At that time, Zhao Hongrun had not yet returned to Daliang, the royal capital, and Zhao Yuanli, the uncle of the Sixth Prince, was hunting in the Pingqiu area with Princess Yulong and her two daughters, Ji Rui, who acted as her little bodyguards.
Because according to local reports, a white fox with snow-white hair appeared in the Pingqiu area, and Zhao Yuanli wanted to capture this beast and give it to Princess Yulong as a gift.
Unfortunately, the group of them searched Pingqiu for more than twenty days. Although they caught a lot of other prey, they still could not find the white fox in the end.
Seeing this, Zhao Yuanli said to Princess Yulong who was pouting and disappointed: "Yulong, it's almost the New Year's Eve, why don't we go back to Daliang first?"
The New Year's Eve, or the adjacent Yuan's Day, is one of the more important festivals of the year in the Wei State. Even in the palace, days like Yuan's Day, Duanyang, Double Ninth Festival, etc. are also important festivals.
A day for the royal family to reunite and celebrate.
During these festivals, Emperor Wei would basically hold a family banquet to celebrate with his concubines and his children.
This is why Zhao Hongrun must return to Daliang before Yuan Day.
However, these festivals are not festive days for Princess Yulong. After all, on such days, she feels increasingly lonely.
Because she lost her mother Xiao Shuai when she was young, and her father, the Emperor of Wei, was also extremely cold towards her. If it were not for the protection of her brother Zhao Hongrun, who is now King Su, I am afraid that she would have been married to the Chu State by now.
Or some other country thousands of miles away from Wei.
Even now, she is just a dispensable princess in the palace.
"I don't want to go back..."
Princess Yulong was sitting on the horse, holding the reins with her little hands, biting her lips and whispered.
Today, she was wearing a hunting suit specially used for hunting, with a wide leather belt tied around her waist and from her left shoulder to her waist, which fully highlighted her growing body.
Although her face still looks quite childish, it already has some faint beauty, and she can be called a young beauty.
"Aren't you going back?"
Seeing Princess Yulong lowering her head and pouting, playing with the reins with both hands, looking unhappy, Zhao Yuanli immediately stepped forward, stretched out his hand to touch her head, and said with a chuckle: "According to Uncle Liu's guess, Hongrun should
It’s almost time to return to Daliang.”
Hearing this, Princess Yulong's eyes lit up slightly.
After all, in the palace, the one she trusted the most was probably Zhao Hongrun, the younger brother of the king, who treated her extremely well.
But then, the light in her eyes gradually dimmed again, and she pouted and said, "Yuan day...Hongrun will be very busy. He should be mostly in Ningxiang Palace, together with his brother Hongxuan, and...
…Mother and concubine together.”
"..." Zhao Yuanli was slightly absent-minded after hearing this. He didn't know who he saw in Princess Yulong's green face, so he said in a dull tone: "Concubine Shen Shu... doesn't she like you too?"
"But she is not my mother-in-law after all... I don't want to, I don't want to disturb Hongrun and the others..." After saying that, Princess Yulong raised her head, her eyes full of earnestness and expectation, and begged: "Uncle Liu,
How about we look for it for a few more days?"
Zhao Yuanli looked at Princess Yulong with bursts of distress and doting in his eyes, smiled slightly, and asked teasingly: "That white fox probably learned that a little beauty more beautiful than her was coming, so it hid in shame.
, what should we do?”
Princess Yulong's face turned red when she heard this, and she coquettishly said, "Look again, okay, Uncle Six?"
"We can't search endlessly, right? We don't have much food to bring..." Zhao Yuanli said helplessly.
It’s no wonder, after all, it’s winter now. Although there are opportunities to capture some rare beasts such as white foxes, white foxes, bear bears, etc., relatively speaking, there are far fewer common prey in the past, unless it is like a royal hunter who hunts in advance.
Drive a large number of wild beasts to a predetermined hunting ground. Otherwise, it is not uncommon to ride a horse and run for more than ten miles without seeing a single wild beast.
Of course, there are quite a few wolves whose eyes are red from hunger in winter, like jackals, mountain wolves, and coyotes, which seem to be everywhere in the mountains and plains. These days, the ones that Zhao Yuanli and Princess Yulong hunt the most are these wolves that are hunted most in winter.
A pack of wolves coming out to look for food.
When encountering these wolves, Zhao Yuanli and the others basically shot them to death with bows and arrows. After all, in Wei State, winter is also the most serious season for wolf plagues. Due to the large reduction in prey, those hungry wolves will attack humans.
In the past, there were not a few woodcutters who went up to the mountains to cut firewood in winter and were bitten to death and devoured by wolves.
Therefore, every autumn and winter, various counties in the Wei State organize local hunters to go up the mountains to hunt wolves, hoping to reduce the harm of wolf disasters.
Furthermore, the skin of the wolf can also be used to keep out the cold, and the meat of the wolf can also be used to satisfy the hunger, but the meat is too rough, especially the dried wolf meat, chewing it in your mouth is like chewing a handful of sand.
Princess Yulong couldn't accept it.
"This... I will work hard this time."
But this time, Princess Yulong clenched her little fists and vowed.
Looking at her serious look, Zhao Yuanli shook his head with a wry smile, and then said seriously: "Well, how about we return to Daliang on the third day of the first lunar month?... We can't delay it any longer. In fact, the arrows we brought are
There is not enough seasoning and seasoning, and you don’t want to eat wolf meat without salt, right?”
Princess Yulong nodded after hearing this and said happily: "Uncle Six, you are so kind."
Zhao Yuanli pretended to be helpless and smiled bitterly, but when he saw the childish face of Princess Yulong who was acting coquettishly towards him, he still couldn't help but feel a little lost.
"You have a beautiful smile, but why do you always have a cold face all the time?" He murmured to himself.
Princess Yulong was stunned, tilted her head and looked at Zhao Yuanli in confusion, and asked in confusion: "Uncle Sixth?...What did you just say? I didn't hear clearly because of the wind."
"Ah?" Zhao Yuanli woke up from a dream and immediately shook his head and said, "No, Uncle Six didn't say anything."
"Eh... I obviously said that."
"No... let's go, let's try our luck on the hill ahead."
"Um."
In this way, Zhao Yuanli and Princess Yulong stayed in the wilderness, so that Zhao Hongrun returned to Daliang at the end of the year and returned to his Prince Su's Mansion, but did not see Princess Yulong and Mi Rui.
In this way, they waited until the third day of the first lunar month in the eighteenth year of Hongde, which was the last day of the Yuan Day celebrations, before Zhao Yuanli and Princess Yulong prepared to return to Daliang.
Unfortunately, they did not find the white fox that the local Wei people passed down in the end. However, while searching, they accidentally disturbed a hibernating bear. The latter roared and rushed into the cave, only to be killed by Zhao Yuanli.
Wang Jian, the chief of the imperial guard, fought with his sword.
It was quite an exciting battle. Princess Yulong could not take her eyes off her eyes and her palms were covered with sweat. She was really sweating for Wang Jian, the chief guard of the clan, but Mi Rui seemed a little uninterested.
Because Zhao Yuanli's clan guards were worried about the little girl Mi Rui and rejected her idea of fighting the bear.
"This is for Hongrun... I wish him to be as powerful as that bear in the future and beat his enemies to pieces..."
On the fourth day of the first lunar month, when passing through the east gate of Daliang, Princess Yulong was still holding a wooden box happily.
What is contained in the wooden box is a pair of bear paws, which are said to be the most delicious parts of the bear's body.
After hearing this, one of the Zongwei deliberately showed a troubled expression and teased Princess Yulong: "Princess, that's not right. This bear was beaten to a pulp by Wang Jian..."
"Eh?" Princess Yulong was stunned, and the smile on her face suddenly froze.
Seeing this, Wang Jian, the chief of the Zongwei, glared at the Zongwei angrily and said: "You are so old, you are not upright!" As he said that, amidst the good-natured laughter of all the Zongwei, he said to Yulong
The princess said: "Princess,
Don't listen to that guy, bear's paw is the most delicious part of bear's body, His Highness Prince Su will definitely like it. You see, the prince saw that you gave this thing to His Highness Prince Su instead of to him, he is very
Do you care?"
While speaking, Wang Jun secretly pointed at Zhao Yuanli, who rolled his eyes speechlessly.
"..." Zhao Yuanli glanced at the Zongwei who were all snickering secretly, and said deliberately: "If what I say to Uncle Six is true, will you give it to Uncle Six?"
Princess Yulong thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "This is for Hongrun."
Amid the roars of laughter from the clan guards, Zhao Yuanli said sourly: "These words... make me, Sixth Uncle, very sad." After saying that, he raised a slight smile at the corner of his mouth and said, "Uncle Sixth thinks, you
Giving that boy a bear paw is useless? You should give him... "that". "That boy didn't come back to Daliang alone this time. He also abducted a girl from the Qingyang tribe of the Shen tribe..."
Hearing the words "that" from Zhao Yuanli's mouth, Princess Yulong's pretty face turned red, she glanced at the former shyly, and then changed the subject in a panic: "The Qingyang tribe... is what Uncle Liu said they met when they were in Sanchuan.
A friend of mine?"
"Hmm." Zhao Yuanli obviously had no intention of instilling any bad knowledge into this niece. He stroked his chin and said, "That little girl is Amutu's little daughter, bam!... That brat, he pushed me left and right.
, just pretending, this time I just kidnapped the person back..."
The group chatted and laughed, and Zhao Yuanli sent Princess Yulong to Prince Su's Mansion.
Just when Princess Yulong was holding the wooden box containing a pair of bear paws, preparing to give it as a gift to Zhao Hongrun, she found that the palace of Prince Su was in chaos.
In the hall of the main room of the North House, the clan guards around Zhao Hongrun such as Wei Jiao, Gao Kuo, Zhong Zhao, etc. gathered in the hall, some crossed their arms, and some were running back and forth, with anxious faces and a look of confusion.
.
These people actually didn't notice that Princess Yulong and Ji Rui had arrived in the hall.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Princess Yulong asked puzzledly.
"Princess?" Several Zongwei heard the question and discovered that Princess Yulong and Mi Rui had returned to Prince Su's Mansion.
"Where's Hongrun? I have a gift for him."
Several Zongwei looked at each other in confusion. Finally, Wei Jiao bit the bullet and said, "Your Highness...he was arrested by the Zongfu."
"Huh?"
Princess Yulong's pretty face was startled, and the wooden box in her hand accidentally slipped. Fortunately, Mi Rui beside her had quick eyesight and quick hands, and lifted the fallen wooden box out.
"Hongrun...Hongrun is so good, why was he arrested by Huizong Mansion?"