Chapter 273: 273 leader (second update)
Chapter 273 Chapter 273 Leader (Second update)
Gu Jue: "..."
What else could Gu Jue do, he could only do what she wanted and roughly summarize what Cheng Hualin wrote in the letter.
From the day after they left the capital, Nanhao people visited Prince Chen's Mansion at night for three days in a row. Last night, Nanhao people finally "discovered" Wuhejia Tower.
So, in the middle of the night, the house next to the palace was flooded.
The watchman discovered it. The sound of gongs and drums alerted all the mansions on the street. Firefighters quickly rushed to put out the fire. Even other mansions on the street came to help put out the fire.
In the chaos, some people of "unknown origin" sneaked into the house next door to the palace and tried to climb over the wall and sneak into the palace. However, they were captured by the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division on the pretext of arson.
Jingfeng stood quietly aside, saying nothing, as if he didn't exist at all.
He secretly sighed that his prince's words were too concise and to the point.
The prince could obviously explain the matter in more detail and make more twists and turns. For example, the reason why the people from Andaman successfully sneaked into Prince Chen's Mansion was because Cheng Linhua and the others deliberately let things slip. For example, Cheng Linhua also deliberately whetted the opponent's appetite for three days before letting Nan Hao. People "discovered" the traces of Wuhejialou and lured the Nanhao people into taking the bait step by step.
Jingfeng felt that his prince was too good at coaxing others, and he was wondering if he should tactfully remind him when the princess was away.
"What else?" Chu Qianchen asked curiously, with a beaming expression as if he didn't realize that Gu Jue's story was boring.
"Wait for the next letter." Gu Jue said as he casually threw the flying pigeon letter into the brazier.
The orange-red flame suddenly rose up and quickly devoured the thin tissue paper. The flame burned fiercely and burned it to ashes in a short time.
"..." Chu Qianchen was speechless. His heart was hanging there. He felt as if he had half-listened to the book, but the storyteller pretended to say, "Please listen to the next chapter to decompose it." The cat felt uncomfortable scratching.
Cheng Linhua's letter was too unqualified. It was clearly to tease her... No, it was to tease the prince!
Gu Jue smiled lowly and ordered: "Let the capital city pay close attention. If there is any news, send a message via flying pigeons."
Jingfeng was stunned for a moment. Just now he thought that the prince would not coax the princess, but now he suddenly realized that he was wrong.
Since such trivial matters are left to Cheng Linhua and Tang Yuchu, the prince usually only looks at the results and rarely takes the initiative to interfere. No, for the sake of the princess, the prince's daily principles of life can be appropriately changed.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Jingfeng answered with his fists clasped and quickly exited the study.
Chu Qianchen was also satisfied. He glanced at the "White Tiger Emerging from the Mountain" hanging on the wall and smiled happily.
Although she didn't hunt a tiger, she still gained a lot today and hunted a lot of prey, all of which she hunted with her own hands.
Chu Qianchen, who was still a bit lazy at first, seemed to have taken some miraculous medicine. He stood up and said, "It's almost time. I have to go to the kitchen to make delicious food for the prince today!"
The Xiyuan Palace is larger than the imperial palace and also has an imperial dining room. Everyone’s food is basically provided by the imperial dining room. However, some palaces also have small kitchens, such as Zichen Palace. Gu Jue generally does not touch the items in the imperial dining room. , all the meals he used came from the small kitchen of Zichen Palace.
Chu Qianchen went out in high spirits and in a hurry.
The whimpering horn sounded again outside, ancient and distant, coming from the direction of the hunting platform outside the palace.
The sound of the horn represents the return of the emperor's charioteer. Next, the emperor will reward the emperor based on his merits and select the leader of the first day of winter hunting.
Chu Qianchen didn't care about this. She was in high spirits and preparing to wash her hands and make soup.
The whimpering horn echoed in the air, and in the howling cold wind, it spread far and wide, straight to the distant mountains and forests...
Like hundreds of birds flocking to the phoenix, everyone followed the sound of the horn and gathered around the hunting platform. The entire hunting palace square was noisy and crowded. Everyone gathered together in twos and threes, either reminiscing about the past or talking about today's gains.
As the chamberlain shouted "The Emperor has arrived", the Emperor in bright yellow dragon robe appeared in high spirits.
The surrounding area suddenly became quiet, and everyone bowed their heads to greet the emperor and shouted long live the emperor.
The setting sun has already half-set, and some of its afterglow shines on the corner of the hunting platform, spreading a **** color.
The emperor sat on the golden dragon chair and looked down at the people below. Even if he didn't see Gu Jue appearing, it didn't affect his good mood.
The emperor had a great harvest in the hunting ground today. Looking at others, he also had a great harvest. The entire hunting platform was filled with small mountains of prey, including wild boars, pheasants, deer, hares, wild roe deer, etc., and there was a thick smell of blood. The smell permeated the air.
The emperor was in a better mood, and publicly praised Da Qi man's bravery and heroic appearance today, which made everyone's blood boil, and they once again shouted long live.
The surroundings of the hunting platform were boiling, and it seemed that people could not feel the cold wind of winter.
The emperor continued with a smile on his face: "You are all good men of my Daqi. Today I will reward you based on your merits and choose today's leader."
As he spoke, he made a gesture and ordered Eunuch Ni to take an inventory of the prey.
Eunuch Ni respectfully agreed and asked several servants to go and count the prey in person. They carefully recorded it into several lists, and finally reduced it to one list. This list was sent to Eunuch Ni.
Eunuch Ni glanced at the list indifferently, his originally careless expression suddenly became very subtle, and his eyebrows were raised high.
But he had no choice but to present the list to the emperor for review: "Your Majesty, this is the list of the top ten today." The moment the emperor saw the list, the smile on his face disappeared. He almost left without throwing up his sleeves.
But now with thousands of eyes watching around him, the emperor could only nod his head to Eunuch Ni, not even interested in announcing it himself.
Eunuch Ni could naturally see the emperor's intentions, so he took over the job and felt that he had aged ten years.
He cleared his throat and announced in a high-pitched voice: "Today's leader is Su Mubai, the commander-in-chief of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division."
After the words were spoken, it seemed as if everything in the surrounding area was silent.
Only the sound of the howling cold wind and swaying trees remained.
Su Mubai, who was wearing a lake blue t-shirt, immediately stepped onto the hunting platform in the eyes of everyone. He calmly thanked the emperor for his great kindness with a smile.
His expression and movements were still so gentle and elegant, as if he didn't feel the unnatural atmosphere around him at all.
Eunuch Ni smiled and rewarded him with a python robe, a BMW, fertile land and a thousand silvers on behalf of the emperor.
After Su Mubai received the reward, he retreated.
The atmosphere on and off the hunting platform was extremely strange. It was no longer as lively as before. After all, everyone knew that Su Mubai was King Chen's confidant.
Moreover, Su Mubai might be accompanying Dong Xie this time because the emperor was worried about keeping him in the capital.
Immediately afterwards, Eunuch Ni announced the second place. Jinwuwei passed through Sima Xin and also rewarded a BMW, fertile land and a thousand silvers.
The emperor's face darkened again.
This Sima Xin is also from Prince Chen's Mansion.
The next third place winner is Pei Linye.
The first three people were all from Prince Chen's palace. Eunuch Ni's face was so stiff that he couldn't smile, and he didn't dare to look at the emperor's face.
The awarding of rewards was proceeding in an orderly manner, but the emperor's face became increasingly ugly. The armrests of the dragon chair were almost crushed by him. He felt that it was useless to dislike the noble sons of the royal family in the court.
Not only the top three, but seven of the top ten are from Prince Chen's Palace, or military commanders close to Prince Chen's Palace.
This is unreasonable, simply unreasonable!
The emperor's chest tightened again, and he almost vomited a mouthful of blood.
He didn't want to look at Su Mubai and Pei Linye, so he glanced at the princes with sharp eyes.
Today, the prince has been with the emperor and has never picked up the bow, so he has gained nothing.
The second prince had some success, hunting a stag, a wild roe deer and a few hares.
The third prince and the fourth prince were still young, so they only hunted a few hares and pheasants, but nothing worth hunting.
The emperor was dissatisfied with several of his sons. He felt that as princes, they were not enterprising and bloodless, which almost disgraced him as the emperor!
The emperor's chest rose and fell violently, and he couldn't help but turn his anger on Prince Gu Nanjin, and scolded: "Prince, as the crown prince, you should be a role model for your brothers and ministers. Why didn't you know how to test it in the hunting ground today?" Try your skills, don’t forget that I, Da Qi, conquer the world on horseback!”
"The purpose of hunting in autumn and winter is to not forget our ancestors!"
The emperor spoke as if to vent his anger.
The surroundings became even quieter, and only the emperor's sharp and angry voice echoed on the hunting platform.
Gu Nanjin bowed his head and listened to the instruction without saying a word. It was not until the emperor said enough that he said dryly: "Thank you, father, for your teaching."
He didn't defend himself.
Gu Nanzhao raised his head and wanted to say something, but the waiter behind him gently pulled down his cuffs, and he closed his mouth again.
After the emperor vented his anger, half of his previous high spirits were gone. He was no longer in the mood to have fun with his ministers, so he said "That's all for today" and got off the hunting platform.
Everyone bowed their heads to see the emperor off respectfully.
When the emperor came face to face, he saw Lu Siji, commander of the Jin Yiwei, walking towards him at full speed. He bowed to the emperor first and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I have just received news from the capital."
The emperor was still annoyed. As he walked towards the hunting palace, he said in a half-hearted tone: "Tell me."
Lu Siji whispered to the emperor: "Last night, there was a flood next door to Prince Chen's Mansion. The Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division captured several arsonists. They are Hao people."
(End of chapter)