Ning Chen Ling Xiao

"Hmm..." Chu Yifeng scratched his nose, shrunk into the quilt, Ling Xiao smiled lightly, and lightly brushed the side of Chu Yifeng's face with the flower tassel on the jade pendant.

Chu Yifeng in the dream was also very tempered, he wasn't impatient, he just moved to the side to avoid it, Ling Xiao couldn't help laughing, he was a little late last night, so he still couldn't wake up.

Even if you don't sleep enough, you have to get up. Ling Xiao heard that the girls outside have packed up, and there is still something to do today. Ling Xiao gently pushed Chu Yifeng's shoulder: "Get up, are you listening?"

Chu Yifeng turned over and stuck his head in Ling Xiao's arms. Ling Xiao laughed and said softly, "Don't remember? Yesterday I asked the Holy One for favor, and the Holy Majesty promised to play, to play...Let me take you to the Shanglan hunting ground today to relax, don't you want to?" went?

"What?!" Chu Yifeng opened his eyes immediately, and said happily, "Really? Why didn't you tell me yesterday?"

Ling Xiao got up and said: "There were too many things yesterday, I forgot to tell you one by one, get up quickly." Ling Xiao knew Chu Yifeng's temper, like a child, if he said it last night, he would still Maybe he was too excited to go to sleep, and this child is also learning badly now, so he tells jokes when he can't fall asleep, and neither of them can fall asleep after telling the jokes.So it's better to talk about it in the morning, and it can make him wake up more quickly.

Chu Yifeng and Ling Xiao got up and put on their clothes, and the maids outside who were about to wash up came in after they were all cleaned up. They all kept their eyes on each other, and waited on the two of them with quick hands and feet before they passed the meal.

The two of them ate some breakfast at random and then set off. The Shanglan Hunting Ground is a distance away from the King's Mansion on the outskirts of the city. It took more than an hour to arrive. Fortunately, both of them were in the carriage, chatting and eating I don't feel how long it took to order some dim sum fruit, and it's time to arrive at the place.

The officials at the paddock had been waiting for a long time. Seeing the two of them coming, they hurriedly took them to the palace. Ling Xiao had already ordered someone to reward them. There are not many princes and grandchildren who like to hunt. The paddock is deserted all year round. It's easy to come back here. The officials here are very attentive, and seeing that Young Master Ling is a big spender, he is even more concerned. He followed Chu Yifeng and Ling Xiao all the way, nodded and said: "I don't know if the prince and the young master can come. It’s so fast, this meal hasn’t been ready yet, how about some snacks first?”

"No need." Chu Yifeng entered the stables, patted one and felt the other, picked out two bay red horses, turned his head and said, "I didn't come here to eat, I'll tell you when I'm hungry, go." He said. He led two horses out and handed the reins of one horse to Ling Xiao, and said with a smile: "You don't need to call too many people, just a team of people and a dozen or so dogs will do. What kind of bow do you use?"

Ling Xiao followed Chu Yifeng to the weapon rack. Ling Xiao took a longbow and pulled it by the bowstring, but didn't pull it away.Chu Yifeng smiled: "This is almost a stone bow, you use this." He picked out one and handed it to him, "Try this, it's a five-pound bow."

Ling Xiao didn't feel ashamed and annoyed when he didn't draw the bow just now, and said with a smile: "I see in the biography, don't you always have three-stone bows and five-stone bows? Why can't I even draw one stone?" After taking the bow that Chu Yifeng handed him, this The next time I pulled it away, I smiled and said, "Okay, this is it."

"Five stones?!" Chu Yifeng's eyes widened, "Impossible? One stone is generally not practical on the battlefield, and five stones... take it and knock people down haha." Chu Yifeng didn't pick any more, only took Ling Xiao The one that hadn't been pulled away just now called people to get horn seines and the like. He and Ling Xiao got on the horses and said with a smile: "Let's see if we can hunt big ones today. They will be rabbits and deer all day long."

"Yeah." Ling Xiao caressed the mane of the dismounted horse, and said with a smile, "It's a lottery."

Chu Yifeng became even more interested when he heard that, and turned back to smile at the accompanying sergeant: "Did you hear that? The young duke will give you a lottery, and it's like seeing who gets the head first!" Chu Yifeng has never liked a group of people to help chase and intercept when he came to hunt. It's boring to give it another arrow, it's better to let everyone have fun together.The people on the hunting ground also knew the prince's temper, and echoed the words heartily.

Chu Yifeng and Ling Xiao rode their horses into the paddock with a smile.

Ling Xiao is average in riding and shooting, but farther than Chu Yifeng, and he uses a five-double bow, so he can only shoot small and close wild animals. It seems that even things that are farther away can be shot by the arrow. He didn't have much strength anymore. Fortunately, Ling Xiao was here to play with Chu Yifeng, and he wasn't too keen on it.

Chu Yifeng has been in good spirits for a few days. He used to come here from the army to pick up some things and go back, and he didn't dare to delay too much, but this time he came here with the imperial grandfather's approval, and he can use the palace, and there are no regulations. When to go back, I only said not to delay too much, the more Chu Yifeng thought about it, the more beautiful he became, but after a while he hunted a small deer, Ling Xiao has been following him unhurriedly, watching him ride the horse, watching him concentrate on listening to the wind, watching him He raised his bow and shot an arrow.

The servant echoed to pick up the dead deer, Chu Yifeng looked back at Ling Xiao and said with a smile, "Young Master! Where's the lottery?!"

Ling Xiao smiled and untied a pouch that was tied up today, and rode up to put it on for Chu Yifeng himself, and said with a smile: "It contains Chonglou, Banzhilian and some medicinal materials of chamaema chamaejasma, to avoid the five poisons."

Chu Yifeng wrinkled his nose in surprise, and said in doubt: "I'm not a child... What five poisons should I avoid?"

"Hehe... you're just a kid." Ling Xiao couldn't help laughing, "Take it, I just teased you, and I didn't bring any prizes, just this one is new."

Chu Yifeng curled his lips, but he was happy again when he thought that the medicinal materials in the purse must have been prepared by Ling Xiao himself. Some spices were added to the purse for seasoning, and he only smelled a faint fragrance when he wore it, which was not pungent. Chu Yifeng said that he still liked not wearing children's things, so he changed to a big bow and rode his horse to the depths of the forest.

The two here are having fun, but they don't know that Shen Xiangxie in Shoukanghou's mansion is turning upside down...

"It's really only these?!" Ling Yi looked at the dowry list again, hardly believing her own eyes, and said sharply, "Don't think I'm easy to bully?! This sounds good, it's all lifted by 64, you can see for yourself What's in here?! Is there one-tenth of Lingzhi's back then?!"

Xia Lan's hands trembled when she took the dowry list, a peach wood carved gold silk bed, a peach wood three-open gold painted cabinet, a small kang screen with gauze... six sets of gold inlaid jade heads, six emerald emerald heads, and gold collars Two, four silver collars...

The more Xia Lan looked at it, the more furious she became, and she pinched her red nails directly into the wedding list, and said angrily: "This is clearly a bully! It's just that there are few things, but these dowries are all worse than Ling Zhi's at that time." Layer? She used all pear wood and rosewood, and now it's all mahogany, and the head and face are so bad, so it's hard to show this in the makeup?"

"Don't think I'm easy to bully..." Ling Zhi's face turned pale angrily, and he clenched his white fingers tightly, and said in a ruthless voice, "Go, help me call the eldest young mistress, and tell her that I have something important to ask her!"

Mrs. Shi listened to Ling Zhi's words, and now slowly handed over the affairs of the house to Jing Yu. At first, Mrs. Shi was a little wary of her, and half-confided that she would wait until Ling Xiao married the second young lady. Still hand over the rights of housekeeper to the second young lady, and Jing Yu also complied.

Not to mention that Ling Xiao is not engaged yet, even if the Second Young Mistress enters the house in the future, the house that she has managed for several years will have a certain status in the mansion. No matter how you say it, it will be better than now. Although Jing Yu is not as smart as Ling Zhi But the victory lies in knowing the current affairs, and she is not as bad-hearted as Xia Lan and the others. Now that she has a brother, her wish is fulfilled, and she only hopes that the life between herself and her husband will be better and better. As for Aunt Xia, Jing Yu knew that it was impossible for Ling Xiao to accommodate her when the old man was gone.

Today Ling Xuan has something to do outside and hasn't come back yet. Jing Yu ordered the nanny to hug and tease my brother. When Ling Yi's girl came, she was holding a small rattle to make him laugh. After hearing the girl's explanation, she made it clear. Jing Yu slowly put down the rattle, stood up and asked the nanny a few words before she straightened her clothes and came out.

Jingyu's dowry girl, Cuiyun, couldn't see it, and said in a low voice: "Grandma is too good-natured, the eldest lady is really a daughter of gold, and the time spent taking a break at noon actually instructed the girl to come to the sister-in-law's room to let people pass. I don’t know which family’s rules it is...Grandma, you were also the eldest lady of our house before you got married! No more noble than her? Now she dares to..."

"Cuiyun." Jing Yu interrupted Cuiyun's indignation, and said in a low voice, "Talking about the master behind his back, which family's rules are you talking about?"

Cuiyun hurriedly bowed her head when she heard the words, and Jingyu also knew that she was doing it for her own good, why didn't Jingyu know this, since she married into the mansion, she also saw how a big family behaves, like Mrs. Shi Lingzhi It's really admirable to talk and behave in ways, and she secretly imitates Xuexue, but a lady like Ling Yi...Jing Yu comforts herself that she will be married in less than a month.

After entering Chen Xiangxie, Jing Yu heard some unpleasant words, she just pretended not to hear, went in and laughed softly: "What's wrong with sister Yi? She suddenly called me at such a late hour to startle me, Don’t worry, but feel uncomfortable?”

The maids and women in the house were all embarrassed after a few words. These words sounded concerned, but the implication was obvious. Who did you call me here at noon?

Ling Yi and Xia Lan were furious but didn't hear it, Xia Lan ordered all the women and girls to go out, Jing Yu glanced at the dowry list on the table and understood, how could they let them go out?He quickly laughed and said, "What are they doing going down? No one would drink tea or water." He sat down steadily as he spoke, and all the girls and women dared not go out after hearing the words.

With so many people in the room, Ling Yi didn't want to make it too embarrassing, so she said coldly: "I don't dare to trouble the young mistress, this is my aunt who just sent me the dowry list, I think it's very inappropriate .”

"What's wrong with being a younger sister and tell me." Jing Yu folded her hands on her lap and said with a faint smile, "I helped take care of this matter."

Ling Yi tried her best to calm down her anger, and said: "I just want to know why my dowry is so much less than Ling Zhi's? I never thought that I could be like her, why didn't I have a good brother? But don't be too partial After all, the mansion has no face."

Jing Yu turned pale when she heard this, no good brother?Does this mean Ling Xuan?

"Miss misunderstood, whether there is a good brother or not, the rule of marrying a young lady in the mansion will not change." Jing Yu was so angry that her lungs hurt, but she still smiled faintly, "The young lady born in the mansion is not a raised lady. Under the wife's knees, the dowry can only have these things. I dare not change the rules of several lifetimes. If the eldest lady doesn't believe it, just check the regulations in the house. If it doesn't work, ask your aunt and grandmother. Say this."

After Jing Yu got up and was about to leave, Xia Lan hurriedly stopped her and said anxiously: "Let's not talk about the rules, but the precedents. When the second young lady got married, the second young master added so much to him. Could it be that the eldest young master doesn't give it to himself now?" Did my sister add some?"

"Auntie was joking." Jing Yu nodded and smiled, "If the young master adds some, can I be the master? How can I, a woman, dare to dictate my husband's affairs? It's just what the husband says, that's all, this young master really didn't talk to me. I mentioned it before, if you want to know, you can ask the young master, even though I am a 'lawful wife', I still don't have the guts to interfere with your husband's decision."

Seeing that Ling Yi and Xia Lan wanted to say more, Jing Yu said, "Miss, it's best not to mention the words of 'I have a good brother' and 'I don't have a good brother'. I will not get angry. There is another sentence, it is better to serve the elders first when the young lady is about to get married, so that if there is something unsatisfactory in the future and there are still people who are willing to make decisions for the young lady, it is better for the aunt to persuade her more."

After finishing speaking, he helped Cuiyun's hand, and said with a faint smile: "Miss, rest, and auntie too." After talking, a group of people walked out.

Ling Yi's lungs were almost exploded by Jing Yu's words, but she also heard that she was getting married soon, and now there would be no good fruit if she fell out with her natal family, but how could she swallow this breath? Over the years, Ling Zhi has always been strong, but now when her daughter's family is the most beautiful, she is overwhelmed by Ling Zhi!

"Go...you go and tell your father that my dowry is too little...I will definitely not obey." Ling Yi suddenly remembered Ling Confucianism, and now only her father can help her, and hurriedly said to Xia Lan, "Go, go and talk to your father!"

"Okay." Xia Lan took the handkerchief and went hurriedly.

At this time, Ling Yi and Xia Lan didn't know yet, Mrs. Shi had called Ling Ruxue to teach her a few days ago: "What did you give when the childish girl went out, and you can only give it to Yi girl when she goes out." Less than that example, Shoukanghou's mansion is the most courteous mansion, the difference between concubine and concubine cannot be dismissed, and it cannot be laughed at."

Ling Ruxue has always been afraid of her eldest aunt these years, although she also thought that she didn't give anything to Ling Zhi when she left the house, but at that time she also agreed repeatedly.It's just that he didn't think about the future at the time.

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The hunting at the Shanglan paddock came to an end in the evening. Ling Xiao hunted two rabbits, Chu Yifeng hunted four deer, two roe deer and six foxes, or Chu Yifeng shot some deer and foxes while hunting foxes. He didn't expect the roe deer at first, but when he hunted the first fox, the attendant casually said that the fur in autumn is the best, and it is good to wear in winter after making a robe, so Chu Yifeng became interested and hunted for foxes.

The two of them ate in the carriage in the morning, and they were already hungry now. Ling Xiao ordered his servants to clean up the fox, and took Chu Yifeng back to the palace by himself. The barbecue had already been arranged in the palace. Ling Xiao has no gentleman The far-fetched idea of ​​the chef, not letting the waiter do it, cleans his hands, picks up the meat, marinates, slices and roasts. Although the people in the palace are favored by him, they are not his own people, Ling Xiao does not want to let it go They touched the things that Chu Yifeng imported, and they didn't trust their craftsmanship, so they just made it themselves.

When the packing was almost done, Ling Xiao ordered his attendants to leave, and the two of them grilled meat around the charcoal stove, enjoying themselves. Ling Xiao asked Chu Yifeng to put the marinated meat slices on the silk screen, and went to get a bamboo basket by himself. The basket was covered with a lot of wide leaves, Chu Yifeng poked his head to look, and asked curiously: "What is that? I just saw that someone from your house sent it, what is it so urgent?"

Ling Xiao opened the bamboo basket with a smile, and inside were tied hairy crabs the size of bowls.

Chu Yifeng's eyes lit up when he saw that these crabs were still alive, and he was pleasantly surprised: "Why... why are they still alive? Haven't all the crabs been assigned this year?"

This year’s season for crabs is not good, the ones who got in and went down to King’s Mansion were only half a basket. Ling Xiao knew that Chu Yifeng didn’t have enough to eat, so he ordered the guys who went to the south to buy silk to go to Lianhua Island to buy crabs at a high price and transport them quickly. Come on, a lot of kung fu died in a few days, but fortunately, I bought a lot. On the day when the guys returned to the imperial city, they heard that the young master had gone to the Shanglan paddock and rushed to deliver them. This is a solar term thing, even if it is immortal The longer the life, the lighter the weight of the crab.

"I knew you didn't eat enough last time." Ling Xiao took the water and rinsed it, without untying the hemp rope, directly opened the navel, put some sauce inside and put it on the silk net, watching Chu Yifeng drooling With a greedy smile, "It's usually eaten steamed, but it's also good to eat roasted. You can try it later."

"Yeah." Chu Yifeng didn't care about the grilled meat anymore, he just stared at the crabs on the silk net and waited. After a while, Ling Xiao took a silver braze and tried it, handed it to Chu Yifeng and said with a smile: "It's cooked, eat it." Bar."

Chu Yifeng took it in a jerk and lifted the lid. Ling Xiao asked people to buy all female crabs. The plump crab roe was almost dripping with oil after being roasted over charcoal. Chu Yifeng took a small spoon to dig out the crab roe. Ling Xiao ate it first, but Ling Xiao didn't take it even with a smile, just ate it with his hands down, swallowed and said: "Eat it quickly, this will cool quickly."

Chu Yifeng agreed, and started gluttonous with happiness on his face. Ling Xiao thought that he had heard that Yiqi Hongchen concubine laughed at him before and felt extravagant, but now he realized it when it came to him, and it hurt so much, no matter how extravagant he was, he would only feel that what he gave him was not enough many.

Ling Xiao ordered someone to boil the wine again. It was colder here than in the imperial city. Ling Xiao was afraid that he would have a stomachache after eating crabs and getting cold. Chu Yifeng was very excited and served Ling Xiaoman the wine. Chatting and eating over the hot stove.