"Elder-in-law" migraine

Chapter 54

In the blink of an eye, at the end of summer and autumn, according to the usual practice, Duan Yixian led the crowd to the paddock for a three-day hunt.The Zheng'an Dynasty ruled the world on horseback in troubled times. Therefore, when Emperor Jingyan was still in power, he not only paid attention to the strategy of governing the country, but also hunted in the paddock every autumn. All civil and military officials participated in it. Get a big reward.When Duan Yixian came to the throne, this habit still remained.

Because Ren Ping was too young to be brought to a place like the paddock, Ren Zhi could only reluctantly entrust her to the wet nurse. Duan Yixian couldn't help shaking his head when he saw him, but turned around and ordered the prince Duan Bingzheng to be brought with him. to the paddock.

Duan Bingzheng was carrying a small bow and arrow, sitting on Duan Yixian's horse with a serious face, and accepted the courtiers' worship together with Duan Yixian, without any fear, Duan Yixian reached out and patted his head, waved to everyone, and said with a smile, " I will reward the person who brings the most prey back two hours from now!"

Someone whistled, the horses neighed, the horseshoes sounded, and the crowd gradually dispersed. Duan Yixian looked back at Ren Yi, "Do you want to have a competition together?"

Ren Zhi's brows raised slightly, his eyes fell on Duan Bingzheng, and then he turned to Duan Yixian, "Do you really think that you can compare me with someone on horseback?"

Duan Yixian stretched out his hand to straighten the bow and arrow on Duan Bingzheng's back, "We are competing in hunting, not horse racing. Even if it is horse racing, you are not an opponent if you bring another person."

The corners of Ren Zhi's mouth turned up, and he suddenly clamped the horse's belly forcefully. Wu Zhi neighed loudly, and galloped away. Duan Yixian protected Duan Bingzheng in his arms with one hand, and flicked the whip with the other hand, and then grabbed the horse. Wuzhi is a high-quality steed, and he has been with Ren Zhi for many years. One person and one horse cooperate with each other tacitly. Although Duan Yixian's mount is also a thousand choices, but after all, he fell behind after a certain distance. With Duan Bingzheng on his back, he was more or less cautious. In the end, he still watched Ren Zhi rush into the forest in front of him.

When Duan Yixian and his son rushed into the woods, Ren Zhi had already dismounted, Wu Zhi was grazing leisurely, and Ren Zhi squatted in front of a big tree, not knowing what he was doing.Duan Yixian got off the horse with Duan Bingzheng in his arms, and the horse obediently ran to Wu Zhi's side to graze with his head bowed.

Duan Bingzheng slid from Duan Yixian's arms to the ground, and ran to Ren Zhi's side, only to see that Ren Zhi was holding a small gray rabbit in his hand, but the size of a palm, and Ren Zhi was teasing it with a blade of grass.Duan Bingzheng couldn't help but slow down his steps, looked at the little rabbit cautiously, opened his eyes wide, wanted to reach out to touch it but was afraid of startling it, raised two small hands, not knowing what to do.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Ren Zhi turned his head with a smile, and seeing Duan Bingzheng's appearance, he turned around and handed the little rabbit to him. Duan Bingzheng cautiously stretched out a finger, slid over the little rabbit's ear, and then landed on his back. On the road, the little rabbit was frightened and trembled all over. Duan Bingzheng quickly retracted his hand, put his back behind his back, and looked at it carefully.

Ren Zhi grabbed his little hand, pressed the whole palm on the rabbit's back, and slid over the soft rabbit fur. Duan Bingzheng opened his eyes wide in disbelief, and couldn't help raising his head to look at Ren Zhi, " Uncle Huang, can I hug it?"

Ren Zhi nodded, handed the little rabbit to his hand, and taught him to grab the rabbit's ears to prevent it from escaping. The little rabbit was frightened and curled up into a ball. Duan Bingzheng touched it carefully, and it took a long time before he opened his mouth and said, "I want to bring it back to the palace for younger sister Qingya to play with."

Ren Zhi looked up at Duan Yixian who was standing beside him with a smile, and raised the corners of his lips, "Okay, I'll go back later and ask your father to make a nest for it with his own hands, and you and Ping'er will raise it together in the future."

Duan Bingzheng was so excited that he squatted on the ground and played with the rabbit for a long time. Duan Yixian and Ren Zhi stood beside him, quietly accompanying him until Duan Bingzheng agreed to hand over the little rabbit to the servants who followed him for safekeeping. Duan Yixian bent down and hugged him "Let's go, father will take you to a real hunt."

The three mounted their horses again, Duan Yixian looked back at Ren Zhi with a smile, "Where do you want to go?"

Ren Zhi turned his head and glanced at the direction where the crowd ran just now, and pointed in another direction with a smile, "Your Majesty, if I can come out on top, will the reward remain the same?"

"Anyway, the rewards come from the Palace of Funing. If I give you the Palace of Funing, I won't lose money." After Duan Yixian finished speaking, he turned his horse's head and headed towards Ren Zhizhi's direction.Several guards followed the two horses not too far away. After walking not far, Wu Zhi suddenly stopped and let him shoot arrows with his bow. A pheasant fell down not far away.

Immediately, someone stepped forward to carry the prey back, and let him wave the bow in his hand towards Duan Yixian, with a bright smile on his face.Duan Yixian shook his head, then suddenly lowered his head and untied the small bow on Duan Bingzheng's back, put on the arrow, held Duan Bingzheng's hand, drew the bow and shot the arrow, and the tip of the arrow pierced the wind, and it was found among the bushes not far away. , a fawn was frightened and ran quickly, but it couldn't outrun the speeding arrow and fell to the ground.

Someone brought the prey back to the three of them, and Duan Yixian patted Duan Bingzheng on the shoulder, "Go and have a look, this is the first prey you killed with your own hands."

Duan Bingzheng ran up to the dying deer with his own bow in one hand, his eyes swept over the blood flowing from its wound, but without a trace of panic, he turned around and clasped his fists at Duan Yixian, "Thank you, my lord. "

Ren Zhi clapped his hands lightly, and said to Duan Yixian with a smile, "Zhier is probably the youngest person who has caught a prey since I opened the dynasty. Have you crossed the bow?"

Duan Yixian nodded to the servants, ordered them to wait for all the prey, and pulled Duan Bingzheng into his arms with a smile, "Of course my son is stronger than me, so I can rest assured that I will hand over this great river and mountain to him." hands, because I believe in him, I will do better."

Ren Zhi dismounted from the horse, released Wu Zhi, and let him run as he pleases.He walked up to Duan Yixian by himself, and walked side by side with him, while Duan Bingzheng walked a few steps ahead of them, running and jumping, enjoying himself.Ren Zhi looked at Duan Bingzheng's happy back, and turned to Duan Yixian, "Order someone to pack up the venison and send it back to the palace for the queen to taste? After all, this is the prince's first hunting."

Duan Yixian turned his head to look at Ren Zhi, nodded, "You are still thoughtful."

Ren Zhi sighed softly, "I just think that she is a girl, at a very good age, she probably stayed in this harem, although she chose it herself, no one is to blame. I can't give her a competent one." Husband, but she deserves an obedient son. After all, apart from that post, all she has is Zhier."

Duan Yixian stretched out his hand and pulled Ren Zhi's hand into his, intertwined his fingers, and the guards who followed him silently lowered their heads, as if they hadn't seen anything.The two held hands and continued to walk forward. Duan Yixian looked at Duan Bingzheng's back and sighed, "When I was his age, I didn't even know what the throne meant, but I clearly believed that I would One day, I must get this position. Now, I have finally reached this position, and only I know what I have lost for it. But it has become a responsibility of mine, and I must be responsible to the entire dynasty, right All the common people in the world are responsible. No matter what, I can only continue to sit in this position. I only hope that Zhier will grow up earlier, and when he can take over this position, I can leave here and take Wander the world with you."

Ren Zhi stopped in his tracks and couldn't help turning his head to look at Duan Yixian, Duan Yixian also happened to meet his gaze, the two looked at each other, and there was no need to say a thousand words.Ren Zhi withdrew his gaze, raised the corners of his lips, raised his head to look at the sky, then looked back at Duan Yixian's face, and said softly, "Then in this limited time, I will do my best to help you, at least , when this position is handed over to Zhi'er in the future, he doesn't have to blame his father for leaving him a mess."

Duan Yixian couldn't help laughing out loud, the laughter resounded through the forest and echoed in Ren Zhi's heart.

For more than an hour after that, the two of them did not hunt any more. They threw their bows and arrows on their horses, held hands, and led the little prince, wandering among the woods.It wasn't until the counting time was up that they mounted their horses and returned to the starting point to give settlements and rewards to all the people who participated in the hunt.

That night, Duan Yixian specially ordered someone to pack up the deer that Duan Bingzheng had shot, except for the part reserved for the dinner of the three of them, the rest was sent to the palace and handed over to the queen.

This was the first time Duan Bingzheng had dinner outside the palace, he ran around in the big tent curiously, every place was very novel to him.Ren Zhi lit a fire himself and roasted the venison outside the big tent.The top-quality venison shank was put on the fire, and after it was roasted, the fragrance was overflowing. The accompanying staff from the Shangshi Bureau specially cooked porridge with high-quality round-grained rice to prevent eating too much game from becoming greasy.The whole venison leg was placed on the low table, and he let himself slice the venison with a dagger, and gave it to the father and son. The dinner of the three was pleasant and delicious.

Halfway through dinner, a voice suddenly came from outside the tent, "Your Majesty, someone from the palace is here to see you."

"In the palace?" Duan Yixian and Ren Zhi looked at each other, "Let him in."

The person who came was the young eunuch from Funing Hall, and he knelt down as soon as he entered the tent and said, "It is a crime worthy of death to disturb His Majesty's dinner."

Ren Zhi put a piece of venison in front of Duan Bingzheng, and said, "Just say what you have to say, there's nothing wrong with it, and you can't just come here."

The little eunuch nodded and said, "Because... Princess Shaohua is ill."