Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 149 Hunting and Rescue

At the end of May, a hunting competition was held on the outskirts of Luodu City. Several academies were divided into age groups. Shao Jinghan's academies were divided into groups, and together with Gongzhong Academy, they assigned a few people.

It was agreed at the beginning that Shao Jinghan and Xiao Jinghe were in a group. The two were about the same age. They first met in the Imperial Concubine's Palace of Harmony, and now they have a very good relationship.

After the horse was brought, Shao Jinghan chatted with him, and not far away, Xiuhe came over wearing a dark blue riding suit.

Followed by the guards leading the horses, Xiuhe walked up to the two of them, "How about it, it's not like it's going to hold you back."

They were only two years younger, and there was a lot of difference in seniority. Xiao Jinghe called his aunt respectfully, and Xiuhe waved his hands, "They are here to hunt, not to salute. Excuse me."

"Please also ask the princess to follow me and Jing He." Shao Jinghan glanced at the good-looking horse, and touched the one beside him.

In fact, they don't need to worry about Xiuhe's safety, and the guards will accompany them, but they went together, so they can't say they didn't take care of them.

There were five people in Shao Jinghan's group, including Xiu and Princess Dachang, there were six. After receiving the badges for each group, everyone set off.

The prey in April and May are not easy to hunt. After hibernation is over, they have just come out to forage for a few months, and their posture is very agile.

They were lucky, they hunted some small ones shortly after entering the forest, and each group had one or two older ones with them, and the same was true for Shao Jinghan's group.

When they got to the river, everyone got off their horses and had a rest. Xiuhe pointed to a deer drinking water by the river and whispered to them, "Look."

Fu Kang, who was older in the same group, looked over and saw the bulge under the deer, "Princess, this is a pregnant deer."

Fu Kang wanted to remind them that they would not hunt and kill their prey if they knew they were pregnant. Although hunting is not a good thing, there is a difference.

"Look at how long it's been pregnant." Xiuhe understood now that the potbellied deer was pregnant, no wonder she was much stronger than other deer.

"April to June is generally the production period for sika deer." The guard behind him answered Xiuhe's question.

"I heard that this kind of venison meat is delicious." Xiuhe became interested when he heard it, and looked at Shao Jinghan and Xiao Jinghe, "Why don't you do it."

"Auntie, this deer is about to give birth, let's let it go, we can hunt other things." Xiao Jinghe has not gone out to hunt a few times, but he also knows the rules inside. It is unbearable, and the second is for the reproduction of these things in the future.

"Are you out hunting? You don't want to part with this or that. Is there a big difference between hunting pregnant and non-pregnant people?" Xiuhe signaled the guards to do it.

The deer by the river was very sensitive, maybe what they just said had startled it, when the guards started to attack it, it escaped, and the arrow only hit its hind legs.

The guard took advantage of the victory and shot another arrow. This arrow was aimed directly at the joint of the hind leg. The deer fell to the ground and knelt there.

Xiuhe ran over, took a look at the wound on the deer's knee, and asked the guards to tie it up and put it on the horse to catch the live ones.

Shao Jinghan frowned slightly, and said to Fu Kang, "Brother Fu, there are so many people that it is easy to disturb the prey, so let's split up and gather together when we go out."

"I'll go with you." Xiao Jinghe said quickly.

"You are with the Eldest Princess." Shao Jinghan directly refused him, and led the horse with a bow and arrow on his back, taking advantage of the fact that he was tying a deer, he turned around and left.

When Xiuhe came back after disposing of the fruit of victory, Shao Jinghan disappeared at first glance, and asked Xiao Jinghe, "Where is the person?"

"Jinghan said that it's easy to scare the snake when there are too many people, and we split up. He and another companion passed by. Auntie, you come with me and brother Fu." Just say it hard.

Xiuhe also knew exactly what the occasion was, so he quickly recovered his expression and asked them with a smile, "Okay then, where shall we go?"

The hunting ended in the afternoon, and Shao Jinghan and the others had a good harvest. Except for the handed in, the rest of the prey could be taken back, and several people shared a share. Here, Ming Lu has already loaded the things into the carriage for the young master.

Shao Jinghan didn't get much, and he didn't take much. My younger sister can't eat these, and my younger brother can't eat too much. Father and mother together can't eat much, so it's better to give them to those who need them.

After arriving at Shao's house, not long after entering the door, someone reported at the door, saying that Xiuhe Princess had sent someone to bring things over.

Several people carried their things to the front yard. Shao Jinghan changed his clothes and came out to see, his expression changed slightly. The one whose limbs were tied to the stick was the deer hunted by today's show and the princess' guards.

When I saw it before, I only suffered a leg injury, but now the deer is dying and dying.

Shao Jinghan hurriedly asked them to untie the deer, along with the deer, there was also a message from Xiu and the princess, the deer in his stomach was a big man, he had little income today, so the deer was given to him.

After hearing this, Shao Jinghan asked Ming Lu to invite the veterinarian. At that time, he couldn't bear to do anything, how could he eat it.

When Lin Qingran learned of this, she asked Shao Jinghan to keep the deer in the vacated house, spread some straw, and put some grass and water for the deer to eat.

Standing at the door, Shao Jinghan couldn't bear to look at the deer lying in pain on the pile of straw, "Mother, the veterinarian said it won't live long like this, so I don't know if it can give birth to a fawn."

"Don't think about it." Lin Qingran patted him on the shoulder, "I met you on the hunting ground, no one will do it today, and someone will do it tomorrow, but now it meets you, it is its luck, can you be safe? We did our best to give birth to the deer, and you don't have to take the rest to heart."

My son is benevolent and kind. This is a good thing. He will gradually mature after experiencing many things. He is too decisive and rational, and lacks human touch.
Shocked and injured, the dying deer gave birth a few days later, with the help of veterinarians, before the doe died.

The Shao family couldn't keep it, and they couldn't keep it alive. Lin Qingran sent the deer to the veterinary clinic. Shao Jinghan would go to see it after school, and made an appointment with his classmates in the academy. When the deer grew up Some took it to release.

During this period, Xiu and the eldest princess did not appear again
In the blink of an eye, July, two months passed, and this little episode after the hunt quickly followed, and something happened in the palace.

At first it couldn't be spread out, and then I don't know what happened, the news leaked out, not many days passed, many people in Luodu City already knew about it, but no one dared to say it publicly.

Lin Qingran knew that the details of this matter came from Shao Ziyu, and what she heard before was also one-sided.

The case in the palace will be transferred to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. It must be involved in the investigation, even a murder case, but this case is a bit special, it is a murder case, and it is difficult to start.

The emperor is fifteen this year, and there are eight people who serve by his side. In fact, there are six beauties who have been lucky. For more than a year from last year to now, they all seem to be living in peace.

Just last month, one of the six beauties became pregnant.

The emperor chose to serve these people who were a few years older than the emperor. After these maids became beauties, they were not allowed to conceive before the emperor's wedding. The palace also strictly guarded them, taking medicine and serving them. The time is strictly recorded and there is no room for error. What if she becomes pregnant? Naturally, all the beauties will be disposed of.

Originally, this was a matter of no doubt, and there was no need for the Ministry of Criminal Justice to intervene. Just a few days ago, this beauty who kept a secret and concealed that she was pregnant for more than a month was reported by another beauty who lived in a palace, saying that she had pregnant.

So the pregnant woman killed the beauty who had denounced her in a hurry.

Even so, the Ministry of Criminal Justice did not necessarily need to intervene. Afterwards, the situation became the intervention of the emperor. The emperor did not agree with the beauty killing the child. The child was born. After the child was born, the beauty who killed someone was executed again.

The murder case was directly thrown to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. When Shao Ziyu told Lin Qingran, the beauty was still in prison, but there was an order from the emperor to eat and drink well. At least there is no need to worry about safety before giving birth to the child. up.

"The emperor never thought about how such a humble prince would be born as the eldest son, how the empress would feel when she gave birth to a son-in-law." The most important blood in the royal family, a child born to a court lady, this court lady is still a murderer now, yes How much impact will it cause in the future, this is not a matter of life and death, even if the concubine is pregnant first after the emperor's big wedding, it will be too different from this. If you can't conceive, you always take contraceptives, even before your concubine gives birth to a son, you can't conceive. It's the same reason. How to put it in front of the emperor is confused.

"The emperor should always remember that the little county master was poisoned to death when he was still in the prince's mansion."

"It's been five years since I've been on the throne. It doesn't make sense to have such an idea." A ruler must take the overall situation into consideration, and this will become a criticism in the future. If he doesn't want to kill his own child, everyone must follow his wishes. It is definitely impossible now that the wings are not full.

"I heard that someone said something in front of the emperor." Shao Ziyu paused, "The emperor has been taught by his father-in-law and a few grand tutors all these years. They will teach these basic things, the prince of the north and Zhang Zhonghou. The emperor is a smart man. , and won’t understand these things.”

"You mean, the emperor wants to take this opportunity to secretly compete with Prince Bei and the others?"

"It's not impossible." Shao Ziyu was just guessing. An emperor who has learned everything well and done well in the five years since he ascended the throne is not stupid. How could he not understand the truth.

"If you want to say bad things about Dad and the others in front of the emperor, there are really not a few." Lin Qingran nodded, there are many people who are popular, some people are not worried about the three masters of Bei Wangye, they are purely unhappy. They can be assistant ministers, and they can't make trouble behind their backs. Those who have that ability will play around in front of the emperor. The emperor has been on the throne for five years, and naturally he doesn't want to listen to other people's opinions and wants to make decisions for himself.

(End of this chapter)