Chapter 85: Autumn Mi (3)
Seeing the emperor's eldest son enter the forest, Shen ordered the guards around the camp and ordered them to bring three times as many men and horses as usual to protect the emperor's eldest son. There are knives and arrows flying in the forest, and it is false to say that she is not worried, but she finally came to Zhulu City once, and she must not miss the opportunity for Yan'er to show her face in front of the emperor.
Lin Yuan on this side just stepped onto the horse tremblingly.
Don't look at the emperor's eldest son, a little kid can play polo, Lin Yuan rode up to know that this equestrian is the same as the difficulty of getting a driver's license. She had been inking all morning, and finally mustered up the courage to step on the horse's back for the first time.
She's really not good at this.
I also took the driver's license test at the beginning, but I didn't pass the second year when I fell to death.
When I turned my head again, Concubine Wen was gone. Lin Yuan's head drooped down, the ruler was a little shorter and the inch longer, but he didn't expect that he still needed to exercise in ancient times. Don't look at it as the daughter of a scholar, she can run out to catch up with the emperor after learning to ride a horse for a long time, and she has just started to try riding.
Suddenly, a heavy horn burst out of the air, and the sound of boiling people and horses' hooves gradually approached. Lin Yuan was already half frightened to death, but this huge sound shocked her unsteadily, and she fell down with one heel.
There was no picture of being rescued as expected, and Lin Yuan fell sideways.
She really wanted to cry, her ass was numb, and her mouth was covered with mud. The most embarrassing thing is that she actually fell from the back of a teenage mare the height of a ten-year-old child.
There were kneeling and saluting all around, and needless to say, it was the emperor who had returned from hunting. Lin Yuan cried in pain while rubbing her buttocks and got up, what she hated most was to be seen with a gray face. But now I have to get up quickly, there are more and more people around.
At this time, her arm was pulled suddenly, and the force was so great that she got up with a groan. Just as she was about to say thank you, she stretched out her hand to wipe the dust on her face to see people clearly, and she cried even more: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... Concubine disgrace ......"
"Okay, it's really out of place to cry any longer." After saying that, Tuoba Hong left, not blaming her, and not continuing to talk to him.
The scene was a bit chaotic at this point. The emperor returned with a full load, and the entourage was busy piling up the prey into a mountain, and on the side was the inner supervisor singing: "King Longjun hunted three jackals and two elks, and King Beijing hunted two white foxes...... Of course, the emperor's harvest is the largest, which is an international practice.
Everyone happily watched the prey, and the one-foot-tall black bear that Tuoba Hong shot with his own hands earned enough eyes, and he didn't pay much attention to Lin Yuan, the clay man. However, Lin Yuan was still so angry that she wanted to roar, when did the emperor come back, but she came back when she just rode up, originally she learned riding while everyone was hunting, but it turned out to be good, so many people saw it, and the emperor also observed it up close.
She covered her face with her sleeves and ran into the tent, and she could hear an ignorant Mongolian Gege laughing loudly from a distance: "The Central Plains woman is really useless...... "I have lost eight lifetimes!"
At nightfall, Tuoba Hong, who had finished a day's hunting, went to Lin Yuan's tent. Half of Lin Yuan's body was wrapped around his chest by him, and he endured the large bruises that were thrown out of his arms and buttocks, and he still served the emperor wholeheartedly. Tuoba Hong smiled and slapped her on the back: "Little fool, tomorrow I will teach you to ride and shoot." β
Lin Yuan got up stiffly: "Don't be, that's all a man's business." Ahh......h I almost broke my arm today. β
"So you were still scared?"
"I'm afraid, I'm afraid." Lin Yuan did not hesitate to reject this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The Emperor's favor is valuable, and the price of life is even higher - although a pony less than a man tall cannot fall to death unless it startles. And the horses that were used for teaching were docile like sheep.
"You're really ......" Takubahiro scratched her nose, remembering the embarrassment she fell off today, it was so funny.
Lin Yuan made up her mind not to touch the horse again, but on the second day, she still sat on the little mare named Rouge yesterday. In front of him was Tuoba Hong, who was riding a bloody horse of Dawan and was three feet taller than her.
She didn't expect that Takubahiro was really going to fulfill what she said last night. It's not that this emperor has the time to teach a clumsy novice to ride a horse, but that the women of the Mongolian nobles are too fierce and brave these days, and there is no woman in the Central Plains to follow the hunt, which is not very good in comparison. Tuoba Hong ordered that all the women who could ride horses could follow, and Lin Yuan, as the favorite concubine who served him, also came out to save face.
When the sun jumped out from the bottom of the mountain, the sound of loud drums and trumpets sounded at the same time. Every day, the opening ceremony of the hunt against the desert sunrise is simple and spectacular. The docile pony under Lin Yuan's ass was excited by the sound of the horn, stretched out its little hooves and drew a circle on the ground, Lin Yuan was so frightened by its small movements that his whole body stiffened.
The Mongolian king Yuanlie came up with a good idea, saying that today let the young talents of the two countries compete. Tuoba Hong readily agreed, and took the lead in whipping his horse, and the team on the Qin side's side swept into the forest.
There is no need to mention how pitiful Lin Yuan is when she runs. Tuoba Hong and the Mongol king were very interested in hunting, and the princes, princes, and sons of the team who were named to compete for results did not want to be left behind, and they all urged their horses to gallop in front. The scene was very chaotic, Lin Yuan slowly fell behind as a woman, and there were several foreign women with her. These ladies are very different from Lin Yuan, they either don't let the women ride exquisitely, or they have just learned riding skills but are very interested in it, they have been restrained in the capital for a long time on weekdays, and once they came to the enclosure with the royal family, they actually got the great grace to follow the hunt as a woman, and they were naturally full of excitement.
Lin Yuan was frightened, she saw that the large army in front of her had gone far enough, and hurriedly called a palace maid to come and help her dismount. Standing on the ground with his feet, Lin Yuan finally came back to life, leading the horse with one hand and leaning against the tree while panting. A tall young woman in a navy blue riding uniform smiled unabashedly: "The royal lady is really delicate, and she should sit in the golden tent well." β
This Xiao Qishao is the granddaughter-in-law of the Xiao family, she is of high birth, and she has the support of the queen's aunt, so she is full of confidence in front of Lin Yuan, a princess with a low rank. The only one who can sit in the golden tent is the queen, Lin Yuan has to run back and forth to serve the emperor, and sometimes the foreign women are not polite at all than the palace concubines.
At this time, Lin Yuan was just frightened by a horse race, and his combat effectiveness plummeted, and he couldn't raise his strength to fight with Xiao Qishao. She turned away, just looking for a quiet place to stay and wait for the Holy Driver to return.
Xiao Qishao turned her head indifferently and disdainfully.
At this moment, dust and sand rose in the distance as far as the eye could see.
Lin Yuan raised her hand to block her eyes, and the sound of horses' hooves from far and near made her more and more uneasy.
In the distance, there is a brigade of soldiers and horses under black pressure. It wasn't a hunting party, it was a great army, a real sergeant.
Lin Yuan closed his eyes and opened them again, everything that happened in the deer enclosure quickly passed in his heart, Tuoba Hong discussed politics late at night, but the Shen family was demoted, but the honor was undiminished, the Chu family rose rapidly, and Empress Xiao watched the fire from the other side.
Lin Yuan laughed slowly, she knew who was coming.
She also finally knew the purpose of Tuoba Hong's trip to chase the deer.
A thrilling sense of excitement welled up in my chest againβthe feeling of being part of the struggle of the superior and controlling the situation on my own. Very good, Daqin's world is going to be chaotic again.
The danger of turbulence in the current situation can be fatal, but it is the greatest opportunity for people like Lin Yuan who like to fish in troubled waters.
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The fiefdoms of several princes such as King Mu Wu and King Jinggong were far away from the capital, and the emperor issued an edict ordering all the princes and clansmen to follow Qiumi, although they were inconvenient, they had to come all the way over.
King Muwu only arrived today, and he was the last to arrive.
Three thousand ironclad troops accompanied him, and the grandeur was not inferior to that of the emperor.
Takubahiro did not stop hunting today because of his arrival. His gaze coldly swept over King Mu Wu and the heavily armored cavalry behind him, and politely instructed the third-ranked half-brother: "The third brother has come just in time. The Khan of Mongolia will compete with us, and you will be able to cheer for your kingdom by showing your skills. β
Lin Yuan, who was following behind, glanced forward through the heavy crowd. There were too many people, and she couldn't see King Muwu's appearance clearly.
She smiled faintly, and her figure disappeared like a light cloud. Sure enough, he is a careerist, afraid of falling to his death, but not afraid of bloody battles.
Because of the appearance of King Muwu, the deer enclosure became more and more lively.
King Mu Wu was a bold man, he joined the hunt of the crowd despite the hardships of the journey, and his posture was brave, and his riding and archery were exquisite, which impressed many generals. The young Khan King Yuanlie squinted at him, and then looked at Tuoba Hong with a strange smile.
Takubahiro's horse ran faster and faster. When he finally shot a white tiger to death, he gave the huge tiger head to Yuan Lie, and said with a smile: "Great Qin has been friendly with the Mongols for generations, and I will definitely let the Khan get what he wants." β
In the evening, the celebration feast was celebrated. The men were all toasting at the front seat, and the queen behind the curtain beckoned Lin Yuan to come forward and said with a smile: "You are fortunate to hunt with the emperor, but you have a full eye and have seen a lot of interesting things, right?" β
In today's competition between the two countries, naturally there are many talents with superb riding and archery skills who stand out, but as Lin Yuan, he can't talk about the young man next to him. She sneered and said: "The concubine is really timid, and she didn't dare to ride a horse with the emperor, and she couldn't keep up with the team several times, but unfortunately I didn't see the excitement of Taiban." β
Concubine Wen, who failed to get the grace of the attendants, looked a little stiff.
The queen's smile was full of comfort and boredom. She took a sip of mare's milk wine and tasted it: "Timidity is not a big deal. When you were your age, you were scared of horseback riding. β
At the beginning, it was Tuoba Hong who taught her to ride a horse...... It's been ten years, and things are not people.
It seems that he underestimated Tuoba Hong's favor for Lin Yuan.
The three of them tacitly did not talk about King Muwu. Lin Yuan's eyes turned around the queen, she was still too unfamiliar with the queen, and she couldn't guess what the queen was going to do with this trip...... That's it, there is no time to pay attention to the queen now.