The little ancestor of the family

Chapter 425 I have never seen such an archery technique

Ye Xinran saw the inner conflict of Madam Li and continued, "I heard that Prince Rui recently held a forum, and many talented officials wanted to show off.

However, King Rui has never liked forming cliques for personal gain, so it seems not easy to gain his approval.

Doesn't your Lord Li want to take this opportunity to get to know Prince Rui?"

Madam Li stammered, "Men make the decisions in the court, and we women cannot interfere in politics."

"You can't interfere in politics," Ye Xinran said, "but it's okay to give a few suggestions occasionally.

After all, the masters have established themselves in the court, so life for us women in the backyard should be a little better, right? "

Madam Li said in confusion, "What about the others? I mean Madam Yao and the others. Have their masters been recognized by King Rui?"

"I can't really say for sure," Ye Xinran said, "but since he can talk to King Rui, it should be about the same."

"That's it!"

Mrs. Li nodded, but still looked hesitant.

Ye Xinran said: "If it's difficult, forget it. Prince Rui is also quite busy. If Lord Li doesn't have any sincerity in surrendering, it's useless to say it.

If King Rui knew that I was the one giving the advice, he would blame me instead.

Madam Li, why don't you wait a bit? I have asked someone to hurry up and make it. Even if the next batch of the magic facial cream is not enough, there will always be another batch."

"The next batch? When will it be?"

Mrs. Li was a little anxious.

"Maybe in the summer, or in the fall, there will be one."

Ye Xinran said perfunctorily, "When it's ready, I will definitely inform Madam Li."

"Summer or fall? Then my magic facial cream would have run out long ago."

Mrs. Li muttered to herself.

The maid reminded: "Madam, the carriage is still waiting outside. Didn't you say you wanted to go to the cloth shop? It's a bit too late."

Hearing the maid's words, Madam Li came back to her senses with difficulty, "Oh, yes, I still have to go to the cloth shop, so I'll leave first and talk to you later when I come back."

Ye Xinran escorted the person to the door and said, "Madam, take care."

After Mrs. Li's figure completely disappeared, Leng Qingyu walked over from behind.

She stared at the Li family's carriage going away and asked, "Xinran, do you think this Madam Li can go back and persuade her master?"

Ye Xinran nodded and said confidently: "Even if I don't speak today, I will find a chance to speak in a few days.

Mother, have you forgotten what Madam Yao's attitude was at the beginning? Didn't she persuade her master in the end? "

"That was what Lord Yao had in mind. Lord Li wanted to support the Fourth Prince before."

Ye Xinran held her mother's hand and said with a smile: "We will do our best and leave the rest to fate. We just need to pass on the message, and the rest will be left to Huai'an and the others.

Women are not allowed to interfere in politics, mother, don’t you remember that?

Leng Qingyu tapped her forehead and said, "What do you mean women are not allowed to interfere in politics? You haven't done enough!"

Ye Xinran smiled, "Isn't this also to help? I hope Huai'an and the others can be successful!"

The day of March 3rd soon arrived.

Ever since Emperor Yongfeng was persuaded by Concubine Qi last time, he has wanted to take advantage of this spring hunt to prove that he is still strong and healthy.

But I don’t know if it’s due to climate change, but he’s been coughing a lot lately.

Doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau were arrested one after another, but it was of no use. After taking a few doses of medicine, his cough not only did not get better, but instead showed signs of getting worse.

The chief eunuch suggested finding the girl from the Lu family and bringing her to the palace to be seen.

But thinking of what Ye Xinran said last time, and the fact that he didn't want more people to know that he was unwell, Emperor Yongfeng did not agree.

"Let's talk about it when we get back from the spring hunt."

……

The standards of spring hunting in Daliang have always been very high.

However, the timing was not very good this time, and Emperor Yongfeng learned his lesson. Apart from the imperial guards, he was accompanied only by the Fourth Prince and some ministers who ostensibly supported the Fourth Prince.

Prince Rui also followed the emperor.

Recently, because of the matter of his little grandson, Emperor Yongfeng had some grudges against Prince Rui in his heart, but after all, the two had been friends for many years, and Yongfeng knew that Prince Rui would not harm him.

At times like this, he would feel more at ease if King Rui was by his side.

The Nanjiao hunting ground had been arranged long ago. In addition to marking the hunting area, hundreds of rabbits and dozens of sika deer were released a day in advance.

Everyone knew that when the emperor went out hunting, it was just for show, and the prey had to be abundant, but there had to be no dangerous prey.

Otherwise, if something goes wrong, no one can take responsibility.

A group of people arrived at the South Suburb Hunting Ground in a mighty manner.

By the time we had set up camp, it was gradually getting dark.

Although we didn’t hunt on the first day, we ate all the fresh prey.

The accompanying guards were all very happy, as this was a treatment they could not normally enjoy in the palace.

King Rui led his men to inspect the hunting grounds, saying that he wanted to check the site, but in fact he was checking the deployment of the Royal Guards.

The people who followed were all tall and strong, with swords on their waists, and it seemed that they were fully prepared.

But King Rui was not worried.

As the saying goes, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. He has to wait and see what happens tomorrow.

……

The next morning, Emperor Yongfeng was in charge of the spring hunting ground.

He had no intention of taking action on the first day, so he prepared some rewards and let the men in front of the emperor try their luck.

The fourth prince is a key figure among them.

But before going on stage, he was so frightened that his legs were shaking and he couldn't even climb onto the horse.

It took several eunuchs to come forward to help and finally help the man onto the horse.

"Don't worry, father," the fourth prince tightly grasped the reins and reluctantly replied, "I will definitely not let you down."

After saying this, he squeezed his legs against the horse's belly, and the horse neighed and ran forward.

A group of guards were following closely. The Fourth Prince looked at the woods in front of him and thought to himself that even if he couldn't hunt anything, he still had these guards. When the time came, he could ask the guards to hand over the hunted items to him and report to his father.

Xiao Huaian mixed in among the guards and watched the Fourth Prince running forward staggeringly and almost crashing into a tree.

Fortunately, the horse he was sitting on was very flexible and managed to twist the direction of his reins, thus avoiding a collision between the tree and the horse.

The prey in the forest were frightened by the sound of horse hooves and fled in all directions. Dozens of rabbits panicked in front of the Fourth Prince, and seemed to have no idea which direction to run.

The Fourth Prince was delighted to see this. He immediately gripped the bow tightly, pulled it with great effort on his horse, and shot an arrow at the rabbit.

The arrow was so weak that it didn't even penetrate the ground and just lay horizontally on the ground.

Xiao Huaian closed his eyes and listened to the cheers coming from both sides.

He had to take out his bow and arrow, aim forward, and shoot a rabbit with one arrow.

"The fourth prince is indeed an excellent archer!"

Xiao Huaian pointed at the rabbit lying on the ground and complimented Chen Yuanan.

The fourth prince didn't react at first.

After understanding what Xiao Huaian meant, he laughed loudly and said, "My archery skills are pretty good, right? This was taught to me by my father when I was a child!"

Xiao Huaian said sincerely: "I have never seen this kind of archery."