Chapter 45: Winter Hunting
At this moment, hundreds of officials and their families were standing at the gate of the palace, waiting for the Holy One to leave the palace, and then rushed to the Lushan paddock together. The adults stood together and exchanged greetings and compliments, and the young people also talked and laughed together.
Someone nearby saw the two talking and suddenly hid in the crowd and shouted: "Miss Shen really doesn't know etiquette. She can't get along with the prince in public."
"That's right, it's really funny. The Third Prince came to try to get hold of Prince Xuan before he could get her. Do you really think that everyone likes her?"
Shen Xian heard this, and when she looked back for someone, she found that no one was looking at her, and everyone looked as if they were the one who said that.
She didn't want to care and turned around to continue talking to Shi Ling, but she saw Shi Ling suddenly said coldly to an official woman: "Are you saying that talking to this king is disrespectful?"
The man was stunned, because when Shi Ling opened her mouth, even the officials' eyes began to focus on her.
Her father saw her so embarrassed and glared at her, and she was about to cry without tears and said hurriedly: "No, I didn't mean that, I just..."
"You're just blind and deaf, so you don't know right from wrong?"
The man shed tears, sobbed and nodded.
No one dared to lend a helping hand, after all, no one was willing to go against Shi Ling for her sake!
Only Shen Xian stood there blankly, looking at Shi Ling who was so vicious towards others, she couldn't help but feel warm in her heart.
Is he defending himself? Right?
Then just forgive him for hiding from you for a little while.
Shi Ling turned around and saw Shen Xian looking at her with a silly smile. He wanted to raise his hand to pinch her face but then remembered that there were too many people here and her parents were still watching, so she could only say: "What are you laughing at? Why don't you stand back quickly." "
Shen Xian was happy now and nodded obediently whatever Shi Ling said.
When she stood up, Zhong Mingyue and Shen Yao immediately surrounded her.
"You are so bold. You openly approached Prince Xuan on an occasion like today. If Prince Xuan doesn't give you face, your title of being the most famous lady in Kyoto will become the biggest joke in Kyoto!"
Shen Yao said: "My second sister is not a joke."
Zhong Mingyue narrowed her eyes and stretched out her hand to scratch her waist, and said angrily: "If your second sister is not, then your cousin Mingyue is?"
Shen Yao suppressed her laughter and tried to avoid her vicious hands. Shen Xian silently exited the battlefield, but was bumped into by Shen Yao and stepped on the person behind her.
Just a high-pitched "Ouch!"
The three of them turned back together, it was Shi Ying.
Oh, we're going to quarrel again.
Some people gloated and hid aside to watch the show, while others were worried that Shen Xian would be punished, such as the young men who admired her, or Shi Yu.
Shi Yu: "Fifth sister, the Shen girl didn't do it intentionally."
Shen Xian murmured secretly, didn't he know how to write the word "avoid suspicion"?
Come and help her in this situation. Xiao Hui's face can now be used as a palette, right?
Ignoring Shi Yu's help, the three of them looked at each other and were about to apologize, but Shi Ying, who was still angry just now, suddenly softened his face and said awkwardly: "It's okay, I'm not angry with you, so there is no need to apologize. "
The three people present, no, everyone, didn't understand when Shi Ying changed her temper.
There was an opportunity to find fault with Shen Xian, and she just let it go?
Shen Xian and Zhong Mingyue looked at each other strangely, feeling deeply that something was strange. Maybe Shi Ying had some bigger bad idea.
Fortunately, Emperor Hongzheng appeared in front of everyone in a sedan chair and the queen soon.
Shouted: "See your Majesty, long live your Majesty! Long live your Majesty!"
Emperor Hongzheng smiled and nodded: "Everyone, get up and rush to the paddock as soon as possible. Let me see if you have regressed this year!"
After saying that, he was helped out of the sedan chair and walked towards the splendid carriage at the front.
The rest of the people also walked towards the carriage behind.
Shen Xian saw Shi Ling getting on the carriage behind Emperor Hongzheng, and there was still some distance between her and him. It seemed that she couldn't talk all the way.
The weather is a bit cold nowadays, so some charcoal fires are put in the carriages to keep warm. Shen Xian rubbed her hands that were stiff from the cold, and wondered if she could hunt prey in this winter.
In fact, since ancient times, hunting in the four seasons has followed the rules of heaven and earth. Spring hunting is to hunt unpregnant animals; summer hunting is to hunt animals that damage crops; autumn hunting is to hunt wild beasts that harm poultry; winter hunting is to hunt wild beasts for Balance the ecology.
Especially winter hunting is the most lively hunting among the four seasons.
When we arrived at Lushan Paddock, the people who were originally sleepy became excited after seeing the beautiful scenery of ice and snow.
Emperor Hongzheng was tired from the journey, so he went directly to the imperial tent to rest.
The remaining people will naturally no longer be restrained.
Especially Zhong Mingyue, she couldn't hold it in anymore after dinner.
She dragged a few people to an open space and said she wanted to have a snowball fight. Shen Xian looked at her new clothes and quickly shook her head and refused, and Shen Yao was not willing either.
But Zhong Mingyue couldn't hear it, so she grabbed a handful of snow on the ground and threw it towards Shen Xian. The latter closed her eyes subconsciously but waited for a long time without feeling that she was hit.
When he opened his eyes, he found Zhong Mingqi standing in front of him.
Zhong Mingyue put her hands on her hips and said, "Whose brother are you? You won't help your sister?"
He shook the snow off his shoulders: "Why do you still need my help? Obviously Ruan Ruan needs it more than you."
Zhong Mingyue grinded her teeth, suddenly turned around and ran towards Shen Yuanhe who was talking to someone, and said coquettishly: "Cousin, you have to help me! Otherwise it would be too unfair!"
The latter's eyebrows widened and he chuckled twice: "Okay."
Shi Ying, who was wandering around Shen Yuanhe, heard it. When they were about to leave, she suddenly stood up and looked at Zhong Mingyue with a slightly unnatural expression: "I simply have nothing to do, so I will play with you."
Zhong Mingyue: "?"
She didn't seem to say that she was going to be invited.
"Then, Ruan Ruan and A Yao, you will be in a group with my brother, and the three of us will be in a group."
Shen Yao raised her hand tremblingly: "I... I hurt my hand while working as a prostitute a few days ago." After saying that, she exposed the injury on her finger, proving that she really couldn't play.
"Then I won't play either. The princess is paired with her cousin. It's just right."
When Shen Xian finished speaking, Ying Meng objected: "I don't!"
Zhong Mingqi's eyes flashed and he said, "What a pity Ruan Ruan doesn't play."
"But there are not enough people."
Shen Yuanhe, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly cast his eyes not far away, with a smile on his face, and said jokingly: "Why don't His Highness Prince Xuan come and play too?"
Standing under the pine tree, Shi Ling suddenly turned around and said to the next sentence: "Boring."
Shen Xian glanced at Shen Yuanhe, and suddenly understood what he meant. She immediately looked pitiful, aggrieved, hesitant and helpless and said, "Hey, if I hadn't had no one to accompany me, Ruan Ruan would also want to play."
He raised his eyes to look at Shi Ling and saw that he was not making any moves, so he increased his intensity and said, "Maybe I am really despised by others. No one is willing to play with me."
Everyone: "..."
Are we not human?
Shi Ying looked at Shi Ling, then at Shen Yuanhe, and turned to Shi Ling with determination, "Uncle! I... I really want to play, can you..."
Before he finished speaking, Shi Ling said: "Okay, but I have never played before, so please be merciful."
Shen Xian's eyes paused.
What do you mean? She just said so many words to no avail, Shi Ying only said half a sentence, and before she could make it clear, he agreed?
Chapter completed!