Chapter 64: Misfortune Leads to East Waters
On February 15, when the first rays of sunlight broke through the clouds and shone on this quiet camp, the picture suddenly came alive, and countless maids and eunuchs shuttled back and forth between the tents, waiting for their masters to get up, they must finish cleaning up at the hour, and go to the hunting platform to the saint, this is the first day of hunting, the emperor will pull the first bow, and participate in the first day of hunting with everyone. The officials of the hunting ground have been preparing for three years for today, and a tiger with its teeth extracted and trained is now waiting for the emperor's holy arrow in the forest.
"Long live my emperor, long live, queen mother thousand years old thousand years old thousand years old...... "At the end of the day, everyone finally waited for the emperor, all of them saluted, the loud voice spread farther and farther in this wilderness, and the birds in the distant forest flew out of their nests, which was very magnificent.
"Xingyao's hot-blooded boys, follow me to the hunting grounds, and I look forward to your return with a full load." As soon as a glass of liquor was drunk, everyone galloped towards the woods, kicking up clouds of dust, and everyone sitting on the hunting platform could feel the shaking of the ground.
As the men left, there were a group of women headed by the queen left on the hunting platform, as the saying goes, three women in one play, not to mention dozens of women on this stage, and after a while, they chatted in twos and threes.
The women's favorite thing is to gossip together, and the ladies also have regular friends, and at the moment, three or five of them are familiar with each other on weekdays to gossip.
"It's boring to sit this time, why don't we guess who will come out on top today?" Sima Jingjing, who had just been promoted back to the concubine position, said suddenly, her eyes scanned the surroundings, and when she passed by Zheng Wanyan, who was breezy and calm, her eyes flashed with a light light of calculation.
"Well, Concubine Rong's idea is good, the emperor has prepared a lottery head for the person who hunts the most today, then the palace will also have a lottery head, if anyone here guesses, the palace will give her this wishful phoenix, how about it?" The queen, who was chatting with the eldest princess, seemed to be interested, reached out and took off a very delicate golden phoenix hairpin on her head and put it in the maid's tray.
The things in the palace are naturally the best things, and no woman can refuse such a temptation, except for Zheng Wanyan, of course.
"That's naturally Brother Mo Xuan." Zheng Xiyan was the first to speak, and the admiration in her tone was undisguised.
"Ouch, we've grown into big girls." The queen quipped. Then he turned his head and said, "What does Concubine Rong think?" ”
After staying in a cannibalistic place like the palace for more than a month, Sima Jingjing has already been on guard against this Buddha-mouthed snake-hearted queen mother, and naturally she will not be as impulsive as seeing her in the palace, she twisted a peony on the table and said, "The concubine can't guess it, but looking at the confident appearance of the eldest lady of the Zheng family, it seems that there is a candidate in her heart, and the concubine wants to hear her words." ”
What a trick to lead the water! The queen raised her eyebrows, she wanted to see how Zheng Wanyan would respond.
When the girl heard this, she quickly got up and saluted the lord, and replied with a smile, "Queen Mother, the courtiers have not long returned to Beijing, and they live in the boudoir, and they really haven't even heard of the names of these princes and disciples in Kyoto, let alone know who is more capable." Concubine Rong looked at the courtiers sitting stupidly, thinking that the courtiers were confident, but in fact, the courtiers were just really ignorant and didn't dare to show off in front of the ladies and ladies. After speaking, he twisted his handkerchief, looking cramped and uneasy.
"It's just that the courtiers remember that when they met in the palace for the first time, they heard Concubine Rong's praise for His Royal Highness King Sheng, and Concubine Rong's vision, the courtiers naturally believed it, so the courtiers voted for King Sheng." When she talked about King Sheng, she lowered her head slightly, but she looked like a girl was shy.