Empress with no Virtue Chapter 16: Hunting

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September 19th is another nice day.

Early in the morning, the holy chariot and the accompanying civil and military officials moved toward Beiyan in a mighty manner. The people of the capital had something lively to watch again. In addition to Ye Zhenzhen, Concubine Xian, Concubine Xi, Wen Jieyu, Wang Zhaoyi, etc. also followed. The other women could barely ride a horse and couldn't even draw their bows, so they went there to watch.

The emperor's wives each had a carriage, and the most luxurious one naturally belonged to Ye Zhenzhen. Ye Zhenzhen sat in it, lifted a corner of the curtain, and peeked out. She thought she would see the daily life of the traffickers, just like the real-life version of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", but she didn't expect that wherever she drove, she would see People on both sides of the street fell to their knees one after another, and their heads were covered with darkness, which was so boring.

Lu Li rode a tall horse and passed by the Queen's Feng Yu with several guards. He turned around and looked out the car window, and met Ye Zhenzhen's eyes. She was holding the curtain with one hand, only half of her face was exposed, and she was looking at him affectionately.

Lu Li smiled at her, then turned his head and rode away.

Ye Zhenzhen looked at his leaving figure, unable to conceal her disappointment. Now that she is the queen and he is the minister, the most intimate gesture between the two of them is just to look at each other and smile from a distance, and this is already considered to be beyond the rules. The time when the two of them studied and practiced martial arts together is now gone forever.

A group of people and horses dragged and trampled. In order to prove that they were old and strong, several veterans were unwilling to ride in the car and rode with the others. Naturally, such a team couldn't move any faster. It was almost noon before they arrived at Beiyan.

Someone was already setting up a banquet here. The emperor gave an order and the prepared food and wine were brought out one after another. The emperor and his ministers had to eat and drink before they had the strength to hunt. Ye Zhenzhen and Ji Wu Jiu sat at the top together, with several concubines sitting on both sides below, and the ministers at the bottom. Ye Xiu was well-known and highly respected, so he naturally sat at the head of the officials, so Ye Zhenzhen could see him clearly. Looking further into the crowd, she could barely see her father. As for her three brothers, she didn't know where they were buried.

Even so, Ye Zhenzhen was already very satisfied. She wanted to go out with Ji Wu Jiu, not just for hunting, but more to meet her family. Since entering the palace, she has truly realized how good her family was to her. She didn't know how to cherish it at first, but now she feels nostalgic and regretful about it. I just don’t know when I will see my mother and grandmother again.

After eating and drinking, the hunt begins. Ji Wu Jiu was not in a hurry to join the hunting team, but sat in the stands and looked at the row of young people riding horses in the field. They are all the children of officials. After the powerful, they are the future of each family. On such an important occasion, a contest is inevitable.

A few soldiers in the stands raised their horns and puffed up their cheeks and blew hard. When the horn sounded, the horses in the field galloped, their hooves flew, and they ran towards the woods ahead, raising a trail of yellow dust. This group of people was like a cluster of dense lightning, carrying earth-shaking thunder, and quickly disappeared into the forest.

Concubine Xian and others were frightened for a while. Gentle and tactful little ladies have never seen such a rough man's touching style.

Ji Wu Jiu led Concubine Xian down to the stand. Feng Youde had already asked two horses to be brought in to wait. One was a tall maroon horse for Ji Wu Jiu, and the other was a small white horse for Concubine Xian. Concubine Xian was wearing a white riding outfit with blue stripes today. With this horse, she looked like an immortal fairy. She looked really good.

Ji Wu Jiu stopped and admired it for a while. Men don't think their women are beautiful.

Concubine Xian felt embarrassed when he looked at her, "Your Majesty, why don't you get on your horse?"

Hearing this, Ji Wu Jiu got on his horse. The two of them, one dressed in white on a white horse and the other in yellow with a red horse, stood side by side, quite close to each other, which was very eye-catching.

Ye Zhenzhen was also looking at them, to be precise, it was her - the little flower on her head. Because she was riding a horse, Concubine Xian wore a simple bun in a bun today. She did not insert any hairpins or hairpins. She only fixed her hair with a silver hairband and a small yellow flower in her hair. She looked very lively and charming. beautiful. This flower is also carefully selected, and is called "Lingling Incense". It is also commonly known as "Xingtou Incense" among the people, because wearing it on the head can remove the sweat on the body. It is just right for this occasion, in case Ji Wujiu rides a horse. I'm tired and want to make out...

I have to say that Concubine Xian is quite thoughtful.

But what she didn't expect was that besides Ji Wu Jiu, there was also Bumblebee in yellow clothes.

The reason why Ye Zhenzhen stared at her head was because the little yellow flower attracted a lustful bumblebee, which buzzed around it and tentatively pounced on it for a kiss.

Actually, if the person doing this was a butterfly, it would be a pretty picture.

Concubine Xian also noticed the movement and turned her head - Oh my god! ! !

So out of instinct, the otherworldly Fairy Ma screamed, and also out of instinct, waved her arms randomly. Ji Wu Jiu was startled by her, and while comforting the frightened horse, he looked at her inexplicably, trying to figure out what was going on.

Suddenly, an arrow flashed and pierced straight towards Concubine Xian. Ji Wu Jiu was too far away and had no time to stop her. When he looked closely, Concubine Xian was stunned by the sudden attack and did not dare to move rashly.

Her bun is crooked, and the little yellow flowers are gone. Only the silver hairband is still fastened, and a slender sleeve arrow is nailed to the hairband, and the tip of the arrow is completely submerged in the hairband. , the round-bellied bumblebee was penetrated by sleeve arrows like meat skewers, and died tragically.

Concubine Xian was still frightened and looked at Ji Wu Jiu in embarrassment, with tears in her eyes that were about to fall.

Ye Zhenzhen rode by leisurely and said with a smile, "You're welcome." She was dressed in red and riding a white horse, but it was taller and stronger than Concubine Xian's horse.

Concubine Xian finally responded, "Thank you, thank you, queen..."

Ji Wu Jiu squinted his eyes and looked at Ye Zhen Zhen, "Are you carrying sleeve arrows?"

"Ahem...this..." Ye Zhenzhen regretted taking action just now. Sleeve arrows are hidden weapons. Except for the guards, others are not allowed to wear them when the emperor appears, otherwise they will be punished with the crime of treason. Who makes the emperor's life the most noble and the most unmissable in the world?

Under Ji Wu Jiu’s intense gaze, Ye Zhen Zhen reluctantly took off her sleeve arrows and threw them on the ground.

How dare you take a gamble! Ji Wu Jiu twitched the corner of his mouth and became angry.

Ye Zhenzhen turned the horse's head and ran towards the forest. Several guards automatically mounted their horses to follow her, and the group quickly disappeared from Ji Wu Jiu's eyes.

Ji Wu Jiu withdrew his gaze and looked at Concubine Xian again, with a hint of impatience on his face. Men, in fact, don’t mind coaxing their women, but it depends on the occasion. Now he wants to gallop horses, bend bows and hunt, and do other things that men want to do, instead of kissing me here with women. I speak softly and gently.

The Concubine Xian is very considerate, "Your Majesty, I was a little frightened just now and feel unwell. I want to go back to rest first. I can't go hunting with the Emperor anymore. Please forgive me."

Ji Wu Jiu nodded, "Okay, you go back first. Feng Youde, ask the imperial doctor to take a good look at Concubine Xian." After saying that, he ignored her and rode towards the hunting ground.

Concubine Xian looked at his strong figure with an envious expression on her face, but also a hint of disappointment.

***

Beiyan's entire hunting ground is not just jungle, but a large grassland divided into several pieces by woods. The entrance happens to be a forest. Because the hunting ground is very large, the hunters dispersed after entering the woods and acted independently, so there was no chance of fighting among themselves for prey.

And those prey are just deer, sheep, rabbits, and other bully beasts. They are all artificially raised. Some of them are stupid and don’t know how to hide when they see people. They just stand there and act like Fixed target.

However, in the area near Yanshan, there are occasionally more ferocious wild animals, such as wolves, jackals, wild dogs and so on. Some brave people like to wander here, thinking that hunting one wolf is better than hunting ten deer.

Ye Zhenzhen also came here, but not intentionally.

Because she is lost.

The Queen's mount is one of the best in a million, with a good temper and strong legs. Ye Zhenzhen had not ridden a horse for a long time. She was so excited that she kept waving her whip, causing it to spread its legs and run wildly, slipping around in the woods and accidentally losing the guards.

After passing two grasslands and three woods, Ye Zhenzhen found that the trees were getting denser and thicker, and they did not look like they were artificially planted. The dense leaves block the sunlight, making it dark and quiet. Ye Zhenzhen rubbed her arms, feeling a little cold.

She looked around and found no prey. There wasn't even a poor bird on the tree.

The surrounding air seemed to be shaking slightly, and the docile horse began to stir uneasily.

Ye Zhenzhen tightened the reins and calmed the horse under her, preventing it from moving. She looked around alertly again, a flash of brownish-red appearing in her vision.

"Ah woo——" A low and angry roar sounded, as if the earth was shaking along with it. Ye Zhenzhen finally understood why there was not even a bird feather here: with a loud roar, all the beasts fled!

This is the tiger’s territory!

The horse beneath him has collapsed and is running wildly as if for its life. This kind of out-of-control horse is most likely to kill someone. Ye Zhenzhen secretly screamed, not having time to think too much, she quickly drew out her long whip and swung it, hooked a horizontal branch above her head, jumped away, and dismounted her horse.

The horse's running alarmed the tiger, and it quickly discovered Ye Zhenzhen.

Ye Zhenzhen: "..." I should have dismounted later. My reaction just now was too fast and I didn't even think about it.

The pressure of looking into Tiger's eyes was really great, and her palms were covered in sweat. She took a deep breath, forced herself to calm down, and secretly counted the weapons on her body, including bows and arrows, knives, long whips, and fire guns... These should give her a slight chance of winning, right?

To be honest, although Ye Zhenzhen enjoyed hunting, the most ferocious animal she had ever hunted before was the bumblebee on Concubine Xian’s head, so now she was suddenly faced with the beast. King, no matter how courageous he is, his legs are still shaking with fear.

How about... running?

Can you outrun a tiger...

...climb a tree?

What if it pounces on you while you are crawling and bites you on your butt...

After thinking for a moment, Ye Zhenzhen gathered up her courage and decided to strike preemptively. She first lit the match rope of the beak gun and put it at her feet for later use, then took out the bow and arrow and took aim——

Although she shot accurately every time when practicing archery outside the East Palace, she was shooting at a fixed target, and the little eunuchs did not dare to move even if they were so scared that they peed their pants. But things were different now. The opponent was a tiger, a moving target with agility and autonomy. How could he just lie there and wait to be shot?

The tiger lifted its body and the arrow flew past its back. In fact, Ye Zhenzhen's archery skills are not that bad. I have to say that this tiger is very lucky.

With another roar, it ran towards Ye Zhenzhen.

The distance is getting closer and closer, and the bow and arrow are no longer useful. Ye Zhenzhen threw away the bow, quickly picked up the blunderbuss, aimed at the tiger and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

This time it was lucky. It also dodged, but failed and was hit on its front leg.

However, after being hit, the strong tiger didn't even lick the wound. He only paused briefly and then ran over again, with blood still pouring from his legs. Although the bird cannon has high accuracy, its firepower is relatively small and cannot kill a big tiger with one blow.

Ye Zhenzhen wanted to continue loading gunpowder, but the tiger didn't give her a chance and jumped over to pounce on her.

She quickly rolled to the side and avoided it. However, before she could take a breath, the tiger's tail, which was as thick as a steel whip, suddenly swung at her. She didn't expect that the tiger was so cunning. She could barely avoid it with her body, but her legs could not avoid it and were swept by the tip of the tail. Suddenly, there was a sharp pain in my calf, and the bone must have been broken.

Tiger twisted his body and faced Ye Zhenzhen. It lowers its front legs and gradually builds up strength in its hind legs. Anyone caught by it will definitely die.

Ye Zhenzhen dragged her injured leg and was unable to escape. She touched her waist. The whip didn't work at this time, but she still had the knife. But...what about the knife?

The knife was gone and was left on the ground when she evaded it just now.

...God wants to kill me!

The fear of death crept into her heart, Ye Zhenzhen's whole body became cold and her heart almost stopped beating.

The tiger finally exerted its strength. It jumped up and pounced on Ye Zhenzhen!

At that moment, Ye Zhenzhen didn't even have time to think of her last words. She closed her eyes tightly, her mind going blank.