Mulan paddock tomorrow. Rest quickly. Rumian walked over and said. I nodded silently, it was late at night, and it was time to rest.
Early the next morning, the people of Qiancuiyuan began to be busy, to set off to the Mulan paddock, now that the cold winter has passed, it is finally looking forward to the spring when the flowers bloom, Yongyan will take the prince, the children of the clan, the princes and the ministers of the Eight Banners and the Eight Banners Guards to the paddock to hunt.
The queen was unwell recently and couldn't travel so much that she didn't follow, and Ruguifei wanted to stay to help the queen take care of the harem, so the emperor only brought Concubine Xin, Concubine Rong, Xi Guiren, Xinyue and I and others to go.
The mighty team set off, I only took Fufeng and Rumian to go, and before leaving, I specially told Fu Hui to ask Lu Congmian to go to Concubine Jian from time to time to ask for peace and keep the child in Concubine Jian's womb.
Because it was the first time Yongyan went north to hunt since he succeeded to the throne, it was particularly grand. Large and small carriages stretched for dozens of miles, and in addition to the daily necessities, there were also a large number of bows and crossbows and arrow feathers to capture prey.
Walking in front of the team was the Praetorian Guards of the Yellow Banner, then in the order of inlaid yellow, inlaid white, inlaid white, followed by positive blue, inlaid blue, inlaid red, inlaid red, Mianning rode a brown red horse in front of Yongyan's sedan chair, sometimes looking back and talking to Yongyan.
After nearly six days of travel, the carriage stopped at the summer resort and headed to the Mulan paddock tomorrow.
Yongyan lives in the Yanbo Zhishuang Hall in the villa, and I am in the Nanshan Snow Hall closest to the Yanbo Zhishuang Palace, the new moon is in the nearby Pear Blossom Companion Moon Palace, and Concubine Xin is in the Yunfan Moon Boat Palace.
Mulan enclosure borders the Mongolian grassland, is a grassland with abundant water and grass, birds and beasts breeding, is a natural hunting ground, no wonder the emperors of this dynasty love to come here to hunt, one is to exercise the army, but to consolidate the relationship with the Mongolian tribes.
But the crescent moon was excited, she was as cheerful as a bird about to return to the forest, and she had the blood of the Chahar tribesmen from the steppes flowing from her.
The magnolia paddock is even more vast and spectacular than I imagined, the endless grassland, the water washes the general blue sky, the occasional eagle is circling, and the crescent moon and I stand on the grassland and breathe in the fresh air.
The team was stationed on the grassland, and the crescent moon changed into a set of easy-to-move riding clothes, and tied a sash of mirrored clouds, and obliquely reflected the group of jade brocades, and led the horses to my tent.
Crescent Moon poked her head in and said, "Sister, let's go horseback riding together, I've been bored for days." ”
Rumian and I were sorting out the things we had brought out, and I put down what I was holding and said, "But, I don't know how to ride a horse..."
"Sister, how can a Manchu girl not be able to ride a horse? Then I'll teach you a little bit of it. Crescent Moon said in surprise.
I hesitated for a moment and said, "We can't move around at will, so I'll just forget it." ”
The crescent moon pulled me out of the way, muttering, "It's not just me who can't wait, my horses can't wait." ”
The crescent moon was holding a brown horse in her hand, followed by a soldier pulling a white horse, and the crescent moon pointed to the white horse and said, "This horse should be relatively docile, so I will give it to your sister to ride." ”
The white horse was snorting in its nose, and the horse's hooves were tapping on the ground, looking quite docile, and I said to the soldiers, "I'll take it, and you can go back." ”
I took the reins from the soldier, and the horse was obedient, and Crescent and I moved out of the camp and came to the vicinity of Lake Saihan, which was sparsely populated and suitable for practice.
The crescent moon kicked on the horse briskly, holding the reins and looking at me who was moving slowly, I rode on the back of the horse like the crescent moon, and suddenly felt that the world was much more cheerful, "Sister, just tighten the reins, you try first." The new moon said brightly.
Suddenly, the jade hand of the new moon whipped the horse, the white horse's front hooves raised, roared, and ran out quickly, I didn't react for a while and had to nervously tighten the reins, lest I fall.
The horses ran faster and faster, like crazy, and I was almost slid off several times by the bumps, and the wind whistled in my ears, and I was afraid to breathe. The crescent moon chased after me, and the horses ran around the lake, and I was helpless, regretting that I had come out with the crescent moon.
Suddenly, a white figure on the right chased after me, getting closer and closer, I didn't care to see who it was, the man hurriedly shouted: "Give me your hand quickly," and only then did I know that it was Mianning.
I didn't think much so I reached over and half of my body turned to the side, and he grabbed my arm and lifted me into the air, and I fell from the sky on his horse.
I was relieved, and I reacted to find that I was held tightly in my arms by Mianning, and my cheeks immediately turned crimson.
Mianning's horse stopped and said to me with a smile: "You are too bold to ride a horse and still work so hard."
I deliberately blamed and said: "Wouldn't the second elder brother be more daring, this palace is your concubine Jin, but for your sake of saving this palace, this palace will spare you." ”
"Concubine Jin, why did you bite Lu Dongbin, Brother Ben saved you, if you don't thank me, forget it, how can you ........." Mianning glared at me and said.
Xinyue also rushed over, looked at it with a worried face, and said, "My sister is scared of me, it's all my fault, what if you fall out of a bad way." I comforted the worried Crescent Moon and said it was fine.
A trace of loss flashed in Mianning's eyes, this resolute man just fell in love with a woman he shouldn't have liked.
The Saihan Lake River meanders vertically and horizontally, and the water flow is clear, like a jade belt looming in the forest, and the lush forest is nearby.
The horses drank the water from the river happily, and Mianning and I stood side by side, and Mianning said: "When I saw you in the snow that day, I thought you were a clan cousin, because you look so different from the women in the palace. ”
I smiled and said, "I'm afraid it's the same now, what difference can it be." ”
Mianning looked at the gurgling river and said, "You are now the most favored person of Huang Ama, but I always feel that you are not happy. ”
"In this deep palace, there are a few people who are truly happy, I once loved someone, and at that time we were talking on the grass like now, and the horses behind us were eating grass, but we couldn't be together after all." There was a sadness in my eyes.
"Since you love him, how can you be willing to enter the palace?" Mianning stared at me and asked.
I sighed and said, "You think everyone is just like you, born a noble prince, if you know my experience, you will know why I am what I am today." ”
He bowed his head and was silent, and the crescent moon shouted near the forest, "Sister, I have caught a little rabbit, come and have a look." ”
I pointed to the crescent moon and said to Mianning, "Look, there are people who live happily. ”
Crescent Moon chases a white rabbit in the jungle, jumping around like a naughty child.
Suddenly, two arrows came from nowhere, one hit the ground behind Crescent Moon and the other immediately hit the rabbit, and I anxiously shouted at Crescent, "Crescent, be careful! ”
Crescent Moon was quick-eyed, lying on the ground and hugging the rabbit, and the arrow shot impartially at Crescent's left arm.
Mianning and I hurried past, Crescent Moon's face contorted with pain, and her arm began to bleed. I was disgusted and said, "Why are you so stupid, this is just an arm, what if this arrow is going to be shot on the body or head?" ”
The sound of horses' hooves came to us, and four men dressed in Mongolian clothes walked up to us, and a young man with a pleasant face like a crown of jade saw the injured crescent moon and said, "I'm really sorry, we want to shoot this rabbit." I didn't want to hurt the girl, our camp is behind the woods, and you can come to our camp to heal. ”
Crescent Moon slowly spoke, "It's okay, I was injured trying to save this rabbit. ”
The man with the mink hat sitting on the horse stared at me tightly, and said to the person next to him, "It's still the beautiful woman of the Central Plains!" ”
A trace of displeasure flashed in Mianning's eyes when she saw it, and she said, "That's not necessary, you should be dressed as Mongolians, why are you here?" ”
The man said, "We are from the Mongolian Korqin tribe," and the man pointed to the man with the mink hat and said, "This is my eldest brother Sona Mubezi, and I am Suge Bezi." ”
Mianning's face was pleasant and said: "It turned out to be Prince Darkhan's bezin, and I heard that my emperor Prince Amawen Darkhan would come to see this hunt." ”
When those people heard this, they immediately dismounted and saluted, and said, "It turned out to be the prince of the Celestial Empire, who was offended, and hoped to forgive his sins." ”
I looked at the bleeding crescent moon and said to Mianning, "Let's go back quickly." ”
After saying goodbye to the two shells, I helped the wounded Crescent back to the camp to heal.