Fengxiang Palace.

The queen was dressed in a golden fire phoenix robe, covered with soft and light yarn, and leaned on a phoenix tail soft couch wrapped in colorful brocade.

Several aunts stood aside and waited, one of them in a pink Luo skirt was carefully pouring tea, from the faint fragrance of tea can be judged to be the best Biluochun, a few pieces of tender green tea hovering in the cup, emitting steaming heat.

The queen's expression was faint, and she was carefully fiddling with the cloisonné gilt armor on her ring finger and little finger, the long armor sleeve was inlaid with various colored gems and soft gold carved flowers.

The queen said lightly: "How is Wang Zhi's preparations?" There is not much left of Hongu's patience. ”

The maid who poured the water slowly raised her head and said carefully: "The princess sent someone to send news today, and it has been prepared, just waiting for the queen to speak." ”

The queen's eyes were extremely dark, and the long armor set curled up slightly, coating her fair skin with a layer of golden light.

Today's Four Kingdoms Palace banquet can be said to have made Chu Luoyi out of the limelight, sitting firmly in the back seat for so many years, she has seen countless concubines who have been favored for a while, but often the more favored people are, the faster they will die.

Once favored, it means that it will become the target of public criticism, not to mention that it has been favored for so long like Chu Luoyi.

But now the situation is a little different, firstly, Chu Luoyi is a scheming person, and there is also the backer of the Yunguo Mansion, which is really difficult to deal with.

Second, and the most important point, now that the harem is empty, there are no new show girls this year, and since Chu Luoyi, no one has been favored, and there are no concubines who are evenly stained with rain and dew, which means that no one dares to target Chu Luoyi, if there is no one who even exists, how can she become the target of everyone.

Today, she dressed up to attend, and Concubine Rou single-handedly took care of the palace banquet, but whether it was her or Concubine Rou, her fine makeup was not as good as Chu Luoyi's appearance with a veil.

Thinking that Emperor Beiyan actually allowed her to sit on the dragon chair and obey her like that, 'Smack! With a bang, the long armor sleeve was broken by the queen: "Your Majesty, where did you treat her like this, where did you put me!" ”

The hunting of the four countries is an investigation of each country's attitude and strength towards each other, and now in front of the countries, I am afraid that they only know that Beiyan has a favorite concubine, but no one knows that she is the queen!

The maid on the side saw that there was movement outside, turned around and looked out, lifted the curtain and walked out.

"Auntie, this is the news that the prince sent a slave to the queen's mother, and the queen mother is also invited to take a look."

A maid took out a piece of letter paper from her sleeve and handed it to the pink-clothed Chunliu's hand.

Chunliu bowed slightly, glanced at the maid and said, "You wait here first, if the mother has any instructions, I will come to inform you again." ”

Chunliu sent the letterhead from Wang Zhi to the queen, who slowly opened the letterhead, looked at the handwriting on the letter, slowly closed her eyes, and thought about it repeatedly in her mind, as if she was making some kind of decision.

After a while, the queen opened her eyes and said, "That's it." ”

Chunliu nodded, turned and walked out, and the queen sat up, lit the letterhead in her hand, and did not lean back on the soft couch again until her delicate fingertips turned into ashes and threw it into the copper basin on the ground.

Bei Liuyun, Chu Luoyi, if you can hit the two of you in one fell swoop and secure the position of the crown prince for my son, it is worth it.

Three days later, the hunt began.

In the Beiyan Imperial Palace, the flags are hunting, the ribbons are fluttering, the flags of various countries are interspersed, the flowers are clustered, along both sides of the street, all the way to the hunting ground in the suburbs.

In front of the Qianyuan Palace, soldiers of all colors and strong uniforms lined up neatly, led by the four major powers, each with their own battalion, all of them were ready to go, and the horses were also restlessly stepping on the horse's hooves, wandering in the square.

The drums are bursting, the momentum is like a rainbow, looking at it from a distance, I have to praise a great momentum, as if above the heavenly court, the immortals are seated, and the gods from all walks of life stand next to each other, each showing their magical powers to come to a heavenly event, one by one, the spirit is flying, and the clothes are flying.

Or waiting, or getting ready, or dusting lightly, or brushing the beard, in short, it is a hundred thousand appearances, thousands of postures, can only say a wonderful.

Emperor Beiyan, dressed in a golden dragon suit, rode a red-maned fierce horse, and appeared in front of Beiyan's team, and the rest of the countries were also ready.

Many women shed their fancy clothes and put on heroic and vigorous suits, or carry long swords at their waists, draped with colorful jewels, or carry arrow baskets on their shoulders, hold a curved bow, or hold whip knots in their hands, and ride horses and whips.

Chu Luoyi did not ride a horse, but rode on a colorful neon-topped incense cart, following the marching procession, Xiao Liuzi drove the car outside, and the gold bracelet and silver ring were waiting in the car.

The teams of various countries were in an orderly manner, and they drove out of the main gate of the Beiyan Imperial Palace one after another, walking on the spacious streets, striding one by one, walking up, making the sound of armor rubbing and whining.

The people along the street are tiptoeing to watch, or the woman holding the child, or the woodcutter carrying the bamboo basket on his back, or the vendor along the street, or the man who is straddled by the child's neck.

In short, the crowd was full of voices, rubbing shoulders, and it was very lively.

Chu Luoyi sat in the car, but he was not idle, the delicate flannel in his hand was softer than the placket, and he repeatedly wiped the silver moon bow in his hand, over and over again, until the whole body was translucent and reflected a layer of cold light like moonlight, and Chu Luoyi still did not stop moving.

There was also a red lotus demon knife that belonged to her back then, the demon knife was not an ordinary sword, but a scimitar, the arc of the bend was extremely large, almost a circle, if it was not used well, it would often hurt herself.

The outer arc of the demon knife has a circle of barbs, with the master's flying, the barbs are also out of the sheath, like a sharp knife tip connected, once stained with blood, blood flies, when all the tips of the knife are stained with blood, it is like a piece of red lotus petals, from a distance, like a bloody red lotus.

It is precisely because of this that the Red Lotus Demon Knife got its name.

used to be a horizontal knife, relying on these two artifacts, but now the bow is in hand, but the demon knife still doesn't know where it is.

Red Lotus, which piece of loess is it that covers your light against the world?

"Master, this bow is so beautiful, the slave has seen many guards in the palace holding bows and arrows, but I have never seen that one that looks so beautiful as the master's hand, as if it has spirituality, glowing." Yinhuan saw that Chu Luoyi had been staring at the bow in his hand, and said softly.

Chu Luoyi said with a smile: "All weapons are inseparable from a murderous word, and the ranking on the weapon spectrum is not only the power of the weapon itself, but also the blood it drinks." ”

Yinhuan nodded as if he didn't understand, and Chu Luoyi put the curved bow in his hand aside.

After about half a day, the group of people finally arrived at the hunting ground outside the imperial capital.

With a veil, Xiao Liuzi helped Chu Luoyi to walk down from the carriage, standing in front of the car, looking out from the railing, the open grass and the school field are boundless, the tender green grass is shy and lovely, the wind blows, exuding a faint fragrance of grass, and the occasional sound of horses chirping is a different taste of clear weather.

The warm sunlight is projected on the body, very warm, with the cold in the palace has a different charm, bright can see the dust floating in the air, a beige tent has been set up, the bonfire stove has not been lit, the windward flag blowing the world is open.

After settling down, a group of people gathered on the school grounds.

Seeing Chu Luoyi coming slowly, Emperor Beiyan laughed and beckoned: "Luoluo, come on, in the past two years, I have rarely hunted, I didn't expect the weather outside to be so good, and the sun shines on my muscles and bones all over my body." ”

Chu Luoyi walked over slowly, and according to the intention of Emperor Beiyan, he sat in front of the incense case beside him.

"Your Majesty is now in his prime, a good age, and when he says this, he seems to be old."

Emperor Beiyan smiled: "Luo Luo, I am really old, I have felt obvious in the past two years, and my body is not as good as before." ”

"Your Majesty is too modest, the concubine has been by your side for so many years, it is naturally clear, over the years, Your Majesty's demeanor has not changed much, only this body, because of state affairs, is really affected." The queen said with a smile on the side.

Emperor Beiyan patted the queen's hand and said: "Yes, listening to the queen say this, I can't help but think of the past, now after so many years, the children are all older, I am also old, it is their world!" ”

Emperor Beiyan opened his mouth with a sigh.

Chu Luoyi's gaze swept over the people below, Ouyang Qiancheng was dressed in a brown beige suit, running through the green bamboo embroidered with gold wire, coupled with that gentle posture, although his appearance was not outstanding, and his humble and pious bearing, it was still like a touch of early orchid blooming in the soil, making people unable to take their eyes off.

Qingxue took Chu Luoyi's expression in her eyes, and also spoke: "Concubine Luo seems to be very interested in our Prince Nanzhao? Did you ever have a friendship? ”

Emperor Beiyan and Empress also turned their gazes, and Chu Luoyi chuckled: "Sister is so meticulous, this palace just watched the prince's head shine from a distance, as if it was another sun, so I couldn't help but take a few looks." ”

Hearing this, many people laughed, and also cast their eyes, looking at Ouyang Qiancheng's bald head.

Qingxue's expression remained unchanged, she just wanted to know, why did Concubine Luo in front of her have that sapphire gold bracelet, was she wrong? Or is she really related to Chu Luoyi?

Emperor Beiyan said at this time: "Regarding the proposed event about equestrianism, I think that if you just look at the competition between women, you will inevitably lose a bit of iron and blood. ”

Emperor Beiyan's proposal was echoed by many people, but there were also many people who thought that Emperor Beiyan thought that Concubine Luo could not win, and wanted to fight for the opportunity of Northern Yan to win in this name.

After hearing this, Emperor Beiyan nodded and said: "This statement is reasonable, since this is the case, then the previously agreed event will be carried out as usual, and after it is over, there will be an additional competition." ”

This statement was agreed by everyone, and for a while, the whole school field was lively, and it seemed that due to the infection of the environment, there was great expectation for this equestrian event for a while.

Emperor Beiyan turned his head, looked at Chu Luoyi and said, "Luoluo, are you going to play?" It doesn't matter if you win or lose, now that it's out, you want to be happy. ”

Beiliuyun, who was at the bottom, had been looking at the arena casually, but in fact, he had been listening to the movements of Emperor Beiyan with his ears pricked up, and Beiliuhai had been with a cold face, looking at people with a bit of mockery and contempt.

"That's fine." Chu Luoyi chuckled and nodded.

Yun Guogong, who was at the head of the group, looked at Chu Luoyi with some complexity, and stopped talking, and finally sighed, but finally said nothing.