Chapter 168 Attacked on the Road. The Autumn Banquet Begins
After Princess Ding's trip, Xifu was calm for a long time, especially when everyone remembered Princess Ding's words and attitudes in their hearts. Therefore, for a long time, including when the autumn banquet was held, no one in Xifu provoked Xi Ningyu at will.
At this time, not too far from the Emperor of Zhongzhou, Ling Xuanyi and Atractylodes, who were rushing back, were almost at the capital of the emperor.
"Master, you have passed Fengwei County. You will definitely be able to arrive at the imperial capital before nightfall today. Master, please stop and rest for a while!"
When Atractylodes saw Fengwei County, they did not see Ling Xuanyi staying to rest. So they were afraid that Ling Xuanyi would be too tired during the journey, so they spoke out to persuade him.
Ling Xuanyi's heart was already homeless, and he could reach the capital before nightfall, so it would not be too late to rest.
So he ignored the words of Atractylodes and whipped the horse and galloped away.
Just after passing Fengwei County and turning to the bank of the Weishui River, a row of arrows suddenly shot out from the water grass on the river bank.
"Swoosh~~"
"Swoosh~~swoosh~~"
Dozens of wolf-toothed arrows flew out, and the target was Ling Xuanyi who was galloping at the horse.
"Master! Be careful!"
Seeing this situation, Atractylodes behind her was anxious for a moment.
Although Ling Xuanyi was also aware of the rain of arrows at the first time, unfortunately, because the horse under his crotch was galloping, it was too late to even hold the horse back, so Ling Xuanyi twisted his waist and leaned to the right side of the horse before dodging.
Unfortunately, the army horse was hit by several arrows, knelt on the front hooves, and fell to the ground and slid for a long distance.
Atractylodes had already gotten off the horse at this time, and rushed to Ling Xuanyi's place, and surrounded Ling Xuanyi with more than a dozen guards.
Ling Xuanyi had also come out from under the fallen horse, patted the dust on his body slightly, and looked at the grass on the bank of the Wei River where arrows were shot.
"Since you dare to attack this prince here, I believe you are not afraid to show up, so why not come out and see me!"
Ling Xuanyi finished speaking and after listening for a moment, he saw more than twenty masked people standing up in the grass.
At the same time, two groups of masked people gradually appeared on the road ahead and the back.
At this moment, Ling Xuanyi understood why the prince-party member appeared in Bazhou, but he didn't see him taking action.
It turned out that he had just taken action after he followed him here. It seemed that the prince had learned his intelligence and had actually been close to the capital. He relaxed a little vigilant before taking action.
It's really a little bit short, just so I almost made the prince figure it out!
Seeing that there were less than a hundred people gradually surrounding him, Ling Xuanyi also sneered coldly in his heart, and his heart was even more cold.
Especially when he received a handwritten letter from the imperial capital and saw his uncle and Emperor Xiqin personally wrote the letter, Ling Xuanyi was somewhat concerned about the face of Emperor Xiqin, and he didn't want to have a dispute with the prince about Bazhou's plot against him this time.
But unexpectedly, I just realized today that what I said in the letter had taught the prince a lesson, but I am afraid that it may not be fully realized.
Otherwise, how could the prince dare to come to Zhongzhou and arrange for someone to ambush himself?
Thinking of this, Ling Xuanyi felt a sense of coldness in his heart for the Emperor Xi Qin who had always trusted him well.
"Your master is brave. On the banks of the Weishui River, not far from the Zhongzhou Emperor Capital, you dare to send you to ambush this prince.
He is not afraid that the Lord will notice it and depose his position as a prince?"
Ling Xuanyi's heart flashed coldly, and a cold murderous intent appeared in his eyes at this moment. Since the royal family is so unwilling tolerant of him, there is no need to be polite. None of these people today want to live and leave.
Even if I go back to the capital, I will give the father and son a gift!
Ling Xuanyi had already decided to kill all the people who ambushed him, but the problem was that the number of people on both sides was very different.
There were more than 90 masked people who ambushed Ling Xuanyi, and the number of 17 that protected Ling Xuanyi, plus Atractylodes and himself, was only about 17.
But even so, Ling Xuanyi and others did not show any cowardice. They raised their right hand and Ling Xuanyi waved forward gently!
The next day, Mid-Autumn Festival.
In order to attend the daytime autumn banquet early in the morning, ladies and jewellery from various residences all left the mansions. Even families with strict tutors on weekdays do not restrict their girls from showing up today.
Because today is an annual autumn banquet, if you can perform your talents at this autumn banquet or be highlighted by virtue, Gong Yan in the palace tonight will have a place.
If he could be valued by any noble prince in Gong Yanzhong and then become a royal family, it would be a matter of glorifying the ancestors.
The carriages and horses of each family are now waiting in front of the gates of each family for the ladies to go out.
In the palace, before dawn was dawn in the morning, Huang stood up and urged the maids in the palace to go to the courtyards to pick up several ladies from the palace to gather in the main hall.
"Today is the autumn banquet, and I don't ask you to stand out at the autumn banquet, nor do I ask anyone among you to climb the high branches and turn into a phoenix. I just hope that you will not lose face of the Xi family at the banquet today and make extraordinary actions!"
Huang was not very relaxed because there was a second lady in the autumn banquet for several years.
If it were in previous years, she would not have been as hard or hard as she was today. She had caused too many troubles since she returned to Xi Ningyu, so Huang was really uneasy today.
Most of these words were said to secretly mention Xi Ningyu.
"Okay, I won't say much about the extra ones. Anyway, remember, don't cause trouble for the Xifu, and even cause disaster for yourself!"
After Huang finished speaking, he led the girls from the Xi Mansion out of the mansion, got on the carriage that had been waiting outside the mansion, and headed towards the chrysanthemum garden where the autumn banquet was held.
Xi Ningyu and Xi Min were sitting in the same car, and it was Xi Min's first time attending the autumn banquet. So she seemed a little nervous at this moment. She sat in the car without knowing where to put her hands. She grabbed the corner of her skirt and then grabbed Xi Ningyu's sleeves.
Xi Ningyu, who was sitting aside and watching her lose her soul, made her look a little messed up when she made her makeup in the morning.
"Second sister, you still laughed at me. I was so nervous that I didn't see it. It was your first time participating, why are you so calm?"
Seeing Xi Ningyu watching her laugh at her, Xi Min pouted and complained to Xi Ningyu.
Xi Ningyu didn't answer, but turned to look outside the carriage, and saw rows of houses retreating, rushing towards the destination as the vehicle slightly swayed.
"What's there to be nervous about? It's just a blind date. The one who cares about the mind is uneasy, and the one who cares about the mind is unconscious."
Xi Ningyu looked at it for a while before slowly saying this from his mouth.
After hearing this, Xi Min slowly calmed down, but expressed some confusion about the words "It's just a blind date" in Xi Ningyu's words.
At this moment, there have been many ladies and ladies from various families in the chrysanthemum garden. They gather together to speak some boudoir words in different places.
"Sister Lan Yi, do you think Xi Ningyu is back today? I see that this year's autumn banquet is stronger than in previous years. I won't scare the second lady of the Xi family, don't dare to come, right?"
Among these people, it happened to be a group of women who were unhappy with Xi Ningyu at Shao Qier's birthday party. Chen Run, the Jun of Runxian Township and Lan Yiwei of Mingyi County.
At this moment, Chen Run had a contempt expression on her face and muttered to Lan Yi who was standing quietly beside her. Looking at the more prosperous autumn banquet this year, Chen Run saw that she had not seen the people from the Xi family coming at this time, and thought that Xi Ningyu was afraid and did not dare to attend this year's autumn banquet.
Even the other ladies from the entire palace did not come.
After Chen Run said that, a few girls who gathered among the crowd who knew about that day also agreed with Chen Run's words and laughed.
Only Lan Yi, who still stood in the crowd with a quiet smile on her face and listened without saying a word.
But in my heart, I didn't think that Xi Ningyu was a person who was afraid of trouble. Judging from the contact that day, Xi Ningyu would not be a person who just retreated casually in her eyes.
Although it was an autumn banquet, most of the girls and ladies from various prefectures were from different prefectures, but it was not that men were not allowed to participate. At the autumn banquet, it was originally a hidden meaning that the wealthy families like the imperial capital saw each other and looked at each other's young ladies in various prefectures.
Therefore, at this time, there were also some unmarried princes from various prefectures gathered in the distance, pointing to the various orioles and swallows in the chrysanthemum garden in piles.
"Young Master Duanmu, sometimes we haven't gotten together. Today, we are taking advantage of the great time and it's an opportunity for a autumn banquet, so we have to have some fun.
Especially those ladies who are hidden in the inner courtyard of each family have a rare appearance today. We - well - can't miss this great opportunity!"
Duanmu Tianyou was also among the group of young men who gathered together. He saw someone talking to him and turned his head to see him.
This man turned out to be a young man from a third-rank official's family. He occasionally had an intersection on weekdays. At this moment, he saw himself and a few good friends here, so he came to make fun of him.
"Young Master Han, don't miss out on today's opportunity. Just take a look at a marriage!"
After saying that, Duanmu Tianyou also responded and said a few words, and laughed a few times.
For some reason, Duanmu Tianyou was used by Xi Ningyu to block the marriage between Hou Wan family and Xi family in Changning since he was in Xi'an Mansion that day.
Ben joked that he wanted to meet the Xi family, but after being rejected by Xi Ningyu and Xi Guan, Duanmu Tianyou actually returned to the Duanmu family. From time to time, he suddenly thought of this in his mind, and he always thought of this.
This is also why Duanmu Tianyou has not visited Xi's house to look for Xi Ningyu again recently. He came here recently and said that he was just for a trip, but in fact he knew in his heart that he was coming here as something else!
The carriage in Xifu finally stopped outside the door of the juju Garden. Huang led a few people from the Xi family out of the carriage and slowly entered the juju Garden along the crowd.
Xi Ningyu naturally followed Huang, walking towards the chrysanthemum garden while leisurely looking around and enjoying the scenery around the chrysanthemum garden.
But Xi Ningyu was watching the landscape by himself, but unexpectedly he was disturbed by a harsh word.
"Oh! I didn't expect that the lady of the Xi family would really dare to come out with shame today!
Could it be that there are two noble ladies who are waiting for your house today? If I had been huddled in the house for a long time, I would have been afraid to go out! Hehehe--"
When Xi Ningyu heard this, he naturally knew what he was saying.
It seems that the two noble ladies I met in Shao Mansion that day were already in the garden at this moment, otherwise no one would have ridiculed them like this.
The sarcasm of being so pointed out, Huang's face looked very bad, and the crowd around him turned to look at him, which made Huang's face look even more ugly.
Xi Shuang and others also had their faces slightly red, and they lowered their heads slightly and dared not think about looking around.
Only Xi Ningyu turned his head and looked at the woman who had just spoken and mocked the people in the Xi Mansion.
Judging from the woman's clothes, she was just dressed in a wealthy family, and she should not be a lady from a civil servant. In addition, the face that was not very beautiful and could only be said to be a barely eye-catching person. Xi Ningyu concluded that this was a person who lacked education and was still silly.
He ignored the woman, Xi Ningyu urged Huang a few times, saying that it was not early and it was even more inconvenient not to go in for a while. He walked towards the garden first, and ignored the woman just now.
Seeing this, Huang was even more reluctant to talk nonsense to the woman, so he led everyone inward.
"snort!
Chapter completed!