Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 75
"These two people have their own merits, and they are equal. Su Zhi is good at riding, and he is superb at courting and archery. I don't think it's hard to say."

As if he really answered Emperor Zhaoyuan's words, on the evening of the next day, Eunuch Chang finished counting today's prey, and found that the prey hunted by Su Zhi and Wei Feng were still almost the same.

Wei Feng hunted one more wolf than Su Zhi, but Su Zhi hunted one more deer than Wei Feng.

If Su Zhi hunts one more wolf tomorrow, it will be even more difficult to say who will win between the two.

At night, in the woods behind the tent.

Wei Yan hugged Su Xi on his lap, playing with her soft and pale fingers, "Who do you want to win between us?"

Su Xi waved her hand and said in a low voice, "Second brother."

Sure enough, the next moment, Wei Yan pinched his chin and lifted it up.His eyes were cold, and he asked dissatisfiedly, "Why?"

Su Xitiao said in detail: "Your Majesty values ​​my second brother's talent. Of course, my second brother must take advantage of this opportunity to perform well in order to live up to His Majesty's expectations. Besides, he is my second brother, so I naturally hope that he will win." Said After a pause, Xiao Zhan snorted angrily, "And you... you still hit me, I hate you."

In the past two days, she gave herself medicine, and the place gradually recovered.But when I think about it, I am still ashamed.

After hearing this, Wei Yan smiled lowly, put his palm on it naturally, rubbed it lightly and said, "Does it still hurt now?"

Su Xi pushed his hand away, twisting her body uncomfortably, "Don't pretend to be kind..."

The little girl is not very old, but her temperament is not small.Wei Yan lowered his head and kissed her small mouth, and asked intentionally, "You really don't need me to take a look at it for you?"

Su Xi'er blushed and turned away, and said righteously: "It's really not necessary."

It was obvious that her cheeks were flushed, but she still bit her lower lip, showing a serious look, which was so cute.The more she behaved like this, the more Wei Yan wanted to bully her. He kissed her soft mouth for a while, and then said: "Su Zhi is your second brother, but I am your future husband. Youyou , do you really not expect me to win?"

Su Xi panicked: "You, don't talk nonsense...the horoscope hasn't been written yet."

Wei Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, and said leisurely, "Sooner or later."

She can't marry any other man except him.

Su Xi couldn't talk to him, so she chose to lower her head and keep silent, playing with the little ornament on her waist.Looking up, she saw the moon rabbit holding the hydrangea pouch on Wei Wei's waist, and couldn't help reaching out to take it.

When he stretched out his hand, he naturally revealed a section of his wrist.Under the moonlight, Su Xi's wrist was empty, without anything.Wei Yan's eyes deepened, and his voice lowered: "Where's the bracelet I gave you?"

Su Xi raised her head, not knowing what his sudden words meant. It wasn't until Wei Feng held her wrist that she suddenly realized that he was referring to the pair of mutton fat jade bracelets that she had given her back then.She said: "I put it up."

Hearing what she said, Wei Yan relaxed slightly, "Why don't you wear it?"

"How can you wear such a precious thing every day?" Su Xi lowered her eyes, and said again: "And you said that it was often worn by Princess Xue during her lifetime. Once I wear it, people will definitely recognize it."

Wei Wei thought about this question for a while, and probably thought what she said was reasonable, so he didn't force her anymore, and just said: "In the future, when we get married, we must wear it every day."

Su Xi let out a soft "oh".

The cold spring is expected to be cold, and in addition to being in the forest, it looks very cool at night.Su Xi only sat for a while, and her little hands became cold. Wei Yan took off his black-colored gold embroidered honeysuckle cloak to wrap her up, tied it up, held her little hands, and said, "I'll take you back. .”

Su Xi shook her head and refused: "I'll just go back by myself, it's not far anyway." The most important thing is to be seen.

Wei Yan saw through her thoughts, slightly curved his thin lips, and said with a half-smile: "Silly boy, who else do you think will be outside besides us?"

At this time, the night was deep, and the lights in most of the tents were turned off. It was quiet, and everyone must have fallen asleep.Only a few patrolling guards move around occasionally.Su Xi pursed her lower lip, and said unconvinced: "What if someone comes out?"

Wei Yan parted her fingers, clasped them with her, and said in a low voice: "Then I can only marry you home."

Su Xi glared at him, why did he still feel wronged?I wanted to shake off his big hand, but he held it tightly and didn't shake it off even after shaking it twice.

When going out of the woods, you need to cross a stream, and Su Xi will wet her shoes every time she comes back.Wei Yan simply hugged her horizontally and walked to the opposite bank stepping on the stones in the water.

As soon as Su Xi's feet touched the ground, she wanted to turn around and leave, "It's fine to get here, I'm going back, you should go back quickly."

Wei Wei pondered for a moment, and said, "You can leave if you want." As he spoke, he leaned slightly, and Jun Yan was right in front of Su Xi, "Is there any reward?"

"..." "I haven't tried" was written brightly in Wei Yan's eyes. Even Su Xi couldn't pretend to be stupid, so she hesitated for a while before standing on tiptoe and kissing him on the cheek , Then turned around like a guilty conscience and ran away.

Wei Feng slowly straightened up, looked at the little girl not far away who was quietly wearing his cloak, raised his hand to touch the place she kissed just now, and chuckled softly.

In the early morning of the third day, Su Xi got up early.When she walked out of the tent, the hunting team hadn't started yet. She came to Su Zhi, raised her head and said, "Second brother, be careful when hunting, don't get hurt, I will wait here for you to come back."

Su Zhi was dressed in a Hu suit, making him look broad-shouldered and long-legged, dignified and heroic.He turned the horse's head, and his body happened to block the sun for Su Xi. His eyebrows relaxed and he said: "It's sunny outside, so you should go back to the tent, don't wait for me, I will come back as soon as possible."

Su Xi said yes, and after watching Su Zhi go away, as soon as she turned around, she met Wei Yan's gaze not far away.Wei Yan's gaze was burning, and she couldn't help it if she wanted to ignore it.But with so many people around, she couldn't come forward to talk to him, could she?She rolled her eyes bonyly, but in the end she ignored him and entered her tent within a few steps.

Just after breakfast, Wei Deyin came to look for her again.

In the past two days, apart from the empress's tent, Wei Deyin went to her place the most.

Even Yu Baotong couldn't help feeling: "Youyou, the little princess really likes you."

It happened that Su Xi had nothing to do here, and Wei Deyin also wanted to learn the piano, so she taught Wei Deyin to play the piano every day.But Wei Deyin is a 3-minute favorite. He was very interested at the beginning, but he stopped learning in the end. He looked at her with his cheeks open and his eyes wide open, with an intoxicated look on his face: "Aunt Xi, you play really well. How about playing a song for Deyin?"

How could Su Xi refuse her? She was surprised that she could understand the sound of the piano at such a young age, so she sat down and played another simple and popular piece.

Fu Yi and Li Anyi just happened to pass by outside.

Li Anyi listened to the sound of the piano coming from the tent, and then took a closer look at the tent, "This is where Sister Xi lives, right? I didn't expect Sister Xi to play the piano well."

Fu Yi's face remained unchanged, "Sister Xi studied under Mr. Gu Tong, and also owns a green qiqin, so such a simple piece of music can't be difficult for her."

Li Anyi thought about it, "I can also play this piece. If you give me a green qiqin, maybe I can play it better than Sister Xi."

Fu Yi smiled and did not refute.The two talked a few more words, and then walked to the stream.

After two days of hunting in the forest, the animals in the forest became vigilant, and they no longer came out easily, and the hunting was much more difficult than the previous two days.After a whole morning, most people got nothing, even Wei Feng and Su Zhi only hunted a deer.

At this moment, a rabbit swiftly passed by. Wei Feng and Su Zhi met in the forest and raised their bows and arrows at the same time.

Su Zhi glanced at Wei Yan beside him, and his voice was as calm as ever: "Wei Shizi, forgive me for not being able to accept it."

Wei Yan drew his bowstring all the way, smiling leisurely, "Second Brother Su, don't speak too early, we don't know who will win the battle."

Su Zhi is indeed one year older than Wei Feng, so it makes sense to call him "Second Brother Su".Su Zhi frowned, said nothing, and continued to look at the rabbit in front of him.

The rabbit was round and round, completely unaware that it was in danger, and was gnawing the green grass by the tree with its head down.She was white and dull, but she was somewhat similar to a certain little girl.Wei Yan squinted his eyes, and released the arrow at the same time as Su Zhi, but when he released the arrow, he deviated a little bit, and his arrow pierced straight into the tree trunk beside him.

Su Zhi's arrow hit the rabbit's hind leg.

Wei Yan put away his bow and arrow, held the rein in his hand and turned around, without changing his expression, "Second Brother Su is good at arrows, I am ashamed of myself."

Su Zhi glanced at the direction in which Wei Yan was leaving, how could he not know that he changed direction at the last moment.

On this side, after Wei Feng left, he saw that there were no animals to hunt in this forest, so he rode his horse back to the mountain.Due to the presence of Emperor Zhaoyuan, most of the animals in the forest near the paddock were docile and non-aggressive, compared with the animals in the back mountain, which were much more ferocious.If you are lucky, you may even meet a king of beasts.

He and Su Zhi's prey were too close in number. If he wanted to defeat Su Zhi, the best way was to hunt a ferocious beast.

I just don't know if that little fool Su Xi will be angry with him when he finds out that he has won against her brother?

The back mountain is more gloomy and gloomy than the front, the trees cover the sky and the sun, and the forest is silent.Because it was too dangerous here, a special defensive barrier was set up around it.Ordinary hunters seldom set foot here, and it's not that there are no one. Before Wei Wei, two people came here on horseback, but one escaped in embarrassment after abandoning the horse, and the other returned with a serious injury.

Wei Yan rode for a quarter of an hour, and the more he went in, the more gloomy it became.

After walking for a while, he tightened his reins and stopped, and finally saw a pair of beast eyes hidden in the opposite woods.

……

The sun is setting on the western mountains, and the dusk is heavy.Almost all the hunters have returned, only Su Zhi and Wei Yan have not yet returned.

Su Xi stood at the back and gradually waited anxiously.Didn't the second brother say he would come back as soon as possible?Why is there no one here?
Another quarter of an hour later, when Su Xi became more and more anxious, Su Zhi came out of the forest on horseback.She let out a long breath of relief.After Eunuch Chang finished recording Su Zhi's prey, Su Xi walked up to her with her skirt, "Second Brother, you're finally back..." After a pause, she nervously looked at the blood on his arm, "Are you injured? "

Su Zhi's lips were a little pale, and he smiled slightly: "A little injury, it will be fine after two days of recuperation, it's not a problem."

Su Xi hurriedly helped him walk into the tent, and asked worriedly: "What's going on? Why did the second brother get hurt?"

Su Zhi said: "When I was hunting, I met a Huadiao. The first arrow missed, but it scratched my arm."

"I have medicine in my tent, I'll use it to give my second brother some medicine." Su Xi said as she walked.

Su Zhi nodded in agreement.

After walking a few steps, I heard a commotion coming from behind.Su Xi turned around and looked, it turned out that Wei Feng came back leading the horse.She was wondering why Wei Feng didn't ride a horse, when she raised her eyes and saw the beast on the horse's back clearly, her eyes widened in surprise——

It turned out to be a giant spotted tiger.

Wei Yan led the horse and walked unhappily, as calm and steady as he usually is.

But Su Xi saw that there was a mottled trace of blood on the road behind him.

(End of this chapter)