Chapter 411: The Hunting Canon
Ten days later, the annual hunting ceremony of the Zhao State was held as scheduled. The founding emperor of Zhao State was the world that was immediately obtained, and Zhao State has always been martial. This is also one of the important reasons why the General's Mansion has such prestige and status now. In order to allow future generations to be diligent in refining the body, the founding Emperor Wu set the rule of holding a hunting ceremony every year.
In recent years, although the civil ministers are powerful, but the status of the military generals has not been low, and the military generals have no military merits in peacetime, so they will work hard to perform in the hunting point in order to attract the attention of the emperor. And the prince of the family also attaches great importance to this, because although the hunting ceremony is heavy, the emperor will hold a banquet before the end of the ceremony, invite literati to write poems and drink, and discuss the world's major affairs, which is equivalent to a small palace test, if you can get the emperor's favor on this, the future will be limitless.
Jing Ning and Lan Yao sat in the corner watching the polo game between the courts. Lan Yao's face was full of excitement, and he kept pointing to Jing Ning to the sons of the family in the field.
"Did you see it, the one in yellow riding boots, the second prince Zhao Yu, tsk, he looks quite human, eh, how can he team up with Li Siqing?" Lan Yao frowned, and his eyes were full of disgust when he looked at the second prince.
"Is there anything wrong with the two of them?" Jing Ning glanced at Zhao Yu from a distance, that Zhao Yu was tall, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, he looked graceful, and he had a little more majesty than others, and he looked like a talent.
Lan Yao pursed the corners of her mouth when she heard this, and talked carefully with Jing Ning.
Zhao Yu had his own palace outside the palace at the age of twelve, because his biological mother was the queen, it was inevitable that he would be a little arrogant, and the Confucianism invited in the palace did not dare to be too strict with Zhao Yu, and he still remembered the emperor Cheng Yu at that time, because Zhao Yu was stubborn, he was punished with ten whips, and he was dismissed from his official position soon after, and returned to his hometown gloomily.
Since then, Zhao Yu has been even more lawless, bullying disciples of the same age all day long. As he grew older, the emperor married Li Sisi, the eldest daughter of Li Guangqi, a member of the first rank, to him as a princess.
At the beginning, the two of them looked very affectionate, but the good times didn't last long, Zhao Yu was naturally romantic, and after a long time, he got tired of Li Sisi, lingered in the flowers, and sang constantly. Li Sisi was depressed in his heart, and his illness did not heal for a long time, and his soul passed away within half a year. However, instead of having a trace of remorse, Zhao Yu became even more presumptuous, and even robbed Li Siqing's wife as a concubine.
And Li Siqing is Princess Zhao's brother, and his wife who has not passed through the door is Li Sisi's best friend.
"Outside the gold and jade, the defeat is in it." After listening to this, Jing Ning unceremoniously gave Zhao Yu an evaluation, obviously disliking him very much in his heart.
Lan Yao nodded, the look on his face was very agreeable, and the two looked at Zhao Yu with disdain. Zhao Yu in the audience seemed to feel the gaze of the two and looked at the two from afar. He smiled at the two of them with what he thought was merry.
Jing Ning and Lan Yao glanced at each other, and they both saw the disgust and disgust in each other's eyes.
"We have to change places, the room is circulating, if he shows such a smile to anyone, then the woman is afraid that she will suffer." Lan Yao said as he was about to get up and pull Jing Ning to change places. Jing Ning chuckled lightly and reached out to touch Lan Yao's forehead.
"I'm a married man, I'm naturally not afraid, if you want to change places, you don't have to take me with you." Jing Ning's eyes were a little smiling, Lan Yao made a grimace at her when she heard this, and went straight to a place next to Zhen Guogong to sit down, it would be safer to be closer to her father.
At this time, the polo game had begun, and the second prince Zhao Yu and the sixth prince Zhao Duo each led a team, and the two sat on horses and looked at each other, with very similar eyebrows and eyes.
"Second brother can't bully the small." A smile rose on Zhao Duo's lips, but there was no trace of a smile in his eyes, and his face was also cold. He was dressed in a dark robe, and there was a bit of fierceness hidden between his eyebrows, compared to Zhao Yu with a smile on his face, the whole person had a little more cold feeling.
Zhao Yu heard this, the smile on his lips deepened a little, and he said softly: "Although the sixth brother is young, his ability is very great, and Lord Liu's case was handled very well a few days ago, and it is really a good means to take the household department away from Brother Wei." ”
Zhao Duo's face changed slightly, he thought that what he had done was secret enough, but he didn't expect to be found out by Zhao Yu. A little coldness flashed in his eyes, but the smile on his face became brighter and brighter.
"My brother really wronged me, if my brother wants to be in the household, why not take advantage of the hunting ceremony to win the first prize so that I can ask my father for a reward?"
Zhao Yu turned his head and glanced at Li Siqing, who was looking at him coldly, with a somewhat helpless look on his face.
"The sixth brother took great pains to place him in my team, and it was not an easy task to come out on top."
"Brother Huang is clever, and he naturally has a way to deal with it if he wants to." Zhao Duo did not shy away from this, and even had a little smug on his face, obviously wanting to see Zhao Yu make a fool of himself.
"In that case, let each him use his own means." Zhao Yu's face was a little indifferent, and his gaze at Zhao Duo also became cold, he shouldn't have put Li Siqing in front of his eyes, this has already touched his bottom line, since this is the case, he doesn't have to care about the brotherhood that is not much in the first place.
Zhao Duo smiled coldly and took the lead in leading people to rush towards the polo. Zhao Yu gestured unhurriedly to the people beside him, asking them to pay close attention to Li Siqing. The two teams officially started to face each other, and the atmosphere was striking from the start. Jing Ning watched with relish from the stands, and from time to time in his heart assessed the strength of the two sides.
"The young lady is really interested." A warm and clear voice sounded, Jing Ning raised his eyes slightly, but it was Zhao Heng dressed in white. Zhao Heng's face was still pale, but the expression on his face was very happy, and there was a faint smile under his eyes.
Jing Ning raised her eyebrows, she remembered what Sunset Hua had said to herself a few days ago.
"Miss, Zhao Heng has been recuperating in the Lingyin Temple, but his condition has improved when he was ten years old, and he has also practiced martial arts with the Taoist in the Guanzhong, it seems that he has achieved a little success, his body should be stronger than ordinary people, and, according to my investigation, the Taoist who taught Zhao Heng's martial arts seems to have a lot to do with Lord Cai, Miss Cai often went to the Lingyin Temple with Lord Cai when she was young, and she and Zhao Heng should be old acquaintances."
Jing Ning thought back to Luo Hua's words, and looked at Zhao Heng with a bit of inquiry in her eyes, but she quickly restrained her expression, and said with a light smile: "Today's wind is strong, and the Fourth Highness is dressed so thinly, if Concubine Mei sees it, I am afraid that she will feel sorry for Her Highness." ”
Zhao Heng was stunned when he heard this, he looked at the maid who was accompanying him, and the maid put the cloak on for him.
"Thank you for your concern." Zhao Heng smiled warmly and politely.