pungent peasant girl

Chapter 381 The Girl in the Hunting Ground
Time passed quickly, and three days passed in a blink of an eye.

The emperor's birthday has finally arrived.

Compared with the previous birthday banquet and spring welcome banquet, the preparation this time is very simple.

It was just a small banquet in Chengqian Palace. Except for the prince and princess and the concubines of the Sixth Court of Sangong, only some important dignitaries came, and no one else was called into the palace.

After so many twists and turns, although this small banquet was not lively enough, it was extraordinarily warm.

There is not so much red tape, and there is no tension between civil and military officials from all walks of life vying for the limelight.

It's like having a big family dinner together.

The banquet started in the morning and ended before noon.

After the small banquet, everyone got ready.

According to the emperor's request, he went to the hunting ground outside the city to hunt.

This hunting ground can be said to be a royal hunting ground. On weekdays, there are people guarding the foot of the mountain. Ordinary people are not allowed to enter casually.

Last time, Meng Qianyan came here once, so he is quite familiar with this place.

Around noon, everyone arrived at a place outside the hunting ground.

After stopping the horses and setting up tables and chairs, Concubine Yue and Concubine Yang and other female relatives sat down and waited to see the hunting results.

Mo Ling and Mo Yao were also among them.

Mo Ling has never been involved in matters related to Wu.

Meng Qianyan was the opposite exception, she was good at archery, so the emperor allowed her to go hunting with her.

Meng Qianyan was in a very good mood. Today, she put on the taupe-colored tight-sleeved horse riding suit designed by herself, and her hair stood up high with Luo Ziyan's jade crown.

If you don't look carefully, it's because she is a handsome and unrestrained son of a prince.

Luo Ziyan's horse stopped on her left, as if it was her brother.

Further to the left, there are Mo Yun and several other lesser-known princes, and the one in the center is the emperor. The emperor is wearing the horse riding suit sent by Lin Baoyang, looking heroic and young.

The emperor should be in a good mood, he smiled, "How is it? Are you young people ready?"

"Yes, Erchen (Weichen) is ready!" The people around said confidently.

"Okay! Then our hunting begins today! Today, let me show you your true abilities!"

"Yes, Father!"

"rush!"

The emperor gave an order, and rushed into the hunting ground first.

Others followed him.

Luo Ziyan didn't like to show off at first, but his wife ran so fast that he almost approached the emperor, so he had no choice but to follow.

When the emperor looked back, he saw Meng Qianyan's figure, "Peach Blossom, the horse riding skills have also improved!"

"Haha, this son is the adopted daughter of the emperor, and he will never dare to embarrass the emperor!"

"Okay, don't be humble today, don't give in to me, I want to compare with you, is your archery better or mine!"

"No problem, anyway, there are few people today, and my son is not polite!"

"Let the horse come over!"

After the emperor's words fell, the two raised their whips together.

"Qianyan, don't run so fast." Luo Ziyan wanted to stop him, but Meng Qianyan had already rushed out.

"Hehe!" Mo Yun said with a smile on the side: "How can she slow down with her temper, let's follow!"

Everyone entered the forest, and all kinds of prey in the forest came into everyone's sight.

Meng Qianyan reined in the reins tightly while looking at his surroundings.

Ahead, the bushes twitched from within.

She set up a feathered arrow, and suddenly an arrow hit her.

Then rode the horse over, leaned over, and fished out a fat hare from the bushes.

"Father! My son has shot!"

Hearing this, the emperor squinted his eyes, and shot out with an arrow. In the blink of an eye, some prey also got into his hand, "Hehe, Peach Blossom, I'm catching up!"

"Hey, come again!"

Meng Qianyan's fighting spirit was ignited, his speed was fast, and his eyes became sharper.

Not long after, most of the feather arrows in her hand shot out, and there were a lot of prey that she shot.

In the entire hunting ground, her archery skills really do her part.

Except for the emperor, many others were discouraged.

They really couldn't imagine how much power would be contained in this small body once it shot an arrow.

Luo Ziyan shot some wild animals casually, and most of them followed behind Meng Qianyan.

For him, how many wild animals were never important.

The important thing is that he is behind her.

"Father, I shot again!"

"What a peach blossom! You said you never let me go! Look, your current archery skills are truly unrivaled!" The emperor gritted his teeth, set up an arrow and shot it out.

However, this time the shot was empty and only hit the ground.

"Father, are you tired?"

Meng Qianyan handed out the handkerchief.

The emperor took it and wiped off the sweat from his body, "Haha, Taohua, you really opened my eyes. Your archery skills, let alone hunting, even killing enemies in battle, I'm afraid it's no problem."

"Hee hee, my son doesn't want to fight and kill."

"Hehe, do you want to hide merit and fame?"

"Father, you said again—huh? What is that?"

Meng Qianyan stopped what he was about to say, and looked at the dense bushes from behind.

"Is there prey?" The emperor raised his vigilance.

"It doesn't look like prey, the prey is very sensitive." Meng Qianyan frowned, "It seems to be something white. Father, wait here for my son, I will go and have a look."

With that said, Meng Qianyan rode his horse and rushed over.

"Follow her."

Everyone followed Meng Qianyan.

Meng Qianyan looked inside and then jumped off the horse. She pointed to the inside and said, "Father, this is not a prey, it's a girl."

"What?" The emperor frowned, "Miss?"

"Where did the girl come from?!" A guard went up and said, "There are royal people guarding the hunting ground all the time, no one can come in casually."

Saying that, several guards stepped forward and grabbed the girl from behind the bush.

"Qianyan, you stand back." Luo Ziyan jumped off the horse and protected Meng Qianyan behind him.

But Meng Qianyan looked at this girl, dressed in white, fragile and dignified, she didn't look like she would hurt anyone at all.

Mo Yun frowned, "Come here, kill her!"

"Yes!" The guard left the girl behind and drew the knife in his hand.

"No, don't kill me—" The girl sat on the ground, terrified, "Don't kill me, I'm not a bad person."

The girl's watery eyes were full of horror at this moment.

Meng Qianyan couldn't bear it, "Why did you kill her?"

Luo Ziyan said: "This is the royal hunting ground. Ordinary people are not allowed to enter. Ordinary people who come in are meant to kill without mercy."

"No, don't kill me. I don't know where this is. I just hid from the people who came to catch me and climbed up from the back mountain. I shouldn't come here, right? Then I'll leave immediately."

Where the guards let her go, they blocked her way of retreat with a slash of their swords.

(End of this chapter)