Chapter 52 052
During this trip, Xu Roujia prepared several clothes herself. The Queen Mother prepared more for her, and prepared four sets of horse outfits alone.
At that time, Xu Roujia only found it funny: "I don't ride a horse."
But the queen mother said, "What if you want to ride again, take it with you, it won't be a problem anyway."
As a result, the empress dowager really hit the point, and these sets of horse outfits really came in handy.
"The princess dresses like this, she looks quite as handsome as the wife of Pingxi Hou." The serving master changed into the bright red horse outfit, and the jade bottle said in surprise.
"There is also a forehead wiping." Yuhuan said, holding a delicate forehead wiping of the same color.
Xu Roujia put on her forehead and looked at the mirror again, feeling proud in her heart.
She has always looked very good in horse outfits, perhaps because her father's clan, Naipingxi Marquis Mansion, the men of the Xu family have been brave for generations, and she also keeps the blood of the ancestors who have left their names in history.
Lu coaxed her to go to the hunt this time, but since she was on the stage, Xu Roujia did not plan to return empty-handed. Fortunately, she, "Atao", learned to ride horses and shoot archery again when she was in the palace. Today, she hunted a bird, mountain rabbit, and was not afraid of being suspected.
After cleaning up, Xu Roujia went to see Lu first.
Lu also changed into a horse outfit. She was born in the countryside. When she was a child, she had also climbed trees to touch birds and fished in the water. She had also killed chickens and ducks and beaten to death with her own hands. Although she was not as handsome as the wife of Pingxi Hou, she was wearing a horse outfit. At this moment, Lu's eyes were slightly raised, and she also showed a bit of fearlessness and arrogance that looked down on the world.
When the aunt and nephew met, Xu Roujia was attracted by Lu's new appearance, and Lu also looked at the fucking niece like a fairy.
"Auntie is so beautiful!"
"I am worthy of being the girl from our old Lu family!"
The aunt and nephew praised each other in unison. When they spoke, all the maids serving in the tent laughed.
Xu Roujia couldn't help laughing too.
Lu walked over and circled Xu Roujia. The more he looked at him, the more he felt that his son had taken advantage of: "Hmph, the fourth brother used to dislike me for making tofu to embarrass him, but if it weren't for me, where would he go to find such a handsome good cousin?"
Xu Roujia completely couldn't help Lu's mouth, and she pulled Lu's sleeve in shame and annoyed: "Auntie is like this and it's not a problem, then I will be inclined to my fourth cousin."
Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, a message from the guard came from the door: "Empress, Your Highness Zhuang Wang is asking for a visit."
Xu Roujia:...
She quickly handed Lu a look of not talking nonsense.
Mrs. Lu understands that the little girl is thin-skinned.
She let her son come in first.
Zhou Qi and Lu Ding stepped into the big tent. As soon as they came in, they saw Lu standing in the middle, and a girl in a red horse suit was hiding behind her.
Lu Ding smiled.
Zhou Qi glanced at his fiancée's skirt and saluted to his mother: "My son is paying homage to his mother."
Lu smiled and said, "The fourth brother came just right...Oh!"
However, Xu Roujia was afraid that she would talk nonsense, so she gently twisted Lu's back from behind.
Lu had to shut up, but when his body turned, Xu Roujia was wearing a red outfit.
Xu Roujia faced Zhou Qi's handsome face, and the man looked at her in surprise. The always cold King Zhuang's eyes were full of unconcealed surprise.
Xu Roujia's cheeks flushed, but she had already avoided once. When she hid again, she would look petty.
"Prince." She lowered her eyes and bowed her knees. Her delicate little face was more vivid and charming than the best pearls in the middle of her forehead.
Zhou Qi rolled his throat and said, "Cousin is not a gift."
Seeing the ceremony, Xu Roujia immediately retreated to the side of Lu.
Lu smiled and said, "Let's go hunting together today. I'll be with the emperor. The fourth brother, please accompany A Tao. The yard is dangerous. It's important to protect A Tao, don't worry about winning or losing."
Zhou Qi said solemnly: "My son understands."
Lu again instructed his nephew: "A Ding, this hunting competition, the emperor has prepared a generous reward. Your cousin has a different identity and you don't care about those things outside. You have to go to the competition. When the reward is given, you will be glorious, and your aunt can choose a noble daughter for you as your daughter-in-law."
Lu Ding said confidently: "Don't worry, aunt, my nephew will definitely not disappoint you."
After practicing martial arts for more than three years, Lu Ding was no longer the boy who had just entered the palace and was bullied by Zhouyu's master and servant. Ling's boy who only knew a little stupid fist and thug.
Xu Roujia secretly complained that Lu did not care about Lu Ding's winning or losing. It was clearly asking Lu Ding to stay away from them and not disturb Zhou Qi from getting close to her.
It's true that he is my mother!
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Outside the yard, all the civil officials and military generals, noble families and noble girls who accompanied him this time have arrived.
Xie Jin stood at the head of the noble son and saw Emperor Yongjia, Concubine Shu and others coming in the distance. He secretly looked at Changsui Zheng Tai not far away.
Zheng Tai nodded in a difficult situation.
Only then did Xie Jin turn his eyes to the red figure walking behind Concubine Shu.
Emperor Yongjia left the palace this time and ordered King Huai to stay in the capital. He only brought the second prince, King Ning, Zhou Jun, the third prince, King Jing, Zhou Yu, and the fourth prince, King Zhuang, Zhou Qi. The third prince, walked on the left back of Emperor Yongjia, so behind Lu, there was only Xu Roujia, a woman, and the rest of the palace lag behind a distance.
Although Lu was beautiful, she was the emperor's woman. No one dared to stare at Lu under Emperor Yongjia's nose. So almost all the men glanced at Xu Roujia quickly when she was approaching.
In this occasion, Xu Roujia is generous in character, and the grace and dignity between her eyebrows make everyone forget that she comes from the people. She only thinks that such a beautiful and elegant girl is indeed the Princess of Zhuang.
However, when Xie Jin saw Xu Roujia's appearance clearly, his heart ached.
He still remembered that in the autumn before Roujia's cousin got sick, she happily prepared a bright red horse outfit. She came out with her clothes, but she didn't wear them for him, saying that she would wait until she was in the yard to wear them. But that year, her cousin was only twelve years old, and the queen mother was worried that she would be injured and would not allow her to enter the yard. Her cousin was unhappy and didn't even change her horse outfit.
Unexpectedly, he never had the chance to see his cousin wearing horse outfits again.
If Roujia's cousin was still alive, she would definitely be more dazzling than this humble A Tao!
Therefore, A Tao is not worthy of the glory that Roujia’s cousin cannot have!
Withdrew his gaze, Xie Jin took a deep breath and finally could control his emotions.
Emperor Yongjia generously encouraged the children of aristocratic families, and the paddock hunting competition officially began.
The yard is divided into two circles inside and outside. There are ferocious beasts such as wolf and bear in the inner circle. The outer circle is mainly safer prey such as mountain rabbits and pheasants, for noble girls to hunt. On the side of the man, the heroes who want to actually hunt can't wait to go to the inner circle. Those who just want to travel around and pass the time, so they only hang out in the outer circle.
There are also many people who are like Zhou Qi who accompany his sweetheart, who want to get close to a noble girl.
Therefore, even though he noticed that Zhou Qi and Xu Roujia were walking together, no one was talking about anything.
The enclosure was vast, and as everyone chose their own directions, there were no figures near Xu Roujia and Zhou Qi.
Xu Roujia felt that men need to take the initiative in the romantic relationship. Zhou Qi didn't speak and it was boring for her to ride a horse, so she focused on observing the grass on the trees and looking for prey.
Seeing that she was so serious, Zhou Qi would not disturb her even if she had something to say.
Xu Roujia is looking for prey, and Zhou Qier listens to all directions and is wary of potential dangers in the enclosure. Tree trunks are green and leaves are blocked from trees, and arrows are more likely to hurt people than beasts.
Walking slowly, half an hour later, Xu Roujia took the fifth arrow and aimed at a gray rabbit in the grass in front of him.
She was afraid of rabbits, but she could still treat them as prey. At worst, she could shoot them and let Zhou Qi pick them up.
With a "swoosh", the feather arrow flew out and penetrated the gray rabbit's back. The gray rabbit dragged the long feather arrow and climbed forward a few steps, and suddenly fell down.
Zhou Qi has already been joked four times, but this time it finally succeeded. Xu Roujia couldn't help but look at Zhou Qi like a show-off.
As a result, when she turned her head, she saw Zhou Qi raise his bow at her!
With a "swoosh", the arrow flew over her ears. Before Xu Roujia could react, Zhou Qi suddenly rushed over and hugged her and threw it to the ground!
The sky was spinning, and Xu Roujia fell heavily on Zhou Qi, but Zhou Qi turned sideways when he was about to land. He first hit the ground and caught her with his back.
The double blow from the front, chest and back made a muffled groan.
Xu Roujia was still confused and subconsciously wanted to get up. When his eyes moved, he saw that there was an extra feather arrow on Zhou Qi's arm!
The lightning flashed, and Xu Roujia was shocked. Someone wanted to assassinate her and Zhou Qi!
Chapter completed!