Chapter 479: Winter Hunting
Wasn't it all autumn hunting in previous years? In winter, most of the prey lacks food and is not fat. Du Mei fell to the ground and said softly.
"Hmph, I want to go in the autumn, the Mei Ji poisoning case has not stopped me for a day!" Chu Pei slammed a book on the table, making a loud noise.
"Then let me get ready." He Lian had said that Chu Pei had become moody recently, and Du Mei didn't want to provoke him, so he said obediently.
"Well, go ahead." Chu Pei snorted from his nostrils, looking very impatient.
Du Mei went around to the imperial dining room, under the pretext of looking at the medicinal diet, and told the news that he was going to hunt tomorrow to Xiao Jiangzi, the inner servant who bought it, who was the eyeliner of the internal and external contacts arranged by Murong Xi.
When Du Mei returned to the Imperial Hospital, He Lian was anxiously looking for her: "Where have you been?" ”
"The emperor said that he was going to hunt in the paddock of Qingluan Palace tomorrow, and asked me to go with him, did you call you?" Du Mei asked softly.
"This matter was arranged as early as the autumn, and it will only be done at this time, I heard that not only you will go, but Song Guifei and Chun Concubine will also go, don't worry, when the time comes, the concubine will think of bringing me." He Lian twisted his eyebrows and said.
"You're not in such a hurry to find me for this matter, why is that?" Du Mei was not surprised to see him, and asked instead.
"They told you about that corpse marrow Gu, and now Luo Man has tried the antidote!" He Lian's eyes lit up and he whispered excitedly.
"That's great, there is one more piece of evidence for the King of Shu!" Hearing this, Du Mei nodded again and again, covered his mouth lightly, and said in a depressed voice.
The two of them said this, and hurriedly began to prepare for tomorrow's departure, knives and arrows have no eyes, and they have to bring more wound medicine, and there are a lot of other 7788 external and internal uses.
On the second day, the weather was sunny, after Chu Pei sacrificed to the heaven and earth, he set off, the emperor's luan, the sedan chair of the harem concubines, the chariots and horses of the civil and military officials, the swords and banners of the Praetorian Guards, and the soldiers and horses of the other defenders, marched in turn, covering the sky and the sun for several miles, and the dust was flying along the way, and the mighty went straight to the Qingluan Palace.
Although Du Mei is a female doctor, she is the lord of Qinghe County, and she only has a small green felt sedan chair to sit on, unlike other palace maids who walk with the master's sedan chair.
He Lian rode a horse to accompany him, and at this time, everyone was in a hurry, and no one cared who was beside whom.
The team walked slowly, until the evening, only arrived at the Qingluan Palace, the chief manager here Diao Xihai had already arranged it and took the emperor to rest, and the others were placed one by one with their own servants.
I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Du Mei was arranged to live temporarily in the Feiyun Palace, looking at the familiar tables, chairs and beds, she was stunned in the dim candlelight for a while, how many happy times she and Chu Lin had been left here, when she was sick, she was carefully cared for by him, and when she thought about it at this moment, her heart was still full of sweet and sour feelings.
Du Mei put down his little baggage, and went to the back of the palace to watch the sunset, the winter sun was not energetic after the afternoon, and now it has half sunk into the mountain col, leaving only the afterglow scattered in the western sky, and the surrounding clouds are smeared with a brilliant glow.
Sydney poked her head out of her arms and looked around, while Du Mei watched the sunset, and the bits and pieces of the past with Chu Lin, like pictures of the marquee in the New Year's Festival, poured into Du Mei's mind one by one.
Just as she was immersed in the flying thoughts, suddenly, a majestic male voice said behind her, "You even know that you can watch the sunset here?" ”
"The courtiers meet the emperor!" Du Mei hurriedly turned around and saluted.
Chu Pei waved his sleeves, went straight past her, walked to the railing and whispered: "The sunset is infinitely good, but it's just near dusk." ”
"Although this poem is good, it can't help but be a little depressing, far worse than 'The sunset is white, and the tide is green.'" Wonderfully written. Du Mei looked at his back, in the bleak and cold wind, the emperor's posture was upright, but it was difficult to hide his loneliness.
"Oh? Do you like this? Chu Pei looked back and asked meaningfully.
"Nope." Du Mei shook his head, and continued, "If you like it, I prefer the sentence 'Fishing in the water at sunset, ploughing in the fields in the spring rain.'" ’”
"The mountain wind is cold, you ...... Let's go back. Hearing this, Chu Pei pondered for a moment and sighed.
"The courtiers take their leave." Du Mei bowed and left.
On the second day, there was a drill of soldiers, and the defenders from all over the country sent their strongest soldiers, wrestling, archery, horseback riding, jousting, etc., and thunderous cheers resounded in various arenas.
Du Mei is a female dependent, and she can't go down to watch, just wait to accompany Song Guifei to sit on the viewing platform, so cold that she shrinks her hands and feet, fortunately there is Sydney nest in her arms, otherwise she will give herself an injection.
Since she entered the palace, it is not very convenient to take medicine in the decoction of the imperial hospital, so she changed to acupuncture to ward off the cold, He Lian is busy most of the time, she sometimes can't wait for him, so she gradually groped for her own needle, and now she is very proficient, so she has always carried a small bag of acupuncture and moxibustion.
When he returned to the Feiyun Hall in the evening, Du Mei could finally sit in front of the brazier and roast the fire, so that he could warm up, but He Lian came in a hurry at this time.
"It's not going to be good this time." He Lian stood in front of the door and looked left and right, and after confirming that there was no one, he said in a low voice.
"What's wrong?" Du Mei chuckled in her heart.
"I didn't pay attention to today's various competitions, but the people from Shu were very fierce, and they were obviously ruthless, and they injured several generals, I don't know how to do kung fu, but I saw that the injuries were ruthless." He Lian twisted his eyebrows.
"They won't think about ......," Du Mei was startled by the sudden thought.
"I know that it must not be so simple for you to enter the palace, you must be prepared, now, hurry up and pass on this news!" Du Mei didn't finish speaking, He Lian understood, and he rubbed his hands anxiously.
Although Du Mei told Xiao Jiangzi about going out hunting, the situation has changed abruptly, and Murong Xi's eyeliner is still in the palace, who will pass on the news at this time? Although there are two cannons in her purse, the situation is not clear at this time, and she cannot use it for the time being.
"It's all me confused, this is Qingluan Palace, didn't your people come out?" He Lian saw that Du Mei's face was difficult, and he realized it later.
"That's true." Du Mei lowered her head and stroked Sydney, feeling annoyed in her heart, if she had known this, she would have made up a person to come out with her head.
"It?!" He Lian pointed to the pear in Du Mei's arms, his eyes shining, as if he saw the last hope.
"Sydney? No, no, no! It's ten miles away from Gangneung City, and even if it can run back, how can it find the Humble Garden through the city? Du Mei shook his head repeatedly, this is a cat, or is it just an old and lazy cat.
"If the King of Shu takes advantage of the hunt to do something and succeeds, we all have to be martyred for the emperor, it doesn't matter if we die, but when he ascends the throne, he will not let go of King Yan and your whole family, how can the old department of the Hou Ye sit and watch the last bloodline of the Zhongyi Hou Mansion annihilated, and will inevitably rise up to fight, so that a new catastrophe is inevitable!" He Lian was heartbroken.
"Sydney, you are your grandmother's pet, I didn't expect that today's success or failure depends on you." Du Mei hugged Sydney in front of him, rubbed it with his face, and whispered.
"Meow." Sydney seemed to enjoy Du Mei's intimacy, sticking out her tongue and licking her face.
"Without further ado, whether it works out or not depends on it." He Lian couldn't wait, and was already laying paper and ink on the table.
Du Mei gritted his teeth, picked up the little wolf pen, brushed a few lines, briefly wrote things down, then unscrewed the wolf hair at the end of the pen, stuffed the paper roll inside, and then returned to its original state, and found a ribbon to tie the pen to Sydney.
"Good Sydney, go to Humble Garden and find Murong Xilai!" Du Mei hugged Sydney and whispered in her ear.
Sydney's furry ears twitched, as if she understood, and it mewed at Du Mei, and He Lian opened the door, and it jumped to the ground at once, and ran as fast as it could.
Outside, the night was vast, and its little running white was like a drop of water falling into the inkpool, and soon disappeared into the darkness, and disappeared in an instant.
The next day, when the sky was bright, the three teams of soldiers set out to hunt for prey in the mountains and forests, and the distant shouts echoed in the mountains one after another.
After breakfast, Du Mei was about to accompany Song Guifei, but she didn't want Gonggong Li to lead a little red pony with a smile and a smile, followed by four little chamberlains, all of whom were holding trays covered with yellow silk in their hands.
"Lord Qinghe, the emperor knows that you can ride a horse, and he is afraid that you will be bored with your ladies, so he specially asked the horse farm to prepare a small breed for you~ horse, this is Feixia paid tribute by the Dongying Kingdom, and it is not inferior to other horses at all." Gonggong Li stroked the red horsehair and seemed to treasure it.
"This ......, I didn't come out with a riding outfit." Du Mei looked down at her wide and long wide-sleeved skirt, and said helplessly.
"The emperor has already thought of it, and he ordered the Sprinkle family to pick out a set of riding clothes in the embroidery workshop, and the county lord will try it quickly." Gonggong Li staggered around and pointed to the tray in the hand of the waiter behind him.
Du Mei couldn't, so she had to send them to the room one by one, and Gonggong Li kept standing and didn't leave, just waiting for her to change her clothes and set off together.
Changed into a lilac-colored embroidered white magnolia arrow sleeve cloud brocade skirt, and stepped on deerskin boots, a capable and sassy girl appeared in the bronze mirror.
"The main body of the county is cold, and the mink Qiu must be worn!" Father-in-law Li admonished outside the door.
Du Mei packed up her purse and hung it around her waist, and casually draped the blue dark sable fur on her shoulders and tied it tightly, these clothes and accessories fit very well, not much at all, no less, as if they were tailor-made.
By the time Du Mei arrived at the assembly place, Chu Pei had been waiting with Chu Zhan and several other generals for a long time.
"Why is it so slow? Come to me! Chu Pei glanced at Du Mei and said with some disgust.
Du Mei took the reins, and Feixia took a few steps obediently, staggering to follow Chu Pei's side.
She ...... Why can she go hunting on horseback with the emperor?! Du Xing stood on the high platform of farewell, and when he saw that Chu Pei was delaying his departure, he was actually waiting for Du Mei, and said angrily.
"Sister Chun is so young, but I don't know, Jun's grace is like flowing water, falling flowers are full of royal ditches, yesterday's flowers are better than the night, and today is another branch." Song Shaoshu half-leaned on the soft pillow, stretched out her slender fingers, looked at Ko Dan carefully, and said casually.