"Niangniang, the eighth elder brother has arrived at the door." Xianghe couldn't hide her disappointment, and even reached out to pick up the curtain, but before she could touch it, the master said behind the curtain, "How many people are staring at you, I am already infamous, why do you bother to be a filial son?" Those who are rejected by the emperor, you should also be disgusted, this is the way of the monarch and the minister. ”

Xianghe's hands trembled, after all, she didn't dare to lift the curtain, the autumn was not deep, but she felt the cold air of the people around her, she turned slightly sideways to look at the eighth elder brother, she couldn't see the expression on her face clearly in the dim light, but the faint light in her eyes told him about his helplessness and pain, giving birth to a mother and child, why did it come to such a point?

"Eniang, please take care of yourself." Yin Yu finally spoke up, and he didn't force it.

"Eighth Elder Brother." Xianghe burst into tears.

"You serve the mother well." Yinyu instructed, "Xianghe, you are also old, you should also be careful, if you have anything, there is no one around Eniang." ”

"Yes, but Eighth Brother, you ......"

Xianghe's words were not finished, the lonely person had turned around and walked away, the surroundings were too dark, and she would never see the figure again after a while, she held the basin and didn't know what to do, and the voice of the master inside said: "You can rest, I don't need to serve here." ”

"Mother." Xianghe cried and said, "What did Eighth Elder Brother do wrong?" ”

But there was no sound inside, and Xianghe waited for a long time and didn't see a response, so she wiped her tears and retreated.

That night, the camp was spent peacefully, the next day the emperor wanted to watch the prince's grandson and the children of the clan to race horses, and the young Fujin county lord and ladies would also join in the fun, Lan Qi's tent, the thirteen and fourteen families came early in the morning to serve the mother-in-law to wash and dress, and when Xiao Chen'er was late, Lan Qi was already dressed neatly, Huan Chun quipped: "In the end, our princess is a girl, and the Fujin people are here early in the morning." ”

Xiao Chen'er deliberately pointed to the two younger siblings and said, "It's not that I'm late, it's that you guys are too early, and you deliberately did it for me, didn't you?" Beware that I sue before Thirteen Fourteen. ”

Everyone laughed, Lan Qi scolded her for bullying people, and Thirteen Fujin said: "If we also came here with the imperial sister on weekdays, this time the fourth sister-in-law came to entrust us in person, and we must serve Eniang well, if we are not satisfied, we will not give the fourth sister-in-law face." ”

Lan Qi said: "It's not easy for your fourth sister-in-law, looking forward to that Lingge in the mansion adding a little brother to the palace, it's almost full-term, she doesn't worry about leaving people at home, you do these things for her, she remembers it in her heart." ”

Lu Zhu led people to put breakfast on the table, and they entered a little bit, and waited for someone from outside to pass the word, I don't know how the emperor arranged it today. More than half an hour later, someone just sent a message, saying that they invited the Niang Niang Fujin to go to the big tent together to see which one could win the first place today.

Lan Qi came with her daughter and daughter-in-law, and all the palace maids were there, and as soon as she arrived at Concubine Tong's side, the little palace maid of Yanxi Palace came to ask for peace, saying that her mother was unwell and did not come to watch the game.

Concubine Yi said cool words on the side: "If you know that your body is not good, don't go out with you." ”

No one paid attention to Concubine Yi's words, and no one was willing to talk about Concubine Liang, the older ones had seen through it, and the younger ones didn't have the qualifications and guts, and only Concubine Yi occasionally made a few noises, which added a little anger.

The atmosphere was a little embarrassing, the eunuchs came to tell the princes to come to salute, the princes and Fujin all got up and waited, and saw that the elder brothers came in order in riding clothes, tall, short, fat and thin, and the mothers only had their own sons in their eyes, and they each earnestly told them to be careful when riding horses.

Hongming was sitting in Lan Qi's arms, originally lively and active pestering his grandmother to ask for this and that, but suddenly saw his father and uncles coming, and suddenly became honest and honest, but Yinyu still came up and patted his son's head in a decent way and said: "Stay honest with me, if you are naughty and disobedient, go back and beat you firmly." ”

Xiao Hongming buried his face in his grandmother's arms, not daring to look at his father, Lan Qi naturally felt sorry for his grandson, and blamed Yinyu: "I am still frizzy, but I will train my son, and if you ride a horse steadily for a while, you will love to rampage." ”

When the mother and son spoke, Lan Qi originally turned her face to look at Yinzhen and Yinxiang, but inadvertently found that a beam of eyes not far away was looking at her, she was almost staring at the person, it was actually the eighth elder brother who didn't know what to do, standing there alone, and seemed to be watching Lan Qi's movements here all the time. She felt strange in her heart, but when she turned her gaze again, the eighth elder brother had already walked away.

After telling Yinzhen and Yinxiang a few words, they urged them to leave quickly, all the elder brothers left one after another, Concubine Rong sighed to Lan Qi: "At that time, the eldest brother was not Hongming, the empress dowager was with him all day long, and we also came here to accompany the emperor to hunt, Concubine Hui said, looking forward to the eldest brother growing up in the future, he can ride a horse and hunt with the emperor. ”

Lan Qi was afraid that Hongming would mutter in his heart when he heard the words of the adults, and he turned around and passed it out unclearly, and the sons didn't know what to think when they heard it, so they asked Huanchun to lead them to play with other children, and they sorted out the clothes that were messed up by their grandsons, and said nonchalantly: "My sister is here, I am also here, the emperor is full of children and grandchildren, where is the right thing to come from?" ”

Concubine Rong's eyes trembled slightly, but she smiled: "Well said." ”

At this time, the horn sounded, the emperor stepped forward, and all the concubines and concubines and the ladies of the clan all stood up and saluted. The emperor stood on a high place, and the elder brother and the children of the clan stood neatly at the bottom, and there were guards leading the horses behind them.

Xuan Ye raised his hand, Chief Liang held a lacquer plate paved with yellow silk, and a dazzling dagger lay on the golden satin, and the emperor said loudly: "Whoever has won the first name, I will give the royal short knife." The last one went to the courtyard and gave me a horse for half a year. ”

The laughter suddenly broke out, and the brothers below didn't know what to say, and the seventeenth elder brother shouted: "I won't be the last name." There was another burst of laughter.

Xuan Ye coughed lightly, and the surroundings suddenly quieted down, and someone came to ask the emperor to give orders, and everyone in the audience took the reins from the guards and stepped on the horse, the sound of horses' hooves came and went, and slowly walked to the starting place.

The ladies involuntarily took two steps ahead, and because they heard their son shouting below, Qin Guiren stretched out her head and looked, Concubine Rong happened to say to Lan Qi: "Seventeen elder brother is not young, Qin Guiren has always been very worried in her heart, after all, we are here to make decisions for her." ”

Lan Qi smiled and said: "Seventeenth elder brother is smart and sensible, long live the lord has always said that he wants to find a girl from a good family, and there is a person in my heart, but I am afraid that the diligent nobles will not be happy." ”

As they were talking, the emperor suddenly gave orders, but listening to the sound of horses' hooves shook the sky, Concubine Rong and Lan Qi were startled, and the thirteenth and fourteenth Fu Jin were excited like little girls, Lan Qi squinted her eyes and looked for her sons in the dust, and sure enough, it was Yinyu who rushed to the forefront.

The horse has to run to the woods in front of it, get the token hanging on a certain tree and then run back to hand it over to the emperor to win, it is good to run fast, but whether you can find it in the forest depends on luck, there will be Concubine Yi unhappy and said: "Long live the Lord loves to find trouble, now the brothers have found the token together, do you want to fight and rob each other?" ”

These words are not light or serious, but they are true, and even Lan Qi raised her heart, for fear that something would happen in the forest. And Concubine Yi chattered endlessly, and after everyone returned to their seats, she said sourly: "Concubine De Niangniang, don't you already know which tree the thing is hanging on, the fourth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother will not take the wrong road, just our elder brothers, stupidly wandering around the world?" ”

Seeing that Concubine Yi was clearly provoking Concubine De, the others didn't even know how to persuade her, but here were not only the emperor's women, but also the daughters of the clan relatives and ministers' families, Concubine Yi was open-mouthed, and they heard it as a joke.

The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while, and Concubine Rong didn't turn her face to avoid it, but Lan Qi smiled with a tea bowl and said, "Why did you say it?" But what Yinqi told you, that kid is really solid-eyed, I told him not to say it. Don't worry, they can't fight, aren't they just coaxing the Lord Wansui to be happy, their own brothers, what is there to fight for? Could it be that a dagger, they haven't seen it yet? ”

Someone was busy echoing Lan Qi's words, a few jokes to cover up the embarrassment, Concubine Yi didn't have the upper hand, and was thinking about how to deal with Lan Qi again, when suddenly there was a burst of laughter at the bottom, and everyone followed the sound to look over, only to see the seventeenth elder brother riding a horse out of the forest, spinning around a few times outside, and plunging into the forest again. Qin Guiren's face turned red, and everyone else was saying: "Brother Seventeen is lost, why did he return the same way." ”

The noble man was thin-skinned, he didn't smile, and he didn't know what to say, Lan Qi and Concubine Rong glanced at each other, and called her to her side to talk.

In the forest, after everyone came in, the large army dispersed, the emperor could not put tokens nearby, the tokens were hung in the depths of the forest, the children of the clan and the sons and daughters of the minister's family, they did not dare to fight with the brothers, and they scattered one after another when they saw them go there.

And even if they get the token, they won't rush out first, they always have to wait to see the movement outside, and run back sooner rather than later.

After the seventeenth elder brother got lost and returned the original way, he got in again, there was no one here, he didn't know where to go, looked around, found a wide road, and went to the depths of the forest, I don't know how long he walked, he saw the thirteenth elder brother in front, and he was excited to step forward and shouted: "Thirteenth brother." ”

But Yinxiang turned around and signaled him not to make a sound, Yinxiang turned over and dismounted, so that the seventeenth elder brother also dismounted, the younger brother was a little nervous, and asked softly: "Thirteenth elder brother, have you met the bear?" ”

At this moment, behind the layers of trees where they were, the two horses met under a big tree, and on the branches of this tree, a token was hung with a red ribbon, and there was only one token, but there were two hands holding it, Yinzhen and Yinzhen, probably for the first time in their lives, fighting for something in the real sense, but obviously, it was Yinzhen who came here first.

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