Five-year enthronement three-year simulation

"..."

Lin Shurong frowned imperceptibly, subconsciously recognized and opened his eyes, unwilling to meet Mingtan's smiling eyes.

"Of course it's because the clothes were given by His Highness."

She sighed repeatedly in her heart, feeling that she was about to be unable to maintain that cold-hearted mask; but her mouth was still watertight, and on the contrary, she added a couple of points of tone, and added lightly: "And... I am honored to be invited by Your Highness , to participate in the Autumn Hunting Ceremony, of course my daughter-in-law is very grateful."

——The second half of the sentence is purely a polite talk to put distance between the two of them.

The Autumn Hunting Ceremony is held every three years in Dongfeng Paddock.Those who are eligible to bring their family members to participate, apart from the royal family, are senior officials from the fourth rank to the top.

Lin Xiang is listed as the prime minister of the first rank, so of course Qiu Lie has his place; as the eldest daughter, Lin Shurong should go there, it has nothing to do with Ming Tan's invitation or not.

"...Oh, well, I'm just kidding with you."

Seeing that Lin Shurong even used the title of "minister", he was clearly displeased, so Ming Tan could only pouted his lips, put away his thoughts of teasing the other party, let go of his hands and stood at a safe distance, aggrieved Said: "Qingqing, don't be angry."

"I was never angry."

Lin Shurong sighed deeply, seeing Mingtan staring at him pitifully blinking like a kitten in the rain, his hardened heart suddenly softened into a puddle of water.

"It's just your highness, you're grown up now." Lin Shurong stretched out his hand and smoothed the hair on Ming Tan's forehead. Although his tone was not harsh, it also made the latter shrink his neck subconsciously. "As a princess, you should have the proper manners. You should keep it in mind. It’s fine to be self-willed when you were young, but now, countless pairs of eyes are staring at you, if you make a mistake in the rules, how can you tell me to have the face to meet His Majesty and the Empress?”

"But I'm in front of other people..."

Under Lin Shurong's unrefutable gaze, Mingtan's voice of defense gradually weakened, and he slumped his shoulders as if discouraged, and said in a low voice, "I'm only doing this to you."

Her words were light and soft, like a small piece of cloud, which only tentatively rubbed against Lin Shurong's ear, but made the latter's heart skip a beat.

To Your Highness, I am always very different...?

——However, before this idea sprouted, she was ruthlessly snuffed out in her mind.

The monarch and his ministers get each other.

Lin Shurong closed his eyes, set his heart hard, and regardless of Mingtan's low tone, he still firmly said: "When a high-ranking person rules, one should avoid being biased. Your Highness is so intelligent, and he has done so many government exercises. Don’t you still understand this truth?”

Ming Tan was trained to lower his head, pouted where the other party couldn't see, and bit his lower lip in frustration.

But I didn't treat you as an ordinary courtier either.

She wanted to refute one or two, but seeing Lin Shurong's serious face at the moment, like a teacher who was serious about teaching, she could only hold back the words in her heart, and said wearily: "Okay, I will remember, Qingqing, don't be fierce." I'm fine, okay?"

In fact, for Lin Shurong, on behalf of the Lin family, His Majesty placed high hopes on her, and she assumed the role of assisting the future empress, and she was most afraid that Mingtan would develop some bad habits due to her own negligence.

But right now, seeing the little princess standing beside her neatly, with her head drooping, she doesn't seem to be in the usual high spirits at all...

Lin Shurong couldn't bear it too, hesitated for a moment, and finally said in a slow voice: "Your Highness, I will just remember it in the future... Forget it, let's not mention this——Where's your riding outfit?" She smiled slightly, changed the subject, and Chao Ming Tan blinked lightly, "Can you change it for me to see?"

Although he understands that the other party is trying to coax him on purpose, Ming Tan still accepts this trick.

The little princess tilted her head, and finally smiled again, turning around like a butterfly wearing a flower, and the snow-white gauze skirt drew a wave in the air.

"I'll wear it for you to see!"

On the day of autumn hunting, the sky was bright and clear.

When the time came, a mighty crowd gathered in the Dongfeng paddock, not only the princes and nobles and civil and military officials, but also many harem concubines and imperial wives who were gorgeously dressed and behaved elegantly.

The momentum is huge, the banners cover the sky, the number and scale alone are very impressive, enough to make people amazed.

According to the etiquette system of Tiancheng, before the autumn hunting, under the leadership of the emperor, one should kneel down and worship nine times to the gods of the emperor of heaven, and perform the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sky, in order to thank God for his care for the country; after the ceremony, all the officials return to their positions , and then the emperor drew his bow and shot the scorpion into the forest, and the autumn hunting had just officially begun.

Before dawn, Geng Jing led the forbidden army to the paddock and drove many wild animals into the enclosure.After the sacrifice ceremony was over and His Majesty drew his bow and set his arrows, he gave an order, and the enclosure was immediately opened, and the herd of beasts scattered almost instantly, fleeing towards the forest in a hurry.

The emperor Youshan was good at riding and shooting, even though he was old, he never lost it.He squinted one eye, pointed the coldly shining sword tip at a vigorous and swift stag, held his breath for a moment, and suddenly let go of his fingertips——

There was a sound of "whoosh" piercing through the air, and the feather arrow rushed away, hitting the stag's neck with precision, killing it with one blow.

"Your Majesty is good at arrows!"

Immediately there were cheers and admiration from the crowd.The emperor smiled slightly, put away the longbow, ordered the stag to be cooked, turned around and said loudly to the crowd: "The auspicious time has come, what are you waiting for? Let's go to the forest to show off!"

Quite a number of young boys picked out their prey long ago. Hearing the words, they immediately shouted, got on their horses impatiently, and galloped towards the jungle; Going forward, serving all the ladies and ladies, go to the camp, have tea and chat to your heart's content.

The ranks of the princes and princesses were quite close to the officials.

Ming Tanyi wore a bright red riding outfit, was tall and tall, and looked like a fish or a wild goose, which was particularly eye-catching in the crowd.

After the autumn hunt officially started, she parted ways with Ming Jing, and was about to go to find Lin Shurong and invite him to hunt in the forest, but unexpectedly——the second prince who had been prepared for a long time stopped her way.

"Where is Xiao Jiu in a hurry to go?"

Minghui smiled kindly, raised the horned longbow in his hand, and said cordially to her: "I heard that you have been practicing martial arts diligently since you took over the imperial army. Brother Erhuang wanted to learn it a long time ago... Today is a good opportunity , The archery target has been set up outside the forest, I wonder if Xiao Jiu can do me a favor and go to compete with me?"

He spoke in a moderate volume, just enough for the courtiers around to hear him clearly, all of a sudden they all looked sideways at them, their eyes flickering to see the excitement.

"..."

Ming Tan's fingertips trembled slightly, his face darkened slightly.

My movements in the Forbidden Army Camp should have been a secret, but why did Minghui know so clearly?

She squinted her eyes, several names flashed across her mind, and she couldn't help but secretly sneered in her heart.It seems that you can't be too soft-hearted.

——However, fortunately, she had been on guard for a long time. The spies only knew a little about the surface, and did not understand Ming Tan's real past experience.

For example... Nine Princesses did practice riding and archery, but not "after taking over the Imperial Army", but from a young age.

As early as many years ago, under the suggestion of the emperor, Lin Shurong began to deliberately follow the prince's specifications, not only teaching Ming Tan Wen to govern the government, but also urging her to practice martial arts and riding and archery.

Before that, since the princess didn't need to practice martial arts, in order to make himself less conspicuous, Ming Tan never used the martial arts arena in the palace, and only practiced martial arts in Kunning Palace or Linfu.

This troublesome training lasted for a long time, until Ming Tan and Ji, the emperor handed over the imperial army to her, the latter finally didn't have to wrong herself anymore, and specially borrowed the field in the barracks with Geng Jing to practice bowing and horse archery.

The result was unexpected, and without noticing for a while, Minghui still found out about his movements...

It's really hands-on.

Ming Tan secretly sneered in his heart, but his face was still watertight, and he said slowly: "Brother Er Huang was joking, how can there be such a thing as being 'good at riding and shooting'? It's just that I have nothing to do, so I went with the two commanders, Geng and Lin. If you have learned two hands, but you can't call it proficient, how can you compare with Brother Huang?"

This is what excuse means.

Minghui looked at her meaningfully, and before he could answer, a loud laugh came from the team next to him, which startled many officials.

"Ninth Princess, why should you be humble! Your fortune is very good, I was lucky enough to visit the Forbidden Army Camp, and I happened to see you practicing arrows—not to mention piercing Yang with a hundred steps, but you can also pierce a red heart!"

The person who spoke was Lu Xun, the leader of Xiaoqi.

He is a well-known military general in the court. He was born with a burly back. What is the person who cannot be easily hit by ten rings?"

As soon as Lu Xun finished speaking, there was a sudden silence around, and many people looked at Ming Tan in surprise, with disbelief written all over their faces.

The nine princesses' archery skills are so exquisite?

On the other side, before the ministers came back to their senses, someone glanced at each other, and immediately clapped their hands in response: "Unexpectedly, the Ninth Princess has such a heroic appearance at such a young age! She is worthy of being the first daughter of the Central Palace. No wonder His Majesty favors you the most." !"

"Yes, Lu Canling saw it with his own eyes, how could it be fake?"

"Since the princess has such good arrow skills, why should she refuse? Please also try it out with His Royal Highness the Second Prince, let me open my eyes!"

Before he could refute, he heard the rhythmic echo from the crowd. Ming Tan's eyes froze, and he turned his head to look coldly at Lu Xun, who was full of honesty.

Pride?

Target piercing through the heart, what kind of superb archery skills is required to do this?Even if Ming Tan's shooting skills are good, he definitely won't have such ability!

This person boasted so much on her and forced something unreasonable on her, he must be harboring evil intentions!

But now, seeing that the high hats of "the concubine of the middle palace" and "the most favored by His Majesty" have been reversed, many ministers who were skeptical have changed their attitudes and gradually began to look forward to it...

Forget it, who knows what kind of medicine is sold in Minghui's gourd?For the sake of caution, you can't follow his way.

If you lose face, you can lose face. The most important thing is to keep a low profile.

Ming Tan pursed his lips, gritted his teeth, and was about to insist on refusing, but heard a familiar voice behind Lu Xun, and someone said lightly——

"Master Lu is a dignified cavalry leader, but even the princess's cavalry and archery is not as good as it is... Is it easy to publicize such a shortcoming?"

Everyone was stunned, and turned around one after another, like Moses dividing the sea, making way for the speaker.

Between them, Lin Shurong stood with his hands behind his back, wearing a blue-colored cavalry uniform, which was exactly the same as Ming Tan's, and was staring at Lu Xun with a half-smile.

"If I were your lord," she raised her head and sarcastically said unceremoniously, "I'm afraid I would have been ashamed and resigned to His Majesty immediately, and I would never dare to see anyone again."

"……you you!"

Lu Xun was stunned for a long while before he realized that Lin Shurong's ridicule made him furious, his eyes widened, and the flesh on his face twitched slightly.

However, after "you" for a long time, he was still afraid of the identity of the other party's prime minister's daughter, and he didn't dare to make a mistake easily, so he could only secretly pass his gaze to Minghui.

"..."

Incompetent bungler.

Minghui snorted coldly in his heart, he was too lazy to find a place for him, so he just pretended not to hear Lin Shurong's irony, stared at Mingtan closely, and invited him again with a smile: "What Lu Canling said is inherently What is wrong, but this is just a small competition between our own family, and there is no winner or loser, but Xiao Jiu is still unwilling to reward the face?"

Seeing that he was unwilling to give up, Ming Tan was bored, and was about to resolutely refuse, but suddenly met Lin Shurong's eyes.

The latter winked at her and smiled slightly.

"—!"

Years of tacit understanding, with just one look, Ming Tan immediately understood the meaning of the other party.

Qingqing is asking her to... promise?

Ming Tan frowned indistinctly, and after pondering for a moment, he suddenly became enlightened as if he had opened up some key.

That's it.

It is important to hide clumsiness, but it is not a good thing to just swallow your anger.If she insists on refusing, and thus being despised by others, she will be left to talk about it, and the gain outweighs the loss.

Besides, since Qingqing agreed, why didn't she dare to show her edge?

"...The second emperor's brother sincerely invites you, how can Ming Tan have any reason to refuse?"

Ming Tan raised the corners of his lips, raised his eyebrows and looked at Ming Hui, with a calm expression on his face, he replied calmly: "Then, my sister, I would rather be respectful than obedient."