Chapter 54: Winter Hunt 1
Mu Lingkong finally had a good night's sleep in the room.
In the past few days, all the way, sometimes because of the wind and snow missed the post station along the road, the emperor ordered to camp in place, Meng Ruyue, a person who has never camped at night in the suburbs, still can't sleep with great interest, but after sleeping in a few hard carriages, she is more than anyone looking forward to arriving at the palace early.
Mu Lingkong rarely had a good night's sleep tonight, with a warm quilt nest, even if the cold wind was howling outside the window, and the branches and leaves of the trees made an eerie and terrible sound, she also slept peacefully with her eyes closed.
The next day, Dongxue pushed open the window and listened to the cold wind howling all night, thinking that it would be a blizzard, but it turned out to be a rare sun.
But the winter sun just looked warm, and the cold air that invaded her bones was still there, she jumped on the spot to warm up her body, and rubbed her hands to wake up Mu Lingkong.
Naturally, there was no reason for His Majesty the Emperor to wait for the royal winter hunt, and all the ministers and family members were waiting in the hunting ground early.
When Mu Lingkong and Meng Ruyue arrived at the hunting ground hand in hand, dozens of cowhide tents of all sizes had been set up around the hunting ground, and the most middle tent was large and spacious, with a dazzling yellow roof, which was the tent of Emperor Nanyue.
And Meng Huai'an and Emperor Fengyu stood in front of the tent and said something, and several ministers around him stood with their hands down, only he was the closest to the emperor, and he was worthy of being a saint.
Mu Lingkong glanced at it indifferently, then turned his gaze and walked towards the tent on the other side.
A little eunuch stepped forward attentively, led the two of them over, and said softly, "Two young ladies are careful that the ground slips under their feet, this way, there are already many ladies and young ladies passing by!" ”
Sure enough, before entering the tent, I had already heard a faint human voice, and when the little eunuch at the door lifted the curtain and walked in, I saw tables and chairs on both sides of the tent, and there were already many people sitting.
Many people knew Mu Lingkong and Meng Ruyue, but when they saw the two of them coming in at this time, they all turned their eyes as if nothing happened, and no one stepped forward to say hello. Miss Chen, who is usually good friends with Meng Ruyue, didn't come this time, so the two chose a secluded location, and they didn't get bored at all because no one took care of them, but enjoyed themselves.
And the group of young ladies on the opposite side chatted very speculatively, and the person who was the star and the moon was naturally Song Lanzhi.
For the convenience of hunting, she wore a peach-colored narrow-sleeved riding suit today, with a belt of the same color tied around her waist, which made her waist slender and very energetic. Among these young ladies, they can be regarded as outstanding, but when they faced Mu Lingkong, everyone couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, light!
Mu Lingkong wore a purple riding suit today, with narrow sleeves and a thin waist, a circle of snow-white fox fur on the cuff neckline, a small bowled hat inlaid with pearls, his hair was tied up, and he was thinly tucked into the hat, and he stepped on a pair of knee-high boots with lambskin pendants, and the boots were close to the calf, making the calf slender and straight.
She just sat here casually, bowing her head and playing with a black horsewhip around her waist, the whole person was in good spirits and beautiful, a temperament between the high-spirited of a teenager and the coquettishness of a girl, which was very eye-catching.
In comparison, Song Lanzhi is a bit nondescript. Wearing a neat riding outfit, there are a lot of hairpin ring jewelry on the head, although the young face is also beautiful, but compared with Mu Lingkong, it is a lot lighter.
She also seemed to have noticed the comparative gaze of everyone, her face became more and more unnatural, and she had to hook the corners of her mouth to make a generous and gentle look.
Meng Ruyue sneered, took the snacks on the table, covered her mouth and whispered, "Looking at Song Lanzhi's appearance, she is obviously not happy, and she has to pretend!" ”
She wore a white riding uniform today, and her style was similar to Mu Lingkong, except that she didn't wear a hat, only her hair was coiled up, and a simple jade hairpin was embellished.
Mu Lingkong didn't even bother to hide it, raised his eyes and glanced at Song Lanzhi lazily, just met her resentful gaze, and for a moment, he hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled at her.
In Song Lanzhi's opinion, Mu Lingkong simply meant deliberate provocation, gritted his teeth, lowered his head, and covered the fierceness that flashed in his eyes.
At this time, the curtain was lifted again, and when the cold wind poured in, three more people came in, and Mu Lingkong heard Meng Ruyue beside her sigh, so she turned her head to look.
The one who came first was their "brother-in-law" Rong Tao, but the person who this "brother-in-law" is holding now is not their sister, but a woman with gorgeous makeup and charming complexion.
The last one to come in was Meng Ruyun, who had a haggard face and a slightly convex lower abdomen.
Meng Ruyue was the first to retract her gaze, pursed her lips, and whispered to Mu Lingkong, "This is Rong Tao's latest concubine, I heard that it was a Qinglou woman, and when she was carried into the mansion, she almost died of her uncle and aunt!" ”
Some young ladies also seemed to know about this concubine, and there was a faint disdain in their eyes, as if they hadn't seen it, they talked to themselves.
Mu Lingkong and Meng Ruyue also wanted to pretend that they didn't see it, but the two of them were sitting near the door, and they were both women with beautiful faces, Rong Tao saw the two of them when he opened the curtain and came in, his eyes lit up, let go of the concubine's hand, and walked up.
"Isn't this Cousin Qing and Cousin Yue? You're coming to the Winter Hunt this year, too! As he spoke, he prepared to sit down next to Mu Lingkong.
It's just that before her ass touched the chair, she was frozen by Mu Lingkong's faint gaze, she hooked her lips, and there was no smile in her eyes, "Cousin wants to sit here?" ”
Rong Tao glanced at her hand holding the horsewhip, his fat body shook inexplicably, and he stood up in a daze, "It seems that there is someone next to my cousin, I ...... I'll go sit over there! ”
After speaking, he didn't dare to look at her, and walked to the side in a gloomy manner.
It was the little concubine who glanced at Rong Tao thoughtfully, then twisted her waist and sat next to Rong Tao.
It was Meng Ruyun who stood in place for a moment before he came over and said hello, "Big sister, second sister!" ”
Mu Lingkong bowed slightly, Meng Ruyue looked away, and said "um" coldly, just as Meng Ruyun lowered her eyes and was about to turn around and leave, Meng Ruyue suddenly said loudly, "You have a body now, you shouldn't come on this occasion, it's ...... in the cold" She didn't finish the rest of the words, she bit her lip and stopped in annoyance.
Mu Lingkong knew that this knife mouthed tofu and had a good heart. So, she had no choice but to follow Meng Ruyue's words, "Yes, Broken Cloud Mountain is so cold, you have to be careful and keep warm!" ”
Meng Ruyun nodded, "Sister knows!" After glancing at Meng Ruyue again, he walked to Rong Tao's side with his stomach.
But Rong Tao didn't even raise his eyes, he just hugged the concubine and laughed.
There were only two chairs at the table they were sitting on, both of which were occupied by them, leaving Meng Ruyun standing beside him expressionlessly.
Just when Meng Ruyue couldn't stand it and was about to stand up, the little concubine stood up as if she had just found Meng Ruyun standing next to her, "Oops", "Why is my sister standing, I thought it was a maid, I'm really sorry, you sit in my place!" ”
Today's winter hunting, the maids stayed in the palace and didn't come along, her words were very insulting, but Rong Tao still hugged her waist and frowned, "Jiaojiao, you give her a chair to sit on, where do you sit?" ”
The little concubine smiled when she heard this, and enchanted Rong Tao, "It's good for the concubine to sit on the master!" ”