The female official hiding in the dark noticed Mubal's expression and returned to the hall quietly.

Emperor Longfeng was in a very good mood today and drank a lot of wine. At this time, he was already being taken back by Gao Xian and the two beauties. Concubine Wen deliberately fell behind and whispered to the female official: "How is it?"

"Judging from his expression, it should be done." The female official then briefly described the scene in which Mubar was pestering Yin Ci Guang on the corridor just now.

"It seems the news is correct." Concubine Wen showed a satisfied look.

These days she had sent people to inquire about the preferences of the little prince of the Oirat. Although the little prince was young and had a handsome appearance and looked respectable in front of others, the information she had sent people to inquire from the Oirat delegation said that the little prince was very fond of women and had some hobbies that were not acceptable to the public.

However, the King of Oirat doted on him, so no one dared to mention these things.

If Yin Ciguang married into the Oirat clan, she would definitely not have a good life.

Concubine Wen stroked her sharp hollow carved gold armor and laughed softly, "Keep a close eye on that place these days. Aren't the mother and daughter going to seek refuge with the Crown Prince? I want to see if the Crown Prince can protect them well in the harem."

Several cavalry teams sent out the day before had driven the wild animals to the designated hunting area. Early the next morning, all the teams participating in the winter hunt were ready to enter.

The high stands were already filled with people ready to watch.

Yin Chengyu, dressed in military uniform, rode a horse from afar, with a solemn expression as he ordered the flag bearer: "Close the siege."

Before hunting begins, a human wall must be set up for defense. The flag bearer officer passed the order down, and the messenger rode his horse with a large flag to send messages in several directions. After a while, the horns sounded one after another, and the flags crossed to signal. The cavalry who received the order divided into several teams, either extending from the left and right to encircle or from the rear to form a pressure formation. They began to gather the formation in an orderly manner, gradually shrinking the encirclement.

And this is just the first layer of defense.

The first layer of human wall was tight, with people no more than an arm's length apart, in order to intercept the beasts that broke through. The second layer of human wall was looser, with two arms' lengths between each person, and each holding a bow and arrow, in case the beast broke through the first layer of defense, so that it could be shot and killed in time.

After the enclosure was set up and all preparations were complete, Emperor Longfeng appeared on the stand surrounded by countless guards and attendants.

The big drums and trombones were already set up on the martial arts field below the stands, and the strong soldiers raised their drumsticks and blew the horns. The majestic drum and horn sounds could be heard from far away, startling a flock of birds.

Yin Chengyu, Yin Chengjing, Princess Wuzhu, Mubal, and the noble sons of various families, all brought their own men and horses and waited outside the entrance of the enclosure.

Emperor Longfeng glanced at the crowd below and waved to Gao Xian: "Bring it up."

Gao Xian made a gesture, and two strong eunuchs came out carrying a cage. In the cage was a silver-grey wolf with an iron ring with words engraved on its right hind paw. It was pacing impatiently in the cage, baring its sharp fangs and growling threateningly, looking very ferocious.

Emperor Longfeng looked at the wild wolf with satisfaction. This was the wolf king that he had specially ordered people to capture just for today.

He pointed at the wolf king in the cage and said to the many teams waiting below: "The rules of the Red Rhino Winter Hunt have remained the same for many years, which is really boring. This year I will add some new fun. After the hunting begins, I will order people to release the wolf king to a certain place in the enclosure. Whoever can hunt the wolf king will be considered the real champion of this year, and will also receive a thousand taels of gold!"

Having said that, he ordered someone to push the beast cage down and prepare to send it to the paddock.

At this time, outside the paddock, all the participating teams were looking at the wolf king with eager eyes.

A moment later, the drums sounded again and the entrance to the paddock opened.

Several teams waiting outside the paddock rode in at the same time, stirring up a cold wind.

Yin Chengyu, wearing silver armor and holding a bow, galloped on horseback. Xue Shu followed closely behind with more than fifty people. In a short while, all the teams had entered the arena, leaving only the snow crushed by the horses' hooves.

In the stands, many officials were whispering to each other, and some even set up bets on who would be the first to deliver the prey this year.

——Each team has a large number of people and is fully equipped. In addition to elite guards, there are hunting dogs and hunters to help search for beasts, and there are also errand soldiers who specialize in transporting prey.

The enclosure was very large, and it took time for the errand soldiers to travel back and forth. Each time they transported prey, they had to transport at least ten prey. And these ten prey could not only be small animals like pheasants and rabbits, but also large animals to make the scene more impressive.

In order to have this happy occasion, the competition is most intense every year when the nominees are first shortlisted.

The spectators drank tea and chatted while looking out at what was happening in the paddock.

Yin Ci Guang sat quietly in the corner, replaced the hot tea with a thick black medicine, and waited with the others.

He did not participate in the discussion, but in his heart he felt that the first person to deliver the prey must be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince sat on his horse in silver armor and holding a bow, looking heroic and valiant, totally different from his usual sharpness.

He lowered his eyes and drank a mouthful of the bitter medicine, with an inexplicable regret lingering in his heart.

If he were in better health, perhaps he would be able to follow the prince today instead of sitting here waiting.

After entering the enclosure, each team chose a different direction to hunt. Yin Chengyu chose the southeast direction, and his speed gradually slowed down after he rode deep into the enclosure.

"Have you found any trace?"

They did hunt a lot of pheasants, rabbits and the like along the way, but since Yin Chengyu wanted to be the leader, he was naturally not satisfied with hunting small animals, and aimed at large animals.

In the cold winter, although these wild animals are fat and strong, they hide to spend the winter. Although they have been driven to one place, the enclosure is too large, and if you want to find their traces, you still need to follow the footprints and feces left in the snow.

The hunters in the team led two hunting dogs to explore the way ahead. Soon after they entered the enclosure, they found the feces of red deer. Red deer like to live in groups, and if they can find a group of deer, the harvest will be considerable. That's why they let the hunting dogs follow the smell all the way.

The two hounds were spinning in circles, seemingly unsure of their direction.

The hunter said, "It should be around here, there's no mistake."

After a brief thought, Yin Chengyu said to Zhao Lin and Ying Hongxue, "Divide the troops into three groups and search in all directions. Use the sound of arrows as a signal."

More than fifty people immediately divided into three teams and searched in different directions.

Yin Chengyu led more than ten people and continued to move forward. He looked around, searching for traces of the red deer. Occasionally, wild rabbits and other small animals in the forest were frightened and fled, and he drew his arrow and shot them without hesitation.

The horses of the generals were already loaded with prey, most of which were killed by him.

Everyone in the court and the market praised the prince for his great learning and excellent civil governance, saying that he would be a benevolent ruler who would maintain the status quo in the future. However, few people knew that he was also well-versed in military books and was an outstanding archer.

He was not noticeable in the palace before, but now after putting on the military uniform, he is like a sharp sword with its blade exposed.

Xue Shu followed behind him, without even doing anything, just following him with his eyes.

Every time Yin Chengyu drew the bow, the eagerness in his eyes grew.

After Yin Chengyu passed away in the previous life, he followed his will to assist Yin Chengqian, to maintain peace at home and abroad, and to expand the territory. Those court officials who had criticized him in the past turned to flatter him and praised his talent for both civil and military affairs. Even Yin Chengqian later said that he had contributed half of the vast land of Great Yan.

But these people forgot that the policy of appeasing the people he implemented was set by Yin Chengyu during his lifetime; it was also Yin Chengyu's ambition for him to recuperate and keep a low profile, and eventually conquer the northern tribes and unify the vast land.

He just followed what Yin Chengyu had thought before his death and took one step at a time.

Everyone has forgotten the deceased, except him.

He would do even better if the person he loved lived longer.

When he was leading his troops on the northern grasslands, he had thought about what it would be like if Yin Chengyu was still alive, wearing armor and riding a horse with him to fight against the northern tribes.

Later, he asked painters to draw many portraits of the two men riding horses side by side, but unfortunately none of them looked like what he had imagined.

At that time he thought that the painter's painting skills were too poor, but now looking at the person in front of him, he realized that perhaps even the best painter in the world could not paint the major general who was so high-spirited at this moment.

The silver armor shines brightly across the Yellow River and exudes a proud spirit. [1]

The more you look at it, the more you sink.

Xue Shu's eyes were filled with emotions and his heart was beating fast.

After hunting down another roe deer, Yin Chengyu put away his bow and arrows, frowned, and said, "We have walked such a long distance, but we still haven't seen any trace of the deer. Zhao Lin and He Shan haven't sent any news. Could it be that the deer have moved to another place?"

Xue Shu's eyes sparkled when he heard this, and he pointed to a valley not far away and said, "When I was exploring just now, I found fresh feces under that valley. There is a river under that valley, and the deer might go there to drink water. Even if it is not a deer, it may be other large animals."

Yin Chengyu was interested when he heard this, and was about to send people to ambush and wait, but was stopped by Xue Shu: "The deer are alert and easily startled, so there shouldn't be too many people. I'll go check it out first." After he paused, he asked: "Your Highness, do you want to come with me?"

Yin Chengyu looked at him for a few breaths, and suddenly smiled. He turned around and got off the horse, saying, "Then I will go with you to take a look."

The two men dismounted and walked quietly down the valley on foot.

There was a small river flowing under the valley. The river was frozen and the ice was broken in many places. The snow beside the river was muddy and messy. Some of the marks looked like animal footprints, but they looked like they were left a few days ago. It was too long ago and it was impossible to distinguish them. Yin Chengyu walked around the valley and did not find the fresh feces that Xue Shu mentioned, so he raised his eyebrows and asked him: "Where are the deer?"

Xue Shu approached him, lowered his head and pecked at the tip of his nose, his voice was a little hoarse and suppressed: "He must have been frightened and ran away."

He was just making it up to deceive him.

Yin Chengyu took a step back, but his back was against the thick tree trunk - Xue Shu had obviously planned this for a long time and even picked the position.

"Dare to deceive me? This is a serious crime." He squinted at him, but there was no anger in his eyes.

Xue Shu's lips moved down along the high bridge of the nose, and finally covered his lips, biting them eagerly.

He wanted to do that just now, but he couldn't do it because there were too many people, so he endured it.

Yin Chengyu opened her lips and let him invade her, but did not respond.

Xue Shu was increasingly dissatisfied when he didn't get the expected response. He placed his hand on Yin Chengyu's neck, forcing him to get closer to him. He then licked and bit his lower lip vigorously, and a vague voice escaped from the gap between their lips: "When we get back, Your Highness will punish me by making me copy the Man's Morality Book."

Yin Chengyu hummed muffledly, a smile filling his eyes, and he finally pressed his shoulders and kissed him back just as passionately.

The two of them were entangled in words, as if in a war, and neither of them wanted to lose.

The big tree I was leaning against swayed slightly as I moved, and the snowflakes on the branches and leaves fluttered down and landed all over my body.

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PS: Note [1] is adapted from the line “Bright clothes shine across the Yellow River and Luo River, high spirits and proud spirits” from the Sixth of Eight Pastoral Poems.