Chapter 257: Shangguan
From the tense life hanging by a thread to the rest of her life after the catastrophe, it was just a momentary thing, but Ding Rou experienced the cycle of life and death, thinking back to everything she had just done, Ding Rou was sure of one thing, she was afraid of death, very afraid of death.
Originally, Ding Rou had an indescribable good impression when she saw her for the first time, and just saved her life again, Ding Rou brushed her loose hair, pulled her mustache lightly, and said, "Thank you." ”
The woman on the horse dismounted neatly, threw the reins of the horse in her hand to the horse's neck, walked to Ding Rou's side, glanced at the dead tiger, and there was a golden hairpin in the tiger's eyes, Ding Rou couldn't forget the two arrows she gave her help, and she couldn't forget Ding Rou's desperate fight, she asked with a smile: "Who are you?" I haven't seen you in Yanjing City. ”
Ding Rou reported to his family and said: "My father is a waiter in the Ministry of Rites. ”
Chapter 257: Shangguan "Servant of the Ministry of Rites?" Lord Ding? Are you the granddaughter of the emperor? ”
"Yes."
The woman was twenty-five or sixteen years old, with curved eyebrows, phoenix eyes, a straight nose, red lips, a pair of bright black eyes full of intimacy, tall and tall, but not thin, giving people a sense of proportion.
She was dressed up decently and generously, her head was swaying with the bright light of pearls, highlighting her bright and noble temperament, wearing a long skirt of cloud brocade, and at the hem, picking a bright yellow gold thread, Ding Rou speculated that she must have been from an extraordinary background, judging from her friendly attitude, because she should know her grandfather, Ding Rou asked softly: "Who are you?" ”
"My surname is Shangguan, my maiden name is Shenxue, and I am the fourth son of the emperor."
Shangguan Shenxue told Ding Rou all her names, which is enough to prove her kindness to Ding Rou, Ding Rou has never seen a woman with superb archery, and she has never seen a young lady who dares to stab a tiger with a hairpin, from the bun, Ding Rou has not yet reached the hairpin, Ding Rou's face is slightly pale, and there is still blood splashed by the tiger on her face.
Ding Roufu saluted: "I've seen the four princesses." ”
I heard that the fourth princess was born in a wealthy family in Jiangnan, Ding Rou always thought that she would be a graceful beauty with the softness of the Jiangnan water town, but she didn't expect that she was a sassy woman with superb archery and riding skills. The fourth prince, Ding Rou, has seen it from afar, tall and strong... Chapter 257: Shangguan should be matched with a tall woman.
"My grandfather once had a relationship with Mrs. Ding, and then my grandfather left Beijing to be an official in Jiangnan, and the Shangguan family and the Ding family gradually became estranged. Ding"
"Ding Rou, slave ̈"
The fourth princess grabbed Ding Rou's wrist... Shaking his head and laughing: "You don't have to call yourself a slave, your name is Ding Rou?" What is the ranking in the Ding family? ”
"There are five sisters up there." Ding Rou, who has always disliked getting close to strangers, did not retreat to avoid the closeness of the four princesses, and the four princesses smiled: "If you don't know, I think you are Ding Min, a talented girl in the capital." ”
Ding Rou pursed her lips and said, "She is my third sister, and the most famous in the Ding family is besides Mrs. Lanling... It's the third sister. ”
The fourth princess smiled straightforwardly: "I didn't want to see her, I have the most headache for talented girls." ”
Ding Rou also smiled in return, they knew very well how much of Ding Min's talent was useless, smiling at each other, making them a little closer, and the fourth princess said: "I just heard the tiger's roar, just in time"
Seeing Ding Rou, I still want to say thank you... The fourth princess suppressed her words, "I'm annoyed that you say those words of thanks again... It's not that you calmly dragged the tiger, I didn't have time to shoot an arrow, and there are many people who were bitten to death by the tiger because they panicked or gave up their lives to survive. ”
"No one wants to die, but at the moment of life and death, my brain will be confused, and I only had one thought at that time, how to live, and I didn't think much about anything else."
Ding Rou is rarely so honest about her savior... Shangguan Shenxue, who met for the first time, Ding Rou seemed to be an old friend with her for many years, she was no longer restrained and mediocre in her words and actions, she was careful everywhere, she was more like Ding Rou in front of the four princesses, swaying freely... She wants to make friends with the four princesses, and the friends are sincere with each other, and Ding Rou is more willing to associate with her with the real side.
"Strange, how can there be colorful tigers in the moon shooting paddock? This kind of tiger and leopard, the bear will generally be put in the north for men to shoot, the south is the safest, the prey are hares, fawns, who clears the paddock this time? How can there be fish that slip through the net? just let the tiger come here and frightened Ding Rou's sister. ”
The four princesses understood very well that no matter how good a woman was in riding and shooting, she was slightly inferior to a man, and every time she hunted with His Majesty, men and women were separated, and the stocking of prey was also different. Ding Rou's heart tightened and asked, "Hunting for this kind of mistake before?" ”
"Although there are inevitably times of negligence, there has never been a time when an adult grumpy tiger has been put into the south side of the moon paddock, and most of the ladies and ladies on the south side of the paddock are not careful? Whoever really hurts, Your Majesty can't afford to blame anyone."
The four princesses still didn't say it clearly, the young ladies who can come to the moon shooting paddock are the daughters of the heavy ministers' families, and the non-official is not allowed to bring their families, and the concubines who are loved by thousands of people, once something goes wrong, can her father and brother let go of the people who release the prey? Therefore, the arrangement of each release of prey will be carefully checked.
The four princesses and concubines were afraid that Ding Rou was a concubine, and Ding Dong, the head of the Ding family, only had two concubines, and most of the powerful people in the capital knew it. No matter how favored the concubine is, she can't surpass the concubine, and Ding Rou Nengyue is already at the top of the paddock.
Although she felt that Ding Rou would not be trapped in the identity of a concubine, and she would not be any worse than a concubine from the point of view of conversation, the cautious fourth princess did not mention much, and when she saw the guards who rushed over, she said; "When they help, the yellow huā vegetables are really cold."
Ding Rou held the hands of the four princesses with her backhand and asked, "Which minister is responsible for releasing the prey this year?" ”
Seeing Ding Rou's anxious look, the four princesses thought for a while and said, "I heard the four princes mention in a trance, it's Lord Liu." ”
"Has Lord Liu ever been in Northern Xinjiang?"
"This is really not clear, but most of the current military generals and deputy generals in the DPRK and China have gone to northern Xinjiang for training, and Daqin is now only unstable in northern Xinjiang, and the naval generals do not deal with the generals on the road, not the emperor and the princess of Xinyang jointly suppress them, and the generals on both sides may fight and quarrel over their respective military expenses every year."
Ding Rou listened to the hind legs a little soft, desperately hinting that she thought too much, but the thoughts in her mind lingered, from the favored to the cold, people with an unbalanced mentality dare to do anything, Concubine Mu completely regarded Li Si as a daughter, and all her trivial matters were handled by Li Si, ̈ Li Si grew up in Northern Xinjiang Li Si has a very high status in the palace ̈, Li Sike ordered the servant Li Si to know the guards of the palace Only at this time when the Liu family leaves Concubine Mu's side, she may have bad intentions.
Concubine Mu has been recruiting a son-in-law for Li Si recently, and many people in the capital know that the original famous family was willing to ignore Li Si's low background, just because she was cherished by Concubine Mu as a daughter.
But now that there is the county lord of Anyang, everyone understands that Concubine Mu has never really regarded Li Si as her daughter, and Concubine Mu's arrangement for the county lord of Anyang is the arrangement of her mother for her daughter, and the county lord of Anyang is surnamed Qi, who has seriously worshiped his ancestors, and is on the family tree of Qi, and the county lord recorded in the name of Concubine Mu is the bloodline of the Qi family.
The county lord of Anyang won the emperor's favor again, although she died her husband, but it did not prevent the famous family from paying attention to her, and Li Si, but the girl who accompanied Concubine Mu, the surname Li was not surnamed Qi, so Li Si went from being hot to no one's attention, a small family, where would Li Si be able to see it?
Is she planning to take advantage of the fact that she has not yet married out of the Xinyang Palace, her influence has not disappeared, Concubine Mu has not completely withdrawn the rights given to her, she wants to take the opportunity to get rid of the county lord of Anyang? The more Ding Rou thought about it, the more frightened she became, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that even if the Liu family escaped the tiger, there might still be danger.
"What's wrong with you? Still haven't recovered yet? ”
The fourth princess saw that Ding Rou's face was even more ugly than Fang Cai, and said: "I will help you to rest for a while, poor little girl, must have been frightened by the tiger, I brought Mei Huā Niang buried under the plum tree in the snow last year, drink two cups, she thought that no matter how strong the little girl is, she will collapse after the catastrophe of life and death, the fourth princess did not think about it anywhere else, she didn't know that the county lord of Anyang had been to the woods."
"Can you lend me a strong horse, I'm in a hurry."
Regardless of whether the inference is correct or not, Ding Rou will not feel at ease if she does not see Liu's peace, Ding Rou clenched the hand of the fourth princess: "Please." ”
The pony that was lying down by the tiger can no longer be ridden, Ding Rou is too late to run, her palms are slow and cold sweat, the dirty clothes she wears inside are wet with sweat and stick to her back, and the Ding family does not have a fast horse, Ding Rou pleaded again: "Sister Shangguan, please." ”
The first time she pleaded with someone, Ding Rou's eyes were anxious, and she said Sister Shangguan, which made the heart of the fourth princess soften, she has been married to the fourth prince for ten years, and the eldest daughter was raised to the age of three. ”
No matter how docile the fast-paced horse is, with Ding Rou's current mental state, it will fall off the horse's back if it is not good, and once the horse gallops, it will be seriously injured if it falls and does not die. The fourth princess couldn't see Ding Rou in danger, and asked, "Who are you going to call?" I'll ask the guards to run for you......"
"Thank you, Sister Shangguan, for your trouble, I have to go in person."
"Definitely?"
Ding Rou nodded without hesitation: "You must go." ”
The fourth princess pointed to the red horse she had just ridden, with only four hooves of white hair, and said, "You ride the shadow." ”
"Jueying, you are not allowed to lose your temper, she is my sister." The fourth princess patted Jueying's horse's head, and told Jueying uneasily, "Hold her to the place where she wants to go, you know?" ”
Ding Rou rode on the tall and sturdy shadow, and said: "Sister Shangguan's grace today, Ding Rou will never forget it." ”
She shook the reins, and the shadow lifted the four hooves and walked away, although Ding Rou's body shook slightly, and it could be seen that she was not a veteran, she still remembered what Qi Heng said about riding a horse, not skilled but enough to control the crossbow, she rushed to the place agreed with the Liu family!!