Chapter 38: The Zhang Family Grand Slam
After the New Year, one day is warmer than one day, two spring rains have fallen in succession, and the peach and pear are white in the lemon fragrance pavilion, and the clusters are lively and prosperous. As soon as the wind blew, it rained petals, and the pink and tender petals fell to the ground, as if a thick soft carpet of fragrant fragrance was spread.
It can be seen that people's hearts are soft.
Zelan held his head to enjoy the beautiful scenery, and when he turned his head, he saw the "big lady" coming in with a stick, and hurriedly ran up to take the stick:
"Why did the lady get so early today, how did they practice?"
Since Gu came to ask Li Luansong, the whole family must get up at two o'clock every day, first run around the big yard for ten laps, and then line up to report the number, and after waking up, they started a day's training: leg pressing, stretching, bounce, and then teach them some simple confrontation moves, and then they will be assigned according to the spring hunting competition items, one-on-one guidance.
There are those who practice archery and pot throwing, which are solo events; There are horse steps, which is the basic skill of practicing the strength of the legs in the lower plate, horse racing, and horn resistance; There are those who carry sandbags and hammers, which are necessary for hunting; There are also those who practice horseback riding and polo, which is also the main event.
Bitterness is really bitter, and tiredness is really tired, but what Li Luansong didn't expect was that no one in the Zhang family complained about being tired, and they cooperated tacitly, even the princess and the concubine in the fourth room saw that it was itchy and took the initiative to apply to join.
The family gets up together every day, practices together, and works together during the day, Li Luansong consulted Shen Qu's advice, and found embroidery, incense making and making snacks for Song Qingyue, Wang Peilan and Zhang Guanhua, who were idle at home.
Except for Zhang Chengru, who is still imprisoned in Dezhengtang, the Zhang family is alive, everyone sees a smile on their faces again, and they are no longer idle and gossip, and the relationship between them is no longer intrigued and tense, but has a lot of understanding and support.
Li Luansong took the tea and drank it all, and said: "I practiced well today, and I will start practicing polo together tomorrow, so I will let them disperse early today." ”
Zelan nodded and began to pat himself on the back: "The lady is really powerful now, she is simply a living bodhisattva who rescues the suffering in this mansion, you see, this lifeless home just makes you come alive." ”
Li Luansong said in his heart, he didn't want to do anything Bodhisattva, if he was usually too lazy to care about these mud that couldn't be pasted on the wall, but now it was different, he wanted to pave the way for Shen Qu, so that the Zhang family would thoroughly admire her, realize her goodness, repent of her past behavior, and then send her to marry in a bright and bright way.
This is the first step, take your time.
Well, there is nothing that His Royal Highness King Jin wants to do.
Another day of confidence.
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For more than a month, time came to spring hunting in a blink of an eye.
The spring day of Jin'an is the most prosperous, the signboards of the shops on the street have been replaced with new and dazzling, the little ladies and little Langjun have taken off their heavy cotton robes and put on light spring shirts, which are gorgeous and elegant, and laughter and laughter.
Spring hunting is the tradition of the Daye royal family, inherited from Taizu, at first it was just a royal activity, and then it became the best link between the royal family and the family, enhancing mutual feelings, deepening the understanding of monarchs and ministers, and expanding contacts.
In previous years, the Zhang family could receive spring hunting invitations from the palace, but this year is different, there are frequent accidents in the family, and now there is no one who can show his face in front of His Majesty.
If you don't even have a chance to go, then there is really no hope.
At this time, the princess is the biggest help, it is effortless, the palace sent someone to send the last invitation of this year's spring hunting, but the Zhang Mansion is happy, and it is different from the pride of previous years, this invitation can be described as hard-won, and the battle is in this move.
Li Le asked Li Luansong: "Why is the eldest sister-in-law so kind, let me go and ask my father for an invitation, isn't it the same old mistake again, and you still want to post it upside down?" ”
Li Luansong said: "The old problem will naturally not be gone, and this is done so that the Zhang family can let me go smoothly." ”
Li Le's eyes widened: "Sister-in-law wants to leave the Zhang family, is this to reconcile?" ”
Li Luansong proudly stroked the hair on his sideburns and asked, "No, I want to leave my husband." ”
Li Le's eyes widened, then he narrowed his eyes again, looked around, and asked sneakily: "It is rumored that the eldest sister-in-law is the same as my eldest brother, do you want to ......?"
Li Luansong: ...... Don't say it thoroughly, it's still a good friend.
This girl is still so unreliable.
I didn't bother to pay attention to her, so I casually prevaricated and sent people out.
On the day of the spring hunt, the weather was surprisingly good, the paddock was on the outskirts of Beijing, and when the Zhang family drove to arrive, everyone was almost there.
As soon as they saw the Zhang family, everyone was a little stunned, and they were fighting lawsuits with each other, and their faces were disdainful.
"There's no shame on them coming."
"That's it, isn't there enough trouble in the family, but His Majesty and Niangniang's eyes are in the way."
"I'm not in the company of such people, let's stay away from them."
……
How beautiful it was in the past, how depressed it is today.
The gossip is endless, and it smashes into your face, without shying away or hiding it, how embarrassing it is.
It is also human nature to worship high and step low, and there is nothing to do except endure.
Gu took a group of children to pay homage to the emperor and queen in full view.
The queen was still annoyed that His Majesty allowed the second child to participate in this spring hunt, but when her eyes fell on Li Luansong, she suddenly came to her senses.
She can't look down on this family, but it is impossible not to have heard the rumors, and those gossips about His Royal Highness the King of Jin and the wife of a minister make this lady very ...... Glad.
Yes, it's delight.
It's better to eat all than to break your sleeves, Niang Niang said in her heart, this big lady looks really handsome, looking at it, the whole Jin'an is afraid that it is difficult to find such a posture, my son's vision is not bad.
Doesn't it mean that husband and wife are not harmonious, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are not harmonious, and it doesn't mean that they have not been married for three years, which is great. As for whose wife or daughter-in-law it is, it doesn't matter what she likes, it's hers.
Look, the pattern of the queen is open.
Over there, Li Luansong naturally felt the deep gaze from the old mother, the so-called knowing son Mo Ruomu, this is the same when it is reversed, Li Luansong suddenly felt as if he had found a new breakthrough.
Write these down for the time being, and go back to the long-term consideration. At present, spring hunting is a big event, first of all, we must fight for face, and everything is in order.
Everyone was in place, the gold drummed, the long horn blew out the movement of the earth shaking the mountains, followed by the Praetorian Guards, the sound of armor and weapons, the sound of horses' hooves, neighing followed, the leather whip was thrown out, three crisp sounds, this year's spring hunt officially began.
The spring hunt lasts for three days, the first day is a solo competition, the second morning is a family polo match, and from the afternoon of the second day to the third day, the hunting competition is held, and the one with the largest number wins.
Emperor Xiaochun's companion read out this year's prizes, not to mention gold and silver, from three hundred taels in previous years to five hundred taels, in addition to pearls, agate, and jadeite rewarded by the queen's mother...... It was pleasantly surprised and eager to try.
The game officially began, and the first to play was the horse race of the second master of the Zhang family, Jiao Yu, and the third master.
After more than a month of training, the two of them lost their chubby belly, and the whole person looked exceptionally capable and robust.
Everyone was shocked, and the emperor cast an approving gaze.
Since the Zhang family came, Shen Qu has been looking at Li Luansong, he is so proud, so confident, and his originally bright and beautiful face looks even more vibrant and agile at this time.
Both were men's competitions, which were easily won, followed by the women's competition, Song Qingyue's archery and Wang Peilan's pitching.
Today, the two deliberately removed the complicated ornaments and went into battle lightly, with simple clothes but convenient for activities, which greatly helped the game.
It was another solid victory, and the two high-fived in celebration.
This time, everyone's eyes fell on this side, and Gu Shi felt that confidence seemed to be coming back, and his waist was straight.
Next is the group polo, the whole family goes into battle, under the command of Li Luansong, the Zhang family can be described as a strategic battle on the playing field, with tacit understanding, Li Luansong a "up", Zhang Guanhua leaned over the rod to pick up the ball, Li Luansong a "fall", the second master followed the blow, Li Luansong and then a "throw", the third master stood up from the horseback and took the ball and threw it to the distant horse, and finally he said "in", the horse passed the ball to the princess not far away, the ball princess steadily hit the door frame, "bell" sounded, the audience rejoiced.
After the whole game, the Zhang family played an unprecedented excitement and momentum, and the opponent had almost no power to counterattack, and he didn't even touch the ball much.
On the high platform, the queen bent her eyebrows and said: "Very good, very good." ”
Emperor Xiaochun was happy and rewarded.
500 taels of gold, 500 taels of silver, 100 and 8 pearls, agate, and jade Buddha beads, and 20 pieces of cloth and brocade...... The award alone is full of half a stick of incense.
The scenery, it's just too beautiful.
In the crowd, Li Luansong looked at Shen Qu and raised his eyebrows at her with a smug smile, Shen Qu gave him a thumbs up in front of him, his eyes were full of adoration and pride.
Tacit understanding to look at each other, tacitly.
All this fell in the eyes of the queen mother, she touched Emperor Xiaochun beside her with her elbow, "Puff puff", Emperor Xiaochun also saw it, yo yo, this is ...... There's a play.
The queen said: "Your Majesty, be steady, don't get excited, so as not to startle the snake, don't look at it, pretend not to know, quickly." ”
At that end, Zhang's house changed yesterday's downfall, and the Gu family was surrounded by the ladies and ladies of various families, greeting and praising and flattering, and the old lady also changed her previous publicity, and returned the salute modestly and politely one by one, and she was excited in her heart.
Gu: ...... How to get fat four if you want to cry.
When the sun is in the sky, the hunt officially begins.
The hunting ground was at the back of the square, encircling the whole square, and the soldiers rode into the forest with bows and arrows in several ways.
The more you go in the mountains and forests, the weaker the human voice, the crisp and loud calls of the birds, the murmuring of the streams in the mountain streams, it is said that this hunting ground has been dozens of years, and there are some birds and beasts, and even bears and tigers, but those fierce beasts are isolated in the deep forest, and the hunting people are only active in the shallow places.
Seeing that there were a lot of people entering the forest, as soon as they were scattered, they disappeared.
Li Luansong didn't want to follow Shen Qu directly, so he told May to follow her closely and be sure to protect her, and then he would go over to meet her.
The sun was raging outside, but it was cold in the forest for several degrees, and the more Shen did ride his horse, the more blurred his vision became, and when he looked at it again, oh my God, it was probably the reason for the heavy humidity of the water vapor, and there was a layer of fog, and the fog became thicker and thicker, and he couldn't see his five fingers.
"May, are you still there?" Shen did call, but there was no sound around him.
Just as she wanted to turn back to May, she heard a long tiger roar not far away, which was deafening.
The horse was suddenly frightened and convulsed, and its front hooves were raised high, and Shen did make great efforts to stabilize the horse, but the animal's instinct could not resist, and the horse nervously moved its hooves in place, and made a humming and blowing sound from its nose.
Everyone heard the roar of the tiger, and everyone passed messages to each other, and the way they came and went.
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In the early morning of the second day, facing the sun, everyone walked out of the paddock with their prey, and when they counted the number of people, they found that only His Royal Highness King Jin and his attendant May were missing.
The emperor and queen were stunned, they both stood up, the queen had a white face, and said, "Go, go and find it." ”
Before Lao Qi and the imperial guards could answer, they heard a high-pitched neighing of horses, and the eldest lady of the Zhang family had already rushed into the forest.