Clan House

King Jin only took less than one month to investigate two witchcraft cases that shocked the court and the public in the past ten years in the Daluo Dynasty.The late Concubine Xiao Gui and the Crown Princess were able to testify, and the rest of the wronged people were brought to justice. All the crimes were blamed on the dead, and the interests of the living were not hindered.No one did not praise His Royal Highness King Jin's handling of affairs beautifully. After handling such an embarrassing case, no one was offended, and the Crown Prince, King Chu, and the Gu family all owed her a favor.

After the case was closed, Empress Gu breathed a sigh of relief, and regained her calm and compassionate appearance.The queen mother's side was not very good, because another day in her sleep, a bloody finger was thrown beside the pillow, and she was wearing the ring she had given to Su Wen on it.This is no longer a threat, but a naked provocation.The Queen Mother didn't even dare to make public when she searched the palace, and she kept secrets and didn't find out who was behind the scenes.

The empress dowager was chattering, and the entire harem was unbearably disturbed.Emperor Xuanqing, who was practicing far away in Beihai, heard about this and sent someone to discuss with the empress. He wanted to move the empress dowager to the Beihai palace for cultivation. A change of environment might reduce the nightmares. The empress thought it was feasible.The emperor also hoped that the empress would move to Beihai together on the grounds that the practice was too heavy and there was no time to serve.Emperor Xuanqing didn't force the queen, instead he turned his head and promoted Concubine Wen Gui to imperial concubine. After all, King Jin had just made meritorious service, and the queen had no reason to refute the promotion of such a concubine with high merit.In this way, the noble concubine Wenhuang obtained the power of cooperating with the Sixth Palace, and followed the emperor's secret decree to add obstacles to the empress.

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The queen mother fell ill, the queen fell out of favor, and Gu Ruhui also had a premonition of a family crisis.Seeing that the two children under Concubine Wen Gui's knees are all outstanding, and Emperor Xuanqing has no other adult princes, no matter who succeeds the two of them in the future, it will not be very good for the Gu family.The matter of the crown princess was that Queen Gu had gone astray, and Gu Ruhui himself disapproved.But now, he found that getting rid of the princess is not a bad thing.

Since becoming the crown prince, Song Jingxin's most annoying thing is the festival.Especially on big days like Zhengdan and Winter Solstice, he was busy all day, but he kowtowed to the empress dowager, and the officials kowtowed to him.Knocking back and forth, it inevitably reminded him of the shadow of the big wedding back then.

Apart from these court congratulations, there are also Wei Duan and the eldest princess in the royal family who were born under the year.The princess's birthday falls on New Year's Eve, and the clan and nobles who accepted the post have no reason to prevaricate, after all, Xiumu Japan has no serious official duties.For this reason, Song Jingxin also hated his aunt very much.

Because of the cold weather, most of the guests stayed in the hall, appreciating the singing and dancing while drinking wine.Song Jingxin found a seat with people behind him, and through the screen, he could vaguely hear the female relatives attending the banquet talking to each other.Just as he was drowsy, he suddenly heard someone calling him: "Wake up, brother, are you going hunting or not?"

Song Jingxin raised his eyes and saw that it was his fellow sister Jing Shi.I saw that His Royal Highness King Jin had wrapped his head with mink, and his body was covered with dark green embroidered bamboo leaves, even the neckline was covered with dark green mink fur.Song Jingshi realized that his younger sister was really beautiful by nature, and she was able to wear such an old-fashioned color with vitality.

"Where did you get the clothes?"

"I borrowed it from my uncle, not to mention it fits pretty well." Song Jingshi opened the big door and showed his elder brother the new riding uniform, "Aunt Cai told me just now that she has a big back, and although she doesn't have any wild animals, she wants to hunt There are still a few rabbits."

Naturally, even if you can’t hunt rabbits, it’s good to be able to ride a horse for a walk.So Song Jingxin also borrowed a riding outfit from the son-in-law, picked a horse and went to the hunting garden to look for Song Jingshi.

Song Jingxin saw a figure from a long distance away. He was about to say hello, but realized something was wrong.Two people, two horses, this little bastard is hunting with a wife!

Song Jingshi picked two horses and planned to gallop with his beloved wife.It's a pity that the concubine is a coward, and even after teaching her for a long time, she dared not drive the horse alone.Although it is considered romantic to take her own princess for a walk, but considering that she has an impatient brother with her, she had to give up a horse and share the ride with the princess in her arms.

Song Jingxin felt disappointed, and was about to leave the dogs and men to run in the woods for a while, but she heard Qingling's female voice: "Your Highness, Princess Wang, if you don't want to ride this little red horse, can you give it to your servant?"

Several people turned their heads and saw a pure white girl, also wearing a strong outfit, with a light crossbow on her back, apparently also came to hunt.Song Jingshi thought that there was something wrong with this girl, so she came to hunt well, but she didn't prepare a horse, so she borrowed a horse from someone else.I'm afraid that hunting in this business is not for hunting rabbits, but for hunting men.Thinking this way in his heart, Song Jingshi is a man who abides by his husband's morals, and would never strike up a conversation with a strange woman in front of his wife.Fortunately, her imperial brother had a tacit understanding with her: "You went out to hunt, and you didn't lead a horse yourself?"

"Hey, the court lady came from there," the girl pointed to the thatched hut behind her, "the sisters framed me as the eldest princess's wine cellar, and sent me to get the wine to drink. The court lady passed by and found out that It's an abandoned cow shed, and I knew I was being lied to, so I didn't know how I was being teased when I went back at this time. Originally, the servant girl changed her clothes and planned to go hunting two rabbits in the woods, but someone arranged an errand temporarily. Now if you want to ride a horse, you have to turn back, but it's a long way!"

"Your Highness, please do me a favor. If you don't want to ride this horse, how about giving it to your servant?"

This girl had a good voice, and it was so clear that it was pleasant to listen to, but the three people present couldn't understand the amorous feelings. "The horse was chosen by King Jin, you ask him." Song Jingxin said.

"The horse was chosen by the concubine," Song Jingshi turned around to look at Qin Zhenzhen's side face, "Do you want to borrow it from my concubine?"

"Let the girl ride if she wants to ride." Qin Zhenzhen rolled her eyes at Song Jingshi, "You two big men, pick and choose."

The concubine's words were regarded as kind, but the girl in white was still reserved and did not dare to move, looking at Song Jingxin expectantly. "Look at what I'm doing, didn't the concubine let you ride!" Song Jingxin was puzzled, pulled the reins, turned around and was about to leave.

"My servant thanked the concubine!" The girl quickly blessed her body, jumped on the horse, and chased after Song Jingxin.

"I'll be good..." Song Jingshi kicked the horse's belly, and let the horse under him take the two of them for a leisurely walk.

"What did you say?" Qin Zhenzhen raised her head and asked.

Song Jingshi pushed the back of the concubine's head with his chin, and straightened her head again: "Look at the two people in front, the emperor's brother is wearing black horses in black clothes, and the little girl is wearing white clothes and red horses. They look like a pair of Bi people. My aunt is here every year. This Zhuangzi celebrates his birthday, and he has never opened a hunting garden for anyone. At first, I thought I had a lot of face at that time, but it turns out that I am not as good as a little girl. Brother Huang, let people plot against me!"

"Brother Huang has always liked riding and archery, and my concubine sees that the girl rides a good horse, maybe she can please Brother Huang." Qin Zhenzhen looked at the two people's backs and couldn't help sighing, "It's a pity that the princess is so good. A person like me, because he is too dignified and doesn't know how to please the emperor. The emperor is a person who values ​​affection, if we are with such a girl, maybe we can have a good marriage."

"Whether it's a good marriage or not, we have to see whose girl it is."

Regardless of whether Duan and the eldest princess have other thoughts, there is one thing she did not lie to, that there are indeed many rabbits in this forest.The two were silent all the way, seeing the target aiming at the same time, only heard the sound of piercing through the air, and the poor rabbit was hit by the arrow.

Song Jingxin was proficient in archery since he was a child, saw a rabbit shot and was about to pick it up, but found only a slender crossbow bolt stuck in it.Regardless of His Royal Highness' face, the little girl happily went to pick up the rabbit, got on the horse with the rabbit ears on her back, and returned to the Prince. "Your Highness, I have accepted."

Song Jingxin realized that he had underestimated someone again, this girl had some real skills.She was wearing a strong suit, and her hair was simply tied into a big braid, completely for the convenience of hunting.The heroic spirit on her body is not at all artificial, it is definitely not a boudoir girl's intentional dressing up.The little girl's stature is not high, if she doesn't ride a horse, she should only be able to reach Song Jingxin's chest.He guessed that her age should not be much older than Song Yi's, definitely not more than two years old.Song Jingxin affirmed this girl's excellence in his heart, but he also knew that her ability was still limited by her age.Because she was using a continuous crossbow, she just shot two arrows in a row, the first arrow missed her own arrow, and the second arrow hit the rabbit.

"What's the promise? I never said that I want to compare with you." Song Jingxin said coldly.

The little girl seemed to have heard that he was difficult to deal with, and she was not angry when faced with sarcasm, and she still smiled like a flower: "After all, it is the minister who robbed His Highness's prey, so it is not an exaggeration to say it."

"You're just cheating. If you and I are hostile, I won't let you take advantage of it." Song Jingxin said.

"Then if we are hostile, it is still the situation just now, how will His Highness break it?"

"The first arrow will kill you directly." Song Jingxin said ruthlessly.

The little girl finally realized that she had met her opponent: "Your Highness is too merciless."

"It's all hostile, Lianxiangxiyu, a fart."

Song Jingxin never liked to talk and laugh with women, maybe it was because this girl was good at archery, he found that he didn't bother her.The girl was fourteen or fifteen years old, her clothes were elegant and simple but not plain, and the white fox fur on the cloak added a touch of delicacy.She wore long braids, no earrings, and a snow-white lying rabbit on top of her head, in which a ruby ​​the size of a pigeon's egg was inlaid, shining brightly in the sun.

His Royal Highness looked at the girl in front of him, and suddenly lost his mind.He thought to himself that if Song Jingshi resumed women's clothing, maybe he would look like this.It's not right, Song Jingshi has fought in wars, and he is older, so he should be more heroic. If there are two scars on his face... Song Jingxin looked at the girl's face firmly, and imagined that she had scars on her face.

The girl naturally didn't know the prince's strange brain circuit. She was a little embarrassed to be stared at, and held the rabbit in front of her face to cover her face: "It's just a joke with His Highness, the servant girl is overstepping, this rabbit is given to His Highness Make an apology."

An arrow was shot in the rabbit's chest, and the front of his body was bright red. Song Jingxin raised his whip in disgust, blocking the approaching rabbit: "Take it back, do I need a little girl to hunt rabbits?"

The girl chuckled, tied the rabbit and hung it on the horse: "That's right, how about His Highness hunting a rabbit for my little girl?"

"Why?" Song Jingxin instigated the dark horse, but did not run quickly.

"Just because..." The girl thought for a while, "Just because we hunted together today, we know each other?"