National Beauty

Chapter 164 164

Song Jianing felt that someone was moving her hand. She opened her eyes in confusion. The tent was dim, and the birds outside the window screamed crisply. Song Jianing turned slightly and saw the prince sitting beside her in a shirt, with her big hand holding her little hand watching. , The fingertips stroked her palms, itching tenderly.

When she just woke up, she didn’t understand what the prince was doing.

“Okay.” Zhao Heng shook her hand with a smile in his eyes.

Song Jianing finally remembered. Yesterday, she was shocked. Her palm was strangled with red marks by the reins. The prince was more nervous than her. After a lingering in the middle of the night, he personally helped her re-apply the medicine. Such thoughtfulness and care is really sweeter than honey. Song Jianing smiled before saying a word, tilted his body to pillow on his lap, hugged his waist with nostalgia, and nudged.

Zhao Heng bowed his head and saw her long hair spread out like a waterfall. He went back and forth several times, listening to the bird calls outside the window, and whispered: “Hunting today, do you want something?” I hope he wins, so he won, but he has already made the limelight. Today, Zhao Heng is not ready to fight for the first place, so he has to give her what she wants to make her happy.

“Deer, rabbit, fox, or whatever, you choose.”

Beiyuan raises many rare and exotic animals, but the enclosures are all non-aggressive beasts. After all, they are hunting emperors and princes. If something happens, no one can stand it, and the father just wants to move around. Muscles and bones, may not really want to hunt jackals, tigers and leopards to show their power.

Apart from deer fur and fox fur, Song Jianing has only seen forest beasts such as deer and fox in books. He sat up excitedly and took his hand and said, “I want a fox. Is there a white one?”

Zhao Heng smiled and nodded, confirming: “Then the white fox?”

Song Jianing nodded, thought about it and hesitated and added: “Can you live? I want to take it back and show Zhaozhao.” The beautiful white fox, her beautiful daughter will definitely like it too, and a few sparrows fell on the wall. The daughter couldn’t turn her eyes away, and the sparrow would cry even after it flew. Finally, Liu Xi caught two of them and kept them in a cage. The daughter was satisfied.

When he mentioned his daughter, Zhao Heng also thought about it, touched her head, and promised: “Okay.”

If she wants a white fox, he will hunt her a white fox.

In a warm moment, the couple got up and changed their clothes, because the prince was going to hunt for a while. His work was hard work, and the breakfast kitchen was very well prepared. Zhao Heng ate four slapped meat buns in a row. Song Jianing was stunned. It was the first time that he knew that his prince had such a rough side, but the prince was handsome and looked good when he ate it.

After rinsing his mouth after the meal, Zhao Heng put the tea bowl back on the tray. Seeing Shuang’er holding a sheepskin water sac, he looked at the princess unexpectedly.

Song Jianing said earnestly: “The prince will stay in the paddock for more than an hour. The wind and sun will probably make him thirsty. The water pouch is not heavy. The prince hangs on his waist and won’t get in the way.”

Zhao Heng laughed. He had been to the paddock with his father. Bows and arrows and water sacs would be prepared on the paddock. But she thinks about everything for him, Zhao Heng is very useful, nodded, and glanced at Father Fu. Fu Gong understood his mind, and while receiving the sheepskin water sac in the hands of the two children, he smiled and flattered the princess: “I didn’t expect the princess to be careful.”

Song Jianing’s cheeks were reddening, but he found that Father Fu was walking steadily, as if he hadn’t touched the board yesterday. Father Fu is the number one hero next to the prince, and the prince relies on Father Fu to help explain what he does in the Hanlin Academy and Zhongshu Province. She is at ease if the prince goes out, and Father Fu will follow.

Prepared properly, the couple set off, and then went out, and saw Wang Gong and Li Mulan also coming out, Zhao Heng was the brother, Song Jianing stopped with him, and waited for Wang Gong and his wife to come to meet. The spring was beautiful and the breeze was blowing, Song Jianing looked at the two with a smile. Li Mulan was dressed in a big red Hufu women’s dress, and she was very brave and heroic. Wang Gong had a royal blue robe, one head taller than Li Mulan. The same Yushu was in the breeze, but Wang Gong didn’t seem to sleep well last night. In a short period of time, Prince Gong unexpectedly yawned twice.

“Three brothers, third sisters.” Wang Gong shook his head and tried to greet soberly. Just after yelling third sisters, he couldn’t help but yawn again. He quickly raised his hand to cover his face, and cursed Li Mulan again in his heart. I usually looked at the wood and didn’t care about him. I didn’t expect that they were all pretending. Last night he was just a little better to her, and she was as enthusiastic as a haired mare…

Li Mulan was enthusiastic, and Prince Gong actually took advantage, but he was unwilling to be oppressed by a woman, so it ended for the first time. Prince Gong rested for a while and turned to her again, and it didn’t take long for her to oppress again… …The second time, the third time…I went to sleep when I was tired, and went on waking up. One night, Prince Gong had forgotten how many times he had gone crazy.

When I woke up, Li Mulan seemed okay. Looking closely at her, she seemed to be more energetic. Feng’s eyes seemed to have light, but Prince Gong was sore in his waist and legs. He almost couldn’t sit up. He looked in the mirror when he was bathing. Good guy, waist. Two clear handprints were pressed by her, really treating him as a horse.

Putting down his sleeves, Prince Gong couldn’t help but cast a sideways look at Li Mulan.

Li Mulan didn’t look at him, but Song Jianing noticed the corners of Prince Gong’s uplifting mouth, as if he was reminiscing about something, but no matter how she guessed it, she would never think of what happened in the neighboring courtyard last night.

King Chu and King Rui also went out one after another. Although King Rui brought his concubine Zhang, he could only stay in the other courtyard to serve him at night, like a spring hunt. Concubine Hui, Concubine Shu, Song Jianing Waiting for the wives and daughters of the princess and other accompanying officials to watch, but Zhang was not eligible.

The four brothers walked forward, followed by Song Jianing and Li Mulan.

“Hunting for a while, will you go?” Li Mulan asked Song Jianing with a smile, “In my opinion, you have a talent for horseback riding, so you can practice more.”

Song Jianing said without thinking, “Forget it, I don’t dare to ride a horse or shoot arrows. It’s better to wait for my sister outside.”

“Cowardly like a mouse.” Li Mulan rubbed her head gently, practicing martial arts seedlings, but she didn’t have the heart to practice martial arts.

The group first went to the palace of Emperor Xuande, and then walked to the paddock with Emperor Xuande, not far away, about two quarters of an hour away. On the paddock side, the accompanying officials and female relatives have been waiting for a long time. The ministers led by Prime Minister Zhao Pu, and the military attache led by the Secret Envoy Cao Yu. Song Jianing saw Guo Xiao in the queue, and his stepfather Guo Boyan was not in the future.

Emperor Xuande stood in the center and encouraged a lot of morale. His gaze swept over Li Mulan, who was wearing a hooded coat. Emperor Xuande joked, “Princess Gong has been learning martial arts since childhood. You must not take it lightly. Princess Gong will also do her best. If you can rank in the top three, I will reward you.”

Li Mulan stepped out and said, “Mulan takes the lead.”

Emperor Xuande nodded approvingly.

“Father, I also want to go hunting, if I win, my father will also reward me.” Princess Duanhui suddenly jumped out and said spoiledly.

When Emperor Xuande was about to reject his daughter on the grounds that women were not suitable for hunting, he caught a glimpse of the four daughters-in-law, Princess Gong, and suddenly felt that this was unspeakable. Thinking about the fact that there were no beasts in the paddock, Emperor Xuande smiled and said, “Okay, you go too, my Da Zhou man. Heroic, women also have pride. Apart from Princess Gong and the princess, who else wants to compete?”

Turning to look at the concubine Shu and Concubine Hui.

Song Jianing subconsciously looked at the prince who was diagonally opposite. The emperor said this, as if he wanted women to have pride. If she didn’t go, wouldn’t it appear that she had no pride? Will you let the prince face dull?

Zhao Heng looked at her and shook his head imperceptibly.

Song Jianing breathed a sigh of relief, really afraid that the prince would drive her to hunt.

She didn’t have the courage, Princess Duanhui smiled sarcastically, and her lips moved, almost provoking, but luckily she remembered her cousin’s warning in time. Princess Duanhui is not afraid to offend King Shou, but she does not want to be upset with Song Jianing and cousin again. Turning her eyes, she fell on Chen Xiu’s face next to Madam He, and said with a smile: “Sister, come here, Sister-in-law is running fast. You accompany me as a company.”

Chen Xiu secretly glanced at King Shou, his heartbeat quickened, and quickly realized that this was a good opportunity to get close to King Shou, but…

Chen Xiu turned to Wenchen’s side again, and saw her gray-haired grandfather Zhao Pu, his face calm and disapproving. Chen Xiu’s eyes dimmed. When Emperor Gaozu was there, his grandfather was the prime minister, and the power was in the hands of the ruling party. The Emperor Gaozu regarded his grandfather as a brother in private. His grandfather acted domineeringly in the court, daring to act. Fame, not only does not usually walk with courtiers, but also married two daughters to common people in the marriage of children, and his aunt is also of common origin.

By doing this, the grandfather won the trust of the emperor Gaozu, but wronged her mother and aunt. If the mother married into the high gate and was respected, she might not die in childbirth. Thinking of the poor mother who had never seen each other, Chen Xiu bit her lip and her eyes suddenly became firm. What if my grandfather has been cautious for most of his life? Isn’t it because the current emperor was offended by insisting that the throne should be passed down and not passed down? As soon as the new emperor took the throne, he demoted his maternal grandfather, and his grandfather had been in Heyang for ten years before finally found a chance to return to the court.

Grandfather is already old, and if she doesn’t fight for herself, I’m afraid she will be reduced to marrying ordinary people. Back then, his mother and aunt didn’t dare to resist their grandfather, and finally died of depression. Chen Xiu didn’t want to go the same way as his mother and aunt!

“Grandma, can you?” Looking up, Chen Xiu obediently asked Madam He, a 15-year-old girl beside her, her beautiful eyes full of expectation.

Mrs. He was embarrassed. There are men in the paddock. Li Mulan has become Princess Gong, so there is no need to shy away from it. Princess Duanhui has also made a marriage with the elder son of Weiguo Gongfu. The granddaughter is at the age of marriage negotiation. The beautiful girl rushes into the paddock and is easy to get out. Right or wrong. However, the emperor personally encouraged these little girls to go hunting, and the granddaughter made it clear that she wanted to join in the fun. She opposed everyone in front of her. Didn’t she refute the emperor’s face?

After a brief thought, Mrs. He made a decision and said lovingly: “Since the princess is kindly invited, you can go, but you are only allowed to hunt rabbits in the periphery, and you are not allowed to run around randomly, which disturbs the emperor and the princes’ yaxing.” The granddaughter has always been. Obedient and sensible, as long as you stay on the periphery obediently, nothing will happen.

Chen Xiu knew that his grandmother would agree to her, and happily agreed, and then walked to the side of Princess Duanhui with Lianbu, pretending not to know that grandfather was watching her. Madam He noticed her husband’s dissatisfaction, and she knew why her husband was dissatisfied, but when she thought that her two daughters had gone early because of her husband’s stubbornness, and the old man dared to blame her for petting her granddaughter, Madam He also stared back. The resentment is worse than the dissatisfaction of the husband.

When the Prime Minister Zhao Pu saw it, his face changed, and then he lowered his eyes helplessly, hoping that his granddaughter was smart enough not to make trouble for him. He helped the emperor solve his serious problems, and now he has become a useless person in the emperor’s heart. He has been cautious this year, and he has not given the emperor a reason to expel him.

For the female relatives, only Chen Xiu responded to Emperor Xuande’s call. The daughters of other officials either did not know how to ride a horse or did not have the confidence of Chen Xiu. After everything was ready, Emperor Xuande led the four princes and young masters to set off first, followed by Li Mulan. After the men left, the dust fell, and Princess Duanhui and Chen Xiucai unhurriedly rode their gentle horses with a few eunuchs into the paddock.

Outside the paddock, Song Jianing sat next to her aunt Shu, and helped her to pour a bowl of tea.

Concubine Shu looked at the sweet and gentle face of this cheap niece, and sighed softly: “If Duanhui is half well-behaved with Jianing, I’ll be satisfied.” Her daughter is getting less and less sensible, even hunting has to go to mix up, Shufei really I have a headache, I’m afraid where my daughter will be injured in the paddock.

“Auntie, don’t worry, there will be nothing wrong with the princess with so many people.” Song Jianing said sincerely.

Concubine Shu hummed, picked up the tea bowl, and looked at the paddock worriedly.

Song Jianing returned to her seat and moved his eyes to the paddock, imagining the heroic posture of her prince on horseback and archery.

In the outer circle of the paddock, Princess Duanhui held the reins in her hands and stared at the grass with her big eyes. However, she wandered around for a short time, and she was very disappointed that she didn’t see a rabbit. Chen Xiu didn’t say anything in his eyes, looking forward to it, and finally expected Princess Duanhui’s words: “All the prey is inside, why don’t we go in too?”

Chen Xiu was secretly happy, but hesitantly discouraged.

How could Princess Duanhui be someone she and a few eunuchs could persuade? With a flick of the whip, she headed towards the lush woods.

Chen Xiu had to keep up with her eyes bright.