concubine on top

Chapter 58

Not long after, the official document that Bei Shuo came to congratulate arrived.

The little emperor called people from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War, and locked them in the imperial study for a long time to discuss.In the end, it was concluded that the flood in Fujizhou had just passed, and part of the expenses should be kept simple, and the most important thing was to focus on the security of the palace and the capital, which would play a deterrent role.As for opera dishes, it is enough to introduce new ones from the old, and the decorations are beautiful and elegant. It is not necessary to pile up too much gold and silver, which will be dazzled by the idle envoys. Instead, they will not cherish the things bestowed by the emperor, and maybe there will be something that should not be born. idea.

With one order, the whole palace became busy.Needless to say, the former dynasty, the Empress Dowager and Concubine An of the harem also participated this time, guiding the concubines and female officials to prepare auspicious flowers, auspicious clothes, and decorations.

Everyone waited in full vigilance, even walking in a hurry, for fear of delaying a little time, as if Beishuo's envoys were coming tomorrow.

The little emperor stood upstairs and looked down, watching the palace servants move the half-human-high large incense burner, but what he heard in his ears was the footsteps of Xiao Fuzi behind him. When he turned around, he saw the other party beaming Said: "The clothes prepared for Her Royal Highness are beautiful, do you have a look?"

The palace servants holding the clothes behind him immediately lined up, held up the clothes and accepted the inspection.

The little emperor walked over and tugged on a little jacket with persimmon red sprinkled with gold: "Miss Huang has fair skin, she must look beautiful in this!"

He looked at them one by one, the lotus-colored gown with the mink fur lining, and the silver-white fox-fur cloak, each one was beautiful, and each one was thicker than the previous one, better able to resist the wind and cold.

Seeing through the meaning behind Furry, the joy in the eyes of the little emperor gradually turned into calmness. He nodded and waved to Xiao Fuzi: "Send it to Concubine An's palace. She misses her daughter very much, and she knows better than me what to buy. , you prepare according to what she said first. I am going to practice archery."

After driving to the arrow pavilion, Shen Yanchuan was already waiting in the shooting range, his hair tie fluttering in the wind, and his phoenix eyes were looking at a row of targets in the distance.

The little emperor took a stone bow by himself, stood beside Shen Yanchuan, nocked the arrow himself, and aimed at the target.

Shen Yanchuan stared from the side: "Lower the bow a little."

The little emperor did as he said, and shot an arrow, but it stuck in the grass in front of the target.

"Come again."

The little emperor shot seven or eight arrows in a row, without even touching a hair on the target, but he persevered, taking the arrows and shooting again.

"Stop." Shen Yanchuan walked over with a frown, and grabbed his hand holding the bow from behind, "Didn't you learn it last time, this time even the posture is wrong, how to hit the target."

The little emperor was half hugged by him, his lips were pursed slightly, his eyes under his eyelashes were dark: "I've been busy with government affairs recently, so I don't have much time to practice arrows, so I'm a little rusty."

Shen Yanchuan kicked his heels lightly: "Spare your legs, hold your hands carefully, don't fall down."

The little emperor moved a little bit, endured the soreness of his arms and lifted his bow a little, and at the same time leaned into Shen Yanchuan's arms, this action immediately caused Shen Yanchuan to pat him on the waist: "Stand up straight, don't raise your butt, follow me!" Like a duckling."

The little emperor raised his butt reluctantly.

Shen Yanchuan didn't care, and continued to teach sternly, touching his hands from his waist to his shoulders: "Pay attention to the distance, control the strength of the shoulders and waist, keep your eyes on the target, and use the arrow to point it up..."

The little emperor was crushed by him, his eyes turned to look at him secretly, he saw the beautiful outline of the bridge of his nose, his moving lips, and when he saw the place where he was absent-minded, his body suddenly relaxed and cooled. It was Shen Yanchuan who let go, and asked him slightly sullenly: "Where is the emperor's eyes looking? Is he trying to shoot a target or shoot someone?"

"Wow, what kind of idiot is this! I like it very much!" The little emperor's eyes lit up, "Has the imperial concubine already understood what I mean?"

"what?"

The little emperor put down his bow and arrow, and approached Shen Yanchuan with a smile: "If I hit the heart, the noble concubine will let me take a bite, eh? OK?"

Shen Yanchuan understood what he meant, and folded his arms with a broken smile: "Then why don't you hit the heart first and show the concubine?"

"Okay!" The little emperor re-raised the bow and nocked the arrow, changed his laughing appearance, fully drew the bow, held it steady, took aim, and suddenly let go of the string.

The feathered arrow shot out against the wind, and flew towards the target with a sound of "咻", this time it really hit the target with one arrow.

The little eunuch who was watching the target from a distance waved a small yellow flag and said loudly: "It hits the heart!"

The little emperor put his hands behind his back and looked at Shen Yanchuan triumphantly: "My eyesight is better than mine. I used to play throwing pots and look at the entire harem. No one is my opponent. Archery or something, it's trivial."

Shen Yanchuan narrowed his eyes.

The emperor grew up faster than he imagined, and his wisdom was much more ingenious than before.And I was so familiar with the naive and foolish little boy in the past, that I fell in love with the other party silently.

Or, involuntarily choose to trust.

Shen Yanchuan saw the other party walking towards him, and snorted: "Pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger?"

"Where is it? I'm called Dazhi Ruoyu, keeping a low profile."

Shen Yanchuan glanced at the target: "It's pretty amazing."

"No, it's all taught well by the Taifus." The little emperor pulled his sleeves up, with a sticky smile on his face.

"Oh?" Shen Yanchuan said slowly, "But the concubine didn't agree to anything just now."

"I don't care!" The little emperor threw away his bow and arrow and hugged Shen Yanchuan, "You haven't rewarded me for a long time! If I didn't pretend that I can't shoot arrows, you wouldn't even hug me! What's wrong, you'll leave Can't the child be hugged? Be stingy!"

Shen Yanchuan let him pester him, still calm and composed: "The emperor won't forget that he still owes his minister a punishment, right?"

The little emperor is like a piece of brown sugar, sticking to his body when it touches his body, he sticks to his neck regardless of his image and whispers: "Then punish me, I am willing. Let's go back to the palace now, and reward after the punishment is over." I……"

The voice is low, like a kitten begging for milk, but unfortunately the two arms are tightly hugged, reminding people that he is actually a little tiger cub.

To such a little tiger cub, Shen Yanchuan said threatening words in a gentle voice: "Has the emperor thought about it? If you punish him first, the emperor may not be able to sit in a chair for two days."

"I'm not afraid, I have medicine, I can lie down for an afternoon at most." The little emperor reached into Shen Yanchuan's sleeve and rubbed the other's wrist, "And the concubine is reluctant to hit me hard, right?"

"Yes." Shen Yanchuan nodded, "So I think it's a good way to offset the two phases."

The little emperor tilted his head, his mouth was big enough to stuff an egg: "Huh? Still playing this way!? I don't agree!"

"The right to interpret the rules of rewards and punishments belongs to the concubine." Shen Yanchuan said as a matter of course, "The emperor has never made a contract with the concubine, and it is useless to disagree. Of course, the emperor has not yet been able to make a contract with the concubine on an equal footing." Ability."

As he spoke, he turned his wrist slightly, and the arm was dexterously pulled out of the little emperor's arms, as easily as drawing a sword. Five paces away.

The little emperor was unconvinced: "Why don't I have one? Besides the hidden guards, I also have sixteen guards and confidantes!"

"Not to mention how many sixteen guards are available, not to mention that the concubine has a queen mother as a backer, not to mention that the minimum requirement for an ordinary guard is to hit the bull's-eye with a one-stone bow," Shen Yanchuan half-covered his eyes, The arc of the tail is cold and charming, "The emperor and the concubine, who can't hit the other hard?"

The little emperor who was poked in the weak spot felt uncomfortable all over, and even gave up on himself for a moment.

There is no doubt that he has always liked Shen Yanchuan, and he only likes Shen Yanchuan, and he likes it as long as he likes it, and there is no special purpose.

But what about Shen Yanchuan?

It can't be said that Shen Yanchuan doesn't like him, after all, Shen Yanchuan was poisoned for him and almost died; he was very intimate with him at one time, coaxing him to persuade him, and even said that he likes him.

But Shen Yanchuan's liking was like a hidden treasure, he was very restrained and stingy, and he managed to squeeze out a little bit for him to see.That little bit is like a carrot caught in front of a little donkey, and it's driving the little donkey down. This kind of form makes people a little frustrated—this little donkey, he's not on the way for that carrot for a long time. Why bother?

Seeing him standing there with hands hanging down with grievance in his brows, Shen Yanchuan was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "Wait until Beishuo's envoy leaves safely."

The little emperor raised his head, with a little doubt in his big eyes: "What did you say?"

"Two conditions," Shen Yanchuan said, "one, the Beishuo envoy returns home safely, and two, you can hit the bull's-eye with a three-stone bow. As long as these two conditions are met."

Shen Yanchuan's words came to an abrupt end here.

But everything is unspoken.

The little emperor stared into his eyes for a while, and then his eyes sparkled and turned into quicksilver: "Well, that's what you said!"

Shen Yanchuan saw that the light in his eyes had returned, and his expression was a little relaxed: "Yes."

The little emperor, who got the promise, happily changed Zhang Ershi's bow to practice archery.After two days of practice, he successfully hit a bullseye.

So, he changed to a three-stone bow and began to practice.

But this time something went wrong - he found that he couldn't draw Sanshi's bow at all.