When the emperor travels, there are many ceremonial guards and retinues, crowds in front and behind, vehicles and carriages aligned, and flags fluttering, which fully demonstrates the emperor's supreme status.
Most of the people had never seen the Holy Face. Now after Emperor Renxiao's honor guard set off, people on both sides of the street or upstairs in restaurants were looking at the Emperor's carriage.
Unfortunately, Emperor Renxiao was sitting inside and could not see him at all. The sight of outsiders was blocked by the bright yellow curtain.
There are also many concubines leaving the palace today. No matter what rank they are, as long as the queen or queen mother agrees, they can leave the palace to participate in the royal hunt.
Behind Emperor Renxiao was the queen, followed by the princes, and then the concubines.
As for the princess and the consort, there are other royal disciples behind them.
After these people came the civil and military officials.
Da Qi respected the royal family very much, so the status of the royal family members was higher than that of the courtiers. Most of them, like princesses and consorts, had no real power in their hands. The princes had the real power.
The carriage team of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion also followed the government's arrangements, heading to the destination of today's royal hunt.
The royal hunting ground is located in a wetland outside the city called Tianchi.
This place has lush trees, abundant water and grass, and various animals gather here. It is a good place for hunting and hunting. It is also an exclusive hunting ground for the royal family. It covers an area of more than 9,200 acres and looks like a long dragon.
Tianchi is located where there are many mountains and rivers crossing it. The resting courtyard is built on the flat dams on both sides of the valley. There are mountains on both sides, and the road runs north-south.
In the past, the royal hunting grounds were only guarded by servants, and the emperor came once or twice a year.
Although there is some suspicion of waste, as long as it is royal, no one will dare to talk about waste. Even historians will not dare to write on this point. The emperor also needs to go out of the palace to relax, which is natural.
After a lot of running around, the group arrived at Tianchi in time.
The next step is to set up camp.
The purpose is not to stay here, but to give the hunters a rest. After all, riding a horse is also very hard, especially for women.
The tents are located one after another, with resting areas for men and women divided.
Military generals are okay, but civil servants are not much different from women, and they need to rest even more.
After arriving at Tianchi, Emperor Renxiao stood on the stone steps where he rested, looking at the people below with a smile on his face.
"Today's hunt has no distinction between grades, men and women. Anyone can participate. Let me see who among us can get the biggest prey today. But one thing is the same as before. Pregnant prey cannot be hunted. God has the virtue of good life.
Allow them to reproduce. My sons will also compare themselves today. If any of you can hunt the big cat, I will reward you greatly."
King Li just came out of his confinement, and today he is much more low-key than usual. I'm afraid it was suggested by the staff behind him. At this moment, when he heard Emperor Renxiao's words, he couldn't hide the joy on his face.
"Father, don't worry, I will definitely work hard." King Li was the first to speak.
King Rui was not to be outdone, "I will also work hard to hunt big cats."
The other princes also nodded. Emperor Renxiao was very satisfied with the performance of these people. He hoped that his son could be more powerful. A mere hunt was nothing.
"Hahaha, yes, they are all my good sons. Today, I will leave the hunting to you young people. I also hunted big cats when I was young. Don't let me down. Can I have a tiger skin cloak?
, it’s up to you.” Emperor Renxiao smiled.
Perhaps because he was in a good mood today, Emperor Renxiao's complexion looked much better.
Since everyone was now standing in front of the stone platform in the rest area, Chaoli also saw the princes under Emperor Renxiao in front of the station.
Emperor Renxiao's biological son is closest, followed by the vassal princes, slightly further behind.
The positions of the princes are also in order from left to right, but the positions of King Rui and King Li are different.
I don’t know whether it was because King Li came out after being imprisoned, or because his status as the eldest son was inferior to that of his legitimate son, so King Rui and King Li did not come in order, and their positions were swapped.
Chaoli's eyes passed over the three popular princes and landed on the penultimate position.
Just looking at the back, this prince is thin and looks a little thin, and there is no sharpness in his body. He looks gentle and elegant.
Emperor Renxiao had a total of eleven children. After the middle-aged imperial chariot was injured in battle, he had no more children, but eleven were enough.
Among these eleven children, there are six princes and five princesses.
The five princesses have all been married, and the six princes have all been crowned kings, namely the eldest prince, King Li, the second prince, King Rui, the fifth prince, King Yu, the eighth prince, King Ye, the ninth prince, King Liang, and the tenth prince, King Chun.
The one who looked at Chaoli just now was the Ninth Prince Liang Wang.
Chaoli glanced vaguely at Prince Liang. Judging from his appearance, Prince Liang was not favored by Emperor Renxiao. It could be seen from the title, and he had no expectations for him.
But who would have imagined that such a prince with a low sense of existence would eventually become the crown prince?
This is the fact. No matter it is King Li, King Rui or King Yu, they are no match for him.
Yes, the prince behind Gu Hanzhang and Cheng Feng is none other than Prince Liang.
In his previous life, King Liang's performance in the hunting grounds was mediocre. Anyway, Emperor Renxiao never took him seriously and did not care about his son at all.
Speaking of which, the reason why King Liang existed was actually because Emperor Renxiao lost his temper when he was drunk, and wanted the body of a palace maid in a pavilion. After he sobered up, he saw that she looked good, so he simply made her a beauty.
However, he didn't feel any pity for her and threw her in the side hall casually. Anyway, all the women in the harem were his, so it didn't matter if he had another woman. The queen didn't take it to heart.
Unexpectedly, the palace maid was so impressive that she gave birth to a dragon in one go and gave birth safely while living in a side hall.
It wasn't until King Liang was three years old that Emperor Renxiao knew that he had such a son living in a side palace, without even giving him a name. Naturally, there were some concubines in the harem among them. It was obviously intentional, and he even avoided it.
The Queen's eyes and ears.
Emperor Renxiao didn't care. To him, having multiple sons was just one more mouth, and it wasn't a big deal at all.
It happened that Prince Liang had reached the age of enlightenment at the age of three, so he was simply thrown into the Imperial Academy.
Later, everyone discovered that Prince Liang did not have many talents, so they did not take him seriously and allowed him to occupy the position of the Ninth Prince without paying much attention to him.
Most eyes were on King Rui and King Li, and King Yu was not even comparable to them, let alone King Liang, who had the least sense of existence and had the lowest biological mother status.
After Emperor Renxiao finished speaking, his eyes finally fell on Gu Hanzhang.
"That's pretty much it for today, Hanzhang, please come with me and give my sons some opportunities, don't just focus on hunting."