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On the fifth day of August, Baiyan Mountain is surrounded by autumn.

The closest mountain around Yuanjing City is Chenshan, and Baiyanshan is only a small slope compared to Chenshan. Although there are dense forests, the mountain is gentle, and it is very suitable for horse racing and hunting, especially for the royal family in autumn. , The momentum is huge, and the horses and horses are like dragons. Every year on this day, the emperor's car will pass through Changping Street.

And this year, His Majesty left the eldest prince to handle government affairs in the city, and besides the general Lu Fangjin, the fifth prince Qi Li, the seventh prince Qi Ting and the ninth prince Qi Xiao accompanied him.

The Ninth Prince had never heard of it, and suddenly became the focus of discussion among the people after dinner, and he almost had the momentum to overwhelm Zhou Guo's protégé, Tang Ling.

"Hey, look, that, the one riding the brown horse is the Ninth Prince."

"You also recognize the Ninth Prince?"

"Tsk, are you stupid? There are rules in the formation of horse-drawn carriages, and the forbidden army is in charge. At the front is the armored General Lu Fangjin, followed by the carriages and horses of the Zhou Kingdom Mission, and after that are the three princes." , In terms of seniority, they are the fifth prince, the seventh prince, and the ninth prince. According to the usual practice, each prince accompanying the hunt can only bring ten entourages and guards. Do you see that their costumes are different?"

"Oh, that makes sense.

Judging by his appearance, he is young, but he looks good.

Is this already crowned king? "

"That's right, the seventh prince has not reached the crown yet, so the ninth prince is naturally younger.

Your Majesty has quite a lot of heirs, so the princes were divided up early to avoid troubles.

The Ninth Prince was only ten years old when he left Beijing. "

"Since you were crowned king, why did you come back?"

"I heard that the Ninth Prince saved the son of Marquis Xun'an and made meritorious service, so His Majesty specially allowed the Ninth Prince to return to Beijing to serve the nobleman Lin."

"There is such a thing? This Ninth Prince really has some skills. He has been away from Beijing for so many years and suddenly got His Majesty's favor.

Maybe there will be a play. "

"You don't understand now, the Ninth Prince has no power in the court and cannot support himself alone.

Furthermore, it was not a good thing to hear that he got close to that Tang Ling. "

"Hey, if you mention it this way, why is the Zhou Guo Mission also in the hunting team?"

"It's really stupid to say that you are stupid. Of course, Weihun wants to let Zhou Guo's envoys see and see that I am a strong soldier and a strong horse."

"Where is the need for such trouble? Haven't they been scared yet? Isn't there a defeated general in the mission? Now he's just a prisoner!"

"How did I hear that Xun Anhou's son is quite talented? It's been rumored in the Yuan capital these days that he is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. The Tai student played chess with him, and he lost all face. Mr. Song Xiaosong, the famous painter, is full of praise.

He also won the favor of Miss Qiyue because of his beauty picture, and became the guest of Miss Qiyue. "

"That's why it is said that the Zhou Kingdom has no generals, and a scholar is required to go to the battlefield. There is no reason not to lose."

"Ah, what you said is not the point!"

"What's the point?"

"Then Tang Ling was born extremely handsome, if she could cast herself as a daughter, she would be able to compare with Miss Qiyue.

No, no, not just a daughter. "

"……what the hell."

"I think it makes sense, otherwise why would the Ninth Prince save him?"

"That's not true, I heard that General Su Qin locked Tang Ling in a prison car and headed north. When he passed by Yongcheng, he was robbed by the Ninth Prince in the street.

If he hadn't seen Tang Ling's beauty, how could he, an idle prince, dare to fight against the Huwei army? "

"Robbing people in the street?! Hurry up, talk about it!"

……

The chatter on Changping Avenue is very similar to the situation when Tang Ling was first in Yongcheng. The gossip Qi Xiao didn't need to hear clearly to guess what he was talking about. They secretly chewed their tongues together, and the stories they told seemed to be the same, and they were likely to be true, Qi Xiao couldn't help laughing when he heard a sentence or two occasionally.

But at the moment Qi Xiao is sitting on the high horse, not in the mood to listen to those "jokes".

Since His Majesty allowed him to enter the palace to attend the imperial city banquet that day, the attitude of the courtiers in the palace towards him and noble lady Lin suddenly changed, and they were all extremely attentive. On the second day, Zhang Suian personally led the imperial physician to Qiyun The palace checked nobleman Lin's pulse, and a cart full of decoctions and tonics was sent to Qiyun Palace, and another ten court ladies were added to serve, and Qiyun Palace was completely full for a while.

These are just trivial things, what really makes Qi Xiao feel uneasy is that both the Empress and the Seventh Prince's birth mother Zhao Concubine ordered their personal maids to deliver things and people to Qiyun Palace.

When Qi Xiao entered the palace the next day, the excitement in Qiyun Palace was so lively that he was taken aback. He never expected the news to go so fast.

Qi Xiao stayed with Noble Lin for half an hour in Qiyun Palace, and the queen sent someone to invite him.

According to etiquette, the queen is Qi Xiao's mother in name, and he should go to pay her respects when he enters the palace, and Lady Lin also means to let him go early.

Qi Xiao wanted to spend more time with Noble Lin, but he couldn't stay in the harem for long, and he might be in trouble if he was late, so he could only say goodbye to his mother, but before he could leave Qiyun Palace, Concubine Zhao came in person and blocked him is on.

Concubine Zhao nominally came to check on noble lady Lin's illness, but in fact she was pulling Qi Xiao to talk.

Not long ago, the scene where the fifth and the seventh were dragging and pulling Lu Fangjin was repeated on Qi Xiao. He spared no effort when he made fun of Lu Fangjin, but now he feels helpless because of the retribution. ?Why bother the Queen and Concubine Zhao to mobilize the crowd?

But if the emperor said a word, he was worthy of others' high regard.

Qiu Wei's accompanying car also seemed to be surrounded by thousands of people, Qi Xiao sat on the horseback, his eyes were full of absurdity.

When Luan drove to the gate of the city, the soldiers and horses of Wudu Prefecture surrounded him from front to back, left and right, and headed for Baiyan Mountain in a mighty way.

Baiyan Mountain is not far away, and a fast horse can reach it in half an hour, but Emperor Luan is not suitable for sprinting, so it took nearly two hours to reach Baiyan Mountain.

Qi Xiao has never been to Baiyan Mountain to hunt, but he heard about it when he was a child, but he can't remember clearly. He only knows that the length of the hunt depends on His Majesty's mood and weather. So he left the camp and returned to Beijing, but no matter how long it took, it would not last past the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Qi Xiao drove his horse around the camp and saw that they camped in an open grassland, with a dense forest in the southeast, and a checkpoint was set up. The mountain is not very high, and the forest is not very dense. It is far worse than Fenglin Mountain. The mountains and forests are not comparable.

It seems that this hunt will not be interesting, he might as well stay in the capital of Yuan, and spend a few days with Lady Lin.

Just as he was thinking, Lu Fang came galloping over, "Why are you here?"

"walk around."

"Go back, it's time for dinner."

Qi Xiao nodded.

"Look at you, you're not very interested.

Don't you like hunting very much? "

Qi Xiao laughed: "It's no fun playing with them."

"Hey, underestimate people."

After thinking about it, Lu Fang realized that Qi Xiao didn't come to Qiuwei in the future, so there must be a lot of people who don't know, so he said, "Every hunting has a lottery, and no matter who can hunt it, there will be a big reward from His Majesty, even Wudu Mansion People will be selected to participate in the hunt.

The princes naturally tried their best to show off, and even the guards around them and the people in Wudu Mansion would be able to increase their ranks if they could win the lottery.

How are you sure? "

"Are you also participating?"

"That's natural."

"Have you hunted it?"

Lu Fang laughed loudly: "What do you think?" He is a well-known general, how can he lose in hunting?It's just that he leads the army all the year round, and he doesn't have many chances to return to Yuanjing. He has only participated in hunting once in all, and this is the second time this year.

"That's even more boring."

"Hey, why do you dare to look down on people?"

"You are very powerful and can open a hundred stone bows, but hunting is not a competition of strength, you can win, those few people are probably really incapable."

Lu Fang tried his best to refute but was suddenly at a loss for words. Qi Xiao's words were a trap, and he was just waiting for him to jump down.

If he said that the princes are all extremely capable, then it was just a fluke for him to win. If he followed Qi Xiao's words, he would be so arrogant and ignorant of the general situation. Qing's disaster.

"...Forget it, I won't tell you.

I'm going back. "

Lu Fangjin took the reins of the horse and ran towards the camp, leaving Qi Xiao with the grass ash and dust blowing towards him.

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