Tangled

Su Qingwan quietly raised her eyes to look at Mu Luoluo, but saw that the latter didn't look at her at all, and felt even more dissatisfied, so she could only vent out with the handkerchief in her hand.

Princess Li drew a strong bow to the full, let go of it suddenly, and the arrow flew off the string like a bamboo, with a sharp whistling sound, it hit the red heart fiercely, the arrow completely missed the target, and immediately won the applause of the audience.

"Concubine Li really does not lose the face of a general, and I will reward you a lot." The emperor said happily, "I wonder who can compete with Concubine Li?"

"This concubine is bold and willing to give it a try." Su Qingwan stood up suddenly, which was beyond Mu Luoluo's expectation.

"I heard from the imperial doctor that my concubine's health has improved a lot in the past two years, and I think I'm used to the climate in the north." The emperor said, "Since my concubine has spoken, you might as well give it a try."

"Your Majesty has underestimated my concubine's status. No matter how bad my concubine's status is, she came from the general family. I also dabbled in the art of riding and archery when I was young." Su Qingwan walked around the small table in front of her, and walked straight into the venue. , I’m afraid I can’t pull that strong bow, so I ask Your Majesty to give this concubine a soft bow for a try.”

The emperor was very interested, and waved his hand, signaling his servants to change the bow and arrow for Su Qingwan.

Mu Luoluo followed Su Qingwan all the way, only to find that this person never gave her the slightest glance, knowing that she was annoyed, she couldn't help laughing, and had to think about how to coax her.

Su Qingwan picked up the bow, took the feather arrow from Jin Qing's hand, and was about to draw the string, when she accidentally caught a glimpse of her elder brother watching with a smile, she couldn't help but curl her lips, feeling at ease.

"Hands should be level, bow should be full, don't hesitate when letting go, don't shoot just to hit the heart, remember that you and the bow are one, where the heart is, the arrow is."

The elder brother's advice vaguely echoed in her ears, Su Qingwan stretched the string to the full, then paused, and suddenly let go, not as fierce as Princess Li's bow, the feathered arrow flew out silently, stabbing firmly next to Princess Li's feathered arrow , is also within the red heart.

"The arrow of Concubine Ai is much gentler than Concubine Li." The emperor clapped his hands and laughed.

Su Qingwan handed the bow back to the servant, and slightly groaned towards Mu Luoluo, with a haughty look on her face.

Mu Luoluo lowered her head and pursed her lips into a small smile.Jin Qing looked puzzled, not knowing why.

Afterwards, the female relatives of various families drew their bows, most of them hit the target, and quite a few hit the red heart, which shows that the art of riding and archery has not died.Then the men competed and shot immediately. For a while, the dust was flying, and the sound of horseshoes was accompanied by cheers.

Su Qingwan whispered to Jin Qing the whole time, ignoring Mu Luoluo, and vowed to hold her anger to the end.Mu Luoluo just smiled blindly, not in a hurry.

"Worthy of being the people of my heaven and dynasty, both men and women are first-class warriors!" The emperor's heart was overjoyed, and his face was full of joy, "Then hunt, and the one who catches the most prey is the winner. This female family member will be rewarded with a set of golden wreaths, men? , just reward a piece of Xuanyuan Bow!" ①

As soon as this remark came out, everyone cheered.

The emperor left the banquet and got on his horse, drew his bow and set his arrow, and the feathered arrow flew off the string and sank into the forest whistling.Then the emperor raised his arms and shouted, and the soldiers who had been suppressed for a long time hit their horses and rushed into the forest with the emperor, and the autumn hunting officially began.

"Miss." Zhu'er did not know when she appeared behind Mu Luoluo, but she startled Mu Luoluo who was thinking about how to appease Su Qingwan.

"What's the matter?" Mu Luoluo asked, Su Qingwan turned her head in response.

"The Empress asked the servants to remind Su Mistress not to make too much publicity. After all, it is difficult to arouse His Majesty's interest and then suppress it." Zhu'er said.

Mu Luoluo and Su Qingwan looked at each other, the latter was startled for a moment, then quickly turned away.

"What did His Majesty say to Xiaoxiao just now?" Mu Luoluo turned her head and looked at Zhu'er.

"Your Majesty asked the empress whether the green head card of Empress Shu could be restored, and the empress avoided this question by borrowing the baby in her womb." Zhu'er replied.

Mu Luoluo raised her eyes, met the eyes of Mu Xiaoxiao who was about to leave the table and return to the tent not far away, nodded slightly twice, and said nothing.

Su Qingwan lowered her eyes, and stirred the handkerchief in her hand, just now she only wanted to be angry with Luo Luo, but she forgot that His Majesty was really flamboyant. Thinking about it this way, it was her own fault, unconsciously getting angry Then more than half of it disappeared.

"Go back and thank Xiaoxiao for your kindness. I'll pay more attention later." Mu Luoluo withdrew her gaze, nodded slightly at Zhu'er, and the latter stepped back.

"How?" Mu Luoluo came over and grabbed Su Qingwan's lock of black hair from behind.

Su Qingwan turned around suddenly, Mu Luoluo had no time to let go, Su Qingwan couldn't help moaning in pain.

"I was wrong. No matter how good others are, they are not half as good as you." Seeing that there was no one around, Mu Luoluo simply hugged Su Qingwan into her arms, and gently kissed her earlobe.

"No next time." At this point, Su Qingwan's anger was completely gone, and she nestled obediently in Mu Luo's neck nest, "If you asked about the green head card just now, don't worry about it. For example, His Majesty needs to rest in the Queen's Palace, and after returning to the palace, His Majesty has already forgotten about this matter, if not, it is not too late to find a reason to remove the sign."

"You're very thoughtful." Mu Luoluo chuckled, and patted Su Qingwan's back lightly, signaling her to stand up, "Since you're here, you don't want to return empty-handed. Go hunt a few rabbits and roast them tonight." eat."

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"When will it be better?" Su Qingwan was wearing a sable fur, holding a hand stove, sitting beside Mu Luoluo, watching her and Jinqing busy with their work.

"Your Majesty, be patient, it will be all right in a while." Jin Qing was very busy adding various spices.

Hunting today, Su Qingwan returned to the bedroom before noon, took a medicinal bath in the afternoon, and Jinqing and Mu Luoluo rode horses and drew bows, so that Su Qingwan's prey would not be zero.

At sunset, Mu Luoluo really brought back two hares, skinned them and cleaned them, lit a bonfire in the backyard, and the three master and servant roasted them quietly.

"I can smell the fragrance in the maiden's courtyard before entering the front yard." A hearty voice suddenly sounded from behind, Su Qingwan turned her head in surprise, and saw Su Huaijin striding in, followed by Su Huaiyu and a lieutenant.

"My servant has seen the champion general and general Yunhui." Mu Luoluo and Jin Qing got up to salute.

"Your Majesty please greet Concubine Shu, and Concubine Shu is safe." The three of them half-kneeled and clasped their fists together.

"General Su, please get up." Su Qingwan gave her a hand, and then bowed back.

"If it wasn't for the elder brother who came to visit because he thought that the elder sister didn't have a reliable person to protect her, the two brothers and I would have no chance to eat this rabbit meat." Su Huaiyu laughed.

"You're greedy." Su Qingwan laughed, and raised her voice to call a few little maids to come in and add futons.

"Although there are guards and imperial guards guarding the palace outside the empress's palace, after all it is a wild forest outside the mountains. I am worried after all, so I specially selected a confidant general to come to protect the safety of the empress." After Su Huaijin finished speaking, the lieutenant behind him stepped forward and gave a half-walking salute.

"The last general, Wang Bi, sees Concubine Shu." With fists folded and head bowed, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, he was handsome.

"Brother, why bother so much." Su Qingwan gave him a little support, and motioned him to get up, "I have Luoluo by my side, so everything is safe."

"Miss Mu has a lot of troubles in her chest, but she is still a girl after all. There are some things that I don't have enough energy to do." Su Huaijin slightly nodded towards Mu Luoluo, which was regarded as a courtesy.

"Brother is caring, and it was my father's special instructions. My mother doesn't have to think too much. Wang Bi is also a smart man. He just guarded my mother during the autumn hunting." Su Huaiyu saw that neither side let go, and hurried out to smooth things over. "It's this roasted rabbit. Turn it over, I'm afraid it will be mushy."

After being reminded by this, Jin Qing just came back to her senses in silence, and hurried to take care of the rabbit in her hand, almost breaking up the bonfire in her haste, but fortunately, Wang Bi stepped forward quickly to stabilize the situation.

Mu Luoluo looked at Jin Qing's instantly flushed cheeks, couldn't help lowering her head and pursing her lips slightly, then raised her hand and gently pulled Su Qingwan's sleeve.

Su Qingwan looked back, and it happened that Mu Luoluo raised her head, with a smile on her brows, she pouted her lips in the direction of Jin Qing, Su Qingwan's exquisite mind, she understood immediately.

"Forget it, since it's my elder brother's kindness, Qing Wan has no reason to refuse again and again, so I'm going to trouble Vice Admiral Wang." Su Qingwan couldn't help laughing as she said, laughing with Mu Luoluo who was behind her.

The two brothers of the Su family looked puzzled, but they couldn't ask carefully.

After exchanging greetings, everyone sat down, and there were no outsiders on the left and right, so Su Qingwan ordered Jin Qing and Wang Bi to sit down together, and the six of them sat around the bonfire, the flames dancing, adding a bit of warmth.

"Why didn't you see Daddy during this autumn hunt?" Su Qingwan took the silver stick that Mu Luoluo handed over, gently inserted a piece of rabbit meat, and brought it back to Mu Luoluo's mouth.

"In the southwestern tent, there are some military affairs that have not been taken care of, and my father can't get away for a while." Su Huaijin said.

"Military affairs are important." Su Qingwan nodded, and then continued to ask, "How is home?"

"Everything is fine at home, Madam, don't worry about it." Su Huaijin started directly, tore the roasted rabbit in half, handed half to Jin Qing, and motioned her to slice into small pieces for Su Qingwan to eat, and tore off the other half from the rabbit legs to share with others. Su Huaiyu.

"Sister-in-law is three months pregnant now, and she likes spicy food very much. Thinking about it, Heng Yi will have a younger sister soon." Su Huaiyu took a big bite from the rabbit's leg, her mouth full of fragrance, and her expression satiated.

"Then when will you add a younger sibling to Xinyun?" Su Qingwan asked with a smile.

"There's no need to rush this." Su Huaiyu didn't show her face, but her earlobes were red. "Youyi's first birth hurt her vitality. The doctor said that it's better to take care of it first."

"Youyi was born delicate, you have to be more restrained." Su Qingwan joked, but a piece of rabbit meat suddenly appeared on her lips. Su Qingwan looked sideways, and Mu Luoluo was staring at herself seriously, with twitching eyes. Her smile betrayed her heart.

Mu Luoluo's lips were oily, and Su Qingwan was itching to see her, and she was about to lean over, but was interrupted by Su Huaijin's light cough.Su Qingwan curled her lips reluctantly, and just moved the futon to Mu Luoluo's side.

Two rabbits and six people naturally couldn't bear to eat them. When the rabbit meat was almost used up, Su Huaiyu ordered Wang Bi to fetch the chickens and deer he had hunted, and started another fire.Feeling that sitting was boring, Su Qingwan also ordered Jin Qing to find some good wine, and also called the small kitchen to prepare some side dishes.

When the dew gradually rose and the ground turned cold, the six of them moved to the pavilion in the backyard to have a drink and talk happily.The chats during the banquet were mostly homely gossip, and it was pleasant and harmonious. In a trance, Su Qingwan seemed to have returned to the youthful and frivolous years before entering the palace through the firelight.

Drunken and hazy, Mu Luoluo still saw clearly that Jin Qing's eyes glanced at Wang Bi from time to time, but she felt inferior.

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①Xuanyuan Bow: It is said that Emperor Xuanyuan carefully made a bow with the Zhe of Nanwu, the horn of Yanniu, the glue of Jingmo, and the glue of river fish, named Xuanyuan Bow.This name is used here to indicate the exquisiteness of the bow.