When it comes to emotions, Cheng Moyang is a blank slate. He doesn't know how to express his feelings at all. He can only prove it with actions.
An Le picked up another glass of wine and was about to drink it, but Cheng Moyang stood up to stop her. He stopped her hand, took the glass from her, and drank the wine in her glass:
"Princess, drink less. You still have horse riding lessons tomorrow!"
After saying that, he gave her a gentle smile, which expressed his feelings.
"It is my honor that the princess likes me so much. I will treat the princess well in the future."
In fact, he was quite surprised. Princess Anle had actually liked him secretly for so many years, and now he couldn't help but be attracted to her. How could this not be considered a mutual love?
All in all, this was a very pleasant meal, at least both of them were able to talk.
Anle likes to hit straight balls, and hitting straight balls has its advantages.
After dinner, Cheng Moyang left the princess's tent. Before going back to rest, he specially arranged for the men to patrol at night, and only went back after making sure that there was nothing wrong.
The next day, he started teaching Anle to ride a horse as agreed. He was afraid that she would get sunburned, so he chose a nearby forest. There were only some small prey, rabbits, squirrels and so on in the forest, so it was very safe.
As soon as Anle arrived, she fell in love with a white rabbit. She said that she wanted to raise one. This made Cheng Moyang feel troubled. Since he wanted to raise one, he could not hurt the rabbit.
But if he doesn't use arrows, how can he catch the rabbit?
So he thought of an idea and made a trap. He put vegetables and carrots that rabbits liked to eat in it, and then hid in the bushes with Anle.
He let Anle hold the rope, and when the rabbit entered the trap, he would pull the rope to cover the rabbit directly.
It was the first time for Anle to do these things. She looked very nervous and focused, staring at the trap motionlessly.
For this reason, she deliberately lowered her voice:
"Master Cheng, what if I don't do it right and he runs away?"
Cheng Moyang was touched by her cuteness. He chuckled and held her hand with his own:
"It's okay, I'm here, you can't run away!"
Anle felt warm in his heart, and his palms were moist. He must have been nervous inside, as both of them blushed.
Finally, the little white rabbit couldn't stand the temptation of the carrot, and ran out of its rabbit hole and headed towards the trap. It had just walked in and was about to enjoy the delicious food when suddenly the world became dark and it was covered in the basket.
Seeing the rabbit being caught, Anle cheered. Cheng Moyang took her to pick up the rabbit. The rabbit was very small and must have been born not long ago. Its fur had just grown. Anle loved it very much.
"It's so cute. I will definitely raise it well." She held the rabbit in her arms and stroked its fur gently.
She has all kinds of cats and dogs in her palace, but now, this little rabbit is her favorite.
Afterwards, she handed the rabbit to the care of the palace maid and began to learn horse riding seriously. The emperor sent a gentle white horse. Zhuiyun was a stallion and this one was a mare, making them a perfect match.
Speaking of hunting, Cheng Moyang likes it the most. On the other hand, the entire enclosure is actively participating in hunting, and only he is seriously teaching the princess how to ride a horse.
The emperor also released the news that he intended to arrange a marriage for the prince of the Marquis of Xuanping to marry the princess.
Yesterday, the two of them riding horses together was seen by everyone and everyone was talking about it. Today, such a rumor came out. The fact that such a rumor can still be spread under the nose of the emperor means that this matter is most likely true and is definitely not groundless.
Xiao Hechuan also accompanied the emperor seriously and went hunting with him. He also demonstrated his riding and archery skills.
Although he cannot be compared with those generals who led troops into battle, but as a top scholar in the liberal arts, he can not only write essays and policy papers, but also ride horses and shoot arrows. How can he not be considered a man of both civil and military talents?
The emperor admired him more and more, and praised Marquis Xuanping for his good fortune, as his children and sons-in-law were all outstanding people.
Moreover, Xiao Hechuan was lucky and he actually shot a white fox with one arrow. White foxes are very rare, and when he brought it back, several ladies all wanted it.
The hunting trip lasted for three days and ended quickly, but Xiao Hechuan was eager to return home. After all, he had a pregnant wife at home who needed his company the most.
Jiang and Jiang Sui didn't know that after just a few days, when they came back, an imperial decree of marriage came down, and Cheng Moyang became the prince consort.
The emperor ordered the construction of the princess's mansion, and after it was completed, it would be the day for their wedding.
Jiang was completely stunned. Although she had always hoped that her son could get married as soon as possible, it did not mean that he would become a princess consort. Being a princess consort would mean that he would be related to the royal family, and the nature of the relationship would be completely different in the future.
But the imperial decree granting the marriage had already come down, Marquis Xuanping had already explained the situation to her, and Cheng Moyang also expressed that he really liked the princess.
Although Jiang Sui had never met the princess, judging from his brother's attitude, he estimated that Her Royal Highness the Princess was someone who was easy to get along with.
After returning from the hunting ground this time, Xiao Hechuan was also promoted. The emperor appointed him as the sixth-rank director of the Hanlin Academy.
He had only been in the officialdom for a few months, but his promotion was too fast. Although it was only half a rank, it was enough to prove the emperor's appreciation of him.
But Xiao Hechuan's good fortune was yet to come. He once again proved to all the civil and military officials what it meant to get promoted faster.
Half a month ago, a large-scale earthquake also occurred in Huizhou, but because of Xiao Hechuan's policy paper that was announced to the world, it clearly mentioned the early warning before the earthquake.
When a major disaster occurs, animals are the first to sense it. One possibility is abnormally hot weather. Another is that animals become anxious and migrate on a large scale. Some very obvious phenomena are also early warnings.
This knowledge is popularized throughout the country, so the intensity of this Huizhou earthquake is no less than that of the Jeju earthquake, but the casualties and losses are the smallest.
Because of advance preparation, the people of Huizhou moved out their food in advance and took refuge in open areas. After the earthquake, only a small number of people were injured or killed, and most of the people and the food and poultry in their homes were spared.
As long as people are alive and have food and water, there will not be a situation where a large number of refugees flee to the state capital and are squeezed together. Only damage to houses is inevitable.
Food is the most important thing for people. As long as there is food, there is hope.
This earthquake in Huizhou can greatly reduce casualties and losses, and also greatly reduce the difficulty and treasury expenditure of the court's subsequent appeasement and reconstruction work.
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