Wishful Things

It's about time, outside the hunting field, everyone who participated in the first day of hunting has already made preparations.

Among them are several military officials, and more are young children from various prefectures.

Among these figures, a young girl sitting on horseback, wearing a black narrow-sleeved gown, and her raven hair hanging down her head was undoubtedly very conspicuous.

Jiang Taifu slightly glanced at the few old civil servants who were the most conservative on weekdays.

This is the first time in Daqing that women participate in autumn hunting.

This Miss Xu has set a precedent.

Why don't these little stubborn people who have to take care of everything stop talking today?

Everyone sat there, looking at their noses, noses, and hearts, as if they didn't see them at all.

There is no way, who told this to be His Majesty's special permission.

Oh, it may not be all because of this - after all, these people had spoken out against it before leaving the palace.

The reason why I kept silent today is probably because...

Jiang Taifu quietly looked up at King Dongyang, the old man in scarlet robes was sitting behind a small table filled with melons and fruit snacks, his sitting posture was as firm as a mountain, his hands with big cattail fans rested on his knees, and his eyes were still full of spirit like sharp eyes. Sweeping around like a sword, with an attitude of "I want to see who dares to talk too much".

May I ask, who can bear this?

Compared with the ministers who seemed to have not seen the figure of the girl, the atmosphere among the female family members sitting in the tents with light veils hanging on all sides was surging.

"Look, that's Miss Xu..."

"I've heard that Miss Xu is quite good at riding and shooting. Looking at it like this, she really looks like a general."

While the wives were chatting in low voices, there was also a girl with bright eyes saying: "Mother, Miss Xu can participate, and my daughter will also go to the mountain tomorrow!"

The woman opened her mouth and thought, "What does it look like for a little girl's family to compete with a group of men", but she swallowed her words because of the figure of the girl sitting on horseback.

Some things will always bring new situations once someone sets a precedent, especially when the status of the precedent-setter is influential.

"How can you compete with them..." The woman changed her words: "Your Majesty and so many adults are here, it's better not to embarrass your father."

The girl pursed her lips, looked at the well-known playboys in Beijing on weekdays, and said in a low voice: "They don't think they would embarrass the family, so I have nothing to be afraid of."

"How can your daughter's family be the same as theirs?" The woman gently pinched her daughter's waist and interrupted the topic: "Don't forget what you brought you here today..."

The girl quietly rolled her eyes.

Isn't it just looking at that young master of the Fang family?

But what's so good about the young master of the Fang family, how can he compare to Miss Xu.

The girl looked at the black figure again, with longing in her bright eyes.

At this time, an inner eunuch came slowly leading a green horse, and immediately sat a girl in a rouge-colored riding suit with deep facial features.

"Princess Yongjia...will also participate in the hunt?"

"What's so strange about this? I heard that all girls in the Northland grow up on horseback..."

While everyone was discussing in low voices, Princess Yongjia had driven her horse to Xu Mingyi's side, but she didn't look at Xu Mingyi, she just looked ahead without squinting, with a slight sense of arrogance and alienation in her expression.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Emperor Zhaozhen spoke. He raised his finger to the precious sheath dagger hanging on the sandalwood frame on one side, and said with a smile: "This black iron dagger has been with me for nearly twenty years. , size can be considered a meritorious service, and it will be used as a lottery for the winner today!"

A group of military officials and young disciples were all refreshed upon hearing the words, and those military officials looked as if they were determined to win.

Some of them have been on the battlefield, so naturally they don't like the flamboyance of these rich and powerful children. As for the two little girls—on the hunting ground, they have their own principles, and this is not the time to be coaxed!

With the sound of the drum, everyone drove their horses into the forest one after another.

Xie Wuyang did not participate, since he is the crown prince now, if he rushed to join in the excitement on the first day, he would easily tie others' hands and feet, and lose the meaning of hunting.

His gaze followed the black figure subconsciously.

Xu Mingshi also drove his horse to follow behind his elder sister.

Even in the royal mountains and forests, you can't relax your carelessness—don't ask, it's just a personal experience.

And it was Xu Mingyi's first time to enter the mountain this time, so he had to keep an eye on people.

Before he came, he had already made up his mind, and today he would do nothing and just stare at Xu Mingyi!

It was as if the boy who had turned into a bodyguard had just finished chanting this sentence in his heart, and when he looked forward, he couldn't help but be taken aback-wait...his shit, cough, where's sister? !

The forest here is huge, and the people dispersed after entering the mountain.

Faintly hearing the sound of horseshoes approaching behind him, Xu Mingyi slowed down, as if he still couldn't get rid of Mingshi's housekeeper.

However, at the next moment, what broke in from Yu Guangnei was a dazzling bright red.

"Miss Xu, have you ever hunted in the mountains before?" Princess Yongjia also dismounted slowly, looked ahead at the golden mountains with fallen leaves, raised her chin slightly and said, "The mountains in Mizhou are much more dangerous than here, and there are often Wild beasts are infested, Miss Xu has never had the chance to see them since she was a child in the capital—"

Xu Mingyi smiled slightly and said: "Then today I will wait to see the princess show her skills, so that I can broaden my horizons."

It's just that she had never seen someone who was hunting in autumn wearing such bright clothes, and she didn't know how the other party survived in the so-called dangerous place where wild beasts infested - with a group of followers to protect him?

Princess Yongjia sneered, with a hint of contempt hidden in her eyes, she turned to look at her and said: "I just want to see Miss Xu's ability."

But don't look at the ability in the end, it will make people feel that it is a false name, and then it will appear that those so-called military achievements do not know the truth or falsehood.

Princess Yongjia glanced at Xu Mingyi one last time, shouted "Drive!", and rode away.

Seeing that bright figure disappear, Xu Mingyi walked in another direction.

In autumn, the ground is golden and the fruits are fragrant everywhere. It is the time when the prey are looking for food.

Xu Mingyi found a black-haired boar beside a bamboo forest with fallen leaves.

She had already slowed down the speed of the horse, and stopped the horse at this time, raised her hand and took out the longbow behind her back, narrowed her eyes slightly, and silently set the long arrow.

Holding his breath, when the arrow was slowly aiming at the prey, the big horse under him suddenly screamed restlessly, and then rushed forward suddenly.

Caught off guard, Xu Mingyi was thrown backwards, and the long arrow fell to the ground. She quickly grabbed the reins, and immediately leaned forward to protect herself as much as possible.

All this happened in a breath, there was no time to think about it, everything was an instinctive reaction.

And worse is yet to come.

The horse neighed and galloped forward, leading her recklessly through tall thorn bushes, refusing to stop despite her efforts.

This horse is a war horse of excellent pedigree. It is strong and tall, and it gallops at lightning speed. The terrain around it is uneven and there are often rocks.

Xu Mingyi's palms holding the reins tightly were already bleeding, but the horse was about to rush up a high slope ahead, and after the high slope, it was unknown whether it was a precipice or a dead end!

Xu Mingyi didn't dare to take any risks, he pulled the rein tightly with one hand to force the horse to turn to the right, and touched the steel needle hidden in the girdle with the other hand - this needle has the effect of quenching poison, which can make people paralyzed and fall into a coma. However, the effect of using it on a big horse will inevitably weaken a lot, and the horse will be frightened again after suffering pain, and may even become more manic.

That's why she didn't do it in the first place.

But now it seems that she can't control this horse for a while, and she doesn't dare to bet whether the road ahead is a dead end.

I can only give it a go!

Just when the long needle in her hand was about to pierce the horse's belly, a familiar sharp cry sounded in the sky.

A black shadow swooped down extremely quickly, blocking the horse's way.

Before facing danger, the horse neighed and raised its front hooves, dodged suddenly, and rushed to one side.

Tianmu continued to follow and drive, forcing the horse to turn around.

Xu Mingyi saw the right timing, and when passing a relatively flat open space, she raised her body slightly and rushed towards the open space in front of her right. The moment she was thrown off the horse's back, she also pushed the steel needle into it forcefully. In the flesh of the horse.

The horses howled wildly and galloped forward.

Mixed with it, there were other sounds of horseshoes, which seemed to come from behind.

Before Xu Mingyi fell to the ground, she suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing behind her, and at the same time she had already hit a wall of flesh.

The man hugged her tightly, protecting the back of her head with his big hands, and rolled twice in the thick fallen leaves on the ground until his back hit an old paulownia tree.

"Are you hurt?!"

Hearing this familiar voice, Xu Mingyi said, "I'm fine, what about you!"

She got up from his arms and was about to check his injuries immediately.

"I'm fine, and I'll wait here for my return—" The young man who was covered in fallen leaves quickly got up, and without a moment's delay, he got on his horse and chased in the direction of the startled horse.

"Be careful!" Xu Mingyi shouted towards his back.

"rest assured!"

Xu Mingyi calmed down her breathing, and naturally understood why Wu Chao was in a hurry to chase the frightened horse, just like why she stabbed the steel needle after preparing for the vault.

Firstly, he didn't want to startle the horse and hurt other people in the forest, and secondly, it might be useful to keep the horse.

And the horse was hit by a needle, so he couldn't run very far.

Tianmu patted her back with its wings behind her, as if cleaning up fallen leaves and grass for her, or comforting a frightened person.

Xu Mingyi got up and shook his robe.

At this time, the sound of horseshoes approached again.

It was Xu Mingshi.

"What happened?!"

The boy asked in a startled voice, turned off his horse, and ran towards her quickly.

"You fell off your horse?! Did you get hurt somewhere?" Xu Mingshi was so nervous that his face turned pale.

Sure enough, it doesn't matter if you don't pay attention for a while!

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Xu Mingyi, whose face was scratched with a light bloodstain by a tree branch or a bush, and whose head was covered with grass clippings, asked him, "Do you want to take the first place today?"

"What do I get first!"

Where does he have such thoughts!

Xu Mingyi nodded: "Then let me borrow your horse."

While speaking, she strode towards the big brown horse, grabbed the rein with one hand, and jumped onto the horse's back lightly.

"You...you still want to go hunting?!"

"You wait here for Wu Chao to come back, follow him out of the forest, just wait outside for me to go out." Xu Mingyi left this sentence and drove away, leaving behind the boy's objecting voice.

Forget it if she doesn't participate, since she has participated, there is no reason to lose without a fight.

Surprisingly, the horse was not her.

Besides, if someone really doesn't want to see her show off, then she will do her best to fight.

Xie Wuyang restrained the frightened horse and led it by his side when turning back, naturally he couldn't see Xu Mingyi's shadow again.

"Where's your elder sister?" the young man got off his horse and asked.

"She snatched my horse and ran away!" Xu Mingshi pointed in a direction and said with a dark face.

After Xie Wuyang was taken aback for a moment, he couldn't help laughing.

"Your Highness, do we want to get her back?" Xu Mingshi was worried and angry.

Xie Wuyang: "No need, I will tell the guards patrolling in the mountains to pay more attention."

What she wants to do must be done. He couldn't stop it, and he didn't want to stop it.

She just needs to do what she wants to do, and he can handle the rest.

"thump!"

With a muffled sound, the horse that was brought back by him fell to the ground.

Xu Mingshi recognized the horse, "Your Highness, this horse..."

"Suddenly went crazy." Xie Wuyang didn't rush to make a conclusion, he just said: "I still need to take it back and check it carefully."

Xu Mingshi's face changed slightly, realizing something unusual.

It's not good to say about other horses, but this horse was specially selected by my grandfather for Xu Mingyi. It is the best of the best in terms of appearance, physical strength and adaptability. How could it be easy to go crazy?

At this time, there were patrolling guards passing by here, seeing Xie Wuyang, they hurried forward to salute.

"Take this horse out without any mistakes."

"Yes, I obey!"

Seeing the prince coming out of the forest, all the officials were puzzled.

His Royal Highness, who originally said he would not participate in the hunt, suddenly became interested when everyone entered the forest, changed his mind and chased after him——

But why is it the first one to come out at this time?

Taking a closer look, I saw that the descendants of Dongyang Palace came out together.

Seeing this, Mrs. Cui among the female relatives hastily put down the teacup—this brat didn't guard his elder sister, why did he come out so early?

Xie Wuyang and Xu Mingshi got off their horses one after another, and went forward to salute Emperor Zhaozhen.

At this time, everyone saw two guards driving a cart out of the forest, and on top of the cart was an injured horse.

Seeing this, King Dongyang stood up abruptly.

This is Zhao Zhao's horse!

"Where is your sister? Where is she? Is she injured?" The old man asked his grandson nervously.

I'm afraid that Quan Heshan is at odds with his Xu family!

Last spring, his grandson almost lost his life here, if Zhao Zhaozhao had something wrong this year, he would have to flatten this mountain!

"Don't worry, Grandfather, Elder Sister is fine, she snatched... borrowed my horse, and it is still in the mountains." Xu Mingshi said: "For some reason, this horse became frightened and went berserk, and fell to the ground after being restrained by His Highness the Crown Prince. "

Emperor Zhaozhen also got up when he heard the words, and saw scratch marks on the young man's cheek: "Ah Yuan injured?"

"It's just a skin injury, Father, don't worry." Xie Wuyang looked at the horse that was being brought forward, and said, "The reason why my son chased into the mountain just now is because the horse flicked its tail frequently when entering the mountain." There's something strange—"

They are all people who practice martial arts and marching, and they are used to dealing with horses. After hearing this, Emperor Zhaozhen and King Dongyang both went forward to check in person.

There were murmurs of discussion all around.

Seeing this scene, a maid in green clasped her fingers uneasily.

Goodnight everybody.