Chapter 107 The Battle for Fame and Fortune among the Princes
That night, Mo Lanyue asked for leave from Gu Lieyang and went out. She stayed out all night. When she came back, she had a linen bag in her hand.
It was still dark when she came back, and even the attendants didn't get up so early. Mo Lanyue slipped through various rooms, and then slipped back to Gu Lieyang's room.
After getting into the quilt with the smell of morning dew, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and could sleep peacefully.
Not long after, there was a panic outside, screams were everywhere, and various sounds of slapping the floor were heard. She tilted her head with satisfaction, and fell asleep next to Gu Lieyang, sleeping very sweetly.
When Gu Lieyang woke up, it was already bright and he found Mo Lanyue nestled in his arms. He felt relieved for no reason. Without Gu Liege around to cause trouble, at least there was such a girl alive and making trouble with him.
Only then can I think about Guleg's tragic death from time to time.
It's just that he doesn't know clearly whether this feeling is love or dependence. He only knows that he needs her to stay by his side. Before he is sure of his feelings, it is best to maintain the status quo.
Mo Lanyue was still sleeping soundly. Gu Lieyang suddenly wanted to stay with her quietly like this, so he did not get up.
She barely slept at night. Mo Lanyue didn't open her eyes until three o'clock in the morning. When she opened her eyes, she saw a man's chest. Even though she was separated by two layers of clothes, her little heart could not help but beat vigorously.
"Have you finally woken up?"
Moving his sore arm, Gu Lieyang regretted his whim idea, put her in his arms and slept all morning. She slept deeply, which was very different from her usual light sleep.
"Well... I worked hard for most of the night last night, and I'm really tired."
"What are you busy with?"
The two of them stood up together and put on their clothes. Mo Lanyue winked at him secretly, "I did something that is inconvenient for you to do now. You will know when you go out and take a look."
As soon as the door opened, he saw Nangong Yin squatting nervously at the door of their room. When he saw the two of them, he immediately shouted to them, "Your Highness, Third Highness, Boss, there was a snake disaster here this morning. From the rooms of His Highness and His Highness the Fourth Highness,
We caught a lot of snakes in there. Seeing that there has been no movement in your room, it should be okay?"
After listening to Nangong Yin's narration, Gu Lieyang instantly understood what Mo Lanyue had been busy with all night.
Although he had no feelings for Gu Lieqing and Gu Liefeng, Gu Lieyang still pretended to be resentful and went over to visit them. This visit completely eliminated his depression from the previous day.
Both Gu Lieqing and Gu Liefeng were bitten by snakes to varying degrees. Even if their lives were not in danger, the outcome was much more tragic than if he had been in jail for a while.
It's just that good luck never seems to follow Gu Lieyang. Within three days, all the princes didn't know what happened, but they all came to him one by one to tell him that there was a hunting competition between the princes and they wanted him to participate.
Gu Lieyang was forced to agree, and was puzzled by the righteous and evil attitudes of the princes.
"I always feel that they have been provoked by others, so they are so insistent on competing with you. Why don't you just not participate in tomorrow's game? There are many dangers in making too many enemies."
"Even if it is really the fault of the First Emperor Brother, Fourth Emperor Brother and others, I can only face it head on."
Otherwise, if he is regarded as a coward by others, he will not be able to lead the four armies to attack Caiying in the future. Prestige is often gained over time, but it is likely to be lost overnight.
The private hunting competition between the princes was scheduled on a hill, not far from the palace. They arrived at the foot of the mountain only half an hour after leaving the palace. At the beginning of the month, Mo Lan felt strange why it was not held in a special hunting forest.
Instead of competing, we ran to this hill where there were few game animals.
After arriving at the venue, organizer Gu Shan explained the rules of the competition to them.
"For the convenience of everyone, we set the location not far from the palace. Once the game is over, we can go back to the palace to rest directly, eliminating the hard work of traveling. But there are not many big animals on the hill, so this time
Our competition is a targeted hunt."
Gu Shancai glanced at the people around him and saw someone walking forward with a cage. Gu Shancai continued, "This white fox is extremely spiritual. Today our target is it. Before the game starts, I will
Order someone to put the white fox up the mountain, and then we set off again. Whoever can capture the white fox in the end will win. As for the prize..."
Gu Shan took out a small, square box, opened it and showed it to everyone, and then continued, "Let's just follow the example of our father. Each of us brings out something. If anyone catches the white fox, these things from us will be taken out."
How about it all belong to him?"
His proposal was unanimously agreed by everyone, and they all took out their most valuable things and handed them to the accompanying eunuchs. Gu Lieyang also took out a piece of beautiful jade as a bet.
Mo Lanyue was the only one who was not participating in the competition but was planning to go up the mountain together. She was very concerned about what the fourth prince Gu Liefeng said to Gu Lieyang before the competition.
"Brother Three Emperors has superb hunting skills. I think it will not be difficult for Brother Three Emperors to catch a white fox. However... I also hope that Brother Three Emperors can be more careful and safety is the top priority."
This sounds full of respect and care at first glance, but if you chew it carefully, it implies a threat. Moreover, these words came from Gu Liefeng's mouth, so it is more likely to be biased towards the latter.
"Brother Lieyang, I have always heard that your riding skills are extraordinary, and you have also won the first place in your Zi Lei hunting competition, but I wonder if you will be so lucky this time?"
Jun Ziyang suddenly came over and said to him. As he spoke, his eyes occasionally drifted to Mo Lanyue beside him.
"Brother Bu Lao Guyang is worried. I don't care whether I can catch the white fox and win the prize. Isn't friendship the most important thing in this game?"
"Haha, regardless of whether Brother Lieyang thinks it is important or not, I hope you can go all out. You brothers just want to compete, not because you want Brother Lieyang to give in."
Gu Lieyang nodded impatiently, "This is natural."
About a quarter of an hour after the fox was released back to the mountain, dozens of princes also went to the mountain with bows and arrows to look for them. When they released the white fox, none of them looked at the direction in which the white fox was fleeing, so basically luck came first in this game.
Ability was second to none, so Gu Lieyang randomly picked a direction and took Mo Lanyue towards the mountains.
It looked like just a hill at the foot of the mountain, but when she got closer, she found that it was not as small as it looked from the outside. When she reached the middle of the mountain, she saw a continuous group of peaks behind the hill.
, if you count carefully, there are probably five or six hills.
"I'm telling you, Your Highness, it's really unreliable to find a white fox in a mountain full of mountains. Think about it, this mountain is so big, and there are so many connected mountains behind it. If the white fox goes deep behind the mountain,
After running away, we may not be able to find its shadow even if we search for it on this mountain for three days and three nights."
Mo Shuyue looked at the deep and shallow trees around them, and felt that they could catch the only white fox they could catch.
"When did I say I want to win?"
Gu Lieyang threw her bow and arrows on her, and she crossed her hands behind her head. She started to start on the mountain.
It's too tossing.
"Since you don't want to win, why participate?"
"Why participate? What do you think?"
Gu Lieyang looked at the sky with a smile, listening to Mo Lanyue talking in his ear, this life has satisfied him.
Mo Lanyue no longer answered, but just paid attention to the route they had walked, looking at the uncle of Gu Lieyang, watching the sky randomly, and when he was going back, he didn't know if he could go back.
Seeing a lot of ways, she suddenly found that the entire mountain was planted with the same tree, and the growth level of each tree was similar, so that each tree seemed to be not much different.
The road she recognized back on the mountain, she had no confidence in this.
"His Royal Highness, don't patronize the sky, please, look at the road, don't get lost when you go back."
Gu Lieyang looked at her face interested, "Don't you recognize the direction?"
Asked by him, she couldn't hang on her face, especially if he looked at her eyes, knowing that she would not, he had to ask so, was she waiting for a joke?
She still reluctantly recognized the direction, but there are the same trees on the mountains before and left. Once the sun is covered by the clouds, she will definitely not distinguish where it is the south and north.
"Why are you so worried, do you forget all the way to go uphill? This is not the hunting forest, just go down when you go back."
Gu Lieyang walked in front of her, and said unlikely.
Mo Lanyue's thought is also ah. It will never be wrong to go down the mountain. As long as you do n’t go around other hills, it ’s not easy to get lost.
Walk between.
I don't know if he was too remote, and he didn't encounter it alone along the way.
After walking forward for a while, Mo Lanyue felt tired, and simply pulled Gu Lieyang to sit down and rest. He didn't want to win those rewards, so wouldn't he be tired of walking?
After taking a few sips of the water bag, she threw the water bag back to Gu Lieyang.
Gu Lieyang took over the water bottle, and looked at her with a smile, "You know your behavior, you have changed others, you will definitely have no way to live."
"Hmm ~, who makes me not someone else."
Mo Shuyue smiled at him with a squeeze.
Gu Lieyang hooked her fingers, and when she approached, she knocked on her forehead.
"I am arrogant in front of this temple, and fight."
He talked his chin high, looked at her high, and said angrily.
Mo Lanyue, who was beaten, stared at Gu Lieyang with his head resentful and resentful. After changing others to do this, he was almost better to die!
The two suddenly quietly got down, Mo Lanyue sat tired, and even leaned over, put his head on the thighs of Gu Lieyang, and looked at that day, the cloud, the leaves, she suddenly understood why Gu Lieyang walked in a lot of walking.
When I looked at the sky so, it turned out that it was really beautiful. Looking at the sky that the tree shadow intertwined, there was a feeling in my heart that I didn't want to.