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Chapter 352 Ride Sharing
Tap tap tap…

Tap tap tap…

The streets in the entire north of the capital were cleared by a steady stream of soldiers and horses. The people knew the reason very well: it was simply the beginning of the emperor's annual northern hunting expedition.

It was the first time that Qin Lang followed the empress to the Northern Hunt. He had thought that the scene would be very spectacular, but he found out...

Well, it’s indeed quite remarkable.

In other words, Qin Lang was both not shocked and shocked.

Because in Qin Lang's expectation, the Northern Hunt should be as grand and majestic as going to war, with thousands of troops heading straight to the northern border. However, before leaving, Qin Lang learned that the Northern Hunt only brought two thousand Yulin Guards, and including the ministers and servants, there were less than three thousand people in total.

……

"Only three thousand..."

"Nonsense, how much do you think it will cost?"

Qin Lang thought for a while:
"At least 10,000 or 20,000."

"..."

Su Yupan, who was lying on the bed at the time, was already very tired, but she couldn't help but prop herself up, raised her jade hand, and patted the stupid thing of this stupid man:
"Why make such a big fuss when we're just going out hunting?"

"This is still big, baby, you are the emperor..."

"If everyone is transferred away, what will happen to the capital? What will happen to the imperial palace? Moreover, it is at this critical moment. Last time, Chan Kong came. What if someone else comes next time and there is no one around?"

"That's true..."

……

The reason why Qin Lang was still shocked was that when he actually saw what he thought were "only two thousand people" lined up on Laifeng Terrace, he realized that for ordinary people, two thousand people, especially two thousand black-clothed women with swords standing in front of them heroically, still looked so exciting, and was not inferior to the tens of thousands of people going to war that Qin Lang had imagined in his mind.

Of course, Qin Lang is not an ordinary person either.

So no matter how shocking it is, you will calm down after getting used to it.

There is impact force, but it is limited.

After all, when he was practicing dual cultivation with the empress, he had experienced a fight with the endless golden sea. The impact of that scene was a hundred or a thousand times greater, and even more amazing than the "Yangzhou Immortal Disaster" caused by Senior Sister Mu Xuanli.

……

"And speaking of pomp and circumstance, my pomp and circumstance is actually quite grand. When my uncle... the previous emperor went on hunting expeditions in the north, he usually only brought a few dozen people with him."

"How many...dozens?"

Qin Lang was a little shocked. Wasn’t it said that the Ten Thousand Souls Forest was extremely dangerous?

Even if it's not as dangerous as this year, it's usually quite dangerous. Anyone with the power of a Grandmaster or above will have their power suppressed when entering there. Is the late emperor so brave?
But on second thought, the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls itself was formed as a result of the war between the two countries in the era of the previous emperor, plus some possible inherent factors. It is really unknown what the specific situation was at that time.

Even so...

"The Emperor brought dozens of people with him to the Northern Expedition... it's too..."

Qin Lang didn’t know how to comment. Should he say “too shabby” or… “too confident”?
For some reason, Qin Lang actually prefers the latter.

When imagining the scene of the late emperor's hunting trip to the north, the late emperor Zhaotong of the Great Zhou Dynasty, whom Qin Lang had never met, for some reason, inexplicably left a vague and unfathomable impression in his mind.

"Baby, how strong is the late emperor?"

"I studied abroad in my early years, so I am not clear about this. And it's not just me. There are not many people who know the details of the late emperor's military strength, and General Zhu Yueshan is one of them."

"Is that so... Eh? Did the late emperor come in person when Longding Villa was seized?"

"No, it is said that someone asked for instructions, but the late emperor said that Yue Wulan is just the owner of Longding Villa, so there is no need for him to do it himself."

"..."

Is the owner of Longding Villa considered "small"? Qin Lang complained in his heart, and he had some idea of ​​the martial arts value of the late emperor.

...The Northern Hunting Team set out from the north towards the mountain behind the imperial palace, and the road led to Mangzhou. The road was quite desolate and empty. When they just left the city, they could still see some peddlers sporadically, but soon it became no different from ordinary mountains and wilderness.

Compared with the road to the southwest, firstly, there are not so many small paths and hills, and the terrain is mostly flat and wide; secondly, it is relatively quiet and dry.

The air is dry and the atmosphere is relatively dry.

The civil and military officials were actually fine. They followed in the middle of the team and chatted with each other, and occasionally the [Regent Faction] and the [New Emperor Faction] would have a few words in their daily routine.

At the beginning, I was quite reserved.

After chewing too much, it became a little noisy.

After walking a few miles, the ministers sitting in the sedan chairs began to lift the curtains one after another and started to quarrel with each other.

At this point, the content of the criticism has naturally long since lost its relevance to right and wrong, or matters of family and country. It has all turned into street-like insults like "your wife and I had an affair" and "I slept with your concubine" to expose each other's secrets.

Later, some military officers began to get off the sedan chair, followed by civil officials.

Of course, despite the bickering, both sides insisted on not fighting, but the noise was so loud that it was still heard on the dragon chariot at the front of the team during the quiet journey.

……

This time the dragon chariot was specially used for long journeys. It was driven by eight divine horses. The body of the chariot was inlaid with gold, silver, jade, gems and pearls, and engraved with dragon and phoenix patterns, fully displaying the royal nobility.

The most practical feature is the spacious interior of the dragon chariot, which is large enough to accommodate a dragon bed.

"Xing'er, what's making so much noise..."

The empress Su Yupan, who was taking a nap in meditation on the dragon couch, slowly opened her eyes, her slender eyebrows slightly frowned, and she looked a little unhappy.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are arguing again. It seems that they are betting on who will win the hunt between Your Majesty and Lord Bai."

"Tsk..."

This happens every year. Su Yupan frowned even more when he heard this, but he was too lazy to say anything more.

But after waking up, I still had no idea what the empress was thinking, and I couldn't calm down no matter how many times I closed my eyes.

Xing'er, who was sitting opposite, saw her looking around. She raised her slender fingers, lifted the small curtain on the left, and glanced at the other luxurious carriage following closely on the left rear side.

This belongs to my sister Su Yinping.

Then he lifted the curtain on the right and looked at the carriage further back and to the right.

"?!"

"!?"

Coincidentally, at the same time, there was also a head sticking out of the carriage, looking around like the empress.

"..."

"..."

The moment Regent Bai Qingqing and the Empress looked at each other, they were both stunned for a moment, then they both snorted and turned their heads away.

However, what the two women understood was that they felt that the other person was looking around at this time, but was actually doing the same thing as themselves.

"Myolie."

"His Majesty?"

"Master Qin... where is he sitting?"

The empress did not take this matter seriously at first. After she was on the road, she suddenly realized that she was not clear about how Qin Lang arranged it. Logically, he should have been arranged a separate sedan chair in advance like other ministers, but Su Yupan vaguely remembered that Qin Lang said it was unnecessary and too troublesome, and he wanted to share a ride with so-and-so.

The empress really wanted to say "If you want to ride with me, of course you should ride with me" and directly appoint him as the one. However, she was being severely whipped by his dragon-beating whip at the time, and even her breathing was intermittent, so how could she speak coherently?

Later, the matter was forgotten, so now even the empress doesn’t know who Qin Lang is riding in and in which sedan chair.

(End of this chapter)