Yan Cigui.

The snow in the forest is thick.

The wild deer galloped, the blood kept dripping, gradually exhausted, the speed became slower and slower, and its body wobbled.

Li Shao, who was following it, raised his hand and wanted to shoot another arrow, but the guards around him stopped him.

"What's wrong?" Li Shao asked.

The guard pointed to the deeper part of the front: "Look, there is another end."

Li Shao took a closer look, and as expected, there were still there.

"This deer is already in the bag," Li Shao said, "Let's go after that one."

After speaking, he greeted the guards to move on.

Li Du was not in a hurry to catch up, but only told the people around him: "Go and take care of the prince, don't put him in danger."

For a while, most of the staff left with Li Shao.

Li Du drove his horse and slowly approached the wounded deer, watching its dying struggle until it was exhausted and remained motionless.

He personally dismounted from the horse, picked up the deer's head, exerted strength with his hands, and put the dead deer on the horse's back.

Li Du sighed: "This deer is not bad."

The waiter hurriedly echoed: "It's really good. You can see that the two legs are thick and strong. They must taste very good after roasting."

Li Du smiled and said: "I said it has a temper. When it is injured, it will run home, saving the prince the effort of looking for deer. Buy one get one free."

The waiter said: "You are right."

"Let's go," Li Du said, "Go and see if the prince has hunted to the other side."

Li Shao has not succeeded yet.

This time, he lost his will and missed the deer with three bow draws. On the contrary, the deer ran away in fright, and got into the depths of the forest.

That is to say, the snow is easy to track, so the location of the deer is not lost.

Li Shao became more and more anxious to follow, and the next few arrows loosened before they were fully drawn.

Seeing him like this, Li Du said: "The more anxious the more chaotic, let the guards follow here, the prince may as well follow me to change the direction, and quickly surround it from the front."

Li Shao answered "Yes" and raised his whip.

It is better to say that he followed Li Du, or that Li Du followed him. The horse's hooves kicked up the snow, and the foam flew.

Li Shao walked around to the front of the deer, and wanted to shoot with a crossbow. He tried several times, but it was difficult to aim.

Seeing this, Li Du called for his followers.

The relative understood, drew the long bow to the full, and shot an arrow, which hit the deer's head.

The deer fell to the ground in an instant.

Li Shao held the horse rope, gradually slowed down, and turned to look at Li Du.

Li Du said: "If you go further ahead, it will be difficult to move forward quickly. The deer is nimble, and I'm afraid it will run away."

Li Shao heard the words and looked forward.

The trees there were getting denser and the horses couldn't move. It was an area he rarely went hunting in the past.

It's better to fight than to let the prey slip away.

"The people around my uncle are good at riding and shooting," Li Shao said.

Li Du said: "He is in the middle of his life, so naturally he does not lack strength in his hands. The prince will be able to make further progress after practicing for a few more years."

Li Shao just said it casually, he didn't care who was strong and who was weak, he cared more about the two deer.

When the guards went to bring the deer back, Li Shao asked Li Du, "Speaking of which, I forgot to ask earlier, how did uncle get along with his brothers before?"

His answer was first a laugh.

Then, Li Du narrowed his eyes: "Your Highness's question made me feel emotional.

My elder brother, the late King Ding, he was a few years older than us, he was kind and an excellent elder brother.

Compared with him, as the second elder brother, I am not a good example for my younger brothers.

No matter what happened to the third and fourth children in the end, we were still very close when we were young.

It's just that she didn't expect that so many things would happen in the year or two before her father's death.

However, it is impossible to escape, the royal father and son brothers, nine times out of ten, will end up like that in the end. "

After speaking, Li Du saw another deer brought back, so Li Du didn't continue talking.

Li Shao went to watch the deer carefully and was quite satisfied with today's harvest.

I rode my horse and sprinted for a while before, and my body was burning hot. The cold wind blew, but I didn't feel the chill, but I was very refreshed.

He patted the fat buttocks hard, and said: "Let's go back to the palace."

Li Shao was furious, urging people to go back.

"You succeeded, I haven't drawn the bow yet," Li Du said, "I'll leave later."

Li Shao touched the tip of his nose.

He specially called his uncle to the tree farm, and it really didn't make any sense for his uncle to go back without drawing a bow.

But he was busy chasing the prey all morning, and it took a lot of work to process the venison and roast it on the fire when he returned to the palace. If he didn't hurry up, the roasted deer might not be able to serve tonight.

Li Du waved his hand and said, "Prince, go back, remember to send me a deer leg later."

"When I'm done baking, I'll have someone send it to my uncle's house." Li Shao responded with a full mouth.

As soon as Li Shao left, most of the guards and servants followed.

Li Du was not in a hurry, and slowly urged the horse to walk, turned deeper and came out again, and did not draw his bow until he left.

Outside the paddock, the palace people are waiting here.

Seeing that Li Du brought people back, they cheered up to greet them.

Li Du got off his horse, someone led the horse away, and someone brought a steaming clean handkerchief.

Taking off the leather gloves, Li Du wiped his hands with a handkerchief, stepped on the car, and sat on the pillow.

The servant followed up, brought him a hot drink, and asked, "His Royal Highness is watching politics, can you get along peacefully with Duke Fu?"

Li Du took a sip and gave the waiter a faint look.

The servant lowered his eyes and said no more.

After a while, Li Du finished his drink and said, "It's all wishful thinking, Your Majesty."

On the other side, Li Shao, who hurried back to the palace, first sent people to report to the Imperial Study Room and the Compassionate Ning Palace, and then went to the Imperial Dining Room, where he skinned and cut the waist himself, laid out the ingredients and roasted it on the fire.

The four legs, the father, uncle, empress dowager and imperial concubine, were divided just right.

The rest will be divided among the people below.

Two deer, arranged clearly.

When it was ready to bake, Li Shao personally sent it to the Imperial Study Room.

Eunuch Cao happily prepares wine, fills it up for the father and son, and listens to the prince saying that today's deer hunting passed.

In the Compassionate Ning Palace, the Empress Dowager nodded repeatedly as she tasted the deer leg.

Still meaty!
The oil is rich and full of fragrance.

"Last time Yunyan ate so deliciously, knowing that Ai's family is greedy, she deliberately came to recruit Ai's family," the empress dowager said with a smile, "She is not here today, so Ai's family can feast on their own food."

Wang Momo said: "I don't know what the princess will eat tonight, whether it smells good..."

The empress dowager said it all, but Lin Yunyan was still thinking about her in her heart.

Thinking of Yun Yan's lovely appearance holding a mutton chop to eat her, the empress dowager said: "The Ai family can't finish eating such a big venison leg. This piece of meat is thick, so hurry up and send it to Uncle Chengyi's mansion."

Eunuch Xiao followed his advice, sliced ​​up the meat, put it on a plate, and asked someone to send it as soon as possible.

Lin Yunyan was not in the mansion.

In the back yard of Taohezhai, she held the thick soup stewed by Madam He, took a sip, and frowned.

He frowned, but he didn't put down the bowl, and even added another bowl after drinking.

Seeing it in her eyes, Xu Jian raised her eyebrows slightly: "You don't have to drink so hard."

The little princess has a picky mouth, but it's not biased. Mother He's workmanship is good, so she won't taste something different in her mouth...

Thanks to book friends Xu Bicheng's official girlfriend and Xiaoyuanzi for their rewards.