After the entourage finished setting up camp, everyone rested in their tents for a while in the afternoon. When it was time for the Cuju match to start, they came out of the tent one after another and went to the competition venue to watch the Cuju match.

The successive emperors of Daying had a special liking for the sport of Cuju, so before the start of each spring hunting, there would be a hot Cuju match. During the Gaozong period, some people were even appreciated by Gaozong because of their good Cuju. From a young soldier who joined the army, he was exceptionally promoted to Jinyiwei Qianhu, and suddenly became Gaozong's confidant.

When the emperor arrived at the scene, the other ministers and family members had already stood upright under the stage. When the emperor stood on the high stage, they all saluted the emperor.

After taking a nap, Shen Ying changed into a hunting suit. Dahong Yisa wore a square-necked, double-breasted, sleeveless, gold-woven dragon-pattern armor, a Tartar hat, and white leather boots, making him look imposing. In good spirits.

Heavenly Huang nobles, it should be like this.

The famous ladies who came to this spring hunt with their father and brother also knew that they came this time to let the emperor see and choose a concubine, so they couldn't help but quietly raised their eyes to look at the emperor on the stage while saluting.

Although they are in deep boudoirs, they have more or less heard of the emperor's "reputation" of licentiousness. If they marry such a foolish emperor as imperial concubines, their entire life will be over, so when they come over, they can't wait to dress better than one Simple and plain, for fear of attracting the emperor's attention.

I thought the emperor would look like a hungry ghost, but when I actually saw the emperor, I found that the emperor turned out to be such a wind.When they were handsome young men, these girls couldn't help their hearts sprouting again.

The Holy Majesty is so handsome and has extraordinary demeanor, there must be many people who admire him, so it may not be that the Holy Majesty himself likes beautiful women, maybe it is those Yingying Yanyan who insist on getting close to him.

Besides, that's the emperor, the lord of the world, so what's the point of accepting a few beauties?The harem is originally a place where rain and dew are evenly exposed, who would dare to dream of winning the grace of the Holy One alone?

It can be seen that the rumors cannot be believed.

The emperor allowed everyone to sit down without courtesy. Those girls who originally wanted to sullenly pretend to be transparent people so as not to be spotted by the emperor, now only hate themselves for dressing too plainly. Lipstick touched up their makeup, and their beautiful eyes glanced affectionately at the stage from time to time, hoping to win the emperor's favor.

But they found that the emperor didn't even look at them at all, his attention was all on the Cuju competition, and his eyes were only on one of them.

The seat below Shen Ying's left hand sat King Qi, Shen Han. Although King Qi was young, as a prince, he naturally had to attend such royal events as the Spring Hunt, and Concubine Feng had to take care of King Qi, so she was also in the Spring Hunt entourage. , sitting next to King Qi.

Next to Concubine Feng, there was a young girl with a clear face, starry eyes and a sandy mouth, and her eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Concubine Feng's. Her name was Feng Zhiyun, and she was Concubine Feng's niece.

The seat of King Qi is closest to the emperor, so Feng Zhiyun can see Shen Ying more clearly than other officials. She is conceited of beauty, even if she dresses up in a simple and elegant way, she still has the temperament that I feel pity for, but she looks up at the emperor several times. But it seemed like he didn't realize it, which made Feng Zhiyun a little annoyed.

Feng Zhiyun followed the emperor's gaze and looked at the Cuju field, where the competition was in full swing.

There are a total of 24 people on the field, divided into two teams, each team wears uniform Cuju uniforms, the red team is headed by King An, while the white team is led by Gu Min.

King An has no ambitions, he is a well-known dandy in the capital, only he has never lost to others in this game, and there are several Cuju artists in his house who usually play football with him, so he Naturally, he is also a good player in Cuju.

King An Jun didn't want to play at first, but as soon as he heard that Gu Min would compete, he immediately changed into his clothes, gearing up to show Gu Min some color.

Before the match, King An sent a word to the children of the red team that when the ball was played, they would all stare at Gu Min. As long as Gu Min got the ball, who could intercept it from under his feet? , he is rewarded heavily by the King of An County!

So as soon as the game started, people with discerning eyes came out to see how badly he was being targeted by the red team. As soon as he got the ball, the red team swarmed up and surrounded him like a wall. Stand in front of Gu Min.

But even though they had already defended Gu Min like this, they still couldn't stop Gu Min, who was superb at the game, from breaking through.

I saw Gu Min's posture was flexible, firmly controlling the ball under his feet, his body swayed left and right from time to time in an attempt to paralyze his opponent with feints, and suddenly, taking advantage of his opponent's unpreparedness, he turned around and kicked the ball from one person's crotch.He kicked out of the encirclement, just in time to be caught by his teammates who were ready to meet him!

Seeing that the ball was no longer under Gu Min's feet, the members of the red team hurriedly spread out to defend against the others. Who would have thought that this was Gu Min's bluff. Seeing that Gu Min had broken through the encirclement, his teammates passed the ball back to him. Gu Min took the ball and went straight to the goal. When the red team realized that they had been cheated, they wanted to catch up with Gu Min, but it was too late. The ball went in and hit the wind on the goal.runny eyes!

The white team scored a point first, the emperor took the lead in applauding, and the audience followed suit with applause.

Only King An was so angry that he stomped his feet and cursed directly on the field: "A bunch of trash! There are so many people who can't defend against one, but two of them can play you around, what are you all doing?!"

Feng Zhiyun was not interested in men's sports, but only noticed that the emperor's eyes were fixed on the man who kicked the ball into the goal from the beginning to the end.

Just now when the man scored the goal, Feng Zhiyun noticed the way the emperor laughed loudly, with handsome eyebrows and sculpted eyes, and his spirit was flying high, which even made her heart beat several beats faster.

Feng Zhiyun whispered to Concubine Feng: "Auntie, who is that man with a yellow handkerchief tied around his arm?"

Concubine Feng casually glanced at the court, and smiled contemptuously after seeing the person clearly, "Oh, he, his name is Gu Min, and he is the Young Master personally appointed by the emperor."

"Young Master?" Feng Zhiyun was slightly startled, her almond-shaped eyes widened, "Is he the emperor's male favourite?"

Concubine Feng picked up a grape and put it in her mouth, "Yes."

Feng Zhiyun couldn't help but pay more attention to Gu Min, because he was far away, so he couldn't see the man's face so clearly, but he could tell that he was tall and straight, like a green pine and bamboo, and his kicking movements were very chic and easy, Unlike some people on the field who are full of ugliness, he is really a handsome and coquettish man.

Not to mention the emperor, which woman wouldn't be moved by such a handsome man?

What a pity, Feng Zhiyun twisted the handkerchief in his hand, so that two beautiful men who are rare in the world both like masculinity.

Feng Zhiyun bit her lip and whispered, "Auntie, I'm a little worried."

Concubine Feng didn't know why, "What are you worried about?"

Feng Zhiyun looked up at the emperor, "The emperor likes Gu Shaojun, I'm afraid I can't please the emperor."

Concubine Feng glanced sideways at Feng Zhiyun, "Nonsense!" Then she turned around and took Feng Zhiyun's hand, saying earnestly, "Yun'er, you are the one who looks like me the most among the girls in the Feng family. Given your beauty, you were born to be a queen, do you know that?"

Feng Zhiyun stared at Concubine Feng in a daze, and asked unconfidently: "Auntie, can I really do it?"

Concubine Feng patted Feng Zhiyun's hand lovingly, and said with a smile: "Don't you still believe in my aunt? The emperor is young and flirtatious. He likes male sex now, but it's just a novelty for a while. Besides, there is no emperor in all dynasties who did not appoint a queen to accept a concubine." ?As long as he tastes the benefits of a woman, it’s not worth mentioning that he keeps any young monarch or Yuanjun.” Concubine Feng raised her hand and stroked the girl’s hair bun, “Yun’er, aunt will never be a queen in this life, so aunt I will definitely help you ascend to the next position, and you have to help your aunt win."

Feng Zhiyun lowered her head and said aggrievedly: "But the emperor doesn't even look at me, what can I do?"

Concubine Feng glanced at Shen Ying, who was sitting high on the stage, and turned red.Lips sneered slightly, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, Yun'er, Auntie will naturally have a way for you to have a chance to get close to the emperor."



Shen Ying sat high above the crowd, and knew that many people in the audience were full of ghosts.

The Queen Mother suddenly wanted to help him establish a queen and choose a concubine, and he knew why.

Wasn't it because he, the emperor, has been in a bad mood recently, and the queen mother knew of his desire to get out of her control, so he rushed to give him a woman, and when a concubine gave birth to a prince, then he, a disobedient emperor, would naturally Also dispensable.

Of course, Shen Ying wouldn't be fooled, even if the beauties in the audience were like clouds, surrounded by fat, swallows and thin, he didn't care to take a look, and only focused his eyes on Gu Min, so that everyone would know that the emperor didn't care. The concubine accepted after standing up is all because of doting on Gu Shaojun.

But Gu Minqiu played really well, and Shen Ying applauded him from the bottom of his heart.

"Whose son is that?" Shen Ying pointed to the young man on the field who had just cooperated with Gu Min, and asked Wan Zhongquan who was waiting on the side.

Wan Zhongquan squinted his eyes and said, "Back to the emperor, it seems to be Lin Che, the young master of General Dingbei's family."

It turned out to be from a family of generals, no wonder they were so agile and strong, and their reactions were quick. Among the other 11 members of the white team, only Lin Che and Gu Min cooperated best. The team can be called flow.Facing the gangster tactics, he was at a disadvantage.

The three sticks of incense were burned out, the gong sounded, and the game ended. In the end, the white team narrowly defeated the red team by two points. The face of the young man in white was filled with the joy and pride of victory, and he walked forward with his chest up and saluted Shen Ying.

Shen Ying waved them to get up without courtesy, looking at this group of young men who were not much different from him in the Cuju field just now, working so hard just to get his award, Shen Ying felt proud and proud.

The proud thing is that in the hearts of these young people of the same age, he is already a symbol of authority, their belief, and the object of their allegiance in the future.

He is proud that he has such a group of young, vigorous and full of fighting spirit "reserve army", why worry about not being able to achieve a great cause in the future?

Shen Ying got up, waved her hands proudly and said: "You are all my dear friends, thank you!"

The eunuchs gave the lottery of this Cuju competition to the 12 members of the Bai team. Each of them got a silver bowl and a brocade belt, with joyful expressions on their faces. She wanted to resign, but Shen Ying told them to stay.

"Tomorrow the spring hunting will officially begin. Whoever shoots the most prey in the spring hunting will be rewarded! Besides, there is another matter." Shen Ying waved his hand, Wan Zhongquan understood, and went to the side to tell the little eunuch to catch Bring something here.

Everyone didn't know what the emperor's intentions were, and all eyes were on Shen Ying.

After a while, two young eunuchs walked over carrying a bow. Shen Ying pointed at the bow and said with a smile: "The name of this bow is 'Zangyue', which means that when the bow is drawn to the moon, even the moon in the sky I was also afraid of being shot down, so I hid behind the clouds. This bow is made of black iron. It weighs 53 kilograms. It is so powerful that it cannot be opened unless it has an arm strength of more than two stones! Anyone who can use it to hit the bullseye in front of me today, I will Give him the hidden moon, and wish him a successful hunting campaign tomorrow!"

Immediately, a little eunuch brought the target and feather arrows, and prepared the archery competition venue.

Shen Ying took out the bow in order to test whether there are any generals with outstanding military strength among these young people. In the future, he can also focus on training them so that they can be used by him.

He has Xie Yu and Liu Xie around him now, but he has no generals to assist him.

Xie Yu and Liu Xie were just two fledgling civil servants, not enough to arouse the empress dowager's fear, so the empress dowager did not interfere with Shen Ying's close contacts with them.

But if the Empress Dowager knew that Shen Ying had the heart to win over generals and seize military power, then she would never tolerate it, so Shen Ying should not show her intimacy with the current generals in the court, and could only find a way to find another way.

No matter ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, no matter which dynasty or generation, it has always been the one who can fight more and who has the right to speak.

Shen Ying's gaze fell on Lin Che intentionally or unintentionally. General Dingbei Lin Zhenyue has guarded the northern border for more than [-] years. He has made numerous military achievements and has a high prestige in the army. Can be his strongest backing.

So he wanted to gain Lin Che's favor by giving him a bow first, and then win over him later to let Lin Che join him.

Shen Ying walked down the steps with her hands behind her back, her gaze swept over the faces of all the boys, and she raised her voice and asked, "Which one has the confidence to try the bow first?"

The young men felt very heavy just looking at the black iron bow, and looked at each other, no one dared to try it first, if they couldn't even pull the bowstring, wouldn't it be a joke in front of so many people.

Shen Ying raised her eyebrows, her face darkened, "What? No one dares?"

Gu Min saw that the emperor's face was slightly disappointed. He was not interested in this kind of publicity at first, but no one responded for a long time. He was afraid of spoiling the emperor's interest, so he pursed the corners of his mouth and was about to step forward to volunteer. His eyes swept over him, but he called someone else's name.

"I have always heard that General Dingbei is brave and good at fighting. Everyone said that a tiger father has no dogs. General Lin just took the lead in the Cuju field, why did he become timid when he came in front of me?"

Lin Che suddenly heard that his name was called by the emperor, and raised his head to look at the emperor. Seeing that the emperor was looking at him expectantly, he couldn't help feeling a little excited.

In fact, Lin Che did not take the initiative to ask for a fight, not because he was not good at archery, but because before coming to Spring Hunting this time, his father, General Dingbei, had told him not to be too popular. It is too eye-catching in the court, and the tree attracts the wind, which may bring disaster.

But now the emperor ordered him to shoot arrows by name, and Lin Che couldn't resist the order, so he stepped forward and said loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love, and I am willing to try it!"

After finishing speaking, he walked to the shooting range, took the bow from the eunuch, and he easily held the 53-jin bow in his hand. The whistling sound of the arrow breaking through the air as it left the string, the arrow hit the bull's-eye accurately!

The little eunuch who was in charge of keeping the score waved the red flag at the emperor from a distance, indicating that the arrow hit the bullseye. It was the first time Shen Ying had seen such a powerful arrow technique in reality, and she was very happy, clapping her hands and applauding: "Good arrow technique! Sure enough! I was not disappointed!"

Gu Min frowned after hearing Shen Ying's words, and looked at Shen Ying with burning eyes, but unfortunately, Shen Ying's attention was all on Lin Che who was shooting the arrow, and he didn't pay attention to him at all.

What do you mean you didn't let him down?That is to say, the little emperor had expectations of Lin Che from the very beginning?

What about him?Are there any expectations for him?

Didn't you mean that you can only see him in the crowd?Then why did his son turn a blind eye to him now, and only see Lin Che in his eyes?

How did Shen Ying know that Gu Min would be jealous because of his unintentional words, she only wanted to increase Lin Che's favorability, and smiled at Lin Che: "But there are other people who want to challenge General Lin's arrow skills ? If not, then my bow is just..."

"Your Majesty," Gu Min stood up suddenly, and said after paying respects, "I want to learn how to shoot an arrow from Mr. Lin."

Shen Ying's smile froze, and she blamed Gu Min for being troublesome in her heart. This guy usually doesn't look like a pushy person, so why come out to join in the fun at this time?If he wins against Lin Che, wouldn't it be a waste of all his hard work?

The other ministers who watched the excitement were also discussing in the audience. They didn't know how Gu Min's arrow skills were, but they were all familiar with Gu Min's name.

We all know that Gu Min wins the emperor's favor by selling his looks, so such a person must be the same as the rabbit master in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, with nothing but a good skin!

Everyone who was present had seen Lin Che's archery just now. It can be said that he can shoot through Yang with a hundred steps. Why is this male favorite of Israel's waiter so confident and dare to compete with Lin Che's archery?What kind of method is this to flatter and invite pets?It's simply overwhelming!

At this time, King An, who had just lost the game and took advantage of his status as the king of the county after receiving the penalty, came back after scolding his teammates one by one. Hearing that Gu Min volunteered to compete with Lin Che in archery, Haha laughed and walked over, "Huh? Competing arrows? Just rely on you? You are buying the Analects of Confucius in front of Confucius' door-you are overestimated! Don't think that you are so good that you can go to the sky just now because you won a Cuju match." Well, if it wasn't for Lin Che's help, would you have won this king? This king kindly advises you not to hit a stone with a pebble, and the loss will be too bad. It doesn't matter if you lose face yourself, don't make the emperor lose face with you!"

Gu Min has always been unwilling to respond to the sneer and sarcasm of Prince Li'an, and ignoring him is the best way to fight back against this kind of confused person.

Lin Che, on the other hand, could not help defending his ex-teammate after hearing King An's words: "Your Majesty An, we were able to win the match just now thanks to Mr. Gu, and I just cooperated."

King An's face was embarrassed by what Lin Che said, and he shook his hands and said, "It's not important! Gu Min, it's fine for you to compete with Lin Che if you want to end, but what if you lose? Since it's a match , then there must be an explanation for winning or losing, right? I lost just now and got whipped twice!"

Gu Min looked at Shen Ying, and asked blankly, "What does the emperor think we should do?"

Shen Ying wished in her heart that she could use a needle and thread to sew up the incendiary mouth of King An Jun. Lin Che is the person he wants to win over, and Gu Min is his favorite person on the surface. No matter which side loses, the penalty They all hurt feelings, okay!

Gritting her teeth and thinking for a while, Shen Ying looked at King An and said with a smirk: "How about this, the winner will take the hidden moon bow, and the loser will be fined to watch the night tonight."

King An was certain that Gu Min would lose, and when he heard the emperor mentioning such a mild punishment, he didn't take it seriously, and muttered, "What kind of punishment is night watch?"

"Shut up!" Shen Ying gave King An a hard look, and was so angry that she forgot to call herself "Zhen". In fact, what he wanted to say in his heart was "Shut up for me".

People like King An are vicious cannon fodder in standard novels, determined to trip up the hero, but in the end they are always slapped in the face. If it weren't for the fact that King An was still loyal to him, Shen Ying would have Just kick him away, and sooner or later he will have a cerebral hemorrhage.

King An was dismissed, and the archery competition between Gu Min and Lin Che finally started. Lin Che had already shot an arrow earlier, so it was Gu Min's turn to shoot.

I saw him strolling to the target, picking up the Tibetan Moon Bow from the table with a calm expression, as if very relaxed, then set the arrow on the string, looked ahead, held his breath and aimed the arrow at the target, he deliberately delayed shooting the arrow Going out, but paused for a while, and the eyes of everyone present naturally stayed on him.

No one believed that his arrow would hit, why should a male favorite of Israel's servants hit it?

Gu Min used the facts to tell them why, the hand that drew the bow suddenly let go, and the black feathered arrow pierced through the air like a bolt of lightning. Before everyone could react, the arrow was firmly inserted into the bright red bullseye. superior.

Except for Shen Ying, everyone else present was dumbfounded, they got hit?

King An even spit out a sip of wine, the surname Gu is a walking dog.Shit luck?

Shen Ying glanced at Prince An's stupid face, secretly lowered her head and puffed, look, what did he say, the speed of light was slapped in the face.

"Master Gu is good at archery!" Lin Che, who was closest to Gu Min, praised him sincerely. He was aroused to win or lose, took the bow from Gu Min's hand, and said with a smile, "It's my turn."

He quickly took two feathered arrows, put them on the bowstring together, drew the bow fully to aim, and fired two "swish" sounds, but within the blink of an eye, they hit the red heart at the same time!

"Good! Little General Lin is good at archery!"

"What an eye-opener!"

Everyone was convinced, and there was a round of cheers and applause from the audience.

Lin Che returned the bow to Gu Min, "Master Gu, please."

King An Jun, who had been slapped in the face once, still didn't believe in evil. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists at the table and said, "It must be a dog just now. Shit luck, I want to see how he wins this time!"

Gu Min smiled slightly at Lin Che, and took out three arrows from the arrow barrel at once. Lin Che couldn't help showing surprise when he saw this, and he fired all three arrows. If they all hit, he could be called a sharpshooter. Is your lord so secretive?

Just as Lin Che was surprised, Gu Min had already quickly unleashed his bow and arrow, the arrow was at the same level as his eyebrows, his cold eyes were slightly narrowed, and there was only the red dot in his eyes that was a hundred steps away.

Suddenly there was something in his heart, a cold light flashed in his eyes, he let go of the extremely tight bowstring, and the three arrows whizzed away in unison, the momentum was as fierce as the cold wind and snow!In the blink of an eye, the arrow has penetrated deep into the target!

The little eunuch who kept the score immediately waved the red flag to inform everyone of the result, and all three arrows hit the bull's-eye!

Immediately there was an uproar at the banquet, one arrow hit could be said to be good luck, but all three arrows hit, it is not luck that can be ignored lightly!

Unexpectedly, this Gu Shaojun has such superb arrow skills!

After Gu Min finished shooting the arrow, he was about to give the bow to Lin Chen, but Lin Che waved his hand and didn't take it. He clasped his fists gracefully and said, "Master Gu's arrow skills are superb, I'm the one who lost, and the defeat was convincing!"

The result of the competition was out, Gu Min returned to the emperor's seat with the won Tibetan Moon Bow and Lin Che to report to the emperor. With a few words of encouragement, the banquet was announced.

When the others were almost gone, Shen Ying pulled Gu Min to a remote place, couldn't help but scolded: "You like this bow, just tell me in private, there are many good bows in my place, and you Why fight with Lin Che?"

"I don't like this bow." Gu Min looked down at the emperor's hand pulling his sleeve, and said calmly, "I'm afraid that the emperor forgot what I said to him."

Shen Ying didn't understand, so she tilted her head and thought for a while, "What did I say?"

Gu Min untied the silk handkerchief on his arm with one hand, and said slowly: "The emperor said that he is looking forward to the performance of the minister today, so how can the minister disappoint the emperor?"

After Gu Min finished speaking, he put Si Pa back in Shen Ying's hand, and then left without looking back, not even taking the Tibetan Moon Bow he won.

Shen Ying stared blankly at Gu Min's leaving back, and shook Sipa blankly, did the traitor take the wrong medicine?Okay, why are you losing your temper?

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