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Chapter 75 Meeting the Emperor (1)
It was only when Ji Cheng arrived at the school that he heard the great news that Emperor Jianping, who hadn't hunted for many years, actually ordered to hunt in Nanyuan in the southeast this year.

The royal family has two hunting grounds. One is Beiyuan in the north, which is at the farther north of Leyouyuan. The royal family surnamed Chu often goes there for hunting.

Nanyuan in the south is mostly a dense forest area, but the scenery is more beautiful.

However, regardless of whether it is Nanyuan or Beiyuan, autumn hunting is usually held in August, and it is too late to postpone it until mid-September. Unexpectedly, Emperor Jianping, who has not had autumn hunting for ten years this year, will suddenly come in early October. Hunting in Nanyuan.

"The weather is pretty warm this year, so it's not too late to go hunting in Nanyuan." Shen Xun is the most playful person, and immediately made an excuse for Emperor Jianping, "Nanyuan is warmer than ours." .”

"Did the palace say when to leave? Who will go? Will you take us with you?" Shen Cui immediately asked.She has not gone to the royal hunting ground for autumn hunting, mainly because Emperor Jianping did not go.But she knew that the members of the Shen family would go hunting with Emperor Jianping almost every year in the past.

The reason why Shen Cui is so interested this year is that Qi is working as a bodyguard in the palace. If Emperor Jianping leaves the palace, he is likely to follow him, so they will have many opportunities to meet.

Shen Xun is the niece of Emperor Jianping, so she is naturally more informed about the news in the palace: "Yesterday, my mother came back from the palace and said that this time the emperor's uncle asked all the officials above the third rank in the court to go. Naturally, none of us will be left behind." .After all, it’s been ten years since we’ve had an autumn hunt, so this time it must be lively.”

When things go wrong, there must be evildoers. Shen Xun and the others are only concerned about being happy and can go out again, but Ji Cheng immediately thinks of Wang Yueniang who just entered the palace.

Autumn hunting, it is too easy for accidents to happen.

The source of Shen Xun's news was very reliable, and on the second day, an old eunuch from the upper palace came to Shen's residence to meet the old lady.Although Third Master Shen was not qualified to accompany the granddaughter of the Shen family, the granddaughters of the Shen family were invited, because the lady in the palace said that it would be more lively if there were more young girls.

In the evening, Ji Cheng asked Nan Gui to tell Shen Che that she wanted to see him, and asked if Wang Yueniang was contributing to Autumn Hunt this time, or if there was something tricky about it. Anyway, it would be a waste to use the resources of the Jing Shijun ready-made.

Unexpectedly, after Nan Gui went there, he quickly replied: "The other side said that the Second Young Master has no free time these days, but..."

"But what?" Ji Cheng asked.

"However, the Second Young Master asked you to sort out the accounts of the West Road as soon as possible, and draw up the regulations for him to read." Nan Gui said.

Ji Cheng sneered in his heart, he didn't have time to see him, but he wasn't afraid to make her run around.Ji Cheng felt very uncomfortable, and felt a little wronged.

But originally Ji Cheng shouldn't have this kind of grievance, Shen Che holds Jing Shijun in his hand, there must be many things going on, it's normal that he doesn't have time to see her.But precisely because Shen Che showed such a little interest in her, the daughter's family inevitably started to pick on Joe, thinking that the other party had to coax her a little bit, so as to impress her heart.

In the end, Shen Che was merciless, and rejected Ji Cheng without giving any face, which created a gap in Ji Cheng's heart, resulting in a sense of grievance.

It wasn't until he went to bed at night that Ji Cheng realized the danger of his state of mind from his little sense of grievance.If you don't pay attention, it's easy to fall into the pit of eternal doom, just look at Su Yun's pitiful appearance.

Now that Ji Cheng has calmed down his mood and straightened his mentality, he no longer feels that there is anything wrong with Shen Che's actions.

Jianping Emperor Luan drove on the first day of October. Fortunately, Nanyuan is quite close to Beijing. It takes seven or eight days to go to Beiyuan on the road, but it only takes two days to reach Nanyuan.

For safety reasons, Ji Cheng did not go to Nanyuan with Princess An and the others.Because the old lady was getting old and couldn't stand the bumps of the carriage, she naturally stayed at home.

Ji Cheng persuaded Shen Cui to pretend to be sick.

Wang Yueniang must have hated the Shen family for ruining her innocence and reputation, forcing her to enter the palace, and living in fear all the time.It's just that Wang Yueniang liked Shen Che at the beginning, so she didn't know if she would show some kindness to the Shen family, but for Ji Cheng and Shen Cui, two people who didn't lose a single hair, looking back at Wang Yueniang's suffering, the comparison between the two Well, Wang Yueniang must hate her and Shen Cui to death.

Why did she and Shen Cui escape innocently after entering Tianxiang Pavilion, but she, Wang Yueniang, had to bear the result?
Shen Cui also admitted that Ji Cheng was right, but she really couldn't bear the opportunity to meet Qi Zheng, so she comforted Ji Cheng and said, "It's okay, both the eldest brother and the second brother will go this time. Besides, I just need to be more careful." , what else can Wang Yueniang do to me in broad daylight?"

Terribly naive!
Ji Cheng didn't bother to persuade Shen Cui anymore, anyway, he caught wind and cold two days before departure, and his lungs almost coughed out, so naturally he couldn't leave for Nanyuan.

But originally Ji Cheng was able to go to Nanyuan only because of the favor of the Shen family, so whether she goes or not this time is just a matter of insignificance, only Shen Xian and the others expressed a little regret, the sisters can't play together, it will always be a little less share the fun.

Taking advantage of the fact that all the chattering little girls at home had left, Ji Cheng happened to go to the old lady's room to get close.

Ji Cheng entered the old lady's Rui Yingtang, took off the peacock green two-tone gold and green cloak he was wearing, and handed it to the little girl, and then entered the Xici room to greet the old lady.

"Aren't you sick? Why are you here?" The old lady looked very happy when she saw Ji Cheng, "I know you are afraid of my loneliness here, so you came here, but your illness should be less windy."

Ji Cheng smiled, and said bluntly: "My ancestor, my illness is actually a lie." Ji Cheng spread his hands coquettishly, "Look, I'm neither coughing nor wheezing now."

The old lady laughed out loud: "You girl, what, don't you like hunting?"

Ji Chenghou glanced at the people serving in the old lady's room, all of whom were closest to her and useful, and then said: "No, I used to go hunting with my brothers when I was in Jindi. But this time I I think it's strange that the emperor suddenly ordered to go to Nanyuan, and besides, Wang Yueniang just entered the palace again, I was afraid that there was something tricky here, so I thought of this excuse to avoid going."

The old lady's smile remained the same, but her eyes became sharper.

Ji Cheng continued as if he didn't see it: "I also persuaded the fifth younger sister, and I also told my aunt, but the fifth younger sister insisted on going, saying that if the eldest brother and the second brother are going, there is no need to be afraid of anything, I think so. .I mentioned it to Sister Xian and Sister Xun, telling them to be careful, and to take care of Fifth Sister. I won’t make trouble, and if something happens, it will delay my progress.”

The old lady took Ji Cheng's hand and let her sit next to her: "It's hard for you to be so thoughtful. I told Ah Yu and Archer that they will pay attention to it. You don't have to worry about it. It's just your little one. At such a young age, I didn't expect to be so careful."

When people get old, they like to see bright and beautiful people and things. Ji Cheng was born like a snowdrift like a jade carving, which is already lovable. There are, but they are very kind-hearted. Wherever you go, any family will like such a girl.

The old lady thought that it was time to take care of Ji Cheng's marriage. The juniors who were also relatives of her own family should help.

Ji Cheng had lunch in the old lady's room, and the old lady liked her, so she left her in the green gauze closet to take a nap, and fell asleep. to accompany.

After playing a round, the old lady smiled and nodded Ji Cheng's forehead and said, "You and Archer are really good at it, and I can figure out any cards with me, so this round just patronizes feeding me cards." right?"

Ji Cheng smiled embarrassedly: "Aren't we all happy for you, old man?"

The old lady laughed loudly: "That's true. I'm afraid everyone in my room will be happy to meet a rich boy like you." However, the old lady was not stabbing Ji Cheng, and turned to Yunjin and Jinxiu who were playing cards with her. Said, "Hurry up and win, you Miss Ji are not short of these few dollars, hurry up and use all your skills, after this village, there will be no such shop."

Ji Cheng begged for mercy: "Grandfather, please forgive me. It was Ah Cheng who made a mistake. Let's fight hard in the next round."

The old lady nodded and said hello.After one afternoon, the old lady, Yun Jin and Jin Xiu colluded to deal with Ji Cheng, and the two sides were nothing more than a tie.

The old lady said hello again and again, pulled Ji Cheng and said: "Don't look at my old lady losing to you today. I have been playing horse hanging for decades. Most ordinary people are not my opponents. If you want me, you can't let me. I met Among the people who arrived, you and Archer are the top players, and you have counted all the cards."

Ji Cheng hurriedly said: "I often help my father look at the account books at home, so it is inevitable that I am more sensitive to numbers."

Yun Jin joked at the side: "No wonder Miss Ji likes playing with [-]D every time she draws cards. I dare to think that [-]D is the best." This is just a joke about Ji Cheng's love of money.

Ji Cheng wasn't angry at all, and Yun Jin also had no intentions, so everyone giggled and got closer.

The old lady kept Ji Cheng for dinner, and after eating and resting for half an hour, she asked Yunjin to melt ginseng Yangrong pills with Wujiapi wine and give Ji Cheng: "Although the weather is still warm now, it will be cold at night. The cold hits from the bottom, you go back now, catch a cold carefully, eat this ball to drive away the cold before leaving."

Ji Cheng agreed.

The autumn hunt in Nanyuan is estimated to last for five or six days. Ji Cheng originally thought it would be a few days before he saw Shen Xun and the others again. Who would have thought that the servants in the palace rushed to Shen's residence overnight, saying that Beauty Wang missed Ji Cheng, the little sister, please. She must go to Nanyuan to accompany her.

What a poor excuse, not even a decent one, that's the power of the high-ranking ones.

Ji Cheng couldn't refuse, so he could only set off early in the morning under the worried eyes of the old lady.

Ji Cheng was lost in thought in the carriage.Isn't the beauty Wang mentioned by the waiter the same as Wang Yueniang?It seems that the status is not very high, but it must be very favored, otherwise the housekeeper would not be able to rush all night just to make an excuse for Miss Wang to miss her little sister.

As for Wang Yueniang calling herself so blatantly, she didn't know what her intention was.Ji Cheng couldn't understand people like Wang Yueniang who didn't play cards according to the rules. They didn't know what to do with their brains, and they did all kinds of weird things. I just hope that Wang Yueniang won't be beaten to death by Wang Yueniang. .

Ji Cheng was upset, glanced at Nan Gui who was meditating in the carriage, and remembered the benefits of Shen Che.With Nangui this time, Ji Cheng was indeed relieved a lot. She was unwilling to leave Nangui's sight even when she was walking or sitting, so Ji Cheng didn't even bring Liu Ye'er with her this time, only Nangui along with her. Elm money.

The bumping of the carriage made Ji Cheng's butt hurt. She looked at Nan Gui who was sitting motionless like a bell, and asked aloud, "Sister Nangui, don't you feel that the carriage hurts?"

"It's okay." Nan Gui opened his eyes and said calmly.

Ji Cheng said again: "Sister Nangui, do you sit cross-legged with your eyes closed and adjust your breath, does this count as practicing?"

"Well, this breathing method can soothe the nerves and nourish the spirit, and if combined with the exercises, it can also prolong life." Nan Guimu said in a daze.

Nan Gui looked at Mu Leng Leng, his appearance was not conspicuous at all, and even his speech was Mu Leng Leng, without any ups and downs.

Ji Cheng felt that he needed reassurance too much, so he said, "Sister Nangui, can you teach me this method of breathing?"

There is nothing magical about this set of exercises, and it is not a secret that is not passed on. Nan Gui said without hesitation: "If you want to learn, girl, I will teach you."

Ji Cheng is a good student, and his sensitivity almost surpassed that of Nangui Shitiaojie who had just learned this set of exercises, but in less than half an hour, he had already seen the tricks, and he knew how to use the method of breathing and breathing to calm his mind.

In the beginning, Nan Gui told Ji Cheng that there was no need to sit cross-legged, and she could sit as comfortable as she wanted, but Ji Cheng insisted on cross-legged, because she felt that the sense of ritual would help her immerse herself in breathing.It's just that when she practiced this method for the first time, she had to loosen her legs and shake her feet after a while to relieve the numbness.

When the carriage finally arrived at Nanyuan, Ji Cheng was able to sit motionless for half an hour.

Yu Qian'er spared no effort to flatter her and said, "Girl, you sit cross-legged like this, you really look like a Bodhisattva." His muscles are like jade carvings and icy cold, let alone a bit out of the world, "Lian Nangui My sister said that you are very talented in practicing kung fu."

Ji Cheng patted Yu Qian'er's head, she didn't want to practice any kind of kung fu, she just wanted to distract herself, her buttocks were really bumpy and painful, no wonder people in the south like to take boats.

Along the way, the carriage traveled overnight, and the horses pulling the carriage changed four or five horses, and finally arrived at Nanyuan in the evening of the next day.

The emperor's Nanyuan Palace was built on the hillside, but it was 20 years ago when the palace was last renovated. Now it seems that the palace is quite old and small in scale.This is also the reason why the Chu royal family prefers Beiyuan every autumn hunting.

This time, when they came to the south, they were all accompanied by their family members, those who were above the third rank and above, and the princes and nobles. Naturally, the palace could not accommodate so many people, so each family set up camp with their own backers.

Fortunately, Nanyuan was surrounded by three mountains, and there was enough space for each family to set up camp.

When Ji Cheng arrived, the moon had already risen to the sky, and the Nanyuan Palace was brightly lit. There were tents all the way down the mountain along the palace, with orange lights on. From a distance, there were also faint lights on the other two mountains. Looking around, the three mountains are as dazzling as the golden silk flower crowns worn by the daughter's family.

When the little eunuch at the foot of the mountain saw the servant surnamed Zeng arriving, he rushed up to greet him.

After a while, Ji Cheng saw Zeng Nei's attendant walking to the side of the carriage and said, "Miss Ji, the Shen family's tent is over there at Qixia Mountain."

"Thank you for taking care of me all the way." Ji Cheng said.

Yu Qian'er, who was standing under the carriage, heard Ji Cheng's words, and quietly stuffed a purse into Zeng's servant, Zeng's servant weighed it secretly, and said with a smile: "Young lady, don't worry, Wang Meiren has already rested now. The girl is good to rest, I am afraid that the superior will come to invite you tomorrow."

Ji Cheng thanked him again.

When Ji Cheng arrived at the Shen family's tent, Shen Xian and Shen Xun were not surprised to see Ji Cheng. Yesterday when they parked for a rest during the day, Wang Yueniang called the girls from the Shen residence to ask questions. Seeing that Ji Cheng was not there, she said If there was less excitement, and regardless of what Shen Xian said that Ji Cheng was sick, he just asked the servant to ride back and bring Ji Cheng over.

"Ah Cheng, is your illness better?" Shen Xian asked worriedly.

Ji Cheng had to play a full set when he was acting, so he had to cover his mouth with a handkerchief and coughed a few times, reluctantly said: "It's better."

Shen Xian frowned and said, "Is it better to cough like this?" Shen Xian immediately recruited the girl and told Ji Chenghua to eat loquat paste.

"This place is no better than home, otherwise we should steam Sydney with Chuanbei for you to eat." Shen Xian nagged.

Ji Cheng held Shen Yuan's hand and said, "My good sister, I know you care about me. It's just that you don't look like a 17-year-old girl talking like this, maybe it's about 70 years old."

When Shen Xian heard it, she immediately stared, stretched out her hand and pinched Ji Cheng's slippery face: "Good girl, I was kind enough to help you, but you came to make up for me instead."

A frolic finally made Shen Xian no longer frown, Ji Cheng looked around: "Where is Fifth Sister?"

"That girl disappeared after this afternoon. But don't worry, she has Xueliu with her, so nothing serious will happen." Shen Xian said.Xueliu is the girl Shen Che found for Shen Cui who knows martial arts.

Ji Cheng nodded: "Sister Xuan, Meiren Wang and I have never been in touch, and you know that their sisters never liked me, and then that kind of thing happened again, do you know why she cares so much about whether I come or not?" Huh? I have never been at ease in my heart."

Shen Xian said: "I'm also puzzled. But I can't guess her plan, so I can only take one step at a time. Now she is in favor, and I heard that even Concubine Wang Shu is a stone's throw away compared to her."

"That's right." Shen Xun interjected, "Wang Yueniang and Concubine Wang Shu fell out."

With such gossip, the girls in the tent immediately became interested, and Su Yun and Lu Yuan surrounded her.

(End of this chapter)