thorns in the sky

That lady Ma is about to be named a noble concubine, and everyone can't help flattering her.She never participated in these royal activities on weekdays, and now she has to deal with it, also for the sake of her son's face.Ao Huan laughed and said to Mrs. Ma: "I have never been like you, and I don't want to be rich!" But Mrs. Ma said: "I am not blessed, and I can't bear it. I will be a daughter-in-law for a princess of the Tian family. This It's really hard to be a mother-in-law." Ao Huan tried a few words of persuasion, joked with Mrs. Ma, but it was time to leave and practice riding and archery with the princes and nobles.

The horse lady is still sitting in the tent.But she is a woman who has a palace and wants to live in a racecourse, how can she sit still?But after sitting for a long time, she really wanted to exercise her muscles and bones, and when she got out of the tent, she asked the maid to bring her beloved horse.She galloped out.The main area is for men to ride and shoot, so she can only run towards the back hill.She is skilled in riding, and her favorite horse is a rare good horse. When she gets excited, she runs away, and the attendants can't catch up with her.I can only watch her go away.She rode Juechen into the back mountain, and heard the breeze in her ears, she was in high spirits, but suddenly the horse's hooves became messy, and the beloved horse on her crotch looked frightened.While comforting the horse, Madam Ma looked around, but she saw that there was no one around, and there were shadows moving secretly in the shade of the forest, so unpredictable, Ma Madam felt a little apprehensive in her heart.Her heart beat rapidly, but she saw shadows jumping out of the forest, shooting out in the sunlight, but she saw a few slick, extremely strong wolves, all with fierce eyes.

Madam Ma's heart is cold, she is usually a brave woman, but now surrounded by several wolves, even a tiger would be frightened, let alone a single woman.Seeing the pack of wolves approaching step by step, the sense of crisis also expanded, but this made her mind clear again.She touched a sheepskin bag hanging around the horse's neck.The heavy sheepskin bag contained her usual weapons.She knows that two fists are no match for four hands, and she may not be able to protect herself with her third-rate swordsmanship, but it is not her style to die by neck.If she really wanted to lose her wolf teeth, she would drag one or two beasts to her to be buried with her!

As soon as she gritted her teeth, she reached into the leather bag, but at this moment she was shocked, but she didn't find the pair of knives she usually used, and the leather bag was much more empty than before, her face suddenly changed, and her heart was cold It's obviously a trap!

She should have thought that this was the hunting ground of the royal family, even if it was not a hunting ground, it was the back mountain, there would not be such beasts.It was clear that someone was plotting to kill her.She felt infinitely sad, and only thought that her life could be regarded as a law-abiding one.Being blessed by the king was not something she asked for. After giving birth to a child, she did not fight for anything for her son.She is so disinterested in fame and wealth, but she still has to die in the struggle for power.

Before the horse lady had time to sigh to herself, a wolf had already rushed towards her.But he saw the wolf leaping into the air, its posture was extremely nimble, but suddenly fell down at the highest point, an arrow was stuck in its body, there was a sound of horseshoes, and the flying arrows were like rain, scaring away the pack of wolves.Madam Ma froze on the spot, still flustered, raised her head, only to see several men in ceremonial uniforms riding around on horseback, and then jumped off the horse to salute Madam Ma.The lady Ma saw that Liu Qi was the leader, so she was not surprised.

The sinful concubine and the eldest prince were so angry that Liu Qi saved Madam Ma.It turned out that the sinful concubine was quite upset when she learned that Mrs. Ma was about to seal her. The eldest prince was even more worried that his status would be endangered.So the eldest prince ordered someone to capture a few wolves and raise them first.Because he consumed a lot of meat, and he was afraid of letting others know, so he didn't buy it outside.He didn't want to but told Liu Qi to pay attention.Liu Qi saw that the eldest prince actually wanted so much raw meat from livestock, and the sinful concubine acted as if the raw meat was necessary, and just now vaguely indicated that the canonization ceremony of Madam Ma would not be held.Then Liu Qi immediately had uneasy speculations in his heart, so he went to look for someone.

Inside the tent, the eldest prince was so angry that he wanted to beat Liu Qi.Liu Qi argued again: "It is true that I went up the mountain to look for it because I lost a sheep. How did I come across this scene? If it was just me, it would be fine, but I took a group of people with me. Can't you just turn around and leave under the watchful eyes of everyone? Oh, if the prince had told me earlier, I wouldn't be like this!" The eldest prince was very angry, and scolded: "You bastard, you still blame the king!" The concubine sin also He was very powerless, but he could only hold on, and only said: "Okay, okay! It's useless to say it now! Hurry up and get rid of the matter! I'll talk about the rest later!" The eldest prince sneered: "It's okay to say it! It's clean, the wolves are gone, and the people are alive. What else can we do?"

The concubine sin then went to Niangzi Ma to express her condolences.Ao Huan was also there at that time, and when he saw Concubine Sin, his attitude on the surface was very polite.After the three exchanged hypocritical greetings, the sinful concubine left.The horse lady sat on the bed and said to Ao Huan: "I think this matter probably has something to do with her." Ao Huan smiled, but his eyes were very cold.The horse lady said again: "It's just that Liu Qi is not one of them, why did he come to save me again? Or did he just happen to pass by and had to take action?" The coldness in Ao Huan's eyes dissipated, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Then only He knows it himself." Madam Ma thought for a while, and then said: "I see Liu Qi is willing to save me, and he looks very familiar with Lue Er, so he must be a friend rather than an enemy?" Ao Huan still said the same sentence: " Then only he knows."

Ao Huan visited Madam Ma and saw that she was fine, so he felt relieved. When he got out of the tent, he saw Jian Jun had come up, and reported that Concubine Concubine Sin had let go of her hands very cleanly, leaving nothing behind.But Ao Huan said: "This time I was careless. She also did a lot of things to murder the favorite concubine in the Yu Clan. I never thought that she would dare to repeat the old tricks in Sanwei and cooperate with the eldest prince. How exasperating!" Thinking of his most beloved mother almost being buried in the wild forest, Ao Huan also felt a burst of unspeakable sadness and powerlessness.He was like a beautiful porcelain vase filled with jet-black ink.Always showing a bright and bright temperament on the outside, but the inside is dark.This incident deepened the gloom within him.

Jian Jun is a person who knows Ao Huan better, knowing that this incident must have brought trauma to Ao Huan, and he also knows that Ao Huan will not accept any comfort, so Jian Jun just put aside this topic and said: "Is Liu Qi pregnant? What are you thinking?" Ao Huan still said: "Then only he knows." Jian Jun nodded: "He is so cunning, who can trust him?" Ao Huan smiled and said: "He hasn't said anything yet. Why do you want to surrender, let's consider the issue of his loyalty, will it be too sentimental?" Jian Jun said helplessly: "Yes, maybe he is really looking for a lost sheep. Follow a bunch of people, you can't pretend you didn't see it." Ao Huan said: "But no matter what, he is still my mother's savior, and the king has rewarded him, so we should show something, otherwise it would be too rude."

Liu Qi saved Lady Ma with an arrow.As for how the wolves got into the back mountain, there is no way to figure it out. Concubine Concubine pushed the director of the ceremony department to take the blame, saying that he did not manage well.The master had no choice but to accept the crime, and Liu Qi took advantage of it.The king rewarded Liu Qi with the position of master book.The new official Liu Qi just hid in the tent and didn't want to see those congratulators.Little Poor ran in again, but Liu Qi said, "I'm missing no one." The little Poor said with a smile, "It's Prince Huan." Liu Qi closed the ledger in his hand, smiled and said, "Then I still have to see you." of."

Ao Huan didn't wait for the transmission, and walked into the tent, and saw Liu Qi lying on the couch, holding a ledger in one hand and a pen in the other, with a very chic posture.Liu Qi looked up and saw Ao Huan coming in leading a sheep.Liu Qi smiled and said: "What is this?" Ao Huan said: "I heard that you lost a sheep, so I wanted to give you one." Liu Qi raised his chin and said with a smile: "I have found it, don't worry about it." Don't worry about it." Ao Huan nodded: "It's good to find it. But you are credited for saving my mother, and I have to reward you." Liu Qi heard that Ao Huan didn't say "you are kind" but said "meritorious service", and he didn't say "" Thank you" but said "reward". It didn't feel good in his heart, but he still smiled and said: "It's a little effort, why worry about it. You can thank the prince for your reward." Ao Huan stood there and looked at Liu Qi, and Liu Qi sat there and looked at Ao Huan, each other fell into an awkward silence for a while.

Ao Huan broke the silence again: "So how did you meet your mother?" Liu Qi said: "A sheep was lost..." Ao Huan sneered: "You didn't lose any sheep at all!" The sheep gave a aggressive "baa" as if agreeing.Liu Qi waited for the sheep to finish bleating slowly, and then slowly said: "I made a mistake." Ao Huan said, "You are such a delicate person, can you make a mistake?" Liu Qi then said: " No. I misremembered. I always thought about having ten sheep, but I forgot that I gave the sheep to the eldest prince later, so I thought I lost the sheep." Ao Huan heard the mystery, raised his eyebrows and said: "The eldest prince borrows money from you." What do sheep do?" Liu Qi smiled: "Then how would I know?"

Ao Huan was about to say something, but he heard Xiao Polan say something very loudly outside: "Master Lue Wanan!" Liu Qi and Ao Huan were chatting clearly and clearly, but for some reason, there was an inexplicable strangeness. So embarrassing.Then Wei Lue walked in, seeing Ao Huan was there, he smiled and said, "Are you there too?" His tone seemed to be very happy and welcoming.Then Liu Qi stood up and said with a smile: "He came to reward me, what about you?" Wei Lue regarded Ao Huan as a friend, so naturally he had nothing to avoid, so he took Liu Qi's hand affectionately, and said with a smile: "I'll come Look at you, do you still need to find an excuse?" Liu Qi smiled silently, without saying a word.Wei Lue shifted his gaze to Ao Huan's face, and found that Ao Huan had that familiar expression of eating shit again.