Concubine's Survival Handbook

Chapter 410 The Hunting Ceremony
Ten days later, Zhao Guo's annual hunting ceremony was held as scheduled.The founding emperor of Zhao State was the one who came to the world immediately, and Zhao State has always been a martial artist.This is also one of the important reasons why the General's Mansion has such a prestige and status.In order to allow future generations to be diligent in body training, the founding Emperor Wu made the rule of holding a hunting ceremony every year.

In recent years, although the civil servants are powerful, the status of the generals has not been low. In peacetime, the generals do not have military merits, so they will try their best to perform in hunting big spots, in order to attract the emperor's attention.And the son of the family also attaches great importance to this, because although the hunting ceremony is heavy on martial arts, the emperor will hold a banquet before the end of the ceremony, inviting literati to compose poems and drink wine, and talk freely about world affairs, which is equivalent to a small palace test. To be favored by the emperor, the future is bound to be limitless.

Jing Ning and Lan Yao sat in the corner watching the polo match between the courts.Lan Yao's face was full of excitement, and she couldn't help pointing Jing Ning to the son of the family in the field.

"Did you see that, the one in the yellow riding boots, the second prince Zhao Yu, hey, he looks pretty decent, hey, why is he on the same team as Li Siqing?" Lan Yao frowned, looking at the second prince's His eyes were full of disgust.

"Is there any quarrel between the two of them?" Jing Ning glanced at Zhao Yu from a distance. That Zhao Yu was tall and straight, with sword eyebrows and star eyes. He looked suave and suave. .

Lan Yao twitched the corners of her lips when she heard the words, and began to talk with Jing Ning in detail.

Zhao Yu had his own mansion outside the palace when he was 12 years old. Because his biological mother was a queen, he was a bit arrogant and domineering. Cheng Yu punished Zhao Yu with ten lashes for being unruly, and soon after, he was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown sadly.

Since then, Zhao Yu has become even more lawless, bullying disciples from aristocratic families of the same age all day long.As he grew older, the emperor married Li Sisi, the eldest daughter of first-rank official Li Guangqi, to him as his concubine.

At the beginning, the two of them sang in harmony, and they seemed to be very affectionate, but the good times didn't last long. Zhao Yu was naturally romantic, and after a long time, he got tired of Li Sisi, lingering in the flowers, playing and singing constantly.Li Sisi was deeply depressed, she was ill for a long time and passed away within half a year.However, instead of showing any remorse, Zhao Yu became even more presumptuous, and even forcibly robbed Li Siqing's unmarried wife as a concubine.

And Li Siqing is the elder brother of Princess Zhao, and his unmarried wife is Li Sisi's boudoir friend.

"It's gold and jade, but it's ruins." After listening to Jing Ning, he gave Zhao Yu a comment unceremoniously, obviously very displeased with him in his heart.

Lan Yao nodded, with a very agreeable look on her face, and the two looked at Zhao Yu with disdain.Zhao Yu in the field seemed to feel the eyes of the two, and looked at them from afar.He showed a self-confident smile to the two of them.

Jing Ning and Lan Yao looked at each other, they both saw the disgust and disgust in each other's eyes.

"We have to change the place. It's rumored in the room that if he shows such a smile to someone, the woman will suffer." Lan Yao got up and dragged Jingning to change places while talking.Jing Ning chuckled, reached out and touched Lan Yao's forehead.

"I'm a married man, so of course I'm not afraid. If you want to change places, you don't have to take me with you." Jing Ning's eyes lit up with a smile, and Lan Yao made a face at her when she heard the words, and walked away I found a place to sit next to Lord Zhen Guo, and it would be safer to be closer to my father.

At this time the polo match had already started, the second prince Zhao Yu and the sixth prince Zhao Duo each led a team, the two sat on the horse and looked at each other, their eyebrows and eyes were very similar.

"Second brother can't bully the small with big ones." Zhao Duo had a smile on his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes, and his face was cold.He was dressed in black clothes, and there was a bit of sternness between his brows. Compared with Zhao Yu who was smiling, he felt a bit more gloomy and cold.

The smile on Zhao Yu's lips deepened when he heard the words, and he said warmly: "Although the sixth brother is young, he is very capable. A few days ago, Mr. Liu handled the case very well, and he insisted on taking the household department away from brother Wei. Good way."

Zhao Duo's complexion changed slightly. He thought what he did was secret enough, but Zhao Yu still found out.A bit of coldness flashed in his eyes, but the smile on his face became brighter and brighter.

"Brother really wronged me. If you want the household department, why don't you take advantage of the hunting ceremony to get the first prize, so that you can ask your father for a reward?"

Zhao Yu turned his head and glanced at Li Siqing, who was looking at him coldly, with a somewhat helpless look on his face.

"Sixth brother took great pains to arrange him into my team. It's not an easy task to get the first place."

"Brother Huang is clever, so he will naturally have a way to deal with it." Zhao Duo didn't shy away from this, and even had a bit of complacency on his face, obviously because he wanted to see Zhao Yu make a fool of himself.

"So, let's use our own means." Zhao Yu's face was a little indifferent, and his eyes on Zhao Duo also turned cold. He absolutely shouldn't, shouldn't put Li Siqing in front of his eyes. When he reached his bottom line, since that was the case, he didn't have to worry about the little brotherhood he had in the first place.

Zhao Duo gave a sneer and took the lead to rush towards the polo.Zhao Yu calmly made a gesture to the people beside him, telling them to keep a close eye on Li Siqing.The two teams officially began to confront each other, and the atmosphere was compelling from the very beginning.Jing Ning watched with relish from the stands, evaluating the strength of both sides in his heart from time to time.

"Young Madam is really in a good mood." A gentle and clear voice sounded, Jing Ning raised her eyes slightly, but it was Zhao Heng who was dressed in white.Zhao Heng's face was still pale, but his expression was very happy, and there was a faint smile in his eyes.

Jingning raised her eyebrows, she remembered what Sunset Hua told herself a few days ago.

"Miss, Zhao Heng has been recuperating in the Lingyin Temple, but his condition has improved since he was ten years old, and he also practiced martial arts with the Taoist in the temple. It seems that he has made some small achievements. His body should be stronger Ordinary people should be stronger. Moreover, according to my investigation, the Taoist who taught Zhao Heng martial arts seems to have a close relationship with Master Cai. When Miss Cai was young, she often went to Lingyin Temple with Master Cai. She and Zhao Heng should be old acquaintances .”

Jing Ning recalled Luo Hua's words, and looked at Zhao Heng with a look of inquiry, but she quickly restrained her expression, and said with a smile: "It's windy today, Your Highness is wearing such thin clothes. If Concubine Mei saw it, she would feel sorry for His Highness."

Zhao Heng was taken aback when he heard the words, he looked at the accompanying maid, and the maid put on the cloak for him.

"Thank you, Young Madam, for your concern." Zhao Heng smiled warmly and politely.

(End of this chapter)