I, including some of the people around me, pinched a cold sweat for Chang Qing.

It's not just me, these women's eyes in the palace have been refined in the oil pot, this time the second prince has a big incident, and the emperor personally took the deep spring hunt, and everyone understands the meaning of it, and the various expressions of Nangong Lizhu not only fall in my eyes, but also in the eyes of others.

Everybody, they know what she wants to do.

However, what will happen in the end of this matter depends on how Pei Yuanhao expresses his position.

When Xu Youling died, the emperor let Chang Qing educate him deeply, which naturally had his deep meaning, at least now, Chang Qing is not only a competent queen, but also a competent queen mother.

However, when she faced Nangong Lizhu, it was difficult to talk about things.

As soon as I saw Pei Yuanhao's frowning brows, my heart sank, and I subconsciously walked behind Chang Qing, but she was calmer than me, but I could vaguely feel her breathing pause, and her eyes looked at the emperor without a trace of ripples.

This may be just a short moment, but in everyone's eyes, it seems that I don't know how long it has been, so long that when Pei Yuanhao opened his mouth, I felt that my fingertips were cold by the wind on the grassland, and I saw him turn his head to look at Nian Shen, and said with a smile: "Nian Shen wants to ride a big horse?" ”

“…… Yes, yes, Father. ”

Nian Shen timidly agreed, and glanced at the queen carefully, as if she was really worried that the queen mother would be angry, and she didn't speak loudly.

At this time, Pei Yuanhao walked over and picked up Nian Shen, turned over and got on his horse, and the people around him were shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Majesty!" ”

Pei Yuanhao smiled and said: "In this case, I will take you for a run and let you taste the taste of riding a big horse." ”

Nian Shen was overjoyed when he heard this: "Thank you, father!" ”

"But after this lap, you have to come down and ride your pony yourself. In the future, when you can get on this horse without your father's arms, I will give you the best horse! ”

After speaking, he wrapped one hand around Xiao Nianshen and held the reins, and whipped lightly while waving the horsewhip, and the horse immediately rushed out.

“……”

This time, only a few personal guards hurriedly rode their horses to follow, but the people left didn't move, I turned my head to look at Nangong Lizhu, and then at Chang Qing, the two of them also glanced at each other, but they didn't say anything.

In this game, there was no win or loss.

OK......

Pei Yuanhao did not refute Concubine Li's face, but also took care of the queen, and for a while, he couldn't see from his words and deeds what he thought.

However, this is the best situation I can think of right now.

I looked at Chang Qing, she also turned her head to look at me at this time, with a faint smile hooked on the corner of her mouth, and let the people next to her serve and get on the horse, Nangong Lizhu glanced at her, snorted coldly in her nose, and got on the horse herself.

After a while, Pei Yuanhao had already come back from running around with Nianshen, the child was so excited that his little face turned red, and he grabbed Pei Yuanhao's wrist tightly with both hands, until he stopped in front of us, and the little eunuchs around him hurriedly went over and took him down with both hands.

Pei Yuanhao was still riding on horseback, looking at him condescendingly: "Nianshen, do you like it?" ”

"Father, my son likes it very much!"

"Hmm." He nodded, turned around and looked ahead, there was the dense forest selected by the spring hunt, Pei Yuanhao smiled slightly, lowered his head and said to Nian Shen: "It's just that there is a woodland in front, I can't take you to run for a while." ”

Nian Shen blinked his eyes, looked ahead, and said, "Father, what is the place to the north of the woodland?" ”

"It's the prairie."

"Prairie?" For a child who has never lived in the nine-fold three halls, among the red walls and blue tiles, it may be difficult to understand how vast the land these two words represent, Pei Yuanhao looked down at him, and suddenly smiled: "If I take you on the grassland, I may be able to run for a few days and nights, and I will not be at the edge." ”

"Really?!"

"Really." Pei Yuanhao nodded and said with a smile: "If I get that grassland in the future, I will give it to you, so that you can gallop well!" ”

“……！”

When I heard this, I was shocked.

What did he say?

If he can get that grassland in the future, he will hand it over to Nian Shen?!

It doesn't surprise me to say that he wants to get the grassland, and to take over the world with his character must be that he will have a dream early on, but - he said that he would give what he got to Nian Shen, this sentence, this sentence is simply an amazing hint!

I subconsciously raised my head and looked around, Chang Qing and Nangong Lizhu's faces also showed a trace of stunned expressions, I didn't expect him to say this, and there were several guards around, their faces looked a little strange, and they hurriedly lowered their heads.

Only Nian Shen simply stayed in the excitement and longing brought by "riding a big horse", and nodded vigorously: "Son, thank your father." ”

Pei Yuanhao smiled and said, "Okay, get on the horse!" ”

When Nian Shen also got on the horse, all the people around him were ready to go, Pei Yuanhao slowly paced to the front of the team, looking at the dense forest in front of him, but- I don't know if it was my illusion, his eyes seemed to look farther away, but it was a little difficult to distinguish for a while, and after a while, he slowly raised his hand and waved it lightly -

"Spring hunting begins!"

As soon as the emperor gave the order, he rushed out first, and the following team also rushed towards the dense forest with him, raising a sky of sand and dust behind him.

In the spring, after a winter of hibernation, the wild beasts began to come out to move, or play, or hunt, the forest grass is lush, the branches of the new shoots hang down slightly, or sweep over the shoulders of people, the dew falls, bringing a cool feeling.

The arrival of the spring hunting team broke the tranquility here.

According to custom, a special team of little eunuchs wearing fake deerskin covers drove the deer in the forest, luring the small animals hiding in the bushes to escape. After a while, I saw a group of muntjac jumping out of the bushes in front of me, and suddenly, the spring hunting team became excited, hurriedly put on arrows and bows, and rushed towards the group of muntjacs.

Pei Yuanhao also let go of the reins at this time, pulled the bowstring, aimed at the fattest end of the group of muntjacs, and let go suddenly-

I only heard a whooshing sound, and the long arrow left the string, like a meteor, and I saw that the muntjac made a miserable long roar, and the blood on the neck jumped out, and immediately collapsed.

The people around immediately cheered: "The emperor has good archery skills!" ”

"What a hit!"

"Long live the emperor!"

I was next to me, but I was shocked.

Over the years, I have also followed him to the north and south, visited many places, and experienced a lot of swords and swords, but I think that he uses his brains more and less hands, but I didn't expect that he really practiced a good archery.

If it is in a peaceful and prosperous era, a good archery is a good way to win applause on the spring hunting ground; But if in troubled times-

Pei Yuanhao rode over, looked at the muntjac on the ground, just smiled faintly, turned his head and said, "Today, everyone is doing a good job." I will talk about the reward of the prey! ”

As soon as he said this, everyone immediately cheered, and hurriedly scattered, even Xiao Nianshen excitedly took a small bow and arrow and rode his horse into the forest, Chang Qing gave a look, and two little eunuchs immediately followed behind him.

She turned to me and said, "You're not well, if not, go back and rest first." ”

"Wechen knows."

She nodded, and rode her horse on.

I rode my horse and plunged into the woods, but it was good to say that spring hunting, I was not a human prey, and this was not the battlefield I was supposed to be in. After running for a while, I felt that my body was sore, and my inner thighs were painful from grinding the saddle, and I just heard the sound of water in front of me, so I grabbed the reins, turned over carefully, and walked over slowly.

In the forest in spring, the grass grows and the warbler flies, which is a good climate.

I led the horse and walked over, and sure enough, in the middle of the forest, a small river ran through, the river water was crystal clear, reflecting the sparkling waves of the sun, I led the horse to the river, and I felt a fresh water vapor rushing towards me.

After riding the horse for a long time, I also sweated a little, I took a handful of water and gently poured it on my face, the cool feeling made people feel refreshed, gently wiped my face with my sleeves, the horse was also leaning on my side to bow their heads to drink, there seemed to be whistles and arrows flying in the woods, but here, there was only a piece of tranquility, the wind blew through the grass, the river tinkled down, wading through the round pebbles under the riverbed and flowing into the distance, along the sparkling river to look into the distance, the river water flowed down the deep valley, stirring up a large area of mist, the sun was in full bloom, A colorful aura is faintly reflected in the mist.

The scenery in front of me is truly beautiful.

However, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, I can't be intoxicated now, looking at the other side of the river, the vast, almost boundless land, on which there are many deer, hares, and roe deer running and jumping.

Man is the chief of all souls, but he builds his own wall to trap people and himself, and it is not as good as these beasts, they can live freely.

The thought that had been dormant in my heart once came out, it grew more vigorously and frantically than the seeds in the ground in the spring, and my hand holding the reins tightened slightly, and the burrs on the rope also pierced the skin of the palm, and it hurt slightly.

But the next moment, a gust of wind blew, and the remaining water stains on the face immediately became cold, which made people sober up.

With the wind came, there was the sound of horses' hooves.

I couldn't help but laugh faintly in my heart - those two people were really loyal, but yes, who would dare not listen to the emperor's orders?

Thinking like this, I turned my head faintly, and saw a tall, swarthy horse slowly coming out of the shadows of the forest, in the sun, the horse's pitch-black fur was shiny, but its hooves were snow-white, as if it was coming from the snow.

The man in the riding costume looked more and more imposing.

I frowned slightly, and his horse was already pacing, almost leisurely.

There was no one by his side, but I knew that it was impossible for the emperor not to follow people, so he bit his lower lip, stepped forward and bowed his head gently: "Weichen greets the emperor." ”

He looked down at me: "Uncomfortable? ”

"Emperor Xie cares, and Weichen can still hold on."

After speaking, he turned around and grabbed the reins and stepped on the stirrup, ready to get on the horse, but he had no strength in his hands, and he couldn't climb it for a long time, but he was so tired that he couldn't get on it. At this moment, he heard the sound of him turning over and dismounting from behind, and then a familiar aura that belonged to him surrounded him.

Two hands held my waist.

My hands trembled, and I almost fell, and my back only sank slightly, and then it was pressed against the solid chest behind me, and my scalp was numb for a while, and before I could turn back, I felt him come to my ear, and the hot attack was close to my ear, and I almost shivered.

"What's wrong?"

“…… No, no. ”

"Huh." He chuckled with an indescribable ambiguity, "Really? ”

My face flushed, but my heart was faintly irritated by his animal-like attitude, and I gritted my teeth and tightened the reins, and was about to get on my horse.

But just as I was about to climb up, I felt the hands holding my waist slightly force, holding me back.

I was annoyed by the feeling of not being able to go up or down, and I turned my head to glare at him, but I was facing the pair of dark obsidian pupils that were close at hand, and my face with a thin angry expression was reflected in it, but there were still laugh lines.

I gritted my teeth: "What is the emperor doing?" ”

He stepped forward again, put it on my back, almost wrapped my whole body in his arms, only bowed his head slightly, his chin rested in my shoulder socket, a little pain, a little itchy, the breath blew through my ear, bringing a burst of heat, I subconsciously shrank a little, and I felt one of his hands slowly lifted, along my arm all the way to the back of my hand, gently covering it.

My hands were almost completely wrapped around his big hands, and I couldn't break free, and his lips were once again close to my ears, and he whispered, "What were you looking at just now?" ”

“……”

"Don't overthink it."

“……”

"Every word, every word, I said, you better not forget."

The hand that held my waist slowly tightened, almost embedding my whole body in his body, and the feeling of being imprisoned by him and unable to move was terrifying.

I tried my best to suppress it, so I could barely control myself not to struggle indiscriminately, and it has been clear over the years that there is no benefit from a hard encounter with him, I held the reins hard, and it took a while to calm my breath, gritted my teeth and said slowly: "Your Majesty, isn't Weichen still here?" ”

Hearing this, he seemed to chuckle again, and then that hand took my waist and lifted it up—

I immediately got on the horse and sat down on the horse's back.

Although the man got on the horse, I was a little confused, what he was going to do, but there was still his breath on his hands, body, ears, and even cheeks, which made me tremble slightly, and I held the reins tightly in my hand, and I didn't dare to look at him, but I heard him say: "If you don't feel well, go back." ”

After saying that, he turned around and got on his horse.

I didn't speak, just turned my horse's head, and just walked a few steps to the camp, but I still had some uneasy feeling in my heart, and I bit my lower lip, and turned my head, only to see that he was still in place, looking at me motionless.

I slowly grabbed the reins and looked at him as well.

I want to ask him a lot, but in the end he is the emperor, unlike Chang Qing, some things can't be asked so clearly, it's just that all kinds of strangeness in him in the past few days make me unable to let go. After thinking about it for a long time, I just wanted to say something, but I heard him say: "The Queen Mother is in a bad mood, you go to accompany her more." ”

“……”

"Here's the thing—you don't have to worry about it."

“……”

What does he mean by that?

I frowned slightly, but he didn't allow me to ask any more questions, and he had already turned around and rode away, and immediately saw several guards in the forest rushing out of nowhere, following him, and the two guards who followed me before also came forward: "My lord, my subordinates should escort the adults back to the camp." ”

I didn't say anything, watched the man's back disappear into the forest, and finally slowly turned the horse's head and walked back.

Riding a horse slowly back to the Juma River Valley, compared to the commotion in the forest, it was obviously quiet here, a few little palace maids took advantage of the fact that the people in charge were gone, squatting on the side with a smile and picking grass to fight a lawsuit, having a lot of fun, when they saw me coming back, they were not afraid, they just ran up with a smile: "Lord Yue, come back so soon." ”

I nodded slightly, and was about to let them help me dismount, but as soon as I looked up, I faintly saw something in the valley in front of me, and when I looked at it, it seemed to be some camp.

I suddenly frowned: "What's going on?" ”

Those little palace maids, look at me, I look at you, they didn't quite understand and shook their heads, but Mama Gui on the side walked over slowly: "Lord Yue is back." ”

I hurriedly turned over and dismounted: "Mama Gui, what's going on?" ”

She took my hand and pulled it aside, and said in a low voice, "It's Mrs. Shen and them." ”

"What?"

"I heard that Taifu Shen, as well as General Chen, because there is some humidity in this river valley, they are too old and weak to stand it, so I implore the emperor to allow them to camp there."

"Huh?"

My heart moved, and I hurriedly walked over and looked up, and sure enough, there were already a lot of camp tents set up there, and it seemed that it was where Shen Taifu and several old generals lived.

The valley is low-lying, and spring is coming, so naturally there is some humidity, and young people don't feel it, and in the north, such humidity just feels warmer, but there are people who can't stand it when they are older.

It's just-

I looked at the camp tent high on the mountain, and recalled that at night I saw the mountains on both sides of the valley like a tiger pounced on the bottom of the valley, and now the camp tent was there, faintly like the sharp teeth of a tiger, and they were so condescending that they did not have a clear view of everything below, and under their high eyes, the momentum was like splitting bamboo, in case something really happened.

The more I looked at it, the more frightened I felt, Pei Yuanhao couldn't even understand this truth, why did he agree to them?

Thinking of this, I bit my lower lip and almost wanted to go back to the horse to ask, but as soon as I turned around, I remembered the bag I opened last night, and the five big characters on it were clearly reflected in front of my eyes - he is strong by him.

Now it seems that this time in the spring hunt, Shen Taifu They will occupy all the advantages, if they are in war, they can be said to be extremely strong, is it the way it is now, or "he is strong by him"?

What if something does happen in the future?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a clench in my heart.

In fact, over the years, I have also experienced a lot of such things with Pei Yuanhao, going down to the south of the Yangtze River, going to Dongzhou, confronting the southern mobs, and fighting against the grassland Tianjiao, and I have become accustomed to that kind of sword and sword, bloody wind and rain, people have really reached a point, but it is just a stinky skin, but there is nothing to be reluctant to.

Besides, Fu Badai wrote this, I believe there is a deep meaning for him, he can expect that Shen Gongyi will take the opportunity to strengthen his power during the spring hunting period, and leaving these words must have his countermeasures.

It's just - I don't worry about others, Pei Yuanhao Spring Hunt not only brought his men and horses, but also brought his wife and children, in case there is really any accident, Chang Qing, Nian Shen, and the Queen Mother, what can they do?

I was thinking anxiously, but I saw Mama Wu standing there, and there seemed to be a trace of worry on her face.

By the way, she usually stays by the side of the Queen Mother and never leaves, why is she outside today, the Queen Mother?

Thinking like this, I also stepped forward and said, "Mama Wu, why aren't you by the Queen Mother's side today?" ”

"......" Mama Wu was silent for a moment, looked at the few little palace maids around, they all ran to the side to play, she came over and said softly: "Mrs. Shen came to find the Queen Mother, saying that she had something to talk to the Queen Mother." The Queen Mother let me out. ”

"What? Mrs. Shen, looking for the Queen Mother? ”

My heart moved: "What did he say to the Queen Mother?" ”