into the bosom

Chapter 156
Xu Jiao felt that it was better not to listen to these conversations between the eldest princess and Emperor Xian, so he took Wei Wuniang to go for a horse race together.

But he didn't dare to run far, so he ran near for a while.

According to Wei Wuniang's temperament, when she comes to the Forbidden Garden, she will definitely be like a wild horse, and she will not be obediently confined to this small space and let it go.

But I don't know if it was because of the shock of Mrs. Chen's incident last night, she was much more depressed than usual, and she didn't have any objection to Xu Jiao's proposal, which made Xu Jiao breathe a sigh of relief, at least Save a lot of talking.

The two ran for a while, but Wei Wuniang didn't expect Xu Jiao, the daughter of a civil official, to be quite good at once, and she changed her opinion a lot immediately.The two girls chattered about riding and archery, and Xu Jiao promised to draw her a portrait of her galloping on a horse, so beautiful that Wei Wuniang's face, which had been dull for a long time, suddenly lifted up.

There was gradually the sound of horseshoes galloping out of the forest, and when the two of them returned to the imperial tent, some of the dignitaries who had gone hunting in the forest had already returned, and they all arrived one after another after a while.

Nothing happened today, and the few clan disciples who were expected to compete for the crown prince had put in all their efforts. Although they didn't know how the process would be, at first glance the result was indistinguishable.

The prey obtained are similar in both quantity and quality, and there is no obvious difference.

And the few people Xu Jiao knew well, whether it was Li Huan, Jing Qin, or He Lianshu, all had the same aspirations to avoid the edge, but they only killed a few prey to suit the scene, and did not deliberately fight for the limelight.

Everyone's attention is mostly on the clan's children including Yang Jun. After all, this time Qiu Xi is related to the candidate for the crown prince. Although I don't know what kind of judgment standard Emperor Xian has in mind, but a good performance is always The chances of winning are greater.This is a major event in the power change of the court in the future. Who doesn't care?What's more, these clan children also have their own supporting forces behind them.

It doesn't matter if there is no winner today, after all, the autumn has just begun.

Moreover, Emperor Xian's selection of his successor was obviously not based solely on his riding and archery skills.

A few days ago, these clan disciples more or less participated in some court affairs. Emperor Xian must have observed it secretly, so he may have already made up his mind. As for why he has not made a decision for so long, the Sacred Heart is unpredictable , who can tell?
For the next few days, Emperor Xian was in great spirits. He took several clan disciples to hunt, ride horses, stroll, and chat with his ministers. In the afternoon, he held a bonfire party together, eating wild game, drinking fine wine, and watching songs and dances. Don't have a good day.

And Xu Jiao promised Wei Wuniang that she would draw a portrait of her. If it was too early to return to Lingquan Hall in the past few days, he would sketch a few strokes.

In the past few days, she and Wei Wuniang have often been together, and she is already aware of Wei Wuniang's heroic appearance on horseback. With a few strokes, a lifelike outline belonging to Wei Wuniang is already on the paper...

On the fifth day, Yang Jun finally killed a big wild boar, which was the biggest prey so far this autumn.

Emperor Xian was very happy, and the bonfire party this night was extra grand.

Xu Jiao had always been very low-key before, mostly with the eldest princess and Wei Wuniang, and never made a fuss, and it was the same tonight.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the grassland bathed in orange sunlight, they saw Wang Wan, and she couldn't help but surprised, "How are you?"

Wang Wan nodded, "Yeah, thanks to your good words, it's almost better, and I can't lie down all day, so I came to join in the fun."

"Come and join in the fun, the disease will heal faster when people are happy." Xu Jiao said, and Wei Wuniang at the other end also came, Xu Jiao waved to her, and several people gathered together to talk affectionately.

After a while, the music played, and the whole grassland became lively. Amidst the sound of the music, everyone drank together and laughed.

It's just that some other voices were quickly mixed into the laughter, and the excitement was instantly broken.

Xu Jiao and the others raised their eyes and saw a lot of people gathered at the end where the male guests were, and when they approached, they heard faint shouts—

"What's so great about you? Don't you just rely on yourself to raise a few disciples who are good at riding and shooting? You are the one who shoots that wild boar?"

"You don't spray dung all over your mouth. This son just shot down the wild boar before you and got a reward from His Majesty. You are not convinced."

"I'm not convinced, how about you and I compete again and fight alone?"

Taking a closer look, it turned out that Yang Jun and Yang Qing, the second child of Prince Su's family, almost had a scuffle. Although they were held back, it did not prevent them from having a verbal fight.

It was actually for the wild boar that was shot today.Of course, it was just superficially so. The real reason was naturally that Emperor Xian was very pleased with his appearance and praised Yang Jun greatly, and there was a deeper struggle for the position of the crown prince.

Xu Jiao, Wang Wan and Wei Wuniang glanced at each other. It was better for them not to get involved in such matters. The few people reached a consensus, and they were about to turn around and leave together, listening to the angry voice of Emperor Xian, saying, "How decent is it to fight under the eyes of everyone? Don't you know that you have lost the majesty of the royal family? Why don't you let me go?"

A group of people hurriedly let go and stood up, their expressions were uncomfortable, especially the expressions of Yang Jun and Yang Qing were so wonderful.

Emperor Xian's angry and sharp eyes fell on the two of them, "I understood what you said just now. It's not impossible for the two of you to compete again. I would like to be the arbitrator. In this way, tomorrow you All the people entered the Forbidden Garden at the same time, they were not allowed to bring followers, and only by their own true abilities, whoever had the most rare prey, and whoever had the most prey, would be rewarded. Today’s matter is also not allowed to be mentioned again.”

"Do you have any objections?" The last voice was raised suddenly.

The men present all shook their heads solemnly.

Only then did Emperor Xian calm down, "Since there is no objection, let's leave earlier today, go back and recharge your batteries, and fight again tomorrow. I am very much looking forward to your performance tomorrow."

Turning his eyes, he fell on Xu Jiao and the others on the periphery. Xu Jiao suddenly became uneasy, but it was too late to leave now.

"Tomorrow's hunting, you three, Yingyue, Shoukang and Shou'an, will also participate. Although you are women, you can still be considered members of my royal family. These few days I have watched with cold eyes. Yingyue and Shouan's riding and shooting skills are not bad , you can give it a try, you two bring Shoukang together, and let everyone see, my Da Wei's scarf is also not for men, don't let me down!"

Once these words are spoken, it is already an imperial order, and there is no possibility of turning around.

After Emperor Xian finished speaking, he turned around and strode away without looking at the faces of the people.

The sweet smile on Xu Jiao's face froze slightly, and he turned to see Wei Wuniang and Wang Wan's expressions, which were even worse than hers, and said with a busy smile, "It's okay, the forbidden garden is cleared, we won't go to the blocked places , the three of us are together, nothing will happen."

Wei Wuniang and Wang Wan listened to her words and nodded silently, but Xu Jiao's eyes were quietly darkened.

(End of this chapter)