The reborn prince can't be pushed down

Chapter 284 Chang'e should regret stealing the elixir

After leaving the camp, Xiao Jingtian rode his horse unhurriedly to a vast lake surrounded by four majestic mountains. He pointed at the lake with his horsewhip and said, "This is the largest lake in the Northwest, with magnificent scenery. It is several times stronger than the small bridges in the south of the Yangtze River."

Even he himself didn't realize that when he mentioned Jiangnan, his tone was a little sour.

Yes, that day in Changting, Jiang Nian was wearing a long robe embroidered with Jiangnan Misty Rain.Thinking of this, Xiao Jingtian hated himself for talking too much, so as not to disturb her thoughts again.He looked over carefully, and saw that Ning Yuezhao's expression was not worried, so he was a little relieved.

Ning Yuezhao rode a green horse and followed his direction. Under the blue sky and white clouds, the lake was magnificent. From time to time, there were fish and gulls flying low on the lake, and there were ducks cruising leisurely near the shore.

"If it weren't for the green hills around, this boundless place would be more like the sea."

"Isn't it! The locals call it 'Bihai'."

"Is it a blue sea?" Ning Yuezhao looked at the raised island slightly south of the center of the lake, on which were inhabited birds that she couldn't name.

"Chang'e should regret stealing the elixir, and Bihai Qingtian is heartbroken every night."

Somehow, she suddenly thought of this poem.

Xiao Jingtian's heart sank. Although he didn't read much, he probably understood the meaning of the poem.

He hurriedly urged: "Let's go quickly, if you are late, you will not be able to catch up with the big banquet at night."

Ning Yuezhao put away her thoughts and followed him for a while along the lake.Looking around, the surrounding mountains are undulating, the terrain is flat, and the vegetation is lush.

The wind on the field pushes through the half-person-high grass, and you can see the animals active in it.

Xiao Jingtian put the bow on the horse, took aim and let go of the bowstring, and saw that the feathered arrow was going like a shooting star, and an unlucky animal was shot immediately.

The accompanying soldiers ran over immediately, picked up the prey for him, and shouted happily: "The general is good at archery, it is a blue sheep!"

Because the northwestern frontier has not been peaceful in recent years, Xiao Jingtian didn't dare to make too much of a fuss when he came out this time. He brought a team of soldiers to accompany him as guards, and those imperial guards who came with Ning Yuezhao naturally followed.

Xiao Jingtian succeeded with one arrow, and his interest was immediately high. He let his beloved horse run around, chasing the prey.The generals who followed him were also hunting with their horses in the field, but after a while, the soldiers led by Xiao Jingtian had picked up a lot of prey.

Ning Yuezhao saw that the guards of the forbidden army behind her were also eager to try, so she asked them to show their skills too.

After fighting for a while, Xiao Jingtian rode back to Ning Yuezhao, "Why are you watching? Come on!"

Ning Yuezhao shook her head, but before she could say her refusal, Xiao Jingtian had already reached out to her: "You are dawdling, do you want me to take you hunting?"

"drive!"

Ning Yuezhao had no choice but to instigate the horse to run.

Xiao Jingtian threw the bow plug to her, "Your Majesty is very good at horseback riding and archery, so you don't need my minister to teach you how to hunt?"

As the emperor, the royal family hunts in the paddocks outside the imperial capital every autumn, and she is no stranger to this kind of thing.It's just that the prey in the royal enclosure are all domesticated, and many animals can be killed without much effort.

It was different on this plain, Ning Yuezhao held the bow that was still warm in Xiao Jingtian's palm, nocked the arrow on the string, took aim and shot.

A plateau rabbit that was gnawing on the green grass was shot by the arrow and stopped, and the guards of the forbidden army stepped forward to pick up the rabbit.

Xiao Jingtian steered the horse to her side, raised his eyebrows and said, "This blue sheep is a common prey in autumn in the northwest. Follow me to the deeper part of the mountain, where you can hunt rare beasts. I'll take you there!"

Fang Weitang, who followed Ning Yuezhao, stopped him immediately, "It's getting late now, and there will be a big banquet in the army tonight, I'm afraid there won't be so much time to go deeper."

Xiao Jingtian glanced back in dissatisfaction, and was about to speak, when Ning Yuezhao said: "The scenery here is good, we just need to shoot some here."

"Look over there!" Xiao Jingtian suddenly pointed his whip and rode his horse to chase after him.

Ning Yuezhao also saw a tall animal running over among the grass and trees just now, and seeing Xiao Jingtian was so excited, it must be some rare animal, so she also followed.

The prey ran extremely fast, Xiao Jingtian almost galloped on his horse.

The horse was still galloping, Xiao Jingtian had already stretched the bow on the horse, estimated the running direction of the prey, and let go of the bowstring in his hand.I saw that the prey that was originally galloping was suddenly hit by an arrow, its figure swayed, and it was still running with all its strength.

Because the speed of the prey slowed down at this moment, Ning Yuezhao saw that it was a deer, with a brown body and huge horns. Unlike the deer she saw in the royal enclosure, the lips of this deer were Everything around it is white.

Xiao Jingtian succeeded with one arrow, how could he let the prey escape, he immediately fired two arrows in succession.

The deer finally couldn't hold it anymore, and fell down after uttering a mournful cry.

Because the incident happened suddenly just now, and the accompanying soldiers were still some distance away from them, Xiao Jingtian went to pick up the prey himself.

"Haha, it turned out to be a white-lipped deer!"

Xiao Jingtian grabbed the deer's horns, lifted it up, and said to Ning Yuezhao, "Take it back, and I'll make venison soup for you tonight!"

Ning Yuezhao touched the corner of her lips, "Thank you."

As soon as Xiao Jingtian let go, the deer limply collapsed on the ground.

"Are you still unhappy about him?"

Ning Yuezhao was stunned, and immediately understood who he was referring to.

"Nothing."

Xiao Jingtian walked towards her, looked up at her slightly, "I thought we should be friends."

Except for necessary occasions, he seldom refers to himself as "weichen" in front of her now, and even "you" and "you" to her.

Ning Yuezhao said: "Of course we are friends."

"Then you are unhappy, why don't you tell me?" Xiao Jingtian frowned, "I keep everything in my heart, how can I be happy!"

He has a straightforward temper and thinks it's good to talk about the matter.

Ning Yuezhao looked at his resolute face, thinking that he accompanied her on horseback and hunting these few days, just to make her happy.

At the end, she sighed softly: "Xiao Jingtian, if someone finds out that the person you love the most is related to your mother's death, will you continue to be with her?"

Xiao Jingtian frowned even deeper. The person she was referring to was none other than Jiang Nian. Could it be that Jiang Nian had something to do with the death of the late emperor?It's a pity that he was not in the imperial capital at that time, so he didn't know the whole story of the incident. He only knew that it was her childhood sweetheart who killed the late emperor.

Was there a rift between them because of what Ning Yuezhao found out?
If it wasn't Jiang Nian, could it be her childhood sweetheart who had been turned into ashes long ago?
Xiao Jingtian looked up at her with firm eyes, "The hatred of killing my mother is irreconcilable, how can I forgive it!"

Ning Yuezhao's figure on the horse trembled, and she murmured, "He didn't do it on purpose..."

Xiao Jingtian continued: "So what?"

Ning Yuezhao pursed her lips, "I know."

At this time, Xiao Jingtian's soldiers and guards of the imperial army all chased after him.

A soldier ran over excitedly and picked up the white-lipped deer for him.

"This deer runs extremely fast, and only the general can reach it!"

Seeing that there were many people around, Xiao Jingtian didn't continue the topic just now, but announced his return to the barracks with some disinterest.

When they returned to the barracks, they were surprised to find that the brigade had also arrived at the camp.

Because of the wayward actions of Ning Yuezhao and Xiao Jingtian, these people suffered a lot. They hurried and finally arrived at the camp in Yaoguang Town before the sun went down.

Xu Miaoyun knelt down with a sad face and said, "Your Majesty, the land in the northwest is not peaceful, you can't do it so capriciously next time!" She is a female official of the Imperial Academy and has the right to advise the king.

In the past few days, in order to catch up with the Empress, she was jolted in the car, and she didn't eat well and hardly slept much along the way.The wind and sand in the Northwest was heavy. Even though she was wrapped in a veil, she was still darker and her skin was rough.

At this moment, not only Xu Miaoyun, but also the accompanying staff were somewhat sad.

Although Xiao Jing ordered people to walk slowly, but His Majesty is not in the team, anyone who dares to take it lightly can only chase desperately.Xu Miaoyun's words more or less expressed their aspirations.

Ning Yuezhao helped Xu Miaoyun up, "Get up, I know."

Once upon a time, she made up her mind not to be self-willed, but during this period of time, because she discovered Jiang Nian's secret, she was both sad and angry, and under the influence of various emotions, she actually committed old problems again.

Xu Miaoyun looked at the empress with her back to the setting sun, the expression on her face was a little unreal against the light, she didn't know what she was thinking.

Thinking of the hardships she had suffered along the way, and looking at the empress who was still skinny than snow, her heart became more and more unbalanced.

That night, the torches in the military camp in Yaoguang Town were like dragons, illuminating the entire camp like daytime.

A huge bonfire was ignited in the open space of the camp, on which the trophies of today's hunting were roasted.

Many simple tables and low stools were placed on the open space, which were for generals above the school lieutenant to sit on, while the soldiers were much more casual. They moved Maza low stools and placed them on both sides of the camp road, which were seats.

The aroma of wine and meat was mixed, and the soldiers held large coarse porcelain wine bowls, talking and laughing loudly, and the atmosphere in the camp was lively.

Xiao Jingtian watched all this quietly on the high platform with a smile on his face.At this time, Yan Mo stepped up to the high platform holding the wine jar in one hand, filled the wine bowl in front of Xiao Jingtian with wine, and then raised his own wine bowl to him.

Xiao Jingtian picked up the big bowl and was about to drink it when he heard a report.

"The Emperor is here!"

At the end of the camp road, a blue skirt appeared, flying in the night wind.

Surrounded by the guards of the imperial army, the guards holding spears, and maids of honor, Ning Yuezhao in full attire slowly appeared in everyone's sight.

The blue wide-sleeved palace gown is embroidered with complicated patterns, showing the royal nobility.Many soldiers in the army had already seen the beauty of this controversial empress during the day, but when she walked slowly in the night, her skirts fluttered, her fragrance was moving, and her ring rings were ringing, which added a little more Noble and proud.

These soldiers who have been guarding the border all year round have seen a lot of killing and iron blood, and they have never seen such a delicate and graceful appearance.

Thinking that such a huge country was supported by such slightly thin shoulders, the soldiers present at this moment forgot to drink and eat meat, and their eyes and faces were filled with amazement and shock.

(End of this chapter)